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by Lon Milo DuQuette

FATE Magazine - October 2005





Are you afraid of the number 666? If you were issued an automobile license plate or a telephone number that included a string of three sixes would you ask for a different number? Do you think the number 666 is inherently evil? Do you believe any number can in and of itself be evil?



The issue of FATE magazine that you are holding in your hands right at this moment is issue number 666. The 666th word in this article is "dead." Does this make you just a little bit nervous?



If it does, you are not alone. There is a name for your condition - "Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia" - the fear of the number 666.



Everyone has at least one or two superstitions that we feel somehow comfortably obliged to observe. My father was a geologist and a high-degree Freemason. He was for the most part a very logical and scientific man. Still, he was oddly superstitious about little things like spilling salt and walking under ladders.



For a lot of people the number 666 is particularly terrifying. After all, it´s the devil´s number, isn´t it? For the better part of 2,000 years many in the Western world have certainly thought so. What is it about these three digits that makes so many of us uncomfortable?



The Revelation of St. John



The dreaded number makes its first and only appearance in the last book of the New Testament, the Revelation of Saint John the Divine (often mistakenly called Revelations) - a book that for centuries has been interpreted by theologians as a document prophesying the terrible events that will take place at the end of the world.



Early Church fathers decided that John, the author of the Revelation, was the same John who wrote the Gospel According to John (the last of the Four Gospels). Modern experts from a wide range of religious and non-religious persuasions agree this is probably not the case. The style of the Greek writing and other obvious differences suggest the two books were penned by different individuals.



Currently, many Bible students are reassessing other theories concerning the Book of the Revelation - exactly when it was written and what it was originally trying to communicate. There is now a growing consensus among scholars that what John was actually describing (in veiled imagery understandable to his contemporary audience) was not the millennial end of the world, but an expose´ of the all-too earthly details of the horrendous holocaust at the hands of the Romans that ended the second Jewish revolt in a.d. 72. This event destroyed Jerusalem and the Jewish Temple and dispersed the Jews.



For our purposes it really doesn´t matter. The fact remains that the book has become a permanent fixture in the cultural consciousness of Western civilization. So let´s look for a moment at what tradition informs us about John, the man Jesus called his "beloved disciple."



After the crucifixion John was arrested and banished to the tiny isle of Patmos in the Aegean Sea, a place renowned in the ancient world for two things: its barren isolation and the fact that the powerful hallucinogenic mushroom Amanita muscaria grew there in abundance. We will never know for certain whether or not John (knowingly or unknowingly) was influenced by the magic mushroom. He does, however, take care to tell the reader that he was "...in the Spirit on the Lord´s day" when the vision began, and few can deny his book does indeed read like a classic shamanistic or psychedelic experience.



The vision is peopled with an awesome array of strange and terrible characters: seven angels; four horsemen; a lamb; a lion; an eagle; a dragon; locusts with tails like scorpions and heads like long-haired women; a woman clothed with the sun, with a moon under her feet; the archangel Michael; Babylon the Great, the mother of harlots and abominations; and of course the Antichrist. There are wars and plagues and what sounds suspiciously like an asteroid collision with the earth. Lots of people die, and the good dead people are rewarded while the bad dead people are made to wish they were deader. It´s written in such a way to make you feel pretty darned worried, even if you´re confident you´ll be one of the good dead people.



In chapter 13 we meet two beasts, one from out of the sea and the other from out of the earth. The first beast has seven heads and ten horns, and looks like a leopard with the feet of a bear and the mouth of a lion. To this beast is given power and authority from a great fiery dragon - the serpent called the "Devil and Satan" (a character who was introduced to us in a preceding chapter). The second beast comes out of the earth and has two horns like a lamb, and speaks like a dragon. This beast is identified by a numeric code in the last verse of chapter 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."



This second beast performs all sorts of miracles that confuse most everyone about just exactly who are the good guys and who are the bad guys in this whole messy affair. The book is so cryptic that it is open to almost infinite interpretations. It is not at all clear whether or not this Beast 666 is the Antichrist, or the Antichrist´s friend, or exactly what. It is all very frightening and bewildering, and biblical scholars and theologians have debated for centuries over just who´s who and what it all might mean.



The Second Beast



One thing seems clear, at least on the surface: the second beast (Number 666) is somehow in cahoots with the dark forces that work their mischief to bring about the end-time events. The idea that has tantalized people for 2,000 years is the thought that this key player in the end-of-the-world drama is not some invisible angel or spiritual abstraction but a flesh-and-blood man - a man we might be able to identify by his number.



How can a number represent a man? The obvious answer is numerology - but what system of numerology - Hebrew? Greek? Latin? Aramaic? English? Nobody really knows.



John´s book was written in Greek by a Jew who spoke Aramaic (the language spoken by Jesus and his disciples), and he lived in a Roman-occupied world. Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and Aramaic are all written in alphabets whose letters also represent numbers. It´s anybody´s guess which - if any - of the languages should be used to count the number of the beast.



The earliest Christians (who believed the world was going to end immediately) used Aramaic, Greek, and Hebrew numerology to finger as 666 the wicked Roman emperor Nero (whose monstrous reign parallels the horrors of John´s vision), and many ancient and modern experts agree.



But, since the apocalypse didn´t happen in the first century (at least not in the way predicted in the Revelation), people have been eagerly looking forward to the end of the world, seeking out individuals they don´t like and trying to make their names add up to 666. Likely candidates have been Martin Luther, Henry VIII, Robespierre, Napoleon Bonaparte, George Washington (and his alleged Illuminati double, Adam Weishaupt), Lenin, Adolf Hitler, Stalin, Chairman Mao, Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Harry S. Truman, Prince Charles, King Juan Carlos of Spain, Mikhail Gorbachev, Bill Clinton, Osama Bin Laden, and both George Bushes - and, oh, I almost forgot, all the Popes.



Anyone Can Be 666



It takes some doing, but given enough time (and armed with the numerological tricks of the Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic, Latin, and English alphabets), you can make anyone´s name add up to 666. But there is one thing that all these accused beasts have in common: none of them actually came right out and confessed to the world that they were the "Beast 666."



There was, however, one man in the not-too-distant past who proudly claimed the title. His name was Aleister Crowley, and during his lifetime the newspapers called him "the Wickedest Man in the World."



Chances are if you have heard anything about Aleister Crowley it probably wasn´t very good. During his lifetime and for many years after his death his reputation has been that of perfectly nasty man - a black magician. Admittedly, for Victorian England he was a pretty wild character. If he were alive today, however, I´m afraid he would not be considered very frightening at all. In fact, in the last few years several excellent and very well-researched biographies of Crowley have been published that have dispelled many untrue rumors and false accusations, including some very compelling (and remarkably un-evil) reasons why he would claim the title of the Beast 666.



World´s Wickedest Man



Paradoxes define the life and careers of Edward Alexander (Aleister) Crowley (1875 - 1947). He was a very strange man who often behaved like a cad and a scounÂ­drel. Notorious as he was, however, he was never charged with, arrested for, or convicted of any crime whatsoever. Apparently his greatest "crime" was that of poor judgment. He believed that any publicity was good publicity and he happily cultivated a public reputation for being a black magician. He thought everyone would get the joke. Unfortunately, few people during his lifetime got the joke or appreciated his genius.



Be that is it may, he led quite a life. Among other distinctions, he was a world-class mountaineer, chess master, painter, poet, sportsman, novelist, literary critic, and theatrical producer. As ghostwriter for Evangeline Adams, he introduced astrology to the modern world by writing the two most popular books on the subject ever penned, Astrology: Your Place in the Sun (1927) and Astrology: Your Place Among the Stars (1930).



One of the most astonishing roles Crowley played on the stage of world events was that of secret agent. At a moment in history when the United States was seriously considering entering World War I on Germany´s side, Crowley, working undercover for British Intelligence, secured a job writing for an English-language German propaganda newspaper in New York. There he wrote a series of outrageous and insanely inflammatory editorials that hailed Kaiser Wilhelm as the new Jesus Christ, advocated unrestricted submarine warfare against all of the world´s civilian shipping, and boasted that it was God´s will that Germany rule the world.



These wild statements did not reflect Germany´s foreign policy, but the citizens of the United States did not know that. In short order Crowley´s editorials were being quoted by U.S. senators and congressmen who used them as evidence that Germany was a nation gone mad. The U.S. finally joined the conflict on England´s side largely due to Crowley´s ingenious disinformation campaign.



At the request of his friend, naval intelligence officer Ian Fleming (creator of James Bond 007), Crowley provided Winston Churchill with valuable insights into the superstitious mindset of the leaders of Hitler´s Third Reich during the Second World War. He suggested that Churchill exploit the Nazis´ magical paranoia by being photographed as much as possible giving the two-fingered "V for Victory" gesture - a powerful symbol of destruction and annihilation that, according to magical tradition, is capable of defeating the perverted solar energies represented by the Nazi swastika.



Crowley´s adventures and achieveÂ­ments, more than any dozen men of ambition and genius could hope to garner in a lifetime, are dwarfed by his monumental exploits of spiritual self-discovery. His visionary and mystical writings and his efforts to bring together the spiritual systems of East and West make him one of the most fascinating cultural and religious figures of the 20th century.



Crowley Reborn - Frequently



Crowley´s reputation did not die with him in 1947. His mystique continues to such a degree that today he is the favorite past life of many individuals who are, shall we say, unbalanced. Over the years I´ve met quite a few individuals who have claimed with grim-faced conviction to be Aleister Crowley reborn. By the late 1970s I had logged so many encounters with "Aleister Crowley #2s" that I was contacted by famed occultist Israel Regardie (one-time secretary to Crowley) who suggested he and I pool our letters and anecdotes and publish them in a book titled Liber Nutz.



My favorite case was a gentleman in Southern California who self-published a spiral-bound book supporting his claims. Regardie forwarded me his information and suggested I go to the book-launching party at the man´s home to investigate. I thought it might be fun, so I went.



This incarnation was a pleasant enough fellow in his mid-20s with a thick, dark beard that nearly obscured his entire face. His book displayed his own photograph alongside one taken of Crowley in his late 20s. Crowley´s photo, however, had been altered by the addition of a thick black beard, drawn in crayon, which obscured his face so much that the images of the two men did indeed look very much alike. I resisted the temptation to comment that both pictures also looked very much like Che Guevara.



When I revealed that I was somewhat knowledgeable about the life of Aleister Crowley, the dear man became very excited. With poignant sincerity he confessed, "I don´t really have any memories of my life as Aleister Crowley, but if you would be kind enough to tell me things about his life, I´m sure I´ll be happy to remember."



Youthful Rebel



Let´s return to Crowley himself and try to see why he identified so passionately with the Beast 666.



Crowley´s father was a lay preacher of the Plymouth Brethren, a fundamentalist Protestant sect. His mother was also a devout (Crowley says "fanatical") member of the church. Together they did their best to raise their son within the strict tenets of the faith. However, young Crowley was a mischievous and headstrong lad, and his mother equated his behavior to the rebelliousness of the devil himself. In moments of aggravation she called him the "Beast 666." He loved the idea. As he grew up he delighted in identifying with the name and number as representative of all things joyously opposed to the spiritual, intellectual, emotional, and sexual restrictions that he believed enslaved the human soul.



As a young man, just beginning his study of Hebrew and Christian mysticism, Crowley discovered that the number 666, rather than being a number associated with evil, was especially sacred to the life-giving powers of Sun. It was also identified with the heart chakra (or psychic center) in the human body - also called in other traditions the Christ center.



To understand why 666 is a magick number of the Sun, we must turn to the sacred teachings of the Hebrew Kabbalah where it is taught that the sphere of the Sun is the sixth emanation from the pure essence of God. To express this concept mathematically (something Kabbalists love to do) a square is composed of 36 squares (6 x 6). The numbers 1 to 36 are then arranged in a balanced way so that every row and every column add to the same number. That number is 111, and the sum of all the squares is 666.



Little Sunshine



Crowley tried to explain this in court when he testified in a 1934 lawsuit. He was asked, "Did you take to yourself the designation of ´the Beast 666´?"



"Yes."



"Do you call yourself the ´Master Therion´?"



"Yes."



"What does ´Therion´ mean?"



"Great wild beast."



"Do these titles convey a fair impression of your practice and outlook on life?"



"It depends on what they mean."



"The Great Wild Beast and the Beast 666 are out of the Apocalypse?"



"It only means sunlight; 666 is the number of the sun. You can call me ´Little Sunshine.´"



Crowley believed that spiritual ages on earth are determined by humanity´s evolving level of consciousness, and that around the turn of the 20th century we did indeed enter a new age. A new age naturally means the "end of the world" of the previous age. In Crowley´s dramatic and colorful mind, the Book of the Revelation of Saint John the Divine provided the perfect narrative of this cosmic event.



For Crowley, the Whore of Babylon, the great Dragon, and the Beast 666 now represent perfectly wholesome spiritual characters who are instrumental in bringing about the birth of a new and eventually wonderful age.



Of course, not everyone will appreciate Crowley´s point of view or his admiration of the number 666. But the 21st century is a kinder, gentler place for the memory of the wickedest man in the world. Even his native England, whose opinion of him in life was so terribly misguided, has now awakened to the fact that the man who called himself the Beast 666 was a national treasure. In 2002, the BBC conducted of poll of 30,000 Britons, asking them to vote for the person who was in their opinion the "Greatest Briton of All Time." Named number 73 in the top 100 (sandwiched between King Henry V and Robert Bruce) stands the "famous poet, author and philosopher, Aleister Crowley."



Wrong Number?



The number 666 is strange and wonderful. But what would happen if we were to discover that there had been some kind of mistake and that 666 was not the number Saint John referred to in the 17th verse of the 13th chapter of his book? Would the nature of evil change? Would satanic rock bands have to change their tattoos?



Maybe they´ll have to. Recently a 1,500-year-old papyrus manuscript was examined, using new technologies to "read" the heretofore illegible script. The document is written in Greek and is the oldest known version of the Book of the Revelation. The tiny fragment confirms what many scholars and churchmen have long suspected. The text actually reads:



"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 616."

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and the point of all this C&Ping is? 616? we missed the point of Revelation? John was blasted on mushrooms? crowley was a great man? they´ll never leave it alone. leave anything else, not the Son of God. crowley?

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Report Copyright Violation Re: 666:What Is In A Number. The Truth About Aleister Crowley i actually take a bit from it TT, and i´m not the least surprised. but crowley in this discussion? WTF? that makes me laugh. sunday morning old whore buggering worshiping jackass. his queer conquests were legend. what he has to do with it, i don´t know except for evil. i actually take a bit from it TT, and i´m not the least surprised. but crowley in this discussion? WTF? that makes me laugh. sunday morning old whore buggering worshiping jackass. his queer conquests were legend. what he has to do with it, i don´t know except for evil.

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Report Copyright Violation Re: 666:What Is In A Number. The Truth About Aleister Crowley I think the point is that a lot of people are into Crowley bashing these days.



Perhaps its worth pointing out that he said and did some useful things.



Before he finally got possessed by Chronozon and lost it.

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Report Copyright Violation Re: 666:What Is In A Number. The Truth About Aleister Crowley Actually if you read is Confessions (bigger than the bible I believe). He didn´t get possesed by Chrozon.



It was his scribe that came close to "demise".





Crowley was a gifted soul and his work is a constant inspiration.



Sincerly,

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Report Copyright Violation Re: 666:What Is In A Number. The Truth About Aleister Crowley Kenny D, I am not an expert on Crowley but I know enough about the man to know that much of what is said about him by his critics is absolutely false.

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R O N A L D





W I L S O N





R E A G A N



666 Count these letters and cry, because they are the the numbers of a man !R O N A L DW I L S O NR E A G A N666

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Report Copyright Violation Re: 666:What Is In A Number. The Truth About Aleister Crowley Well for some one who claims to be a truth teller your a bit of a liar then, ever read Crowleys Moon Child or his other works, not an occultis eh, you sound like an apologist for satanists.

And by the way, Irenaeus exposes the other lie you propogate that John did not write Revelation and that even back then that the 616 error was recoginized for what it was and that was it is not the truth or correct, 666 is.

When you wish to publish lies you will be exposed.

And i to be honest , am going to give you what you so eagerly crave,

Thank You Father in Yahshua´s name let this ones lies and infamy hame,

that er til repentace as they speak or write, that which they seek to do to You as Truth and Your Truth be their own blight.

Amen

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Report Copyright Violation Re: 666:What Is In A Number. The Truth About Aleister Crowley Thats your opinion Turtle, and though he was that to, it does not hide what a simple reading of his own words reveals , what his contemparies(both critics and friends) say/said, or modern occultists acknowledge as their forebear in these matters of occult. Thats your opinion Turtle, and though he was that to, it does not hide what a simple reading of his own words reveals , what his contemparies(both critics and friends) say/said, or modern occultists acknowledge as their forebear in these matters of occult.

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Report Copyright Violation Re: 666:What Is In A Number. The Truth About Aleister Crowley Actually turtle,

i understand now where you are coming from,

your own recent words:







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Re: The WHORE of Babylon strikes again!



Speaking of whores, have you ever picked up a hooker for no reason other than to scare the hell out her? I know it´s fucked up, but you should try it sometime...take them on a LONG drive through the woods with a couple of freinds of yours.



Wow, I suck.

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Whores are fun...not to have sex with, just to innocently fuck with...people do it to me at my job (tree trimmer)

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Report Copyright Violation Re: 666:What Is In A Number. The Truth About Aleister Crowley ...a naff post OP.



crowley murdered scores of children (the most suitable sacrifice) during his lifetime...



...the ´theatrical satanism´ that accompanies much coverage of Crowley is merely deflectionary... you´d do well to understand that fact!!!

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Report Copyright Violation Re: 666:What Is In A Number. The Truth About Aleister Crowley "Crowley wrote in "Magick in Theory and Practice" recommendations for sacrificing a young male child to achieve best magical results. A footnote was added that he himself had done so about 150 times a year between 1912 and 1928".

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Report Copyright Violation Re: 666:What Is In A Number. The Truth About Aleister Crowley "Are you afraid of the number 666?"



No, but I don´t want to be associated with it, nor be told I have a mental aberration because I think that way.

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"number of the Beast", but did you know that...



670 - Approximate number of the Beast

DCLXVI - Roman numeral of the Beast

666.0000000 - Number of the High Precision Beast

665.9999954 - Number of the Pentium Beast

0.666 - Number of the Millibeast

/666 - Beast Common Denominator

666 x sq. rt (-1) - Imaginary number of the Beast

1010011010 - Binary of the Beast

1-666 - Area code of the Beast

00666 - Zip code of the Beast

1-900-666-0666 - Live Beasts! Call Now! Only $6.66/minute. (Must be over 18)

$665.95 - Retail price of the Beast

$710.36 - Price of the Beast plus 6.66% state sales tax

$769.95 - Price of the Beast with all accessories and replacement soul

$606.66 - Price of the Beast at Wal-Mart

$566.66 - Price of the Beast at Costco

Phillips 666 - Gasoline of the Beast

Route 666 - Way of the Beast

666 F - Oven temperature for roast Beast

666k - Retirement plan of the Beast

666 mg - Recommended Daily Allowance of Beast

6.66 % - 5 year CD interest rate at First Beast of Hell National Bank ($666 minimum deposit)

6-6-6.xls - Spreadsheet of the Beast

Word 6.66 - Word Processor of the Beast

666i - BMW of the Beast

DSM-666 (revised) - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the Beast

668 - Next-door neighbor of the Beast



OK, we all know that Rev. 13:18 says 666 is the"number of the Beast", but did you know that...670 - Approximate number of the BeastDCLXVI - Roman numeral of the Beast666.0000000 - Number of the High Precision Beast665.9999954 - Number of the Pentium Beast0.666 - Number of the Millibeast/666 - Beast Common Denominator666 x sq. rt (-1) - Imaginary number of the Beast1010011010 - Binary of the Beast1-666 - Area code of the Beast00666 - Zip code of the Beast1-900-666-0666 - Live Beasts! Call Now! Only $6.66/minute. (Must be over 18)$665.95 - Retail price of the Beast$710.36 - Price of the Beast plus 6.66% state sales tax$769.95 - Price of the Beast with all accessories and replacement soul$606.66 - Price of the Beast at Wal-Mart$566.66 - Price of the Beast at CostcoPhillips 666 - Gasoline of the BeastRoute 666 - Way of the Beast666 F - Oven temperature for roast Beast666k - Retirement plan of the Beast666 mg - Recommended Daily Allowance of Beast6.66 % - 5 year CD interest rate at First Beast of Hell National Bank ($666 minimum deposit)6-6-6.xls - Spreadsheet of the BeastWord 6.66 - Word Processor of the Beast666i - BMW of the BeastDSM-666 (revised) - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the Beast668 - Next-door neighbor of the Beast

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I find it interesting that L Ron Hubbard started the "church" of scientology right after participating in a magical ceremony with Jack Parsons (of JPL) called the "Babylon Working".

Hubbard and Parsons were both followers of Crowley.

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Quote:

How do you find the Serpent, often referred to as the Beast?

Crichton E M Miller explains, it is quite simple after you recognise the constellations in the northern hemisphere, go to Polaris the current pole star in the tail of the Little Bear which is at 90º



Deduct half the tilt of the earth which is 23.4º from the 90º and you are left with 66.6º



Draw an imaginary line from the centre of the earth into outer space bisecting the earths surface and you will find the ecliptic pole in the first coil of the constellation Draconis.



The Serpent is always above latitude 66.6º North and this is why the Vikings in Norway which is centred on 66.6º have the Serpent as their symbol and the early pre Viking Christian Churches at that latitude are decorated completely with Serpent signs. Harald Boehlke. Det Norske Pentagram. 1996These are those early Christians that once knew the system and were evicted from Ireland by St Patrick, Ireland´s Roman Catholic Patron Saint.



[link to www.crichtonmiller.com]





Another angle at 666...Quote:How do you find the Serpent, often referred to as the Beast?Crichton E M Miller explains, it is quite simple after you recognise the constellations in the northern hemisphere, go to Polaris the current pole star in the tail of the Little Bear which is at 90ºDeduct half the tilt of the earth which is 23.4º from the 90º and you are left with 66.6ºDraw an imaginary line from the centre of the earth into outer space bisecting the earths surface and you will find the ecliptic pole in the first coil of the constellation Draconis.The Serpent is always above latitude 66.6º North and this is why the Vikings in Norway which is centred on 66.6º have the Serpent as their symbol and the early pre Viking Christian Churches at that latitude are decorated completely with Serpent signs. Harald Boehlke. Det Norske Pentagram. 1996These are those early Christians that once knew the system and were evicted from Ireland by St Patrick, Ireland´s Roman Catholic Patron Saint.

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Written By: Patrick H. Bellringer

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PEOPLE OF THE LIE:

THE MEANING OF "666"

by Patrick H. Bellringer







In "Christian" circles the "Bible" is known as the source of truth and the instruction book for right-living, as it is proclaimed to be the "inspired Word of God." In Satan’s circles the "Bible" is referred to by his troops as "Satan’s War Book" or his "Take the World" book, and that is precisely what Satan has done---and the "Mark of the Beast" is no exception.



For centuries people have had great apprehension and even fear concerning the mystical number "666" which, according to Biblical record, is the "Mark of the Beast." Quoting from Revelation: (13:16-18)



Also, it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is the name of the beast or the number of its name. This calls for wisdom; let him who has understanding reckon the number of the beast, for it is a human number, its number is six hundred and sixty-six.



At some point this "mark" was to become the controlling factor in one’s ability to survive economically or even physically on Earth Shan. Also, the "mark" was thought to carry the curse of God to the point of one even being cast into "Hell", itself. Quoting from Revelation: (14:9)



If anyone worships the beast and its image, and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, he also shall drink the wine of God’s wrath, poured unmixed into the cup of his anger, and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.



The "Mark of the Beast" is another example of the "Lie". Most people quite readily believe whatever is written without any mental effort made to "check it out". What is the historical meaning behind the number "666"? Long ago a numbering system was established called the Roman Numeral System. In that system 666 is deciphered as VI VI VI. In the Latin language this refers directly to : Vini, Vidi, Vinci. These words have the distinct meaning of: "I came, I saw, I conquered". The Latin word "Vini", has been since re-spelled as "Veni". Thus, the abbreviation of Vini(Veni), Vidi, Vinci, is VI VI VI or 666. This number also appears on the front or forehead of the Pope’s Babylonian hat band as testimony that he, indeed, is the present Emperor of Rome. This places the Pope into the direct line from Julius Caesar, who by the way, was a Pope prior to the birth of "Jesus"---from 100 B.C. to 44 B.C.



In spite of the resistance in the "Christian" arena to the "Mark of the Beast" being placed on a person, most people have already accepted such a "mark". United States law presently requires that everyone be assigned a social security number at birth. That number is used widely for tracking and identification purposes by the "system". The problem of social security cards and even numbers being lost or stolen has given rise to using invisible tattoos as a more convenient way of numbering people. It is interesting to note that now each I.D. includes the number 666 along with the social security number, just like the "good book" said.



We are also being told that the One World Order plans a World Bank and a "cashless" society. The world would operate totally on an electronic money system. To accommodate this system pilot projects have already been done in several states in which a microchip of stored data about the person was placed in the back of the hand or in the forehead. This microchip can be read by a scanner as you enter or leave a building. By passing your hand over a scanner at a check-out counter you may charge your purchases to either your bank account or credit system very efficiently with no muss or fuss. At some point the plan is to have "absolute" control so that people can not buy or sell without an implanted I.D. microchip.



The "Christian Cult Churches" teach the Satanic Revelation prophecy, that by taking the "Mark of the Beast" you are condemning yourself to Hell and eternal destruction. This is nonsense! Satan’s "Mark of the Beast" number is just another way for Satan to panic the people. No Satan or Cult or any number or any beast can condemn anyone to "Hell". Based upon our own deeds we judge and condemn ourselves to our next pathway of soul perfection, be it another earth experience or "Heaven" or "Hell". To become paranoid over having a number attached in some fashion to your physical body is just another Satanic "trick"---as part of the "Lie". Satan has done a very good job through the "churches" of mind-control teachings so that "Christian" people fear the "Mark of the Beast". The "trick" is that those who refuse to take the "Mark of the Beast", immediately identify themselves as trouble-makers opposed to the system. This is a deliberate plan for people to sort themselves out and be numbered among the rebellious ones.



We must not fall into this trap! A ridiculous number is not going to hurt our soul. No one can condemn our soul to hell except ourselves. A silly mark on our body has nothing to do with the destiny of our soul. This is the "Lie"---and therein lies the "trick".



To win, there are times when we must not stand out in the crowd. We must learn to work quietly with Truth within the system to rebuild on solid rock. Through wisdom we must learn when to "take a stand" and when to play low key". The "numbers game" is not worth the risk of physical death. Satan always tears down. He cannot build or create anything.



As human beings created by God, we already have been marked by God long before we came to Earth. We have a fragment of God’s Spirit within us which we call our soul. God has already given to us a divine number as His creations, and those who are now pilgrims of the "Lighted Pathway", also, have their names entered in God’s "Book of Life". So, Satan’s "Mark of the Beast" numbers of 666 or whatever, are really "no big deal"!



The "Mark of the Beast" connotes also a system of numbers in which the assigned values carry meanings which influence the way people think. The word "mark" when used in the expression of "leaving one’s mark" means leaving an impression as an effect on another’s mind or in his way of thinking. Mark may also mean influence or power over men or things.



The "Bible" indicates that 6 is the number of man and/or Satan(666). Using the English Alphabet and the Babylonian numbering system (system numbering by six) and assigning "man’s" number "6" to the first letter "A"" of man’s alphabet, a system has been constructed by giving each succeeding letter an increasing value of six. For example:



A B C D E F G H I J K L M

6 12 18 24 30 36 42 48 54 60 66 72 78

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

84 90 96 102 108 114 120 126 132 138 144 150 156





In this "system" certain numbers carry a certain meaning. The number "3" is a neutral number, so that, depending upon how it is used, it may have either a good or an evil connotation. The number "6" is the number of man(Satan) and is a negative or evil number. The "flip-side" of "6" is "9" thus, "9" is a positive number of things that are good.



We said earlier that a "mark" may influence the way we think. One such "mark" in our society is the dictionary. The dictionary tells us the meaning of words, and the author tells us what he wants us to believe concerning the meaning of the words in our language. The most commonly used English dictionary today is Webster’s Dictionary. Let us tally the value of the letters in the name "Webster’s". (W-138, E-30, B-12, S-114, S-114, T-120, E-30, R-108, S-114). We arrive at "666" the "Mark of the Beast"! We accept "Webster’s" word definitions and place them in our minds in the frontal lobe of our brain or forehead and we carry our "Webster’s" dictionary in our hand as a constant reference to verify the meaning of given words. And so we have the "Mark of the Beast" in our forehead and in our hand. How clever! This would appear to be a part of the "beast" system. Is Webster’s the person who is revealed as "The Beast" in the "Bible" in Revelation?



Maybe there is another person in today’s prophecies that is more evil than Webster’s! Let us try one, Kissinger (Henry). (K-66, I-54, S-114, S-114, I-54, N-84, G-42, E-30, R-108) Surprise! Our total again is "666"! Does Kissinger have such world-wide influence over world leaders that he is the "Beast" of Revelation? Judging by his actions with the One World Order controllers, Kissinger, too, appears to be a part of the "Beast" system.



In this number system described above some negative words are:



Hate 240 = 6

Rape 240 = 6

Satan 330 = 6

Murder 474 = 15 = 6

Pope 312 = 6

Lord 294 = 15 = 6

Vatican 420 = 6

Catholic 870 = 15 = 6

Jesus Christ 906 = 15 = 6

Yahuweh 546 = 15 = 6

Equity Law 582 = 15 = 6

United States 942 = 15 = 6

District of Columbia 1194 = 15 = 6

D.C. 42 = = 6

Webster’s Dictionary 1374 = 15 = 6

Baptist Church 888 = 24 = 6

Lutheran Church 960 = 15 = 6

United Methodist Church 1482 = 15 = 6

United Presbyterian Church 1716 = 15 = 6

The Church of Rome 996 = 24 = 6

The Vicar of Christ (Pope) 1104 = 6

Church 336 = 15 = 6





Some positive words are:



Love 324 = 9

Peace 180 = 9

Kindness 720 = 9

Truth 522 = 9

Law 216 = 9

Holy 360 = 9

Holy Law 576 = 18 = 9

Common Law Court 1116 = 9

Strong’s Concordance 1242 = 9

God-Spirit 702 = 9

United States of America 1368 = 18 = 9





Some neutral terms which vary according to their usage are:



Joy 300 = 3 (What?)

Hope 264 = 12 = 3 (What?)

Kill 264 = 12 = 3 (Kill what?)

God 156 = 12 = 3 (Which God?)

Jesus 444 = 12 = 3 (Who?)

Christ 462 = 12 = 3 (Who?)

Lucifer 444 = 12 = 3 (Who?)

Yahshua(God) 498 = 21 = 3 (Who?)

It should be noted that some words do not "fit" the pattern of this system. This is true because definitions, usage, and even spellings may vary greatly. Also, this is man’s system and does not have perfection.



Satan always has a counterfeit for everything that is good. For instance to find the definition of "Bible" words in Webster’s Dictionary will render a very different meaning than that of Strong’s "Bible" Concordance. Note that the words, Webster’s Dictionary rate a "6" (negative) while Strong’s Concordance rates a "9" (positive). Jesus and Christ separately each rate a "3" but put together to denote a specific entity which is not his name at all---Jesus Christ---they rate a "6" (negative). "God" is a neutral "3". Webster’s words for "God"(Yahuweh) rates a "6" as does "Lord", but the Strong’s Concordance definition for God(Yahshua) rates a "3". The name is wrong. The proper name is Lord God(Yahshua) which then rates a "9". If you accept Webster’s definition for Biblical words, then you accept the "Mark of the Beast"!



Let us take another example. Why is it that D.C., the District of Columbia and the United States all rate a "6"? Looking further we find that the United States of America rates a "9". Why should one name, the United States, have a negative connotation while the name, The United States of America has a positive connotation? This is quite simple.



Most people are unaware that the District of Columbia(D.C.) from its inception has been a foreign corporation, which is chartered in London, England under the Crown of England. The term United States is another name for the same foreign corporation of the District of Columbia. This entity is a Satanic counterfeit government which has very skillfully set aside our original national Constitution and Bill of Rights and the legal government of the United States of America. One government is negative while the other government is positive. One is evil while the other is good. This secret United States is part of the "Beast" system described in Revelation 13. The U.S. is another "Mark of the Beast"!



Before we leave this "numbers game", I would suggest that in the Babylonian number system by turning the three six’s (666) up-side-down, they become three nines (999). Remember, that in this same system, a nine is a very good number, indeed! Marks of the Beast are everywhere. Satan, as the Anti-Christ, has placed his "mark" on all that is evil and against God. The "Beast" is the personification of Satan in those who have given their "will" over to Satan. They have become a part of the "Beast" system and carry his "mark".



Those who walk the Lighted Pathway of the Lighted Realms of Creator/God need not fear any "Marks of the Beast". They have already been "stamped" with the victory stamp of Creator/God---which no one can erase!

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