What exactly is Numerology ?

So...." numerology ", what is it, how did I get here, what are my feelings about it

I'm reminded of the movie Pi






The fact that the first verse of the Bible sums to a triangular figurate number, 2701, - T₇₃, with some odd relationships to other figurate numbers like 703 - T₃₇ and 666 - T₃₆ has been pointed out by several mathematicians over the past few years ( Vernon Jenkins, Richard Amiel McGough, etc ), but as far as I can tell, nobody has done an in-depth analysis of these numbers and how they could have been used in the antiquities, or whether they were or not

I found through intensive study that the use of figurate numbers in the antiquities prior to the Bible is well known, in both Mesopotamian as well as Egyptian and Greek societies, to name a few. There are a number of mathematicians and historians who's work I cite and use in the threads on this forum ( Jens Hoyrup, Joran Friberg, Otto Neugebauer, etc ), and I don't feel there are really any ways around addressing the fact that the Bible uses these numbers

I recall reading Richard McGough's forum, where he tried pointing out these things to some rabbis ( iirc, his story ), and was supposedly blown off, perhaps trivialized and then ridiculed, or at the very least, not taken seriously in any way

I also recall that Richard's efforts may have been during a time when he had considered himself a Christian, and so may not have been warmly welcomed by adherents of Judaism when he presented his numerology, which, to be fair to the Rabbis, did look a bit like the work of a madman ( You can see on his website which he left up, called The Biblewheel HERE )

His story, which he covers on his website, was that of a man who had a degree in mathematics, but fell prey to some delusions after he had become a Christian, and his " Biblewheel " was his " discovery " he presented, and vehemently defended, until he eventually saw his errors in mathematical reasoning, and decided he was no longer a Christian. He's been gracious enough to be very honest and open about his story, which I suggest reading on his forum / blog that is part of the website

Richard went from being a numerologist to debunking numerologists in the course of his journey

I myself spent quite a bit of time looking at the various crazy numerologies of modern numerologists, and then to real mathematicians and analysis to see and understand the debunking of the numerology, and what the fallacies in reasoning are, which in itself has been quite the educational experience

But the one thing Richard and the others didn't do, was study the topics I have, probably because at the time he came up with his numerology, he was a Christian, and to the best of my knowledge, also a Biblical literalist, which is a rather fatal mistake when it comes to interpreting ancient literature

So he and a few others had noticed the use of these figurate numbers in the Bible, but religious bias may have likely prevented them from looking any further, iow, they may have been so blindly committed to Biblical literalism that looking for any explanation that disagreed with literal interpretations of the Genesis accounts was discarded before even being considered

Myself on the other hand, when I started looking at the Bible for the first time in my life, ( I was about 40, and am almost 50 now ) this was before I really got serious with my studies of math and science in the antiquities, and I had never even chosen a system of religion at that point in my life, let alone think about something like God. I was rather shallow-minded, uneducated, ultracrepidarian, etc, and had never even opened the Bible or read anything about ancient literature or math, although I've always been keenly analytical and loved learning anything about science even from a young age

But the point I'm trying to make, is that I approached the book without the religious bias that people usually have, since I wasn't religious, and I didn't approach it like a numerologist since I hated math ( My worst subject as a child )

I was more the type of child to take apart the stereo to see what was inside, without caring whether it was a stereo or a toaster, I just wanted to break it apart to see what was inside, and this is precisely the same childlike mind I approached the Bible with

Pure curiosity, no biases, no anger, no goal of " debunking " or " discovering " anything, but logic, healthy skepticism and a drive to understand something that may be very misunderstood

I wasn't " looking for salvation " or lead to the book by proselytizers telling me to " Get Jesus before I burn in Hell ", and while I had attended a few
" religious schools " growing up, I payed zero attention to the religion part and spent most of my time either causing trouble or not

I also had zero exposure to religion at home, so I had no deep-seated religious biases that come from childhood indoctrination, no feelings of disrespect towards a God for daring to ask questions, etc

Stereo, toaster, Bible, all is fair game for me to take apart

So, being the troublemaker and hellion that I am, the first thing I did was look at the thing/s that everyone says is " bad " or " evil ", which was the number 666

As you'll see from my articles, the use, meaning and relevance of this number and figurate numbers in general, has been misinterpreted by pretty much the majority of Christianity, which, is rather underwhelming

Instead of looking for possible reasons why these numbers even appear in the book, which one would assume, that you would first look to other ancient literature and mathematics to gain insight, they've concocted such bizarre gibberish and fantastical stories that they've essentially made the Bible into something of an object of ridicule

Once I realized this, I started to take a more serious look at the numerical structure of the alphabets used to write the book, which required learning about concepts like polysemy and semiosis in ancient languages

This in turn lead me to start looking at mathematics that were done prior to the advent of the Hindu-Arabic numerals, which is a very obscure, tedious, and relatively little studied field of mathematics

It's not little studied because it's not taken seriously or considered insignificant in the world of mathematics, it's little studied because it requires not just an education in mathematics, but ancient languages, like Mesopotamian and Egyptian scripts like cuneiform & hieratic

The further and further back through history I went with my studies, the more the topics I had been studying separately started to merge

Languages and alphabets blended with mathematics, then with religious beliefs and priestly customs and literature, then systems of measurement and societal foundations

By the time you get to the earliest Sumerians and Egyptians, mathematics is such a fundamental pillar of life itself, that for the modern religious folks to have gotten things so twisted from a lack of study, that they have essentially made the incredible foundations of the Bible completely unknown, unapproachable, almost forbidden in a sense, ...it almost seems like a smack in the face of God himself

They've taken something that has some rather extraordinary origins, and turned it into the equivalent of a Dr. Seuss book, so simple, so far removed from the history that produced it, that it's almost impossible to fathom

When I say " they " though, I don't just refer to Christians. I refer to pretty much anybody and everybody I've seen talk about the book, including Jews, Muslims, atheists, agnostics, you name it

I think they're all equally full of it, and that they have little to no appreciation for the book, to be blunt

In my thread on false dichotomies and religious debates, HERE, I bring up that most, and I do mean most, debates on the Bible are based on premises that are supported by fallacies in logic to begin with, which makes them fundamentally flawed and essentially meaningless

Even the most well-respected atheist / agnostic polemicists like Dawkins, Dennett and Hitchens commit this absolute buffoonery and then have the audacity to strut like they've actually gotten somewhere

People eat it up too, without realizing their heroes are just debating people that are presenting false dichotomies, which is literally stupid on the level of debating the sexual orientation of Sesame Street puppets

I hope that sinks in for the reader, that I am raising the BS flag on both sides of that nonsense, because the reality is that you should also

I know it may come as a shock to some fans of Dawkins and Hitchens, etc, but it's a fact that none of them have any education in ancient literature, and they certainly don't have an education in the mathematical traditions of Sumerian / Akkadian / Babylonian and Egyptian priests









I raise the same BS flag on people who instantly roll their eyes when the number 666 is mentioned, because this is also the response of the uneducated. These are the people that post cute little memes like " 667 is the neighbor of the beast ", because that's all they have to contribute

They've gotten their ideas from the religious people they've argued with, and know little to nothing about math in the antiquities or how figurate numbers were used

Same with people claiming " The number is 616 not 666 " or " 666 refers to Nero " ( These claims are easily debunked in my threads ) or that " 666 is a microchip / insert random claim here " ( Pure pap and tosh ) or " That's the bad mans , badbadbadbad*covers ears*"

They've never even taken 1 minute to go read a Greek Bible manuscript at the CSNTM database to see how the number is even written, let alone multiple manuscripts, but they'll bloviate in a chat room or on a forum with snark all day

When someone online responds to me by saying something like " That's numerology bro " in response to the numbers even being mentioned, let alone discussed, right there I know that person is talking out of their ass

That person knows zip, zilch and nada about something like Babylonian numerology prior to the Bible, and certainly not the origins of it in earlier Akkadian, Sumerian and Egyptian societies, and it's these underwhelmingly stale and vapid opinions that drove me to get to the truth of the matter is, concerning the use of math in the Bible

That's how this website came about, I got tired of the abject stupidity I encountered online

I recall going to one of the largest online math forums when I was first getting started with my studies, because I figured there would be someone there, at least 1 or 2 people, who might have something interesting to say

While I did actually get a response or two from some mathematicians who had a slight interest in the topics, ( But admittedly not enough education in them to teach me ), I was banned before I could even respond, for even daring to bring up anything dealing with mathematics prior to the Hindu-Arabic numerals

That's right, I was banned from a rather large and well-known math forum for having an interest in math history

Go figure

However, my consolation prize is that my discovery, as I gradually get it published and add commentary here on this website, is going to go down in history as one of the greatest discoveries ever made

It's going to re-write much of what we know about history, the history of science and math, what we know about the Bible, and ultimately our place in the cosmos

This may seem like a rather egomaniacal statement, but you can mark my words

They'll be here for you to read, any time you like