C of L49: 91 times 91
Michael Bailey
michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com
Tue Jun 9 09:38:58 CDT 2009
Mark Kohut wrote:
>
> Thoth is 91 and speaks of his grandfather, who seemed 91, when he, Thoth was a boy.
>
some leisurely gematria-seeking for 91 on the web yields:
"The most interesting Hebrew word with a gematria of 91 ( the summer
solstice degree) is the word malahh, messenger or angel. The sufis
speak of angels through the metaphor of musical overtones or harmonics
that resonate in the upper realms."
and
"Ephod אפוד
(Aleph/Peh/Vav/Daleth)(1+80+6+4) = 91
Ephod (Breastplate) ..... There were 12 stones, one for each of the
Tribes of Israel inlayed in a pattern of 3 across and 4 down.
It was worn by the Jewish High Priest. He would ask a question to
Yahweh and his reply would come in the lighting up of the Stones."
The first reference, messenger/angel is of course relevant to CofL49:
it offers to bump us up a valence shell in interpreting the symbols -
invites the notion that the wars between messenger services are wars
between different factions of angels. Personally I don't right now
know how far I want to run with that, but it isn't that great a
stretch...
The breastplate reference, well, I can't do much with that, as it
seems like analog technology rather than digital...still, reading
messages in glowing lights...is a bit like pointing out
constellations...
--
"...no matter what you did to its edges the true Pacific stayed
inviolate and integrated or assumed the ugliness at any edge into some
more general truth."
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