Is it all In the numbers?

Math has existed since the very conception of the universe and will continue to exist long after humanity dies out. It is a universal language and all we have managed to achieve is to discover it. 1 + 1 has equalled 2 far before humans developed addition and assigned numerical quantities to the values. Every passing year we dig deeper and deeper into the language of the numbers and find new numerical connections within our physical world. Many of the greatest minds of human history have been obsessed with numbers. In fact, many believe that the greatest secrets of the universe can be found by studying the code around us. Tesla himself said that “If you knew the magnificence of the three, six and nine, you would have a key to the universe.” What did he mean by this? Read through this page to get a better idea of what secrets might be written in the numerical world around us.

Numerology has captivated the imagination of countless brilliant people throughout history. The basic premise behind numerology is that the numbers in our life are actually much more meaningful than we understand. This pseudoscience claims that everything from our social security number, phone number, to our birth date may all be indicative of a much larger picture. 

My interest began in the most skeptical of ways. One of my close friends has always claimed that the number 33 follows her around. She told me that she sees it every time she checks a clock, stops a song, looks at a license plate, etc. For a good 6 months I teased her for it. I told her she was looking for it and that there was no way a number could actually be stalking her... but then the synchronicities started happening to me. In the months leading up to building this site it felt like I couldn’t avoid the number 33. It was everywhere and it forced me to question the nature of my reality. How could a number make its presence felt? Why did it feel like it was calling out to me? While the conscious mind focuses on one thing, the subconscious mind is taking in loads of information that we do not actively think about. Your mind is taking in every license plate number, every billboard, and reading every clock. We have the intuitive ability to know details about our environment that fall outside of our line of sight. Our higher selves see much more than the consciousness we operate from on a daily basis. I believe that when people consistently see double numbers and experience other synchronicities it is their higher selves trying to communicate with them and elevate their consciousness. There are aspects of ourselves which we do not have complete access to as we go through the everyday motions of life. Perhaps it would be overwhelming if we did. I believe that this higher self is capable of guiding us and that it draws the conscious mind's attention to certain numbers as a message of sorts. That's how I felt anyways. The more it happened I decided to open my mind to the possibility that there really might be more to the numbers in our life. After all, numbers are technically just frequencies right? Tesla once said that you should think in terms of energy, vibrations, and frequencies if you wish to understand the secrets of the universe. He also circled every building three times before entering and would only stay in hotel rooms that were divisible by three. Maybe he was crazy, maybe he was onto something.

The more I came across the number 33 I decided to do some research on the number itself. The deeper I dug the more mysterious it became. 33 holds sacred significance in countless cults, religions, and underground societies worldwide. In her book The Secret of the Illuminati, Elizabeth van Buren wrote that “…in Spiritual Numerology, the numbers 11, 22, and 33 are the three ‘Master Numbers’, the highest being 33 … This highest of the master numbers was the age of the Master Initiate (Jesus) at his death, resurrection and ascension, giving more esoteric accents. The ’33’ symbolizes the highest spiritual conscious attainable by the human being” (1). The number itself also has unique numerical and scientific properties. Here are some fun facts about 33 that might open your mind to the possibility that it is more than ‘just another number’.

Numerically:

33 is the smallest number which has yet to be represented in the form a³ + b³ + c³, where a, b and c are integers.

33 is the largest positive integer that cannot be expressed as a sum of different triangular numbers. Triangular numbers are the sum of units making up an equilateral triangle. 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, etc.

Religiously:

Jesus performed 33 miracles in the Bible.

Jesus died at the age of 33 years old.

The divine name Elohim appears 33 times in the story of creation in the opening chapters of Genesis.

The Vedic religion contains 33 gods.

Lag Ba'omer is a Jewish holiday which falls on the 33rd day of the Omer. It is on this day that the deepest secrets of the Kabbalah are revealed in the form of the Zohar. This text holds great significance within Jewish mysticism. 

Underground Societies:

In Freemasonry, the highest order is the 33 degrees of the Scottish Rite. The Scottish Rite within Freemasonry was established in 1801 with the formation of the Mother Supreme Council at Charleston, South Carolina. Perhaps it was no accident that Charleston was the birthplace of the Scottish Rite, situated just south of the 33rd parallel (1). 

Scientifically:

A normal human spine has 33 vertebrae.

33 is, according to the Newton scale, the temperature at which water boils.

Extraterrestrials:

Perhaps the single most intriguing UFO case in the United States took place in Roswell, New Mexico. It is claimed that an extraterrestrial craft with bodies was recovered by the United States government and witnessed by hundreds of civilians. This incident occurred right along the 33rd parallel.. It also occurred under the 33rd president, Harry Truman.

Another extremely compelling UFO incident was that of the Phoenix lights. This incident was witnessed by thousands of people and also took place along the 33rd parallel.

Another number I kept coming up against in my research was the number 144,000. The number held some prophetic meaning to countless different ancient belief systems and religions.

Christianity: The number 144,000 surfaces in the book of revelation when the bible describes 12,000 people from every tribe of the sons of Israel returning to earth. 

Jehovah's Witnesses: They believe that exactly 144,000 faithful Christians from Pentecost of 33 AD until the present day will be resurrected to heaven as immortal spirit beings to spend eternity with God and Christ.

Raelism: States that there are 144,000 chosen people to continue humanity in case of an upcoming disaster.

Islam: 144,000 is alleged to have been the number of Sahaba of Muhammed.

Mayan: The long count calendar is broken into Baktun periods of 144,000 days.

Native American Prophecy: 144,000 will return on a day of awakening when all people will unite and create a new world of justice, peace, and freedom, and they will be named the ‘Warriors of the Rainbow’. They will reteach the values and the knowledge that has been lost in time, demonstrating how to have wisdom and extra-perception, and how unity, harmony, and love is the only way forward.

My take: I always think it's interesting when different religions and ideologies fixate on the same numbers. Doesn't there have to be a reason? Who knows how literal any of the prophecies really are but I stopped believing in coincidences a while ago. The parallels in the prophecies are interesting too. All of them seem to describe a group of 144,000 people rising up at a time when corruption had taken over earth. Perhaps it's a self-fulfilling prophecy, or maybe these ancient texts had insight into a plan that the general population remains unaware of.

The sneezewort plant is just one example of the Fibonacci sequence appearing in the natural world. The plant initially sprouts up and shoots out one solitary leaf. After the plant grows some more it sprouts out another isolated leaf. In the next period of growth it sprouts as many leaves as the sum of the two previous growths, 1 + 1 = 2, 1 + 2 = 3, 2 + 3 = 5. This continues for each subsequent period of growth, creating the Fibonacci sequence seen to the right. This simple model for life is amazing if you can truly appreciate it. Each time the plant starts the growth of new leaves it must remember how many leaves it sprouted out in the previous two periods and then move forward with the combination of both. Drunvalo Melchizedek, author of The Mayan Ouroboros, suggests that this metaphor applies to humanity right now more than ever.  In order for an eight leaf sneezewort plant to grow into a thirteen leaf plant it must first recall that it was previously a five leaf plant. In the same way, Drunvalo suggests that humanity must appreciate the wisdom of both modern and ancient times in order to move forward into a more enlightened era. Drunvalo got his western education studying physics before ultimately going a much different route. He spent his life living amongst indigenous tribes learning their wisdom. He believes that fundamental change is required in our society and that knowledge held by tribes such as the Maya will be essential for mankind moving forward. Drunvolo also believes that humankind is currently undergoing a period of rapid growth and that the secrets of the ancients will be necessary in order to move forward into a better era.