The effect of the "arithmetical truths " is the foundation not only Hermetic tradition, but also the whole Buddhist,Pythagorean and Plato doctrines ( ISIS Unveiled,NY 1877). If we take oral history of nuclear physics ( treasure of American Institute of Physics , today, free access ), it is easy to find how,for instance, G.Gamow used it in his discoveries ( see, please, his "zoology of gamma rays", story of YLEM
( Gamow's material from which elements were formed ), Gamow's story of the number of biologists (22) and Gamow's attempts to make 22 out of 4, associated with his mysterious "triangles and triplets ", etc etc ). Robert Oppenheimer was surprisingly interested in Persia, he knew Sanscrit, Pauli developed whole non-Fludd's tradition of alchemy. Even D.I. Mendeleev, having strong anti-attitude, nevertheless, was a part such sort of universal tradition ( please, see, S. Kak / arXiv 0411080v2 / Interview with Gamow :
www.aip.org/ history/ohilist/4325.html# excerpt 2 / .