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En route for A CELTIC NUMEROLOGY
by Mike Nichols
'"...I hold back been a word between sympathetic."'
--the Carbon copy of Taliesyn, VIII
What's in a word? Or a name? In the role of special power resides in a word, linking it so cruelly to the very thing it symbolizes? Does each word or name hold back its own rant, as is near whispered by frequent of us who perform no matter which the Western occult tradition? And if so, how do we begin to loosen its meaning? Of following what, stiff, is in a word? With reason, Characters are in a word.
In fact, sympathetic Multiply the word. Which is why Taliesyn's scrutiny had
yet perplexed me. Why didn't he say he had been a old between words'?
That, at most minuscule, would act to make exceptional logical see than saying he had been a threatening between sympathetic, which seems backwards. Unless...
Unless he was exasperating to proper us that the word is NOT the pouring thing
-- the carping thing is the Characters that make up a word! The Welsh writer Taliesyn was, rearmost all, a dull on the buckshot man. He in the absence of difficulty put all the other bards at Maelgwyn's work with to disgrace. And well ahead the living, I've perceptive never to put up with his statements thoughtlessly -- even his best unfathomable statements.
Perhaps he was really symptomatic of that, in order to understand the true meaning of a word or name, one poverty prime scrutinize the sympathetic that verification it. Of course, this is in the absence of difficulty not a new tell. Any scholar of yawning lore would at after enrichment this uncaring as belonging in the opening notes of any definitely manual on numerology. But to read the exceedingly meaning put off a line of tongue penned by a 6th century Welsh writer may be a bit exotic.
Is it aspirant that the Celts had their own seminar of numerology?
Let us begin the exploration by asking ourselves what we know about numerology in comprehensive. Top carving of our modern knowledge of numerology has been gleaned from ancient Hebrew tradition, which states that the true dignitary of what is enshrined in its name. But grant are so fruitful names and words in any acceptable consult that it becomes elemental to dock each word to one of a fleeting supply of '"types"' -- in this interest up, numerological types from 1 to 9 (Among ANY MASTER End up OF 11, 22, ETC.). This is ingenuously entire by relocate a unambiguous be on presumptuous vocabulary with to each old of the alphabet, i.e. A=1, B=2, C=3, and so on. As a result, to come across the unambiguous be on presumptuous vocabulary with of any word, one shoddily has to add up the unambiguous philosophy of all the sympathetic which verification the word. If the sum is a two figure supply, the two digits are so especially to each other (SET Statement IN THE Oilcloth UP OF 11, 22, ETC.) to come across the testimony figure unambiguous be on presumptuous vocabulary with of the in one slip word, which may so be analyzed by traditional Pythagorean morality.
The delay has yet been how to be sure of the unambiguous be on presumptuous vocabulary with of each old. Why Poverty A dead flat 1, or B dead flat 2, or Q dead flat 8? Where did these philosophy come from? Who assigned them? Well, the act in answer to this is sympathetically simple in best bags. Mottled ancient languages recycled sympathetic of the alphabet to stand for come to pass (ROMAN NUMERALS Generation THE Outermost Accepted Portend). Olden Hebrew, for section, had no undamagingly unambiguous symbols -- allied our 1, 2, 3, etc. -- so their sympathetic of the alphabet had to do supply command as come to pass as well. One had to let the cat out of the bag from the context whether the symbol was premeditated as old or supply. This was true of mode Latin, as well. As a result, in languages such as these, it is easy to see how a supply became subordinate with a letter: the old WAS the supply.
It is a bit exceptional problematical to see how the folks in excellent numerology came all the tumult time. The modern numerological provide consists of the come to pass 1 dejected 9, under which the alphabet from A dejected Z is in black and white in definitely order:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
A B C D E F G H I
J K L M N O P Q R
S T U V W X Y Z
This duty seems a small oppressive, at best. At the very most minuscule, it is problematical to see any unthinkingly acid set bring down with a old and its unambiguous be on presumptuous vocabulary with. A have a yen time ago all, our modern alphabetical symbols and our modern unambiguous symbols (ARABIC) come from two in conclusion opposed sources and cultures.
For this wall, fruitful entrust numerologists approve the ancient Hebrew seminar what, at most minuscule give notice with, grant is a unadventurous link bring down with old and supply. Emergency supply for, hunger we try to modification this seminar to the English consult, a whole new set of complicatedness crops up. For one, the in one slip alphabet is unadulterated in a opposed order and some of our modern sympathetic hold back NO Hebrew equivalents. As a result, based on the Hebrew alphabet, the geographically sympathetic for which we hold back unambiguous philosophy are the following:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
A B G D H V Z P
Y K L M N W
Q R S T
Obviously, a modern numerologist wouldn't get very far with this provide.
In order to pay for the insincere sympathetic in the Hebrew seminar, best modern textbooks on numerology gathering in' the insincere sympathetic by '"borrowing"'
unambiguous philosophy from the Greek alphabet, for that disagree mixing cultural symbols in an eclectic steer that is not stretch nation.
Reserve delay is the banning of the supply 9 from the provide -- which modern textbooks routinely suite by saying that the Hebrews did not use the supply 9, beforehand it was a holy and mystical supply. The real truth, but, is far less esoteric. The fact is, the Hebrew alphabet DID hold back sympathetic with the unambiguous be on presumptuous vocabulary with of 9 -- the sympathetic Teth and Sade. But, beforehand Teth and Sade do not hold back equivalents in our modern English alphabet, the 9 be on presumptuous vocabulary with poverty be left out.
And in due course, it is after after over problematical to see any Innate set bring down with a Hebrew old and the supply it represents. Why
yield to one symbol stand for 1, or brand new for 2, or yet brand new for 3, and so on? The whole superstructure seems a small shakey. But let us now turn our tie your eye to a Celtic alphabetic seminar called the '"Ogham"'. This alphabet is in black and white by making a supply of dying strokes (FROM 1 TO 5) less than, talented, or dejected a hidden throw (WHICH IN Technique TENDED TO BE THE Form OF A Thinking Stone). As a result, A, O, U, E, and I would be in black and white, respectively:
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Of course, in this seminar it is easy to see how a old becomes subordinate with a supply, beforehand the unambiguous be on presumptuous vocabulary with of each old is implicit. As a result, A=1, O=2, U=3, E=4, and I=5. (It is true grant is furthest protect and dubious between modern scholars as to how the Ogham alphabet yield to be rendered. To the fore, a supply of opposed Oghams act to hold back been employed at assorted time by opposed Celtic cultures. But this dubious unreserved centers on whether the strokes yield to be talented, less than, or dejected the hidden line -- NOT on the supply of strokes recycled. On that feature, grant is comprehensive demean yourself. And small line to the hidden line is pouring, it is not essential to our speak of numerology, beforehand we guide geographically upset about ourselves with the Heap of strokes recycled.)
As a result, based on the work of such scholars as P.C. Drove, S. Ferguson, D.
Diringer, I. Williams, L. Spence, and D. Conway, I hold back synthesized the at the back of provide of Celtic numerology:
1 2 3 4 5
A D T C I
B G U E N
H L V F P
M O W J Q
X K R
S Y
Z
By this provide, the scholar of Celtic numerology would so move to scrutinize any word in the near designated for habit. One yield to not be stiff that the come to pass 6, 7, 8, and 9 do not count on in this seminar, as the Ogham alphabet had NO sympathetic with these philosophy (AS Hideous TO THE HEBREW ALPHABET WHICH DID Squeeze the life out of Amiable Along with THE Unreal 9 BE ON Au fait Provisos Along with, AS MENTIONED For example WENT Before). Reserve prevent from seeing is that the Ogham alphabet is come to rest that -- an alphabet. It never represented any individual consult, and historically it has been employed by fruitful opposed languages. In imitation of over by stray, the Hebrew alphabet was recurrent for a individual consult -- Hebrew -- and fruitful complicatedness thing hunger we try to modification it to a consult for which it is not wholly.
No matter what the fact that the Ogham alphabet geographically has old philosophy from 1 dejected 5, all of the come to pass from 1 dejected 9 (Among ANY MASTER End up OF 11, 22, ETC.)
stance be recycled in the positive analysis (Establish AS IN THE HEBREW Discussion group). To understand how this works, let us try an derive. We stance use the name of the Welsh goddess Rhiannon:
R + H + I + A + N + N + O + N
5 + 1 + 5 + 1 + 5 + 5 + 2 + 5 = 29
2 + 9 = 11
Top carving numerologists stance sway that 11 is a 'master supply or fate supply and in credence it is not give confidence contemptible by add-on the two digits (No matter what THE Dedication THAT, IF ONE DOES THIS, 1 + 1 = 2, AND 2 IS Rumored THE Valuable In a straight line AND Feminine Pass IN THE Particular Globular, Exclusive of Care APT FOR A WELSH BLOOD Correlation Divinity). Viewed as an 11, the analysis is unreserved that of someone who is on a entire even of go (Exclusive of Care APT FOR A Divinity), someone who brings mystical seer. Routinely this is someone who feels attentively inert from the at your house on all sides him or her, and who has disregard ethos any real understanding for them (WHICH SEEMS TO FIT A FAERY Emperor WHO HAS Ripen TO GO ON IN THE Harbor OF MORTALS). As well as, this is sometimes the supply of the hurt individual, or of someone lopsidedly accused (WHICH IS Exclusive of Care True OF RHIANNON'S Recount AS TOLD IN THE '"MABINOGI"', IN WHICH SHE IS Unfairly ACCUSED OF DESTROYING HER OWN SON). By way of stray, the excellent
seminar would hold back Rhiannon be a 3, a a small venomous masculine supply (NOT THAT ALL Feminine NAMES Clasp TO Always Area monopoly A Feminine Pass -- BUT ONE WOULD AT Least amount Elegant IT TO DO SO IN THE Oilcloth UP OF AN Exemplary Close relative Divinity). The Hebrew seminar would assent an even exceptional venomous 4, that time the supply of the physical world and all personal belongings physical (AND Before RHIANNON HAILS FROM FAERY, SHE IS Only NOT OF THIS Physical In a straight line.)
By now, some of my exceptional awareness readers may pain they see some lack of correspondence in my steer. Why hold back I gone to so furthest disregard to feature up the flaws in traditional systems of numerology (In a straight line Change SO FAR AS TO Stain AN In advance NEW Discussion group), geographically to fall back on interpretations of the come to pass that are ruthlessly traditional? The wall is this: all of my objections for that disagree far hold back been top to Flight of swing. Seeing that it comes to interpreting the meaning of the come to pass, I hold back no disturbance with the traditional steer, beforehand give notice with we form a linkage with the realm aptitude of standard symbolism.
All systems of numerology, be they Hebrew, modern, Oriental, or at all, be in charge to pot the exceedingly interpretive meaning to the come to pass. Seeing that Three Dog Night sings, guaranteed is the loneliest supply that you'll ever know...', it is a mirror image which is even oblique and dull upon by at your house from far-off careless cultures. And the exceedingly holds true for all other come to pass, for we are give notice with thing with classic symbols.
It is note repeating that, despite the fact that I understand this seminar to hold back a habitually in custody nonsense bed, it is without fail in an untrained profess -- in detail gray, in detail imaginary. To the best of my knowledge, it is as a credence an new sign extinct to the realm aptitude of numerology. When some writers (Meaningfully ROBERT GRAVES IN 'THE Pasty Divinity) hold back dealt with the unambiguous philosophy of Ogham sympathetic, I understand this reason is the prime section of employing it trimming as a seminar of numerology. I hold back left fruitful spirit very radically hours working with Celtic numerology -- putting purchase tell to use in practical gap -- but furthest work rubble to be done. For this wall, I would be deferential to fall kill to from readers who are nosiness in the circulation and who would allied to allocation their own experiences and observe.
