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numerology

Use of numbers to interpret a person's character or divine the future. It is based on the assertion by Pythagoras that all things can be expressed in numerical terms because they are ultimately reducible to numbers. Using a method analogous to that of the Greek and Hebrew alphabets (in which each letter also represented a number), modern numerology attaches a series of digits to an inquirer's name and uses these, along with the date of birth, to reveal the person's true nature and prospects.


numerology
the study of numbers, such as the figures in a birth date, and of their supposed influence on human affairs


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8 in connection with a numerological interpretation of the 318 members of Abraham's household [Gen 17:27-28; 14:14] as presaging Christ and his cross: this latter has much in common with the Jewish practice of gematria, and it is significant that our author expresses particular personal satisfaction at having arrived at this interpretation in 9.
Crowley's magic goes beyond fairies and tarot decks (though it includes them) to embrace aspects of Renaissance hermeticism, the belief in ancient magical wisdom that can be discovered by initiates through alchemical, cryptographic, and numerological research.
This essay introduces and explains the use of numerological and arithmological subtexts in Hammon's poems.
 
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