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I like Plato's idea ~ that everything can be represented by number.
If you look at things as vibrational frequency, this makes a lot of sense.
 
In John King's wonderful book 'The Modern Numerology – A Practical Guide to the meaning and influence of numbers' he lists the attributes of significant numbers.
 
One that caught my imagination was 1271 —
1271 in the Greek system of numerology, means Stavros (the cross*); E Gnosis, the knowledge of God.
*The cross is a very interesting symbol, of which more later.
 
This painting hangs in the living room of @lizbeth33 and it couldn't have a nicer home.

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The Spanish word 'nueve' means 9
it doesn't mean 'new' at all :)

Actually....just checked ~ the root of 'new', in Spanish is nueve!

Further —

This peculiar etymological relationship between 'new' and 'nine' is found in many languages.

It appears in Persian, Sanskrit and Latin, also....

Neun/Neu (German)

Neuf/nouveau (French) come from the same root ~ in fact neuf and neuve are used to mean 'new')

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The development of alphabetical writing, from the Egyptian (column 1)through the Poenician (2) to the Hebrew (3), Greek (7), Latin (11) and Germanic (12) alphabets. The Greeks gave their letter numerical values(9), and the Hebrews (5) adopted a similar pattern. Column 13 shows the numerical values assigned to the Runic characters.
 
*see also (m = 40) ~ http://andrewcrane.posterous.com/mem

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I'm really not very good at Sudoku ~ so here is a mystery of number 9                                                                    (sorry to all you legal typists for the lack of tabbing)

                                                                          1 x 9 = 9
                                            9 x 9 = 81    and    8 + 1 = 9
 9 x 9 x 9 = 729    and    7 + 2 + 9 = 18    and    1 + 8 = 9
                9 x 9 x 9 x 9 = 6561    and    6 + 5 + 6 + 1 = 18    and    1 + 8 = 9

                                                      etc...etc...ad infinitum (ie. up to infinity, and no further!)

and of course
N + I + N + E = 9 also

Ha!

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There were seven magic squares, each dedicated to a planet or deity and each associated with particular attributes. The last of the magic squares is the Square of the Moon...
The sum of each line is 369, whose digits are 3 x 1, 3 x 2 and 3 x 3.
The sum of the whole square is 3,321.
The square is centred on 41, the prime number which Ulam discovered reveals the most striking diagonal pattern of primes (Ulam's big doodle).
 
......some moon music ~ http://blip.fm/~7o0p8
 
Brush up on Ulam's Little Doodle here: http://andrewcrane.posterous.com/ulams-little-doodle

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Ulmus procera... 
The disappearance of the Elm tree, from the English landscape, has left an indelible mark on me. I wonder if their magnificence can ever be re-kindled.
Just as the acorn holds the blueprint of an adult oak ~ the elm seed continues to germinate and produce perfect young trees in the hedgerows. But, without fail (so far) the elm beetle snuffs them out long before adulthood.
The elm beetle is not to blame...it's just doing what elm beetles do ~ but I wonder if full elm-ness can be completely restored.

My own view, is that it can ~ not on the gross level of genetic interference,                                                                                                         but at an energetic level.

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Cement and mixed media on canvas, 40" x 40" – 2007
 
When tracing the origin of characters (letters of the alphabet) ~ things can get pretty interesting...
The Hebrew character 'mem', means 'water' ~ it is equivalent to our 'm' and has a numerical (energetic) value of 40.
 
On the subject of water ~ a word about homeopathy ~
 
A homeopathic remedy is made, by successively diluting (in water/alcholol) the original substance and shaking it (succussing) between each dilution. This is done until none of the original substance remains, only the energetic or vibrational property of the substance. Scientists have proposed the "memory of water" theory, whereby the structure of the water/alcohol solution is altered by the substance during the process of dilution and retains this structure even after none of the actual substance remains.
 
During a telephone consultation with my homeopath, she prescribed a remedy that I didn't have in the house. In this instance, the remedy was 'Berlin Wall'. She said to me 'write the words 'Berlin Wall' on a piece of paper and stand a glass of water on it for 5 mins ~ then drink the liquid'.

My own view is that water is like a liquid version of the computer chip ~ liquid crystal if you like, and it can be programmed.
Oh and another thing ~ strange coincidence that water holds the 'mem'-ory. (must drink some more)

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