Born around 530 BCE (Before Common Era) in Samos, Greece.

Traveled around Egypt, Greece and Italy.

Settled on the Eastern coast of Italy. Believed in transmigration of souls. Believed the soul was immortal.

To be admitted to the Pythagorean School you had to be worthy, so there were tests both physical and intelectual.

There were three groups in the school.

1. The “Hearer” or those that belonged to the Outer Circle.

Hearers only listened to lectures and could not speak when in the presence of those who had been in the school a longer time.

This lasted for about 3 years.

2. The second group was the Student or Pythagorean that belonged to the Inner Circle.

Even then much time was spent in silence and contemplation and learning the secrets of the Science of Numbers. These secrets were not shared with the common people.

3. The third group was called Perfection. Here is where the real secrets were learned.

No one studied with Pythagoras until this level was reached.

The secret symbol of the Pythagoreans was a pentagram.

He married Theano who also became a member of the school.

The story is told of a certain member of the School who fell ill at a wayside inn, and died without being able to pay his bill. Before his death, he asked the inn-keeper to place a certain symbol on the road outside the inn. Months later another Pythagorean passed that way, saw the symbol and discharged the debt of his unknown friend. So did the Pythagoreans understand friendship, not as a matter of personal affection, but as that invisible bond which unites all who study the occult sciences and practice the disciplines of the ancient school

Number is the law of the universe. Numbers awakened the “eye of wisdom”. The number ONE is all, the generator of all

numbers. Vegetarian, must not eat meat Always do what is right. The triangle is the most important shape. It

represents the Higher Trinity of the universe—Father, Mother, and Son.

Deity starts with the Greek letter D which is written: Δ

Transmigration, the eternal nature of the soul comes back in human or animal form

Music was studied as a science and also has a healing agent

Astronomy was studied Infused all nature with mathematical

concepts

Pythagoras applied the Science of Numbers to music, giving the Western world the mathematical basis of its present musical system. The abstract Circle of music is Sound. The mathematical point within that circle, from which the music of our earth emerges, is the "Tone of Nature," called Kung by the ancient Chinese. The "line" of music, derived from the ratio 2:3, is what is now called the "perfect fifth."

Had to take an oath of silence Pythagorean teachings were only shared by

a chosen few The Pythagorean Theorem was found on a

Babylonian tablet way before, around 1900-1600 BC, Pythagoras and his followers used it. The belief is that the Pythagoreans proved it.