Peg Life Vol. 32
Today boys and girls we discuss the 23 Synchronicity Principle. Now, now, I see all you rational empiricists jumping up and shouting that the entirety of numerology is nothing but a load of codswallop. But for the sake of politeness at the very least would you please sit down and shut the fuck up. Thank you.
I think we shall start at the beginning. It's as good a place as any and better than most. The beginning in this case is a question: What is the 23 Synchronicity Principle? One could argue that the beginning is actually an earlier question: Why write about the 23 Synchronicity Principle? However, to answer that question I must first address the other. And so we have begun...
The 23 Synchronicity Principle is "the belief that all incidents and events are directly connected to the number 23, some permutation of the number 23, or a number related to the number 23." Of course, using that definition presents a rather obvious fallacy in its use of the word "all." It would perhaps behoove us to say that most or many incidents and events are connected to the number 23. Assuming for a moment that you haven't already turned off your computer in disgust rather than waste your time reading about some ridiculous occultist nonsense (and you would be entirely within your rights to do so as I merely requested that you shut the fuck up, not read everything I have to say and take it as gospel), you are most likely wondering how exactly things are connected to the number 23. Well, the short (and probably correct) answer is apophenia. The long answer is something cosmic and New Agey. The true answer is I don't know. Anyway, that's all mostly beside the point because the interesting part of this whole discourse is the answer to that previously mentioned question: Why write about the 23 Synchronicity Principle? So here it is.
In a matter of days I turn 23 years old. Specifically, I turn 23 on the 9th of August, 2006. Let's break this down a bit. My age has an obvious and direct relation to 23, but the date reveals further connections. August is the 8th month, 8 being 2^3. The number 9, similarly, is 3^2. 8 + 9 = 17, another numerologically significant number. The digits in the year 2006 can be added up to get 8, again 2^3. The same can be done with 17. August 9th this year falls on a Wednesday. Wednesday starts with W, which is the 23rd letter of the alphabet and has 2 points facing down and 3 points facing up. Another interesting coincidence (unrelated to my birthday) is the fact that this is Peg Live Volume 32, which is 23 reversed. For those who want to know, the 23rd volume was a brief one in which I announced that I would be archiving all the Peg Lifes to a blog and advertised the '90s Dance Party that was hosted by the Victor Street Boys. Bringing up the Peg Life blog reminds me that the only comment posted to the blog thus far was in response to the 23rd post (actually Peg Life Vol. 22, the one about nipple piercing). And if that's not enough for you, there are currently 32 contacts on the Peg Life mailing list. I hope this has been sufficiently mind blowing for you.
Tony Hawkins sees more and more connections the harder he looks
I think we shall start at the beginning. It's as good a place as any and better than most. The beginning in this case is a question: What is the 23 Synchronicity Principle? One could argue that the beginning is actually an earlier question: Why write about the 23 Synchronicity Principle? However, to answer that question I must first address the other. And so we have begun...
The 23 Synchronicity Principle is "the belief that all incidents and events are directly connected to the number 23, some permutation of the number 23, or a number related to the number 23." Of course, using that definition presents a rather obvious fallacy in its use of the word "all." It would perhaps behoove us to say that most or many incidents and events are connected to the number 23. Assuming for a moment that you haven't already turned off your computer in disgust rather than waste your time reading about some ridiculous occultist nonsense (and you would be entirely within your rights to do so as I merely requested that you shut the fuck up, not read everything I have to say and take it as gospel), you are most likely wondering how exactly things are connected to the number 23. Well, the short (and probably correct) answer is apophenia. The long answer is something cosmic and New Agey. The true answer is I don't know. Anyway, that's all mostly beside the point because the interesting part of this whole discourse is the answer to that previously mentioned question: Why write about the 23 Synchronicity Principle? So here it is.
In a matter of days I turn 23 years old. Specifically, I turn 23 on the 9th of August, 2006. Let's break this down a bit. My age has an obvious and direct relation to 23, but the date reveals further connections. August is the 8th month, 8 being 2^3. The number 9, similarly, is 3^2. 8 + 9 = 17, another numerologically significant number. The digits in the year 2006 can be added up to get 8, again 2^3. The same can be done with 17. August 9th this year falls on a Wednesday. Wednesday starts with W, which is the 23rd letter of the alphabet and has 2 points facing down and 3 points facing up. Another interesting coincidence (unrelated to my birthday) is the fact that this is Peg Live Volume 32, which is 23 reversed. For those who want to know, the 23rd volume was a brief one in which I announced that I would be archiving all the Peg Lifes to a blog and advertised the '90s Dance Party that was hosted by the Victor Street Boys. Bringing up the Peg Life blog reminds me that the only comment posted to the blog thus far was in response to the 23rd post (actually Peg Life Vol. 22, the one about nipple piercing). And if that's not enough for you, there are currently 32 contacts on the Peg Life mailing list. I hope this has been sufficiently mind blowing for you.
Tony Hawkins sees more and more connections the harder he looks
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