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in reply to a message by Selwyn
I understood that 6 was considered to be an evil number, since it is one shy of the "perfect" number 7 and half of the "perfect" number 12. In Revelation we have 7 angels, 7 trumpets, 7 churches, etc, as well as 12 gates, 12000 from each tribe of the Jews, etc (not too mention the 12 apostles of the NT and the 12 Jewish tribes of the OT).
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Six Appeal...
Actually, the whole thing about 6-letter names being "Satanic" is entirely a Nanaea invention. :) Back in December I posted my concept of what comprises a "Satanic name" -- a first, middle, and last name with each consisting of 6 letters. So that the resulting name came out in a 6-6-6 style (traditional Number of the Beast).
So, in order for *you* to proudly bear a Satanic name of your very own, Mike, we'd have to slightly change your name to: Mykael (6 letters!) - something - Cambel (6 letters!)
So, what *is* your middle name, anyway? Just curious. :)
-- Nanaea
Actually, the whole thing about 6-letter names being "Satanic" is entirely a Nanaea invention. :) Back in December I posted my concept of what comprises a "Satanic name" -- a first, middle, and last name with each consisting of 6 letters. So that the resulting name came out in a 6-6-6 style (traditional Number of the Beast).
So, in order for *you* to proudly bear a Satanic name of your very own, Mike, we'd have to slightly change your name to: Mykael (6 letters!) - something - Cambel (6 letters!)
So, what *is* your middle name, anyway? Just curious. :)
-- Nanaea
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My middle name is Dylan. Dyllan?
..Mykael Dyllan Cambel
..Mykael Dyllan Cambel
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before the other anagrammers get to it....
I am "lamely, blackly named" Mykael Dyllan Cambel. (not meaning to insult your Satanic naming method, Nan ;)
I am "lamely, blackly named" Mykael Dyllan Cambel. (not meaning to insult your Satanic naming method, Nan ;)
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Wow everyone is doing it now, including Mike :)))
The way things are headed, our favorite web site will soon be renamed: "Behind the Name: the etymology, history and anargammatization of first names"
Here are some goodies pinched from the OED:
"Heaven descends into the Bowels of the Earth, and, to make up the Anagramm, the Graves open and the Dust ariseth." (Cleveland, 1659)
"The Cabbalists among the Jews are professed anagrammists." (Chambers, 1727–51)
"The practice of anagrammatism was by no means uncommon among the Greeks." (H. B. Wheatley, 1862)
"Calvin anagrammatized his name, ‘Rabelaesius’ into Rabie Laesus [Afflicted with madness]." (1862 Macm. Mag. Nov. 23)
"Louis XIII appointed the Provençal Thomas Billen to be his Royal Anagrammatist." (Southey Doctor clxxix.,1862)
"Whatsoever he parrot (or if you will have it anagrammatically) prater-like twattles." (Charac., 1660)
"The question put by Pilate to Jesus Christ: Quid est veritas? which anagrammatically makes, Est vir qui adest." (Chambers Cycl, 1751)
The way things are headed, our favorite web site will soon be renamed: "Behind the Name: the etymology, history and anargammatization of first names"
Here are some goodies pinched from the OED:
"Heaven descends into the Bowels of the Earth, and, to make up the Anagramm, the Graves open and the Dust ariseth." (Cleveland, 1659)
"The Cabbalists among the Jews are professed anagrammists." (Chambers, 1727–51)
"The practice of anagrammatism was by no means uncommon among the Greeks." (H. B. Wheatley, 1862)
"Calvin anagrammatized his name, ‘Rabelaesius’ into Rabie Laesus [Afflicted with madness]." (1862 Macm. Mag. Nov. 23)
"Louis XIII appointed the Provençal Thomas Billen to be his Royal Anagrammatist." (Southey Doctor clxxix.,1862)
"Whatsoever he parrot (or if you will have it anagrammatically) prater-like twattles." (Charac., 1660)
"The question put by Pilate to Jesus Christ: Quid est veritas? which anagrammatically makes, Est vir qui adest." (Chambers Cycl, 1751)
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Ain't it spooky? :)
And, since I've designated myself the Official Native American Name-Giver Via Anagrams person on this board, here's your American Indian name!
"Mike Dylan Campbell"="Danby Climm Pale Elk"
-- Nella Renae Apache
And, since I've designated myself the Official Native American Name-Giver Via Anagrams person on this board, here's your American Indian name!
"Mike Dylan Campbell"="Danby Climm Pale Elk"
-- Nella Renae Apache
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Number 6
I think you are right Mike and I know that some interpreters have said the same, but the number 6 is also used positivly in revelation:
"And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come."
(revelation 4, 8)
Therefore I am not sure that it is right to see 6 as an entirely "bad" number in revelation.
As I also tried to point out (perhaps a little clumsy:) the number 6
is found other places in the bibel where it is truly not a "bad" number. On the contrary it is a good number. Such as the six days of creation:
"And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day."
(Genesis 1, 31)
-Selwyn
I think you are right Mike and I know that some interpreters have said the same, but the number 6 is also used positivly in revelation:
"And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come."
(revelation 4, 8)
Therefore I am not sure that it is right to see 6 as an entirely "bad" number in revelation.
As I also tried to point out (perhaps a little clumsy:) the number 6
is found other places in the bibel where it is truly not a "bad" number. On the contrary it is a good number. Such as the six days of creation:
"And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day."
(Genesis 1, 31)
-Selwyn
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There is a theory that the number 666 was significant to John not only because Hebrew *Qsr Nrwn* (Emperor Nero) adds to 666, but also because the beast (ie emperor) claimed divinity even though in reality his numbers came up short of divine 7.
Another theory that I just found online states that 6 was considered undivine because it was the day mortal man was created.
But you are right that 6 is used positively in several places in the bible.
..Mike
Another theory that I just found online states that 6 was considered undivine because it was the day mortal man was created.
But you are right that 6 is used positively in several places in the bible.
..Mike
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