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Originally posted by Enigmatic_Messiah
33:
A significant number in modern numerology, as it is one of the master numbers along with 11 and 22.
Many people claim that they see, witness, or experience the number 33 in unusual circumstances or at a frequency that defies statistical likelihood. A popular website [1] (home.earthlink.net...) dedicated to this repdigit, and such experiences of it, hosts comments by many such people, as well as other related resources.
A highly significant number to the Freemasons, and is one of their sacred numbers, recurring profusely throughout their 'Dogma' (as Albert Pike calls it), rituals and other miscellaneous places.
33 is the smallest integer that can not be expressed as a sum of different triangular numbers. It is also the smallest odd repdigit that's not prime (unless we consider 1-digit integers to also be repdigits).
en.wikipedia.org...
Originally posted by CPYKOmega
Seeing as this number is the highest degree you can achieve in freemasonry,
Originally posted by CPYKOmega
This is a question for all the free masons here on ATS regarding the number 33. I am not a mason myself, yet whenever I talk about this magical number with my friends or family I seem to encounter it more and more. For example) A few days ago I checked my e-mail in box "33 messages unread" the same day I logged on to play some texas hold-em poker.. yet and behold the first hand I received was a pair of threes. My best guess is that I encounter the number 33 around 10+ times per day now. But the more I mention it to anyone the greater the occurrence happens.
by Mirthful Me
The highest Degree in Freemasonry is the Third Degree, the Sublime Degree of Master Mason. The 32nd and 33rd (Honorary) Degrees are a part of the Scottish Rite Masonry (Northern or Southern Jurisdiction in the U.S. and that is what we are talking about here), not Freemasonry, and have no bearing whatsoever on the Blue Lodge. Really... Honest... No kidding.
Originally posted by RANT
I'm pretty sure I know what's happening to you as this happened to Lt. Commander Data once. Data reported 2085 unusual occurrences of the number 3 in one staff meeting. It was the plot of TNG Epsiode 118 "Cause and Effect". It would seem you're stuck in a groundhog day time loop and have programmed yourself to send messages back to inadvertantly create occurances of the number three to escape. The solution is to look for someone with 3 pips on their collar and do whatever they say. Or just quit looking for 3's.
Originally posted by CPYKOmega
If there truly are only 3 "set degrees" then why are others listed???
Please tell me the difference between Scottish Rite Masonry and Freemasonry?
Originally posted by Enigmatic_Messiah
A highly significant number to the Freemasons, and is one of their sacred numbers, recurring profusely throughout their 'Dogma' (as Albert Pike calls it), rituals and other miscellaneous places.
Originally posted by CPYKOmega
If what you were saying were to be true, please explain the picture I posted. It clearly shows degrees 4-33 in Scottish Rite Masonry. And the picture shown is taken of an official masonic website.
www.masons.sk.ca...
It shows the first 3 degrees you speak of (1. Entered Apprentice, 2. Fellow Craft, 3. Master Mason) but can you please explain to me why it then branches off into secret master, perfect master, grand pontiff ect?
If there truly are only 3 "set degrees" then why are others listed???
Originally posted by Susquehanna
It is also found on the backside of Rolling Rock bottles.
www.rollingrock.com...
More info on 33 and Rolling Rock, and just some info on 33 itself, can be found here -
www.snopes.com...