Yeah, no. That's not what that's about. It's about numerology and how the letters of the Hebrew and Aramaic alphabets were given numbers (because that's how they did numbers... letters with a special symbol to say "Hey, this is a number"). And, more importantly, how they'd use this system to refer to controversial people in code. They'd add up the numbers and say "This person is this number" and then they'd just use the number.
In this case, 666 refers to a person that lived and died fucking ages ago.
No, it refers to the "magic square," used as symbol and token for mystical protection and power over gods, which is related to Jewish mysticism of their own medieval-times symbology.
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He's using Gematria, which I explicitly explain.
Splitting the 26 letters of the English Alphabet in half, establishing
He's using English. English wasn't around when Revelation was written. This is a contrived system to fit today which means, at best, you'll get a marginal percentage of hits... just like the original Necronomicon by John Dee (which is based on the inversion of the 11 sephiroth of Jewish Kabbalah mysticism (which he constructed because he felt that the 11 - half of the hebrew alphabet - were not enough to cover the depths of depravity he wanted to explore).
In other words, you're using a contrived system to justify calling it something it's not.
That was the only link I know of that shows the ancient artifact. I don't care how he justifies it. The 6x6 counting-up grid, summing to 666, is attested from at least before medieval times as some mystical talisman. But I guess an actual "power of the gods" plate is too simple when you have words and letters to count.
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totes_magotes ago
Yeah, no. That's not what that's about. It's about numerology and how the letters of the Hebrew and Aramaic alphabets were given numbers (because that's how they did numbers... letters with a special symbol to say "Hey, this is a number"). And, more importantly, how they'd use this system to refer to controversial people in code. They'd add up the numbers and say "This person is this number" and then they'd just use the number.
In this case, 666 refers to a person that lived and died fucking ages ago.
Stop spreading this kind of bullshit.
lemon11 ago
No, it refers to the "magic square," used as symbol and token for mystical protection and power over gods, which is related to Jewish mysticism of their own medieval-times symbology.
totes_magotes ago
Read my link. I cite the sources.
Yours? Let's see here...
He's using Gematria, which I explicitly explain.
He's using English. English wasn't around when Revelation was written. This is a contrived system to fit today which means, at best, you'll get a marginal percentage of hits... just like the original Necronomicon by John Dee (which is based on the inversion of the 11 sephiroth of Jewish Kabbalah mysticism (which he constructed because he felt that the 11 - half of the hebrew alphabet - were not enough to cover the depths of depravity he wanted to explore).
In other words, you're using a contrived system to justify calling it something it's not.
lemon11 ago
That was the only link I know of that shows the ancient artifact. I don't care how he justifies it. The 6x6 counting-up grid, summing to 666, is attested from at least before medieval times as some mystical talisman. But I guess an actual "power of the gods" plate is too simple when you have words and letters to count.