The Ancient Secret Meaning of some of the extended ASCII characters, and beyond.
13:56:38 2/17/1988
The Ancient Secret Meaning of some of the extended
ASCII characters, and beyond.
Researched by Henry J. Franzoni III
You must be able to display all 256 characters in the
IBM PC extended ASCII symbol set to read this text.
(Ctrl-QG in Sidekick, Graphics mode in MS Word, the
TYPE command, etc.)
Below is a brief attempt to demonstrate a strange connection
between the IBM PC symbol system and the hidden metaphorical secrets
of the early Greek Cabalists and Christian Gnostics. Perhaps Hebrew
Cabalists, Masons and other groups used similar methods. If this
subject matter offends you please stop reading this file
and erase it. If this sort of subject matter strikes you as
far-fetched, hey, give it a chance, read a little further
before you dismiss it completely. I have tried to present
this information with a minimum of personal interpretation.
The interesting examples below speak for themselves, I think.
I do have a viewpoint that colors my perceptions though.
I tend to look at computers as tools to manipulate symbol
systems. Words, numbers, pictures,... a computer looks
at these things as one and the same thing, symbols. Different
languages are different symbol systems for the computer to
manipulate and display. Humans can manipulate
all kinds of symbols easily with a computer and display them
on the screen or print them on paper. I've always been
interested in the story behind the symbol systems we use,
and what hidden meaning, if any, existed for the creators
of the symbol systems we use. You might enjoy this. Please
do not abuse this information. I am interested in sharing
this information with reasonable, responsible people, not fanatics.
If any of this disturbs your personal system of beliefs, why
then, just throw it away and ignore it, this IS America.
I claim no responsiblity for any damages arising from the use
of this knowledge. I trust you use it wisely.
Immediately below is a mapping between the Greek alphabet
and a number cipher rumoured to be a Cabalist number code.
When there are two or more entries in the Greek Alphabet
Symbol column, the first is the upper case form and the second is
the lower case form. In the case of sigma, the extra form
is for when sigma is the last letter in a word. In the word/number
examples below the list, the upper case is used in a few places
it shouldn't be because the PC symbol set only had the uppercase
version of the Greek letter. The code/cipher number which
corresponds to each Greek letter is in the fifth column from the left.
There is no symbol for the sixth Greek letter, which had the sound
of "st". This symbol was discontinued in ancient times. I do not
know why there is no symbol for 90, it might be the same reason
as for 6. Maybe you know?
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Greek English PC ASCII Sound Greek Cabalist Place in
Alphabet Name for Decimal Made by Number Modern
Symbol Greek Code Greek Code Value Greek
Symbol Number(s) Letter (Gematria) Alphabet
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A alpha 65, 224 a 1 1
B beta 66, 225 b 2 2
gamma 226 g(n) 3 3
delta 235 d 4 4
E epsilon 69, 238 e 5 5
(symbol obsolete in ancient times) st 6-------------------------
Z zta 90 z 7 6
H ta 72, 239 8 7
thta 233 th 9 8
I i iota 73, 105 i 10 9
K k kappa 75, 107 k 20 10
^ lambda 94 l 30 11
M mu 77, 230 m 40 12
N v nu 78, 118 n 50 13
xi 240 x 60 14
O o omicron 79, 111 o 70 15
pi 227 p 80 16
---------------(unknown reason(s) for 90 not appearing in alphabet list)
P rh 80 r(rh) 100 17
sigma 228, 229, 135 s 200 18
T tau 84 t 300 19
upsilon 231 u 400 20
phi 232, 237 ph 500 21
X x khi 88 kh 600 22
psi 157 ps 700 23
mega 234 800 24
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
What good is it? Well below are some examples of the
early usage of this code. The Greek word is first followed by
the English translation. Each letter in each word is converted
into its numerical equivalent, and then the word is summed, for
your personal edification and pleasure. Certain words and
phrases are then summed and compared with each other. The
Greek quotations are from the original Greek New Testament.
GREEK ENGLISH GREEK ENGLISH
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Io = 'Jesus' MPi = 'Mary'
I 10 M 40
8 1
200 P 100
o 70 i 10
400 1
200 + 40 +
-------- --------
888 192
Let's add these two totals together.
888 'Jesus'
+ 192 'Mary'
-----
1080
GREEK ENGLISH GREEK ENGLISH
----------------------------------------------------------------------
To iov v = 'The Holy Spirit' To iov v = 'The spirit of
the earth'
T 300 T 300
o 70 o 70
1 3
3 1
i 10 i 10
o 70 o 70
v 50 v 50
80 80
v 50 v 50
5 5
400 400
40 40
1 + 1 +
-------- --------
1080 1080
oi = 'fountain of wisdom' TPTPo = 'Tartaros, the abyss'
80 8
8 T 300
3 1
8 P 100
200 T 300
o 70 1
500 P 100
i 10 o 70
1 200 +
200 + -------
------- 1080
1080
KokTo = 'Cocytos', a God of the abyss.
K 20
o 70
k 20
400
T 300
o 70
200 +
--------
1080
o = 'the abyss'
8
1
2
400
200
200
o 70
200 +
--------
1081
TiTv = 'Teitan', a solar deity A 6 X 6 MAGIC SQUARE OF THE SUN
T 300 6 32 3 34 35 1
5 7 11 27 28 8 30
i 10 19 14 16 15 23 24
T 300 18 20 22 21 17 13
1 25 29 10 9 26 12
v 50 + 36 5 33 4 2 31
--------
666 TOTAL ALONG ANY LINE = 111
TOTAL FOR ALL NUMBERS = 666
And we might remember from Revelation 13:
'Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count
the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man;
and his number is Six hundred threescore and six'
Let's add the 666 and 1080 together.
1080
+ 666
------
1746
Metaphorically speaking, it seems we've added Teitan and the Sun to
the spirit of the earth, the Holy Spirit, (the sum of Jesus and
Mary), the fountain of wisdom, and the abyss.
Kokko iv = 'a grain of mustard seed'
K 20
o 70
k 20
k 20
o 70
200
200
i 10
v 50
1
80
5
800
200 +
--------
1746
Remember this from Mark IV, 31-32?
'It is like a grain of mustard seed, which when it is sown
in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:
But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than
all the herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the
fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.' 'But without
a parable spake he not unto them; and when they were alone,
he expounded all things to his disciples'
To v koo = 'the Spirit of the World'
T 300
o 70
80
v 50
5
400
40
1
k 20
o 70
200
40
o 70
400 +
--------
1746
o To o IP^ = 'the Glory of the God of Israel'
8
4
o 70
60
1
T 300
o 70
400
9
5
o 70
400
I 10
200
P 100
1
8
^ 30 +
--------
1746
An interesting total is: 2664 = (666 x 4) = (888 x 3) = (37 x 72) =
(36 x 74) = (111 x 24) = (18 x 148). Below are some phrases that
add up to this number.
Io ki oi k oTo^oi = 'Jesus and the Twelve Apostles'
I 10
8
200
o 70
400
200
k 20
1
i 10
o 70
i 10
4
800
4
5
k 20
1
1
80
200
o 70
T 300
o 70
^ 30
o 70
i 10 +
--------
2664
kiTo To o = 'The Ark of God'
8
k 20
i 10
2
800
T 300
o 70
200
T 300
o 70
400
9
5
o 70
400 +
--------
2664
stPo = 'cross' (This uses "st" for the missing sixth letter
for the Greek word "stauros", rather than
adding "s" and "t" separately. If one does
st 6 the total for this word is 1271. = 200
1 and T = 300)
400
P 100
o 70
200 +
--------
777
AP = 'Abraxas', God of the 365 days of the solar year.
This was a Gnostic sect Deity and a Santana album.
A = 1
= 2
P = 100
= 1
= 60
= 1
= 200 +
-------
365
Makes you kind of wonder about the Santana album.
APP = 'Abracadabra' is probably derived from Abraxas,
and is an old Gnostic word held to have supernatural
powers to ward off disease and disaster.
but two characteristic sums of the word
are 413 and 2576. I don't know any other phrases with
these totals. The pyramid arrangement is
traditional.
1+2+100+1+200+1+4+1+2+100+1 = 413 abracadabra
1+2+100+1+200+1+4+1+2+100 = 412 abracadabr
1+2+100+1+200+1+4+1+2 = 312 abracadab
1+2+100+1+200+1+4+1 = 310 abracada
1+2+100+1+200+1+4 = 309 abracad
1+2+100+1+200+1 = 305 abraca
1+2+100+1+200 = 304 abrac
1+2+100+1 = 104 abra
1+2+100 = 103 abr
1+2 = 3 ab
1 = 1 + a
-----
2576
2576 = (23 x 7 x 4) = (23 x 112) {Remember that (24 x 111) = 2664}
2664 - 2576 = 88
Now another interesting sum is 831.
Pi = 'pyramid'
80
400
P 100
1
40
i 10
200 +
--------
831
^^o = 'phallus'
500
1
^ 30
^ 30
o 70
200 +
--------
831
I suppose these two pointy objects are interchangable.
I haven't found any other sums of 831. Another interesting
number is 2080.
To vTxvov P = 'the artificers fire' = 2080 =
(300+70+5+50+300+5+600+50+70+50+80+400+100)
Which Prometheus stole from the Gods.
o PToToko = 'the first born' = 2080 =
(70+80+100+800+300+70+300+70+20+70+200)
This is an epithet of Christ in Revelation i, 5.
= 'light' = 1500 AN 8 X 8 MAGIC SQUARE OF MERCURY
P = 'fire' = 580 + 8 58 59 5 4 62 63 1
--------------------- 49 15 14 52 53 11 10 56
light + fire = 2080 41 23 22 44 45 19 18 48
32 34 35 29 28 38 39 25
P = 'Hermes' = 353 40 26 27 37 36 30 31 33
17 47 46 20 21 43 42 24
oo = 'the way' = 352 9 55 54 12 13 51 50 16
64 2 3 61 60 6 7 57
TOTAL ALONG ANY LINE = 260
TOTAL FOR ALL NUMBERS = 2080
Hermes was identified with the Roman God Mercury. Both were
the messengers for the other Gods, and were themselves the Gods
of commerce, travel, and thievery. The magic square of Mercury
is traditional. By the way, 352 x 9 = 3168.
KPio Io XPiTo = 'The Lord Jesus Christ' = 3168 =
(20+400+100+10+70+200+10+8+200+70+400+200+600+100+10+200+300+70+200)
The internal consistancy of the relationships between
the examples, both metaphorically and numerically, makes me
personally lean towards the thought that someone purposefully
designed this alternate numerical interpretation, and named these
things accordingly. If you come to think this also, you may
wonder who did it? Well, maybe nobody at all, one interpretation
is that the letters also served as numbers in the old languages,
(Hebrew, Greek, Arabic), and this may have been common everyday
knowledge. Everyone may have looked at each word as a
"number and/or a word", to use the modern definitions of these
things. However, somebody may have named these things in this
way, and here are some educated guesses as to who.
Perhaps it was the unknown founders of Christianity
who preceeded the Founding Fathers of the Christian Church.
St. Irenaeus of the second century A.D. was one of the early
Founding Fathers of the Christian Church who was a bitter
opponent of the Gnostic sect. He calls this practice
inherited from pagan philosophers "arithmomancy", The
interpretation of divine names and principles in
numeric terms. He was said to have been instructed by
Gnostics before becoming the Bishop of Lyons, and
quoted and parodied Gnostic doctrines, discrediting them.
It is said early Gnostics valued inquiry into spiritual truth
above faith, thought salvation attainable only by those few whose
faith enabled them to transcend matter, and viewed Christ as
non-corporeal.
Some early Masons, Sumarians, and Muslims may have encoded
information in their texts, I'm not sure. I think the evidence
does support the notion that early Hebrews did encode, and
earlier than their Greek counterparts. Hippolytus in the
second century A.D., said that the "Celts honour them (The Greeks)
as prophets and seers because they foretell matters by the
ciphers and numbers according to the Pythagorian skill...
The Druids also practice the magic arts." Egyptians, Persians,
Indian Brahmins, and the Chaldeans of Assyria may have also
practiced these arts. Clement of Alexandria wrote that the
Pythagorians took there philosophy from "the Gauls and other
barbarians." "Gauls" was Julius Caesars' name for the Celts.
The Phoenicians may have been in on the beginning as well,
when around 1000 B.C. they started to use graphic signs that
the Greeks later borrowed and modified, (around 900 B.C.)
for their own alphabet. I don't know if the Phoenicians used
the same code, but here is an example of Hebrew Cabalist writing.
In Hebrew, the Tetragrammaton, the ineffable, unpronouncable
name of God is transliterated "YHWH" or "JHWH" and is pronounced
"Yahweh" or "Jehovah". The four Hebrew letters used as a symbol
or substitute for the ineffable name of God, have names in English.
Using these English nouns rather than the Hebrew symbols, which is the
best we can do with the PC symbol set, the ineffable name of God
looks like this:
h waw h yodh
This is read from left to right, with yodh having a "Y" sound,
h having a "H" sound, and waw having a "W" sound.
We will use the same Cabalist code as in the Greek alphabet,
but we don't have to leave any letters out as we did with
the Greek alphabet.
Bear with me and look at the Hebrew alphabet mapping below:
------------------------------------------
Hebrew Hebrew Position Sound
Alphabet Cabalist In Made by
Symbol Code Alphabet Letter
Name Value
------------------------------------------
'aleph 1 1 '
bth 2 2 b (bh)
gimel 3 3 g (gh)
dleth 4 4 d (dh)
h 5 5 h
waw 6 6 w
zayin 7 7 z
heth 8 8 b
teth 9 9 t
yodh 10 10 y
kph 20 11 k (kh)
lmedh 30 12 l
mm 40 13 m
nn 50 14 n
samekh 60 15 s
'ayin 70 16 '
p 80 17 p (ph)
sadhe 90 18 s
qph 100 19 q
rsh 200 20 r
sin 300 21 s
shin 400 22 sh
tw 500 23 t (th)
------------------------------------------------------------
Okay, now back to the Tetragrammaton, ineffable name of God:
h waw h yodh
5 + 6 + 5 + 10 = 26
It would seem that the characteristic sum is 26.
But, rumour has it that the ineffable name of God should be
arranged precisely like this, don't ask me why:
yodh = 10 = 10
h yodh = 5 + 10 = 15
waw h yodh = 6 + 5 + 10 = 21
h waw h yodh = 5 + 6 + 5 + 10 = 26 +
------
72
The characteristic sum of the Tetragrammaton is 72 this way.
Another Hebrew tradition, is that the two letters:
heth yodh
8 + 10 = 18
are the symbol for life. Even today, I know Jewish people
that wear these two letters, totaling eighteen, on
necklaces, etc. There's no telling how old this Hebrew ritual
really is.
I won't draw any conclusions here but it is interesting to note
the following least common denominator and least common multiple
relationships between most of the numbers mentioned above.
18 = (3 x 6) = (6 x 3) = (9 x 2) = (18 x 1)
72 = (3 x 24) = (6 x 12) = (9 x 8) = (18 x 4) = (72 x 1)
666 = (3 x 222) = (6 x 111) = (9 x 74) = (18 x 37) = (37 x 18)
777 = (3 x 259) = (37 x 21)
888 = (3 x 296) = (6 x 148) = (37 x 24)
1080 = (3 x 360) = (6 x 180) = (9 x 120) = (18 x 60) = (72 x 15)
1746 = (3 x 582) = (6 x 291) = (9 x 194) = (18 x 97)
2664 = (3 x 888) = (6 x 444) = (9 x 296) = (18 x 148) = (37 x 72) = (72 x 37)
3168 = (3 x 1056)= (6 x 528) = (9 x 352) = (18 x 176) = (72 x 44)
5040 = (3 x 1680)= (6 x 840) = (9 x 560) = (18 x 280) = (72 x 70)
Every number can be divided by 3. All but 777 can be
divided by 6. I don't think this particular direction
of endeavor will lead to any powerful sense of meaning though.
There does appear to be some pattern along the lines of
the least common denominator though.
The number 5040 is the number that Plato wrote in "Laws"
as the number of citizens and land holdings in the city of
Magnesia. Plato observed that changes in government are
brought about by changes in music. In "Timaeus" he said that
"the sight of night and day, of months and the revolving
years, of equinox and sunset, have caused the invention
of number...whence we have derived all philosophy".
Dr. Ernest McClain, the Pythagorean musicologist, believes
that 5040 is the top note of the musical scale that Plato
conceals in the structure of "Laws". I don't know about that.
Particular numbers of interest for the unknown authors were
18, 37, 72, 192, 352, 365, 666, 777, 888, 1080, 1746, 2080,
2664 and 3168. The numbers 580, 831, and 1500 don't seem to
be as frequently used by the authors, although 1500 + 580 = 2080.
666 seems to have a positive meaning in the scheme of things,
the exclusive negative interpretation of this symbol does not
take in to account its association with the Sun. My opinion is
that someone perverted its meaning along the way, and narrowed
the focus of its meaning to "the beast". I don't know who.
Perhaps the more superstitious of the early Christians.
Besides, the quote from the Bible says its "the number of a man"
as well, and that's what apparantly started the bruhaha.
Fudging one above or one below the desired sum didn't seem
to matter to the unknown writers (I.E. 1081 and 353 seem to
be as good as 1080 and 352).
Rumour has it that the 6 x 6 and 8 x 8 magic squares have a
historical association with the Sun and Mercury, repectively. Perhaps
it is more than a coincidence that the sum of all the numbers in each
are 666 and 2080, respectively. Think about the metaphorical
meaning of the phrases that add up to these two totals. Can anyone
find more words or phrases that add up to 111, 260, 666 or 1080 ?
Odd spurious numerical facts: (Draw your own conclusions, if any.)
72, 666, 1080, 1746, 2664, and 3168 are all multiples of 18.
666, 888, and 2664 are all multiples of 37, 74, and 111.
111, and 777 are multiples of 37 and 111.
1080, 2664, and 3168 are all multiples of 36 and 72.
192 = (64 x 3) = (48 x 2) = (32 x 6)
666 = (1 + 2 + 3 +...+ 34 + 35 + 36)
888 + 192 = 1080
1080 + 666 = 1746
1746 = (97 x 3 x 2) = (194 x 3) = (291 x 3 x 2) = (582 x 3) = (873 x 2)
2080 = (1 + 2 +...+ 63 + 64) = (52 x 40) = (13 x 32 x 5) = (260 x 8)
= (13 x 160)
2664 = (666 x 2) = (888 x 3) = (72 x 37) = (74 x 36)
= (37 x 2 x 2 x 3) = (18 x 148)
3168 = (72 x 44) = (9 x 352)
5040 = (1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 5 x 6 x 7) = (7 x 8 x 9 x 10)
Multiples of six seem to matter somehow: 36, 216, 864, 1296, etc.
Multiples of twelve also: 144, 1728, 20736, 248832, etc.
or represents the ratio of the "golden section"
in mathmatics. Its value is 1.61803399 and is obtained by
the formula:
1 + 5
------ =
2
Also, as a Fibonacci series progresses further and further,
(1 + 2 + 3 + 5 + 8 + 13 + 21 +...),
the ratio between successive numbers approaches asymptotically
to . This occurs in sunflowers and seashells, etc.
Many of these numbers arise when attempting to represent the
chromatic scale of music in terms of integers and whole numbers.
Lastly, here are some possible associations between numbers and
Greek and Roman Gods. (The "" means summation here.)
1,9 = (15 x 3) = 45 Saturn Roman God identified with Greek
God Kronus (Cronus), a Titan who
4 9 2 ruled the universe until dethroned
3 5 7 by his son Zeus, identified with
8 1 6 the Golden Age.
1,16 = (34 x 4) = 136 Jupiter Supreme Roman God (Greek Zeus)
called Jove, brother and husband
4 14 15 1 of Juno, son of Cronus.
9 7 6 12
5 11 10 8
16 2 3 13
1,25 = (65 x 5) = 325 Mars Roman God of War (Greek Ares).
11 24 7 20 3
4 12 25 8 16
17 5 13 21 9
10 18 1 14 22
23 6 19 2 15
1,36 = (111 x 6) = 666 The Sun Associated with Titan, child of Uranus
and Gaia, elder brother of Kronus.
6 32 3 34 35 1 (Greek God), ancestor of the Titans.
7 11 27 28 8 30
19 14 16 15 23 24
18 20 22 21 17 13
25 29 10 9 26 12
36 5 33 4 2 31
1,49 = (175 x 7) = 1225 Venus Roman Goddess of love and beauty,
associated with the Greek Goddess
22 47 16 41 10 35 4 Aphrodite.
5 23 48 17 42 11 29
30 6 24 49 18 36 12
13 31 7 25 43 19 37
38 14 32 1 26 44 20
21 39 8 33 2 27 45
46 15 40 9 34 3 28
1,64 = (260 x 8) = 2080 Mercury Roman God (Greek Hermes), God of
travel, commerce, and thievery.
49 15 14 52 53 11 10 56 Messenger for other Gods.
41 23 22 44 45 19 18 48
32 34 35 29 28 38 39 25
40 26 27 37 36 30 31 33
17 47 46 20 21 43 42 24
9 55 54 12 13 51 50 16
64 2 3 61 60 6 7 57
1,81 = (369 x 9) = 3321 The Moon Roman Goddess of the Moon, Luna.
Luna is an Alchemical designation
37 78 29 70 21 62 13 54 5 for silver as well.
6 38 79 30 71 22 63 14 46
47 7 39 80 31 72 23 55 15
16 48 8 40 81 32 64 24 56
57 17 49 9 41 73 33 65 25
26 58 18 50 1 42 74 34 66
67 27 59 10 51 2 43 75 35
36 68 19 60 11 52 3 44 76
77 28 69 20 61 12 53 4 45
I hope you didn't find this a waste of time. I know it might seem
like I am a mental case who sees a pattern out of randomly organized
data, but really who's to say? This IS America, after all.
Maybe this even elucidates a previously obfuscated ritual or thought
in your personal system of beliefs, you never know how this
stuff gets around. You never know what its going to be applied to next.
Leave messages on The Machine (NY), The BOSS (NJ), Darwin (MD), or
Cliffside Park (NJ) if you want to get in touch with me. You could
write to 822 S.E. 15th st. Portland OR, 97214, I pick up mail there.
Don't write any fanatical tirades though, I don't need any.
I am interested in finding Greek, Hebrew, Phoenician, etc.,
words, phrases or anything else that may add up to the numbers 45,
136, 325, 666, 1225, 2080, 3321, 15, 34, 65, 111, 175, 260, or 369
in particular at the moment. Any other relevant tidbits of
knowledge will be welcome.
uh yes, I am nuts...
Henry Franzoni 13:56:31 2/17/1988
