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9
ANTHROPOS
126
45
18
1
R
18
9
9
9
ANTHOPOS
108
36
9

 

 

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ARCHANTHROPOS
-
-
-
1
A
1
1
1
1
R
18
9
9
6
CHANTH
54
27
9
1
R
9
9
9
4
O+P+O+S
65
20
2
13
ARCHANTHROPOS
156
66
30
1+3
-
1+2+6
4+5
1+8
4
ARCHANTHROPOS
9
9
9

 

 

-
13
A
R
C
H
A
N
T
H
R
O
P
O
S
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
5
-
8
-
6
-
6
1
+
=
34
3+4
=
7
=
7
=
7
`-
-
-
-
-
8
-
14
-
8
-
15
-
15
19
+
=
79
7+9
=
16
1+6
7
=
7
-
13
A
R
C
H
A
N
T
H
R
O
P
O
S
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
9
3
-
1
-
2
-
9
-
7
-
-
+
=
32
3+2
=
5
-
5
=
5
`-
-
1
18
3
-
1
-
20
-
18
-
16
-
-
+
=
77
7+7
=
14
1+4
5
=
5
-
13
A
R
C
H
A
N
T
H
R
O
P
O
S
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
`-
-
1
18
3
8
1
14
20
8
18
15
16
15
19
+
=
156
1+5+6
=
12
1+2
3
=
3
-
-
1
9
3
8
1
5
2
8
9
6
7
6
1
+
=
66
6+7
=
12
1+2
3
=
3
-
13
A
R
C
H
A
N
T
H
R
O
P
O
S
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
--
-
1
occurs
x
3
=
3
=
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
2
occurs
x
1
=
2
=
2
-
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
occurs
x
1
=
3
=
3
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
FOUR
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
occurs
x
1
=
5
=
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
6
-
-
-
6
occurs
x
2
=
12
1+2
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
--
-
7
occurs
x
1
=
7
=
7
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
-
-
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
occurs
x
2
=
16
1+6
7
-
-
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
occurs
x
2
=
18
1+8
9
4
13
A
R
C
H
A
N
T
H
R
O
P
O
S
-
-
41
-
-
13
-
66
-
39
-
1+3
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
4+1
-
-
1+3
-
6+6
-
3+9
4
4
A
R
C
H
A
N
T
H
R
O
P
O
S
-
-
5
-
-
4
-
12
-
12
-
-
1
9
3
8
1
5
2
8
9
6
7
6
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1+2
-
1+2
4
4
A
R
C
H
A
N
T
H
R
O
P
O
S
-
-
5
-
-
4
-
3
-
3

 

 

-
THE ARCHANTHROPOS
-
-
-
4
THE
33
15
6
1
A
1
1
1
1
R
18
9
9
6
CHANTH
54
27
9
1
R
9
9
9
4
O+P+O+S
65
20
2
16
THE ARCHANTHROPOS
126
90
36
1+6
-
1+2+6
9+0
3+6
7
THE ARCHANTHROPOS
9
9
9

 

 

-
16
T
H
E
-
A
R
C
H
A
N
T
H
R
O
P
O
S
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
--
-
-
-
8
-
5
-
8
-
6
-
6
1
+
=
42
4+2
=
6
=
6
=
6
`-
`-
-
8
-
--
-
-
-
8
-
14
-
8
-
15
-
15
19
+
=
87
8+7
=
16
1+6
6
=
6
-
16
T
H
E
-
A
R
C
H
A
N
T
H
R
O
P
O
S
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
5
-
1
9
3
-
1
-
2
-
9
-
7
-
-
+
=
39
3+9
=
12
1+2
3
=
3
`-
-
20
-
5
-
1
18
3
-
1
-
20
-
18
-
16
-
-
+
=
102
1+0+2
=
3
-
3
=
3
-
16
T
H
E
-
A
R
C
H
A
N
T
H
R
O
P
O
S
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
`-
-
20
8
5
--
1
18
3
8
1
14
20
8
18
15
16
15
19
+
=
189
1+8+9
=
18
1+8
9
=
9
-
-
2
8
5
-
1
9
3
8
1
5
2
8
9
6
7
6
1
+
=
81
8+1
=
9
-
9
=
9
-
16
T
H
E
-
A
R
C
H
A
N
T
H
R
O
P
O
S
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
--
-
1
occurs
x
3
=
3
=
3
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
2
occurs
x
2
=
4
=
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
occurs
x
1
=
3
=
3
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
FOUR
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
--
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
occurs
x
2
=
10
1+0
1
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
6
-
-
-
6
occurs
x
2
=
12
1+2
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
--
-
7
occurs
x
1
=
7
=
7
-
-
-
8
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
-
-
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
occurs
x
3
=
24
2+4
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
occurs
x
2
=
18
1+8
9
4
16
T
H
E
-
A
R
C
H
A
N
T
H
R
O
P
O
S
-
-
41
-
-
16
-
81
-
36
-
1+6
-
-
-
--
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
4+1
-
-
1+6
-
8+1
-
3+6
4
7
T
H
E
-
A
R
C
H
A
N
T
H
R
O
P
O
S
-
-
5
-
-
7
-
9
-
9
-
-
2
8
5
-
1
9
3
8
1
5
2
8
9
6
7
6
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
7
T
H
E
-
A
R
C
H
A
N
T
H
R
O
P
O
S
-
-
5
-
-
7
-
9
-
9

 

ADVENT 2174 ADVENT

 

4

ZERO

64

28

1
3

ONE
34

16

7
3

TWO
58

13

4
5

THREE
56

29

2
4

FOUR
60

24

6
4

FIVE
42

24

6
3

SIX
52

16

7
5

SEVEN
65

20

2
5

EIGHT
49

31

4
4

NINE
42

24

6
3

TEN
39

12

3
6

ELEVEN
63

 
27

9
6

TWELVE
87

24

6
8

THIRTEEN
99

 
45

9
8

FOURTEEN
104

41

5
7

FIFTEEN
65

38

2
7

SIXTEEN
96

33

6
9

SEVENTEEN
109

37

1
8

EIGHTEEN
73

46

1
8

NINETEEN
86

41

5
6

TWENTY
107

26

8
9

TWENTYONE
141

42

6
9

TWENTYTWO
165

39

3
11

TWENTYTHREE
163

55

1
10

TWENTYFOUR
167

50

5
10

TWENTYFIVE
149

50

5
9

TWENTYSIX
159

42

6
11

TWENTYSEVEN
172

46

1
11

TWENTYEIGHT
156

57

3
10

TWENTYNINE
149

50

5
6

THIRTY
100

37

1
9

THIRTYONE
134

53

8
9

THIRTYTWO
158

50

5
11

THIRTYTHREE
156

66

3
10

THIRTYFOUR
160

61

7
10

THIRTYFIVE
142

61

7
9

THIRTYSIX
152

53

8
11

THIRTYSEVEN
165

57

3
11

THIRTYEIGHT
149

68

5
10

THIRTYNINE
142

61

7
5

FORTY
84

30

3
8

FORTYONE
118

46

1
8

FORTYTWO
142

43

7
10

FORTYTHREE
140

59

5
9

FORTYFOUR
144

 
54

9
9

FORTYFIVE
126

 
54

9
8

FORTYSIX
136

46

1
10

FORTYSEVEN
149

50

5
10

FORTYEIGHT
133

61

7
9

FORTYNINE
126

 
54

9
5

FIFTY
66

30

3
8

FIFTYONE
100

46

1
8

FIFTYTWO
124

43

7
10

FIFTYTHREE
122

59

5
9

FIFTYFOUR
126

 
54

9
9

FIFTYFIVE
108

 
54

9
8

FIFTYSIX
118

46

1
10

FIFTYSEVEN
131

50

5
10

FIFTYEIGHT
115

61

7
9

FIFTYNINE
108

 
54

9
5

SIXTY
97

25

7
8

SIXTYONE
131

41

5
8

SIXTYTWO
155

38

2
10

SIXTYTHREE
153

54

9
9

SIXTYFOUR
157

49

4
9

SIXTYFIVE
139

49

4
8

SIXTYSIX
149

41

5
10

SIXTYSEVEN
162

 
45

9
10

SIXTYEIGHT
146

56

2
9

SIXTYNINE
139

49

4
7

SEVENTY
110

29

2
10

SEVENTYONE
144

45

9
10

SEVENTYTWO
168

42

6
12

SEVENTYTHREE
166

58

4
11

SEVENTYFOUR
170

53

8
11

SEVENTYFIVE
152

53

8
10

SEVENTYSIX
162

45

9
12

SEVENTYSEVEN
175

49

4
12

SEVENTYEIGHT
159

60

6
11

SEVENTYNINE
152

53

8
6

EIGHTY
74

38

2
9

EIGHTYONE
108

54

9
9

EIGHTYTWO
132

51

6
11

EIGHTYTHREE
130

67

4
10

EIGHTYFOUR
134

62

8
10

EIGHTYFIVE
116

62

8
9

EIGHTYSIX
126

54

9
11

EIGHTYSEVEN
139

58

4
11

EIGHTYEIGHT
123

69

6
10

EIGHTYNINE
116

62

8
6

NINETY
87

33

6
9

NINETYONE
121

49

4
9

NINETYTWO
145

46

1
11

NINETYTHREE
143

62

8
10

NINETYFOUR
147

57

3
10

NINETYFIVE
129

57

3
9

NINETYSIX
139

49

4
11

NINETYSEVEN
152

53

8
11

NINETYEIGHT
136

64

1
10

NINETYNINE
129

57

3

 

 

4

ZERO

64

28

1
3

ONE
34
16
7
3

TWO
58
13
4
5

THREE
56
29
2
4

FOUR
60
24
6
4

FIVE
42
24
6
3

SIX
52
16
7
5

SEVEN
65
20
2
5

EIGHT
49
31
4
4

NINE
42
24
6
40
-
522
225
45
4+0
-
5+2+2
2+2+5
4+5
4
-
9
9
9

 

 

JOSEPH AND HIS BROTHERS

Thomas Mann 1875-1955

Page 935

"Come nearer, my friend," he said, as the bee studded curtain closed behind them, "pray come close to me, dear Khabiru from the Retenu, fear not, nor startle in your step, come quite close to me! This is the mother of god, Tiy, who lives a million years. And I am Pharaoh. But think no more of that, lest it make you fearful. Pharaoh is God and Man, but sets as much store by the second as the first, yes he rejoices, sometimes his rejoicing amounts to defiance and scorn that he is a man like all men, seen from one side; he rejoices to snap his fingers at those sour faces who would have him bear himself uniformly as God

 

 

SIMULATIONS OF GOD

THE SCIENCE OF BELIEF

John Lilly 1975

Page xi bottom line (30th)

"I am only an extraterrestrial who has come to the / Page xii / planet Earth to inhabit a human body, Everytime I leave this body and go back to my own civilization, I am expanded beyond all human imaginings, When I must return I am squeezed down into the limited vehicle."

 

1
I
9
9
9
1
R
18
9
9
2
TY
45
9
9
2
EV
27
9
9
3
OUR
54
9
9
3
IVE
36
18
9

 

 

6
11

ELEVEN
63

27

9
8
13

THIRTEEN
99

45

9
9
44

FORTYFOUR
144

54

9
9
45

FORTYFIVE
126

54

9
9
49

FORTYNINE
126

54

9
9
54

FIFTYFOUR
126

54

9
9
55

FIFTYFIVE
108

54

9
9
59

FIFTYNINE
108

54

9
10
67

SIXTYSEVEN
162

45

9
10
71

SEVENTYONE
144

45

9
10
76

SEVENTYSIX
162

45

9
9
81

EIGHTYONE
108

54

9
9
86

EIGHTYSIX
126

54

9
116
711
-
1602
639
117
1+1+6
 7+1+1
-
1+6+0+2
  
6+3+9
  
1+1+7
8
9
-
9
  
18
  
9
-
-
-
-
1+8
-
8
9
-
9
  
9
  
9
8
13
 THIRTEEN
99
  
45
  
9

 

 

1
I
9
9
9
1
R
18
9
9
2
TY
45
9
9
2
EV
27
9
9
3
OUR
54
9
9
3
IVE
36
18
9

 

 

5

FIRST
72
27
9
6

SECOND
60
24
6
5

THIRD
59
32
5
6

FOURTH
88
34
7
5

FIFTH
49
31
4
5

SIXTH
80
26
8
7

SEVENTH
93
30
3
6

EIGHTH
57
39
3
5

NINTH
65
29
2

 

 

5

TENTH
67
22
4
8

ELEVENTH
91
37
1
7

TWELTH
94
31
4
10

THIRTEENTH
127
55
1
10

FOURTEENTH
132
51
6
9

FIFTEENTH
93
48
3
9

SIXTEENTH
124
43
7
11

SEVENTEENTH
137
47
2
10

EIGHTEENTH
101
56
2

 

 

10

NINETEENTH
101
56
2

 

HOW GREAT THOU ART MY GOD HOW GREAT THOU ART

 

 

T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
G
=
7
-
7
GOD
80
17
8
D
=
4
-
6
DELUSION
99
45
9
S
-
13
4
16
First Total
158
77
23
-
-
1+3
-
1+6
Add to Reduce
1+5+8
7+7
2+3
S
-
4
4
7
Reduce to Deduce
14
14
5
-
-
-
-
-
Second Total
1+4
1+4
-
S
-
4
4
7
Essence of number
5
5
5



Meme - Wikipedia

The word meme is a shortening (modeled on gene) of mimeme (from Ancient Greek pronounced mimema, "imitated thing", from mimeisthai, "to imitate", from mimos, "mime") coined by British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins in The Selfish Gene (1976) as a concept for discussion of ...

meme
noun
noun: meme; plural noun: memes

1. an element of a culture or system of behaviour passed from one individual to another by imitation or other non-genetic means.

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23 Sep 2006 - In the course of his work, the evolutionary theorist Richard Dawkins has long asserted that belief in God is both irrational and profoundly ...

The God Delusion

In the course of his work, the evolutionary theorist Richard Dawkins has long asserted that belief in God is both irrational and profoundly harmful to society. In his latest book, published by Bantam Press, he tackles the subject head on, exposing both religion's faulty logic and the widespread suffering it causes. This extract is taken from the opening chapter

Chapter 1
A deeply religious non-believer

I don't try to imagine a personal God; it suffices to stand in awe at the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it.
Albert Einstein

Carl Sagan, in Pale Blue Dot, wrote:
How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, "This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant"? Instead they say, "No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way". A religion, old or new, that stressed the magnificence of the Universe as revealed by modern science might be able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe hardly tapped by the conventional faiths.

"He's positive science is incompatible with religion, but he waxes ecstatic about nature and the universe. To me, that is religion!" But is 'religion' the right word? I don't think so. The Nobel Prize-winning physicist (and atheist) Steven Weinberg made the point as well as anybody, in Dreams of a Final Theory:

Some people have views of God that are so broad and flexible that it is inevitable that they will find God wherever they look for him. One hears it said that 'God is the ultimate' or 'God is our better nature' or 'God is the universe.' Of course, like any other word, the word 'God' can be given any meaning we like. If you want to say that 'God is energy,' then you can find God in a lump of coal.

Weinberg is surely right that, if the word God is not to become completely useless, it should be used in the way people have generally understood it: to denote a supernatural creator that is "appropriate for us to worship".

Much unfortunate confusion is caused by failure to distinguish what can be called Einsteinian religion from supernatural religion. Einstein sometimes invoked the name of God (and he is not the only atheistic scientist to do so), inviting misunderstanding by supernaturalists eager to misunderstand and claim so illustrious a thinker as their own. The dramatic (or was it mischievous?) ending of Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time, "For then we should know the mind of God", is notoriously misconstrued. It has led people to believe, mistakenly of course, that Hawking is a religious man. The cell biologist Ursula Goodenough, in The Sacred Depths of Nature, sounds more religious than Hawking or Einstein. She loves churches, mosques and temples, and numerous passages in her book fairly beg to be taken out of context and used as ammunition for supernatural religion. She goes so far as to call herself a 'Religious Naturalist'. Yet a careful reading of her book shows that she is really as staunch an atheist as I am.

But philosophers use 'naturalist' in a very different sense, as the opposite of supernaturalist. Julian Baggini explains in Atheism: A Very Short Introduction the meaning of an atheist's commitment to naturalism: "What most atheists do believe is that although there is only one kind of stuff in the universe and it is physical, out of this stuff come minds, beauty, emotions, moral values - in short the full gamut of phenomena that gives richness to human life."

'Naturalist' is an ambiguous word. For me it conjures my childhood hero, Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle (who, by the way, had more than a touch of the 'philosopher' naturalist of HMS Beagle about him). In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, naturalist meant what it still means for most of us today: a student of the natural world. Naturalists in this sense, from Gilbert White on, have often been clergymen. Darwin himself was destined for the Church as a young man, hoping that the leisurely life of a country parson would enable him to pursue his passion for beetles. But philosophers use 'naturalist' in a very different sense, as the opposite of supernaturalist. Julian Baggini explains in Atheism: A Very Short Introduction the meaning of an atheist's commitment to naturalism: "What most atheists do believe is that although there is only one kind of stuff in the universe and it is physical, out of this stuff come minds, beauty, emotions, moral values - in short the full gamut of phenomena that gives richness to human life."

Human thoughts and emotions emerge from exceedingly complex interconnections of physical entities within the brain. An atheist in this sense of philosophical naturalist is somebody who believes there is nothing beyond the natural, physical world, no supernatural creative intelligence lurking behind the observable universe, no soul that outlasts the body and no miracles - except in the sense of natural phenomena that we don't yet understand. If there is something that appears to lie beyond the natural world as it is now imperfectly understood, we hope eventually to understand it and embrace it within the natural. As ever when we unweave a rainbow, it will not become less wonderful.

Great scientists of our time who sound religious usually turn out not to be so when you examine their beliefs more deeply. This is certainly true of Einstein and Hawking. The present Astronomer Royal and President of the Royal Society, Martin Rees, told me that he goes to church as an "unbelieving Anglican ... out of loyalty to the tribe". He has no theistic beliefs, but shares the poetic naturalism that the cosmos provokes in the other scientists I have mentioned. In the course of a recently televised conversation, I challenged my friend the obstetrician Robert Winston, a respected pillar of British Jewry, to admit that his Judaism was of exactly this character and that he didn't really believe in anything supernatural. He came close to admitting it but shied at the last fence (to be fair, he was supposed to be interviewing me, not the other way around). When I pressed him, he said he found that Judaism provided a good discipline to help him structure his life and lead a good one. Perhaps it does; but that, of course, has not the smallest bearing on the truth value of any of its supernatural claims. There are many intellectual atheists who proudly call themselves Jews and observe Jewish rites, perhaps out of loyalty to an ancient tradition or to murdered relatives, but also because of a confused and confusing willingness to label as 'religion' the pantheistic reverence which many of us share with its most distinguished exponent, Albert Einstein. They may not believe but, to borrow Dan Dennett's phrase, they "believe in belief".

One of Einstein's most eagerly quoted remarks is "Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind." But Einstein also said,

It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it.

The one thing all his theistic critics got right was that Einstein was not one of them. He was repeatedly indignant at the suggestion that he was a theist. So, was he a deist, like Voltaire and Diderot? Or a pantheist, like Spinoza, whose philosophy he admired: "I believe in Spinoza's God who reveals himself in the orderly harmony of what exists, not in a God who concerns himself with fates and actions of human beings"?

Let's remind ourselves of the terminology. A theist believes in a supernatural intelligence who, in addition to his main work of creating the universe in the first place, is still around to oversee and influence the subsequent fate of his initial creation. In many theistic belief systems, the deity is intimately involved in human affairs. He answers prayers; forgives or punishes sins; intervenes in the world by performing miracles; frets about good and bad deeds, and knows when we do them (or even think of doing them). A deist, too, believes in a supernatural intelligence, but one whose activities were confined to setting up the laws that govern the universe in the first place. The deist God never intervenes thereafter, and certainly has no specific interest in human affairs. Pantheists don't believe in a supernatural God at all, but use the word God as a nonsupernatural synonym for Nature, or for the Universe, or for the lawfulness that governs its workings. Deists differ from theists in that their God does not answer prayers, is not interested in sins or confessions, does not read our thoughts and does not intervene with capricious miracles. Deists differ from pantheists in that the deist God is some kind of cosmic intelligence, rather than the pantheist's metaphoric or poetic synonym for the laws of the universe. Pantheism is sexed-up atheism. Deism is watered-down theism.

There is every reason to think that famous Einsteinisms like "God is subtle but he is not malicious" or "He does not play dice" or "Did God have a choice in creating the Universe?" are pantheistic, not deistic, and certainly not theistic. "God does not play dice" should be translated as "Randomness does not lie at the heart of all things." "Did God have a choice in creating the Universe?" means "Could the universe have begun in any other way?" Einstein was using 'God' in a purely metaphorical, poetic sense. So is Stephen Hawking, and so are most of those physicists who occasionally slip into the language of religious metaphor. Paul Davies's The Mind of God seems to hover somewhere between Einsteinian pantheism and an obscure form of deism - for which he was rewarded with the Templeton Prize (a very large sum of money given annually by the Templeton Foundation, usually to a scientist who is prepared to say something nice about religion).

Let me sum up Einsteinian religion in one more quotation from Einstein himself: "To sense that behind anything that can be experienced there is a something that our mind cannot grasp and whose beauty and sublimity reaches us only indirectly and as a feeble reflection, this is religiousness. In this sense I am religious." In this sense I too am religious, with the

reservation that "cannot grasp" does not have to mean "forever ungraspable". But I prefer not to call myself religious because it is misleading. It is destructively misleading because, for the vast majority of people, 'religion' implies 'supernatural'. Carl Sagan put it well: "... if by "God" one means the set of physical laws that govern the universe, then clearly there is such a God. This God is emotionally unsatisfying ... it does not make much sense to pray to the law of gravity."

Amusingly, Sagan's last point was foreshadowed by the Reverend Dr Fulton J Sheen, a professor at the Catholic University of America, as part of a fierce attack upon Einstein's 1940 disavowal of a personal God. Sheen sarcastically asked whether anyone would be prepared to lay down his life for the Milky Way. He seemed to think he was making a point against Einstein, rather than for him, for he added: "There is only one fault with his cosmical religion: he put an extra letter in the word - the letter "s"." There is nothing comical about Einstein's beliefs. Nevertheless, I wish that physicists would refrain from using the word God in their special metaphorical sense. The metaphorical or pantheistic God of the physicists is light years away from the interventionist, miracle wreaking, thought-reading, sin-punishing, prayer-answering God of the Bible, of priests, mullahs and rabbis, and of ordinary language. Deliberately to confuse the two is, in my opinion, an act of intellectual high treason.

· The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins.

 

 

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15
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17
8
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7+7
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THE GOD DELUSION
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THE GOD DELUSION
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THE GOD DELUSION
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THE GOD DELUSION
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99
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THE GOD DELUSION
158
77
23
-
1
2
6
8
6
3
7
8
9
-
-
1+0
-
2+0
-
2+6+6
1+3+1
1+4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
1
4
2
THE GOD DELUSION
14
5
5
-
1
2
6
8
6
3
7
8
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
1+4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
1
4
2
THE GOD DELUSION
5
5
5
-
1
2
6
8
6
3
7
8
9

 

I AM A ME A ME AM I

THATS ALL YOU THINK ABOUT

I

ME ME ME ME

YOU

 

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MEME
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M
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4
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2
ME
18
9
9
M
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4
-
2
ME
18
9
9
S
-
8
4
4
MEME
36
18
18
-
-
-
-
-
-
3+6
1+8
1+8
S
-
8
4
4
MEME
9
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
8
4
4
MEME
9
9
9

 

 

-
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MEME
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4
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1
M
13
4
4
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5
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5
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4
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1
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5
5
5
S
-
18
4
4
MEME
36
18
18
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3+6
1+8
1+8
S
-
9
4
4
MEME
9
9
9
-
-
-
-
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-
-
-
-
S
-
8
4
4
MEME
9
9
9

 

 

Meme - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Meme

A meme (/mi?m/ MEEM) is an idea, behavior, or style that becomes a fad and spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often ...
?Origins · ?Memetic lifecycle ... · ?Criticism of meme theory · ?Applications
A meme (/mi?m/ MEEM)[1][2][3] is an idea, behavior, or style that becomes a fad and spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.[4] A meme acts as a unit for carrying cultural ideas, symbols, or practices, that can be transmitted from one mind to another through writing, speech, gestures, rituals, or other imitable phenomena with a mimicked theme. Supporters of the concept regard memes as cultural analogues to genes in that they self-replicate, mutate, and respond to selective pressures.[5]
Proponents[who?] theorize that memes are a viral phenomenon that may evolve by natural selection in a manner analogous to that of biological evolution.[citation needed] Memes do this through the processes of variation, mutation, competition, and inheritance, each of which influences a meme's reproductive success. Memes spread through the behavior that they generate in their hosts. Memes that propagate less prolifically may become extinct, while others may survive, spread, and (for better or for worse) mutate. Memes that replicate most effectively enjoy more success, and some may replicate effectively even when they prove to be detrimental to the welfare of their hosts.[6]
A field of study called memetics[7] arose in the 1990s to explore the concepts and transmission of memes in terms of an evolutionary model. Criticism from a variety of fronts has challenged the notion that academic study can examine memes empirically. However, developments in neuroimaging may make empirical study possible.[8] Some commentators in the social sciences question the idea that one can meaningfully categorize culture in terms of discrete units, and are especially critical of the biological nature of the theory's underpinnings.[9] Others have argued that this use of the term is the result of a misunderstanding of the original proposal.[10]
The word meme itself is a neologism coined by Richard Dawkins, originating from his 1976 book The Selfish Gene.[11] Dawkins's own position is somewhat ambiguous. He welcomed N. K. Humphrey's suggestion that "memes should be considered as living structures, not just metaphorically"[11] and proposed to regard memes as "physically residing in the brain."[12] Although Dawkins said his original intentions had been simpler, he approved Humphrey's opinion and he endorsed Susan Blackmore's 1999 project to give a scientific theory of memes, complete with predictions and empirical support.[13]

noun
noun: meme; plural noun: memes
an element of a culture or system of behaviour passed from one individual to another by imitation or other non-genetic means.
2.
an image, video, piece of text, etc., typically humorous in nature, that is copied and spread rapidly by internet users, often with slight variations.
A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that becomes a fad and spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme. Wikipedia

 


The word meme itself is a neologism coined by Richard Dawkins, originating from his 1976 book The Selfish Gene.

 

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=
2
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3
THE
33
15
6
S
=
1
-
7
SELFISH
78
51
6
G
=
7
-
4
GENE
31
22
4
S
-
10
4
14
First Total
142
88
16
-
-
1+0
-
1+4
Add to Reduce
1+4+2
8+8
1+6
S
-
1
4
5
Reduce to Deduce
7
16
7
-
-
-
-
-
Second Total
-
1+6
-
S
-
1
4
5
Essence of number
7
7
7

 

DNA AND DNA AND DNA AND DNA AND DNA

 
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-
-
THE SELFISH GENE
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
=
1
-
7
SELFISH
78
51
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
G
=
7
-
4
GENE
31
22
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
10
4
14
THE SELFISH GENE
142
88
16
-
-
-
-
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-
-
-
-
-
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1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
T
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2
1
1
T
20
2
2
-
-
2
-
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-
-
-
H
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8
2
1
H
8
8
8
-
-
-
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-
-
-
-
8
-
E
=
5
3
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
15
-
3
-
33
15
15
-
-
-
-
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-
-
-
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1
4
1
S
19
10
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
E
=
5
5
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
L
=
3
6
1
L
12
3
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
F
=
6
7
1
F
6
6
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
I
=
9
8
1
I
9
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
S
=
1
9
1
S
19
10
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
H
=
8
10
1
H
8
8
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
-
-
33
-
3
-
78
51
33
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
G
=
7
11
1
G
7
7
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
E
=
5
12
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
N
=
5
13
1
N
14
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
E
=
5
14
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
36
-
12
-
31
22
22
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
14
THE SELFISH GENE
-
-
-
-
2
2
6
8
15
12
7
8
9
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
-
-
-
-
-
1+5
1+2
-
-
-
S
=
1
-
7
SELFISH
78
51
6
-
2
2
6
8
6
3
7
8
9
G
=
7
-
4
GENE
31
22
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
10
4
14
THE SELFISH GENE
142
88
16
-
2
2
6
8
6
3
7
8
9
-
-
1+0
-
1+4
-
1+4+2
8+8
1+6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
1
4
5
THE SELFISH GENE
7
16
7
-
2
2
6
8
6
3
7
8
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1+6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
1
4
5
THE SELFISH GENE
7
7
7
-
2
2
6
8
6
3
7
8
9

 

 
-
-
-
-
THE SELFISH GENE
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
=
1
-
7
SELFISH
78
51
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
G
=
7
-
4
GENE
31
22
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
10
4
14
THE SELFISH GENE
142
88
16
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
T
=
2
1
1
T
20
2
2
-
-
2
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
H
=
8
2
1
H
8
8
8
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
8
-
E
=
5
3
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
4
5
-
-
-
-
S
=
1
4
1
S
19
10
1
-
1
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
E
=
5
5
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
4
5
-
-
-
-
L
=
3
6
1
L
12
3
3
-
-
-
3
4
-
-
-
-
-
F
=
6
7
1
F
6
6
6
-
-
-
-
4
-
6
-
-
-
I
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9
8
1
I
9
9
9
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
9
S
=
1
9
1
S
19
10
1
-
1
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
H
=
8
10
1
H
8
8
8
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
8
-
G
=
7
11
1
G
7
7
7
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
7
-
-
E
=
5
12
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
4
5
-
-
-
-
N
=
5
13
1
N
14
5
5
-
-
-
-
4
5
-
-
-
-
E
=
5
14
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
4
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
14
THE SELFISH GENE
-
-
-
-
2
2
6
4
25
6
7
16
9
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
-
-
-
-
-
2+5
-
-
1+6
-
S
=
1
-
7
SELFISH
78
51
6
-
2
2
6
4
7
6
7
7
9
G
=
7
-
4
GENE
31
22
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
10
4
14
THE SELFISH GENE
142
88
16
-
2
2
6
4
7
6
7
7
9
-
-
1+0
-
1+4
-
1+4+2
8+8
1+6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
1
4
5
THE SELFISH GENE
7
16
7
-
2
2
6
4
7
6
7
7
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1+6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
1
4
5
THE SELFISH GENE
7
7
7
-
2
2
6
4
7
6
7
7
9

 

LETTERS TRANSPOSED INTO NUMBERS REARRANGED IN NUMERICAL ORDER

 
-
-
-
-
THE SELFISH GENE
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
=
1
-
7
SELFISH
78
51
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
G
=
7
-
4
GENE
31
22
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
10
4
14
THE SELFISH GENE
142
88
16
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
S
=
1
4
1
S
19
10
1
-
1
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
S
=
1
9
1
S
19
10
1
-
1
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
T
=
2
1
1
T
20
2
2
-
-
2
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
L
=
3
6
1
L
12
3
3
-
-
-
3
4
-
-
-
-
-
E
=
5
3
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
4
5
-
-
-
-
E
=
5
5
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
4
5
-
-
-
-
E
=
5
12
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
4
5
-
-
-
-
N
=
5
13
1
N
14
5
5
-
-
-
-
4
5
-
-
-
-
E
=
5
14
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
4
5
-
-
-
-
F
=
6
7
1
F
6
6
6
-
-
-
-
4
-
6
-
-
-
G
=
7
11
1
G
7
7
7
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
7
-
-
H
=
8
10
1
H
8
8
8
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
8
-
H
=
8
2
1
H
8
8
8
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
8
-
I
=
9
8
1
I
9
9
9
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
14
THE SELFISH GENE
-
-
-
-
2
2
6
4
25
6
7
16
9
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
-
-
-
-
-
2+5
-
-
1+6
-
S
=
1
-
7
SELFISH
78
51
6
-
2
2
6
4
7
6
7
7
9
G
=
7
-
4
GENE
31
22
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
10
4
14
THE SELFISH GENE
142
88
16
-
2
2
6
4
7
6
7
7
9
-
-
1+0
-
1+4
-
1+4+2
8+8
1+6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
1
4
5
THE SELFISH GENE
7
16
7
-
2
2
6
4
7
6
7
7
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1+6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
1
4
5
THE SELFISH GENE
7
7
7
-
2
2
6
4
7
6
7
7
9

 

 

1
I
9
9
9
2
ME
18
9
9
3
EGO
27
18
9
4
OGRE
45
27
9
10
First Total
99
63
36
1+0
Add to Reduce
9+9
6+3
3+6
1
Second Total
18
9
9
-
Reduce to Deduce
1+8
-
-
1
Essence of Number
9
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
THE
33
15
6
3
GOD
26
17
8
2
OF
21
12
3
4
SELF
42
15
6
6
ESTEEM
67
22
4
18
First Total
189
81
27
1+8
Add to Reduce
1+8+9
8+1
2+7
9
Second Total
18
9
9
-
Reduce to Deduce
1+8
-
-
9
Essence of Number
9
9
9

 

 

1
I
11
2
9
2
ME
18
9
9
3
EGO
27
18
9
4
OGRE
45
27
9
10
EGOCENTRIC
99
54
9
10
CONSCIENCE
90
45
9

 

 

1
I
9
9
9
3
SAY
45
18
9
2
ME
18
9
9
1
I
9
9
9
3
SAY
45
18
9
3
EGO
27
18
9
1
I
9
9
9
3
SAY
45
18
9
10
CONSCIENCE
90
45
9
1
I
9
9
9
3
SAY
45
18
9
4
GODS
45
18
9
6
DIVINE
63
36
9
7
THOUGHT
99
36
9
1
I
9
9
9
3
SAY
45
18
9
7
REALITY
90
36
9

 

I

I 9 I

ME 9 ME

EGO 9 EGO

CONSCIENCE 9 CONSCIENCE

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-
--
-
-
-
-
9
+
=
9
-
=
9
=
9
-
-
9
+
=
9
-
=
9
=
9
-
3
I
-
-
-
I
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
+
=
9
-
=
9
=
9
-
-
9
+
=
9
-
=
9
=
9
-
1
I
-
-
-
I
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
+
=
9
-
=
9
=
9
-
-
9
+
=
9
-
=
9
=
9
-
1
I
T
-
0
ZERO
-
-
-
0
1
-
-
-
-
1
ONE
-
-
-
1
2
-
-
-
-
2
TWO
-
-
-
2
3
-
-
-
-
3
THREE
-
-
-
3
4
-
-
-
-
4
FOUR
-
-
-
4
5
--
-
-
-
5
FIVE
-
-
-
5
6
-
-
-
-
6
SIX
-
-
-
6
7
-
-
-
-
7
SEVEN
-
-
-
7
8
-
-
-
-
8
EIGHT
-
-
-
8
-
-
9
-
-
9
NINE
x
1
=
9
36
1
I
-
-
36
-
-
1
-
9
3+6
-
9
-
-
3+6
-
-
-
-
-
9
1
I
-
-
9
-
-
1
-
9
-
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
1
I
-
-
9
-
-
1
-
9

 

 

-
1
I
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
9
+
=
9
1+8
=
9
=
9
-
-
9
+
=
9
-
=
9
=
9
-
3
I
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
+
=
9
1+8
=
9
=
9
-
-
9
+
=
9
-
=
9
=
9
-
1
I
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
+
=
9
1+8
=
9
=
9
-
-
9
+
=
9
-
=
9
=
9
-
1
I
T
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
1
--
-
-
-
1
2
-
-
-
-
2
--
-
-
-
2
3
-
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
3
4
-
-
-
-
4
--
-
-
-
4
5
--
-
-
-
5
--
-
-
-
5
6
-
-
-
-
6
--
-
-
-
6
7
-
-
-
-
7
--
-
-
-
7
8
-
-
-
-
8
--
-
-
-
8
-
-
9
-
-
9
occurs
x
1
=
9
36
1
I
-
-
36
-
-
1
-
9
3+6
-
9
-
-
3+6
-
-
-
-
-
9
1
I
-
-
9
-
-
1
-
9
-
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
1
I
-
-
9
-
-
1
-
9

 

 

-
1
I
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
9
+
=
9
1+8
=
9
=
9
-
-
9
+
=
9
-
=
9
=
9
-
3
I
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
+
=
9
1+8
=
9
=
9
-
-
9
+
=
9
-
=
9
=
9
-
1
I
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
+
=
9
1+8
=
9
=
9
-
-
9
+
=
9
-
=
9
=
9
-
1
I
T
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
-
9
occurs
x
1
=
9
36
1
I
-
-
36
-
-
1
-
9
3+6
-
9
-
-
3+6
-
-
-
-
-
9
1
I
-
-
9
-
-
1
-
9
-
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
1
I
-
-
9
-
-
1
-
9

 

 

-
2
M
E
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
13
5
+
=
18
1+8
=
9
=
9
-
-
4
5
+
=
9
-
=
9
=
9
-
2
M
E
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
13
5
+
=
18
1+8
=
9
=
9
-
-
4
5
+
=
9
-
=
9
=
9
-
2
M
E
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
13
5
+
=
18
1+8
=
9
=
9
-
-
4
5
+
=
9
-
=
9
=
9
-
2
M
E
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
--
--
--
--
1
--
--
--
--
--
2
-
--
--
--
--
2
--
--
--
--
--
3
-
--
--
--
--
3
--
--
--
--
--
-
-
4
-
-
-
4
occurs
x
1
=
4
-
-
-
5
-
-
5
occurs
x
1
=
5
6
-
--
--
--
--
6
--
--
--
--
--
7
-
--
--
--
--
7
--
--
--
--
--
8
-
--
--
--
--
8
--
--
--
--
--
9
-
--
--
--
--
9
--
--
--
--
--
36
2
M
E
-
-
9
-
-
2
-
9
3+6
-
4
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
2
M
E
-
-
9
-
-
2
-
9
-
-
4
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
2
M
E
-
-
9
-
-
2
-
9

 

 

2
M
E
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
13
5
+
=
18
1+8
=
9
=
9
-
4
5
+
=
9
-
=
9
=
9
2
M
E
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
13
5
+
=
18
1+8
=
9
=
9
-
4
5
+
=
9
-
=
9
=
9
2
M
E
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
13
5
+
=
18
1+8
=
9
=
9
-
4
5
+
=
9
-
=
9
=
9
2
M
E
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
4
occurs
x
1
=
4
-
-
5
-
-
5
occurs
x
1
=
5
2
M
E
-
-
9
-
-
2
-
9
-
4
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
M
E
-
-
9
-
-
2
-
9
-
4
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
M
E
-
-
9
-
-
2
-
9

 

 

1
I
9
9
9
2
ME
18
9
9
3
YOU
61
16
7
6
First Total
168
34
25
-
Add to Reduce
8+8
3+4
2+5
6
Second Total
16
7
7
-
Reduce to Deduce
1+6
-
-
6
Essence of Number
7
7
7

 

 

-
3
Y
O
U
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
+
=
6
-
=
6
=
6
-
-
-
15
-
+
=
15
1+5
=
6
=
6
-
3
Y
O
U
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
7
-
3
+
=
10
7+3
=
10
1+0
1
-
-
25
-
21
+
=
46
4+6
=
10
1+0
1
-
3
Y
O
U
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
25
15
21
+
=
61
6+1
=
7
1+5
7
-
-
7
6
3
+
=
16
1+6
=
7
=
7
-
3
Y
O
U
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
2
``-
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
-
3
occurs
x
1
=
3
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
6
occurs
x
1
=
6
-
-
7
-
-
-
-
7
occurs
x
1
=
7
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
29
3
Y
O
U
-
-
16
-
-
3
-
16
2+9
-
-
-
-
-
-
1+6
-
-
-
-
1+6
11
3
Y
O
U
-
-
7
-
-
3
-
7
1+1
-
7
6
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
3
Y
O
U
-
-
7
-
-
3
-
7

 

 

3
Y
O
U
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
6
-
+
=
6
-
=
6
=
6
-
-
15
-
+
=
15
1+5
=
6
=
6
3
Y
O
U
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
7
-
3
+
=
10
7+3
=
10
1+0
1
-
25
-
21
+
=
46
4+6
=
10
1+0
1
3
Y
O
U
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
25
15
21
+
=
61
6+1
=
7
1+5
7
-
7
6
3
+
=
16
1+6
=
7
=
7
3
Y
O
U
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
-
3
occurs
x
1
=
3
-
-
6
-
-
-
6
occurs
x
1
=
6
-
7
-
-
-
-
7
occurs
x
1
=
7
3
Y
O
U
-
-
16
-
-
3
-
16
-
-
-
-
-
-
1+6
-
-
-
-
1+6
3
Y
O
U
-
-
7
-
-
3
-
7
-
7
6
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
Y
O
U
-
-
7
-
-
3
-
7

 

 

YOU 763 YOU

GOD 764 764 GOD

 

 

-
3
E
G
O
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
+
=
6
-
=
6
=
6
-
-
-
-
15
+
=
15
1+5
=
6
=
6
-
3
E
G
O
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
5
7
-
+
=
12
1+2
=
3
=
3
-
3
E
G
O
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
5
7
15
+
=
27
2+7
=
9
=
9
-
-
5
7
6
+
=
18
1+8
=
9
=
9
-
3
E
G
O
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
5
occurs
x
1
=
5
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
6
occurs
x
1
=
6
-
-
-
7
-
-
-
7
occurs
x
1
=
7
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
27
3
E
G
O
-
-
18
-
-
3
-
18
2+7
-
-
-
-
-
-
1+8
-
-
-
-
1+8
9
3
E
G
O
-
-
9
-
-
3
-
9
-
-
5
7
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
3
E
G
O
-
-
9
-
-
3
-
9

 

 

3
E
G
O
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
-
6
+
=
6
-
=
6
=
6
-
-
-
15
+
=
15
1+5
=
6
=
6
3
E
G
O
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
5
7
-
+
=
12
1+2
=
3
=
3
3
E
G
O
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
5
7
15
+
=
27
2+7
=
9
=
9
-
5
7
6
+
=
18
1+8
=
9
=
9
3
E
G
O
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
5
occurs
x
1
=
5
-
-
-
6
-
-
6
occurs
x
1
=
6
-
-
7
-
-
-
7
occurs
x
1
=
7
3
E
G
O
-
-
18
-
-
3
-
18
-
-
-
-
-
-
1+8
-
-
-
-
1+8
3
E
G
O
-
-
9
-
-
3
-
9
-
5
7
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
E
G
O
-
-
9
-
-
3
-
9

 

 

11
4
O
G
R
E
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
+
=
6
-
=
6
=
6
-
-
15
-
-
-
+
=
15
1+5
=
6
=
6
11
4
O
G
R
E
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
-
7
9
5
+
=
21
2+1
=
3
=
3
-
-
-
7
18
5
+
=
30
3+0
=
3
=
3
11
4
O
G
R
E
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
15
7
18
5
+
=
45
4+5
=
9
=
9
-
-
6
7
9
5
+
=
27
2+7
=
9
=
9
11
4
O
G
R
E
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
--
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
5
occurs
x
1
=
5
-
-
6
-
-
-
-
-
6
occurs
x
1
=
6
-
-
-
7
-
-
-
-
7
occurs
x
1
=
7
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
-
-
9
occurs
x
1
=
9
18
4
O
G
R
E
-
-
27
-
-
4
-
27
1+8
-
-
-
9
-
-
-
2+7
-
-
-
-
2+7
9
4
O
G
R
E
-
-
9
-
-
4
-
9
-
-
6
7
9
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
4
O
G
R
E
-
-
9
-
-
4
-
9

 

 

4
O
G
R
E
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
+
=
6
-
=
6
=
6
-
15
-
-
-
+
=
15
1+5
=
6
=
6
4
O
G
R
E
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
7
9
5
+
=
21
2+1
=
3
=
3
-
-
7
18
5
+
=
30
3+0
=
3
=
3
4
O
G
R
E
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
15
7
18
5
+
=
45
4+5
=
9
=
9
-
6
7
9
5
+
=
27
2+7
=
9
=
9
4
O
G
R
E
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
5
occurs
x
1
=
5
-
6
-
-
-
-
-
6
occurs
x
1
=
6
-
-
7
-
-
-
-
7
occurs
x
1
=
7
-
-
-
9
-
-
-
9
occurs
x
1
=
9
4
O
G
R
E
-
-
27
-
-
4
-
27
-
-
-
9
-
-
-
2+7
-
-
-
-
2+7
4
O
G
R
E
-
-
9
-
-
4
-
9
-
6
7
9
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
O
G
R
E
-
-
9
-
-
4
-
9

 

 

1
I
11
2
9
2
ME
18
9
9
3
EGO
27
18
9
4
OGRE
45
27
9
10
First Total
99
63
27
1+0
Add to Reduce
9+9
6+3
2+7
1
Second Total
18
9
9
-
Reduce to Deduce
1+8
-
-
1
Essence of Number
9
9
9

 

 

-
10
I
-
M
E
-
E
G
O
-
O
G
R
E
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
6
-
-
-
+
=
21
2+1
=
3
=
3
=
3
-
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
15
-
15
-
-
-
+
=
39
3+9
=
12
1+2
3
=
3
-
10
I
-
M
E
-
E
G
O
-
O
G
R
E
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
5
-
5
7
-
-
-
7
9
5
+
=
42
4+2
=
6
=
6
=
6
-
-
-
-
13
5
-
5
7
-
-
-
7
18
5
+
=
60
6+0
=
6
=
6
=
6
-
10
I
-
M
E
-
E
G
O
-
O
G
R
E
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
13
5
-
5
7
15
-
15
7
18
5
+
=
99
9+9
=
18
1+8
9
=
9
-
-
9
-
4
5
-
5
7
6
-
6
7
9
5
+
=
63
6+3
=
9
=
9
=
9
-
10
I
-
M
E
-
E
G
O
-
O
G
R
E
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
occurs
x
1
=
4
=
4
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
5
occurs
x
3
=
15
1+5
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
6
-
-
-
-
-
6
occurs
x
2
=
12
1+2
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
-
7
-
-
-
-
7
occurs
x
2
=
14
1+4
5
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
-
-
9
occurs
x
2
=
18
1+8
9
14
10
I
-
M
E
-
E
G
O
-
O
G
R
E
-
-
31
-
-
10
-
63
-
27
1+4
1+0
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
-
-
3+1
-
-
1+0
-
6+3
-
2+7
5
1
I
-
M
E
-
E
G
O
-
O
G
R
E
-
-
4
-
-
1
-
9
-
9
-
-
9
-
4
5
-
5
7
6
-
6
7
9
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
1
I
-
M
E
-
E
G
O
-
O
G
R
E
-
-
4
-
-
1
-
9
-
9

 

 

10
I
-
M
E
-
E
G
O
-
O
G
R
E
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
6
-
-
-
+
=
21
2+1
=
3
=
3
=
3
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
15
-
15
-
-
-
+
=
39
3+9
=
12
1+2
3
=
3
10
I
-
M
E
-
E
G
O
-
O
G
R
E
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
5
-
5
7
-
-
-
7
9
5
+
=
42
4+2
=
6
=
6
=
6
-
-
-
13
5
-
5
7
-
-
-
7
18
5
+
=
60
6+0
=
6
=
6
=
6
10
I
-
M
E
-
E
G
O
-
O
G
R
E
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
13
5
-
5
7
15
-
15
7
18
5
+
=
99
9+9
=
18
1+8
9
=
9
-
9
-
4
5
-
5
7
6
-
6
7
9
5
+
=
63
6+3
=
9
=
9
=
9
10
I
-
M
E
-
E
G
O
-
O
G
R
E
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
occurs
x
1
=
4
=
4
-
-
-
-
5
-
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
5
occurs
x
3
=
15
1+5
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
6
-
-
-
-
-
6
occurs
x
2
=
12
1+2
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
-
7
-
-
-
-
7
occurs
x
2
=
14
1+4
5
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
-
-
9
occurs
x
2
=
18
1+8
9
10
I
-
M
E
-
E
G
O
-
O
G
R
E
-
-
31
-
-
10
-
63
-
27
1+0
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
-
-
3+1
-
-
1+0
-
6+3
-
2+7
1
I
-
M
E
-
E
G
O
-
O
G
R
E
-
-
4
-
-
1
-
9
-
9
-
9
-
4
5
-
5
7
6
-
6
7
9
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
I
-
M
E
-
E
G
O
-
O
G
R
E
-
-
4
-
-
1
-
9
-
9

 

 

--
EGO CENTRIC
-
-
-
3
EGO
27
18
9
7
CENTRIC
72
36
9
10
EGO CENTRIC
99
54
18
1+0
-
9+9
5+4
1+8
1
EGO CENTRIC
18
9
9
-
-
1+8
-
-
1
EGO CENTRIC
9
9
9

 

 

11
10
E
G
O
-
C
E
N
T
R
I
C
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
5
-
-
9
-
+
=
20
2+0
=
2
-
2
-
2
-
-
-
-
15
-
-
-
14
-
-
9
-
+
=
38
3+8
=
11
1+1
2
-
2
11
10
E
G
O
-
C
E
N
T
R
I
C
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
7
-
-
3
5
-
2
9
-
3
+
=
34
3+4
=
7
-
7
-
7
-
-
5
7
-
-
3
5
-
20
18
-
3
+
=
61
6+1
=
7
1+4
7
1+4
7
11
10
E
G
O
-
C
E
N
T
R
I
C
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
7
15
-
3
5
14
20
18
9
3
+
=
99
9+9
=
18
1+8
9
-
9
-
-
5
7
6
-
3
5
5
2
9
9
3
+
=
54
5+4
=
9
-
9
-
9
11
10
E
G
O
-
C
E
N
T
R
I
C
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
2
occurs
x
1
=
2
-
2
-
-
-
-
--
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
-
3
occurs
x
2
=
6
-
6
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
occurs
x
3
=
15
1+5
6
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
occurs
x
1
=
6
-
6
-
-
-
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
occurs
x
1
=
7
-
7
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
9
-
-
-
9
occurs
x
2
=
18
1+8
9
13
10
E
G
O
-
C
E
N
T
R
I
C
-
-
32
-
-
10
-
54
-
36
1+3
1+0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
9
-
-
-
3+2
-
-
1+0
-
5+4
-
3+6
4
1
E
G
O
-
C
E
N
T
R
I
C
-
-
5
-
-
1
-
9
-
9
-
-
5
7
6
-
3
5
5
2
9
9
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
1
E
G
O
-
C
E
N
T
R
I
C
-
-
5
-
-
1
-
9
-
9

 

 

10
E
G
O
-
C
E
N
T
R
I
C
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
5
-
-
9
-
+
=
20
2+0
=
2
-
2
-
2
-
-
-
15
-
-
-
14
-
-
9
-
+
=
38
3+8
=
11
1+1
2
-
2
10
E
G
O
-
C
E
N
T
R
I
C
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
-
5
7
-
-
3
5
-
2
9
-
3
+
=
34
3+4
=
7
-
7
-
7
-
5
7
-
-
3
5
-
20
18
-
3
+
=
61
6+1
=
7
1+4
7
1+4
7
10
E
G
O
-
C
E
N
T
R
I
C
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
-
5
7
15
-
3
5
14
20
18
9
3
+
=
99
9+9
=
18
1+8
9
-
9
-
5
7
6
-
3
5
5
2
9
9
3
+
=
54
5+4
=
9
-
9
-
9
10
E
G
O
-
C
E
N
T
R
I
C
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
2
occurs
x
1
=
2
-
2
-
-
-
--
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
-
3
occurs
x
2
=
6
-
6
-
5
-
-
-
-
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
occurs
x
3
=
15
1+5
6
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
occurs
x
1
=
6
-
6
-
-
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
occurs
x
1
=
7
-
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
9
-
-
-
9
occurs
x
2
=
18
1+8
9
10
E
G
O
-
C
E
N
T
R
I
C
-
-
32
-
-
10
-
54
-
36
1+0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
9
-
-
-
3+2
-
-
1+0
-
5+4
-
3+6
1
E
G
O
-
C
E
N
T
R
I
C
-
-
5
-
-
1
-
9
-
9
-
5
7
6
-
3
5
5
2
9
9
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
E
G
O
-
C
E
N
T
R
I
C
-
-
5
-
-
1
-
9
-
9

 

 

-
10
C
O
N
S
C
I
E
N
C
E
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
5
1
-
9
-
5
-
-
+
=
26
2+6
=
8
-
8
-
8
-
`-
-
15
14
19
-
9
-
14
-
-
+
=
71
7+1
=
8
-
8
-
8
-
10
C
O
N
S
C
I
E
N
C
E
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
3
-
5
-
3
5
+
=
19
1+9
=
10
1+0
1
-
1
-
-
3
-
-
-
3
-
5
-
3
5
+
=
19
1+9
=
10
1+0
1
-
1
-
10
C
O
N
S
C
I
E
N
C
E
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
-
`-
3
15
14
19
3
9
5
14
3
5
+
=
90
9+0
=
9
-
9
-
9
-
-
3
6
5
1
3
9
5
5
3
5
+
=
45
4+5
=
9
-
9
-
9
-
10
C
O
N
S
C
I
E
N
C
E
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
occurs
x
1
=
1
=
1
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
3
occurs
x
3
=
9
=
9
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
5
5
5
5
-
-
5
occurs
x
4
=
20
=
2
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
2
-
-
6
occurs
x
1
=
6
=
6
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
-
9
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
occurs
x
1
=
9
=
9
21
10
C
O
N
S
C
I
E
N
C
E
-
-
24
-
-
10
-
45
-
27
2+1
1+0
-
-
5
-
-
-
5
5
5
5
-
-
2+4
-
-
1+0
-
4+5
-
2+7
3
1
C
O
N
S
C
I
E
N
C
E
-
-
6
-
-
1
-
9
-
9
-
-
3
6
5
1
3
9
5
5
3
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
3
C
O
N
S
C
I
E
N
C
E
-
-
6
-
-
1
-
9
-
9

 

 

10
C
O
N
S
C
I
E
N
C
E
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
5
1
-
9
-
5
-
-
+
=
26
2+6
=
8
-
8
-
8
`-
-
15
14
19
-
9
-
14
-
-
+
=
71
7+1
=
8
-
8
-
8
10
C
O
N
S
C
I
E
N
C
E
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
3
-
5
-
3
5
+
=
19
1+9
=
10
1+0
1
-
1
-
3
-
-
-
3
-
5
-
3
5
+
=
19
1+9
=
10
1+0
1
-
1
10
C
O
N
S
C
I
E
N
C
E
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
`-
3
15
14
19
3
9
5
14
3
5
+
=
90
9+0
=
9
-
9
-
9
-
3
6
5
1
3
9
5
5
3
5
+
=
45
4+5
=
9
-
9
-
9
10
C
O
N
S
C
I
E
N
C
E
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
occurs
x
1
=
1
=
1
-
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
3
occurs
x
3
=
9
=
9
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
5
5
5
5
-
-
5
occurs
x
4
=
20
=
2
-
-
6
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
2
-
-
6
occurs
x
1
=
6
=
6
-
9
-
-
9
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
occurs
x
1
=
9
=
9
10
C
O
N
S
C
I
E
N
C
E
-
-
24
-
-
10
-
45
-
27
1+0
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
2+4
-
-
1+0
-
4+5
-
2+7
1
C
O
N
S
C
I
E
N
C
E
-
-
6
-
-
1
-
9
-
9
-
3
6
5
1
3
9
5
5
3
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
C
O
N
S
C
I
E
N
C
E
-
-
6
-
-
1
-
9
-
9

 

 

-
16
D
I
V
I
N
E
-
C
O
N
S
C
I
E
N
C
E
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
9
5
-
-
-
6
5
1
-
9
-
5
-
-
+
=
49
4+9
=
13
1+3
4
=
4
-
-
-
9
-
9
14
-
-
-
15
14
19
-
9
-
14
-
-
+
=
103
1+0+3
=
4
=
4
=
4
-
16
D
I
V
I
N
E
-
C
O
N
S
C
I
E
N
C
E
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
-
4
-
-
5
-
3
-
-
-
3
-
5
-
3
5
+
=
32
3+2
=
5
=
5
=
5
-
-
4
-
22
-
-
5
-
3
-
-
-
3
-
5
-
3
5
+
=
50
5+0
=
5
=
5
=
5
-
16
D
I
V
I
N
E
-
C
O
N
S
C
I
E
N
C
E
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
9
22
9
14
5
-
3
15
14
19
3
9
5
14
3
5
+
=
153
1+5+3
=
9
=
9
=
9
-
-
4
9
4
9
5
5
-
3
6
5
1
3
9
5
5
3
5
+
=
81
8+1
=
9
=
9
=
9
-
16
D
I
V
I
N
E
-
C
O
N
S
C
I
E
N
C
E
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
occurs
x
1
=
1
=
1
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
3
occurs
x
3
=
9
=
9
-
-
4
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
occurs
x
2
=
8
=
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
5
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
5
5
-
5
-
-
5
occurs
x
6
=
30
3+0
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
occurs
x
1
=
6
=
6
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
occurs
x
3
=
27
2+7
9
17
16
D
I
V
I
N
E
-
C
O
N
S
C
I
E
N
C
E
-
-
28
-
-
16
-
81
-
36
1+6
1+6
-
-
-
-
5
5
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
5
5
-
5
-
-
2+8
-
-
1+6
-
8+1
-
3+6
8
7
D
I
V
I
N
E
-
C
O
N
S
C
I
E
N
C
E
-
-
10
-
-
7
-
9
-
9
-
-
4
9
4
9
5
5
-
3
6
5
1
3
9
5
5
3
5
-
-
1+0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
7
D
I
V
I
N
E
-
C
O
N
S
C
I
E
N
C
E
-
-
1
-
-
7
-
9
-
9

 

 

16
D
I
V
I
N
E
-
C
O
N
S
C
I
E
N
C
E
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
9
5
-
-
-
6
5
1
-
9
-
5
-
-
+
=
49
4+9
=
13
1+3
4
=
4
-
-
9
-
9
14
-
-
-
15
14
19
-
9
-
14
-
-
+
=
103
1+0+3
=
4
=
4
=
4
16
D
I
V
I
N
E
-
C
O
N
S
C
I
E
N
C
E
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
-
4
-
4
-
-
5
-
3
-
-
-
3
-
5
-
3
5
+
=
32
3+2
=
5
=
5
=
5
-
4
-
22
-
-
5
-
3
-
-
-
3
-
5
-
3
5
+
=
50
5+0
=
5
=
5
=
5
16
D
I
V
I
N
E
-
C
O
N
S
C
I
E
N
C
E
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
-
4
9
22
9
14
5
-
3
15
14
19
3
9
5
14
3
5
+
=
153
1+5+3
=
9
=
9
=
9
-
4
9
4
9
5
5
-
3
6
5
1
3
9
5
5
3
5
+
=
81
8+1
=
9
=
9
=
9
16
D
I
V
I
N
E
-
C
O
N
S
C
I
E
N
C
E
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
occurs
x
1
=
1
=
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
3
occurs
x
3
=
9
=
9
-
4
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
occurs
x
2
=
8
=
8
-
-
-
-
-
5
5
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
5
5
-
5
-
-
5
occurs
x
6
=
30
3+0
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
occurs
x
1
=
6
=
6
-
-
9
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
occurs
x
3
=
27
2+7
9
16
D
I
V
I
N
E
-
C
O
N
S
C
I
E
N
C
E
-
-
28
-
-
16
-
81
-
36
1+6
-
-
-
-
5
5
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
5
5
-
5
-
-
2+8
-
-
1+6
-
8+1
-
3+6
7
D
I
V
I
N
E
-
C
O
N
S
C
I
E
N
C
E
-
-
10
-
-
7
-
9
-
9
-
4
9
4
9
5
5
-
3
6
5
1
3
9
5
5
3
5
-
-
1+0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
D
I
V
I
N
E
-
C
O
N
S
C
I
E
N
C
E
-
-
1
-
-
7
-
9
-
9

 

 

4
MAAT
35
8
8
2
IS
28
19
1
6
DIVINE
63
36
9
10
CONSCIENCE
90
108
9
22
Add to Reduce
216
171
27
2+2
Reduce to Deduce
2+1+6
1+7+1
2+7
4
Essence of Number
9
9
9

 

 

-
THE I OF CONSCIENCE
-
-
-
3
THE
33
15
6
1
I
9
9
9
2
OF
21
12
3
10
CONSCIENCE
90
45
9
16
THE I OF CONSCIENCE
153
81
27
1+6
-
1+5+3
8+1
2+7
7
THE I OF CONSCIENCE
9
9
9

 

 

16
DIVINE CONSCIENCE
153
81
9
16
THE I OF CONSCIENCE
153
81
9

 

 

3
EID
18
18
9
3
DIE
18
18
9

 

EID FESTIVAL I DIE DIE I FESTIVAL EID

 

-
3
D
I
E
-
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
+
=
9
-
=
9
-
9
-
-
-
9
-
+
=
9
-
=
9
-
9
-
3
D
I
E
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
-
5
+
=
9
-
=
9
-
9
-
-
4
-
5
+
=
9
-
=
9
-
9
-
3
D
I
E
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
4
9
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
`-
4
9
5
+
=
18
1+8
=
9
-
9
-
3
D
I
E
T
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
4
occurs
x
1
=
4
-
--
-
-
5
-
-
5
occurs
x
1
=
5
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
-
-
9
occurs
x
1
=
9
27
3
D
I
E
-
-
18
-
-
3
-
18
2+7
-
-
9
-
-
-
1+8
-
-
-
-
1+8
9
3
D
I
E
-
-
9
-
-
3
-
9
-
-
3
9
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
3
D
I
E
-
-
9
-
-
3
-
9

 

 

3
DIE
18
18
9
4
DIES
37
19
1
5
LIVES
67
22
4
4
LIVE
48
21
3

 

 

K
=
8
-
9
KNOWLEDGE
96
42
6
O
=
1
-
2
OF
21
12
3
T
=
3
-
3
THE
33
15
6
H
=
4
-
6
HIDDEN
44
35
8
S
-
18
4
20
Add to Reduce
194
104
23
-
-
1+8
-
2+0
Reduce to Deduce
1+9+4
1+0+4
2+3
S
-
9
4
2
Essence of number
14
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
Reduce to Deduce
1+4
-
-
S
-
9
4
2
Essence of number
9
5
5

 

 

LAPIS PHILOSOPHORUM

Philosopher's stone - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Philosopher's_stone

The philosopher's stone, more properly philosophers' stone or stone of the philosophers (Latin: lapis philosophorum) is a legendary alchemical substance capable of turning base metals such as mercury into gold (chrysopoeia, from the Greek ???s?? khrusos, "gold", and p??e?? poiein, "to make") or silver. It is also called the elixir of life, useful for rejuvenation and for achieving immortality;[1] for many centuries, it was the most sought goal in alchemy. The philosophers' stone was the central symbol of the mystical terminology of alchemy, symbolizing perfection at its finest, enlightenment, and heavenly bliss. Efforts to discover the philosophers' stone were known as the Magnum Opus ("Great Work").[2] History?[edit]

Antiquity?[edit]

The earliest known written mention of the philosophers' stone is in the Cheirokmeta by Zosimos of Panopolis (c. 300 AD).[3] Alchemical writers assign a longer history. Elias Ashmole and the anonymous author of Gloria Mundi (1620) claim that its history goes back to Adam, who acquired the knowledge of the stone directly from God. This knowledge was said to be passed down through biblical patriarchs, giving them their longevity. The legend of the stone was also compared to the biblical history of the Temple of Solomon and the rejected cornerstone described in Psalm 118.[4]

The theoretical roots outlining the stone's creation can be traced to Greek philosophy. Alchemists later used the classical elements, the concept of anima mundi, and Creation stories presented in texts like Plato's Timaeus as analogies for their process.[5] According to Plato, the four elements are derived from a common source or prima materia (first matter), associated with chaos. Prima materia is also the name alchemists assign to the starting ingredient for the creation of the philosophers' stone. The importance of this philosophical first matter persisted throughout the history of alchemy. In the seventeenth century, Thomas Vaughan writes, "the first matter of the stone is the very same with the first matter of all things".[6]

Middle Ages?[edit]

Early medieval alchemists built upon the work of Zosimos in the Byzantine Empire and the Arab empires. Byzantine and Arab alchemists were fascinated by the concept of metal transmutation and attempted to carry out the process.[7] The 8th-century Muslim alchemist Jabir ibn Hayyan (Latinized as Geber) analyzed each classical element in terms of the four basic qualities. Fire was both hot and dry, earth cold and dry, water cold and moist, and air hot and moist. He theorized that every metal was a combination of these four principles, two of them interior and two exterior. From this premise, it was reasoned that the transmutation of one metal into another could be affected by the rearrangement of its basic qualities. This change would be mediated by a substance, which came to be called xerion in Greek and al-iksir in Arabic (from which the word elixir is derived). It was often considered to exist as a dry red powder (also known as al-kibrit al-ahmar, red sulfur) made from a legendary stone—the philosophers' stone.[8][9] The elixir powder came to be regarded as a crucial component of transmutation by later Arab alchemists.[7]

In the 11th century, there was a debate among Muslim world chemists on whether the transmutation of substances was possible. A leading opponent was the Persian polymath Avicenna (Ibn Sina), who discredited the theory of transmutation of substances, stating, "Those of the chemical craft know well that no change can be effected in the different species of substances, though they can produce the appearance of such change."[10]

According to legend, the 13th-century scientist and philosopher Albertus Magnus is said to have discovered the philosophers' stone. Magnus does not confirm he discovered the stone in his writings, but he did record that he witnessed the creation of gold by "transmutation".[11]

Renaissance to early modern period?[edit]

THE SQUARED CIRCLE

 

T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
S
=
1
-
7
SQUARED
85
31
4
C
=
3
-
6
CIRCLE
50
32
5
S
-
10
4
16
First Total
168
78
15
-
-
1+0
-
1+6
Add to Reduce
1+6+8
7+8
1+5
S
-
1
4
7
Reduce to Deduce
15
15
15
-
-
-
-
-
Second Total
1+5
1+5
1+5
S
-
1
4
7
Essence of number
6
6
6

 


The Squared Circle: an alchemical symbol (17th century) illustrating the interplay of the four elements of matter symbolising the philosophers' stone
The 16th-century Swiss alchemist Paracelsus (Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim) believed in the existence of alkahest, which he thought to be an undiscovered element from which all other elements (earth, fire, water, air) were simply derivative forms. Paracelsus believed that this element was, in fact, the philosopher's stone.

The English philosopher Sir Thomas Browne in his spiritual testament Religio Medici (1643) identified the religious aspect of the quest for the philosopher's Stone when declaring:

The smattering I have of the Philosophers stone, (which is something more than the perfect exaltation of gold) hath taught me a great deale of Divinity.

— (R.M.Part 1:38)[12]

A mystical text published in the 17th century called the Mutus Liber appears to be a symbolic instruction manual for concocting a philosopher's stone. Called the "wordless book", it was a collection of 15 illustrations.

In Buddhism and Hinduism?[edit]

Main article: Cintamani

The equivalent of the philosophers' stone in Buddhism and Hinduism is the Cintamani, also spelled as Chintamani.[13] It is also referred to[14] as Paras/Parasmani (Sanskrit: ???????, Hindi: ????) or Paris (Marathi: ????).

In Mahayana Buddhism, Chintamani is held by the bodhisattvas, Avalokiteshvara and Ksitigarbha. It is also seen carried upon the back of the Lung ta (wind horse) which is depicted on Tibetan prayer flags. By reciting the Dharani of Chintamani, Buddhist tradition maintains that one attains the Wisdom of Buddhas, is able to understand the truth of the Buddhas, and turns afflictions into Bodhi. It is said to allow one to see the Holy Retinue of Amitabha and his assembly upon one's deathbed. In Tibetan Buddhist tradition the Chintamani is sometimes depicted as a luminous pearl and is in the possession of several of different forms of the Buddha.[15]

Within Hinduism it is connected with the gods Vishnu and Ganesha. In Hindu tradition it is often depicted as a fabulous jewel in the possession of the Naga king or as on the forehead of the Makara.[citation needed] The Yoga Vasistha, originally written in the 10th century AD, contains a story about the philosophers' stone.[16]

A great Hindu sage wrote about the spiritual accomplishment of Gnosis using the metaphor of the philosophers' stone. Saint Jnaneshwar (1275–1296) wrote a commentary with 17 references to the philosopher's stone that explicitly transmutes base metal into gold. The seventh century Siddhar Thirumoolar in his classic Tirumandhiram explains man's path to immortal divinity. In verse 2709 he declares that the name of God, Shiva is an alchemical vehicle that turns the body into immortal gold.

Properties?[edit]

The most commonly mentioned properties are the ability to transmute base metals into gold or silver, and the ability to heal all forms of illness and prolong the life of any person who consumes a small part of the philosopher's stone diluted in wine.[17] Other mentioned properties include: creation of perpetually burning lamps,[17] transmutation of common crystals into precious stones and diamonds,[17] reviving of dead plants,[17] creation of flexible or malleable glass,[18] or the creation of a clone or homunculus.[19]

Names?[edit]

Numerous synonyms were used to make oblique reference to the stone, such as "white stone" (calculus albus, identified with the calculus candidus of Revelation 2:17 which was taken as a symbol of the glory of heaven[20]), vitriol (as expressed in the backronym Visita Interiora Terrae Rectificando Invenies Occultum Lapidem), also lapis noster, lapis occultus, in water at the box, and numerous oblique, mystical or mythological references such as Adam, Aer, Animal, Alkahest, Antidotus, Antimonium, Aqua benedicta, Aqua volans per aeram, Arcanum, Atramentum, Autumnus, Basilicus, Brutorum cor, Bufo, Capillus, Capistrum auri, Carbones, Cerberus, Chaos, Cinis cineris, Crocus, Dominus philosophorum, Divine quintessence, Draco elixir, Filius ignis, Fimus, Folium, Frater, Granum, Granum frumenti, Haematites, Hepar, Herba, Herbalis, Lac, Melancholia, Ovum philosophorum, Panacea salutifera, Pandora, Phoenix, Philosophic mercury, Pyrites, Radices arboris solares, Regina, Rex regum, Sal metallorum, Salvator terrenus, Talcum, Thesaurus, Ventus hermetis.[21] Many of the medieval allegories for a Christ were adopted for the lapis, and the Christ and the Stone were indeed taken as identical in a mystical sense. The name of "Stone" or lapis itself is informed by early Christian allegory, such as Priscillian (4th century), who stated,

Unicornis est Deus, nobis petra Christus, nobis lapis angularis Jesus, nobis hominum homo Christus (One-horned is God, Christ the rock to us, Jesus the cornerstone to us, Christ the man of men to us.)[22]

In some texts it is simply called 'stone', or our stone, or in the case of Thomas Norton's Ordinal, "oure delycious stone".[23] The stone was frequently praised and referred to in such terms.

It needs to be noted that philosophorum does not mean "of the philosopher" or "the philosopher's" in the sense of a single philosopher. It means "of the philosophers" in the sense of a plurality of philosophers.

Appearance?[edit]

Philosopher's stone as pictured in Atalanta Fugiens Emblem 21

The first key of Basil Valentine, emblem associated with the 'Great Work' of obtaining the Philosopher's stone (Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine).
Descriptions of the Philosophers' Stone are numerous and various.[24] According to alchemical texts, the stone of the philosophers came in two varieties, prepared by an almost identical method: white (for the purpose of making silver), and red (for the purpose of making gold), the white stone being a less matured version of the red stone.[25] Some ancient and medieval alchemical texts leave clues to the physical appearance of the stone of the philosophers, specifically the red stone. It is often said to be orange (saffron colored) or red when ground to powder. Or in a solid form, an intermediate between red and purple, transparent and glass-like.[26] The weight is spoken of as being heavier than gold,[27] and it is soluble in any liquid, yet incombustible in fire.[28]

Alchemical authors sometimes suggest that the stone's descriptors are metaphorical.[29] The appearance is expressed geometrically in Michael Maier's Atalanta Fugiens. "Make of a man and woman a circle; then a quadrangle; out of this a triangle; make again a circle, and you will have the Stone of the Wise. Thus is made the stone, which thou canst not discover, unless you, through diligence, learn to understand this geometrical teaching."[30] Rupescissa uses the imagery of the Christian passion, telling us it ascends "from the sepulcher of the Most Excellent King, shining and glorious, resuscitated from the dead and wearing a red diadem...".[31]

Interpretations?[edit]

The various names and attributes assigned to the philosophers' stone has led to long-standing speculation on its composition and source. Exoteric candidates have been found in metals, plants, rocks, chemical compounds, and bodily products such as hair, urine, and eggs. Justus von Liebig states that 'it was indispensable that every substance accessible... should be observed and examined'.[32] Alchemists once thought a key component in the creation of the stone was a mythical element named carmot.[33][34]

Esoteric hermetic alchemists may reject work on exoteric substances, instead directing their search for the philosopher's stone inward.[35] Though esoteric and exoteric approaches are sometimes mixed, it is clear that some authors "are not concerned with material substances but are employing the language of exoteric alchemy for the sole purpose of expressing theological, philosophical, or mystical beliefs and aspirations".[36] New interpretations continue to be developed around spagyric, chemical, and esoteric schools of thought.

The transmutation mediated by the stone has also been interpreted as a psychological process. Idries Shah devotes a chapter of his book The Sufis to providing a detailed analysis of the symbolic significance of alchemical work with the philosopher's stone. His analysis is based in part on a linguistic interpretation through Arabic equivalents of one of the terms for the stone (Azoth) as well as for sulfur, salt and mercury.[37]

Creation?[edit]

Main article: Magnum opus (alchemy)

The philosophers' stone is created by the alchemical method known as The Magnum Opus or The Great Work. Often expressed as a series of color changes or chemical processes, the instructions for creating the philosopher's stone are varied. When expressed in colors, the work may pass through phases of nigredo, albedo, citrinitas, and rubedo. When expressed as a series of chemical processes it often includes seven or twelve stages concluding in multiplication, and projection.

 

THE LAPIS PHILOSOPHORUM

 

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2
-
3
THE
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15
6
L
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3
-
4
LAPIS
57
30
3
P
=
7
-
13
PHILOSOPHORUM
185
86
5
S
-
12
4
20
First Total
275
131
14
-
-
1+2
-
2+0
Add to Reduce
2+7+5
1+3+1
1+4
S
-
3
4
2
Reduce to Deduce
14
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
Second Total
1+4
-
-
S
-
3
4
2
Essence of number
5
5
5

 

THE PHILOSOPHERS STONE

 
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
L
=
3
-
4
LAPIS
57
30
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
P
=
7
-
13
PHILOSOPHORUM
185
86
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
12
4
20
First Total
275
131
14
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
T
=
2
1
1
T
20
2
2
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
H
=
8
2
1
H
8
8
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
E
=
5
3
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
15
-
3
-
33
15
15
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
L
=
3
4
1
L
12
3
3
-
-
-
3
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A
=
1
5
1
A
1
1
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
P
=
7
6
1
P
16
7
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
I
=
9
7
1
I
9
9
9
-
-
-
-
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9
S
=
1
8
1
S
19
10
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
21
-
5
-
57
30
21
-
-
-
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-
-
-
-
-
P
=
7
9
1
P
16
7
7
-
-
-
-
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7
-
-
H
=
8
10
1
H
8
8
8
-
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8
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11
1
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-
-
9
L
=
3
12
1
L
12
3
3
-
-
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3
-
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-
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-
O
=
6
13
1
O
15
6
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
S
=
1
14
1
S
19
10
1
-
1
-
-
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-
-
-
-
-
O
=
6
15
1
O
15
6
6
-
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6
-
-
-
P
=
7
16
1
P
16
7
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
H
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8
17
1
H
8
8
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8
-
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6
18
1
O
15
6
6
-
-
-
-
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6
-
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9
19
1
R
18
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
U
=
3
20
1
U
21
4
4
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
M
=
4
21
1
M
13
4
4
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
41
-
9
-
122
50
41
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
2
3
8
5
18
21
24
27
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
1+8
2+1
2+4
2+7
L
=
3
-
4
LAPIS
57
30
3
-
3
2
3
8
5
9
3
6
9
P
=
7
-
13
PHILOSOPHORUM
185
86
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
12
4
20
First Total
275
131
14
-
3
2
3
8
5
9
3
6
9
-
-
1+2
-
2+0
Add to Reduce
2+7+5
1+3+1
1+4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
3
4
2
Reduce to Deduce
14
5
5
-
3
2
3
8
5
9
3
6
9
-
-
-
-
-
Second Total
1+4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
3
4
2
Essence of number
5
5
5
-
3
2
3
8
5
9
3
6
9

 

 
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-
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-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
L
=
3
-
4
LAPIS
57
30
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
P
=
7
-
13
PHILOSOPHORUM
185
86
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
12
4
20
First Total
275
131
14
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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1
2
3
4
5
6
7
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9
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1
1
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20
2
2
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2
-
-
-
-
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-
H
=
8
2
1
H
8
8
8
-
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-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
E
=
5
3
1
E
5
5
5
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-
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-
5
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L
=
3
4
1
L
12
3
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
A
=
1
5
1
A
1
1
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
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-
-
P
=
7
6
1
P
16
7
7
-
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-
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9
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6
6
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16
1
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7
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18
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15
6
6
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27
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3
THE
33
15
6
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1+8
2+1
2+4
2+7
L
=
3
-
4
LAPIS
57
30
3
-
3
2
3
8
5
9
3
6
9
P
=
7
-
13
PHILOSOPHORUM
185
86
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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-
S
-
12
4
20
First Total
275
131
14
-
3
2
3
8
5
9
3
6
9
-
-
1+2
-
2+0
Add to Reduce
2+7+5
1+3+1
1+4
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2
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14
5
5
-
3
2
3
8
5
9
3
6
9
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-
-
-
Second Total
1+4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
3
4
2
Essence of number
5
5
5
-
3
2
3
8
5
9
3
6
9

 

LETTUTRS TRANSPOSED INTO NUMBER REARRANGED IN NUMERICAL ORDER

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33
15
6
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30
3
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7
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13
PHILOSOPHORUM
185
86
5
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-
12
4
20
First Total
275
131
14
-
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-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
A
=
1
5
1
A
1
1
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
=
1
8
1
S
19
10
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
=
1
14
1
S
19
10
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
T
=
2
1
1
T
20
2
2
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
L
=
3
4
1
L
12
3
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
L
=
3
12
1
L
12
3
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
U
=
3
20
1
U
21
4
4
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
M
=
4
21
1
M
13
4
4
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
E
=
5
3
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
O
=
6
13
1
O
15
6
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
O
=
6
15
1
O
15
6
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
O
=
6
18
1
O
15
6
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
P
=
7
6
1
P
16
7
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
P
=
7
6
1
P
16
7
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
P
=
7
9
1
P
16
7
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
P
=
7
16
1
P
16
7
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
H
=
8
2
1
H
8
8
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
H
=
8
10
1
H
8
8
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
H
=
8
17
1
H
8
8
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
I
=
9
7
1
I
9
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
I
=
9
11
1
I
9
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
R
=
9
19
1
R
18
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
2
6
8
5
18
21
24
27
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
1+8
2+1
2+4
2+7
L
=
3
-
4
LAPIS
57
30
3
-
3
2
6
8
5
9
3
6
9
P
=
7
-
13
PHILOSOPHORUM
185
86
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
12
4
20
First Total
275
131
14
-
3
2
6
8
5
9
3
6
9
-
-
1+2
-
2+0
Add to Reduce
2+7+5
1+3+1
1+4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
3
4
2
Reduce to Deduce
14
5
5
-
3
2
6
8
5
9
3
6
9
-
-
-
-
-
Second Total
1+4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
3
4
2
Essence of number
5
5
5
-
3
2
6
8
5
9
3
6
9

 

THE PHILOSOPHERS STONE

 

T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
P
=
7
-
12
PHILOSOPHERS
160
88
7
S
=
1
-
5
STONE
73
28
5
S
-
10
4
20
First Total
266
131
14
-
-
1+0
-
2+0
Add to Reduce
2+6+6
1+3+1
1+4
S
-
1
4
2
Reduce to Deduce
14
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
Second Total
1+4
-
-
S
-
1
4
2
Essence of number
5
5
5

 

 
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
P
=
7
-
12
PHILOSOPHERS
160
88
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
=
1
-
5
STONE
73
28
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
10
4
20
First Total
266
131
14
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
T
=
2
1
1
T
20
2
2
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
H
=
8
2
1
H
8
8
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
E
=
5
3
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
15
-
3
-
33
15
15
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
P
=
7
4
1
P
16
7
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
H
=
8
5
1
H
8
8
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
I
=
9
6
1
I
9
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
L
=
3
7
1
L
12
3
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
O
=
6
8
1
O
15
6
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
S
=
1
10
1
S
19
10
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
O
=
6
11
1
O
15
6
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
P
=
7
12
1
P
16
7
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
H
=
8
13
1
H
8
8
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
E
=
5
14
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
R
=
9
15
1
R
18
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
S
=
1
16
1
S
19
10
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
41
-
12
-
160
88
70
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
=
1
17
1
S
19
10
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
T
=
2
18
1
T
20
2
2
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
O
=
6
19
1
O
15
6
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
N
=
5
20
1
N
14
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
E
=
5
21
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
21
-
5
-
73
28
19
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
4
3
4
20
18
14
24
18
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
-
-
-
-
-
2+0
1+8
1+4
2+4
1+8
P
=
7
-
12
PHILOSOPHERS
160
88
7
-
3
4
3
4
2
9
5
6
9
S
=
1
-
5
STONE
73
28
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
10
4
20
First Total
266
131
14
-
3
4
3
4
2
9
5
6
9
-
-
1+0
-
2+0
Add to Reduce
2+6+6
1+3+1
1+4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
1
4
2
Reduce to Deduce
14
5
5
-
3
4
3
4
2
9
5
6
9
-
-
-
-
-
Second Total
1+4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
1
4
2
Essence of number
5
5
5
-
3
4
3
4
2
9
5
6
9

 

 
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
P
=
7
-
12
PHILOSOPHERS
160
88
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
=
1
-
5
STONE
73
28
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
10
4
20
First Total
266
131
14
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
T
=
2
1
1
T
20
2
2
-
-
2
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
H
=
8
2
1
H
8
8
8
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
8
-
E
=
5
3
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
4
5
-
-
-
-
P
=
7
4
1
P
16
7
7
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
7
-
-
H
=
8
5
1
H
8
8
8
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
8
-
I
=
9
6
1
I
9
9
9
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
9
L
=
3
7
1
L
12
3
3
-
-
-
3
4
-
-
-
-
-
O
=
6
8
1
O
15
6
6
-
-
-
-
4
-
6
-
-
-
S
=
1
10
1
S
19
10
1
-
1
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
O
=
6
11
1
O
15
6
6
-
-
-
-
4
-
6
-
-
-
P
=
7
12
1
P
16
7
7
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
7
-
-
H
=
8
13
1
H
8
8
8
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
8
-
E
=
5
14
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
4
5
-
-
-
-
R
=
9
15
1
R
18
9
9
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
9
S
=
1
16
1
S
19
10
1
-
1
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
S
=
1
17
1
S
19
10
1
-
1
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
T
=
2
18
1
T
20
2
2
-
-
2
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
O
=
6
19
1
O
15
6
6
-
-
-
-
4
-
6
-
-
-
N
=
5
20
1
N
14
5
5
-
-
-
-
4
5
-
-
-
-
E
=
5
21
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
4
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
4
3
4
20
18
14
24
18
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
-
-
-
-
-
2+0
1+8
1+4
2+4
1+8
P
=
7
-
12
PHILOSOPHERS
160
88
7
-
3
4
3
4
2
9
5
6
9
S
=
1
-
5
STONE
73
28
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
10
4
20
First Total
266
131
14
-
3
4
3
4
2
9
5
6
9
-
-
1+0
-
2+0
Add to Reduce
2+6+6
1+3+1
1+4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
1
4
2
Reduce to Deduce
14
5
5
-
3
4
3
4
2
9
5
6
9
-
-
-
-
-
Second Total
1+4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
1
4
2
Essence of number
5
5
5
-
3
4
3
4
2
9
5
6
9

 

LETTUTRS TRANSPOSED INTO NUMBER REARRANGED IN NUMERICAL ORDER

 
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
P
=
7
-
12
PHILOSOPHERS
160
88
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
=
1
-
5
STONE
73
28
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
10
4
20
First Total
266
131
14
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
S
=
1
10
1
S
19
10
1
-
1
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
S
=
1
16
1
S
19
10
1
-
1
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
S
=
1
17
1
S
19
10
1
-
1
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
T
=
2
1
1
T
20
2
2
-
-
2
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
T
=
2
18
1
T
20
2
2
-
-
2
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
L
=
3
7
1
L
12
3
3
-
-
-
3
4
-
-
-
-
-
E
=
5
3
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
4
5
-
-
-
-
E
=
5
14
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
4
5
-
-
-
-
N
=
5
20
1
N
14
5
5
-
-
-
-
4
5
-
-
-
-
E
=
5
21
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
4
5
-
-
-
-
O
=
6
8
1
O
15
6
6
-
-
-
-
4
-
6
-
-
-
O
=
6
11
1
O
15
6
6
-
-
-
-
4
-
6
-
-
-
O
=
6
19
1
O
15
6
6
-
-
-
-
4
-
6
-
-
-
P
=
7
12
1
P
16
7
7
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
7
-
-
H
=
8
2
1
H
8
8
8
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
8
-
H
=
8
5
1
H
8
8
8
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
8
-
H
=
8
13
1
H
8
8
8
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
8
-
I
=
9
6
1
I
9
9
9
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
9
R
=
9
15
1
R
18
9
9
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
4
3
4
20
18
14
24
18
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
-
-
-
-
-
2+0
1+8
1+4
2+4
1+8
P
=
7
-
12
PHILOSOPHERS
160
88
7
-
3
4
3
4
2
9
5
6
9
S
=
1
-
5
STONE
73
28
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
10
4
20
First Total
266
131
14
-
3
4
3
4
2
9
5
6
9
-
-
1+0
-
2+0
Add to Reduce
2+6+6
1+3+1
1+4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
1
4
2
Reduce to Deduce
14
5
5
-
3
4
3
4
2
9
5
6
9
-
-
-
-
-
Second Total
1+4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
1
4
2
Essence of number
5
5
5
-
3
4
3
4
2
9
5
6
9

 

 

T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
P
=
7
-
12
PHILOSOPHERS
160
88
7
S
=
1
-
5
STONED
77
32
5
S
-
10
4
20
First Total
270
135
18
-
-
1+0
-
2+0
Add to Reduce
2+7+0
1+3+5
1+8
S
-
1
4
2
Reduce to Deduce
9
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
Second Total
-
-
-
S
-
1
4
2
Essence of number
9
9
9

 

 

The Lure and Romance of Alchemy. 1990
C. J. S.Thompson

Page 31 / 32

note 1 Julius Ruska ,Tabula Smaragdini 1926
"A translation from an  Arab collection of commentaries of the early twelth century  known as "
 
"The Emerald Table of Hermes:"

 
"True it is, without falsehood certain most true.That which is
above is like to that which is below, and that which is below is like
to that which is above, to accomplish the miracles of one thing.
And as in all things whereby contemplation of one, so in all things
arose from this one thing by a single act of adoption.
The father thereof is the Sun  the mother the Moon.
The wind carried it in its womb,the earth is the source thereof.
It is the father of all works throughout the world.
The power thereof is perfect.
If it be cast on to earth, it will separate the element of  earth
from that of fire, the subtle from the gross.
With great sagacity it doth ascend gently from earth to heaven.
Again it doth descend to earth and uniteth in itself from
things superior and things inferior.
  Thus thou wilt possess the brightness of the world , and all
obscurity will fly far from thee.
This thing is the b fortitude of all strength, for it over-
cometh every subtle thing and doth penetrate every solid substance.
Thus was this world created.


Hence will there be marvellous adaptations achieved of which the manner is this.
For this reason I am called Hermes Trismegistus because I hold three parts of the wisdom of the whole world.       That which I had to say about the operation of Sol is completed."

 

"The Emerald Table of Hermes:"

 

T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
E
=
5
-
7
EMERALD
58
31
4
T
=
2
-
6
TABLET
60
15
6
O
=
6
-
2
OF
21
12
3
H
=
8
-
6
HERMES
68
41
5
S
-
23
4
24
Add to Reduce
240
114
24
-
-
2+3
-
2+4
Reduce to Deduce
2+4+0
1+1+4
2+4
S
-
5
4
6
Essence of number
6
6
6

 

DNA AND DNA AND DNA AND DNA AND DNA

 
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
E
=
5
-
7
EMERALD
58
31
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
T
=
2
-
6
TABLET
60
15
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
O
=
6
-
2
OF
21
12
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
H
=
8
-
6
HERMES
68
41
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
23
4
24
First Total
240
114
16
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
T
=
2
1
1
T
20
2
2
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
H
=
8
2
1
H
8
8
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
E
=
5
3
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
15
-
3
-
33
15
15
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
E
=
5
4
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
M
=
4
5
1
M
13
4
4
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
E
=
5
6
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
R
=
9
7
1
R
18
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
A
=
1
8
1
A
1
1
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
L
=
3
9
1
L
12
3
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
D
=
4
10
1
D
4
4
4
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
31
-
7
-
58
31
31
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
T
=
2
11
1
T
20
2
2
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
A
=
1
12
1
A
1
1
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
B
=
2
13
1
B
2
2
2
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
L
=
3
14
1
L
12
3
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
E
=
5
15
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
T
=
2
16
1
T
20
2
2
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
15
-
6
-
60
15
15
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
O
=
6
17
1
O
15
6
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
F
=
6
18
1
F
6
6
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
-
-
12
-
3
-
21
12
12
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
H
=
8
19
1
H
8
8
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
E
=
5
20
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
R
=
9
21
1
R
18
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
M
=
4
22
1
M
13
4
4
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
E
=
5
23
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
S
=
1
24
1
S
19
10
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
32
-
6
-
68
41
32
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
8
6
12
30
12
7
16
18
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
-
-
-
-
1+2
3+0
1+2
-
1+6
1+8
E
=
5
-
7
EMERALD
58
31
4
-
3
8
6
3
3
3
7
7
9
T
=
2
-
6
TABLET
60
15
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
O
=
6
-
2
OF
21
12
3
-
3
8
6
3
3
3
7
7
9
H
=
8
-
6
HERMES
68
41
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
23
4
24
Add to Reduce
240
114
24
-
3
8
6
3
3
3
7
7
9
-
-
2+3
-
2+4
Reduce to Deduce
2+4+0
1+1+4
2+4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
5
4
6
Essence of number
6
6
6
-
3
8
6
3
3
3
7
7
9

 

 
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
E
=
5
-
7
EMERALD
58
31
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
T
=
2
-
6
TABLET
60
15
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
O
=
6
-
2
OF
21
12
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
H
=
8
-
6
HERMES
68
41
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
23
4
24
First Total
240
114
16
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
T
=
2
1
1
T
20
2
2
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
H
=
8
2
1
H
8
8
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
8
-
E
=
5
3
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
7
-
-
E
=
5
4
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
7
-
-
M
=
4
5
1
M
13
4
4
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
7
-
-
E
=
5
6
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
7
-
-
R
=
9
7
1
R
18
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
9
A
=
1
8
1
A
1
1
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
L
=
3
9
1
L
12
3
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
7
-
-
D
=
4
10
1
D
4
4
4
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
7
-
-
T
=
2
11
1
T
20
2
2
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
A
=
1
12
1
A
1
1
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
B
=
2
13
1
B
2
2
2
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
L
=
3
14
1
L
12
3
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
7
-
-
E
=
5
15
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
7
-
-
T
=
2
16
1
T
20
2
2
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
O
=
6
17
1
O
15
6
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
7
-
-
F
=
6
18
1
F
6
6
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
7
-
-
H
=
8
19
1
H
8
8
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
8
-
E
=
5
20
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
7
-
-
R
=
9
21
1
R
18
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
9
M
=
4
22
1
M
13
4
4
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
7
-
-
E
=
5
23
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
7
-
-
S
=
1
24
1
S
19
10
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
8
6
12
30
12
7
16
18
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
-
-
-
-
1+2
3+0
1+2
-
1+6
1+8
E
=
5
-
7
EMERALD
58
31
4
-
3
8
6
3
3
3
7
7
9
T
=
2
-
6
TABLET
60
15
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
O
=
6
-
2
OF
21
12
3
-
3
8
6
3
3
3
7
7
9
H
=
8
-
6
HERMES
68
41
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
23
4
24
Add to Reduce
240
114
24
-
3
8
6
3
3
3
7
7
9
-
-
2+3
-
2+4
Reduce to Deduce
2+4+0
1+1+4
2+4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
5
4
6
Essence of number
6
6
6
-
3
8
6
3
3
3
7
7
9

 

LETTERS TRANSPOSED INTO NUMBERS REARRANGED IN NUMERICAL ORDER

 
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
E
=
5
-
7
EMERALD
58
31
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
T
=
2
-
6
TABLET
60
15
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
O
=
6
-
2
OF
21
12
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
H
=
8
-
6
HERMES
68
41
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
23
4
24
First Total
240
114
16
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
A
=
1
8
1
A
1
1
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
A
=
1
12
1
A
1
1
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
S
=
1
24
1
S
19
10
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
T
=
2
1
1
T
20
2
2
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
T
=
2
11
1
T
20
2
2
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
B
=
2
13
1
B
2
2
2
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
T
=
2
16
1
T
20
2
2
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
L
=
3
9
1
L
12
3
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
7
-
-
L
=
3
14
1
L
12
3
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
7
-
-
M
=
4
5
1
M
13
4
4
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
7
-
-
D
=
4
10
1
D
4
4
4
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
7
-
-
M
=
4
22
1
M
13
4
4
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
7
-
-
E
=
5
3
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
7
-
-
E
=
5
4
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
7
-
-
E
=
5
6
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
7
-
-
E
=
5
15
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
7
-
-
E
=
5
20
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
7
-
-
E
=
5
23
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
7
-
-
O
=
6
17
1
O
15
6
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
7
-
-
F
=
6
18
1
F
6
6
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
7
-
-
H
=
8
2
1
H
8
8
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
8
-
H
=
8
19
1
H
8
8
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
8
-
R
=
9
7
1
R
18
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
9
R
=
9
21
1
R
18
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
8
6
12
30
12
7
16
18
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
-
-
-
-
1+2
3+0
1+2
-
1+6
1+8
E
=
5
-
7
EMERALD
58
31
4
-
3
8
6
3
3
3
7
7
9
T
=
2
-
6
TABLET
60
15
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
O
=
6
-
2
OF
21
12
3
-
3
8
6
3
3
3
7
7
9
H
=
8
-
6
HERMES
68
41
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
23
4
24
Add to Reduce
240
114
24
-
3
8
6
3
3
3
7
7
9
-
-
2+3
-
2+4
Reduce to Deduce
2+4+0
1+1+4
2+4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
5
4
6
Essence of number
6
6
6
-
3
8
6
3
3
3
7
7
9

 

 

T
=
2
=
4
THE
33
15
6
B
=
2
=
8
BLACKSMITH
98
39
3
-
-
4
-
12
Add to Reduce
151
52
7
-
-
-
-
1+2
Reduce to Deduce
1+5+1
5+2
-
-
-
4
-
3
Essence of Number
7
7
7

 

THE

BLACKSMITH

Sure I dream as the hammer strikes the anvil
And I dream as the sparks light on the floor

 

S
=
1
4
SURE
63
18
9
I
=
9
1
I
9
9
9
D
=
4
5
DREAM
41
23
5
A
=
1
2
AS
20
11
2
T
=
2
3
THE
33
15
6
H
=
8
6
HAMMER
58
31
4
S
=
1
7
STRIKES
101
29
2
T
=
2
3
THE
33
15
6
A
=
1
5
ANVIL
58
22
4
-
-
29
36
First Total
416
173
47
-
-
2+9
3+6
Add to Reduce
4+1+6
1+7+3
4+7
Q
-
11
9
Second Total
11
11
11
-
-
1+1
-
Reduce to Deduce
1+1
1+1
1+1
-
-
2
9
Essence of Number
2
2
2

 

 

A
=
1
3
AND
19
10
1
I
=
9
1
I
9
9
9
D
=
4
5
DREAM
41
23
5
A
=
1
2
AS
20
11
2
T
=
2
3
THE
33
15
6
S
=
1
6
SPARKS
101
29
2
L
=
3
5
LIGHT
56
29
2
O
=
2
4
ON
29
11
2
T
=
2
3
THE
33
15
6
F
=
6
5
FLOOR
66
30
3
-
-
35
35
First Total
407
182
38
-
-
3+5
3+5
Add to Reduce
4+0+7
1+8+2
3+8
Q
-
8
8
Second Total
11
11
11
-
-
-
-
Reduce to Deduce
1+1
1+1
1+1
-
-
8
8
Essence of Number
2
2
2

 

Sure I dream as the hammer strikes the anvil
And I dream as the sparks light on the floor

 

S
=
1
-
4
SURE
63
18
9
I
=
9
-
1
I
9
9
9
D
=
4
Q
5
DREAM
41
23
5
A
=
1
-
2
AS
20
11
2
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
H
=
8
-
6
HAMMER
58
31
4
S
=
1
-
7
STRIKES
101
29
2
T
=
2
Q
3
THE
33
15
6
A
=
1
-
5
ANVIL
58
22
4
A
=
1
-
3
AND
19
10
1
I
=
9
-
1
I
9
9
9
D
=
4
-
5
DREAM
41
23
5
A
=
1
Q
2
AS
20
11
2
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
S
=
1
-
6
SPARKS
101
29
2
L
=
3
-
5
LIGHT
56
29
2
O
=
6
-
4
ON
29
11
2
T
=
2
Q
3
THE
33
15
6
F
=
6
-
5
FLOOR
66
30
3
-
-
64
-
73
First Total
823
355
85
-
-
6+4
-
7+3
Add to Reduce
8+2+3
3+5+5
 8+5
Q
-
10
-
10
Second Total
13
13
13
-
-
1+0
-
1+0
Reduce to Deduce
1+3
1+3
 1+3
-
-
6
-
6
Essence of Number
4
4
4

 

Sure I dream as the hammer strikes the anvil
And I dream as the sparks light on the floor

 

T
=
2
=
4
THE
33
15
6
B
=
2
=
10
BLACKSMITH
98
35
8
-
-
4
-
14
-
131
50
14
Q
-
+
-
+
-
+
+
+
S
=
1
-
4
SURE
63
18
9
I
=
9
-
1
I
9
9
9
D
=
4
Q
5
DREAM
41
23
5
A
=
1
-
2
AS
20
11
2
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
H
=
8
-
6
HAMMER
58
31
4
S
=
1
-
7
STRIKES
101
29
2
T
=
2
Q
3
THE
33
15
6
A
=
1
-
5
ANVIL
58
22
4
A
=
1
-
3
AND
19
10
1
I
=
9
-
1
I
9
9
9
D
=
4
-
5
DREAM
41
23
5
A
=
1
Q
2
AS
20
11
2
T
=
2
-
3
THE
33
15
6
S
=
1
-
6
SPARKS
101
29
2
L
=
3
-
5
LIGHT
56
29
2
O
=
6
-
4
ON
29
11
2
T
=
2
Q
3
THE
33
15
6
F
=
6
-
5
FLOOR
66
30
3
-
-
68
-
87
First Total
954
405
504
-
-
6+8
-
8+7
Add to Reduce
9+5+4
4+0+5
5+0+4
Q
-
14
-
15
Second Total
18
9
9
-
-
1+4
-
1+5
Reduce to Deduce
1+8
Q
-
-
-
5
-
6
Essence of Number
9
9
9

 

 

THE PHILOSOPHERS STONE

A

QUEST FOR THE SECRETS OF ALCHEMY

Peter Marshall

2001

"The Philosopher's Stone is called the most ancient, secret or unknown, natural, incomprehensible, heavenly, blessed, sacred Stone of the Sages. It is described as being true, more certain than certainty itself, the arcanum of all arcana - the Divine virtue and efficacy, which is hidden from the foolish, the aim and end of all things under heaven, the wonderful epilogue or conclusion of all the labours of the Sages - the perfect essence of all the elements, the indestructible body which no element can injure, the quintessence; the double and living mercury which has in itself the heavenly spirit - the cure of all unsound and imperfect metals - the everlasting light - the panacea for all diseases - the glorious Phoenix - the most precious of all treasures - the chief good of Nature."

Anon., The Sophic Hydrolith (1678)

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The Sister of Prophecy

29

Bezels of Wisdom

A world dwells in the heart of a millet seed,

In the wing of a knat is the ocean of life,

In the pupil of an eye a heaven,

Mahmud Shabistati, The Mystic Rose Garden

 

"On my return to Wales I was surprised to find out that my neighbour was a great admirer of Ibn ' Arabi, a Sufi poet and thinker who was born in Murcia in south-east Spain in 1165, Islamic spiritual alchemy reached its supreme expression in his works, but she warned me that' he was not easy to understand, He would often quote the prophet Muhammad: 'The first gift God gave me was reading between the lines!' In his own writings, as in other alchemical works, it is necessary 'to read between the lines' since there are many levels and hidden meanings. They are all journeys of the soul towards God.

His full name was Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn ' Ali Muhyi ai-Din al-Hatimi al-Andalus. In hIs youth, Ibn ' Arabi was exposed to the gnostic and mystical tradition of the Sufis in Andalusia. He had a thorough grounding in the Qur'an but was not deeply impressed by philoso-phers, preferring the works of 'sages' (hakim). His one exception was the 'divine Plato'. He felt theology and philosophy were not entirely in vain, but those who relied on their intellect could only grasp it tiny part of the truth. In Ibn ' Arabi's view 'there is not one single thing that cannot be known through revelation [kashf] or spiritual experience [wujad}'.l Only the man of faith would be able to reach the seventh heaven and experience the full light of God.

Ibn 'Arabi remained for thirty years in Seville, the capital of the empire of the Almohades dynasty. He travelled widely throughout the Islamic world, from Spain to Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, / Page 245 / Iraq, the Holy Land and Asia Minor. He eventually ended up in Damascus in Syria where he died in 1240. His travels led him to believe that God reveals himself in this world whatever one:s religion:

My heart is capable of every form:

A cloister for the monk, a fane for idols,

A pasture for gazelles, the votary's Ka'ba [temple],

The tables of the Torah, the Qur'an.

Love is the creed I hold: wherever turn

His camels, Love is still my creed and faith.2

As a devout if unorthodox Muslim; he made the great pilgrimage to Mecca. But his real travelling was within. From an early age, he experienced visions of divine light. Indeed, his works - which run to more than 400 - are records of his spiritual development and inner transformation.

Ibn 'Arabi wrote no direct works on practical alchemy, but the spirit of spiritual alchemy pervades his writings. In his Bezels of Wisdom. (Fusus al-hikam) and the Meccan Revelations (al-Futahat al Makkiya), he expressed his belief in the Oneness of Being: the One in the Many and the Many in the One. He gave the most important exposition of this central Sufi conception of nature in terms drawn from the Qur'an and from the Hermetic sources. There is no separation of God from the Creation; he is the Creation. All things and beings are his emanations. Whereas the Qur'an says: 'there is but one God', Ibn- , Arabi asserts: 'there is nothing but God'.3 He rejects the notion of there being any intermediaries such as a First Cause or Demiurge; there is but the 'One and Only'.

God is Light and the objects in the world - animals, trees, microbes - are all manifestations of His Light. In the Meccan Revelations, Ibn , Arabi describes the resplendent vision which the blessed can hope to experience as they gather on a snow-white hill in the presence of God: 'The Divine light pervades the beings of the elect and radiates from them, reflected as if by mirrors, on everything around them. The spiritual enjoyment produced by the contemplation of this reflection is even greater than that of the Vision itself.'4

At the same time, the notion of the Logos or the Word plays an important part in Ibn ' Arabi's thought. The archetypes of all things are aspects of God's Names and Qualities which exist in a latent state in the Divine InteHect. God gives them being so that they become / Page 246 / manifested, yet what is seen in the sensible world is only the shadow of the archetypes. The Qur'an says that the Absolute reveals itself in ninety-nine Divine Names but Ibn 'Arabi suggests that they are num- berless. The Logos, however, consists of the twenty-two Divine Names which take the form of different energies and are manifestations of the divine essence. The 'Great Waves', he says, are called gold and silver.

They are all expressed in the spirit of Muhammad who is the supreme model of the Perfect Man (a/-lnsan a/-kami/).5 He is an ideal which ordinary humans can emulate in the processing of realizing their divine nature. By reaching the centre of himself, the seeker has knowl-edge of God and of all things. In the Qur'an, it is written: 'He who knows himself knows his Lord.' The more one approaches one's inner reality, the more one is in tune with the cosmos. As humans we descend from the Absolute - a devolution - but we can also ascend to the Absolute - an evolution - with the Perfect Man as our ideal.

This involves the Sufi goal of 'passing away' (al-fana) which is not so much an annihilation of the self but the passing away of ignorance and a growing awareness of the oneness of all things. Ibn ' Arabi says that you must 'die before you die', that is, pass away from the illusion of separateness. He uses the metaphor of a mirror to illustrate this point. When a person of ordinary intellect looks at a mirror he sees a reflected image of himself but not the mirror. The mirror is veiled from him. But at a higher lever of understanding, the mirror is not a veil for in it he sees not only himself but the Form of the Absolute assuming his own form. Indeed, God is never to be seen in immaterial form. 'The sight of God in woman,' Ibn ' Arabi says, 'is the most perfect of all.'6

In the Qur'an it is written: 'All men are asleep; only when they die do they wake up.' Ibn ' Arabi went further and said: 'The whole of life is a dream within a dream.' He also calls this world the 'shadow' of God: the archetypes are dark because they are distant from the light of Being just as a faraway mountain appears black. But even when we wake up and mystically experience the Absolute in 'unveiling' (kashf) and 'immediate tasting' (dhaq), the Absolute is unknowable in itself, and remains the mystery of mysteries.7

It was the aim of Ibn ' Arabi's life, as it was with all the Sufis, to stand in the light of God. Dreams and visions played a particularly important role for him: they are the 'inward eye' of the heart through which one can see everyday experiences as reflections of the archetypal / Page 247 / ideas of the Absolute. He relates one such vision in the Journey through the Night (Kitab al-isra) which describes the ascent of the body to the Throne of Light through the seven heavens where he meets different prophets (including Idris-Hermes). On the journey, he is asked:

Tell me, friend, which place you want me to take you to. . .

-I want to go to the city of the Messenger, in search

Of the Station of Radiance and the Red Sulphur.

Red Sulphur is clearly a synonymior the Philosopher:s Stone.

I found the work to be a wonderful example of spiritual alchemy. The journey not only has the goal of finding the Red Sulphur but clearly reflects the different stages of the alchemical process in spiritual terms. It begins with the dissolution of the seeker's corporeal nature and the release of his spirit, which is then followed by a period of punishment by fire. He continues the ascent through the heavens until eventually he becomes 'nothing but light' in the seventh heaven. He then obtains the meaning of all the Divine Names and sees that they all 'referred to one and the same Object Named and to a single Essence: this Named was the object of my contemplation, and this Essence was my very own being'.

Ibn ' Arabi realizes that the whole journey is within, a process of realizing his true self: 'The journey I had made was only inside myself, and it was towards myself that I had been guided: from this I knew that I was a servant in a state of purity, without the slightest trace of sovereignty.'8 He discovers the Red Sulphur and is totally transformed by the experience. It is a moment of absolute knowledge of the self and of the universe: 'For when you know yourself, your -"I-ness" vanishes and you know that you and God are one and the same.'9 The quest for the Red Sulphur is not so much the attainment of a goal, but simply the realization of who and where you are, of rediscovering your essential nature as part of the Oneness of Being.

On reading the work, I felt that Ibn ' Arabi had truly attained the goal of spiritual alchemy, union with the divine ground of our being and a vision of eternity. The supreme experience still eluded me but at least I had a stronger sense of the goal and of what I might expect.

Despite their different historical and cultural backgrounds, I was struck by the similarities between Sufi and Taoist spiritual alchemy and between their greatest exponents Ibn ' Arabi and Lao Tzu. While / Page 248 / the former was prolific and the latter wrote nothing they seem to have come to the same conclusions about the inner transformation of the sage or Perfect Man. Although they believed that the Absolute or the Tao existed, the ultimate ground of existence remained the mystery of mysteries for both of them.10 I felt they had both touched on funda-mental truths about the universe and our place within it which are valid for all cultures and times.

Despite the struggle between the Christian kings and the Muslim caliphs in Spain, there were periods of peace when there was consider- able coming and going of Christian scholars to the Islamic centres of learning across the wavering frontiers. They were not only eager to obtain Arabic translations of Greek works of philosophy, but keen to acquaint themselves with the Muslim contribution to science in general and to alchemy in particular which was an entirely new subject for them. The first Arabic work on alchemy to appear in Latin manuscripts in Europe in the thirteenth century was the anonymous Turba Philosophorum, or The Assembly of the Sages, a remarkable work of great philosophical interest and literary merit. It may well have been written around 900 by Uthman ibn Suwaid, of Akhmin in Egypt. The author quotes from the Alexandrian alchemists so he must have been in touch with the fountainhead of the Hermetic tradition in Egypt. Hermes and Zosimus are mentioned and Panoflus cites the famous triadic formula attributed to Ostanes and first mentioned by the Alexandrian alchemist Democritus: 'Nature rejoices in Nature, Nature contains Nature, and Nature overcomes Nature.'11

The Turba takes the form of a dialogue between twelve philoso-phers who meet to discuss the nature of alchemy. The speeches are full of rhetorical flourishes and are often addressed to 'O, all ye Seekers after this Art'. The sages have Greek names and some refer to real historical characters, such as Pythagoras, Socrates, Aristotle and Democritus. The author clearly knew his early Greek philosophy for they express theories which they were reported to have espoused. Pythagoras, for example, discusses the relations between numbers and the 'alchemical symbol of Man'. In fact, the Turba is the earliest evidence of Greek philosophy in Arabic literature.12 But while the Hermetic cosmology is given as a context for alchemy, the author makes his Islamic faith clear. He asserts that nature is uniform, that all / Page 249 / creatures of the upper and lower world are composed of four elements, but also that the creator of the world was Allah.

The work contained the first full discussion of the Philosopher's Stone that I had come across since Zosimus. The philosopher Belus declares:

A report has gone abroad that the Hidden Glory of the Philos-opher is a stone and not a stone, and that it is called by many names, lest the foolish should recognise it. Certain wise men have designated it after one fashion, namely, according to the place where it is generated; others have adapted another, founded upon its colour, some of whom have termed it the Green Stone; by some other it is called -the Stone of the most intense Spirit of Brass, not to be mixed with bodies. . . some have distinguished it astronom-ically or arithmetically; it has already received a thousand titles, of which the best is: - 'That which is produced out of metals'. So also others have called it the Heart of the Sun, and yet others ha-ve declared it to be that which is brought out of quicksilver with the milk of volatile things.13

At first sight all this is very bewildering, but the names are not mutually exclusive; indeed, they describe different aspects and properties of the Philosopher's Stone. This is made clear at the end of the work by Agmon, who suggests that the names are multiplied so that the 'vulgar' might be deceived. Rest assured, he tells us, that 'the Stone is one thing'. But how can we recognize it? By its properties, of course, which are indeed impressive:

The strength thereof, shall never be corrupted, but the same, when it is placed in the fire, shall be increased. If you seek to dissolve it, it shall be dissolved; but if you would coagulate it, it shall be coagulated. Behold, no one is without it, and yet all do need it! There are many names given to it, and yet it is called by one only, while, if need be, it is concealed. It is also a Stone and not a stone, spirit, soul and body; it is white, volatile, concave, hairless, cold, and yet no one can apply the tongue with impunity to its surface. If you wish that it should fly, it flies; if you say that it is not water, you speak falsely.14

It is clear here that the Islamic alchemists saw their art as a form of spiritual transformation in the same way as the ancient Egyptians. / Page 250 / What a:pplies to metals also applies to humans. The 'Philosopher' mentioned in the following passage would seem to be our old friend Zosimus: the definition of the Art is the liquefaction of the body and the separation of the soul from the body, seeing copper, like man, has a soul and a body. Therefore, it behoves you, O all ye seekers of the Doc-trine, to destroy the body and extract the soul therefrom! Wherefore the Philosopher said that the body does not penetrate the body, but that there is a subtle nature, which is the soul, and it is that which tinges and penetrates the body. In nature, therefore, there is a body and a soul.15

The Turba Philosophorum played a pivotal role in the transition. of Egyptian alchemy via the Muslims to Europe. It also ensured the continuity of the Hermetic tradition. Its special combination of philos- ophy, religion and science became typical of medieval European alchemy.

The other famous text bequeathed by the Islamic alchemists to the West is the Tabula Smaragdina, better known as the Emerald Tablet. In my opinion, it is the most profound single work of spiritual alchemy to emerge from the whole Hermetic tradition. An Arabic version exists in the works of Jabir which dates it to at least the eighth century. Translated from Arabic into Latin, it was reprinted countless times in the Middle Ages in Europe. It is one of the most influential documents to emerge from the Hermetic tradition and a key text in the under- standing of all subsequent alchemy. Nothing stands so powerfully as the words themselves:

The Words of the Secret Things of Hermes Trismegistus

 

1. True it is, without falsehood, certain and most true. That which is above is like to that which is below, and that which is below is like to that which is above, to accomplish the miracles of the one thing.

2. And as all things were by the contemplation of the one, so all things arose from this one thing by a single act of adaptation.

3. The father thereof is the Sun, the mother the Moon.

4. The Wind carried it in its womb, the Earth is the nurse thereof. / Page 251 /

5. It is the father of all the works of wonder throughout the whole world.

6. The power thereof is perfect.

7. If it be cast on to the Earth, it will separate the element of the Earth from that of Fire, the subtle from the gross.

8. With great sagacity it doth ascend gently from Earth to Heaven.

9. Again it doth descend to the Earth, and uniteth in itself the force from things superior and things inferior.

10. Thus. thou wilt possess the glory of the brightness of the whole world, and all obscurity will fly from thee.

11. This thing is the strong fortitude of all strength, for it overcometh every subtle thing and doth penetrate every solid substance.

12. Thus was the world created.

13. Hence there will be marvellous adaptations achieved, of which the manner is this.

14. For this reason I am called Hermes Trismegistus, because I hold three parts of the wisdom of the whole world.

15. That which I had to say about the operation of the Sol is completed.16

The work is attributed to our old friend Hermes Trismegistus the 'Thrice-blessed' who has 'three parts of the wisdom of the whole world' and access to the three realms of being: the earth, the Under-world and the heavens.

There have been countless interpretations of the Emerald Tablet and I thought long and hard about the elusive meaning of this mystical text. First, I found a familiar idea from ancient Egypt: 'that which is above is like to that which is below' or, to put it more succinctly: 'As above, so below.' The same forces work through the earth as they do throughout heaven, in the microcosm of humanity and in the macro-cosm of the universe. There is a correspondence and a sympathy between the two which only have the appearance of separation: 'that which is below is like to that which is above'.

What are the miracles of the one thing'? They are the miracles of the universe as a whole, of its unity in diversity, of the fact that All - is One, and One is All, 'as all things were by the contemplation of the one'. A single consciousness permeates all beings and things, known as God, anima mundi, Universal Mind, Great Spirit, world./ Page 252 / soul. In the Hermetic tradition the universe is often represented by the circle, the symbol of eternity and of gold. .

What follows next in the Emerald Tablet would seem to be a version of the creation myth of ancient Egypt. Re, symbolized by the sun, told the names of the creation to Thoth, symbolized by the moon, who by uttering them brought them into existence - the 'single act of adaptation'. The Wind is the goddess Nut, and the nurse is Earth, the god Geb, reversing as the ancient Egyptians did the familiar notion of mother earth and father sky.

At the same time, this would seem to be an alchemical allegory of the chemical wedding of the sun and the moon, Sol and Luna, who represent the universal male and female principles as well as gold and silver, sulphur and mercury. They produce the 'one thing', the power of which is perfect - the Philosopher's Stone. If cast on earth (prima materia) it dissolves it, separating the 'element of the Earth from that of Fire, the subtle from the gross'. In the process of distillation, it ascends to heaven (as vapour) and descends to earth (as sublimate). In addition, it unites through coagulation 'the force from things superior and things inferior', the great and the small.

Of course, the whole alchemical process of the transformation of the elements is a spiritual allegory, describing the separation of the soul from the body ('the subtle from the gross') and its transformation into a purer form. If the work is successful, you become enlightened: 'all obscurity will fly far from thee'.

What does the Emerald Tablet tell us about the nature of the Philosopher's Stone? It focuses the power of the universal mind, it is 'the strong fortitude of aIr strength, for it overcometh every subtle thing and doth penetrate every solid substance'. The alchemist thus mirrors the work of the Creator in the Creation; 'thus was the world created'. And if the alchemist can discover the Philosopher's Stone he or she will be able to achieve 'marvellous adaptations', not only wit~ matter, but also with spirit, not only in the laboratory but in him or herself and in the world at large.

In a sense, the writing of the Emerald Tablet is an alchemical experiment itself. At the end, the Great Work is done. Thus Hermes finishes by saying: 'That which I had to say about the operation of the Sol is completed.'

Throughout the Emerald Tablet there is a deep awareness of the beauty and magnificence of the Creation. It celebrates 'all the works of / Page 253 / wonder throughout the whole world' and 'the glory and the brightness of the whole world' which the enlightened and transformed person, awakened from the dark slumber of ignorance, freed from the dross of material things, will be able to contemplate. It charts the voyage of the soul as it returns to its divine ground across the sea of materiality.

The exact origins of the Emerald Tablet are not clear. One probably Jewish legend claims that it was discovered by Sara, the wife of Abraham, who entered a cave near Hebron after the Flood and found it engraved in Phoenician characters on an emerald plate held in the hands of the corpse of Hermes Trismegistus. Other European commentators in the Middle Ages ascribed it to Alexander the Great or to the Pythagorean sage Apollonius of Tyana, giving it a Greek rather than a Middle Eastern origin.17 An Arabic writer, on the other hand, claims that there were three philosophers called Hermes, one who built the pyramids in Egypt (Thoth?), one who came from Babylon and who taught Pythagoras, and a third who lived in Egypt and wrote on alchemy. In fact, the 'three' Hermes would seem to describe the ancient origins, diffusion and continuity of the Hermetic tradition.

The exact date and authorship of the Emerald Tablet are also unknown. Apart from the abridged Arabic text of it discovered in the works ascribed to Jabir, a version came to light in The Secret of Creation, wrongly attributed to Apollonius of Tyana, which was written in the ninth century.18 It was probably translated from Syriac but may have been based on a much earlier Greek original. Whatever the exact origins of the text, when it was translated into Latin by Hugh of Santillana in the twelfth century, it became the bible of the medieval alchemists in Europe. It remains the greatest document of the Hermetic tradition.

But where did all this leave me in my search for the Philosopher's Stone? I had heard again the elusive voice of Zosimus in the Turba that it 'is a stone and not a stone'. I had been told by the Emerald Tablet that 'it overcometh every subtle thing'. But. would obscurity ever fly from me? Would I really be able to witness those 'marvellous adaptations' held tantalizingly before my vision? Would I ever on my journey find the Red Sulphur of Ibn ' Arabi and the divine light deep within myself? I decided to continue my quest amongst the extraordi-nary characters and arcane texts which brought alchemy from the Middle East to Europe in the twelfth century."

 

Hermes Trismegistus

 

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HERMES TRISMEGISTUS
-
-
-
6
HERMES
68
41
5
12
TRISMEGISTUS
179
80
8
18
HERMES TRISMEGISTUS
247
121
13
1+8
-
2+4+7
1+2+1
1+3
9
HERMES TRISMEGISTUS
13
4
4
-
-
1+3
-
-
9
HERMES TRISMEGISTUS
4
4
4

 

 
-
-
-
-
HERMES TRISMEGISTUS
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
H
=
8
-
6
HERMES
68
41
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
T
=
2
-
12
TRISMEGISTUS
179
80
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
10
-
18
HERMES TRISMEGISTUS
247
121
13
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
H
=
8
1
1
H
8
8
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
-
E
=
5
2
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
R
=
9
3
1
R
18
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
M
=
4
4
1
M
13
4
4
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
E
=
5
5
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
S
=
1
6
1
S
19
10
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
41
-
6
-
68
41
32
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
T
=
2
7
1
T
20
2
2
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
R
=
9
8
1
R
18
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
I
=
9
9
1
I
9
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
S
=
1
10
1
S
19
10
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
M
=
4
11
1
M
13
4
4
-
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
E
=
5
12
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-
G
=
7
13
1
G
7
7
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
I
=
9
14
1
I
9
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
S
=
1
15
1
S
19
10
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
T
=
2
16
1
T
20
2
2
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
U
=
3
17
1
U
21
3
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
=
1
18
1
S
19
10
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
53
-
12
-
179
80
53
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
4
3
8
15
6
7
8
36
-
-
-
-
HERMES TRISMEGISTUS
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1+5
-
-
-
3+6
H
=
8
-
6
HERMES
68
41
5
-
4
4
3
8
6
6
7
8
9
T
=
2
-
12
TRISMEGISTUS
179
80
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
10
-
18
HERMES TRISMEGISTUS
247
121
13
-
4
4
3
8
6
6
7
8
9
-
-
1+0
-
1+8
-
2+4+7
1+2+1
1+3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
2
4
9
HERMES TRISMEGISTUS
13
4
4
-
4
4
3
8
6
6
7
8
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
1+3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
2
4
9
HERMES TRISMEGISTUS
4
4
4
-
4
4
3
8
6
6
7
8
9

 

 
-
-
-
-
HERMES TRISMEGISTUS
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
H
=
8
-
6
HERMES
68
41
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
T
=
2
-
12
TRISMEGISTUS
179
80
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
10
-
18
HERMES TRISMEGISTUS
247
121
13
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
H
=
8
1
1
H
8
8
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
8
-
E
=
5
2
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
6
-
-
-
R
=
9
3
1
R
18
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
9
M
=
4
4
1
M
13
4
4
-
-
-
-
4
-
6
-
-
-
E
=
5
5
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
6
-
-
-
S
=
1
6
1
S
19
10
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
T
=
2
7
1
T
20
2
2
-
-
2
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
R
=
9
8
1
R
18
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
9
I
=
9
9
1
I
9
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
9
S
=
1
10
1
S
19
10
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
M
=
4
11
1
M
13
4
4
-
-
-
-
4
-
6
-
-
-
E
=
5
12
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
6
-
-
-
G
=
7
13
1
G
7
7
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
7
-
-
I
=
9
14
1
I
9
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
9
S
=
1
15
1
S
19
10
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
T
=
2
16
1
T
20
2
2
-
-
2
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
U
=
3
17
1
U
21
3
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
6
-
-
-
S
=
1
18
1
S
19
10
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
4
3
8
15
6
7
8
36
-
-
-
-
HERMES TRISMEGISTUS
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1+5
-
-
-
3+6
H
=
8
-
6
HERMES
68
41
5
-
4
4
3
8
6
6
7
8
9
T
=
2
-
12
TRISMEGISTUS
179
80
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
10
-
18
HERMES TRISMEGISTUS
247
121
13
-
4
4
3
8
6
6
7
8
9
-
-
1+0
-
1+8
-
2+4+7
1+2+1
1+3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
2
4
9
HERMES TRISMEGISTUS
13
4
4
-
4
4
3
8
6
6
7
8
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
1+3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
2
4
9
HERMES TRISMEGISTUS
4
4
4
-
4
4
3
8
6
6
7
8
9

 

 
-
-
-
-
HERMES TRISMEGISTUS
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
H
=
8
-
6
HERMES
68
41
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
T
=
2
-
12
TRISMEGISTUS
179
80
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
10
-
18
HERMES TRISMEGISTUS
247
121
13
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
S
=
1
6
1
S
19
10
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
S
=
1
10
1
S
19
10
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
S
=
1
15
1
S
19
10
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
S
=
1
18
1
S
19
10
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
T
=
2
7
1
T
20
2
2
-
-
2
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
T
=
2
16
1
T
20
2
2
-
-
2
-
-
-
6
-
-
-
U
=
3
17
1
U
21
3
3
-
-
-
3
-
-
6
-
-
-
M
=
4
4
1
M
13
4
4
-
-
-
-
4
-
6
-
-
-
M
=
4
11
1
M
13
4
4
-
-
-
-
4
-
6
-
-
-
E
=
5
2
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
6
-
-
-
E
=
5
5
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
6
-
-
-
E
=
5
12
1
E
5
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
6
-
-
-
G
=
7
13
1
G
7
7
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
7
-
-
H
=
8
1
1
H
8
8
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
8
-
R
=
9
3
1
R
18
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
9
R
=
9
8
1
R
18
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
9
I
=
9
9
1
I
9
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
9
I
=
9
14
1
I
9
9
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
-
-
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
4
3
8
15
6
7
8
36
-
-
-
-
HERMES TRISMEGISTUS
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1+5
-
-
-
3+6
H
=
8
-
6
HERMES
68
41
5
-
4
4
3
8
6
6
7
8
9
T
=
2
-
12
TRISMEGISTUS
179
80
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
10
-
18
HERMES TRISMEGISTUS
247
121
13
-
4
4
3
8
6
6
7
8
9
-
-
1+0
-
1+8
-
2+4+7
1+2+1
1+3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
2
4
9
HERMES TRISMEGISTUS
13
4
4
-
4
4
3
8
6
6
7
8
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
1+3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S
-
2
4
9
HERMES TRISMEGISTUS
4
4
4
-
4
4
3
8
6
6
7
8
9

 

 

THE

SWORD OF WORDS

 

15
THE SWORD OF WORDS
-
-
-
3
THE
33
15
6
5
SWORD
79
25
7
2
OF
21
12
3
5
WORDS
79
25
7
15
THE SWORD OF WORDS
212
77
23
1+5
-
2+1+2
7+7
2+3
6
THE SWORD OF WORDS
5
14
5
-
-
-
1+4
-
6
THE SWORD OF WORDS
5
5
5

 

 

H
=
8
-
7
HEARKEN
62
35
8
S
=
1
-
4
SUCH
51
15
6
L
=
3
-
8
LAUGHTER
92
38
2
D
=
4
-
8
DAUGHTER
84
39
3
A
=
1
-
6
AMIDST
66
21
3
A
=
1
-
3
ALL
25
7
7
T
=
2
-
4
THAT
49
13
4
S
=
1
-
9
SLAUGHTER
111
39
3
S
-
13
4
42
Add to Reduce
540
207
36
-
-
1+3
-
4+2
Reduce to Deduce
5+4+0
2+0+7
3+6
S
-
4
4
6
Essence of number
9
9
9

 

 

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

One Thousand and One Nights (Arabic:Alf Laylah wa-Laylah)[1] is a collection of Middle Eastern folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age. It is often known in English as the Arabian Nights, from the first English-language edition (c. 1706–1721), which rendered the title as The Arabian Nights' Entertainment.[2]

 

O
=
6
-
3
ONE
34
16
7
T
=
2
-
8
THOUSAND
102
30
3
A
=
1
-
3
AND
19
10
1
O
=
6
-
3
ONE
34
16
7
N
=
5
-
6
NIGHTS
77
32
5
S
-
20
4
23
First Total
266
104
23
-
-
2+0
-
2+0
Add to Reduce
2+6+6
1+0+4
2+3
S
-
2
4
2
Reduce to Deduce
14
5
5
-
-
-
-
-
Second Total
1+4
-
-
S
-
2
4
2
Essence of number
5
5
5

 

 
 
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