"God is a circle whose center (point) is everywhere and whose circumference nowhere” - Pascal
"If we would search the whole universe for some symbol which most truly expresses the nature of God as First Cause and Father, we must choose the Point. Of God as Absolute Being there can be no likeness or similitude either on earth or in heaven. Of the Absolute nothing can be said. We may only call it THAT. It has no attributes save that it is Eternal, Changeless and Causeless Cause. It is inherent in all things and pervades all space. It is the Root Principle from which emanate both Spirit and matter. Yet the point is the symbol which most nearly represents God as Absolute Being, for the point has neither form nor dimension, and has therefore no external existence; yet it is potentially everywhere and is the beginning of all forms and the source of all dimensions. It is especially of God as Father (Hebrew, Kether), First Emanation of the Absolute, that the point is symbol. As the Father is Spirit or First Cause, the point is that invisible source form which proceed all forms. We may therefore rightly consider the Point as the first letter of our symbolical alphabet. What "1" is to numbers, and "A" to letters, the Point is to all geometrical forms, The point, as does the number 1, represents unity. Pythagoras called it the "Monad", the individualised spirit of man. "The dot", says Manly Hall, "is the first departure form things as they eternally are. It is the first illusion of the self, the first limitation of space, even as spirit is the first limitation of self. The dot, or sacred island, is the beginning of existence, whether that of a universe or man .. The dot is spirit, and its symbol in the Chaldaic Hebrew is the Yod ... The dot symbolises the cause ; the line the means; and the circle the end ... The line therefore is the symbol of the dot in growth or motion". Again he said, "God is the dot, the first island floating in and upon the permanent depths of unlimited existence". (Lectures on Ancient Philosophy, pages 2, 4, 26) We come now to the Circle. The circle is no number, yet it contains all numbers. It is the naught, the cipher, or sepher, from which all numbers proceed and into which they all eventually resolve. It is All, for it has neither beginning nor ending. It is the point expanded to infinity. Of all symbols, the circle is the most mystical, for it is the symbol of infinity and eternity- of boundless space and endless time. The circle is the "ring-pass-not" which establishes the limits of manifestation,whether of a man or of a universe. Indeed, it is the symbol of that manifestation, even as the point is the symbol of THAT which has no manifestation. If the point, as we said, has no dimension, the circle contains all possible dimensions. The point ever retreats within itself, out of time and space; the circle, ever expanding into infinite time and space, embraces all things. The point symbolises THAT which is the cause and potency of life, the circle symbolises that primordial substance out of which all forms are created. It has been called many names:"chaos", "void", "waters of space", in Sanskrit "Mulaprakriti" (undifferentiated substance), "night" or "naught". It is Omega, the Cosmic Mother, source of all forms. When Deity uttered the mystic formula, "I am Alpha and Omega", He might have said, "I am the Ultimate Source both of life and form; I am the universal Father-Mother. The union of these two symbols, the point and the circle - or the point within the circle - becomes the most potent of symbols. It is the symbol of life encased in material form; the life-germ within the seed or egg; the divine spark or monad within man; God within His universe. It is the "Tree of Life" in the midst of the "Garden". In still more ancient scriptures, it is the "Jewel in the Lotus". In occult human anatomy, it is the symbol of the hidden force centers in the body, the "Chakras". Astronomically, it represents our sun. It contains the secret truth of God Immanent - God the Absolute in manifestation. The point within the circle is the sign of power - Infinite Will released as a creative force. We know of no better way to summarise what we have said than to present it in the form of a mathematical formula: The letters "A" and "O" united, become "AO", (or IO), the Sacred Name. The numbers "1" and "0" united, become "10", the Sacred Number. The Point and the Circle united, become O, the Sacred Symbol." — The Theosophical Seal by Arthur M. Coon