Och is the Olympic
Spirit associated with the Sun and Roman gods associated with the sun such as
Sol, Hesperus, and Apollo, The name Och may refer to the. Greek word ochros, meaning pale yellow. Or perhaps
the Latin root for the number 8, oct,
suggesting pervasiveness in filling the 8 directions of space.
Och is said to rule
28 Provinces. This translates into the equation 7 x 4, making its value 4. Its
geometric form is the tetrahedron. Using simple gematria, if we take the number
28 and turn it into the equation 2 + 8 we get the number 10, which reduces to 1, alluding to the Tetraktys and
ideas about the Empedoclean dimensionless point.
It is represented in a diagram described in
the Arbatel called the Seal of Secrets of the world as larger circle in the
Seal of Secrets within which the mansions of the moon are plotted
Och is said to have
36,536 legions; that is, 365 and 36.
The number 365 refers to the solar year. The number 36, according to Plutarch
(circa 46-120), represents the Tetractys and also with the World because it
represents Totality. He arrives at this rationale by pythagorically adding
together the first four odd and even numbers: 1+3+5+7+2+4+6+8=36.
Och is said to “to
give 600 years.” 600 years suggests the hexagram –or double tetrahedron--representing
the celestial sphere. Thus, achieving Och consciousness makes one master of the
celestial sphere.