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Cliffs Notes would be swell. Long posts suck. I don't know one person who wants to read through them.
Originally posted by Mudshark
The original post seems to be riddled with errors.
Let's start with the alleged location of Mt Hermon:
Originally posted by rapturas
Mount Hermon in Phoenicia, the first location of extraterrestrial influence with man, lies precisely at 33.33° north 33.33° east ... 2,012 miles from the equator and 2,012 miles from the prime meridian.*
Not in my atlas it isn't!
Here is where 33° 33'N 33° 33'E lies according to Google Maps:
Google Maps
Perhaps he is using 33.33° in decimal notation. 33.33° = 33 19' 8" which according to Google Maps is here:
Google Maps
According to Wikipedia Mt Hermon is at 33° 24'N 35° 51'E.
No matter which way you look at it the original post is just plain wrong.
So, other than large amounts of credulity, what am I missing?
[edit on 24-11-2007 by Mudshark]
[edit on 24-11-2007 by Mudshark]
Originally posted by rapturas
The Pythagoreans were very much into their numbers (obviously), it does make sense that numbers have some meaning behind them (and energy). Most, if not all things can be put into numbers from what i understand. Everything resonates with a certain frequency including the earth, pyramids, people etc. Im not entirely sure of the significance of 33 or 33.33 yet but have my ears open as it were.
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The tetractys, now that may be different:
1. The Tetractys symbolized the four elements — earth, air, fire, and water.
2. The first four numbers also symbolized the harmony of the spheres and the Cosmos.[citation needed]
3. The four rows added up to ten, which was unity of a higher order (in decimal).
4. The Tetractys represented the organization of space:
1. the first row represented zero-dimensions (a point)
2. the second row represented one-dimension (a line of two points)
3. the third row represented two-dimensions (a plane defined by a triangle of three points)
4. the fourth row represented three-dimensions (a tetrahedron defined by four points)
Kabbalist symbol
There are some who believe that the tetractys and its mysteries influenced the early kabbalists. A Hebrew Tetractys in a similar way has the letters of the Tetragrammaton (the four lettered name of God in Hebrew scripture) inscribed on the ten positions of the tetractys, from right to left. It has been argued that the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, with its ten spheres of emanation, is in some way connected to the tetractys, but its form is not that of a triangle
im still looking into the calculations mentioned in the original post and also researching the history behind nautical mile and hopefully should be able to work out why there are anomalies with the coordinates for mount Hermon.