PS: I'm a moron... On 3/19/00 I was sent a bunch of stuff, part of which was a page (mentioning De Moivre) and the following compass points

32.84224N x 97.787162W
32.841944N x 97.784862W
32.836637N x 96.786132W
32.84213N x 96.78059W
32.845637N x 96.784837W

Now I really want good mapping software so I can figure out what the hell the coordinates are encircling...the whole campus? A particular spot?

Main Entry: her·me·neu·ti·cal
Pronunciation: "h&r-m&-'nü-ti-k&l, -'nyü-
Function: adjective
Etymology: Greek hermEneutikos, from hermEneuein to interpret,
from hermEneus interpreter

5/7/00
clue=Just a note...the coordinates identified as Bryan, TX could be College Station...home of the Fightin' Texas Aggies 
(WHHOOOOOP!) 
name=repubgirl

email=
clue=The greek text above the map is "Revelations".  Rev 17:5 
"...MYSTERY, BABYLON..."
name=mogul

6/12/00
email=abelahu
clue=e^(i*pi)= -1
That's right!


email=abelahu
clue=The equation just behind the pi approximation (103993/33102) looks like a Schroedinger equation... 
Is that all about quantum theory?

email=abelahu@hotmail
clue=The equation just UNDER (!!!) the pi approximation (103993/33102) looks like a Schroedinger equation... Is that all about 
quantum theory?

email=abelahu
clue=The greek under the Schroedinger equation is CHRONOS= time... And the one in the middle at the bottom of the page KAIROS
means 
time ... or ... weather.

6/14/00 - straight from the Orphanage:
You are not receiving adequate help on "kairos" (English transliteration)--although the remark about the "weather" is no 
doubt well-intentioned.  There is an English derivative which you can use on GOOGLE: "kairotic moment"--once the references 
appear on the screen it would be wiser to peruse several of them, in order to get the texture.  It is a deep and splendid
word. If you are in a hurry, try this address, for a quick overview: 

that will give you a "once over lightly."  It is brief but accurate.

clue=e^i*pi=-1 is a consequence of Euler's theorem, e^i*theta=cos(theta)+i*sin(theta) with
i=sqrt(-1).  Don't know what this means, but that's what it is.
name=Beelzebubba

10.10.2000
email=wabraham@xxxxxx
clue=I couldn't see the maps of SFO, but I remember seeing previous references to "Sutter" in 
the Mystery pages. There is a place at the base of the Golden Gate Bridge (I believe North 
side) called "Sutter's Fort" that was used to defend the entrance to the Bay way back when.
name=Will Abraham

12/04/00
email=mogul
clue=(I will use <> to denote the star and * to be the asterik)

In the top left corner, the sequence 
          <> # * <>  

is column 1 in our 4x4 matrix.  Perhaps it refers to simply the number 1 or perhaps to the list of people:
Schrvdinger, Chemnitz, FabiusCunctator, KitchenerPasha.  


Likewise, in the bottom right corner, the sequence  
        # * # <>

is column 4 from the table.  Perhaps the number 4, perhaps the list: Winthrop, OlafPetersson, Gvdel, CaptainMorgan.

12/10/00
email=carson

clue=not sure what the ring of numbers in between the '3' and '1' of the pi border are, but the dates interspersed through
those numbers ascend in chronology as one descends down the page. perhaps a 'magic square' of announcements?  

not sure about this, but check the d.o.b. for luther in his upper left stamp quadrant. looks like 1483-1983. kinda looks like
it's been altered (carefully) but it could be my late-nite paranoia.  other readable text as background may warrant analyzation.
um, such as the lower right quadrant listing all the names. very lower right background of that quadrant has yet another 1983 on
the stamp. anyone care to translate that (readable) text in the stamp?

more: angel's gate is lined up (mirrored) with '668' on the other side of the page. we all know that's the number of the
famous safety deposit box in vnb. correllation?

there are a helluva lot of announcements mentioned on this page. a lot a lot. all of them (save the ones that are
post-5/1/00)?

three out of four luther stamps used as backgrounds for the quadrants are shown plainly near the center of the page. only the
upper right is missing.

more on pi for this page. the borders give us the order of the quadrants to look at. 
quadrant with border 1 is first to look at
quadrant with border 5 is second to look at
quadrant with border 9 is third to look at
quadrant with border 2 is 
fourth (last?) to look at.
pi is our guide in this announcement.

however, i believe this page has --A LOT-- of chaff on it.

clue:  After checking around it seems that the Latin which is 
perpendicular to the bottom translates as "Lord, save Your people and 
bless Your heritage."  

clue:  I know these axes have appeared before, and they've been translated as Chronos = time (and we all knew that) and Kairos 
= space (because it made some modern physical sense) but the ancient greek Kairos means "the right time" or "the critical 
moment" which fits much better with the overriding sense of urgency and crucial action in the ads.

clue:  I just sent in a clue for the very next one, which also deals with this same point.  If we run down the
street locations in San Francisco for  the list that appears in this ad then I think it would fit with the "lots 
of mail" on 2000 July 29. Look at Letter 7. That would make three in a row if you count the 2000 September 20 
which has the same Bible reference as Letter 7 on 2000 July 29.  This stuff looks to be welded together but you 
have to read and read and then re-read it.  They know we can't crack them in time to disturb their plans.

clue:  Soem misc. PI info. The PI approximation 103993/33102 has a couple of unique properties. First, it is sometimes 
attributed to Euler. Second, this type of ratio can be determined using continued fractions. (Mentioned in other ad 
discussions.) And last, this is a very good approximation of PI using an integer ratio. Integer ratio approximations of PI 
seem to be used in hand calculations, i.e. slider rule mathematics. There are alot of clues from the orphanage in the recent 
developments area that tie into the year 2000 ads

02.12.2004 - agrosquid

clue:  The bottom left hand diagram labeled with alpha_i's is indeed a 'Dynkin Diagram'. This is a way of describing the root
system of a semisimple Lie Algebra. In this case it corresponds to one of the exceptional Lie algebras F_4. Of course, this doesn't
help much without a good deal of background. My POV is the various themes are just data for various levels. Mathematical themes
probably have little do with the actual mathematics and just serve as a continuation of a thread among the article, i.e. compare
all the mathematical stuff as a whole. Frankly, this is probably just a bunch of wanker academics or perhaps one person cutting and
pasting from various sources without any real breadth of understanding.

The webmaster should check this with somebody who is currently living in South Africa but I believe the enigmatic figure
next to 5/1/87 is the symbol or one of the symbols of the South African Bible Society.  The part that makes it seem really
interesting is that I used to see it used by the _Afrikaans_ language branch of the South African BibleSociety. That seems like a
very direct connection when you remember how often that Afrikaans appears in these pages.  I don't remember seeing it in connection
with the English speaking branch.

If we total the numbers between the 3 and 1 in each row and column of the square, the rows both total 858 and the columns
total 707 and 723

The equation people are saying looks like the Schroedinger Equation is indeed the time-dependent Schroedinger Eq. Also, the
string of numbers over e^i*pi is a large chunk of the decimal approximation of pi. In fact, it starts with "6535" (the borders form
the beginning of pi: 3.141592 and this line continues it "653589...")

Also, e^i*pi is often called Euler's Equation (it derives, as another poster mentioned, from e^i*theta = cos(theta) +
i*sin(theta)), BUT this latter equation is also attributed to de Moivre.

the quote at the top "the point is not escaping the hermeneutical circle, but rather knowing where to enter"

this refers to the fact that we should not be looking for the the "way out" (the answer) but more specifically the where to join
the circle (where to start)

Regarding the sideways text "Groot" on the left side of the Vatican City map: I think it's a reference to Dutch jurist Huig
de Groot or Hugo Grotius (1583-1645) http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/philosophers/grotius.html

Quote -

One of the pioneering natural rights theorists of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, Grotius defined natural law as a
perceptive judgement in which things are good or bad by their own nature. This was a break from Calvinist ideals, in that God was
no longer the only source of ethical qualities. These things that are by themselves good are associated with the nature of man. The
Dutch Republic had been founded on princples of religious toleration but had become a Calvinist theocracy. Grotius, a humanist and
Dutch patriot, struggled with Calvinism all of his life.In this struggle, he dealt with the international laws of war and issues of
peace and justice. Although most famous for his theories of natural law, Grotius was also considered to be a great theologian.
While occasionally writing about Christianity and religion, his intention for law was to write of it as independant of religious
opinions.

- End of quote

The Hebrew is a quote from the prophet Habbakuk (not sure how to transliterate his name).
It's a less well-known book of the Bible. This quote is from 2:4 and means "A righteous person will live by his faith." 
It can also be read (i.e. literally translates) as "in his faith".

	Re. the Hebrew - I've tracked this down to Habakkuk 2:4, last part of the verse, KJV has "but the just shall live by his
faith." ISTR translating the first half of this verse somewhere, which made me wonder - so many of these bible verses come from the
same small number of books (Isaiah, Habakkuk, Jeremiah etc) whether the sequence of the verses found in each of those books
indicates some relationship between the announcements.

This is a wonderful announcement that is packed with a wide variety of educational information. Just as Roger Bacon preached universal education, so did Martin Luther. This announcement is an example of universal education.

Please refer to http://www.borderschess.org/MM-00May1.htm to see maps with all the coordinates listed.

Add up all the numbers for the first seven digits of Pi:

3 = 371 (7*53)
1 = 216 (12*18)
4 = 334 (668/2)
1 = 120 (12*10)
5 = 120 (12*10)
9 = 120 (12*10)
2 = 120 (12*10)

1454 + 35 = 1489. Did you notice that there is a plus "+" sign added at the end of those 35 Pi numbers (...1972+)? Well the significance of 1489 is the year when the plus "+" sign was created by Johannes Widmann, along with the use of the "-" minus sign for his bookkeeping records.

clue: This is a wonderful announcement that is packed with a wide variety of educational information. Just as Roger Bacon preached universal education, so did Martin Luther. This announcement is an example of universal education.

Please refer to http://www.borderschess.org/MM-00May1.htm to see maps with all the coordinates listed.

Add up all the numbers for the first seven digits of Pi:

3 = 371 (7*53)
1 = 216 (12*18)
4 = 334 (668/2)
1 = 120 (12*10)
5 = 120 (12*10)
9 = 120 (12*10)
2 = 120 (12*10)

Add up all the occurrences of the previously mentioned Pi numbers to get 1401. Next, add up the stars surrounding the "Nobis" stamp in the upper middle of the announcement. There are 54 stars plus 1401 = 1455. Lastly, add the 35 Pi numbers listed in the lower right box that starts with (6535^Å).

1454 + 35 = 1489.

Did you notice that there is a plus "+" sign added at the end of those 35 Pi numbers (...1972+)? Well the significance of 1489 is that it is the year when the plus "+" sign was created by Johannes Widmann, along with the use of the "-" minus sign. These symbols appeared in a book about arithmetic written by Johannes Widmann, called father of arithmetic, for the first time in 1489. At first, these symbols expressed 'surplus' and 'insufficiency,' but later they meant 'addition' and 'subtraction'.

Check out http://www.borderschess.org/Widmann.jpgfor an image of the first use in print of the + and - signs, from Widmann's Behennde vnd hüpsche Rechnung. This image is taken from the Augsburg edition of 1526.

	I used some mapping software just to see exactly where 32.845637N, 96.784837W is.  Yes, it's SMU in Dallas.  More precisely,
it's a building called Dallas Hall.  More precicely, it's a point near the intersection of the parking lot on the North side of the
building and the sidewalk which leads from the building to the parking lot.  What I'm getting at is that LAT/LON coordinates to 6
decimal places gives you an accuracy to maybe something like 4 inches.  Why the precision?

	Does the yard in front of dallas hall remind anyone else of the "tree of life"?

The stamp at the top center is from Austria. It celebrates the 450th
anniversary of the Reformation

Interesting that it's centered on a dome. Pima County Courthouse has a dome too, seems like The Orphanage keeps pointing out buildings with them (http://www.maydaymystery.org/mayday/texts/93-mar10.html). Roman influence, perhaps?

	
	
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Yet every heart contains perfection’s germ.
The wisest of the sages of the earth,
That ever from the stores of reason drew
Science and truth, and virtue’s dreadless tone,
Were but a weak and inexperienced boy,
Proud, sensual, unimpassioned, unimbued
With pure desire and universal love,
Compared to that high being, of cloudless brain,
Untainted passion, elevated will,
Which death (who even would linger long in awe
Within his noble presence and beneath
His changeless eye-beam) might alone subdue.
Him, every slave now dragging through the filth
Of some corrupted city his sad life,
Pining with famine, swoln with luxury,
Blunting the keenness of his spiritual sense
With narrow schemings and unworthy cares,
Or madly rushing through all violent crime
To move the deep stagnation of his soul, -
Might imitate and equal.

But mean lust
Has bound its chains so tight about the earth
That all within it but the virtuous man
Is venal; gold or fame will surely reach
The price (#) prefixed by Selfishness to all
But him of resolute and unchanging will;
Whom nor the plaudits of a servile crowd,
Nor the vile joys of tainting luxury,
Can bribe to yield his elevated soul
To Tyranny or Falsehood, though they wield
With blood-red {!} hand the sceptre of the world.