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Numerology (known before the 20th century as arithmancy) is the belief in an occult, divine or mystical relationship between a number and one or more coinciding events. It is also the study of the numerical value, via an alphanumeric system, of the letters in words and names. When numerology is applied to a person's name, it is a form of onomancy.
Biblical numerology is the use of numerology in the Bible to convey a meaning outside of the numerical value of the actual number being used. [1] Numerological values in the Bible often relate to a wider usage in the Ancient Near East .
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ʿIlm al-Ḥurūf (Arabic: عِلْم الْحُرُوف) or the science of letters, also called Islamic letterism, is a process of Arabic numerology whereby numerical values assigned to Arabic letters are added up to provide total values for words in the Quran, similar to Hebrew gematria. Used to infer meanings and reveal secret or hidden ...
Ivan Nikolayevitsh Panin, often called [according to whom?] the 'father of Bible numerics' (Bible Numerics is considered a part of the more general topic of Biblical numerology) was born in Russia, December 12, 1855.
Petosiris to Nechepso is a letter describing an ancient divination technique using numerology and a diagram. It is likely to be a pseudepigraph. [1] Petosiris and Nechepso are considered to be the founders of astrology in some traditions. [2]
Sarah Joanna Dennis Balliett (pen name, Mrs. L. Dow Balliett; March 1, 1847 – December 11, 1929) was an American writer who created the modern style of numerology. [1] An avid clubwoman, since her school days, she devoted herself to philosophic and civic affairs. In DuBois, Pennsylvania, Balliett was the first president of The Round Table Club.
Helyn Gerberding Hitchcock was a writer of books about numerology, including the belief that turning the letters of names into numbers can divine hidden information about those objects. [ 1 ] Her publications include Helping Yourself with Numerology (1972), The Magic of Psychograms (1975) and Your Number, Please (1945).