Interesting
Numerology: 120 divided by 36 =
3.3333333333333333333333333333333
3.3333333333333333333333333333333 multiplied by 2 =
6.666666666666666666666666666666
= the name of the Beast - a coincidence?
A sign in these numbers: 120 / 36 / 2?
Atabaues: Brazilian drums
EXU: The
Divine Messenger _ Exu (known as Eleggua in Santeria and Legba in Candomble,
African Caribbean Magic) is the owner of the roads and doors in this
world.
Macumba: "Macumba" (also known as Quimbanda)
is the everyday term used by Brazilians to describe two types
of African spirit worship: Candomble (followed in northern
State of Bahia) and Umbanda (a newer form originating in Niteroi,
in the southern State of Rio de Janeiro between 1900 and November
15, 1908). Macumba originated with African slaves shipped to
Brazil in the 1550's, who continued to worship their African
Gods. Their Gods are called ORIXAS. The slaves incorporated
their religion into Brazilian culture and religion (Roman Catholic).
They summoned their Gods with their drums. Brazilian slave
owners, unlike owners in the United States, allowed slaves
to continue to use their drums. Thus began the rhythm of the
saints, the samba, and it explains why Brazilian "batucadas" reign
unequaled today. Brazil got the samba, and the U.S. got "the
blues."
Amor Fati: Love for your destiny regardless what that
maybe.
Philology: the study and interpretation of language
texts, also examines the authenticity and origins of text materials.
Etruscan Smile: (D.H.Laurence) It was the Etruscan smile,
subtle and unabashed, and unanswerable.
Ontological
Arguments: are arguments, for the conclusion that God exists,
from premises which are supposed to derive from some source
other than observation of the world -- e.g., from reason alone.
They are arguments from nothing but analytic, a priori and
necessary premises to the conclusion that God exists.
Saint Anselm's (1033-1109) ontological argument:
1. Either [God exists] or [God does not exist].
2. Assume [God does not exist] (the antithesis of Anselm's position)
3. If [God does not exist] (but exists only as an intra-mental concept),
then that being which nothing greater which can be conceived, is a being
which a greater being can be conceived. This is a logical impossibility;
4. Therefore, [God does not exist] is incorrect;
5. Therefore [God exists].
Rene Descartes, 1596 - 1650, ontological argument:
1. If there is a God it is a perfect being;
2. A perfect being possesses all possible perfections;
3. Existence is a perfection;
4. Therefore, God necessarily possesses the quality of existence. Simply,
God exists.
Gaunilon's refutation of Anselm's ontological argument: "from
the fact that I can understand the words "greatest thinkable being" it
does not follow that that being really exists: I understand the words "square
circle", but there are no square circles." Anselm's reply to the monk Gaunilon: "now my strongest argument
that this is false is to be appeal to your faith and to your conscience"
Jacques de Molay: (b. 1243, Molay, Fr.--d. March 19, 1314, Paris),
last grand master of the Knights Templars,
an order of knighthood founded during the Crusades that had attained
extensive power and wealth. He failed to exercise effective leadership
at the time of the suppression of the order by King Philip IV the Fair
of France and Pope Clement V.
Molay
entered the order in 1265, fought in Syria, and after 1291 was at Cyprus.
He was elected grand master of the Templars about 1298. Summoned to France
(1306 or 1307) by Pope Clement V to discuss a new crusade, Molay asked
the pope to investigate certain spurious accusations of blasphemy and
sodomy that had recently been made against his order. On Oct. 13, 1307,
all the Templars in France, including Molay, were arrested and interrogated
by command of Philip IV, who was intent on crushing the order and seizing
its wealth. On Oct. 24, 1307, Molay, probably under torture, confessed
that some
of the charges brought against the order were true, but he rejected a
charge of sodomy. He wrote to Templars throughout France, enjoining confession;
but when the pope sent his own delegates to conduct the inquiries, Molay
and many of his subjects retracted their statements, saying they had
been exacted by torture. In November 1309 and in March 1310, Molay
appealed for a personal judgment by the pope. But Clement decided to
suppress the order (March 1312); and on March 18 or 19, 1314, a commission
of three cardinals condemned Molay and other dignitaries of the order
to perpetual imprisonment. On hearing this sentence, Molay again retracted
his confession, and as a final punishment he was burned as a relapsed
heretic by Philip IV's officers the same afternoon.
EXU: The
Divine Messenger _ Exu (known as Eleggua in Santeria and Legba in Candomble,
African Caribbean Magic) is the owner of the roads and doors in this
world. 
Ontological
Arguments: are arguments, for the conclusion that God exists,
from premises which are supposed to derive from some source
other than observation of the world -- e.g., from reason alone.
They are arguments from nothing but analytic, a priori and
necessary premises to the conclusion that God exists. 
Templars,
an order of knighthood founded during the Crusades that had attained
extensive power and wealth. He failed to exercise effective leadership
at the time of the suppression of the order by King Philip IV the Fair
of France and Pope Clement V. 
olay
entered the order in 1265, fought in Syria, and after 1291 was at Cyprus.
He was elected grand master of the Templars about 1298. Summoned to France
(1306 or 1307) by Pope Clement V to discuss a new crusade, Molay asked
the pope to investigate certain spurious accusations of blasphemy and
sodomy that had recently been made against his order. On Oct. 13, 1307,
all the Templars in France, including Molay, were arrested and interrogated
by command of Philip IV, who was intent on crushing the order and seizing
its wealth. On Oct. 24, 1307, Molay, probably under torture, confessed
that 
some
of the charges brought against the order were true, but he rejected a
charge of sodomy. He wrote to Templars throughout France, enjoining confession;
but when the pope sent his own delegates to conduct the inquiries, Molay
and many of his subjects retracted their statements, saying they had
been exacted by torture. In November 1309 and in March 1310, Molay
appealed for a personal judgment by the pope. But Clement decided to
suppress the order (March 1312); and on March 18 or 19, 1314, a commission
of three cardinals condemned Molay and other dignitaries of the order
to perpetual imprisonment. On hearing this sentence, Molay again retracted
his confession, and as a final punishment he was burned as a relapsed
heretic by Philip IV's officers the same afternoon.