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999
Chapter 5. A.D.31.
The sermon on the mount. (Cf; k Lk. 6. 20-49.)
The beatitudes. (Cf. Lk. 6, 20:23.)
"AND seeing the multitudes. he went up
into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:
2. And he opened his mouth, and taught them.
saying,
3. Blessed are
the poor in spirit: for their's is the kingdom of heaven.
4. Blessed are
they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
5. Blessed are
the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
6. Blessed are
they which do hun-ger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall
be filled.
7. Blessed are
the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
8. Blessed are
the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
9. Blessed
are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
10. Blessed are
they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for their's is
the kingdom of heaven.
11. Blessed
are ye. when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say
all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
12. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great
is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which
were before you.
Similitudes of the believer. (Cf.
Mk. 4. 21-23; Lk. 8. 16-18.)
13. Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour,
wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing,
but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
14. Ye are the light of the world. A city that
is set on an hill cannot be hid.
15. Neither do men light a candle, and put it
under a bushel. but on a candlestick; / page 1000
/ and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
16. Let your light so shine before men, that
they may see your good, works, and glorify your Father which is in
heaven.
Relation of Christ to
the law.
17. Think not that I am come to I destroy the law, or the prophets:
I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
18. For verily I say unto you, Till, heaven
and earth pass, away one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from
bthe law, till all be fulfilled.
19. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these
least command-ments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the
least in the king-dom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach
them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
20. For I say unto you, That except your righteousness
shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall
in no case enter into the kingdom of hea-ven.
21. Ye have heard that it was said by them of
old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in
danger of the judgment:
22. But I say unto you, That who-soever is angry
with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment:
and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of
the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger
of hell fire.
23. Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the
altar. and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
24. Leave there thy gift before the altar, and
go thy way; first be rec- / Page 1001 / onciled with
to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
25. Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles
thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the ad-versary deliver
thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and
thou be cast into prison.
26. Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no
means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
27. Ye have heard that it was said by them of
old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
28. But I say unto you, That who-soever looketh
on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already
in his heart.
29. And if thy right eye offend thee pluck it
out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one
of thy members should perish. and not that thy whole body should be
cast into hell.
30. And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it
off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one
of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be
cast into hell.
Jesus and divorce.
(Cf. Mt. 19. 3- If; Mk. 10.2-12; 1 Cor. 7.10-15.)
31. It hath been said, Whosoeyer shall put away his wife, let him
give her a writing of divorcement:
32. But I say unto you, That who-soever shall
put away his wife, sav-ing. for the cause of fornication, causeth
her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced
committeth adul-tery.
33. Again, ye have heard that it hath been said
by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform
unto the Lord thine oaths:
34. But say unto you, Swear not at all; neither
by heaven; for it is God's throne:
35. Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool:
neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
36. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because
thou canst not make one hair white or black.
37. But let your communication be, Yea, yea;
Nay, nay: for what-soever is more than these cometh of evil.
38. Ye have heard that it hath been said, An
eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
39. But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil:
but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the
other also.
40 And if any man will sue thee at the law,
and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.
41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile,
go with him twain.
42. Give to him that asketh thee and from him
that would borrow thee turn not thou away.
43. Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou
shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
44. But I say unto you., Love your enemies,
bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray
for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
45. That ye may be the children of your Father
which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and
on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the un-just.
46. For if ye love them which love you, what
reward have ye? do not even the publicans thesame?
47. And if ye salute your brethren only, what
do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? .
48. Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father
which is in heaven is perfect. "
7 |
BLESS |
E |
D |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
5 |
4 |
+ |
= |
9 |
NINE |
9 |
7 |
BLESS |
E |
D |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
5 |
4 |
+ |
= |
9 |
NINE |
9 |
7 |
BLESS |
E |
D |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
5 |
4 |
+ |
= |
9 |
NINE |
9 |
7 |
BLESS |
E |
D |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
5 |
4 |
+ |
= |
9 |
NINE |
9 |
7 |
BLESS |
E |
D |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
5 |
4 |
+ |
= |
9 |
NINE |
9 |
7 |
BLESS |
E |
D |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
5 |
4 |
+ |
= |
9 |
NINE |
9 |
7 |
BLESS |
E |
D |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
5 |
4 |
+ |
= |
9 |
NINE |
9 |
7 |
BLESS |
E |
D |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
5 |
4 |
+ |
= |
9 |
NINE |
9 |
7 |
BLESS |
E |
D |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
- |
5 |
4 |
+ |
= |
9 |
NINE |
9 |
63 |
- |
45 |
36 |
- |
- |
81 |
- |
81 |
6+3 |
- |
4+5 |
3+6 |
- |
- |
8+1 |
- |
8+1 |
9 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
9 |
NINE |
9 |
7 |
- |
B |
L |
E |
S |
S |
E |
D |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
12 |
5 |
19 |
19 |
5 |
4 |
+ |
= |
66 |
21 |
3 |
- |
- |
2 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
+ |
= |
21 |
3 |
3 |
V |
- |
B |
L |
E |
S |
S |
E |
D |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
- |
2 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
+ |
= |
21 |
2+1 |
3 |
4 |
- |
2 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
+ |
= |
21 |
2+1 |
3 |
5 |
- |
2 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
+ |
= |
21 |
2+1 |
3 |
6 |
- |
2 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
+ |
= |
21 |
2+1 |
3 |
7 |
- |
2 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
+ |
= |
21 |
2+1 |
3 |
8 |
- |
2 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
+ |
= |
21 |
2+1 |
3 |
9 |
- |
2 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
+ |
= |
21 |
2+1 |
3 |
10 |
- |
2 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
+ |
= |
21 |
2+1 |
3 |
11 |
- |
2 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
+ |
= |
21 |
2+1 |
3 |
+ |
- |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
63 |
- |
18 |
27 |
45 |
9 |
9 |
45 |
36 |
+ |
= |
189 |
- |
27 |
6+3 |
- |
1+8 |
2+7 |
4+5 |
- |
- |
4+5 |
3+6 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
9 |
- |
9 |
9 |
9 |
- |
- |
9 |
9 |
+ |
= |
45 |
4+5 |
9 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
9 |
9 |
- |
- |
+ |
= |
18 |
1+8 |
9 |
- |
- |
B |
L |
E |
S |
S |
E |
D |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
+ |
= |
81 |
8+1 |
9 |
- |
- |
B |
L |
E |
S |
S |
E |
D |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
5 |
HOLY |
60 |
24 |
6 |
4 |
BIBLE |
30 |
21 |
3 |
9 |
HOLY BIBLE |
90 |
45 |
9 |
- |
- |
9+0 |
4+5 |
- |
9 |
HOLY BIBLE |
9 |
9 |
9 |
8 |
CHAPTERS |
90 |
36 |
9 |
7 |
MATTHEW |
90 |
27 |
9 |
6 |
VERSES |
88 |
25 |
7 |
HOLY BIBLE
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A.D.31.
The sermon on the mount. (Cf; k Lk. 6. 20-49.)
The beatitudes. (Cf. Lk. 6, 20:23.)
9 MATTHEW 9
CHAPTER
5
9 VERSES VERSES 9
3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 + 11
3.
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for their's
is the kingdom of heaven.
4. Blessed are
they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
5. Blessed
are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
6. Blessed
are they which do hun-ger and thirst after righteousness:for they
shall be filled.
7. Blessed
are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
8. Blessed are
the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
9. Blessed
are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
10. Blessed
are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for
their's is the kingdom of heaven.
11.
Blessed are ye. when men shall revile
you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you
falsely, for my sake.
THE
SERMON ON THE MOUNT
BLESSED x 9 9
x BLESSED
7 |
BLESSED |
66 |
21 |
3 |
5 |
WOMAN |
66 |
21 |
3 |
7 |
MANKIND |
66 |
30 |
3 |
4 |
LOVE |
54 |
18 |
9 |
7 |
REALITY |
90 |
36 |
9 |
BLESSED 66 66 BLESSED
BLESSED 21 21 BLESSED
BLESSED 3 3 BLESSED
5 |
HOLY |
60 |
24 |
6 |
4 |
BIBLE |
30 |
21 |
3 |
9 |
HOLY BIBLE |
90 |
45 |
9 |
- |
- |
9+0 |
4+5 |
- |
9 |
HOLY BIBLE |
9 |
9 |
9 |
8 |
CHAPTERS |
90 |
36 |
9 |
7 |
MATTHEW |
90 |
27 |
9 |
6 |
VERSES |
88 |
25 |
7 |
1984:SPRING
A CHOICE OF FUTURES
Arthur C. Clarke 1984
The Poetry of Space .
Page 175
Here are the skies, the
planets seven,
And all the starry train:
Content you with the mimic
heaven,
And on the earth remain.
Additional Poems V
"...The planets seven?
Of course, the only planets known to the ancients, were Mercury,
Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn
- a mere five. The extra two were presumably the
Sun and Moon, which
we would no longer include - though we would add the Earth,
Uranus, Neptune and Pluto to make
a grand total of nine."
1 |
- |
7 |
MERCURY |
103 |
40 |
4 |
2 |
- |
5 |
VENUS |
81 |
18 |
9 |
3 |
- |
4 |
MARS |
51 |
15 |
6 |
4 |
- |
7 |
JUPITER |
99 |
36 |
9 |
5 |
- |
6 |
SATURN |
93 |
21 |
3 |
15 |
- |
29 |
First Total |
427 |
130 |
31 |
1+5 |
- |
2+9 |
Add to Reduce |
4+2+7 |
1+3+0 |
3+1 |
6 |
- |
11 |
Second Total |
13 |
4 |
4 |
- |
- |
1+1 |
Reduce to Deduce |
3+1 |
- |
- |
6 |
- |
2 |
Final Total |
4 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
- |
7 |
MERCURY |
103 |
40 |
4 |
2 |
- |
5 |
VENUS |
81 |
18 |
9 |
3 |
- |
4 |
MARS |
51 |
15 |
6 |
4 |
- |
7 |
JUPITER |
99 |
36 |
9 |
5 |
- |
6 |
SATURN |
93 |
21 |
3 |
6 |
- |
3 |
SUN |
54 |
9 |
9 |
7 |
- |
4 |
MOON |
57 |
21 |
3 |
28 |
- |
36 |
First Total |
538 |
160 |
43 |
2+8 |
- |
3+6 |
Add to Reduce |
5+3+8 |
1+6+0 |
4+3 |
10 |
- |
9 |
Second Total |
16 |
7 |
7 |
1+0 |
- |
- |
Reduce to Deduce |
1+6 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
9 |
Final Total |
7 |
7 |
7 |
1984:SPRING
A CHOICE OF FUTURES
Arthur C. Clarke 1984
The Poetry of Space .
Page 175
Here are the skies, the
planets seven,
And all the starry train:
Content you with the mimic
heaven,
And on the earth remain.
Additional Poems V
"...The planets seven?
Of course, the only planets known to the ancients, were Mercury,
Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn
- a mere five. The extra two were presumably the
Sun and Moon, which
we would no longer include - though we would add the Earth,
Uranus, Neptune and Pluto to make
a grand total of nine."
7 |
MERCURY |
103 |
40 |
4 |
5 |
VENUS |
81 |
18 |
9 |
4 |
MARS |
51 |
15 |
6 |
7 |
JUPITER |
99 |
36 |
9 |
6 |
SATURN |
93 |
21 |
3 |
3 |
SUN |
54 |
9 |
9 |
4 |
MOON |
57 |
21 |
3 |
5 |
EARTH |
52 |
25 |
7 |
6 |
URANUS |
94 |
22 |
4 |
7 |
NEPTUNE |
95 |
32 |
5 |
5 |
PLUTO |
84 |
21 |
3 |
59 |
Total |
863 |
260 |
62 |
MAGIC AND MYSTERY IN TIBET
Alexandra David - Neel .1967
Page 43
"...One evening, the gomchen of Lachen appeared
with all the trapping of a magician: a five-sided crown, a rosary-necklace
made of 108
round pieces, cut out of so many skulls, an apron of human bones bored
and carved, and in his belt the ritualistic dagger (phurba).
"...a rosary-necklace made of 108
round pieces,"
Page 53
"According to Tibetans, 108
chortens and 108
springs exist round about Chorten Nyima. All of them are not visible.
A large number can only be seen by those whose mind is panicularly
pure."
TIBET
THE
INBETWEEN
- |
DALAI
- LAMA |
- |
- |
- |
4 |
D+A+L+A |
18 |
9 |
9 |
1 |
I |
9 |
9 |
9 |
4 |
L+A+M+A |
27 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
DALAI - LAMA |
54 |
27 |
27 |
- |
- |
5+4 |
2+7 |
2+7 |
9 |
DALAI - LAMA |
9 |
9 |
9 |
OUR COSMIC HABITAT
Martin
Rees
1999
Limits to Prediction
Page
99
In August 1999, a
total solar eclipse was visible from southwest England.
I viewed it from Cornwall through intermittent clouds.
For me it was simply an environmental experience, shared with
thousands of New Age cuItists, astrology devotees, and the like.
But the spectacle triggered some simple- minded thoughts"
9 |
BABYLONIA |
81 |
36 |
9 |
7 |
BABYLON |
71 |
26 |
8 |
10 |
BABYLONIAN |
95 |
41 |
5 |
11 |
BABYLONIANS |
114 |
42 |
6 |
4 |
BABY |
30 |
12 |
3 |
"It reminded me, first, that astronomy is by far the oldest quantitative
science. Eclipses could be
predicted, at least approximately, in the first millennium B.C.
For several centuries, / Page 100
/ the
Babylonians recorded celestial events on cuneiform tablets,
and thousands of these records can now be seen in the British Museum.
They stretched over a long enough timespan to reveal
subtle patterns-particularly an eighteen-year
repet-itive cycle-which could be extrapolated forward to predict when
future eclipses were likely to occur.
Such predictions were feasible for lunar eclipses, which are
observable from half the Earth's
surface, in contrast to solar eclipses, where "totality"
occurs only along a narrow strip.
Such predictions required no insight into how the Sun
and Moon actually moved-only
a faith in the regularity of nature.
It
was not until the seventeenth century that substantial advances were
made. By that time, astronomers
such as Edmund Halley understood the layout of the solar system, and
the eighteen-year cycle was realized to be due to a wobble
in the plane of the Moon's
orbit. Halley is famous
for his insight that the comet he saw in 1682 was the same one that
others had also seen in 1531 and 1607. He did not live to see its predicted return on schedule in
1758, though he had the good luck to see two total eclipses of the
Sun in England during
his lifetime, and he had predicted them both. His predictions of the "totality strip" were better
than the ancients could have made.
But more important was a qualitative advance: Halley, unlike
the Babylonians, based his predictions on the kind of insight
that we could properly call a scientific explanation.
Such an explanation,
of course, removes any mystery and irrational dread.
For example, a few weeks after Europe experienced
the August 1999
eclipse, major earthquakes occurred in Turkey and Greece; in earlier
centuries it would have been natural to treat these as causally linked,
whereas we now understand eclipses and earthquakes well enough to
realize that a causal link is unlikely."
3 |
TAO |
36 |
9 |
9 |
4 |
GAIA |
18 |
9 |
9 |
5 |
WORLD |
72 |
27 |
9 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
SUN |
54 |
9 |
9 |
5 |
EARTH |
52 |
25 |
7 |
4 |
MOON |
57 |
21 |
3 |
1 |
- |
7 |
MERCURY |
103 |
40 |
4 |
2 |
- |
5 |
VENUS |
81 |
18 |
9 |
3 |
- |
4 |
MARS |
51 |
15 |
6 |
4 |
- |
7 |
JUPITER |
99 |
36 |
9 |
5 |
- |
6 |
SATURN |
93 |
21 |
3 |
6 |
- |
3 |
SUN |
54 |
9 |
9 |
7 |
- |
4 |
MOON |
57 |
21 |
3 |
8 |
- |
5 |
EARTH |
52 |
25 |
7 |
9 |
- |
6 |
URANUS |
94 |
22 |
4 |
10 |
- |
7 |
NEPTUNE |
95 |
32 |
5 |
11 |
- |
5 |
PLUTO |
84 |
21 |
3 |
66 |
- |
59 |
First Total |
863 |
260 |
62 |
6+6 |
- |
5+9 |
Add to Reduce |
8+6+3 |
2+6+0 |
6+2 |
12 |
- |
14 |
Second Total |
17 |
8 |
8 |
1+2 |
- |
1+4 |
Reduce to Deduce |
1+7 |
- |
- |
3 |
- |
5 |
Final Total |
8 |
8 |
8 |
JUST SIX NUMBERS
THE DEEP FORCES THAT SHAPE
THE UNIVERSE
Martin Rees
1
999
Page 26
We know that there are planets orbiting other stars,
just as the Earth orbits
our own star, the Sun.
We may wonder what habitats they offer. Is their gravity too weak
to retain an atmosphere? Are they too hot, too cold, or too dry to
harbour life? Probably only a few offer an environment conducive for
life. So, on a much grander scale, there may be innumerable other
universes that we cannot observe because light from them can never
reach us. Would they be propitious for the kind of evolution that
has happened on at least one planet around at least one star in our
'home' universe? In most of them, the six numbers could be different:
only a few universes would then be 'well tuned' for life. We should
not be surprised that, in our universe, the numbers seem providentially
tuned, any more than we should be surprised to find ourselves on a
rather special planet whose gravity can retain an atmosphere, where
the temperature allows water to exist, and that is orbiting a stable
long-lived star.
Page24
"Any remote beings who could communicate
with us would have some concepts of mathematics and logic that paralleled
our own. And they would also share a knowledge of the basic particles
and forces that govern our universe. Their habitat may be very different
(and the biosphere even more different) from ours here on Earth; but
they, and their planet, would be made of atoms just like those on
Earth. For them, as for us, the most important particles would be
protons and electrons: one electron orbiting a proton makes a hydrogen
atom, and electric currents and radio transmitters involve streams
of electrons. A proton is 1,836 times heavier
than an electron, and the number 1,836 would have the same connotations
to any 'intelligence' able and motivated to transmit radio
signals.
"A proton is
1,836
times heavier than an electron, and the number
1,836
would have the same connotations to any 'intelligence'
"
7 |
MERCURY |
103 |
40 |
4 |
5 |
VENUS |
81 |
18 |
9 |
4 |
MARS |
51 |
15 |
6 |
7 |
JUPITER |
99 |
36 |
9 |
6 |
SATURN |
93 |
21 |
3 |
3 |
SUN |
54 |
9 |
9 |
4 |
MOON |
57 |
21 |
3 |
5 |
EARTH |
52 |
25 |
7 |
6 |
URANUS |
94 |
22 |
4 |
7 |
NEPTUNE |
95 |
32 |
5 |
5 |
PLUTO |
84 |
21 |
3 |
59 |
Total |
863 |
260 |
62 |
1,836
" would have the same connotations
to any 'intelligence' "
1836
3 |
SUN |
54 |
9 |
9 |
5 |
EARTH |
52 |
25 |
7 |
4 |
MOON |
57 |
21 |
3 |
3 |
SUN |
54 |
9 |
9 |
5 |
EARTH |
52 |
25 |
7 |
4 |
MOON |
57 |
21 |
3 |
12 |
First Total |
163 |
55 |
19 |
1+2 |
Add to Reduce |
1+6+3 |
5+5 |
1+9 |
3 |
Second Total |
10 |
10 |
10 |
- |
Reduce to Deduce |
1+0 |
1+0 |
1+0 |
3 |
Final Total |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
3 |
6 |
� |
54 |
= |
34 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
5+4 |
- |
3+4 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
9 |
- |
7 |
THE E AT DELPHI
8 |
OMPHALOS |
99 |
36 |
9 |
6 |
ORACLE |
54 |
27 |
9 |
6 |
DELPHI |
54 |
36 |
9 |
7 |
EPSILON |
90 |
36 |
9 |
THE NAMES OF GOD
?
THE TUTANKHAMUN PROPHECIES
Maurice Cotterell
1
999
Page 193
" The centre of Solomon's
courtyard contained a perfect cube,
the 'holy of holies', the solid gold 'Oracle'
encrusted in jewels. The inner / Page 194 / temple was a
marvel of courtyards and balconies, adorned with 1,453
magnificently sculpted Parisian-marble columns, 2,906
decorated pilasters and statues of stone and metal. The buildings
and courtyards could hold an estimated gathering of 300,000.
Anderson's Constitutions of the Freemasons (1723) comments:
. . . the finest structures of Tyre and Sidon could not be compared
with the Eternal God's Temple at Jerusalem.
. . there were employed 3,600
Princes, or 'Master Masons', to conduct the work according to Solomon's
directions, with 80,000
hewers of stone in the mountains ('Fellow Craftsmen'), and 70,000
labourers, in all 153,600,
besides the levy under Adoniram to work in the
mountains of Lebanon by turns with the Sidonians, viz 30,000
being in all 183,600..."
183,600
"...According to the Biblical account, Chiram
returned home following completion of the temple, although according
to A. E. Waite (New Encyclopaedia of Freemasonry);
The legend of the Master Builder is the greatest allegory of Masonry.
It happens that this figurative story is grounded on the fact of
a personality mentioned in Holy Scripture,
but this historical background is of the accident and not of the
essence; the significance is in the allegory and not in any point
of history which may lie behind it."
JUST SIX NUMBERS
Martin Rees
1
999
"A proton is 1,836
times heavier than an electron, and the number 1,836
would have the same connotations to any 'intelligence' "
HARMONIC 288
Bruce Cathie 1977
"(144 is
the harmonic of the speed of light) and 6942
is the harmonic reciprocal."
Page95
"The value that I calculated for length was extremely close
to that.of the one published in Davidson and Aldersmith's book,
their value being 1836 inches,
and my theoretical value 1833,46 geodetic
inches."
"A search of my physics books revealed that 1836
was the closest approximation the scientists have calculated
to the mass / Page 96 (Diagram 15 omitted) Page 97 / ratio
of the positive hydrogen ion, i.e. the proton, to the electron..."
1 x 8 x 3 x 6 = 144
THE STARGATE CONSPIRACY
Lynn Picknett & Clive Prince
1
999
Page 311
"The mortar that binds Strieber's
agenda together lies in his emphasis on
the importance of the number nine. As he writes:
The nine lessons of my ninth summer were structured
in three groups of three - a fact that has explained
to me one meaning of the mysterious nine knocks that played
such an important role in my encounter experience.8
(This parallels the nine knocks that woke Jack Parsons during
a lengthy magickal working on 10 January 1946.9)
Surely Strieber is virtually inviting us to make connections with
the Council of Nine?
The Secret School described the nine lessons he was given
from childhood in three triads, but he added a tenth,
a new lesson given to him by the 'visitors' on 12 November 1995:
a vision of the future in 2036 (in which the United States has become
a mil-itary dictatorship after terrorists have destroyed Washington
with an atomic bomb). It is, by now, a familiar pattern: there are
ten significant numbers, but the tenth is only there
to complete and make sense of the other nine, and also to
provide continuity to the next sequence."
4 |
NINE |
42 |
24 |
6 |
5 |
NINTH |
65 |
29 |
2 |
5 |
TENTH |
67 |
22 |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
5 |
THREE |
56 |
29 |
2 |
5 |
TRIAD |
52 |
25 |
7 |
5 |
THIRD |
59 |
32 |
5 |
6 |
THRICE |
63 |
36 |
9 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
6 |
ENTERS |
81 |
27 |
9 |
6 |
NETERS |
81 |
27 |
9 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
NET |
39 |
12 |
3 |
3 |
TEN |
39 |
12 |
3 |
4 |
ZERO |
64 |
28 |
1 |
3 |
THE |
33 |
15 |
6 |
5 |
INTER |
66 |
30 |
3 |
3 |
NET |
39 |
12 |
3 |
11 |
First Total |
138 |
57 |
12 |
1+1 |
Add to Reduce |
1+3+8 |
5+7 |
1+2 |
2 |
Second Total |
12 |
12 |
3 |
- |
Reduce to Deduce |
1+2 |
1+2 |
- |
2 |
Final Total |
3 |
3 |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
THE |
33 |
15 |
6 |
3 |
NET |
39 |
12 |
3 |
6 |
First Total |
72 |
27 |
9 |
- |
Add to Reduce |
7+2 |
2+7 |
- |
6 |
Final
Total |
9 |
9 |
9 |
FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS
Graham Hancock 1995
City
of the Sun, Chamber of the Jackal
Page 381(Part VII)
"Heliopolis
(City of the Sun) was referred to in the Bible as On
but was originally known in the Egyptian language as Innu,
or Innu Mehret - meaning 'the pillar' or 'the northern
pillar'.3 It was a district of
immense sanctity, associated with a strange group of nine
solar and stellar deities, and was old beyond reckoning when Senuseret
chose it as the site for his obelisk. Indeed, together with Giza
(and the distant southern city of Abydos) Innu / Heliopolis
was believed to have been part of the first land that emerged from
the primeval waters at the / Page 382 / moment of creation, the
land of the 'First Time', where the gods had commenced their rule
on earth..
Heliopolitan theology rested on a creation-myth distinguished by
a . number of unique and curious features. It taught that in the
beginning the universe had been filled with a dark, watery nothingness,
called the Nun. Out of this inert cosmic ocean (described
as 'shapeless, black with the blackness of the blackest night')
rose a mound of dry land on which Ra, the Sun God,
materialized in his self-created form as Atum (sometimes
depicted as an old bearded man leaning on a staff:5
The sky had not been created, the
earth had not been created, the children of the earth and the reptiles
had not been fashioned in that place. . .
I, Atum, was one by myself. . . There existed
no other who worked with me .'. .6
Conscious of being alone, this
blessed and immortal being contrived to create two divine offspring,
Shu, god of the air and dryness, and
Tefnut the goddess of moisture:
'I thrust my phallus into my
closed hand. I made my seed
to enter my hand. I poured
it into my own mouth. I evacuated
under the form of Shu, I passed water under the form of
Tefnut.,7
Despite such apparently inauspicious
beginnings, Shu
and Tefnut (who were always described as 'Twins'
and frequently depicted as lions) grew to maturity, copulated and
produced offspring of their own: Geb
the god of the earth and Nut, the goddess of the sky. These
two also mated, creating Osiris and Isis, Set
and Nepthys, and so completed the Ennead, the full
company of the Nine Gods of Heliopolis. Of the nine,
Ra, Shu, Geb and Osiris were said
to have ruled in Egypt as kings, followed by Horus, and lastly
- for 3226 years - by the Ibis-headed wisdom god Thoth.8
Who were these people - or creatures, or beings, or gods? Were they
figments of the priestly imagination, or symbols, or ciphers? Were
the stories told about them vivid myth memories of real events which
had taken place thousands of years previously? Or were they, perhaps,
part of a coded message from the ancients that had been transmitting
itself over and over again down the epochs - a message only now
beginning to be unravelled and understood?
Such notions seemed fanciful. Nevertheless I could hardly forget
/ Page 383 / that out of this very same Heliopolitan tradition the
great myth of Isis
and Osiris had flowed, covertly transmitting an accurate
calculus for the rate of precessional motion. Moreover the priests
of Innu, whose responsibility ,it had been to guard and nurture
such traditions, had been renowned throughout Egypt for
their high wisdom and their proficiency in prophecy, astronomy,
mathematics, architecture and the magic arts. They were also famous
for their possession of a powerful and sacred object known as the
Benben.9
The Egyptians called Heliopolis Innu,
the pillar, because tradition had it that the Benben
had been kept here in remote pre-dynastic times, when it had balanced
on top of a pillar of rough-hewn stone.
The Benben was believed to
have fallen from the skies. Unfortu-nately, it had been lost so
long before that its appearance was no longer remembered by the
time Senuseret took the throne in 1971 BC. In that period (the Twelfth
Dynasty) all that was clearly recalled was that the Benben
had been pyramidal in form, thus providing (together with the pillar
on which it stood) a prototype for the shape of all future obelisks.
The name Benben was likewise
applied to the pyramidion, or apex stone, usually placed on top
of pyramids.10 In a symbolic sense,
it was also associated closely and directly with Ra-Atum,
of whom the ancient texts said, 'You became high on the height;
you rose up as the Benben stone
in the Mansion of the Phoenix.
. . ,11
Mansion of the Phoenix described
the original temple at Heliopolis
where the Benben had been
housed. It reflected the fact that the mysterious object had also
served as an enduring symbol for the mythical Phoenix,
the divine Bennu bird whose appearances and disappearances were
believed to be linked to Violent cosmic cycles and to the destruction
and rebirth of world ages.12"
Page 382
"I, Atum, was one
by myself. . . There existed no other who worked with me .'"
- |
I |
A |
T |
U |
M |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
9 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
9 |
- |
9 |
NINE |
9 |
5 |
I |
A |
T |
U |
M |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
9 |
1 |
20 |
21 |
13 |
+ |
= |
64 |
6+4 |
1 |
ONE |
1 |
- |
9 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
+ |
= |
19 |
1+9 |
1 |
ONE |
1 |
- |
- |
A |
T |
U |
M |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
+ |
= |
10 |
1+0 |
1 |
ONE |
1 |
1 |
I |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
= |
9 |
- |
9 |
NINE |
9 |
2 |
M+E |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
= |
18 |
1+8 |
9 |
NINE |
9 |
FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS
Graham Hancock 1995
Page 382
I, Atum,
was one by myself. . . There existed no other who
worked with me .'. .6
Conscious of being alone, this blessed
and immortal being contrived to create two divine offspring, Shu,
god of the air and dryness, and Tefnut the goddess of moisture:
'I
thrust my phallus into my closed hand. I made my seed to
enter my hand. I poured it into my own mouth. I
evacuated under the form of Shu, I passed
water under the form of Tefnut.,7
Despite such apparently inauspicious
beginnings, Shu and Tefnut (who were always described
as 'Twins' and frequently depicted as lions) grew to maturity,
copulated and produced offspring of their own: Geb
the god of the earth and Nut,
the goddess of the sky. These two also mated, creating Osiris
and Isis, Set and Nepthys, and so completed
the Ennead, the full company of the Nine Gods of Heliopolis.
Of the nine, Ra, Shu, Geb and Osiris
were said to have ruled in Egypt as kings, followed by Horus,
and lastly - for 3226 years - by the Ibis-headed wisdom god
Thoth.8"
I = 9, Atum = 1, was one
= 7 by myself = 8. . . There existed no other who worked
with me = 9 .'. .6
Conscious = 1 of being =
1 alone = 2, this blessed = 3 and immortal
= 2 being = 1 contrived to create = 7
two = 4 divine = 9 offspring = 2, Shu =,
god = 8 of the air = 1 and dryness = 5, and
Tefnut = 5 the goddess 1 of = 3 moisture
= 3: 'I = 9 thrust my = 2 phallus = 8 into my
= 2 closed hand. I = 9 made my = 2 seed = 6 to
enter my = 2 hand = 9. I = 9 poured it into
my = 2 own = 7 mouth = 5. I = 9 evacuated
under the form = 7 of Shu = 3, I = 9 passed
water = 4 under the = 6 form=7 of Tefnut=5'7
Despite such apparently inauspicious
beginnings, Shu = 3 and Tefnut = 5 (who were always
described as 'Twins = 4' and frequently depicted as lions
= 6) grew to maturity, copulated and produced offspring =
2 of their = 6 own = 7: Geb = 5 the god
=8 of the earth = 7 and Nut = 1, the goddess
= 1 of the sky = 1. These two = 4
also mated,= 7 creating = 5
Osiris=8 and Isis =2, Set = 8 and Nepthys,=
8 and so completed the Ennead=7, the full company
of the Nine = 6 Gods = 9 of Heliopolis = 3. Of the
nine = 6, Ra = 1, Shu = 3, Geb = 5 and Osiris
= 8 were said to have ruled in Egypt = 1 as kings
= 6, followed by Horus = 9, and lastly - for 3226
years - by the Ibis = 3 - headed = 9 wisdom = 2
god = 8 Thoth = 8.8
1 |
I |
9 |
9 |
9 |
2 |
ME |
18 |
9 |
9 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
5 |
BEING |
37 |
28 |
1 |
9 |
CONSCIOUS |
118 |
37 |
1 |
4 |
ATUM |
55 |
10 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
SHU |
48 |
12 |
3 |
6 |
TEFNUT |
86 |
23 |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
GEB |
14 |
14 |
5 |
3 |
NUT |
55 |
10 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
6 |
OSIRIS |
89 |
35 |
8 |
4 |
ISIS |
56 |
20 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
SET |
44 |
8 |
8 |
7 |
NEPTHYS |
107 |
35 |
8 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
5 |
HORUS |
81 |
27 |
9 |
5 |
THOTH |
71 |
26 |
8 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
6 |
ANUBIS |
66 |
21 |
3 |
4 |
PTAH |
45 |
18 |
9 |
3 |
GOD |
26 |
17 |
8 |
7 |
GODDESS |
73 |
28 |
1 |
10 |
NAMES OF GOD |
99 |
45 |
9 |
FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS
Graham Hancock 1995
and lastly - for 3226
years - by the Ibis-headed wisdom god Thoth.
3 x 2 x 2 x 6
72
7 + 2
9
3 + 2 + 2 + 6
13
1 + 3
4
TWINSTWOINS
THE FINDING OF THE
THIRD EYE
Vera Stanley Alder 1938
Page 127
CHAPTER
13
THE
'THIRD EYE'
THE THIRTEENTH CANDLE
T. Lobsang Rampa
1972
Page 93
" THE THIRD EYE"
MAGIC AND MYSTERY IN TIBET
Alexandra David-Neel 1965
Page x
"By
a strange shuffle of fate, Magic and Mystery in Tibet turned out to
be our thirteenth book. I find
it interesting, but not meaningful, that the numbers 7,
11, and 13 recur
quite frequently in my life. Claude Kendall, for example, had
13 letters in his name, as did Tiffany Thayer. Our office
was at 70 Fifth Avenue, at the comer of 13th
Street. Our room number was 706, which added up to
13, and was of course on the seventh
floor."
THE THIRTEENTH CANDLE
T. Lobsang Rampa
1972
THE
THIRTEENTH
CANDLE
"i s T.Lobsang Rampa's
thirteenth book. It answers many questions which
Dr. Rampa is often asked about the world of the astral, healing,
life after death, and similar topics. Like his earlier books,
THE
THIRTEENTH
CANDLE
will bring consolation and inspiration to countless
readers-in particular, to Br. Rampa's many students and followers"
FXPLANATION
" 'The Thirteenth
Candle?' Well, it is meant to be a logical title derived from what
I am trying to do. I am trying to 'light a candle' which is far
better than 'cursing thedark- ness'. This is my thirteenth
book which, I hope, will be my Thirteenth
Candle.
You may think it is a very little candle, perhaps one of those birthday-cake
candles. But I have never had a cake of any kind with candles-never
even had a birthday cake! and now with my restricted sugar-free,
low-residue diet of not more than a thousand calories it is too
late to bother.
So indulge me; let's pretend that this is 'The Thirteenth
Candle' even though it be as small as the candle on a doll's
birthday cake."
CHAT MAGAZINE
FATE
May/June 2004
IT'S FATE TALKING NUMBERS
Page 60 /61 6+0+6+1=13
13
LUCKY FOR SOME
"The
number 13 is'nt all
bad...It always seems to get a bad press and is in need of some
good PR! The number 13 fills
many of us with fear - who enjoys working on Friday
the 13th? (Or any other day,
for that matter!) This silly superstition has even got its own name
- triskaidekaphobia!
And it's not just us paranoid Brits, either - 13
gets a bad press wherever it goes. It's even removed from hotels
and street addresses all around the world.
It could have something to do with Judas being the 13th
disciple at the Last Supper,
or there being 13 Full
Moons a year,
the time when witches venture out! But the bad-mouthing's relatively
recent. Earlier societies sang the number's praises.
So it's time to hear it for 13.
Here's why it's a remarkable number...
Extra day!
On average, the moon covers 13
degrees per day. Although there are 12 months in
a year, based on the movements of the sun, there
are 13
moons a year - one every 28 days, plus a day left
over: Hence the expression 'a year and a day'.
When the 13th Full Moon
occurs -two in one month - it's called a 'blue moon' (cue for a
song?).
Many ancient cultures used a calendar based on these 13
lunar cycles. The first civilisation known to man (around 3000BC),
was an advanced society of people known as the Sumerians, who possessed
extraordinary Astronomical knowledge (even better than Patrick Moore).
They lived in Mesopotamia, an ancient land located where
Iran and Iraq are today. They followed a
solar-
lunar calendar alternating between 12 and 13
months. Handy if you
want an extra holiday!
Calendar girl
The first calendar that the North American Indians used was on the
shell of the turtle (hopefully when the poor beast wasn't still
in it!). The outer shape is circular, to symbolise a 'sacred hoop'.
And within the shell are 13
segments, used to mark the passing of each Full Moon.
These 13
moon cycles gave birth to the legends of the 13
Original Clan Mothers (that's girl
power!), who represented the talents and abilities that we all can
develop during our lives - if we try! Traditionally, 13
was considered a powerful number with strong connections
to women and fertility, as the female menstrual cycle follows
the phases of the moon. We
bleed approximately 13 times
per year, roughly every 28 days (and don't we know
it!)
Freya - the Norse goddess of love and fertility - was associated
with the number 13
because of this, and she's specifically linked to Friday
the 13th. Back then, it was
a sacred day, but for us, it's just an excuse to tell your boss
you're ill...
Even the origin of our existence is related to the number
13. One sperm (13
chromosomes) + one ovum (13 chromosomes)
= a human life. Blimey - science, eh?
Number crunch
That brainy Greek philosopher Pythagoras said, 'The
world is built upon the power of numbers,' and believed they possessed
individual qualities. He created the system of divination - known
now as numerology - where all words, names and numbers are reduced
to single digits.
Using this system, the number 13
is the higher vibration of 4 (as 1 + 3 = 4), 4 being the root of
all numbers associated with the Earth and the four elements.
Also, 13 symbolises love for
hte world and is associated with genius. People born on this
date are said to be innovators and explorers, successful in scientific
research. Sexy boffin types.
Word up
The Gematria is an ancient Hebrew
system for discovering the hidden meanings behind
words, using
numerical values for letters of the alphabet (a bit like an
ancient Morse code, then!). It was used to search for the secret
holy names of God, which were believed to carry incredible power.
The Greeks used Gematria to interpret dreams. Kabbalists - those
studying Jewish mysticism - developed the system further. Thirteen
is considered to be directly connected to God. It means 'love
of unity';
as the Hebrew words for 'love'
and
'one' both total 13.
Wow, that number certainly packs a powerful punch!
Cool gang
Unlike today, where only a brave sportsman will wear the number
13 on his shirt, many, many
moons ago, anything consisting of 13 was considered very
lucky!
Jesus had 12
disciples, and he said his group represented 'the13
veins of humanity'.
There were 13 knights
of the Round Table, including King Arthur. (If it was an
oblong table, some might have felt a bit left out!)
Robin Hood had12 merry men to help him rob the rich!
Romulus, / Page 61/ god
Osiris.
There are 12 Namshans (advisors) around the spiritual
leader of Tibet, the Dalai
Lama.
A witches' coven tradi-tionally had 13 mem-bers.
The number 13 is said by
some to be ded-icated to the Virgin Mary,
as she's believed to have died on 13 August.
In Judaism, there are 13 examples
of God's divine mercy.
Maimonides - the 12th-century Jewish physician,
rabbi and philosopher - had 13
principles of faith that he considered the minimum requirements
of Jewish belief. The Hebrew bible has
39 books, which is 3 x 13.
(That's enough maths for now!)
In Indian temples, there are
13 Buddhas. There
are said to be 13 stages a man must
pass through to achieve Buddhahood.
(Ha, that's a tough
task - most of them don't progress past infancy!)
In the Tibetan faith, 13
is the most favourable number of them all. It represents
the Goddess Penden Lhamo -
who's protector that's
a tough task - most of them don't progress past infancy!) In the
Tibetan faith, 13 is the most
favourable number of them
all. It represents the Goddess Penden Lhamo - who's protector of
the Dalai Llama and the Tibetan
nation.
Convinced yet?
Double power
The ancient Aztec and Mayan,
people of South America thought. the number 13
was so powerful, they used two calendars - one based on 365 days
and another on cycles of 13. (They
certainly liked making life complicated for themselves!) It was
thought to be the most astronomically precise calendar ever created
and is still used for magical purposes by some remote Mayan
tribes.
The Mayans believed the entire
span of time would last for 13 Baktun
cycles (one Baktun = 144,000
days). The cycle of time we're in now is said to have begun
on 13 August 3114 BC, and
is to end on 22 December 2012.
So, don't forget to put that date in your diary, girls.
The Aztec calendar also had a week consisting of 13
days, which was ruled by
Tlazolteotl - she was associated with witchcraft
and purification of sin. She was
the power behind all forms of bad behaviour, and her special weapon
was sex.
(Must have been fun having her as your goddess!)
The 13th day was dedicated
to Tezcatlipoca, the Aztec god of the
night and material things (we're with him on that!) He carried a
magic mirror which gave off smoke and killed enemies. Maybe
that's why he was known as the Smoking Mirror...
Praise be!
Various faiths in years gone by made 13
a part of their religious ceremonies. In ancient Babylon,
13 people were chosen to represent
the gods. For the Egyptians,
13 was associated with immortality,
as they believed there were 12 rungs on the ladder to eternal life
and knowledge. To take that all- important 13th
step represented the transition through death into beyond.
Those canny Druids had a few things
up their sleeve, too. The ancient Celtic Oghamalphabet,
used by them as a secret language and when worshipping, was also
known as the 'sacred tree alphabet' and
was based on 13 trees native to Britain.
New zodiac
We all know our star sign, but did you know there have been
13 zodiac
signs? The sun appears to pass through 13
constellations on the ecliptic (the path it takes through
the stars).
The missing constellation, which lies between Libra
and Sagittarius, is called Ophiuchus
- the Serpent Bearer: He's associated with Aesclepius,
the Greek God of healing, whose symbol
(snakes coiled around a staff or rod -ooer!), is used to represent
places of healing and medicine.
The Greek philosopher Plato insisted
it be included in the zodiac, but his cries for the case of Ophiuchus
were ignored. This has divided astronomers and astrologers for thousands
of years.
So, all you autumn girls, you may have an extra star sign!
13
THINGS ABOUT THIS SPECIAL
NUMBER
1.
Jazz legend Miles Davis got a trumpet for his 13th
birthday(then he practised!)
2.
Rugby League is played with teams of 13
players.
3.
in Japan Friday the 13th
is considered lucky.
4.
During the Blitz in London the number 13
buses somehow escaped being bombed.
5.
The average cost of a wedding is �1300.
6.
The13th card of the tarot deck
is Death, which signifies change
7.
There are 13 loaves in a baker's
dozen.
8. Neil Young recorded an album of 13
songs called Lucky Thirteen.
9.
The element associated with the atomic number 13
is the metal aluminium.
10. There are
13 petals in corn marigolds.
ragworts and black-eyed Susans.
11.
In Italy, a gold 13
charm is given to infants to ensure prosperity in life.
12.
Wales has 13
counties (thats nearly an empire)
13.
There are 13 bumps in the anti-clockwise
spirals of a pineapple! (Go on check!)
6 |
FRIDAY |
63 |
36 |
9 |
8 |
THIRTEEN |
99 |
45 |
9 |
14 |
First Total |
162 |
81 |
18 |
1+4 |
Add to Reduce |
1+6+2 |
8+1 |
1+8 |
5 |
Final Total |
9 |
9 |
9 |
JEHOVAS WITNESS
Pamphlet
"The Devil's
Number?
Many features of Bible numerics are calculated by adding the numerical
values of individual words together. This is possible because the
letters of the Greek alphabet had a numerical meaning as well as
being used in writing words. For example. the Greek word for "dragon"
is "drakon:' and we can add its numeric value as follows:
D |
4 |
R |
100 |
A |
1 |
K |
20 |
O |
800 |
N |
50 |
7 |
975 |
975 = 13
x 75.
Thus we see that this numeric value
is a multiple of 13.
but let us examine some other names by which the Bible refers to
the devil:
The Adversary |
364 |
= |
13 |
x |
28 |
The Antichrist |
1,911 |
= |
13 |
x |
147 |
Belial |
78
|
= |
13 |
x |
61 |
Serpent |
780 |
= |
13 |
x |
60 |
The Demon |
975
|
= |
13 |
x |
75 |
Tempter |
1,053 |
= |
13 |
x |
81 |
There are innumerable instances where
the num-ber 13 is woven into
the Bible pattern. Here is another remarkable instance:
In Genesis 10 the
names of Canaan and his, descendants are given.
They have a numeric value, of 3.211. or 13
x 13 x 19.
In the 13th genera-tion from Shem
were two brothers, Peleg and Joktan.
and We are told that the later rebelled. The numeric value of Joktan
is 169, or 13 x 13.
He had 13 sons, and the numeric
value of their names total 2.756. or 13
x 212, The verses recording
their history have a numeric value of 13
x 13 x 63."
THE LOST WORLDS
OF 2001
THE ULTIMATE BOOK OF THE ULTIMATE
TRIP
"2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY"
Arthur C. Clarke 1972
"Sorry
to interrupt the festivitie but we have a problem."
(HAL 9000, during Frank Poole's
birthday .party)
"Houston, we've had a problem." (Jack Swigert, shortly
after play- ing the Zarathustra
theme to his TV audience, aboard
Apollo 13
Command Module Odyssey)
REACH FOR TOMORROW
Arthur C. Clarke
Introduction to1989 Edition
"I see the number 9000
I've no idea why I selected it again for HAL's serial number, twenty
years later..."
OF TIME AND STARS
Arthur C. Clarke
Into the Comet
Page 67
"Sometime after the Second World
War, there was a con-test between an American with an electric desk
calculator and a Japanese using an abacus like
this. The abacus won / Page / 68 / 'Then it must
have been a poor desk machine, or an incom-petent operator.'
'They used the best in the U.S. Army. But let's stop argu-ing. Give
me a test - say a couple of three-figure numbers to multiply.'
'Oh - 856 times 437"
Pickett's fingers danced over the beads, sliding them up and down
the wires with lightning speed. There were twelve wires in all,
so that the abacus could handle numbers up to 999,999,999,999
- or could be divided into separate sections
where several independent calculations could be carried out simultaneously.
'374072,' said Pickett, after an incredibly brief
interval of time. 'Now see how long you take to do it, with pencil
and paper.'
There was a much longer delay before Martens, who like most mathematicians
was poor at arithmetic, called out '375072'. A
hasty check soon confirmed that Martens had taken at least three
times as long as Pickett to arrive at the wrong answer.
The atronomer's face was a study in mingled chagrin, astonishment,
and curiosity.
'Where did you learn that trick?' he asked. 'I thought those things
could only add and subtract.'
'Well - multiplication's only repeated addition, isn't it?
All I did was to add 856 seven times in the unit column, three times
in the tens column, and four times in the hundreds column.
You do the same thing when you use pencil and paper. Of course,
there are some short cuts, but if you think I'm fast, you should
have seen my granduncle. He used to work in a Yokohama bank, and
you couldn't see his fingers..."
6 |
ABACUS |
- |
- |
- |
- |
A |
1 |
1 |
1 |
- |
B+A+C+U |
27 |
9 |
9 |
- |
S |
19 |
10 |
1 |
6 |
ABACUS |
47 |
20 |
2 |
THE ELEMENTS OF THE GODDESS
Caitlin Matthews 1989
Page38
"This ennead of
aspects is endlessly adaptable for it is made up of nine,
the most adjustable and yet essentially unchanging number. However
one chooses to add up multiples of nine,
for example 54,
72, 108, they always add up to nine"
1 |
I |
9 |
9 |
9 |
5 |
PLATO |
64 |
19 |
1 |
4 |
PLAY |
54 |
18 |
9 |
5 |
CHESS |
54 |
18 |
9 |
DAILY MIRROR
Saturday May 8th
Jonathan Cainer
NUMBERS YOU CAN COUNT ON
CREATIVE GEOMETRY
John Michell
Page 57
"WE'VE been following the tradi-tional
story of how the world was made by the Great
Geometer.
First he located his centre,
and from it he drew a circle. This circle depicts
the perfect sphere that contains the whole universe. It
is living and self-sufficient. Outside it there is nothing-or nothing
within our comprehension.
Last week we drew the outline of the
"heavenly city diagram" that represents the sphere
of earth below the moon.
Its main feature is a circle
of radius 5,040,
the sum of the earth's
mean radius, 3,960 miles, and that of the moon,
1080
miles.
These numbers are all multiples of 12,
and 12 represents structure and
order. The Creator is
said to have framed the universe
in twelves. But to give it life
and spirit, he had to include the numbers 5
and 7.
It is easy with compass and ruler to draw a 12-sided
figure, but a 7-sided figure is
impossible. But you can draw it near enough, and one way is to use
the framework of the heavenly city.
In this diagram the circle accommodates a 28-sided
figure. Twelve of its arms go to the centres of the 12
moon circles,
and the others touch their sides. Twenty-eight
is 4 times 7. It
is the number of lunar mansions in astrology, and the number of days
in a lunar month.
Seven is the mystical number,
symbol of the world-soul that inspires visions and prophecy. Like
7 or 5,040,
it is the number of the virgin goddess who existed before the creation
.of the world. She is indefinable, and so is her geometric symbol,
the heptagon.
Five represents the
last stages in creation, when life and humanity appeared. Its shape,
the pentagon, occurs
throughout nature.
The ratio between the side of a pentagon
and its diagonal is 1
to 1.618.
This is the famous "golden section"ratio.
Scientists have recog-nised in it the key to natural form
and growth.
It is displayed in the dimensions of the Great
Pyramid.
With the appearance of plants and animals, the geometer's creation
myth ends. It is a good story and provides a gateway into the
mysteries of geometry."
GEO 27 27 GEO
GEO 18 18 GEO
GEO 9 9 GEO
GEOCENTRIC 99 99 GEOCENTRIC
GEOCENTRIC 54 54 GEOCENTRIC
GEOCENTRIC 9 9 GEOCENTRIC
JOURNAL OF THE
SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH
Vol. 62, No. 851
Page 372
"CORRESPONDENCE
To the Editor,
It is instructive to observe that there is a common theme running
through- out Montague Keen's reply (Keen, 1997) to my comments (Coleman,
1997) on his original article, namely that no specialised knowledge
or experience is required to reach a conclusion on topics concerned
with the paranormal. Thus of my comment on the absence of any statistical
assessment of the Cross- Correspondences he writes:-
The evidential value cannot be assessed
by any statistical method but only by common sense.
Here he is missing the point I was
making that the published material represents a selection from a
larger mass, chosen to illustrate correlations claimed to be significant.
One does not need to be a statistician to realise that given sufficiently
large amounts of material from similar sources, and an open-ended
brief to identify any correlations, then correlations will be found;
but these correlations will not necessarily be evidence of the paranormal
transmission of information, as Keen claims. Keen's suggestion that
results could be subject to a correction calculated by simple proportion
from the assessment of a small sample indicates that he does not
understand statistical methodology .
Keen now tacitly acknowledges that Mrs Piper's trance communications
contain a good deal of bogus information, but he will not admit
that this constitutes a problem. Instead he reiterates those examples
that have been repeatedly cited as evidence of her paranormal abilities
by a succession of commentators from Dr Hodgson onwards. But a recent
reassessment of the 'George Pelham' material (Munves, 1997) illustrates,
for anyone prepared to consider the material objectively, how much
of Mrs Piper's information could have been obtained from purely
mundane sources. Thus it should be remembered that it was not until
Professor Hyslop took over the investigation that conversational
exchanges taking place in Mrs Piper's presence were recorded; and
even these records did not include significant pauses, changes in
facial expression, etc., which convey a good deal of information
in normal social intercourse. When these sources are supplemented
by subconscious cues provided by her sitters, it is not surprising
that she could provide them with personal information, most of it
probably obtained by her acknowledged 'fishing'.
Keen does not appear to understand the nature of subconscious cues,
since he claims that they were obviated by employing private detectives,
opening the medium's mail, introducing the sitters anonymously,
etc. But even wearing masks and disguises cannot eliminate cues
in the form of slight articulations, breathing changes, changes
in muscle tension, etc. It should be remembered that Mrs Piper commonly
made physical contact with her sitters, and several of them (e.g.
Lund, Barkworth) actually referred to muscle-reading as the source
of her successes at their sittings. There were a number of 'mind
readers' who preceded Mrs Piper, such as the American, Washington
Irving Bishop, and the Englishman, Stuart Cumberland, who obtained
their information / Page 373 /
by physical contact; whilst others, such as Maud Lancaster, or the
12-year- old Eva McCoy, could operate without contact (Jay, 1987)
. The American entertainer, Fanny Brice, taught herself 'mind-reading',
as perhaps Mrs Piper had done before her. It is instructive in this
context to recall Soal' s experiments with 'Marion', who could locate
a hidden target, so long as some part of the body of a subject who
knew the location was exposed, even if it were only the subject's
feet (Soal, 1937).
Keen now concedes that much of Mrs Piper's information concerning
Dean Bridgman Conner's death, quoted in Philpott's book (Philpott,
1915), was bogus as I stated. But again he merely reiterates a number
of items which happen to be correct, although it would be difficult
to get everything wrong, even for someone possessing no paranormal
ability. In the light of the discussion of subconscious cues given
above, it is pertinent to quote Philpott on the subject of Mrs Piper's
sources (p.243):-
But every bit of information given by Mrs Piper can be traced to
actual knowledge of someone present at the 'sittings' or to suspicions
based on this knowledge, or both jumbled together.
Keen claims that Philpott endorses his conclusion that Mrs Piper
obtained her information "by clairvoyance or by telepathy".
What Philpott actually states is that her successes were the result
of 'mind-reading', and from the discussion of this topic given above,
this does not constitute evidence of a paranormal element. If anyone
were to propose conducting a telepathy experiment in which the agent
and percipient sat holding hands throughout, I think most SPR members
would regard the conditions as less than conclusive, even if the
percipient promised to keep her eyes shut. I think most people having
read Philpott's book would agree with his overall conclusion, which
Keen does not quote (p. 249):-
The whole thing was a fabric of nonsense erected on a dream.
Of the mediumship of Jack Webber, I did not say that Harry Edwards's
account (Edwards, 1940) was "untrustworthy", I said it
was difficult to regard it as disinterested. Edwards organized more
than 200 of Webber's seances, for which the medium was paid up to
�20 per sitting (Branch, 1982). As this was some one hundred times
the rate of earning of the average weekly paid employee of this
period, Webber clearly had a strong financial interest in pursuing
his mediumistic activities. Since the sittings were typically held
in complete darkness, there was no contemporaneous note-taking,
so Edwards's book is essentially anecdotal, written from memory,
often long after the events described. Thus we do not know where,
when or for how long the individual sittings were held. We do not
know how many sitters were present at each sitting, and we know
the names of very few of these. But most importantly, we do not
have those detailed sequences of events, with timings, that are
necessary to arrive at a realistic assessment of any supposedly
paranormal occurrences. Most of Edwards's account is unsupported
by any independent witnesses.
Keen claims that the account was supported by the testimonies of
"several hard-nosed Fleet Street journalists" and "Fleet
Street photographers were invited to take infra-red flashlight photographs,
some thirty of which are reproduced". In fact only two tabloid
journalists are quoted, neither of whom / Page 374 / had any direct
control over the medium, nor any specialized knowledge of mediumistic
trickery. These journalists were sitting in circles of 15 or 20
sitters, many of whom were friends or relations of the medium. Of
a sitting at Walton House one sitter wrote "there seemed to
be several accomplices". Of the 33 photographs showing 'phenomena',
only 4 were taken by a Daily Mirror photographer,
14 were taken by sitters (including 8 by Edwards himself) and 15
were taken by a professional photographer, Leon Isaacs. Photographs
were only taken when permission was granted by the medium or his
spirit guides. Leon Isaacs admitted to Abdy Collins (Collins, 1940)
that he could not guarantee that the phenomena were not produced
by the medium or the uncontrolled sitters. Of two photographs which
Isaacs mentions, one (Plate 22) has a floating trumpet inked in,
whilst the other (Plate 23) shows a 'floating' table which appears
to be supported on the arm of the medium's chair. Plates 29 and
29A would seem to undermine Keen's claim that Webber's ectoplasm
defied gravity, since it is clearly suspended from a picture-hook.
Keen asserts that the examples I cited to illustrate mediumistic
evasion of rope-tying do not explain Webber's feats, as described
by Edwards. But this assertion depends on the accuracy of Edwards's
description, which there is reason to question. The reason for differences
between examples cited and Webber's practice must be obvious to
any impartial reader. I cited the Davenports as'' the originators
of this activity, and naturally Maskelyne reproduced their act which
involved two performers. But there were magicians contemporary with
the Davenports who could achieve their effects working alone (A.,
F. S., 1864). At a sitting in a private house, Mr Evans, Webber's
father-in-law, switched on a light by mistake, and Webber was seen
standing up, his legs still tied to his chair, but with his hands
free, holding a trumpet to his lips. This is a revealing observation
because this is exactly the posture which Joseph Dunninger recommends
in his book (Dunninger, 1936) on how a fake medium can produce trumpet
phenomena, etc., when supposedly controlled by being tied to his
chair. Keen suggests that it would not be possible for a simple
man such as Webber to have deceived such eminent employees of the
BBC as John Snagge, Michael Standing or S. J. de Lotbinere. But
there is no reason to suppose that the two radio commentators, or
even the Director of Outside Broadcasting, had any specialized knowledge
of mediumistic trickery. And it is clear from his comments that
Keen does not understand the point Dr Dingwall was making (Dingwall,
1940), that the longer the rope used for tying, the greater opportunity
there is for gaining sufficient slack to escape from being tied,
since he emphasizes that Webber's rope was five times longer than
that of the Davenports, as if this made his escape more difficult.
Keen implies that Webber's hands were routinely held: they were
not. Of the 27 photographs illustrating this point in Edwards's
book, 26 show Webber's hands unheld, and only one (Plate 6) shows
them held.
If Montague Keen wishes to convince even the pragmatic sceptics
of whom Alan Gauld has written so informatively (Gauld, 1997), I
suggest he will need to produce more convincing material than that
which he has adduced to date."
3 The Ridgeway, M. H. COLEMAN Putnoe, Bedford MK41 BET
THE
UNEXPLAINED
MYSTERIES
OF TIME AND SPACE
Orbis 39 1981
Page 778
"What were the mysterious lights
that accompanied Mary Jones's1905 Welsh ministry? KEVIN McCLURE
continues the bizarre tale of religious fervour and its'UFO' connection
- and considers contemporary allegations that the lights were hoaxes
MOST OF THE EYEWITNESS REPORTS we have of Mary Jones of Egryn, the'
Merionethshire Seeress' as she became known, come from local and
national newspapers, and articles in the Occult Review. The Society
for Psychical Research (SPR) produced a long and detailed report
in i'ts,froceedings for 1905, but con-ducted its investigation by
postal question-naire. However, it is hard to see what the most
experienced psychical researcher, more accustomed to seances and
hauntings, would have made of the following account, from the correspondent
of the Daily Mirror. He tells of the journey back from a
revival meeting:
In the first carriage were Mrs. Jones and three ladies; in my own
with me, the 'Daily Mirror' photographer, a keen-witted,
hard-headed Londoner. The weirdness of that drive in semi- darkness
at breakneck speed by river and mountain "round deadly corners
and down precipitous hills, I shall never forget. For three miles
[5 kilo- metres] we had driven in silence, and I had given up hope.
It was close on midnight, and we were nearing Bar-mouth when suddenly,
without the faintest warning, a soft shimmering radiance flooded
the road at our feet. Immediately it spread around us, and every
stick and stone within twenty yards [18 metres] was visible, as
if under the influence of the softest lime- light. It seemed as
though some large body between earth and sky had sud- denly opened
and emitted a flood of light from within itself. It was a little
suggestive of the bursting of a firework bomb - and yet wonderfully
different.
Quickly as I looked up, the light was even then fading away from
the sky overhead. I seemed to see an oval mass of grey, half-open,
disclosing within a kernel of white light. As I looked it closed,
and everything was once again in darkness.
Who knew anything about UFOS in 1905?
The same team also witnessed another form of the phenomenon - one
also described by Beriah Evans, and the Dyffryn police- constable.
It seems that each night in the early part of 1905 there was a regular
gather- ing of intrigued observers a)ong the road by the chapel,
all hoping for the lights to appear. The Daily Mirror reporter
saw:
A bar of light quite four feet [1metre] wide, and of the most brilliant
blue. It blazed out at me from the: roadway, a few yards from...the
chapel. "For half a moment it lay across the road; and then
extended itself up-,the wall on either side. It did not rise above
the walls. As I stared, fascinated, a kind of quivering radiance
flashed with lightning speed from one end of the bar to the other,
and the whole thing disappeared.
The 'soft, shimmering radiance' that
illuminated the countryside as described by the Daily Mirror
reporter who had gone to investigate Mrs Jones and her lights. It
was on the way back from a prayer meeting that the mysterious light
suddenly flooded the road around them. Although it was nearly midnight
the strange light picked out the detail of 'every stick and stone'
within 20 yards (18 metres). The reporter and his colleague had
just time to notice an oval mass of greyish light with a brilliant
white kernel overhead when they were all suddenly plunged back into
darkness"
THE STARGATE CONSPIRACY
Lynn Picknett
& Clive Prince
1
999
Page138
"Physicists today believe that the universe encompasses far
more dimensions than just the four (three of space, one of time)
we know about and perceive with our senses. The only way we can
begin to visualise the concept of a multidimensional uni-verse is
by analogy. One of the best is that of an imaginary world called
Flatland, a two-dimensional place inhabited by
two-dimensional beings, where there is only length and breadth,
no up or down - something like a sheet of paper.49
Imagine how Flatlanders would perceive a three-dimensional
object that interacted with their world. For example, if a sphere
passed through, the Flatlanders would only see
it in cross-section; first a dot would appear, which would then
become a circle that grows until the middle of the sphere passes
through, and then it would decrease in size to become a dot again,
and vanish. (No doubt such a 'paranorma' phenomenon would cause
much consterna-tion among Flatlanders and probably
be hotly debated by learned Flatland societies
as well as dismissed as a delusion by their 'Skeptics'.) This analogy
with the hypothetical Flatland enables us to understand
that events taking place in the higher dimensions now acknowledged
by theoretical physicists would have visible effects in our three-dimensional
world, although the cause would remain beyond both our senses and
even our most sophisticated instruments.
Physicists deal in such 'extra' dimensions because of certain
phenomena associated with nuclear physics, although there is some
debate about how many dimensions make up the universe. These hyperdimensions
cannot be observed directly, since we and all our measuring devices
are stuck in the three-dimensional universe, but they can be understood
mathematically."
FLATLAND
70 70 FLATLAND
FLATLAND
25 25 FLATLAND
FLATLAND
7 7 FLATLAND
THE STARGATE CONSPIRACY
Lynn Picknett & Clive
Prince
1
999
Page 182
"As you know, I am the
spokesman for the Nine.
But I also have another position, which I
have with you in the project. I
will try to give you names so you can then understand in what you
work and who we are. I
may not pronounce who I
am in a manner which you would understand because of the problem
in the Being's [his name for Schlemmer] brain, but I
will explain so that the Doctor [Puharich] perhaps will understand.
I am Tom, but
I am also Harmarkus [Harmarchis], I
am also Harenkur, I am also
known as Tum and I
am known as Atum.49
The next day, following up the name Harmarchis, Puharich asked:
','How did the Egyptians come to build and name
the Sphinx after you?'
Tom replied:
You have found the secret. [A pause
for 'consultation'.] The true knowledge of that will be related
to you another time. But I
will say briefly to you concerning the Sphinx:
I am the beginning. I
am the end. I am the
emissary. But the original time that I
was on the Planet Earth was 34,000 of your years ago.
I am the balance. And when
I say 'I'
- I mean because I
am an emissary for the Nine.
It is not I, but it is the group.
. . We are nine; principles
of the Universe, yet together we are one.50
'Tom' claims to be
Atum,the
ancient Egyptian creator god of whom the Sphinx
was created as a living image (Sheshep-ankh
Atum), the head of the Great
Ennead of-Nine gods, which
the ancient Egyptians regarded as 'Nine that
are One'. Tom
has also said: 'We are the Universe',
which again accurately reflects the old Heliopolitan
belief. Interestingly, the entity whom Carla Rueckert channelled
claimed to be Ra,
the ancient Egyptian sun god, who is another form of Atum.
(The major clue was in the Nine's name from the start: the
English word Ennead - group of nine
- is used as a translation of the ancient Egyptian psit,
which literally means the number 'nine'.
The Egyptians themselves actually referred to /
Page 183 / the Heliopolitan gods as the nine'.)
The Nine also claim
to be the Elohim -
the gods - of the Old
Testament, and the Aeons of Gnosticism."
PHILOSOPHY
The Journal of The Royal Institute
of Philosophy
Edited
January 1962 Vol xxxvii No 39
Dorothy Emmet
Page 23
"...The tautology arises when a
categorical term used to organise a way of talking about the world
is used as though it were the name of a special sort of existent within
the world. If we ask whether 'persons' like Uncle Tom
are 'things', and still more, whether e.g. the American Constitution
is a 'thing', this is a matter of deciding how widely or how restrictively
we are going to use the word 'thing' in talking about different kinds
of units in a particular context; it is not an answer to a general
question 'What are things really?' put as though it were a question
of fact.
A similar tautology might arise if we asked 'What is Nature
really?' We should have to say in the end 'Nature is Nature'.
Of course there are restricted meanings in particular contexts, as
when we distinguished 'nature' and 'nurture', but I am concerned with
the general categorical term, as in the phrase 'the nature of things',
of which we might just have to say 'It is what it is', or once again
quote Bishop Butler 'Things are what they are, and their con-sequences
will be what they will be'. Possibly the most famous of all tautologies,
God's reply to Moses,'I
am that I am', may indicate that we are here dealing with
a categorical word, rather than the name of a particular existent;
or it may be an invocation of the Ideosyncrasy Platitude, saying that
God is just God.
Probably in its original context it was the latter, used as a 'Shut
up' tautology: 'You mind your own business: I
am that I am'.
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Contact?
Sirius
is also prevalent, although obliquely. Harry Stone talks about
the god Sept, whom Puharich identifies with Sirius.
Most significant of all is the fact that the historical Rahotep
was high priest of Heliopolis, with its Great
Ennead of Nine gods. Stone's communications led
Puharich to do further research about the Heliopolitan religion,
and he wrote:
Heliopolis was the
center of a religion which had for its pantheon nine great gods
called the Ennead, which means the Nine. The Nine of Heliopolis
are Atum, Shu and Tefnut, Geb and Nut, Osiris and Isis, and Set
and Nepthys.57
Puharich referred to the high
priest of Heliopolis as the 'chief spokesman' of
the Ennead. He was using the term 'the Nine'
way back in 1959: the communications themselves took place between
his first contact with the 'Nine Principles'
in 1952-3 and his renewed acquaintance with them through his meeting
with the Laugheads in Mexico in 1956. Surely Puharich must have
made the connection, realising that these were not separate stories,
but one, centring on contact with the Nine
entities who claimed to be nothing less than the ancient
gods of Heliopolis?"
THE STARGATE CONSPIRACY
Lynn Picknett & Clive
Prince
1
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Prologue:
The Nine Gods
"In the beginning were the Nine
gods of ancient Egypt, the Great Ennead,
in whom all beauty, magic and power were personified. But although
many, they were only ever truly One - each an aspect of the great
creator god, Atum. The Pyramid Texts, hiero-glyphic inscriptions
found on the inside walls of seven pyramids
of the Fifth and Sixth Dynasties, implore them both as Nine
and as One:
O
you, Great Ennead which is at On [Heliopolis]
(namely) Atum, Shu, Tefnut, Geb, Nut, Osris, Isis, Set, and Nepthys;
O you children of Atum extend his goodwill to his child. . .1"
ATUM
1 2 3 4 4 3 2 1 MUTA
"The mysteries
of the Great Ennead were celebrated by genera-tions
of initiate priests at Heliopolis. Their worship
was a central part of the lives of thousands of ordinary men and
women, to whom their discrete identities made them as accessible
as the saints are to modern Catholics, while their mysterious Oneness
kept in place the divine veil of ineffability. / Page 2 / The Nine
- in one form or another - reigned for many cen-turies, until the
Egyptian world changed forever with the influx of conquering races
including the Greeks and, later, the Romans. The change seemed complete
with the coming of the new religion of the sacrificial man-god,
Yeshua (Jesus). But even then it was believed that
the Nine merely withdrew to
a heavenly realm - or, as many would have it today, to another dimension.
The Ennead had departed, perhaps one day to return in glory.
However, the Nine are no longer
a mere curiosity of some long past religion, nor are the works of
their priests as ephemeral as sand blowing across the face of time.
Their sacred city of Heliopolis hid many jealously guarded
secrets, incredible knowledge that is only now being rediscovered.
From the wisdom of antiquity, these high initiates built the pyramids,
feats of con-struction that are still unparalleled and whose mysteries
continue to challenge and enthral. The Nine
taught their priests well - and their strange and secret knowledge
is coming back to haunt us.
Buried beneath a suburb of Cairo - the most populous city in Africa,
with 16 million inhabitants and their mad cacophony of traffic -
the wonders of ancient Heliopolis are now marked only by a single
obelisk. Once it was one of the unofficial wonders of the ancient
world, glorying in its name - derived from the Greek for 'city of
the sun god' because it was the centre of worship of Ra,
whose daily journey blazed across the heavens. Its Egyptian name
of Ounu, which appears in the Old Testament as On,
may mean 'the pillared city', although no one knows for certain.
Sometimes it was known as the 'House of Ra', while the Arabs
called it Ain- Shams, meaning 'Sun
eye' or 'Sun spring'.2
It is unknown how long the centre at Heliopolis
had been established before its first mention in the records, but
it was cer-ainly - already the supreme religious centre of Egypt
'when records begin' - at least the beginning of the Old Kingdom
(c.2700 BCE).3
Although several other rival cult centres later rose in power and
political influence, Heliopolis always retained its / Page
3 / status and due reverence was paid tl;) its antiquity throughout
the history of Egypt.
Heliopolis was the principal religious centre of the Pyramid
Age, and its theology - the first organised system of religion and
cosmology known in Egypt - inspired and motivated
the building of the great monuments at Giza. To
people of that time and place, theology represented the sum total
of all knowledge. All that existed was
God: everything was a manifestation of Him / Her, and everything
was imbued with the divine spark. Therefore the study
of anything was in itself a glorious religious act. To learn was
to worship and at the same time to progress along one's own path
to godhood. Heliopolis is indelibly linked with Giza,
which lies some 12 miles to its south-west. Indeed, the three pyramids
are arranged so they point to Heliopolis.4
As 'the chosen seats of the gods' and 'the birthplace
of the gods', Heliopolis was the most sacred site
of Egypt. It contained
temples to the creator god Atum,
to Ra
- the sun god himself - and to
Horus, as well as to Isis,
Thoth and the Nile god Hapi.
One of the city's most renowned buildings was the hwt-psdt,
the Mansion of the Great Ennead. Another structure
was the House of the Phoenix;
which may have contained the sacred
ben-ben stone, Egypt's most holy
'relic', which was possibly meteoritic in origin.
The priesthood of Heliopolis was famed for its
learning and wisdom. Two of its greatest achievements were in the
fields of
medicine and astronomy - its high priests held
the title 'Greatest of Seers',
generally understood to mean 'Chief Astronomer'.5
Its priests were still regarded as the wisest and most learned in
Egypt at the time of Herodotus
(fifth century BCE) and even
remembered in Strabo's day, as late as the first century CE. The
priesthood was even famed among the Greeks, and
it is said that, among others, Pythagoras,
Plato, Eudoxus and Thales went to Heliopolis
to study. And although we know few of the names
of the great Egyptians who were its graduates,
we do know that
Imhotep, the genius who designed the first pyramid - the
Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara - and was venerated
as a god for his medical knowledge, was a High Priest
there.6
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Significantly,
the priesthood probably included women.
An inscription of the Fourth Dynasty, roughly contemporary with
the Giza pyramids, refers to a woman
in the Temple of Thoth
holding the title 'Mistress of the
House of Books'.7
It is possible to piece together the main elements of the Heliopolitan
religious beliefs from the Pyramid
Texts. The earli-est text, in the pyramid
of Unas, dates from around 2350 BCE, some 200 years after
the Great Pyramid of Khufu at 'Giza is believed
to have been built. In fact most Egyptologists agree that the Pyramid
Texts are much older than the earliest surviving inscriptions,
and that they - and the religious and cosmological ideas - existed
at the beginning of the First Dynasty, the 'official' birth of Egyptian
civilisation, around 3100 BCE.8
The pyramid Texts are the oldest surviving religious writings
in the world.9
, Customarily divided into
short 'chapters' called 'utterances' by Egyptologists,
these ancient texts form descriptions of the funeral rites
and afterlife journey of the king (strictly
speaking, 'pharaoh' is a much later
term). There is every reason to believe that the Pyramid
Texts are not, in fact, merely funeral texts, nor is the
wisdom embedded in them relevant solely to the kings of a long-
dead civilisation.
The central theme of the texts is the
afterlife, or astral, journey in which the king, identified with
Osiris, ascends to the heavens where he is transformed into a star.
He also encounters various gods and other entities, and is finally
accepted into their ranks. He is then reincarnated as his own successor,
in the form of Osiris's son, Horus,
thus ensuring the literal divinity of the royal line and maintaining
the continuity of. Egyptian culture.
The Pyramid Texts are undoubtedly the product of the Heliopolitan
priesthood,10
and represent the only surviving unadulterated expression
of their religion, and probably the only writings of the religion
ever inscribed outside of Heliopolis itself at that time. The same
ideas underpin later funeral inscriptions, such as the Coffin Texts
(written inside sarcophagi of the Middle Kingdom, 2055-1650
BCE) and the so-called Book of the Dead, though these were
also influenced by other, rival / Page 5 / religious systems. The
Pyramid Texts hold the key to recon-structing the beliefs of ancient
Heliopolis.
A further problem arises as the Pyramid Texts were
intended for a specific purpose, not as a general dissertation on
theology. One analogy is with a Christian funeral
service today. Obviously it would feature references to Christian
beliefs, such as Jesus
dying on the cross to save us, which Christians
understand, while anyone unfamiliar with the religion would feel
completely lost. The Pyramid Texts, in much the same way, are not
the equivalent of a Heliopolitan Bible, but more
like a prayer book.
A study of the underlying beliefs of the Pyramid Texts reveals
an extraordinarily sophisticated yet economical theology and cos-
mology that can be read on many levels. Several complex concepts
are expressed simultaneously in its imagery. There are many academic
reconstructions of Heliopolitan thought, but the
one we believe to make most sense of the data is that of the American
professor of religious history, Karl W. Luckert, as described in
his seminal book Egyptian Light and Hebrew Fire
(1991). According to this,
the system is one of deceptive sim-plicity, hiding a rich and awesome
complexity. We came to realise that Heliopolitan beliefs
concerning the nature of the universe, consciousness, life and what
happens after death are both mysti-cal and practical, yet also incorporate
knowledge that rivals that of the most cutting-edge modem science.
.
It has long been recognised that the Pyramid Texts contain
astronomical material. Recent books have argued that these ideas
are neither primitive nor superstitious - as many academics still
believe - but reveal a detailed and sophisticated understanding
of the movement of heavenly bodies. They even take into account
the phenomenon known as the precession
of the equinoxes, a heav-
enly cycle of nearly 26,000 years that was deemed to have been discovered
as late as the second century BCE by the Greeks (who
even then got it wrong).11
This civilisation existed at least five mil-lennia ago. On such
a timeline our own superstitious Dark Ages, when the world
was believed to be flat, seem like yesterday.
The most fundamental revelation of the Pyramid Texts
is that, / Page 6 / despite our preconceptions, the Heliopolitan
religion was essen-tially monotheistic. Its many gods,
often animal-headed, were understood to represent the manifold aspects
of the one creator god, Atum.
The Heliopolitan religion incorporated
the concept of a-mysti-cal union with the 'higher' god forms, and
even with the source of all creation, Atum himself. This union was
the true objective of the process described in the Pyramid Texts,
the destination of the soul's ultimate journey. According to the
standard view, this was relevant only to the king in his afterlife
state, but we believe it was not a journey reserved,only for royalty
- nor even for the dead. The Pyramid Texts in fact describe a secret
technique for enabling a man or woman to encounter God and - dead
or merely out of the body to discover some of his knowledge for
themselves.
Atum stood
at the apex of the Great Ennead, or the nine pri-mary gods of Egypt.
However, exemplifying the concept of 'one god, many god forms',
the nine themselves were considered as One, the other eight representing
different aspects of Atum.12
This is a similar idea to that of the Christian Trinity.
As Professor Luckert says: 'The entire theological system can be
visualised as a flow of creative vitality, emanating outward
from the godhead, thinning out as it flows further from
its source.'13
Before Atum's act of creation, the universe was a formless,
watery void, called Nun. Out of this void emerged a phallic-shaped
hill, the sacred Hill of Atum. Although a metaphor, it was
also believed that this landmark was a physical place, the real
site of the.. beginning of all things. Atum's
temple in Heliopolis was probably built on this hill, although
some Egyptologists have recently argued it was actually the rising
ground of the Giza plateau. Others suggest that the pyramids
themselves were intended to represent the Primeval Mound.14
The writings of Victorian - and even more recent - Egyptologists
have been notably coy or tight-lipped about the story of Atum's
act of creation. In fact, he ejaculated the universe as a result
of masturbating himself to an explosive orgasm. Though this inevitably
invites jokes about the 'Big Bang', it is / Page 7 / actually rather
an accurate image. Atum's
life-giving burst of energy seeded."the void of Nun,
pushing back its boundaries to give way to the expans.ion of material
creation. In the original story, Atum
was considered to be androgynous: his phallus rep-
resented the male principle,
while his hand represented the female
principle. This defines one of the fundamental
tenets of the Heliopolitan system and all Egyptian thinking, namely
that of the eternal and quintessential balance of male and female,
the yin-yang polarity without which, they believed, chaos would
rule.
From Atum's
arching semen the universe proceeded to unfold, gradually
becoming manifest in the physical, material world that we inhabit,
but only after passing through several other stages. From
the creative act, two beings, Shu and Tefnut, emerged in the dividing
of the first principle. Shu
is male, representing the cre-ative power, and Tefnut is female,
representing a principle of order that limits, controls and shapes
Shu's power. Tefnut is also
represented as the goddess Ma'at, ruler
of eternal justice.15
Together, Shu and Tefnut are sometimes jointly
called the Ruti, represented in physical form as two)ions (or rather,
a lion and a
lioness). '
From the union of Shu and
Tefnut were born Geb
(the earth god) and Nut (the
sky goddess), representing the elements of the visible
cosmos, more manifest forms of their 'parents'. Geb
and Nut, in turn,
gave birth to two pairs of brother sister twins: the famous quartet
of Isis
and Osiris and Nepthys and her brother- consort,
Set. They express the principle
of duality in two ways: male and female, and positive-negative/light-dark.
Nepthys is the 'dark sister' of the beneficent Isis, while
Set is the destructive, obstructive force opposing Osiris's civilising
and creative char-acter. These four deities were considered to be
closer to us and the material world, than their forebears, although
still inhabiting the world of spirit beings 'behind the veil'.
Luckert says that they 'exist low enough to participate
more intimately in the human experience of life and death' and that
they operate 'on a smaller and more visible scale than their parent(s)'.16
Collectively, these nine gods make
up the Great Ennead, but / Page 8 / they remain
only expressions of Atum, reaching
through the levels of creation from the first emergence from the
void to the world of matter we inhabit. In a sense, Osiris
is Geb and Shu and Atum, just as Isis is Nut and Tefnutf Ma'at and
Atum. Even Set was perceived as more complex than a simple embodied,
arche- typal evil, such as the Devil of Christianity.
The system continues. The Great Ennead
itself leads on to another series of gods, the Lesser Ennead.
The link - or 'go- between' - is Horus,
the magical child of Isis and Osiris. He is regarded as the god
of the material world, his role here echoing that of Atum in the
universe. The foremost of the Lesser Ennead, who are believed to
exert a direct influence over humankind, are the wisdom god Thoth
- scribe to the Great Ennead - and Anubis, the jackal-headed god
who guards the gateway between the worlds of the living and the
dead.
This level is the province of many other deities, each dealing
with a specific aspect of human life. It is probable that
it incor- porated local gods
and goddesses worshipped in Egypt before
the Heliopolitan religion was established. Luckert calls
this the 'Turnaround Realm', the meeting
point of the world of matter and the 'other dimensions' of the gods,
where the reverse process can be experienced by an individual- either
at death, or by mystical experiences in life - as an 'inner journey',
back t4;) union with the creator. This is the process
that is the main theme of the Pyramid
Texts, which - far from being 'primitive' - exceeds
newer reli-gions in both authority and sublimity, besides being
strikingly similar to the traditions of shamanism.
Further significance can be derived from this elegant system. In
an association of imagery, the emergence of Atum's
Primeval Mound from Nun was equated with
the rising of the sun, the source of all life in the material world.
This is why Atum is asso-ciated with Ra,
the sun god, sometimes referred to as Ra-Atum. This
is also why Horus, as lord of this world, is also
associated with, and sometimes personified as, the sun. The daily
'birth' of the sun is a 'microcosm' of the original creative explosion
that gave birth to the universe, so it can be associated with both
Atum / Page 9 / and Horus.
Like so much of the Pyramid Texts, the imagery works on several
levels at once.
An objective reading of the Pyramid Texts involves much
more than poetic symbolism. For example, its system of creation
is a remarkable parallel to modem physicists' conception of the
cre-ation and evolution of the Universe. It literally describes
the 'Big Bang', in which all matter explodes from a point of singularity
and then expands and unfolds, becoming more complex as funda- mental
forces come into being and interact, finally reaching the level
of elemental matter. (Significantly, the leading American
Egyptologist Mark Lehner, in his 1997 book The Complete
Pyramids, uses the term 'singularity' when referring
to Atum's. place in
the myth.17)
The system also includes the concept of a multidimensional
universe, represented by the different levels of creation as embodied
in the god forms. In the Pyramid Texts, the higher gods, such as
Shu and Tefnut, still exist, but remain essen- tially unreachable
by humankind without going through the intermediaries of the-lower
gods.
Yet another level of imagery lies within the creation story.
While discussing the sophistication of the ideas in the Pyramid
Texts with our friend, the Belgian writer-researcher Philip
Coppens, he pointed out that certain very new discoveries of modem
science are an implicit part of the story. As we have seen, Atum
emerged from a formless void, imaged in the form of the primordial
watery chaos called Nun. This is often regarded
as being based on the way land emerges from the Nile
flood as the annual inundation recedes, but this is not really the
concept expressed in the Heliopolitan image. As
Egyptologist R. T. Rundle Clark says:
It was not like a sea, for that has a surface, whereas the orig-inal
waters extended above as well as below. . . The present cosmos is
a vast cavity, rather like an air-bubble, amid the limitless expanse.18
This is an elegantly clever way of expressing the complex concept
/ Page 10 / of a sea that represents, on the one hand, the void
- nothing - yet at the same time stands for unlimited potential
- infinity. There may be another reason for choosing this image,
though. Scientists have only recently announced the discovery that
water can be found in interstellar space in far greater quantities
than has ever been expected. Atum
represents not just the 'Big Bang' of cre-ation, but also the Sun:
and scientists are only now realising that
the enormous clouds of water throughout the universe play a vital
role in the creation of stars such as our sun.
In fact, they are now beginning to believe that stars are actually
created from such clouds of water. . .19
It has also been pointed out that, on a ter-restrial level, the
myth expresses the idea that life originated in
the seas.20
All this suggests the possession of exceptionally sophisticated
knowledge by the Heliopolitans.
Significantly, on 12 September 1998, the leading British sci-entific
magazine New Scientist published the ground-breaking
research of a NASA. team led by Lou Allamandola into the ori-gins
- and requirements - of life in the universe. Previously scientists
had found it impossible to assemble the right 'ingredi-ents' out
of which to create even the most basic form of life, but this team
had succeeded in creating some of the complex mole-cules necessary
by recreating in the laboratory conditions similar to those found
inside clouds of gas in interstellar space. They dis-covered that
creating those complex molecules in those circumstances is extremely
easy - in fact, virtually inevitable - whereas trying to do so in
strictly terrestrial circumstances is impossible. The most striking
example is that of molecules called lipids which make up the walls
of individual cells, without which the cell, the basic building
block of living things, could not exist. Now that scientists know
that this can be done so easily in these conditions, the implications
are enormous. It looks increasingly as if life originated in deep
space and was then 'seeded' on to planets, probably by comets, and
that, even in its most primitive form, it is probably found everywhere
throughout the universe. As Lou Allamandola says, 'I begin to really
believe that life is a cosmic imperative.
Page 11 / This, however, is only part of the story, as Philip Coppens
pointed out to us. It may be that Allamandola's team are by no means
the first 'to comprehend the requirements for the creation
of life. He cites the ancient Egyptian myth of Atum's explosive
orgasm that created the universe: his ejaculation can be seen to
symbolise, with astonishing accuracy, the idea that all the basic
ingredients for life existed from the very first and that the uni-verse,
as it continues to expand, carries them within it. The imagery of
the Atum myth also encompasses perfectly the con-cept of 'seeding'
the universe with life. Did the Heliopolitan priests really know
how life originates and spreads throughout the universe?20
This, then, was the 'primitive' religion of ancient Egypt,
which was governed by the Great Ennead, the Nine who represented
all life and all wisdom. The ancient Egyptian civilisation,
so often underestimated even by our most learned scholars, continues
to fascinate with mysteries that call to us from antiquity. But
we were to discover that something new is afoot, a sudden, unex-plained
interest in the lost secrets of the Egyptians and
a flurry of mysterious activity among their most venerable ruins.
Something intriguing is going on at Giza, something
that is intimately con-nected with the preparation for the Millennium
and the start of the twenty-first century. People and organisations
are searching for the lost knowledge of the worshippers of the
Nine for their own purposes. They are about to undertake a momentous,
- perhaps even a catastrophic venture: to hijack the mysteries for
their own ends, even daring to attempt the unthinkable - to exploit
the ancient gods themselves."
A BUDDHISTS BIBLE
Edited by Dwight Goddard
1966
SUMMARY OF BUDDHA'S
DHARMA
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NIRVANA
" But after a Bodhisattva attains the
eighth stage there is thereafter"no more recension," and
he goes on to the attainment of highest perfect Wisdom which constrains
him, instead of passing to Nirvana, to return to the Saha world
of Ignorance and suffering for its liberation and enlightenment.
Hence the saying in the Lankavatara Sutra:
"FOR BUDDHAS
THERE IS NO NIRVANA."
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THE GREAT DHARANI
OM
OH THOU PERFECTLY ENLIGHTENED ENLIGHTEN
ALL SENTIENT BEINGS
OH THOU WHO ART PERFECT IN WISDOM AND
COMPASSION EMANCIPATE ALL BEINGS
AND BRING THEM TO
BUDDHAHOOD
OM
SVAHA
HAIL THE JEWEL AT THE CENTRE OF THE LOTUS
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