I know there are some who comment here in this blog on apparently meaningful numbers, relating to Bessler and his wheel.
Here are some other apparently meaningful numbers - 5, 2, 55
Tomorrow is my 52nd wedding anniversary.
Next month is my birthday 5th February, another 52
Bessler added two more forenames to give JEEB, alphanumerically 10, 5, 5, 2
Using the Caesar shift as Bessler did gives WRRO, alphanumerically 23, 18, 18 , 15.
The O represents his wheel, the two Rs can be seen supporting the wheel in the picture at the top of this page, notice they point in two different directions to indicate two-way wheels. In confirmation of this the word “RATH” meaning Councillor is written backwards. There other pieces of information hidden in the picture
The W has two purposes; firstly it is composed of two Roman number 5s, a favourite game he played in his many chronograms, double 5. Secondly it has an extremely important role in his wheel, enough said for now!
Apologia Poetica was planned as one book, but he added part 2 to defend against his enemy’s accusations. Part one ended with chapter 55. It included a code embedded in this chapter composed of 55 verses.
The 5s relate to the number of mechanisms in his wheel.
The 18s relate to the pentagram/pentacle embedded in his wheel, all of the angles in the pentagram are multiples of the number 18.
The O with its small inner circle is the wheel and axle. “It is also known as a circumpunct, The circumpunct (☉) is an ancient, universal symbol of a dot within a circle, representing concepts like the sun (Ra in Egypt, Apollo), gold (alchemy), God/the divine (Stoicism, Gnosticism), the universe, or a vector pointing outwards. Its meanings vary widely by context, from representing the unity of the cosmos and consciousness to a simple directional sign, making it one of humanity's oldest and most significant symbols”. (Courtesy of google.)
In the picture you can see Karl’s crown overseeing everything.
The two grasses are actually Arundo donax commonly used in organ reeds. Bessler’s brother, Gottfried helped with thecconstruction of Bessler’s wheel, being an apprenticed organ maker, hence the inclusion of a reference to organs.
D.M.M.P.M I don’t have any confirmation of this, but I guess it stands for Doctor of Mathematics, Medicine, Perpetual Motion.
The number of letters used in the picture number 5 on the left including the central O, but on the right Bessler has cheated by making the double F of Orffyre into one letter, but also conjoined the two letters Y and R of Orffyre into one letter to total 5 including O again.
So I seem to have a numerical connection to Bessler and the timing seems just about right. Of course it’s just a coincidence - isn’t it?
JC
Congratulations on your upcoming wedding anniversary. You have a very long marriage by today's standards. I hope you bought your spouse a nice gift or are planning a romantic dinner somewhere. Wedding anniversaries are the one day of the year a guy better not ever forget! That one is followed by his spouse's birthday and then St. Valentine's Day.
ReplyDeleteI too am obsessed with "Bessler numbers" and agree with most of your interpretations which have appeared here and there on this blog in the past. You pointed out the number 52 suddenly emerging in your life. 52 is equal to 4 x 13. If you add 4 and 13 you get 17 and if you repeat that number you get 1717 which is the year that Bessler's huge Kassal wheel was constructed! Coincidence? Unlikely, imo. It suggests something very important in the Bessler history is about to happen and it will involve you.
Whenever we see the number 55 anywhere, SoS is quick to point out that we must consider it equal to 5 x 5 which is 25 and stands for the 25th letter of the alphabet or Y and is supposed to be the shape of the levers Bessler used in his wheels. It is logical that he would end AP with a 55th chapter to stress the importance of that number and that particular lever shape. However, I'm sure you will interpret it differently as meaning that Bessler's reversible two direction wheels contained two one direction wheels each of which contained 5 levers with weights. Eventually, we will know if that is a correct interpretation or not.
You wrote: "So I seem to have a numerical connection to Bessler and the timing seems just about right. Of course it’s just a coincidence - isn’t it?"
Imo, there are no random coincidences in numerology. The scientists out there will just dismiss the numerological connections between events in the real world as all being due to "selection bias", superstition, and wishful thinking on the part of those seeing those connections. That sounds good, but when one starts to see those connections over and over again, at some point it goes from being chance to being destiny. I'm sure Bessler was well aware of this synchronicity effect as are all serious numerologists.
Disciple of SoS