• -- UPDATE #2 ON IS ISLAMIC MARRIAGE PIETY BAAL WORSHIP?

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    -- IS ISLAMIC MARRIAGE PIETY BAAL WORSHIP?

    Just a metaphysical comment on FOUNDATIONS OF BELIEF which may have an
    impact on any TERRORISM PROSECUTIONS. The OCCULT ENCYCLOPAEDIA (Nineveh Shadrach) states that the 3x3 MAGIC SQUARE which according to
    PYTHAGOREAN numerology the ODD numbers are masculine and even numbers
    are feminine and appear in the corners. This is a mathematical symbol of
    the act of sacred union or marriage. [page xxi]

    4 9 2
    3 5 7
    8 1 6

    The sum of any line in this square is 15, which is the numerological
    value of EVE in Arabic: حَوَّاء

    ح و ا {@1: Sup: 45 - GREATNESS: TA (#45 - I AM NOT A DOER OF WRONG
    {%1}); Ego: 15 - REACH: TA (#15)}

    #15 as [#9, #5, #1] = theá (G2299): {UMBRA: #15 % #41 = #15} 1) a *GODDESS*;

    #15 as [#9, #5, #1] = theá (G2299): {UMBRA: #15 % #41 = #15} 1) a *GODDESS*;

    "AND WHEN THE TOWNCLERK HAD APPEASED THE PEOPLE, HE SAID, YE MEN OF
    EPHESUS, WHAT MAN IS THERE THAT KNOWETH NOT HOW THAT THE CITY OF THE
    EPHESIANS IS A WORSHIPPER OF THE GREAT GODDESS-G2299 DIANA, AND OF THE *IMAGE*-G1356 *WHICH* *FELL* *DOWN* FROM JUPITER?" [Acts 19:35]

    #677 as [#4, #10, #70, #80, #5, #300, #8, #200] = diopetḗs (G1356):
    {UMBRA: #677 % #41 = #21} 1) *FALLEN* *FROM* *ZEUS*, i.e. *FROM*
    *HEAVEN*; 2) an image of the Ephesian Artemis which was supposed to have
    fallen from heaven;

        #284 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR 4 DECEMBER 2022 as [#4, #10, #70,
    #200] = Zeús (G2203): {UMBRA: #612 % #41 = #38} 0) Jupiter or Zeus = 'a
    father of helps'; 1) the national god of the Greeks and corresponds to
    the Roman Jupiter;

        #291 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR 4 DECEMBER 2022 as [#5, #80, #5,
    #200, #1] /
    #405 - STOICHEION OF THE *KOSMOS* JUXTAPOSITION CONTROLLER as [#80, #5,
    #200, #70, #50] = píptō (G4098): {UMBRA: #1270 % #41 = #40} 1) to
    descend from a higher place to a lower; 1a) to fall (either from or
    upon); 1a1) to be thrust down; 1b) metaph. to fall under judgment, came
    under condemnation; 2) to descend from an erect to a prostrate position;
    2a) to fall down; 2a1) to be prostrated, fall prostrate; 2a2) of those
    overcome by terror or astonishment or grief or under the attack of an
    evil spirit or of falling dead suddenly; 2a3) the dismemberment of a
    corpse by decay; 2a4) *TO* *PROSTRATE* *ONE'S* *SELF*; 2a5) *USED* *OF* *SUPPLIANTS* *AND* *PERSONS* *RENDERING* *HOMAGE* *OR* *WORSHIP* *TO*
    *ONE*; 2a6) to fall out, fall from i.e. shall perish or be lost; 2a7) to
    fall down, fall into ruin: of buildings, walls etc.; 2b) to be cast down
    from a state of prosperity; 2b1) to fall from a state of uprightness;
    2b2) to perish, i.e come to an end, disappear, cease; i) of virtues;
    2b3) to lose authority, no longer have force; i) of sayings, precepts,
    etc.; 2b4) to be removed from power by death; 2b5) to fail of
    participating in, miss a share in;

    The "image which fell from Zeus" probably refers to a meteorite since meteorites were part of the worship of Diana. This image was the central
    object in the great temple at Ephesus, which was reckoned one of the
    seven wonders of the world. It was said to have fallen from heaven, and
    its name, Diipetes, signified "fallen from the sky." While the copies
    which were made of it and widely circulated during the first century are
    not representations of a stone, they are, in the opinion of Professor
    Newton, idealized forms of what was originally a stone having the
    characters of a meteorite.

    In addition to the above seemingly well-defined instances of the worship
    of meteorites by the Greeks and Romans, there are others indicated by
    coins known to have been struck by different rulers. [@2, page 202]

    @135 - DEME BINOMIAL STOICHEION SUBSTITUTION
    @102 - RAPACIOUSNESS / #237 - DEME USE OF FORCE
    @168 - ONTIC ROOT (LANGUAGE / TIME)

    #405 + @215 - SELF CONTRADICTION = @620 as [#40, #5, #300, #1, #9, #5,
    #200, #10, #50] = metáthesis (G3331): {UMBRA: #770 % #41 = #32} 1)
    transfer: from one place to another; 2) *TO* *CHANGE*; 2a) *OF* *THINGS* *INSTITUTED* *OR* *ESTABLISHED*;

    #620 + @130 - ACT SEVERELY / ABUSE / WICKEDNESS = #750 as [#40, #200,
    #70, #400, #600] = raʻ (H7451): {UMBRA: #270 % #41 = #24} 1) bad, evil;
    1a) bad, disagreeable, malignant; 1b) bad, unpleasant, evil (giving
    pain, unhappiness, misery); 1c) evil, displeasing; 1d) bad (of its kind
    - land, water, etc); 1e) bad (of value); 1f) worse than, worst
    (comparison); 1g) sad, unhappy; 1h) evil (hurtful); 1i) *BAD*, *UNKIND* (*VICIOUS* *IN* *DISPOSITION*); 1j) bad, evil, wicked (ethically); 1j1)
    *IN* *GENERAL*, *OF* *PERSONS*, *OF* *THOUGHTS*; 1j2) *DEEDS*,
    *ACTIONS*; 1k) *EVIL*, *DISTRESS*, *MISERY*, *INJURY*, *CALAMITY*; 1k1)
    evil, distress, adversity; 1k2) evil, injury, wrong; 1k3) evil
    (ethical); 1l) evil, misery, distress, injury; 1l1) evil, misery,
    distress; 1l2) evil, injury, wrong; 1l3) evil (ethical);

    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Stone>

    [IMAGES: KAABA BLACK STONE #750 - IDOLATRY IN PRAISE OF ATUM {as the sun
    god and creator, the substance from which all creation unfurled. He is
    the Lord of the Universe}

    The Black Stone which has often been described as a meteorite is set
    into the eastern corner of the ancient building in the centre of the
    Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is revered by Muslims as an
    Islamic relic which, according to Muslim tradition, is falsely claimed
    to date back to the time of Adam and Eve]

    #750 as [#200, #5, #2, #1, #200, #40, #1, #300, #1] = sébasma (G4574):
    {UMBRA: #449 % #41 = #39} 1) *WHATEVER* *IS* *RELIGIOUSLY* *HONOURED*,
    *AN* *OBJECT* *OF* *WORSHIP*; 1a) of temples, altars, *STATUES*,
    *IDOLATROUS* *IMAGES*;

    #750 + @147 - TO ESTABLISH (MALE DEME) = #897 as [#20, #400, #5, #40,
    #6, #400] /
    #451 - PRAXIS OF RATIONALITY as [#400, #5, #6, #40] / [#400, #5, #6,
    #600] = tᵉhôwm (H8415): {UMBRA: #451 % #41 = #41} 1) deep, depths, deep places, abyss, the deep, sea; 1a) deep (of subterranean waters); 1b)
    deep, sea, abysses (of sea); 1c) primeval ocean, deep; 1d) deep, depth
    (of river); 1e) *ABYSS*, *THE* *GRAVE*;

    "Ignoring the hazy records of the Chinese and Arabians in regard to the
    worship of meteorites as being too indefinite for study, there may be
    first mentioned a stone whose worship, beginning at a very early period,
    has endured to the present day. This is the meteorite of the Kaaba at
    Mecca. It is the most sacred site in Islam. It is considered by Muslims
    to be the Bayt Allah (Arabic: بَيْت ٱللَّٰه, lit. 'House of God') and is
    the qibla (Arabic: قِبْلَة, direction of prayer) for Muslims around the world when performing salah.

    #452 = #451 - PRAXIS OF RATIONALITY + #1 - CENTRE (CHUNG) as [#40, #2,
    #10, #400] / [#30, #2, #10, #400, #10] = bayith (H1004): {UMBRA: #412 %
    #41 = #2} 1) *HOUSE*; 1a) house, dwelling habitation; 1b) shelter or
    abode of animals; 1c) human bodies (fig.); 1d) of Sheol; 1e) of abode of
    light and darkness; 1f) of land of Ephraim; 2) place; 3) receptacle; 4)
    home, house as containing a family; 5) household, family; 5a) those
    belonging to the same household; 5b) family of descendants, descendants
    as organized body; 6) household affairs; 7) inwards (metaph.); 8) (TWOT) *TEMPLE*; 9) on the inside; 10) within;

    The #750 - *WORSHIP* *OF* *THIS* *STONE* by Arabian tribes is first
    spoken of by Greek writers of early times. So firmly had its worship
    become established when the Arabs became converts to Mohammedanism, and Mohammed took Mecca, and destroyed the 360 idols within the temple, that
    the great prophet dared not or cared not to abolish it.

    Saluting the idol with his staff, he made the sevenfold circuit of the
    temple court, and returned and kissed it. Having thus sanctioned its
    worship, the Mohammedans have regarded it with the utmost reverence ever
    since. It is built into the corner of the Kaaba or temple, and toward it
    each devout Moslem is bidden to look five times a day as he prays. Its
    name is The Right Hand of God on Earth.

    The Qur'an contains several verses regarding the origin of the Kaaba. It
    states that the Kaaba was the first House of Worship for mankind, and
    that it was built by Ibrahim and Ismail on Allah's instructions.

    VERILY, THE FIRST HOUSE (OF WORSHIP) APPOINTED FOR MANKIND WAS THAT AT
    BAKKAH (MAKKAH), FULL OF BLESSING, AND A GUIDANCE FOR MANKIND. — Quran, Surah Al Imran (3), Ayah 96

    BEHOLD! WE GAVE THE SITE, TO IBRAHIM, OF THE (SACRED) HOUSE, (SAYING): "ASSOCIATE NOT ANYTHING (IN WORSHIP) WITH ME; AND SANCTIFY MY HOUSE FOR
    THOSE WHO COMPASS IT ROUND, OR STAND UP, OR BOW, OR PROSTRATE THEMSELVES (THEREIN IN PRAYER)." — Quran, Surah Al-Hajj (22), Ayah 26

    AND REMEMBER IBRAHIM AND ISMAIL RAISED THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE HOUSE
    (WITH THIS PRAYER): "OUR LORD! ACCEPT (THIS SERVICE) FROM US: FOR THOU
    ART THE ALL-HEARING, THE ALL-KNOWING." — Quran, Al-Baqarah (2), Ayah 127

    Ibn Kathir, in his famous exegesis (tafsir) of the Quran, mentions two interpretations among the Muslims on the origin of the Kaaba. One is
    that the shrine was a place of worship for mala'ikah angels before the
    creation of man. Later, a house of worship was built on the location and
    was lost during the flood in Nuh (Noah)'s time and was finally rebuilt
    by Ibrahim and Ismail as mentioned later in the Quran. Ibn Kathir
    regarded this tradition as weak and preferred instead the narration by
    Ali ibn Abi Talib that although several other temples might have
    preceded the Kaaba, it was the first Bayt Allah ("House of God"),
    dedicated solely to Him, built by His instruction, and sanctified and
    blessed by Him, as stated in Quran 22:26–29. A hadith in Sahih
    al-Bukhari states that the Kaaba was the first masjid on Earth, and the
    second was the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. [Wikipedia: Kaaba]

    By one tradition it is said to have dropped from Heaven with Adam, by
    another to have been given by Gabriel to Abraham to attest his divinity,
    and by another it is said that when Abraham was reconstructing the Kaaba
    that had been destroyed by the deluge, he sent his son Ishmael for a
    stone to put in its corner, and Gabriel met Ishmael, and gave him this
    stone. By the tradition the stone was originally transparent hyacinth,
    but became black through being kissed by a sinner. In the day of
    judgment, it is said, it will witness in favour of all those who have
    touched it with sincere hearts, and will be endowed with sight and speech.

    That this wonderful stone [of #750 = sébasma (G4574): *IDOLATRY* AND *RELIGIOUSLY* *HONOURED* *OBJECT* *OF* *WORSHIP*] is a meteorite has not
    been positively proved by observation, since of course no one has ever
    been able to obtain a fragment of it for study.

    The meteoritic hypothesis is viewed by geologists as doubtful. The
    British Natural History Museum suggests that it may be a
    pseudo-meteorite; in other words, a terrestrial rock mistakenly
    attributed to a meteoritic origin. The Black Stone has never been
    analysed with modern scientific techniques and its origins remain the
    subject of speculation.

    There can, however, be little doubt that it is a meteorite. Not only did
    it according to tradition fall from heaven, but it is described by
    travellers as having a black colour and basaltic character, qualities
    which correspond exactly to those of meteoric stones. Coming next to the instances of meteorites worshipped by Greeks and Romans, it will be
    found difficult to separate the imaginary from the real." [@2, page 199,
    200]

    "SO THAT NOT ONLY THIS OUR CRAFT IS IN DANGER TO BE SET AT NOUGHT; BUT
    ALSO THAT THE TEMPLE OF THE *GREAT*-G3173 *GODDESS*-G2299 DIANA SHOULD
    BE DESPISED, AND HER MAGNIFICENCE SHOULD BE DESTROYED, WHOM ALL ASIA AND
    THE WORLD WORSHIPPETH." [Acts 19:27]

        #80 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR 4 DECEMBER 2022 as [#40, #5, #3, #1,
    #30, #1] /
        #280 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR 4 DECEMBER 2022 as [#40, #5, #3, #1, #30, #1, #200] /
        #359 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR 4 DECEMBER 2022 as [#40, #5, #3, #1, #30, #70, #10, #200] /
    #452 = #451 - PRAXIS OF RATIONALITY + #1 - CENTRE (CHUNG) as [#40, #5,
    #10, #7, #70, #50, #70, #200] = mégas (G3173): {UMBRA: #249 % #41 = #3}
    1) great; 1a) of the external form or sensible appearance of things (or
    of persons); 1a1) in particular, of space and its dimensions, as
    respects; i) mass and weight: great; ii) compass and extent: large,
    spacious; iii) measure and height: long; iv) stature and age: great,
    old; 1a2) of number and quantity: numerous, large, abundant; 1a3) of
    age: the elder; 1a4) used of intensity and its degrees: with great
    effort, of the affections and emotions of the mind, of natural events powerfully affecting the senses: violent, mighty, strong; 1b) predicated
    of rank, as belonging to; 1b1) persons, eminent for ability, virtue,
    authority, power; 1b2) things esteemed highly for their importance: of
    great moment, of great weight, importance; 1b3) a thing to be highly
    esteemed for its excellence: excellent; 1c) splendid, prepared on a
    grand scale, stately; 1d) great things; 1d1) of God's preeminent
    blessings; 1d2) *OF* *THINGS* *WHICH* *OVERSTEP* *THE* *PROVINCE* *OF*
    *A* *CREATED* *BEING*, *PROUD* (*PRESUMPTUOUS*) *THINGS*, *FULL* *OF* *ARROGANCE*, *DEROGATORY* *TO* *THE* *MAJESTY* *OF* *GOD*;

    WHERE #452 = #451 - PRAXIS OF RATIONALITY + #1 - CENTRE (CHUNG): "The Appraisals work, then, somewhat like a Chinese puzzle. Not only do we
    find cycle fitted within cycle, but one clue after another ties the
    series of Appraisals to every microcosm of importance to man. The
    Fathoming of the first Appraisal presumes human participation, alongside
    that of Heaven and Earth, in the cosmic Tao. There are also several
    reminders of the ages of man. The first Appraisal recalls the womb; the
    third, the young adult's entry into an official career; the fifth,
    culminating accomplishment; the seventh, mature stability; and the
    ninth, natural death in old age. The symbology of administration appears
    in the apposition of punishment and virtue, as well as in allusions to attributes of the exemplary ruler (in the fifth position) and to his
    vassals (surrounding him in the fourth and sixth positions correlated
    with yin ch'i).

    The appraisals abound in correlates to yin/yang and in echoes of the
    Book of Changes. Images of darkness and moon (associated with Water in Appraisals 1 and 6), of the dragon (Wood, 3) of centering (Earth, 5),
    and of Fire (Appraisal 7) reflect the significance of each Appraisal in
    the cosmogonic succession of the Five Phases. Yang Hsiung summarizes the dominant meaning of the Head entitled Center with the aphorism "#452 - *INTEGRITY*, when it occupies the inner part, is preserved in the center."

    #452 = #451 - PRAXIS OF RATIONALITY + #1 - CENTRE (CHUNG) as [#2, #400,
    #40, #10] = tôm (H8537): {UMBRA: #440 % #41 = #30} 1) *INTEGRITY*, completeness; 1a) completeness, fulness; 1b) innocence, simplicity; 1c) integrity;

    The first Head and its Appraisals, read in the light of Yang's own commentaries, lead the reader to recognize #452 - *INTEGRITY* (ch'eng)
    as the central virtue precisely because of its all­ encompassing nature.
    #452 - *INTEGRITY* not only establishes the unity of man with the
    visible world of Heaven ­and­ Earth, but it also puts him in touch with
    the primal Mystery hidden at the cosmic origin (Appraisal 1). The
    individual may easily fail to attain this #452 - *INTEGRITY* if he
    relies on specious absolutes—for example, the polarization of yin /
    yang. He will also fail if he is mired in the moral ambiguity (Appraisal
    2) that results when an individual disregards his sacred duty to make
    names (=conceptual categories) correspond to realities (Appraisal 8).
    Because the petty man ignores the Mystery within him, he is obstructed
    in both his private desires and public ambitions (Appraisals 4, 6). In contrast, the aspirant to sage hood devotedly imitates the universal, unchanging patterns, and so is led to decisions that make his activities effective (Appraisals 3, 5, 7).

    APPRAISAL #1: Primal oneness encompasses all.
    It is profound.
    FATHOMING #1: Primal oneness, all encompassing
    Means: This is the correct state of contemplation.

    "Primal oneness" is a set phrase describing the initial cosmic state of non-differentiation "prior to the appearance of forms." In early Chinese cosmogonies, the world we experience emerges from this initial state
    through various stages of separation until the perceptible world finally unfolds. The term primal oneness was also associated with both the AXIS
    MUNDI and Chuang tzu's Emperor of the Center, who died when the primal
    unity of his body was violated. The analogous state to primal one ness
    in what we might call moral psychology is the initial centering of human inwardness that leads to conscious, responsible action. The associations
    of primal oneness with centering, the theme of this tetragram, are thus multiple.

    The term "all­ encompassing" is borrowed from the Chuang tzu, where it describes that power of the Way acting through the sage that lets him
    see beyond surface differentiation to the fundamental unity of things,
    so that he can "merge the myriad things and make them one." The same
    phrase, however, is glossed by an early commentator as, "in the shape of
    the earth"; evidently he takes it to mean "swollen and vast.'' According
    to the "spheroidal heaven" (hun­t'ien) theory of cosmology promoted by
    Yang, the earth (hemispherical or discoidal in different versions) was
    centered within the sky like the yolk of an egg. Thus it is natural to juxtapose the phrases all encompassing, with its associations with
    Earth, and primal oneness, which implies the sky and the cosmic axis.

    "Profound," of course, is synonymous with "mystery" insofar as it
    indicates the creative, yet indeterminate origins of Heaven and Earth,
    as well as the psychic center within which the sage finds the germs of
    his future actions. The same character, for obvious reasons, can mean "obscure." The commentator FAN WANG emphasizes the cosmological meaning
    of the term: In the sky's daily rotation about the central earth, the
    sun at night is hidden below the horizon and "thus is called 'obscure.'"
    YANG HSIUNG, as his own "Elaboration" auto commentary shows, is not
    concerned with establishing a single level of meaning. Instead, he would emphasize the strong connection between the Tao, the unity of the
    cosmos, and the sage's centeredness:

    The worthy man is one with Heaven and Earth [insofar as his] thoughts
    embrace the many kinds [of being]. [His thoughts] unite them at center
    but they have not yet taken form outside.

    SSU­MA KUANG fleshes out this theme in his commentary:

    "Primal oneness" is the magnitude of the sky's [starry] images; "all­ encompassing" is the breadth of the earth's form. That the heart and
    mind of man should be able to fathom the immensity of sky and earth
    surely bespeaks divinity in the operations of heart and mind. Appraisal
    1 marks the beginning of contemplation. The heart and mind of the noble
    man can probe deep and far. He perceives, when he looks up, all that is
    divine in the sky and, when he looks down, all that is numinous on
    earth. Neither sky nor earth, nor any thing, can hide their #452 -
    *TRUTH* from him. Because [at the stage in the process symbolized by
    Center] his contemplation is not yet formed, it is called "obscure."­"

    #452 as [#6, #5, #1, #40, #400] = ʼemeth (H571): {UMBRA: #441 % #41 =
    #31} 1) firmness, faithfulness, truth; 1a) sureness, reliability; 1b) stability, continuance; 1c) faithfulness, reliableness; 1d) truth; 1d1)
    as spoken; 1d2) of testimony and judgment; 1d3) of divine instruction;
    1d4) *TRUTH* *AS* *A* *BODY* *OF* *ETHICAL* *OR* *RELIGIOUS*
    *KNOWLEDGE*; 1d5) true doctrine; 1e) in truth, truly;

    The sage is the mediator, discerning the patterns, at once metaphysical
    and moral, of sky and earth. These perceptions, as the "Great
    Commentary" to the Changes tells us, are the source of the patterns by
    which the sage orders himself and society. SSU­MA KUANG does not do
    violence to the text when he sees in this first Appraisal of the Mystery
    a synthesis of associations that affirms and celebrates human capacities.

    In the Fathoming, the "correct [state]" (chen) refers to one of the
    mantic formulae found in the earliest strata of the Changes. According
    to Han interpretations, the term describes the faithful adherence of the
    sage to the Way of the ancients. By virtue of this orientation, the sage participates in the #452 - *INTEGRITY* of the Tao. Chen also points to a quality of the cosmos, the dynamic balance that makes its processes
    equable in every sense. As FAN WANG's cosmological interpretation puts
    it, the Appraisal is saying that the "revolutions in the sky entirely
    accord with 'correctness.'" [@1, pages 85 to 88]

    The total sum of the entire square is #45, which is the numerological
    value of ADAM in Arabic: آدم

    ادم {@1: Sup: 52 - MEASURE: TU (#52); Ego: 45 - GREATNESS: TA (#45 - I
    AM NOT A DOER OF WRONG {%1})}

    And Hebrew: אדמ

    #45 as [#1, #4, #40] / [#1, #4, #600] = ʼâdâm (H120): {UMBRA: #45 % #41
    = #4} 1) man, mankind; 1a) man, human being; 1b) man, mankind (much more frequently intended sense in OT); 1c) Adam, first man; 1d) city in
    Jordan valley;

    Thus we assert that as a MATTER OF MIND as #123 - JUDGEMENT SENSIBILITY
    the principle of COLONISATION against any host country is implicit
    within the nature of the MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP dynamic itself,
    irrespective of whether hostile or terrorism acts may have occurred.

    Where the TRIPARTITE idea #34 - 𝌧親 = #485 relates to a BIPARTITE notion
    of MARRIAGE then its BIFURCATION as #17 being a religionist's claim to
    piety conform to the premise of COLONIALISM by #71 - DOMINION (ODD: #11
    + #17 + #65 + #71 = #164, EVEN: #68 + #44 + #38 + #14 = #164, CENTRE:
    #41) action against nature (#205 / #164) and prerogative of STATE.

    68 11 44
    17 41 65
    38 71 14

    #164 as [#2, #70, #30, #6, #50, #6] = bâʻal (H1166): {UMBRA: #102 % #41
    = #20} 1) to marry, rule over, possess, own; 1a) (Qal); 1a1) to marry,
    be lord (husband) over; 1a2) to rule over; 1b) (Niphal) to be married;

    #164 as [#3, #1, #40, #70, #50] = gámos (G1062): {UMBRA: #314 % #41 =
    #27} 1) a wedding or marriage festival, a wedding banquet, a wedding
    feast; 2) marriage, matrimony;

    #205 as [#3, #2, #200] = gᵉbar (H1399): {UMBRA: #205 % #41 = #41} 1)
    man, man (of uprightness);

    #205 as [#3, #2, #200] = gᵉbar (H1400): {UMBRA: #205 % #41 = #41} 1) a
    man, a certain (one);

    #205 as [#2, #3, #200] = gêr (H1616): {UMBRA: #203 % #41 = #39} 1)
    sojourner; 1a) a temporary inhabitant, a newcomer lacking inherited
    rights; 1b) of foreigners in Israel, though conceded rights;

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    @1 - Michael Nylan, A Translation with Commentary of the T'AI HSÜAN
    CHING (The Canon of Supreme Mystery) by Yang Hsiung, 1993, State
    University of New York

    @2 - Oliver C. Farrington, The Worship and Folk-Lore of Meteorites, The
    Journal of American Folklore , July to September 1900, Vol. 13, No. 50,
    pp. 199-208, <https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/533884.pdf>

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    "THE ORDER OF THE WHITE FEATHER: Once war broke out (28 JULY 1914 to 11 NOVEMBER 1918) the situation at home became awful, because people did
    not like to see men or lads of army age walking about in civilian
    clothing, or not in uniform of some sort, especially in a military town
    like WOOLWICH. Women were the worst.

    YOUTUBE: "The White Feather and What Really Caused WWI"

    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqYNDnw5gxY&t=437s>

    They would come up to you in the street and give you a white feather, or
    stick it in the lapel of your coat. A *WHITE* *FEATHER* is the sign of cowardice, so they meant you were a coward and that you should be in the
    army doing your bit for #135 - *KING* (noting that KING CHARLES III's
    birthday was 14 NOVEMBER) and *COUNTRY*."

    26 37 31 41
    40 32 34 29
    36 27 42 30
    33 39 28 5

    #135 = [#33 - CLOSENESS (MI), #27 - DUTIES (SHIH), #34 - KINSHIP
    (CH'IN), #41 - RESPONSE (YING)] as [#40, #5, #40, #30, #500] = melek
    (H4428): {UMBRA: #90 % #41 = #8} 1) *KING*;

    ..........

    The consideration is whether the "THE *IMAGE*-G1356 *WHICH* *FELL*
    *DOWN* FROM JUPITER?" [Acts 19:35] actually purveys a mythos related to
    the consequence in using the LUOSHU ORDER #369 MATRIX as REFERENCE
    OBJECT associated to the common characteristic #41 - gechel (H1513):
    *COALS* *OF* *FIRE* being an attribute that manifests between the 4x4 =
    #34 - JUPITER MATRIX and its DOMINION #123 - INTELLIGENCE [#17, #41,
    #65]: "THE LORD ALSO THUNDERED IN THE HEAVENS, AND THE HIGHEST GAVE HIS
    VOICE;

    #41 as [#3, #8, #30] = gechel (H1513): {UMBRA: #41 % #41 = #41} 1) coal, burning coal, *COALS* *OF* *FIRE*, hot coals;

    HAIL STONES AND *COALS*-H1513 OF FIRE." [Psalm 18:13]

    On 4/12/2022 16:18, dolf wrote:
    -- IS ISLAMIC MARRIAGE PIETY BAAL WORSHIP?

    Just a metaphysical comment on FOUNDATIONS OF BELIEF which may have an
    impact on any TERRORISM PROSECUTIONS. The OCCULT ENCYCLOPAEDIA (Nineveh Shadrach) states that the 3x3 MAGIC SQUARE which according to
    PYTHAGOREAN numerology the ODD numbers are masculine and even numbers
    are feminine and appear in the corners. This is a mathematical symbol of
    the act of sacred union or marriage. [page xxi]

    4    9    2
    3    5    7
    8    1    6

    The sum of any line in this square is 15, which is the numerological
    value of EVE in Arabic: حَوَّاء

    ح و ا {@1: Sup: 45 - GREATNESS: TA (#45 - I AM NOT A DOER OF WRONG
    {%1}); Ego: 15 - REACH: TA (#15)}

    #15 as [#9, #5, #1] = theá (G2299): {UMBRA: #15 % #41 = #15} 1) a
    *GODDESS*;

    #15 as [#9, #5, #1] = theá (G2299): {UMBRA: #15 % #41 = #15} 1) a
    *GODDESS*;

    "AND WHEN THE TOWNCLERK HAD APPEASED THE PEOPLE, HE SAID, YE MEN OF
    EPHESUS, WHAT MAN IS THERE THAT KNOWETH NOT HOW THAT THE CITY OF THE EPHESIANS IS A WORSHIPPER OF THE GREAT GODDESS-G2299 DIANA, AND OF THE *IMAGE*-G1356 *WHICH* *FELL* *DOWN* FROM JUPITER?" [Acts 19:35]

    #677 as [#4, #10, #70, #80, #5, #300, #8, #200] = diopetḗs (G1356):
    {UMBRA: #677 % #41 = #21} 1) *FALLEN* *FROM* *ZEUS*, i.e. *FROM*
    *HEAVEN*; 2) an image of the Ephesian Artemis which was supposed to have fallen from heaven;

        #284 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR 4 DECEMBER 2022 as [#4, #10, #70, #200] = Zeús (G2203): {UMBRA: #612 % #41 = #38} 0) Jupiter or Zeus = 'a father of helps'; 1) the national god of the Greeks and corresponds to
    the Roman Jupiter;

        #291 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR 4 DECEMBER 2022 as [#5, #80, #5,
    #200, #1] /
    #405 - STOICHEION OF THE *KOSMOS* JUXTAPOSITION CONTROLLER as [#80, #5,
    #200, #70, #50] = píptō (G4098): {UMBRA: #1270 % #41 = #40} 1) to
    descend from a higher place to a lower; 1a) to fall (either from or
    upon); 1a1) to be thrust down; 1b) metaph. to fall under judgment, came
    under condemnation; 2) to descend from an erect to a prostrate position;
    2a) to fall down; 2a1) to be prostrated, fall prostrate; 2a2) of those overcome by terror or astonishment or grief or under the attack of an
    evil spirit or of falling dead suddenly; 2a3) the dismemberment of a
    corpse by decay; 2a4) *TO* *PROSTRATE* *ONE'S* *SELF*; 2a5) *USED* *OF* *SUPPLIANTS* *AND* *PERSONS* *RENDERING* *HOMAGE* *OR* *WORSHIP* *TO*
    *ONE*; 2a6) to fall out, fall from i.e. shall perish or be lost; 2a7) to
    fall down, fall into ruin: of buildings, walls etc.; 2b) to be cast down
    from a state of prosperity; 2b1) to fall from a state of uprightness;
    2b2) to perish, i.e come to an end, disappear, cease; i) of virtues;
    2b3) to lose authority, no longer have force; i) of sayings, precepts,
    etc.; 2b4) to be removed from power by death; 2b5) to fail of
    participating in, miss a share in;

    The "image which fell from Zeus" probably refers to a meteorite since meteorites were part of the worship of Diana. This image was the central object in the great temple at Ephesus, which was reckoned one of the
    seven wonders of the world. It was said to have fallen from heaven, and
    its name, Diipetes, signified "fallen from the sky." While the copies
    which were made of it and widely circulated during the first century are
    not representations of a stone, they are, in the opinion of Professor
    Newton, idealized forms of what was originally a stone having the
    characters of a meteorite.

    In addition to the above seemingly well-defined instances of the worship
    of meteorites by the Greeks and Romans, there are others indicated by
    coins known to have been struck by different rulers. [@2, page 202]

    @135 - DEME BINOMIAL STOICHEION SUBSTITUTION
    @102 - RAPACIOUSNESS / #237 - DEME USE OF FORCE
    @168 - ONTIC ROOT (LANGUAGE / TIME)

    #405 + @215 - SELF CONTRADICTION = @620 as [#40, #5, #300, #1, #9, #5,
    #200, #10, #50] = metáthesis (G3331): {UMBRA: #770 % #41 = #32} 1)
    transfer: from one place to another; 2) *TO* *CHANGE*; 2a) *OF* *THINGS* *INSTITUTED* *OR* *ESTABLISHED*;

    #620 + @130 - ACT SEVERELY / ABUSE / WICKEDNESS = #750 as [#40, #200,
    #70, #400, #600] = raʻ (H7451): {UMBRA: #270 % #41 = #24} 1) bad, evil;
    1a) bad, disagreeable, malignant; 1b) bad, unpleasant, evil (giving
    pain, unhappiness, misery); 1c) evil, displeasing; 1d) bad (of its kind
    - land, water, etc); 1e) bad (of value); 1f) worse than, worst
    (comparison); 1g) sad, unhappy; 1h) evil (hurtful); 1i) *BAD*, *UNKIND* (*VICIOUS* *IN* *DISPOSITION*); 1j) bad, evil, wicked (ethically); 1j1)
    *IN* *GENERAL*, *OF* *PERSONS*, *OF* *THOUGHTS*; 1j2) *DEEDS*,
    *ACTIONS*; 1k) *EVIL*, *DISTRESS*, *MISERY*, *INJURY*, *CALAMITY*; 1k1)
    evil, distress, adversity; 1k2) evil, injury, wrong; 1k3) evil
    (ethical); 1l) evil, misery, distress, injury; 1l1) evil, misery,
    distress; 1l2) evil, injury, wrong; 1l3) evil (ethical);

    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Stone>

    [IMAGES: KAABA BLACK STONE #750 - IDOLATRY IN PRAISE OF ATUM {as the sun
    god and creator, the substance from which all creation unfurled. He is
    the Lord of the Universe}

    The Black Stone which has often been described as a meteorite is set
    into the eastern corner of the ancient building in the centre of the
    Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is revered by Muslims as an
    Islamic relic which, according to Muslim tradition, is falsely claimed
    to date back to the time of Adam and Eve]

    #750 as [#200, #5, #2, #1, #200, #40, #1, #300, #1] = sébasma (G4574): {UMBRA: #449 % #41 = #39} 1) *WHATEVER* *IS* *RELIGIOUSLY* *HONOURED*,
    *AN* *OBJECT* *OF* *WORSHIP*; 1a) of temples, altars, *STATUES*,
    *IDOLATROUS* *IMAGES*;

    #750 + @147 - TO ESTABLISH (MALE DEME) = #897 as [#20, #400, #5, #40,
    #6, #400] /
    #451 - PRAXIS OF RATIONALITY as [#400, #5, #6, #40] / [#400, #5, #6,
    #600] = tᵉhôwm (H8415): {UMBRA: #451 % #41 = #41} 1) deep, depths, deep places, abyss, the deep, sea; 1a) deep (of subterranean waters); 1b)
    deep, sea, abysses (of sea); 1c) primeval ocean, deep; 1d) deep, depth
    (of river); 1e) *ABYSS*, *THE* *GRAVE*;

    "Ignoring the hazy records of the Chinese and Arabians in regard to the worship of meteorites as being too indefinite for study, there may be
    first mentioned a stone whose worship, beginning at a very early period,
    has endured to the present day. This is the meteorite of the Kaaba at
    Mecca. It is the most sacred site in Islam. It is considered by Muslims
    to be the Bayt Allah (Arabic: بَيْت ٱللَّٰه, lit. 'House of God') and is the
    qibla (Arabic: قِبْلَة, direction of prayer) for Muslims around the world
    when performing salah.

    #452 = #451 - PRAXIS OF RATIONALITY + #1 - CENTRE (CHUNG) as [#40, #2,
    #10, #400] / [#30, #2, #10, #400, #10] = bayith (H1004): {UMBRA: #412 %
    #41 = #2} 1) *HOUSE*; 1a) house, dwelling habitation; 1b) shelter or
    abode of animals; 1c) human bodies (fig.); 1d) of Sheol; 1e) of abode of light and darkness; 1f) of land of Ephraim; 2) place; 3) receptacle; 4)
    home, house as containing a family; 5) household, family; 5a) those
    belonging to the same household; 5b) family of descendants, descendants
    as organized body; 6) household affairs; 7) inwards (metaph.); 8) (TWOT) *TEMPLE*; 9) on the inside; 10) within;

    The #750 - *WORSHIP* *OF* *THIS* *STONE* by Arabian tribes is first
    spoken of by Greek writers of early times. So firmly had its worship
    become established when the Arabs became converts to Mohammedanism, and Mohammed took Mecca, and destroyed the 360 idols within the temple, that
    the great prophet dared not or cared not to abolish it.

    Saluting the idol with his staff, he made the sevenfold circuit of the
    temple court, and returned and kissed it. Having thus sanctioned its
    worship, the Mohammedans have regarded it with the utmost reverence ever since. It is built into the corner of the Kaaba or temple, and toward it
    each devout Moslem is bidden to look five times a day as he prays. Its
    name is The Right Hand of God on Earth.

    The Qur'an contains several verses regarding the origin of the Kaaba. It states that the Kaaba was the first House of Worship for mankind, and
    that it was built by Ibrahim and Ismail on Allah's instructions.

    VERILY, THE FIRST HOUSE (OF WORSHIP) APPOINTED FOR MANKIND WAS THAT AT
    BAKKAH (MAKKAH), FULL OF BLESSING, AND A GUIDANCE FOR MANKIND. — Quran, Surah Al Imran (3), Ayah 96

    BEHOLD! WE GAVE THE SITE, TO IBRAHIM, OF THE (SACRED) HOUSE, (SAYING): "ASSOCIATE NOT ANYTHING (IN WORSHIP) WITH ME; AND SANCTIFY MY HOUSE FOR
    THOSE WHO COMPASS IT ROUND, OR STAND UP, OR BOW, OR PROSTRATE THEMSELVES (THEREIN IN PRAYER)." — Quran, Surah Al-Hajj (22), Ayah 26

    AND REMEMBER IBRAHIM AND ISMAIL RAISED THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE HOUSE
    (WITH THIS PRAYER): "OUR LORD! ACCEPT (THIS SERVICE) FROM US: FOR THOU
    ART THE ALL-HEARING, THE ALL-KNOWING." — Quran, Al-Baqarah (2), Ayah 127

    Ibn Kathir, in his famous exegesis (tafsir) of the Quran, mentions two interpretations among the Muslims on the origin of the Kaaba. One is
    that the shrine was a place of worship for mala'ikah angels before the creation of man. Later, a house of worship was built on the location and
    was lost during the flood in Nuh (Noah)'s time and was finally rebuilt
    by Ibrahim and Ismail as mentioned later in the Quran. Ibn Kathir
    regarded this tradition as weak and preferred instead the narration by
    Ali ibn Abi Talib that although several other temples might have
    preceded the Kaaba, it was the first Bayt Allah ("House of God"),
    dedicated solely to Him, built by His instruction, and sanctified and
    blessed by Him, as stated in Quran 22:26–29. A hadith in Sahih
    al-Bukhari states that the Kaaba was the first masjid on Earth, and the second was the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. [Wikipedia: Kaaba]

    By one tradition it is said to have dropped from Heaven with Adam, by
    another to have been given by Gabriel to Abraham to attest his divinity,
    and by another it is said that when Abraham was reconstructing the Kaaba
    that had been destroyed by the deluge, he sent his son Ishmael for a
    stone to put in its corner, and Gabriel met Ishmael, and gave him this
    stone. By the tradition the stone was originally transparent hyacinth,
    but became black through being kissed by a sinner. In the day of
    judgment, it is said, it will witness in favour of all those who have
    touched it with sincere hearts, and will be endowed with sight and speech.

    That this wonderful stone [of #750 = sébasma (G4574): *IDOLATRY* AND *RELIGIOUSLY* *HONOURED* *OBJECT* *OF* *WORSHIP*] is a meteorite has not
    been positively proved by observation, since of course no one has ever
    been able to obtain a fragment of it for study.

    The meteoritic hypothesis is viewed by geologists as doubtful. The
    British Natural History Museum suggests that it may be a
    pseudo-meteorite; in other words, a terrestrial rock mistakenly
    attributed to a meteoritic origin. The Black Stone has never been
    analysed with modern scientific techniques and its origins remain the
    subject of speculation.

    There can, however, be little doubt that it is a meteorite. Not only did
    it according to tradition fall from heaven, but it is described by
    travellers as having a black colour and basaltic character, qualities
    which correspond exactly to those of meteoric stones. Coming next to the instances of meteorites worshipped by Greeks and Romans, it will be
    found difficult to separate the imaginary from the real." [@2, page 199,
    200]

    "SO THAT NOT ONLY THIS OUR CRAFT IS IN DANGER TO BE SET AT NOUGHT; BUT
    ALSO THAT THE TEMPLE OF THE *GREAT*-G3173 *GODDESS*-G2299 DIANA SHOULD
    BE DESPISED, AND HER MAGNIFICENCE SHOULD BE DESTROYED, WHOM ALL ASIA AND
    THE WORLD WORSHIPPETH." [Acts 19:27]

        #80 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR 4 DECEMBER 2022 as [#40, #5, #3, #1, #30, #1] /
        #280 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR 4 DECEMBER 2022 as [#40, #5, #3, #1, #30, #1, #200] /
        #359 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR 4 DECEMBER 2022 as [#40, #5, #3, #1, #30, #70, #10, #200] /
    #452 = #451 - PRAXIS OF RATIONALITY + #1 - CENTRE (CHUNG) as [#40, #5,
    #10, #7, #70, #50, #70, #200] = mégas (G3173): {UMBRA: #249 % #41 = #3}
    1) great; 1a) of the external form or sensible appearance of things (or
    of persons); 1a1) in particular, of space and its dimensions, as
    respects; i) mass and weight: great; ii) compass and extent: large,
    spacious; iii) measure and height: long; iv) stature and age: great,
    old; 1a2) of number and quantity: numerous, large, abundant; 1a3) of
    age: the elder; 1a4) used of intensity and its degrees: with great
    effort, of the affections and emotions of the mind, of natural events powerfully affecting the senses: violent, mighty, strong; 1b) predicated
    of rank, as belonging to; 1b1) persons, eminent for ability, virtue, authority, power; 1b2) things esteemed highly for their importance: of
    great moment, of great weight, importance; 1b3) a thing to be highly
    esteemed for its excellence: excellent; 1c) splendid, prepared on a
    grand scale, stately; 1d) great things; 1d1) of God's preeminent
    blessings; 1d2) *OF* *THINGS* *WHICH* *OVERSTEP* *THE* *PROVINCE* *OF*
    *A* *CREATED* *BEING*, *PROUD* (*PRESUMPTUOUS*) *THINGS*, *FULL* *OF* *ARROGANCE*, *DEROGATORY* *TO* *THE* *MAJESTY* *OF* *GOD*;

    WHERE #452 = #451 - PRAXIS OF RATIONALITY + #1 - CENTRE (CHUNG): "The Appraisals work, then, somewhat like a Chinese puzzle. Not only do we
    find cycle fitted within cycle, but one clue after another ties the
    series of Appraisals to every microcosm of importance to man. The
    Fathoming of the first Appraisal presumes human participation, alongside
    that of Heaven and Earth, in the cosmic Tao. There are also several
    reminders of the ages of man. The first Appraisal recalls the womb; the third, the young adult's entry into an official career; the fifth, culminating accomplishment; the seventh, mature stability; and the
    ninth, natural death in old age. The symbology of administration appears
    in the apposition of punishment and virtue, as well as in allusions to attributes of the exemplary ruler (in the fifth position) and to his
    vassals (surrounding him in the fourth and sixth positions correlated
    with yin ch'i).

    The appraisals abound in correlates to yin/yang and in echoes of the
    Book of Changes. Images of darkness and moon (associated with Water in Appraisals 1 and 6), of the dragon (Wood, 3) of centering (Earth, 5),
    and of Fire (Appraisal 7) reflect the significance of each Appraisal in
    the cosmogonic succession of the Five Phases. Yang Hsiung summarizes the dominant meaning of the Head entitled Center with the aphorism "#452 - *INTEGRITY*, when it occupies the inner part, is preserved in the center."

    #452 = #451 - PRAXIS OF RATIONALITY + #1 - CENTRE (CHUNG) as [#2, #400,
    #40, #10] = tôm (H8537): {UMBRA: #440 % #41 = #30} 1) *INTEGRITY*, completeness; 1a) completeness, fulness; 1b) innocence, simplicity; 1c) integrity;

    The first Head and its Appraisals, read in the light of Yang's own commentaries, lead the reader to recognize #452 - *INTEGRITY* (ch'eng)
    as the central virtue precisely because of its all­ encompassing nature. #452 - *INTEGRITY* not only establishes the unity of man with the
    visible world of Heaven ­and­ Earth, but it also puts him in touch with
    the primal Mystery hidden at the cosmic origin (Appraisal 1). The
    individual may easily fail to attain this #452 - *INTEGRITY* if he
    relies on specious absolutes—for example, the polarization of yin /
    yang. He will also fail if he is mired in the moral ambiguity (Appraisal
    2) that results when an individual disregards his sacred duty to make
    names (=conceptual categories) correspond to realities (Appraisal 8).
    Because the petty man ignores the Mystery within him, he is obstructed
    in both his private desires and public ambitions (Appraisals 4, 6). In contrast, the aspirant to sage hood devotedly imitates the universal, unchanging patterns, and so is led to decisions that make his activities effective (Appraisals 3, 5, 7).

    APPRAISAL #1: Primal oneness encompasses all.
    It is profound.
    FATHOMING #1: Primal oneness, all encompassing
    Means: This is the correct state of contemplation.

    "Primal oneness" is a set phrase describing the initial cosmic state of non-differentiation "prior to the appearance of forms." In early Chinese cosmogonies, the world we experience emerges from this initial state
    through various stages of separation until the perceptible world finally unfolds. The term primal oneness was also associated with both the AXIS
    MUNDI and Chuang tzu's Emperor of the Center, who died when the primal
    unity of his body was violated. The analogous state to primal one ness
    in what we might call moral psychology is the initial centering of human inwardness that leads to conscious, responsible action. The associations
    of primal oneness with centering, the theme of this tetragram, are thus multiple.

    The term "all­ encompassing" is borrowed from the Chuang tzu, where it describes that power of the Way acting through the sage that lets him
    see beyond surface differentiation to the fundamental unity of things,
    so that he can "merge the myriad things and make them one." The same
    phrase, however, is glossed by an early commentator as, "in the shape of
    the earth"; evidently he takes it to mean "swollen and vast.'' According
    to the "spheroidal heaven" (hun­t'ien) theory of cosmology promoted by
    Yang, the earth (hemispherical or discoidal in different versions) was centered within the sky like the yolk of an egg. Thus it is natural to juxtapose the phrases all encompassing, with its associations with
    Earth, and primal oneness, which implies the sky and the cosmic axis.

    "Profound," of course, is synonymous with "mystery" insofar as it
    indicates the creative, yet indeterminate origins of Heaven and Earth,
    as well as the psychic center within which the sage finds the germs of
    his future actions. The same character, for obvious reasons, can mean "obscure." The commentator FAN WANG emphasizes the cosmological meaning
    of the term: In the sky's daily rotation about the central earth, the
    sun at night is hidden below the horizon and "thus is called 'obscure.'"
    YANG HSIUNG, as his own "Elaboration" auto commentary shows, is not
    concerned with establishing a single level of meaning. Instead, he would emphasize the strong connection between the Tao, the unity of the
    cosmos, and the sage's centeredness:

    The worthy man is one with Heaven and Earth [insofar as his] thoughts
    embrace the many kinds [of being]. [His thoughts] unite them at center
    but they have not yet taken form outside.

    SSU­MA KUANG fleshes out this theme in his commentary:

    "Primal oneness" is the magnitude of the sky's [starry] images; "all­ encompassing" is the breadth of the earth's form. That the heart and
    mind of man should be able to fathom the immensity of sky and earth
    surely bespeaks divinity in the operations of heart and mind. Appraisal
    1 marks the beginning of contemplation. The heart and mind of the noble
    man can probe deep and far. He perceives, when he looks up, all that is divine in the sky and, when he looks down, all that is numinous on
    earth. Neither sky nor earth, nor any thing, can hide their #452 -
    *TRUTH* from him. Because [at the stage in the process symbolized by
    Center] his contemplation is not yet formed, it is called "obscure."­"

    #452 as [#6, #5, #1, #40, #400] = ʼemeth (H571): {UMBRA: #441 % #41 =
    #31} 1) firmness, faithfulness, truth; 1a) sureness, reliability; 1b) stability, continuance; 1c) faithfulness, reliableness; 1d) truth; 1d1)
    as spoken; 1d2) of testimony and judgment; 1d3) of divine instruction;
    1d4) *TRUTH* *AS* *A* *BODY* *OF* *ETHICAL* *OR* *RELIGIOUS*
    *KNOWLEDGE*; 1d5) true doctrine; 1e) in truth, truly;

    The sage is the mediator, discerning the patterns, at once metaphysical
    and moral, of sky and earth. These perceptions, as the "Great
    Commentary" to the Changes tells us, are the source of the patterns by
    which the sage orders himself and society. SSU­MA KUANG does not do
    violence to the text when he sees in this first Appraisal of the Mystery
    a synthesis of associations that affirms and celebrates human capacities.

    In the Fathoming, the "correct [state]" (chen) refers to one of the
    mantic formulae found in the earliest strata of the Changes. According
    to Han interpretations, the term describes the faithful adherence of the
    sage to the Way of the ancients. By virtue of this orientation, the sage participates in the #452 - *INTEGRITY* of the Tao. Chen also points to a quality of the cosmos, the dynamic balance that makes its processes
    equable in every sense. As FAN WANG's cosmological interpretation puts
    it, the Appraisal is saying that the "revolutions in the sky entirely
    accord with 'correctness.'" [@1, pages 85 to 88]

    The total sum of the entire square is #45, which is the numerological
    value of ADAM in Arabic: آدم

    ادم {@1: Sup: 52 - MEASURE: TU (#52); Ego: 45 - GREATNESS: TA (#45 - I
    AM NOT A DOER OF WRONG {%1})}

    And Hebrew: אדמ

    #45 as [#1, #4, #40] / [#1, #4, #600] = ʼâdâm (H120): {UMBRA: #45 % #41
    = #4} 1) man, mankind; 1a) man, human being; 1b) man, mankind (much more frequently intended sense in OT); 1c) Adam, first man; 1d) city in
    Jordan valley;

    Thus we assert that as a MATTER OF MIND as #123 - JUDGEMENT SENSIBILITY
    the principle of COLONISATION against any host country is implicit
    within the nature of the MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP dynamic itself,
    irrespective of whether hostile or terrorism acts may have occurred.

    Where the TRIPARTITE idea #34 - 𝌧親 = #485 relates to a BIPARTITE notion of MARRIAGE then its BIFURCATION as #17 being a religionist's claim to
    piety conform to the premise of COLONIALISM by #71 - DOMINION (ODD: #11
    + #17 + #65 + #71 = #164, EVEN: #68 + #44 + #38 + #14 = #164, CENTRE:
    #41) action against nature (#205 / #164) and prerogative of STATE.

    68    11    44
    17    41    65
    38    71    14

    #164 as [#2, #70, #30, #6, #50, #6] = bâʻal (H1166): {UMBRA: #102 % #41
    = #20} 1) to marry, rule over, possess, own; 1a) (Qal); 1a1) to marry,
    be lord (husband) over; 1a2) to rule over; 1b) (Niphal) to be married;

    #164 as [#3, #1, #40, #70, #50] = gámos (G1062): {UMBRA: #314 % #41 =
    #27} 1) a wedding or marriage festival, a wedding banquet, a wedding
    feast; 2) marriage, matrimony;

    #205 as [#3, #2, #200] = gᵉbar (H1399): {UMBRA: #205 % #41 = #41} 1)
    man, man (of uprightness);

    #205 as [#3, #2, #200] = gᵉbar (H1400): {UMBRA: #205 % #41 = #41} 1) a
    man, a certain (one);

    #205 as [#2, #3, #200] = gêr (H1616): {UMBRA: #203 % #41 = #39} 1) sojourner; 1a) a temporary inhabitant, a newcomer lacking inherited
    rights; 1b) of foreigners in Israel, though conceded rights;

    <http://www.grapple369.com/images/Hitler%20Claim%20to%20Science.jpeg>

    @1 - Michael Nylan, A Translation with Commentary of the T'AI HSÜAN
    CHING (The Canon of Supreme Mystery) by Yang Hsiung, 1993, State
    University of New York

    @2 - Oliver C. Farrington, The Worship and Folk-Lore of Meteorites, The Journal of American Folklore , July to September 1900, Vol. 13, No. 50,
    pp. 199-208, <https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/533884.pdf>

    Initial Post: 2 December 2022



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    That my mathematical theoretical noumenon defines the meta-descriptor prototypes which are prerequisite to the BEING of HOMO[iOS] SAPIEN[S|T]
    as EXISTENCE / *OUSIA*.

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  • From dolf@21:1/5 to dolf on Mon Dec 5 09:15:54 2022
    XPost: alt.philosophy.taoism, alt.religion.christian.adventist, uk.legal
    XPost: can.politics

    "THE ORDER OF THE WHITE FEATHER: Once war broke out (28 JULY 1914 to 11 NOVEMBER 1918) the situation at home became awful, because people did
    not like to see men or lads of army age walking about in civilian
    clothing, or not in uniform of some sort, especially in a military town
    like WOOLWICH. Women were the worst.

    YOUTUBE: "The White Feather and What Really Caused WWI"

    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqYNDnw5gxY&t=437s>

    They would come up to you in the street and give you a white feather, or
    stick it in the lapel of your coat. A *WHITE* *FEATHER* is the sign of cowardice, so they meant you were a coward and that you should be in the
    army doing your bit for #135 - *KING* (noting that KING CHARLES III's
    birthday was 14 NOVEMBER) and *COUNTRY*."

    26 37 31 41
    40 32 34 29
    36 27 42 30
    33 39 28 5

    #135 = [#33 - CLOSENESS (MI), #27 - DUTIES (SHIH), #34 - KINSHIP
    (CH'IN), #41 - RESPONSE (YING)] as [#40, #5, #40, #30, #500] = melek
    (H4428): {UMBRA: #90 % #41 = #8} 1) *KING*;

    ..........

    The consideration is whether the "THE *IMAGE*-G1356 *WHICH* *FELL*
    *DOWN* FROM JUPITER?" [Acts 19:35] actually purveys a mythos related to
    the consequence in using the LUOSHU ORDER #369 MATRIX as REFERENCE
    OBJECT associated to the common characteristic #41 - gechel (H1513):
    *COALS* *OF* *FIRE* being an attribute that manifests between the 4x4 =
    #34 - JUPITER MATRIX and its foundation as DOMINION #123 - INTELLIGENCE
    [#17, #41, #65]: "THE LORD ALSO THUNDERED IN THE HEAVENS, AND THE
    HIGHEST GAVE HIS VOICE;

    #41 as [#3, #8, #30] = gechel (H1513): {UMBRA: #41 % #41 = #41} 1) coal, burning coal, *COALS* *OF* *FIRE*, hot coals;

    HAIL STONES AND *COALS*-H1513 OF FIRE. YEA, HE SENT OUT HIS ARROWS, AND SCATTERED THEM; AND HE SHOT OUT LIGHTNINGS, AND DISCOMFITED THEM.

    #115 as [#40, #6, #60, #4, #5] = môwçâdâh (H4146): {UMBRA: #115 % #41 = #33} 1) *FOUNDATION*;

    #432 as [#400, #2, #30] = têbêl (H8398): {UMBRA: #432 % #41 = #22} 1) *WORLD*;

    THEN THE CHANNELS OF WATERS WERE SEEN, AND THE *FOUNDATIONS*-H4146: OF
    THE *WORLD*-H8398: WERE DISCOVERED AT THY REBUKE, O LORD, AT THE BLAST
    OF THE BREATH OF THY NOSTRILS." [Psalm 18:13-15]


    On 4/12/2022 16:18, dolf wrote:
    -- IS ISLAMIC MARRIAGE PIETY BAAL WORSHIP?

    Just a metaphysical comment on FOUNDATIONS OF BELIEF which may have an
    impact on any TERRORISM PROSECUTIONS. The OCCULT ENCYCLOPAEDIA (Nineveh Shadrach) states that the 3x3 MAGIC SQUARE which according to
    PYTHAGOREAN numerology the ODD numbers are masculine and even numbers
    are feminine and appear in the corners. This is a mathematical symbol of
    the act of sacred union or marriage. [page xxi]

    4    9    2
    3    5    7
    8    1    6

    The sum of any line in this square is 15, which is the numerological
    value of EVE in Arabic: حَوَّاء

    ح و ا {@1: Sup: 45 - GREATNESS: TA (#45 - I AM NOT A DOER OF WRONG
    {%1}); Ego: 15 - REACH: TA (#15)}

    #15 as [#9, #5, #1] = theá (G2299): {UMBRA: #15 % #41 = #15} 1) a
    *GODDESS*;

    #15 as [#9, #5, #1] = theá (G2299): {UMBRA: #15 % #41 = #15} 1) a
    *GODDESS*;

    "AND WHEN THE TOWNCLERK HAD APPEASED THE PEOPLE, HE SAID, YE MEN OF
    EPHESUS, WHAT MAN IS THERE THAT KNOWETH NOT HOW THAT THE CITY OF THE EPHESIANS IS A WORSHIPPER OF THE GREAT GODDESS-G2299 DIANA, AND OF THE *IMAGE*-G1356 *WHICH* *FELL* *DOWN* FROM JUPITER?" [Acts 19:35]

    #677 as [#4, #10, #70, #80, #5, #300, #8, #200] = diopetḗs (G1356):
    {UMBRA: #677 % #41 = #21} 1) *FALLEN* *FROM* *ZEUS*, i.e. *FROM*
    *HEAVEN*; 2) an image of the Ephesian Artemis which was supposed to have fallen from heaven;

        #284 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR 4 DECEMBER 2022 as [#4, #10, #70, #200] = Zeús (G2203): {UMBRA: #612 % #41 = #38} 0) Jupiter or Zeus = 'a father of helps'; 1) the national god of the Greeks and corresponds to
    the Roman Jupiter;

        #291 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR 4 DECEMBER 2022 as [#5, #80, #5,
    #200, #1] /
    #405 - STOICHEION OF THE *KOSMOS* JUXTAPOSITION CONTROLLER as [#80, #5,
    #200, #70, #50] = píptō (G4098): {UMBRA: #1270 % #41 = #40} 1) to
    descend from a higher place to a lower; 1a) to fall (either from or
    upon); 1a1) to be thrust down; 1b) metaph. to fall under judgment, came
    under condemnation; 2) to descend from an erect to a prostrate position;
    2a) to fall down; 2a1) to be prostrated, fall prostrate; 2a2) of those overcome by terror or astonishment or grief or under the attack of an
    evil spirit or of falling dead suddenly; 2a3) the dismemberment of a
    corpse by decay; 2a4) *TO* *PROSTRATE* *ONE'S* *SELF*; 2a5) *USED* *OF* *SUPPLIANTS* *AND* *PERSONS* *RENDERING* *HOMAGE* *OR* *WORSHIP* *TO*
    *ONE*; 2a6) to fall out, fall from i.e. shall perish or be lost; 2a7) to
    fall down, fall into ruin: of buildings, walls etc.; 2b) to be cast down
    from a state of prosperity; 2b1) to fall from a state of uprightness;
    2b2) to perish, i.e come to an end, disappear, cease; i) of virtues;
    2b3) to lose authority, no longer have force; i) of sayings, precepts,
    etc.; 2b4) to be removed from power by death; 2b5) to fail of
    participating in, miss a share in;

    The "image which fell from Zeus" probably refers to a meteorite since meteorites were part of the worship of Diana. This image was the central object in the great temple at Ephesus, which was reckoned one of the
    seven wonders of the world. It was said to have fallen from heaven, and
    its name, Diipetes, signified "fallen from the sky." While the copies
    which were made of it and widely circulated during the first century are
    not representations of a stone, they are, in the opinion of Professor
    Newton, idealized forms of what was originally a stone having the
    characters of a meteorite.

    In addition to the above seemingly well-defined instances of the worship
    of meteorites by the Greeks and Romans, there are others indicated by
    coins known to have been struck by different rulers. [@2, page 202]

    @135 - DEME BINOMIAL STOICHEION SUBSTITUTION
    @102 - RAPACIOUSNESS / #237 - DEME USE OF FORCE
    @168 - ONTIC ROOT (LANGUAGE / TIME)

    #405 + @215 - SELF CONTRADICTION = @620 as [#40, #5, #300, #1, #9, #5,
    #200, #10, #50] = metáthesis (G3331): {UMBRA: #770 % #41 = #32} 1)
    transfer: from one place to another; 2) *TO* *CHANGE*; 2a) *OF* *THINGS* *INSTITUTED* *OR* *ESTABLISHED*;

    #620 + @130 - ACT SEVERELY / ABUSE / WICKEDNESS = #750 as [#40, #200,
    #70, #400, #600] = raʻ (H7451): {UMBRA: #270 % #41 = #24} 1) bad, evil;
    1a) bad, disagreeable, malignant; 1b) bad, unpleasant, evil (giving
    pain, unhappiness, misery); 1c) evil, displeasing; 1d) bad (of its kind
    - land, water, etc); 1e) bad (of value); 1f) worse than, worst
    (comparison); 1g) sad, unhappy; 1h) evil (hurtful); 1i) *BAD*, *UNKIND* (*VICIOUS* *IN* *DISPOSITION*); 1j) bad, evil, wicked (ethically); 1j1)
    *IN* *GENERAL*, *OF* *PERSONS*, *OF* *THOUGHTS*; 1j2) *DEEDS*,
    *ACTIONS*; 1k) *EVIL*, *DISTRESS*, *MISERY*, *INJURY*, *CALAMITY*; 1k1)
    evil, distress, adversity; 1k2) evil, injury, wrong; 1k3) evil
    (ethical); 1l) evil, misery, distress, injury; 1l1) evil, misery,
    distress; 1l2) evil, injury, wrong; 1l3) evil (ethical);

    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Stone>

    [IMAGES: KAABA BLACK STONE #750 - IDOLATRY IN PRAISE OF ATUM {as the sun
    god and creator, the substance from which all creation unfurled. He is
    the Lord of the Universe}

    The Black Stone which has often been described as a meteorite is set
    into the eastern corner of the ancient building in the centre of the
    Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is revered by Muslims as an
    Islamic relic which, according to Muslim tradition, is falsely claimed
    to date back to the time of Adam and Eve]

    #750 as [#200, #5, #2, #1, #200, #40, #1, #300, #1] = sébasma (G4574): {UMBRA: #449 % #41 = #39} 1) *WHATEVER* *IS* *RELIGIOUSLY* *HONOURED*,
    *AN* *OBJECT* *OF* *WORSHIP*; 1a) of temples, altars, *STATUES*,
    *IDOLATROUS* *IMAGES*;

    #750 + @147 - TO ESTABLISH (MALE DEME) = #897 as [#20, #400, #5, #40,
    #6, #400] /
    #451 - PRAXIS OF RATIONALITY as [#400, #5, #6, #40] / [#400, #5, #6,
    #600] = tᵉhôwm (H8415): {UMBRA: #451 % #41 = #41} 1) deep, depths, deep places, abyss, the deep, sea; 1a) deep (of subterranean waters); 1b)
    deep, sea, abysses (of sea); 1c) primeval ocean, deep; 1d) deep, depth
    (of river); 1e) *ABYSS*, *THE* *GRAVE*;

    "Ignoring the hazy records of the Chinese and Arabians in regard to the worship of meteorites as being too indefinite for study, there may be
    first mentioned a stone whose worship, beginning at a very early period,
    has endured to the present day. This is the meteorite of the Kaaba at
    Mecca. It is the most sacred site in Islam. It is considered by Muslims
    to be the Bayt Allah (Arabic: بَيْت ٱللَّٰه, lit. 'House of God') and is the
    qibla (Arabic: قِبْلَة, direction of prayer) for Muslims around the world
    when performing salah.

    #452 = #451 - PRAXIS OF RATIONALITY + #1 - CENTRE (CHUNG) as [#40, #2,
    #10, #400] / [#30, #2, #10, #400, #10] = bayith (H1004): {UMBRA: #412 %
    #41 = #2} 1) *HOUSE*; 1a) house, dwelling habitation; 1b) shelter or
    abode of animals; 1c) human bodies (fig.); 1d) of Sheol; 1e) of abode of light and darkness; 1f) of land of Ephraim; 2) place; 3) receptacle; 4)
    home, house as containing a family; 5) household, family; 5a) those
    belonging to the same household; 5b) family of descendants, descendants
    as organized body; 6) household affairs; 7) inwards (metaph.); 8) (TWOT) *TEMPLE*; 9) on the inside; 10) within;

    The #750 - *WORSHIP* *OF* *THIS* *STONE* by Arabian tribes is first
    spoken of by Greek writers of early times. So firmly had its worship
    become established when the Arabs became converts to Mohammedanism, and Mohammed took Mecca, and destroyed the 360 idols within the temple, that
    the great prophet dared not or cared not to abolish it.

    Saluting the idol with his staff, he made the sevenfold circuit of the
    temple court, and returned and kissed it. Having thus sanctioned its
    worship, the Mohammedans have regarded it with the utmost reverence ever since. It is built into the corner of the Kaaba or temple, and toward it
    each devout Moslem is bidden to look five times a day as he prays. Its
    name is The Right Hand of God on Earth.

    The Qur'an contains several verses regarding the origin of the Kaaba. It states that the Kaaba was the first House of Worship for mankind, and
    that it was built by Ibrahim and Ismail on Allah's instructions.

    VERILY, THE FIRST HOUSE (OF WORSHIP) APPOINTED FOR MANKIND WAS THAT AT
    BAKKAH (MAKKAH), FULL OF BLESSING, AND A GUIDANCE FOR MANKIND. — Quran, Surah Al Imran (3), Ayah 96

    BEHOLD! WE GAVE THE SITE, TO IBRAHIM, OF THE (SACRED) HOUSE, (SAYING): "ASSOCIATE NOT ANYTHING (IN WORSHIP) WITH ME; AND SANCTIFY MY HOUSE FOR
    THOSE WHO COMPASS IT ROUND, OR STAND UP, OR BOW, OR PROSTRATE THEMSELVES (THEREIN IN PRAYER)." — Quran, Surah Al-Hajj (22), Ayah 26

    AND REMEMBER IBRAHIM AND ISMAIL RAISED THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE HOUSE
    (WITH THIS PRAYER): "OUR LORD! ACCEPT (THIS SERVICE) FROM US: FOR THOU
    ART THE ALL-HEARING, THE ALL-KNOWING." — Quran, Al-Baqarah (2), Ayah 127

    Ibn Kathir, in his famous exegesis (tafsir) of the Quran, mentions two interpretations among the Muslims on the origin of the Kaaba. One is
    that the shrine was a place of worship for mala'ikah angels before the creation of man. Later, a house of worship was built on the location and
    was lost during the flood in Nuh (Noah)'s time and was finally rebuilt
    by Ibrahim and Ismail as mentioned later in the Quran. Ibn Kathir
    regarded this tradition as weak and preferred instead the narration by
    Ali ibn Abi Talib that although several other temples might have
    preceded the Kaaba, it was the first Bayt Allah ("House of God"),
    dedicated solely to Him, built by His instruction, and sanctified and
    blessed by Him, as stated in Quran 22:26–29. A hadith in Sahih
    al-Bukhari states that the Kaaba was the first masjid on Earth, and the second was the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. [Wikipedia: Kaaba]

    By one tradition it is said to have dropped from Heaven with Adam, by
    another to have been given by Gabriel to Abraham to attest his divinity,
    and by another it is said that when Abraham was reconstructing the Kaaba
    that had been destroyed by the deluge, he sent his son Ishmael for a
    stone to put in its corner, and Gabriel met Ishmael, and gave him this
    stone. By the tradition the stone was originally transparent hyacinth,
    but became black through being kissed by a sinner. In the day of
    judgment, it is said, it will witness in favour of all those who have
    touched it with sincere hearts, and will be endowed with sight and speech.

    That this wonderful stone [of #750 = sébasma (G4574): *IDOLATRY* AND *RELIGIOUSLY* *HONOURED* *OBJECT* *OF* *WORSHIP*] is a meteorite has not
    been positively proved by observation, since of course no one has ever
    been able to obtain a fragment of it for study.

    The meteoritic hypothesis is viewed by geologists as doubtful. The
    British Natural History Museum suggests that it may be a
    pseudo-meteorite; in other words, a terrestrial rock mistakenly
    attributed to a meteoritic origin. The Black Stone has never been
    analysed with modern scientific techniques and its origins remain the
    subject of speculation.

    There can, however, be little doubt that it is a meteorite. Not only did
    it according to tradition fall from heaven, but it is described by
    travellers as having a black colour and basaltic character, qualities
    which correspond exactly to those of meteoric stones. Coming next to the instances of meteorites worshipped by Greeks and Romans, it will be
    found difficult to separate the imaginary from the real." [@2, page 199,
    200]

    "SO THAT NOT ONLY THIS OUR CRAFT IS IN DANGER TO BE SET AT NOUGHT; BUT
    ALSO THAT THE TEMPLE OF THE *GREAT*-G3173 *GODDESS*-G2299 DIANA SHOULD
    BE DESPISED, AND HER MAGNIFICENCE SHOULD BE DESTROYED, WHOM ALL ASIA AND
    THE WORLD WORSHIPPETH." [Acts 19:27]

        #80 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR 4 DECEMBER 2022 as [#40, #5, #3, #1, #30, #1] /
        #280 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR 4 DECEMBER 2022 as [#40, #5, #3, #1, #30, #1, #200] /
        #359 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR 4 DECEMBER 2022 as [#40, #5, #3, #1, #30, #70, #10, #200] /
    #452 = #451 - PRAXIS OF RATIONALITY + #1 - CENTRE (CHUNG) as [#40, #5,
    #10, #7, #70, #50, #70, #200] = mégas (G3173): {UMBRA: #249 % #41 = #3}
    1) great; 1a) of the external form or sensible appearance of things (or
    of persons); 1a1) in particular, of space and its dimensions, as
    respects; i) mass and weight: great; ii) compass and extent: large,
    spacious; iii) measure and height: long; iv) stature and age: great,
    old; 1a2) of number and quantity: numerous, large, abundant; 1a3) of
    age: the elder; 1a4) used of intensity and its degrees: with great
    effort, of the affections and emotions of the mind, of natural events powerfully affecting the senses: violent, mighty, strong; 1b) predicated
    of rank, as belonging to; 1b1) persons, eminent for ability, virtue, authority, power; 1b2) things esteemed highly for their importance: of
    great moment, of great weight, importance; 1b3) a thing to be highly
    esteemed for its excellence: excellent; 1c) splendid, prepared on a
    grand scale, stately; 1d) great things; 1d1) of God's preeminent
    blessings; 1d2) *OF* *THINGS* *WHICH* *OVERSTEP* *THE* *PROVINCE* *OF*
    *A* *CREATED* *BEING*, *PROUD* (*PRESUMPTUOUS*) *THINGS*, *FULL* *OF* *ARROGANCE*, *DEROGATORY* *TO* *THE* *MAJESTY* *OF* *GOD*;

    WHERE #452 = #451 - PRAXIS OF RATIONALITY + #1 - CENTRE (CHUNG): "The Appraisals work, then, somewhat like a Chinese puzzle. Not only do we
    find cycle fitted within cycle, but one clue after another ties the
    series of Appraisals to every microcosm of importance to man. The
    Fathoming of the first Appraisal presumes human participation, alongside
    that of Heaven and Earth, in the cosmic Tao. There are also several
    reminders of the ages of man. The first Appraisal recalls the womb; the third, the young adult's entry into an official career; the fifth, culminating accomplishment; the seventh, mature stability; and the
    ninth, natural death in old age. The symbology of administration appears
    in the apposition of punishment and virtue, as well as in allusions to attributes of the exemplary ruler (in the fifth position) and to his
    vassals (surrounding him in the fourth and sixth positions correlated
    with yin ch'i).

    The appraisals abound in correlates to yin/yang and in echoes of the
    Book of Changes. Images of darkness and moon (associated with Water in Appraisals 1 and 6), of the dragon (Wood, 3) of centering (Earth, 5),
    and of Fire (Appraisal 7) reflect the significance of each Appraisal in
    the cosmogonic succession of the Five Phases. Yang Hsiung summarizes the dominant meaning of the Head entitled Center with the aphorism "#452 - *INTEGRITY*, when it occupies the inner part, is preserved in the center."

    #452 = #451 - PRAXIS OF RATIONALITY + #1 - CENTRE (CHUNG) as [#2, #400,
    #40, #10] = tôm (H8537): {UMBRA: #440 % #41 = #30} 1) *INTEGRITY*, completeness; 1a) completeness, fulness; 1b) innocence, simplicity; 1c) integrity;

    The first Head and its Appraisals, read in the light of Yang's own commentaries, lead the reader to recognize #452 - *INTEGRITY* (ch'eng)
    as the central virtue precisely because of its all­ encompassing nature. #452 - *INTEGRITY* not only establishes the unity of man with the
    visible world of Heaven ­and­ Earth, but it also puts him in touch with
    the primal Mystery hidden at the cosmic origin (Appraisal 1). The
    individual may easily fail to attain this #452 - *INTEGRITY* if he
    relies on specious absolutes—for example, the polarization of yin /
    yang. He will also fail if he is mired in the moral ambiguity (Appraisal
    2) that results when an individual disregards his sacred duty to make
    names (=conceptual categories) correspond to realities (Appraisal 8).
    Because the petty man ignores the Mystery within him, he is obstructed
    in both his private desires and public ambitions (Appraisals 4, 6). In contrast, the aspirant to sage hood devotedly imitates the universal, unchanging patterns, and so is led to decisions that make his activities effective (Appraisals 3, 5, 7).

    APPRAISAL #1: Primal oneness encompasses all.
    It is profound.
    FATHOMING #1: Primal oneness, all encompassing
    Means: This is the correct state of contemplation.

    "Primal oneness" is a set phrase describing the initial cosmic state of non-differentiation "prior to the appearance of forms." In early Chinese cosmogonies, the world we experience emerges from this initial state
    through various stages of separation until the perceptible world finally unfolds. The term primal oneness was also associated with both the AXIS
    MUNDI and Chuang tzu's Emperor of the Center, who died when the primal
    unity of his body was violated. The analogous state to primal one ness
    in what we might call moral psychology is the initial centering of human inwardness that leads to conscious, responsible action. The associations
    of primal oneness with centering, the theme of this tetragram, are thus multiple.

    The term "all­ encompassing" is borrowed from the Chuang tzu, where it describes that power of the Way acting through the sage that lets him
    see beyond surface differentiation to the fundamental unity of things,
    so that he can "merge the myriad things and make them one." The same
    phrase, however, is glossed by an early commentator as, "in the shape of
    the earth"; evidently he takes it to mean "swollen and vast.'' According
    to the "spheroidal heaven" (hun­t'ien) theory of cosmology promoted by
    Yang, the earth (hemispherical or discoidal in different versions) was centered within the sky like the yolk of an egg. Thus it is natural to juxtapose the phrases all encompassing, with its associations with
    Earth, and primal oneness, which implies the sky and the cosmic axis.

    "Profound," of course, is synonymous with "mystery" insofar as it
    indicates the creative, yet indeterminate origins of Heaven and Earth,
    as well as the psychic center within which the sage finds the germs of
    his future actions. The same character, for obvious reasons, can mean "obscure." The commentator FAN WANG emphasizes the cosmological meaning
    of the term: In the sky's daily rotation about the central earth, the
    sun at night is hidden below the horizon and "thus is called 'obscure.'"
    YANG HSIUNG, as his own "Elaboration" auto commentary shows, is not
    concerned with establishing a single level of meaning. Instead, he would emphasize the strong connection between the Tao, the unity of the
    cosmos, and the sage's centeredness:

    The worthy man is one with Heaven and Earth [insofar as his] thoughts
    embrace the many kinds [of being]. [His thoughts] unite them at center
    but they have not yet taken form outside.

    SSU­MA KUANG fleshes out this theme in his commentary:

    "Primal oneness" is the magnitude of the sky's [starry] images; "all­ encompassing" is the breadth of the earth's form. That the heart and
    mind of man should be able to fathom the immensity of sky and earth
    surely bespeaks divinity in the operations of heart and mind. Appraisal
    1 marks the beginning of contemplation. The heart and mind of the noble
    man can probe deep and far. He perceives, when he looks up, all that is divine in the sky and, when he looks down, all that is numinous on
    earth. Neither sky nor earth, nor any thing, can hide their #452 -
    *TRUTH* from him. Because [at the stage in the process symbolized by
    Center] his contemplation is not yet formed, it is called "obscure."­"

    #452 as [#6, #5, #1, #40, #400] = ʼemeth (H571): {UMBRA: #441 % #41 =
    #31} 1) firmness, faithfulness, truth; 1a) sureness, reliability; 1b) stability, continuance; 1c) faithfulness, reliableness; 1d) truth; 1d1)
    as spoken; 1d2) of testimony and judgment; 1d3) of divine instruction;
    1d4) *TRUTH* *AS* *A* *BODY* *OF* *ETHICAL* *OR* *RELIGIOUS*
    *KNOWLEDGE*; 1d5) true doctrine; 1e) in truth, truly;

    The sage is the mediator, discerning the patterns, at once metaphysical
    and moral, of sky and earth. These perceptions, as the "Great
    Commentary" to the Changes tells us, are the source of the patterns by
    which the sage orders himself and society. SSU­MA KUANG does not do
    violence to the text when he sees in this first Appraisal of the Mystery
    a synthesis of associations that affirms and celebrates human capacities.

    In the Fathoming, the "correct [state]" (chen) refers to one of the
    mantic formulae found in the earliest strata of the Changes. According
    to Han interpretations, the term describes the faithful adherence of the
    sage to the Way of the ancients. By virtue of this orientation, the sage participates in the #452 - *INTEGRITY* of the Tao. Chen also points to a quality of the cosmos, the dynamic balance that makes its processes
    equable in every sense. As FAN WANG's cosmological interpretation puts
    it, the Appraisal is saying that the "revolutions in the sky entirely
    accord with 'correctness.'" [@1, pages 85 to 88]

    The total sum of the entire square is #45, which is the numerological
    value of ADAM in Arabic: آدم

    ادم {@1: Sup: 52 - MEASURE: TU (#52); Ego: 45 - GREATNESS: TA (#45 - I
    AM NOT A DOER OF WRONG {%1})}

    And Hebrew: אדמ

    #45 as [#1, #4, #40] / [#1, #4, #600] = ʼâdâm (H120): {UMBRA: #45 % #41
    = #4} 1) man, mankind; 1a) man, human being; 1b) man, mankind (much more frequently intended sense in OT); 1c) Adam, first man; 1d) city in
    Jordan valley;

    Thus we assert that as a MATTER OF MIND as #123 - JUDGEMENT SENSIBILITY
    the principle of COLONISATION against any host country is implicit
    within the nature of the MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP dynamic itself,
    irrespective of whether hostile or terrorism acts may have occurred.

    Where the TRIPARTITE idea #34 - 𝌧親 = #485 relates to a BIPARTITE notion of MARRIAGE then its BIFURCATION as #17 being a religionist's claim to
    piety conform to the premise of COLONIALISM by #71 - DOMINION (ODD: #11
    + #17 + #65 + #71 = #164, EVEN: #68 + #44 + #38 + #14 = #164, CENTRE:
    #41) action against nature (#205 / #164) and prerogative of STATE.

    68    11    44
    17    41    65
    38    71    14

    #164 as [#2, #70, #30, #6, #50, #6] = bâʻal (H1166): {UMBRA: #102 % #41
    = #20} 1) to marry, rule over, possess, own; 1a) (Qal); 1a1) to marry,
    be lord (husband) over; 1a2) to rule over; 1b) (Niphal) to be married;

    #164 as [#3, #1, #40, #70, #50] = gámos (G1062): {UMBRA: #314 % #41 =
    #27} 1) a wedding or marriage festival, a wedding banquet, a wedding
    feast; 2) marriage, matrimony;

    #205 as [#3, #2, #200] = gᵉbar (H1399): {UMBRA: #205 % #41 = #41} 1)
    man, man (of uprightness);

    #205 as [#3, #2, #200] = gᵉbar (H1400): {UMBRA: #205 % #41 = #41} 1) a
    man, a certain (one);

    #205 as [#2, #3, #200] = gêr (H1616): {UMBRA: #203 % #41 = #39} 1) sojourner; 1a) a temporary inhabitant, a newcomer lacking inherited
    rights; 1b) of foreigners in Israel, though conceded rights;

    <http://www.grapple369.com/images/Hitler%20Claim%20to%20Science.jpeg>

    @1 - Michael Nylan, A Translation with Commentary of the T'AI HSÜAN
    CHING (The Canon of Supreme Mystery) by Yang Hsiung, 1993, State
    University of New York

    @2 - Oliver C. Farrington, The Worship and Folk-Lore of Meteorites, The Journal of American Folklore , July to September 1900, Vol. 13, No. 50,
    pp. 199-208, <https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/533884.pdf>

    Initial Post: 2 December 2022



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    as EXISTENCE / *OUSIA*.

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    XPost: can.politics

    "THE ORDER OF THE WHITE FEATHER: Once war broke out (28 JULY 1914 to 11 NOVEMBER 1918) the situation at home became awful, because people did not
    like to see men or lads of army age walking about in civilian clothing, or
    not in uniform of some sort, especially in a military town like WOOLWICH.
    Women were the worst.

    YOUTUBE: "The White Feather and What Really Caused WWI"

    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqYNDnw5gxY&t=437s>

    They would come up to you in the street and give you a white feather, or
    stick it in the lapel of your coat. A *WHITE* *FEATHER* is the sign of cowardice, so they meant you were a coward and that you should be in the
    army doing your bit for #135 - *KING* (noting that KING CHARLES III's
    birthday was 14 NOVEMBER) and *COUNTRY*."

    26 37 31 41
    40 32 34 29
    36 27 42 30
    33 39 28 5

    #135 = [#33 - CLOSENESS (MI), #27 - DUTIES (SHIH), #34 - KINSHIP (CH'IN),
    #41 - RESPONSE (YING)] as [#40, #5, #40, #30, #500] = melek (H4428):
    {UMBRA: #90 % #41 = #8} 1) *KING*;

    ------------

    "AND WHEN THE TOWNCLERK HAD APPEASED THE PEOPLE, HE SAID, YE MEN OF
    EPHESUS, WHAT MAN IS THERE THAT KNOWETH NOT HOW THAT THE CITY OF THE
    EPHESIANS IS A WORSHIPPER OF THE GREAT GODDESS-G2299 DIANA, AND OF THE *IMAGE*-G1356 *WHICH* *FELL* *DOWN* FROM JUPITER?" [Acts 19:35]

    #677 as [#4, #10, #70, #80, #5, #300, #8, #200] = diopetḗs (G1356): {UMBRA: #677 % #41 = #21} 1) *FALLEN* *FROM* *ZEUS*, i.e. *FROM* *HEAVEN*; 2) an
    image of the Ephesian Artemis which was supposed to have fallen from
    heaven;

        #284 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR 4 DECEMBER 2022 as [#4, #10, #70, #200] = Zeús (G2203): {UMBRA: #612 % #41 = #38} 0) Jupiter or Zeus = 'a father of helps'; 1) the national god of the Greeks and corresponds to the Roman
    Jupiter;

        #291 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR 4 DECEMBER 2022 as [#5, #80, #5, #200, #1] /
    #405 - STOICHEION OF THE *KOSMOS* JUXTAPOSITION CONTROLLER as [#80, #5,
    #200, #70, #50] = píptō (G4098): {UMBRA: #1270 % #41 = #40} 1) to descend from a higher place to a lower; 1a) to fall (either from or upon); 1a1) to
    be thrust down; 1b) metaph. to fall under judgment, came under
    condemnation; 2) to descend from an erect to a prostrate position; 2a) to
    fall down; 2a1) to be prostrated, fall prostrate; 2a2) of those overcome by terror or astonishment or grief or under the attack of an evil spirit or of falling dead suddenly; 2a3) the dismemberment of a corpse by decay; 2a4)
    *TO* *PROSTRATE* *ONE'S* *SELF*; 2a5) *USED* *OF* *SUPPLIANTS* *AND*
    *PERSONS* *RENDERING* *HOMAGE* *OR* *WORSHIP* *TO* *ONE*; 2a6) to fall out, fall from i.e. shall perish or be lost; 2a7) to fall down, fall into ruin:
    of buildings, walls etc.; 2b) to be cast down from a state of prosperity;
    2b1) to fall from a state of uprightness; 2b2) to perish, i.e come to an
    end, disappear, cease; i) of virtues; 2b3) to lose authority, no longer
    have force; i) of sayings, precepts, etc.; 2b4) to be removed from power by death; 2b5) to fail of participating in, miss a share in;

    #42 #16 #65
    #64 #41 #18
    #17 #66 #40
    = #123 - JUDGEMENT SENSIBILITY (JEWISH PROTOTYPE #SIX) / #369 {#232 - WORLD
    WAR ONE 2018 CENTENNIAL HIJACK SCHEMA: [#66, #42, #18, #65, #41]}

    <http://www.grapple369.com/?idea:66,108,126,191,232,249,313,353>

    #66 = [#66] as [#6, #10, #9, #30, #5, #6] = ṭûwl (H2904): {UMBRA: #45 % #41 = #4} 1) to hurl, cast; 1a) (Pilpel) to throw away, carry away, hurl; 1b) (Hiphil) to throw, cast, cast out; 1c) (Hophal); 1c1) *TO* *BE* *HURLED*, *HURLED* *DOWN*; 1c2) to be cast, be thrown, be cast out, be thrown down;

        #63 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR 4 DECEMBER 2022 as [#1, #2, #50, #10] / #108 = [#66, #42] as [#1, #2, #50, #10, #5, #600] = ʼeben (H68): {UMBRA:
    #53 % #41 = #12} 1) stone (large or small); 1a) common stone (in natural state); 1b) stone, as material; 1b1) of tablets; 1b2) marble, hewn stones;
    1c) *PRECIOUS* *STONES*, *STONES* *OF* *FIRE*; 1d) stones containing metal (ore), tool for work or weapon; 1e) weight; 1f) plummet (stones of
    destruction) also made of metal; 1g) stonelike objects, eg hailstones,
    stony heart, ice; 1h) sacred object, as memorial Samuel set up to mark
    where God helped Israel to defeat the Philistines; 1i) (simile); 1i1)
    sinking in water, motionlessness; 1i2) strength, firmness, solidity; 1i3) commonness; 1j) (metaph); 1j1) petrified with terror; 1j2) perverse, hard heart;

    #126 = [#66, #42, #18] as [#40, #6, #40, #600] / #126 as [#40, #40, #6,
    #600] = mʼûwm (H3971): {UMBRA: #87 % #41 = #5} 1) blemish, spot, defect;
    1a) of physical defect; 1b) of *MORAL* *STAIN*;

    #191 = [#66, #42, #18, #65] as [#5, #40, #100, #6, #600] / [#40, #100, #6,
    #40, #5] /
        #266 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR 4 DECEMBER 2022 as [#40, #40, #100, #6, #40, #600] = mâqôwm (H4725): {UMBRA: #186 % #41 = #22} 1) standing place, place; 1a) standing place, station, post, office; 1b) place, place of human abode; 1c) city, land, region; 1d) *PLACE*, *LOCALITY*, *SPOT*; 1e) space, room, distance; 1f) region, quarter, direction; 1g) give place to, instead
    of;

    #232 = [#66, #42, #18, #65, 41] as [#7, #20, #200, #5] /
        #284 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR 4 DECEMBER 2022 as [#1, #7, #20, #200, #50, #6] = zâkar (H2142): {UMBRA: #227 % #41 = #22} 1) to remember, recall, call to mind; 1a) (Qal) to remember, recall; 1b) (Niphal) to be brought to remembrance, be remembered, be thought of, be brought to mind; 1c)
    (Hiphil); 1c1) to cause to remember, remind; 1c2) to cause to be
    remembered, keep in remembrance; 1c3) to mention; 1c4) to record; 1c5) *TO* *MAKE* *A* *MEMORIAL*, *MAKE* *REMEMBRANCE*;

    #249 = [#66, #42, #18, #65, 41, #17] as [#6, #1, #2, #200, #600] /
        #279 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR 4 DECEMBER 2022 as [#6, #30, #1, #2, #200, #600] = ʼAbrâm (H87): {UMBRA: #243 % #41 = #38} 0) *ABRAM* = 'exalted father'; 1) original name of Abraham;

    #313 = [#66, #42, #18, #65, 41, #17, #64] as [#6, #40, #6, #200, #1, #20,
    #600] = môwrâʼ (H4172): {UMBRA: #247 % #41 = #1} 1) fear, reverence,
    terror; 1a) fear, terror; 1b) reverence; 1c) *OBJECT* *OF* *REVERENCE*; 1d) awe-inspiring spectacle or deed;
    IMMANUEL KANT PROLEGOMENA (1783) AS COMMENTARY ON SECTION #30 - GOVERNMENT WITHOUT COERCION, BE CHARY OF WAR; I-CHING: H45 - GATHERING, CONGREGATION, CLUSTERING, GATHERING TOGETHER (MASSING), FINISHED; TETRA: 59 - MASSING
    (CHU) AS IDEA #313: "Consequently, even the pure concepts of the
    understanding have no significance at all if they depart from *OBJECTS*
    *OF* *EXPERIENCE* *AND* *WANT* *TO* *BE* *REFERRED* *TO* *THINGS* *IN* *THEMSELVES* (*NOUMENA*). They serve as it were only to spell out
    appearances, so that they can be read as experience; the principles that
    arise from their relation to the sensible world serve our understanding for
    use in experience only; beyond this there are arbitrary conjoinings without objective reality whose possibility cannot be cognized a priori and whose relation to objects cannot, through any example, be confirmed or even made intelligible, since all examples can be taken only from some possible experience or other and hence the objects of these concepts can be met with nowhere else but in a possible experience." [page 64]

    #353 = [#66, #42, #18, #65, 41, #17, #64, #40] as [#9, #100, #8, #200, #20,
    #5, #10, #1] = thrēskeía (G2356): {UMBRA: #353 % #41 = #25} 1) *RELIGIOUS* *WORSHIP*; 1a) esp. external, that which consists of ceremonies; 1a1)
    religious discipline, religion;
    "LET NO MAN BEGUILE YOU OF YOUR REWARD IN A VOLUNTARY HUMILITY AND *WORSHIPPING*-G2356 OF ANGELS, INTRUDING INTO THOSE THINGS WHICH HE HATH
    NOT SEEN, VAINLY PUFFED UP BY HIS FLESHLY MIND, AND NOT HOLDING THE HEAD
    (ie. #592 - theótēs (G2320): *GODHEAD* / #602 - theiótēs (G2305): *DIVINITY*, *DIVINE* *NATURE*), FROM WHICH ALL THE BODY BY JOINTS AND BANDS HAVING NOURISHMENT MINISTERED, AND KNIT TOGETHER, INCREASETH WITH THE
    INCREASE OF GOD." [Colossians 2:18]

    #353 as [#2, #300, #40, #10, #1] = shâmayin (H8065): {UMBRA: #400 % #41 =
    #31} 1) heaven, heavens, sky; 1a) visible sky; 1b) *HEAVEN* (*AS* *ABODE*
    *OF* *GOD*);

    Islamic tradition holds that the Black Stone fell from JANNAH (ie. Heaven
    as the final abode of the righteous; paradise, garden) to show Adam and Eve where to build an altar, which became the first temple on Earth. Muslims believe that the stone was originally pure and dazzling white, but has
    since turned black because of the sins of the people who touch it. Its
    black colour is deemed to symbolize the essential spiritual virtue of detachment and poverty for God (faqr) and the extinction of ego required to progress towards God (qalb).

    According to a prophetic tradition, "Touching them both (the Black Stone
    and al-Rukn al-Yamani) is an expiation for sins." Adam's altar and the
    stone were said to have been lost during Noah's Flood and forgotten.
    Ibrahim (Abraham) was said to have later found the Black Stone at the
    original site of Adam's altar when the angel Jibrail (#246 - GABRIEL)
    revealed it to him. Ibrahim ordered his son Ismael – who in Muslim belief
    is an ancestor of Muhammad – to build a new temple, the Kaaba, into which
    the stone was to be embedded. [Wikipedia: Black_Stone]

        #291 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR 4 DECEMBER 2022 as [#1, #200, #90] / [#1, #200, #900] /
        #317 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR 4 DECEMBER 2022 as [#6, #1, #200, #90, #500] /
        #321 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR 4 DECEMBER 2022 as [#30, #1, #200, #900] /
    #353 as [#2, #1, #200, #90, #20, #600] / [#6, #1, #200, #90, #50, #6] /     #359 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR 4 DECEMBER 2022 as [#6, #2, #1, #200, #90, #20, #600] = ʼerets (H776): {UMBRA: #291 % #41 = #4} 1) land, *EARTH*; 1a) earth; 1a1) whole earth (as opposed to a part); 1a2) earth (as opposed
    to heaven); 1a3) earth (inhabitants); 1b) land; 1b1) country, territory;
    1b2) district, region; 1b3) tribal territory; 1b4) piece of ground; 1b5)
    land of Canaan, Israel; 1b6) inhabitants of land; 1b7) Sheol, land without return, (under) world; 1b8) city (-state); 1c) ground, surface of the
    earth; 1c1) ground; 1c2) soil; 1d) (in phrases); 1d1) people of the land;
    1d2) space or distance of country (in measurements of distance); 1d3) level
    or plain country; 1d4) land of the living; 1d5) end(s) of the earth; 1e) (almost wholly late in usage); 1e1) lands, countries; i) often in contrast
    to Canaan;

    The consideration is whether the "THE *IMAGE*-G1356 *WHICH* *FELL* *DOWN*
    FROM JUPITER?" [Acts 19:35] actually purveys a mythos related to the consequence in using the LUOSHU ORDER #369 MATRIX as REFERENCE OBJECT associated to the common characteristic #41 - gechel (H1513): *COALS* *OF* *FIRE* being an attribute that manifests between the 4x4 = #34 - JUPITER
    MATRIX and its foundation as DOMINION #123 - INTELLIGENCE [#17, #41, #65]:
    "THE LORD ALSO THUNDERED IN THE HEAVENS, AND THE HIGHEST GAVE HIS VOICE;

    #41 as [#3, #8, #30] = gechel (H1513): {UMBRA: #41 % #41 = #41} 1) coal, burning coal, *COALS* *OF* *FIRE*, hot coals;

    HAIL STONES AND *COALS*-H1513 OF FIRE. YEA, HE SENT OUT HIS ARROWS, AND SCATTERED THEM; AND HE SHOT OUT LIGHTNINGS, AND DISCOMFITED THEM.

    #115 as [#40, #6, #60, #4, #5] = môwçâdâh (H4146): {UMBRA: #115 % #41 = #33} 1) *FOUNDATION*;

    #432 as [#400, #2, #30] = têbêl (H8398): {UMBRA: #432 % #41 = #22} 1) *WORLD*;

    THEN THE CHANNELS OF WATERS WERE SEEN, AND THE *FOUNDATIONS*-H4146: OF THE *WORLD*-H8398: WERE DISCOVERED AT THY REBUKE, O LORD, AT THE BLAST OF THE BREATH OF THY NOSTRILS." [Psalm 18:13-15]

    The "image which fell from Zeus" probably refers to a meteorite since meteorites were part of the worship of Diana. This image was the central
    object in the great temple at Ephesus, which was reckoned one of the seven wonders of the world. It was said to have fallen from heaven, and its name, Diipetes, signified "fallen from the sky." While the copies which were made
    of it and widely circulated during the first century are not
    representations of a stone, they are, in the opinion of Professor Newton, idealized forms of what was originally a stone having the characters of a meteorite.

    In addition to the above seemingly well-defined instances of the worship of meteorites by the Greeks and Romans, there are others indicated by coins
    known to have been struck by different rulers. [@2, page 202]

    <http://www.grapple369.com/Groundwork/White%20Feather.pdf>

    dolf <dolfboek@hotmail.com> wrote:
    -- IS ISLAMIC MARRIAGE PIETY BAAL WORSHIP?

    Just a metaphysical comment on FOUNDATIONS OF BELIEF which may have an
    impact on any TERRORISM PROSECUTIONS. The OCCULT ENCYCLOPAEDIA (Nineveh Shadrach) states that the 3x3 MAGIC SQUARE which according to
    PYTHAGOREAN numerology the ODD numbers are masculine and even numbers
    are feminine and appear in the corners. This is a mathematical symbol of
    the act of sacred union or marriage. [page xxi]

    4 9 2
    3 5 7
    8 1 6

    The sum of any line in this square is 15, which is the numerological
    value of EVE in Arabic: حَوَّاء

    ح و ا {@1: Sup: 45 - GREATNESS: TA (#45 - I AM NOT A DOER OF WRONG
    {%1}); Ego: 15 - REACH: TA (#15)}

    #15 as [#9, #5, #1] = theá (G2299): {UMBRA: #15 % #41 = #15} 1) a *GODDESS*;

    #15 as [#9, #5, #1] = theá (G2299): {UMBRA: #15 % #41 = #15} 1) a *GODDESS*;

    "AND WHEN THE TOWNCLERK HAD APPEASED THE PEOPLE, HE SAID, YE MEN OF
    EPHESUS, WHAT MAN IS THERE THAT KNOWETH NOT HOW THAT THE CITY OF THE EPHESIANS IS A WORSHIPPER OF THE GREAT GODDESS-G2299 DIANA, AND OF THE *IMAGE*-G1356 *WHICH* *FELL* *DOWN* FROM JUPITER?" [Acts 19:35]

    #677 as [#4, #10, #70, #80, #5, #300, #8, #200] = diopetḗs (G1356):
    {UMBRA: #677 % #41 = #21} 1) *FALLEN* *FROM* *ZEUS*, i.e. *FROM*
    *HEAVEN*; 2) an image of the Ephesian Artemis which was supposed to have fallen from heaven;

        #284 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR 4 DECEMBER 2022 as [#4, #10, #70,
    #200] = Zeús (G2203): {UMBRA: #612 % #41 = #38} 0) Jupiter or Zeus = 'a father of helps'; 1) the national god of the Greeks and corresponds to
    the Roman Jupiter;

        #291 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR 4 DECEMBER 2022 as [#5, #80, #5,
    #200, #1] /
    #405 - STOICHEION OF THE *KOSMOS* JUXTAPOSITION CONTROLLER as [#80, #5,
    #200, #70, #50] = píptō (G4098): {UMBRA: #1270 % #41 = #40} 1) to
    descend from a higher place to a lower; 1a) to fall (either from or
    upon); 1a1) to be thrust down; 1b) metaph. to fall under judgment, came
    under condemnation; 2) to descend from an erect to a prostrate position;
    2a) to fall down; 2a1) to be prostrated, fall prostrate; 2a2) of those overcome by terror or astonishment or grief or under the attack of an
    evil spirit or of falling dead suddenly; 2a3) the dismemberment of a
    corpse by decay; 2a4) *TO* *PROSTRATE* *ONE'S* *SELF*; 2a5) *USED* *OF* *SUPPLIANTS* *AND* *PERSONS* *RENDERING* *HOMAGE* *OR* *WORSHIP* *TO*
    *ONE*; 2a6) to fall out, fall from i.e. shall perish or be lost; 2a7) to
    fall down, fall into ruin: of buildings, walls etc.; 2b) to be cast down
    from a state of prosperity; 2b1) to fall from a state of uprightness;
    2b2) to perish, i.e come to an end, disappear, cease; i) of virtues;
    2b3) to lose authority, no longer have force; i) of sayings, precepts,
    etc.; 2b4) to be removed from power by death; 2b5) to fail of
    participating in, miss a share in;

    The "image which fell from Zeus" probably refers to a meteorite since meteorites were part of the worship of Diana. This image was the central object in the great temple at Ephesus, which was reckoned one of the
    seven wonders of the world. It was said to have fallen from heaven, and
    its name, Diipetes, signified "fallen from the sky." While the copies
    which were made of it and widely circulated during the first century are
    not representations of a stone, they are, in the opinion of Professor
    Newton, idealized forms of what was originally a stone having the
    characters of a meteorite.

    In addition to the above seemingly well-defined instances of the worship
    of meteorites by the Greeks and Romans, there are others indicated by
    coins known to have been struck by different rulers. [@2, page 202]

    @135 - DEME BINOMIAL STOICHEION SUBSTITUTION
    @102 - RAPACIOUSNESS / #237 - DEME USE OF FORCE
    @168 - ONTIC ROOT (LANGUAGE / TIME)

    #405 + @215 - SELF CONTRADICTION = @620 as [#40, #5, #300, #1, #9, #5,
    #200, #10, #50] = metáthesis (G3331): {UMBRA: #770 % #41 = #32} 1)
    transfer: from one place to another; 2) *TO* *CHANGE*; 2a) *OF* *THINGS* *INSTITUTED* *OR* *ESTABLISHED*;

    #620 + @130 - ACT SEVERELY / ABUSE / WICKEDNESS = #750 as [#40, #200,
    #70, #400, #600] = raʻ (H7451): {UMBRA: #270 % #41 = #24} 1) bad, evil;
    1a) bad, disagreeable, malignant; 1b) bad, unpleasant, evil (giving
    pain, unhappiness, misery); 1c) evil, displeasing; 1d) bad (of its kind
    - land, water, etc); 1e) bad (of value); 1f) worse than, worst
    (comparison); 1g) sad, unhappy; 1h) evil (hurtful); 1i) *BAD*, *UNKIND* (*VICIOUS* *IN* *DISPOSITION*); 1j) bad, evil, wicked (ethically); 1j1)
    *IN* *GENERAL*, *OF* *PERSONS*, *OF* *THOUGHTS*; 1j2) *DEEDS*,
    *ACTIONS*; 1k) *EVIL*, *DISTRESS*, *MISERY*, *INJURY*, *CALAMITY*; 1k1)
    evil, distress, adversity; 1k2) evil, injury, wrong; 1k3) evil
    (ethical); 1l) evil, misery, distress, injury; 1l1) evil, misery,
    distress; 1l2) evil, injury, wrong; 1l3) evil (ethical);

    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Stone>

    [IMAGES: KAABA BLACK STONE #750 - IDOLATRY IN PRAISE OF ATUM {as the sun
    god and creator, the substance from which all creation unfurled. He is
    the Lord of the Universe}

    The Black Stone which has often been described as a meteorite is set
    into the eastern corner of the ancient building in the centre of the
    Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is revered by Muslims as an
    Islamic relic which, according to Muslim tradition, is falsely claimed
    to date back to the time of Adam and Eve]

    #750 as [#200, #5, #2, #1, #200, #40, #1, #300, #1] = sébasma (G4574): {UMBRA: #449 % #41 = #39} 1) *WHATEVER* *IS* *RELIGIOUSLY* *HONOURED*,
    *AN* *OBJECT* *OF* *WORSHIP*; 1a) of temples, altars, *STATUES*,
    *IDOLATROUS* *IMAGES*;

    #750 + @147 - TO ESTABLISH (MALE DEME) = #897 as [#20, #400, #5, #40,
    #6, #400] /
    #451 - PRAXIS OF RATIONALITY as [#400, #5, #6, #40] / [#400, #5, #6,
    #600] = tᵉhôwm (H8415): {UMBRA: #451 % #41 = #41} 1) deep, depths, deep places, abyss, the deep, sea; 1a) deep (of subterranean waters); 1b)
    deep, sea, abysses (of sea); 1c) primeval ocean, deep; 1d) deep, depth
    (of river); 1e) *ABYSS*, *THE* *GRAVE*;

    "Ignoring the hazy records of the Chinese and Arabians in regard to the worship of meteorites as being too indefinite for study, there may be
    first mentioned a stone whose worship, beginning at a very early period,
    has endured to the present day. This is the meteorite of the Kaaba at
    Mecca. It is the most sacred site in Islam. It is considered by Muslims
    to be the Bayt Allah (Arabic: بَيْت ٱللَّٰه, lit. 'House of God') and is
    the qibla (Arabic: قِبْلَة, direction of prayer) for Muslims around the
    world when performing salah.

    #452 = #451 - PRAXIS OF RATIONALITY + #1 - CENTRE (CHUNG) as [#40, #2,
    #10, #400] / [#30, #2, #10, #400, #10] = bayith (H1004): {UMBRA: #412 %
    #41 = #2} 1) *HOUSE*; 1a) house, dwelling habitation; 1b) shelter or
    abode of animals; 1c) human bodies (fig.); 1d) of Sheol; 1e) of abode of light and darkness; 1f) of land of Ephraim; 2) place; 3) receptacle; 4)
    home, house as containing a family; 5) household, family; 5a) those
    belonging to the same household; 5b) family of descendants, descendants
    as organized body; 6) household affairs; 7) inwards (metaph.); 8) (TWOT) *TEMPLE*; 9) on the inside; 10) within;

    The #750 - *WORSHIP* *OF* *THIS* *STONE* by Arabian tribes is first
    spoken of by Greek writers of early times. So firmly had its worship
    become established when the Arabs became converts to Mohammedanism, and Mohammed took Mecca, and destroyed the 360 idols within the temple, that
    the great prophet dared not or cared not to abolish it.

    Saluting the idol with his staff, he made the sevenfold circuit of the
    temple court, and returned and kissed it. Having thus sanctioned its
    worship, the Mohammedans have regarded it with the utmost reverence ever since. It is built into the corner of the Kaaba or temple, and toward it
    each devout Moslem is bidden to look five times a day as he prays. Its
    name is The Right Hand of God on Earth.

    The Qur'an contains several verses regarding the origin of the Kaaba. It states that the Kaaba was the first House of Worship for mankind, and
    that it was built by Ibrahim and Ismail on Allah's instructions.

    VERILY, THE FIRST HOUSE (OF WORSHIP) APPOINTED FOR MANKIND WAS THAT AT
    BAKKAH (MAKKAH), FULL OF BLESSING, AND A GUIDANCE FOR MANKIND. — Quran, Surah Al Imran (3), Ayah 96

    BEHOLD! WE GAVE THE SITE, TO IBRAHIM, OF THE (SACRED) HOUSE, (SAYING): "ASSOCIATE NOT ANYTHING (IN WORSHIP) WITH ME; AND SANCTIFY MY HOUSE FOR
    THOSE WHO COMPASS IT ROUND, OR STAND UP, OR BOW, OR PROSTRATE THEMSELVES (THEREIN IN PRAYER)." — Quran, Surah Al-Hajj (22), Ayah 26

    AND REMEMBER IBRAHIM AND ISMAIL RAISED THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE HOUSE
    (WITH THIS PRAYER): "OUR LORD! ACCEPT (THIS SERVICE) FROM US: FOR THOU
    ART THE ALL-HEARING, THE ALL-KNOWING." — Quran, Al-Baqarah (2), Ayah 127

    Ibn Kathir, in his famous exegesis (tafsir) of the Quran, mentions two interpretations among the Muslims on the origin of the Kaaba. One is
    that the shrine was a place of worship for mala'ikah angels before the creation of man. Later, a house of worship was built on the location and
    was lost during the flood in Nuh (Noah)'s time and was finally rebuilt
    by Ibrahim and Ismail as mentioned later in the Quran. Ibn Kathir
    regarded this tradition as weak and preferred instead the narration by
    Ali ibn Abi Talib that although several other temples might have
    preceded the Kaaba, it was the first Bayt Allah ("House of God"),
    dedicated solely to Him, built by His instruction, and sanctified and
    blessed by Him, as stated in Quran 22:26–29. A hadith in Sahih
    al-Bukhari states that the Kaaba was the first masjid on Earth, and the second was the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. [Wikipedia: Kaaba]

    By one tradition it is said to have dropped from Heaven with Adam, by
    another to have been given by Gabriel to Abraham to attest his divinity,
    and by another it is said that when Abraham was reconstructing the Kaaba
    that had been destroyed by the deluge, he sent his son Ishmael for a
    stone to put in its corner, and Gabriel met Ishmael, and gave him this
    stone. By the tradition the stone was originally transparent hyacinth,
    but became black through being kissed by a sinner. In the day of
    judgment, it is said, it will witness in favour of all those who have
    touched it with sincere hearts, and will be endowed with sight and speech.

    That this wonderful stone [of #750 = sébasma (G4574): *IDOLATRY* AND *RELIGIOUSLY* *HONOURED* *OBJECT* *OF* *WORSHIP*] is a meteorite has not
    been positively proved by observation, since of course no one has ever
    been able to obtain a fragment of it for study.

    The meteoritic hypothesis is viewed by geologists as doubtful. The
    British Natural History Museum suggests that it may be a
    pseudo-meteorite; in other words, a terrestrial rock mistakenly
    attributed to a meteoritic origin. The Black Stone has never been
    analysed with modern scientific techniques and its origins remain the
    subject of speculation.

    There can, however, be little doubt that it is a meteorite. Not only did
    it according to tradition fall from heaven, but it is described by
    travellers as having a black colour and basaltic character, qualities
    which correspond exactly to those of meteoric stones. Coming next to the instances of meteorites worshipped by Greeks and Romans, it will be
    found difficult to separate the imaginary from the real." [@2, page 199,
    200]

    "SO THAT NOT ONLY THIS OUR CRAFT IS IN DANGER TO BE SET AT NOUGHT; BUT
    ALSO THAT THE TEMPLE OF THE *GREAT*-G3173 *GODDESS*-G2299 DIANA SHOULD
    BE DESPISED, AND HER MAGNIFICENCE SHOULD BE DESTROYED, WHOM ALL ASIA AND
    THE WORLD WORSHIPPETH." [Acts 19:27]

        #80 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR 4 DECEMBER 2022 as [#40, #5, #3, #1, #30, #1] /
        #280 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR 4 DECEMBER 2022 as [#40, #5, #3, #1, #30, #1, #200] /
        #359 - NOUMENON RESONANCE FOR 4 DECEMBER 2022 as [#40, #5, #3, #1, #30, #70, #10, #200] /
    #452 = #451 - PRAXIS OF RATIONALITY + #1 - CENTRE (CHUNG) as [#40, #5,
    #10, #7, #70, #50, #70, #200] = mégas (G3173): {UMBRA: #249 % #41 = #3}
    1) great; 1a) of the external form or sensible appearance of things (or
    of persons); 1a1) in particular, of space and its dimensions, as
    respects; i) mass and weight: great; ii) compass and extent: large,
    spacious; iii) measure and height: long; iv) stature and age: great,
    old; 1a2) of number and quantity: numerous, large, abundant; 1a3) of
    age: the elder; 1a4) used of intensity and its degrees: with great
    effort, of the affections and emotions of the mind, of natural events powerfully affecting the senses: violent, mighty, strong; 1b) predicated
    of rank, as belonging to; 1b1) persons, eminent for ability, virtue, authority, power; 1b2) things esteemed highly for their importance: of
    great moment, of great weight, importance; 1b3) a thing to be highly
    esteemed for its excellence: excellent; 1c) splendid, prepared on a
    grand scale, stately; 1d) great things; 1d1) of God's preeminent
    blessings; 1d2) *OF* *THINGS* *WHICH* *OVERSTEP* *THE* *PROVINCE* *OF*
    *A* *CREATED* *BEING*, *PROUD* (*PRESUMPTUOUS*) *THINGS*, *FULL* *OF* *ARROGANCE*, *DEROGATORY* *TO* *THE* *MAJESTY* *OF* *GOD*;

    WHERE #452 = #451 - PRAXIS OF RATIONALITY + #1 - CENTRE (CHUNG): "The Appraisals work, then, somewhat like a Chinese puzzle. Not only do we
    find cycle fitted within cycle, but one clue after another ties the
    series of Appraisals to every microcosm of importance to man. The
    Fathoming of the first Appraisal presumes human participation, alongside
    that of Heaven and Earth, in the cosmic Tao. There are also several
    reminders of the ages of man. The first Appraisal recalls the womb; the third, the young adult's entry into an official career; the fifth, culminating accomplishment; the seventh, mature stability; and the
    ninth, natural death in old age. The symbology of administration appears
    in the apposition of punishment and virtue, as well as in allusions to attributes of the exemplary ruler (in the fifth position) and to his
    vassals (surrounding him in the fourth and sixth positions correlated
    with yin ch'i).

    The appraisals abound in correlates to yin/yang and in echoes of the
    Book of Changes. Images of darkness and moon (associated with Water in Appraisals 1 and 6), of the dragon (Wood, 3) of centering (Earth, 5),
    and of Fire (Appraisal 7) reflect the significance of each Appraisal in
    the cosmogonic succession of the Five Phases. Yang Hsiung summarizes the dominant meaning of the Head entitled Center with the aphorism "#452 - *INTEGRITY*, when it occupies the inner part, is preserved in the center."

    #452 = #451 - PRAXIS OF RATIONALITY + #1 - CENTRE (CHUNG) as [#2, #400,
    #40, #10] = tôm (H8537): {UMBRA: #440 % #41 = #30} 1) *INTEGRITY*, completeness; 1a) completeness, fulness; 1b) innocence, simplicity; 1c) integrity;

    The first Head and its Appraisals, read in the light of Yang's own commentaries, lead the reader to recognize #452 - *INTEGRITY* (ch'eng)
    as the central virtue precisely because of its all­ encompassing nature. #452 - *INTEGRITY* not only establishes the unity of man with the
    visible world of Heaven ­and­ Earth, but it also puts him in touch with
    the primal Mystery hidden at the cosmic origin (Appraisal 1). The
    individual may easily fail to attain this #452 - *INTEGRITY* if he
    relies on specious absolutes—for example, the polarization of yin /
    yang. He will also fail if he is mired in the moral ambiguity (Appraisal
    2) that results when an individual disregards his sacred duty to make
    names (=conceptual categories) correspond to realities (Appraisal 8).
    Because the petty man ignores the Mystery within him, he is obstructed
    in both his private desires and public ambitions (Appraisals 4, 6). In contrast, the aspirant to sage hood devotedly imitates the universal, unchanging patterns, and so is led to decisions that make his activities effective (Appraisals 3, 5, 7).

    APPRAISAL #1: Primal oneness encompasses all.
    It is profound.
    FATHOMING #1: Primal oneness, all encompassing
    Means: This is the correct state of contemplation.

    "Primal oneness" is a set phrase describing the initial cosmic state of non-differentiation "prior to the appearance of forms." In early Chinese cosmogonies, the world we experience emerges from this initial state
    through various stages of separation until the perceptible world finally unfolds. The term primal oneness was also associated with both the AXIS
    MUNDI and Chuang tzu's Emperor of the Center, who died when the primal
    unity of his body was violated. The analogous state to primal one ness
    in what we might call moral psychology is the initial centering of human inwardness that leads to conscious, responsible action. The associations
    of primal oneness with centering, the theme of this tetragram, are thus multiple.

    The term "all­ encompassing" is borrowed from the Chuang tzu, where it describes that power of the Way acting through the sage that lets him
    see beyond surface differentiation to the fundamental unity of things,
    so that he can "merge the myriad things and make them one." The same
    phrase, however, is glossed by an early commentator as, "in the shape of
    the earth"; evidently he takes it to mean "swollen and vast.'' According
    to the "spheroidal heaven" (hun­t'ien) theory of cosmology promoted by
    Yang, the earth (hemispherical or discoidal in different versions) was centered within the sky like the yolk of an egg. Thus it is natural to juxtapose the phrases all encompassing, with its associations with
    Earth, and primal oneness, which implies the sky and the cosmic axis.

    "Profound," of course, is synonymous with "mystery" insofar as it
    indicates the creative, yet indeterminate origins of Heaven and Earth,
    as well as the psychic center within which the sage finds the germs of
    his future actions. The same character, for obvious reasons, can mean "obscure." The commentator FAN WANG emphasizes the cosmological meaning
    of the term: In the sky's daily rotation about the central earth, the
    sun at night is hidden below the horizon and "thus is called 'obscure.'"
    YANG HSIUNG, as his own "Elaboration" auto commentary shows, is not
    concerned with establishing a single level of meaning. Instead, he would emphasize the strong connection between the Tao, the unity of the
    cosmos, and the sage's centeredness:

    The worthy man is one with Heaven and Earth [insofar as his] thoughts
    embrace the many kinds [of being]. [His thoughts] unite them at center
    but they have not yet taken form outside.

    SSU­MA KUANG fleshes out this theme in his commentary:

    "Primal oneness" is the magnitude of the sky's [starry] images; "all­ encompassing" is the breadth of the earth's form. That the heart and
    mind of man should be able to fathom the immensity of sky and earth
    surely bespeaks divinity in the operations of heart and mind. Appraisal
    1 marks the beginning of contemplation. The heart and mind of the noble
    man can probe deep and far. He perceives, when he looks up, all that is divine in the sky and, when he looks down, all that is numinous on

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