VIGINTITRESOLOGY

Vigintitresology (the study of the number 23) appears, at first, quite humorous. But it does have the tendency to cluster seemingly unrelated facts into strangely beautiful patterns. 23 is one of the principles which weaves the web of Maya... The Human mind is a machine which creates meaning by structuring the meaningless "stuff" of which reality consists. For some reason, yet undiscovered, one of the rules built into this structuring machine is the Formula of 23; the possibility is here entertained that only now are we becoming aware of this enigmatic 23.

23 is a randomizing agent. As the spirit of Irony and the soul of Paradox, the Principle 23 is the ordering principle which creates reality. The key to understanding the meaning of 23 is in the I-Ching; the 23rd Hexagram is Po / Splitting apart. 23 presides over disintegration, dissolution, revolution, disasters, or, in sum, any radical change in situation. It is neither good nor bad, but always unexpected. 23 is the opposite of what appears to be inevitable. It is, therefore, the opposite to the tragic, perhaps more akin to the comic. — It is the essence of chance as change.

23 signals the chaotic state between two stable states. As such, it fits into the category of 'in betweenness'. It is therefore one of those things which is Not. 23 is one from the demonic hosts of Non-being about to invade Being. The 93 Current will split apart the unconsciously created world we inhabit. 23 is not identical with 93, but an emanation from it. 23 is the herald of the end which will be a new beginning.

Why Crowley's life can be so neatly aligned with 23 should now be obvious. His life points to the end which contains a new beginning. 23 stands at the point between dissolution and coming together. (Hence, it is a Magico-Alchemical Formula, as will be demonstrated below.) As an initiation, it is a rite of Passage; through initiation one passes through the state of duality (2) to a state of integration on a higher plane (3).

The following Gematiric delineation should reveal the Magico-Alchemical Formula contained in 23: The word V.I.T.R.I.O.L. is derived from the initials of the Latin alchemical phrase: Visita Interiora Terrae Rectificando Invennies Occultum Lapidem. ("Visit the interior parts of the earth: by rectification thou shalt find the hidden stone") The numeration of this Universal Solvent is 726 which equals 2 x 3 x 112 = 22 x 33 or (2 x 11) X (3 x 11)... All lending credence to the Magico-Alchemical Formula of 23 as expressed in, and identical to the regenerative process of IAO. In fact, 23 should be 'written' as 203 to reveal its full nature; for the zero is the essence of the Formula, as 23 is the heart of the A in IAO. But the zero is Nought and, hence, Not there until it begins its manifestation in consciousness.

Hence, Aleister Crowley's entire life — the 3 stages — is a manifestation of 23 (2 - 0 - 3) fulfilling the formula of IAO. This is not to say that each individual's life is not an expression of the Formula, but, rather, that Crowley's appears to be the most dramatic and poignant demonstration of the Web of 23... or the Great Work, as expressed in the Union of the 5 nd 6 which equals 11 = Abrahadabra = IAO = 203 = 23.

In effect , the above has demonstrated the correspondence of 11 with 23; but then, if 23 is capable of extension as 203, revealing its full nature, then 11 must also. So, we have 101 the sum of the first 10 prime numbers... 23 is the 10th prime number! This is all symbolic of the function of 23; with its arrival the pattern is broken and begins anew; the beginning is in the end.

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BEAST 6-06-6

THE BEAST COMPUTER

There are those technophobes who speculate that the Beast is a computer that will be set up by a future one-world leader. This computer is purported to already exist. One of its servers is online in Belgium. The computer is called "Beast 6-06-6." It was programmed to control all monetary transactions in the European conglomerate countries (EEC) who now function on one monetary unit called the Euro.

Many theorists have hypothesized that some time in our near future, the world will be dominated by one world leader who will run Earth through the Beast computer. No one will be allowed to buy or sell without the mark of the Beast in their hand (a money card or implanted microchip or fingerprint ID) or their forehead (remembering a PIN number or having a microchip placed within their forehead). People will, literally, be scanned at check-out counters, banks, etc.

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69

69

Yeah.. that's right. We all know what the number is about..

But I am not spending my time giving sexual education, if you really have no clue..
Click here and evolve. Come back when you are finished.

Anyway.. 69.
That is 3 times 23.. (23 * 3 = 69).
That number 23 has been chasing you since you were born, is all over the place and will be there until you die in some way on the 23rd day of the month. I can't guaranty you that it will be the 23rd, but the chances are big.
On December 23 2012 a huge cycle will end in the Mayan calender. Marking something big will happen, so far the Mayans have been correct in predicting what is going to happen. They knew way more about time then us, with all our technology, research.. USELESS compared to what they knew.
The Spanish were friendly enough to burn all their knowledge when they invaded their land in 1697. Kudos to the Christian religion also, it was their call to burn the 'lies of the devil'. Good call, lies of the devil.. here is something that isn't a lie.
ALL CHRISTIAN PRIESTS ARE PEDOPHILES :]
That is what they call.. a fact.

Anyway.. getting a little off track here.
23!
You can't run from it, but you could ignore it..
No matter what you do.. it will be there whether you accept it or not.

Anyway.. 69. (confused? keep focused!)
The Zodiac sign Cancer actually looks like a sideways 69.

like this.

Cancers are born between June 21 and July 21 and 21+2 (the number of characters in 69) = ...

23
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In 1997 the MIR 23 space station was having problems resulting from the February 23, 1997 fire and has used 23 of their oxygen- generating canisters. It is the 23rd day aboard for the Russian crew. Progress 233 supply vehicle has problems of its own and cannot re-dock with MIR.

Talking about space.. April 23 is the day with the most reports of UFO sightings of all days. Area 51 Mecca of UFO and Conspiracy theorist, 51 breaks down to 23 + 23 + (2 + 3)=51

The last episode of Full House aired on May 23rd, 1995.
Warner Brothers was founded in 1923.
Walt Disney studios was founded by Walter E. and Roy O. Disney in 1923.
Adolf Hitler was arrested in Germany in 1923 for his failed attempt to seize power.
The name Chuck Taylor was added to the Converse basketball shoe in 1923.

Michael Jordan's retired number is 23. Also, his father was murdered on the 23rd.




On Feb. 23, 1993, bombs exploded in a parking garage beneath the World Trade Center, killing six people and injuring 1,000. Six Islamic militants were convicted in the bombing and sentenced to life behind bars.

What happened to that building eventually?
- correct
When was that?
-  9/11/2001

9 + 11 + 2 + 0 + 0 + 1 = 23!
9 + 11 + (2001 =) 3 = 23 and 2 twin towers (11 + 00) + 3 parts (month + day + year) = 23 
9/11/2001 - 9/11/1978 (Camp David) = 23 years
 

Allen Ginsberg died at 2:39pm April 5

2 + 3 + 9 + 4 + 5 = 23.

The code at the bottom of the Reuter's article about Ginsberg's death reads: '23:28'.

28 = 23 + 5


Freddie Mercury, lead singer of Queen told the world he had AIDS on November 23rd. He died the next day.
August 23; Birth date of Keith Moon, original drummer for The Who.
August 23, 1995; David Gottel, a member of Skinny Puppy, died.
Sonny Bono died on Jan 5, 98 (1/5/98)

1 + 5 + 9 + 8 = 23

The Internet is STUFFED with lists of historical events, scientific facts, personal encounters, cultural related.. and so on.. ALL linked to your beloved number 23. 

THE SYNCHRONICITY OF 23

IT IS EVERYWHERE!

No matter when or where, it is hard to ignore it once you get hooked by the synchronicity of the number 23. Historical events, movies, music, religion, literature, ufology, astronomy, astrology, math.. even inside YOU!

- "ME?!"

Hard to believe is it? 

Here are some facts.

Your biorhythm cycle is.. 23 days.

Your body contain 23 pairs of chromosomes.

Your DNA pattern shows irregular connections every 23rd section. 

That blood pumping through your veins? 

- It circulates in 23 seconds.

That arm you are using to navigate your mouse right now? 

- It has 23 joints. 

Sure that is not impressive, but this list endless regarding countless subjects.

The Latin alphabet? 23 characters.
Julius Caeser was stabbed to death, 23 times.
Speaking of death, any idea when Laura Palmer died in Twin Peaks?
February.. the 23rd.

Still think that the date of her death is just a coincidence?
Is it? According to the Mayans the world will end December 23, 2012.

Spooky huh.. now lets add up the numbers in some dates from historical events.
9/11/2001 - Remember the WTC? 9+11+2+0+0+1 = 23
4/15/1912 - The Titanic sunk.  4+1+5+1+9+1+2= 23
8.15AM - The exact moment the Hiroshima bomb was dropped, you do the count. 
Not impressed? The date it was dropped was August 6, '45. 8+6+4+5 = 23 
Remember Kurt Cobain? He was born in 1967 and died in 1994.
So? 1+9+6+7= 23 & 1+9+9+4 = 23

Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564 and died on April 23, 1616. Most of Shakespeare is known to us through the first folio published in 1623. 23 + 23 = 46. Shakespeare was 46 years old in the year 1610 (1+6+1+0=8, 8=2³), the year the King James Bible was published. Psalm 46 in that translation has as its 46th word "shake" while the 46th word from the end is "spear."

When you look out for it, it WILL be there.

Did you know that yesterday was Earth Day?

- "Yesterday was the 22th!"

Well that I obvious but did you know tilt of Earth’s axis is roughly 23 degrees? 

That earth rotates completely not 24 hours, but 23 hours and 56 minutes. 

There are more examples all over the internet, but I was only trying to make a point.

One more thing.. the internet. The World Wide Web.
WWW = 23 + 23 + 23 while the letter W symbol is 2 points down and 3 up.
Most URL's on the web contain 2 "/"s and 3 W's.

Go figure!

Find much more examples right here.

If you are new to the synchronicity of the number 23, you might want to read our guide. Which has been referred to by several sites since it has been published.

Feel free to read THE NUMBER 23 FOR DUMMIES guide.

23 ENIGMA

The 23 Enigma refers to the belief that most incidents and events are directly connected to the number 23, some permutation of the number 23, or a number related to the number 23.




by Robert Anton Wilson

Find out more about the number 23 right here.  

THE NUMBER 23 FOR DUMMIES

The 23 Enigma refers to the belief that most incidents and events are directly connected to the number 23, some permutation of the number 23, or a number related to the number 23. According to Robert Anton Wilson the first person to believe in the 23 enigma is William S. Burroughs. This was stated in a Fortean Times article in 1977. In May 2007 this article was republished by Fortean Times in addition to the release of the movie 'The Number 23' earlier that year.

I first heard of the 23 enigma from William S Burroughs, author of Naked Lunch, Nova Express, etc. According to Burroughs, he had known a certain Captain Clark, around 1960 in Tangier, who once bragged that he had been sailing 23 years without an accident. That very day, Clark’s ship had an accident that killed him and everybody else aboard. Furthermore, while Burroughs was thinking about this crude example of the irony of the gods that evening, a bulletin on the radio announced the crash of an airliner in Florida, USA. The pilot was another captain Clark and the flight was Flight 23. 

The article: The 23 Phenomenon by Robert Anton Wilson.

The movie 'The Number 23' however wasn't the first movie released concerning the number 23 numerology. In 1998 the German movie '23' -"Nichts ist so wie es scheint" was released. The story is based on a true story of a group of hackers who were obsessed by the number 23. Their obsession was inspired by one of Robert Anton Wilson books called The Illuminatus! Trilogy.

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The Illuminatus! Trilogy is a collaboration between Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea and is series of three sci-fi novels published in 1975. In these novels the text Principia Discordia is often quoted.
This text can be found in many version online. Here is the version as published by Pope Patterson of the Bowels of the Asylum: THE PRINCIPIA DISCORDIA. The first edition written by MALACLYPSE (The Younger), H.C. Omnibenevolent Polyfather of Virginity-in-gold and High Priest of The Heretic Fringe & Protestant Persuasion can be found here: THE PRINCIPIA DISCORDIA (or HOW THE WEST WAS LOST). MALACLYPSE (The Younger) was a pen name used by Greg Hill who wrote Principia Discordia with Kerry Thornley and is a Discordian religious text. The first edition was published in 5 copies in 1965.

Discordianism is a modern religion centered on the idea that chaos is all that there is, and that disorder and order, the former considered a concept distinct from chaos, are both illusions (referred to, respectively, as the "Eristic" and "Aneristic" illusions) that are imposed on chaos. The text states "All things happen in fives, or are divisible by or are multiples of five, or are somehow directly or indirectly appropritate to 5" which is the definition of the 'Law of Fives'.

"The Law of Fives is never wrong" 

The Numeral V Sign, used by Old Roman Discordians, Illuminatus Churchill and innocent Hippies everywhere. 

The Law of Fives can be seen as a symbol for the observation of reality changing that which is being observed in the observer's mind. Just as how when one looks for fives in reality, one finds them, so will one find conspiracies, ways to determine when the apocalypse will come, and so on and so forth when one decides to look for them. It cannot be wrong, because it proves itself reflexively when looked at through this lens.
Basically the Law of Fives is a practical demonstration that the percipient's intentions inform the perception. To whatever extent one considers that perception is identical with reality, then, it has the corollary that reality is intent-sensitive.

The 23 Enigma is and immediate consequence of that law which was called the "23/17 phenomenon" in The Illuminatus! Trilogy. The name "23 Enigma" was first used in the first book of the Cosmic Trigger trilogy called Cosmic Trigger I: The Final Secret of The Illuminati also by Robert Anton Wilson.

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Cosmic Trigger I: The Final Secret of The Illuminati is a autobiographical and philosophical work and deals with Wilson's experiences during a time in which he put himself through a process of "self-induced brain change" as well as vignettes of his earlier life. The other two works are called Cosmic Trigger II: Down to Earth and Cosmic Trigger III: My Life After Death which were published more than 15 years later than the first Cosmic Trigger.

In both works The Illuminatus! Trilogy and Cosmic Trigger I: The Final Secret of The Illuminati the number 23 is considered lucky, unlucky, sinister, strange, or sacred to the goddess Eris or to the unholy gods of the Cthulhu Mythos. (The Cthulhu Mythos is a fictional universe created by H. P. Lovecraft in 1920s.)
The self-fulfilling nature of the 23 Enigma, implying that the real value of the Laws of Fives and Twenty-threes lies in their demonstration of the mind's power to perceive "truth" in nearly anything.  

One can find a numerological significance to anything, provided "sufficient cleverness."

Numerology is any of many systems, traditions or beliefs in a mystical or esoteric relationship between numbers and physical objects or living things. It is often associated with the occult, alongside astrology and similar divinatory arts. But it can also be used for those who, in the view of some observers, place excess faith in numerical patterns, even if those people don't practice traditional numerology.

Concerning the 23 numerology there are a lot of curiosities with the number 23 going from dates, to facts and so on. A good read is the article "About 23" by Jim Fournier: http://www.gaiamind.com/about23.html.


 Here are some examples..

- William Shakespeare was born and died on on April 23. Most of Shakespeare is known to us through the first folio published in 1623. 

- Kurt Cobain was born in 1967: 1+9+6+7=23 and died in 1994: 1+9+9+4=23. 

- It takes 23 seconds for blood to circulate through the human body.

- The number of joints in the human arm is 23. 

- The human body has 46 chromosomes, which are paired, in somatic cells. Generative cells have half this number, 23, which is the number of chromosomes each parents gives to human deoxyribonucleic acid. 

- The address of the Freemasons lodge in Stafford, England is 23 Jaol Rd. In New York it is on 23rd street.

- Hiroshima was bombed on August 6, 1945 (8+6+4+5=23). 

- Nissan is a brand of Japanese cars. In Japanese, "ni" is 2, and "san" is 3. So Nissan would be 23.

- On March 14, 1997, NASA representative states that MIR 23 space station is having problems resulting from the February 23, 1997 fire and has used 23 of their oxygen-generating canisters. It is the 23rd day aboard for the Russian crew. Progress 233 supply vehicle has problems of its own and cannot redock with MIR.

- ...

Many more examples of the 23 synchronity can be found on the web.

- http://afgen.com/numbr23b.html

- http://yiri.maniac.com/23.html 

For me the number 23 is a part of my life and the way I live it.

23 Dragon by Mark Spiral

(via Edgecentral)

If you still wonder why the number 23 is often used within the free tekno scene (art, names, music, deco,...) the answer is simple. This is because most members of the founders of the tekno movement, Spiral Tribe, were also obsessed with the number 23. Records, posters, backdrops and flyers featured the number 23. Parties were often organised on the 23rd and ùembers sometimes recorded under the moniker of SP23.
Also the record label itself was called Network 23.