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The mystical aspects of this Pythagoreanism held that philosophy tends to purify the Soul and that the Soul can attain to Union with the Divine.

  The Pythagorean school regarded Geometry as being the highest form of mathematical studies. The beliefs that Pythagoras held were [2]:-

(1) that at its deepest level, reality is mathematical in nature,
(2) that philosophy can be used for spiritual purification,
(3) that the soul can rise to union with the divine,
(4) that certain symbols have a mystical significance, and
(5) that all brothers of the order should observe strict loyalty and secrecy.

Both men and women were permitted to become members of the Society, in fact several later women Pythagoreans became famous philosophers.

In about 535 BC Pythagoras went to Egypt. Pythagoras was captured and carried into captivity in Babylon where he associated with the mystically inclined Magi (followers of Zoroaster) priesthood and gained further instruction in mathematics, geometry, and music.

  In 522 B.C. Cambyses II died and was replaced by Darius, Polycrates also died that year.

This “Central Fire” was surrounded by ten celestial bodies, including the Earth, the Moon, the Sun, the five known planets, the stars, and a mysterious “Counter-Earth.” The Pythagoreans believed that the orbits of these celestial bodies were governed by mathematical laws, reflecting the same principles of harmony that they found in music and geometry.

However, his religious sect and the self-discipline and dedication which he taught, embracing as it did a vast number of ancient beliefs, make him one of the great teachers of religion in the ancient Greek world. In 520 B.C. Pythagoras was able to return to Samos which seems at that time to have fallen under Darius' control. Back in Samos he founded a school which was called the semicircle.

When this happened Cylon and his friends vowed to make a strong attack on Pythagoras and his followers. Pythagoras noticed that vibrating strings produce harmonious tones when the ratios of the lengths of the strings are whole numbers, and that these ratios could be extended to other instruments. He knew that all the philosophers before him had ended their days on foreign soil so he decided to escape all political responsibility, alleging as his excuse, according to some sources, the contempt the Samians had for his teaching method. Pythagoras founded a philosophical and religious school in Croton (now Crotone, on the east of the heel of southern Italy) that had many followers.

having been brought up in the study of mathematics, thought that things are numbers ... The deaths of these rulers may have been a factor in Pythagoras's return to Samos but it is nowhere explained how Pythagoras obtained his freedom. Pythagoras also reportedly traveled to Egypt, where he learned from the priests, who were well-versed in mathematics, geometry, and religious rituals.

They believed that by aligning their lives with the mathematical and cosmic principles they studied, they could achieve a higher state of existence. Iamblichus [8] gives some reasons for him leaving. Looking for Pythagoras: The Pythagorean Theorem.

Pythagoras made a journey to Crete shortly after his return to Samos to study the system of laws there.

Additionally, they observed various rituals and taboos, including the prohibition against eating beans, which had symbolic significance in their philosophy.