How to Check the Patterns
Throughout this site, I explore connections between Bible passages, words, numbers, periodic-table elements, and observations in a dictionary.
I want you to be able to check each step for yourself. Here are the methods I use.
Letter totals
I give each letter its position in the English alphabet: A=1, B=2, C=3, continuing through Z=26. Spaces, punctuation, and capitalization do not affect the total.
For example:
“In” = 9 + 14 = 23
“the” = 20 + 8 + 5 = 33
“beginning” = 2 + 5 + 7 + 9 + 14 + 14 + 9 + 14 + 7 = 81
Together, “In the beginning” = 23 + 33 + 81 = 137.
Different words can have the same total. The shared number is the observation; what that connection might mean is a separate question.
Elements and atomic numbers
When I connect letters to the periodic table, I use actual chemical symbols and their atomic numbers.
For example, “In” is the symbol for indium, atomic number 49. The letters can also be separated into I, iodine, atomic number 53, and N, nitrogen, atomic number 7.
When spelling a word with element symbols, every letter must be accounted for, with no letters added or left over.
Reversing and separating letters
Sometimes I explore a symbol backward or separate its letters. I identify those steps because they are wordplay, not standard chemical notation.
Take INRI and divide it into IN | RI. In is the symbol for indium. RI is Ir, the symbol for iridium, read backward. Together, In + reversed Ir accounts for all four letters of INRI, with none added or left over. The reversal is my wordplay step, not standard chemical notation.
Another example: reversing “In” gives “Ni,” the symbol for nickel, atomic number 28.
Using those different readings gives:
In = 49
Ni = 28
I = 53
N = 7
49 + 28 + 53 + 7 = 137.
This adds four readings drawn from the letters I and N. It is not a sequence of four symbols spelling “In.”
Anagrams
An anagram rearranges exactly the same letters. Each letter must appear the same number of times in both versions.
For example, “lawrencium” and “numeric law” are exact anagrams. Under the letter-counting method above, both total 119. Lawrencium’s atomic number, 103, is a different kind of number.
Dictionary observations
When I refer to a dictionary page, I mean the particular edition shown in the post. Page numbers and nearby entries may differ in other editions.
The image is there so you can inspect the observation for yourself, including the printed material and any handwritten notes.
Bible passages
The wording matters when calculating letter totals. I identify the translation used so you can repeat the calculation with the same words.
For example, the King James Version of Genesis 1:1 reads:
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Using A=1 through Z=26, that sentence totals 411, or 3 × 137.
Checking the steps, considering the meaning
A correct calculation confirms the total. An exact anagram confirms the letters. Neither, by itself, establishes why the connection exists.
I share these patterns because I find them worth exploring. My interpretation is part of that exploration, but you are invited to check the steps and form your own.
What do you think these connections mean?