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23 - Sacred number of Eris, Goddess of Discord (along with 17 and 5)

Feel free to add your 23 synchronicities and stories here:

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Mathematical Mayhem
There are 23 letters in the Latin alphabet

W = 23rd letter of the alphabet It's symbol is 2 points down, 3 up.

W, the only letter in the English language to be renounced polysyllabically, is 23rd in line. Note also that it is a double(2)-u and that t has three(3) syllables.

[WWW] = 23+23+23 = 69

69/3 = 23 -> 6+9+3 = 18 = 23-5 (2+3=5)

2 / 3 = .666

23 is the first prime number in which both digits are prime numbers and add up to another prime number.

Two (2), three (3), and five(5) are the first three prime numbers in our counting system. (1 is not prime, it's an identity).

Square root(s) of 2,3, and 5 are used in respect to tetrahedral hyperdimensional physics and perfect form in design. Square root(s)of 2, 3, and 5 supposedly relative to D&M Pyramid on Mars and other similar relationships. Also these square roots were quite common in early architecture and considered the most aesthetically pleasing in design.

23 written in base 3 is 212 (2+1+2=5) 23 written in base 4 is 113 (1+1+3=5) 23 written in base 7 is 32 (3+2=5)

23 Axioms in Euclid's Geometry.

Pentagram: the angle between the rays of a symmetrical- pointed star is 72 degrees. Also, the angle between legs of a pentagon is 108 degrees (the complementary angle of 108 is 72(108+72=180)). (2^3)*(3^2)=2*3*2*3*2=72. (Note that 5 (2^2)*(3^3)=3*2*3*2*3=58. Numbers are 2*3*2*3*5=180 multiplied in each equation.)

Two-thirds of numbers which are divisible by 2 are not multiples of 3.

In the [Qabbalah|Qabalistic] Tree of Life, the 23rd path is associated with the Hanged Man Tarot Card. Aleister Crowley also states that this card represents the concept that the only way OUT is WITHIN!

Physical Phun & Phrolics
The human biorhythm cycle is generally 23 days. One measures a circle beginning anywhere.

It takes 23 seconds for blood to circulate through the human body.

An average menstrual cycle is 28 (23+5) days.

The human body has 46 chromosomes, which are paired, in somatic cells. Generative cells have half this number, 23, which is the number of chromosomes each parents gives to human [DNA|deoxyribonucleic acid]].

The number of joints in the human arm is 23.

63 years, the average lifespan of a human being on the planet Earth, is roughly 23,000 days.

23 days in the male sex cycle (according to [Tantra|Tantrists]]).

69 (23*3) is one of the many loved sexual positions of humans. The Zodiac sign for Cancer looks like a sideways 69. Cancers are born between June 21 and July 21 and 21+2 (the number of characters in 69)=23

On average every 23rd wave crashing to shore is twice as large as the average wave.

The name of the Uranium isotope used in bombs is U235.

The symbol for the 23rd element (Vanadium) is V (roman numeral 5).

The number of atoms of an element in one mole (cf. Atomic Weight) is 6.21x10▓.

Astronomy & Astrology; Space, and all that.
First landing on the Moon was in the Sea of Tranquility, 23.63 degrees East. Second landing was in the Ocean of Storms, 23.42 degrees West. Notice the names of the picked sights and how they contrast. Note: First two landings were Apollo 11 & 12 (11+12= 23!). Just exactly what does NASA know?

The days on which the signs of the Zodiac begin and end are the 22nd and 23rd of most months.

Johannes Kepler was born at 2:30pm in 1571. In astrology, this gives him an Ascendant degree of 23 degrees. He was born at 2:30pm on Dec. 27, 1571 His astrological rising sign was at 23' of the sign Gemini, meaning that the constellation of Gemini was rising in the east when he was born.

The axis of the Earth (which currently points vaguely at Polaris) describes a circle in the heavens (switching off 'pole stars' and sometimes going without) over a period of 23,000 years. Precision, as this motion is called, also accounts for talk of our entering the Age of Aquarius (we entered the age of Pisces around the era of the birth of the historical Jesus). The Sun will 'be in' each of the '12' Zodiac at Spring Solstice (each being an 'age') during this 23,000 year cycle.

Asteroid researchers measuring the rotation periods of asteroids reported that none were found with periods of less than 2.3 hours. A rotation period of less than 2.3 hours would cause them to be torn apart.

The comet Hale Bopp was at her closest point to Earth, 123 million miles.

July 23, 1996 - "Mysterious Eyes" of comet Hale-Bopp first sighted.

On the evening of March 23, 1997 in the US, not only was the comet Hale-Bopp clearly visible, but there was also a lunar eclipse. Mars was also at its closest distance to Earth.

Sirius A has a luminosity of 23.5.

The "Dog Days" of summer begin on July 23rd when the star Sirius, in the Constellation of Orion, first rises from behind the sun.

The axis of the planet Earth is 23.5 degrees.

The distance from the center of the planet Mars to the center of it's farthest moon is 23,500 kilometers.

Average Lunar Cycle is 28 (23+5) days.

December 23, 2012 - A huge cycle ends in the Mayan calendar. Terence McKenna thinks the Eschaton will Immanetize. Other theories suggest the ice caps, having become wobbly from the gravitational pull exerted by the alignment offive planets directly opposing the Spaceship Earth on 5-5-2005, will cause the crust of the Earth to slip over the soggy innards, causing the ice caps to melt, and new ones to form. Of course, this will cause massive flooding, earthquakes, general mayhem and undoubtedly affect the quarterly earnings of Nike. All because the earth is slightly tilted, averaging about 23.5 degrees! (Refer to Graham Hancock's Fingerprints of the Gods for more background on this phenomenon. It ties in the Egyptians and other ancient civilizations, Atlantis, Osiris, star-charts, geological evidence, and hard physical evidence of the remnants of a lost, technologically superior pre-historic race.)

December 23, 2012 - The date the Mayans believed the world will end. Hence why they werereally obsessed with time and it's observance.

The harmonic convergence occurs every 23,000 years.

July 23rd is both the Sumerian and Egyptian New Years.

On March 14, 1997, NASA representative states that MIR 23 space station is having problems resulting from the February 23, 1997 fire and has used 23 of their oxygen- generating canisters. It is the 23rd day aboard for the Russian crew. Progress 233 supply vehicle has problems of its own and cannot redock with MIR.

Saturn V (2+3=5) rockets were used to launch the Apollo missions to the moon.

The longitudinal coordinates of the Apollo 11 moon landing were 23.63 degrees. (2+3=5 while 6+3=9=3²)

Ufology
23+23+2+3 = 51 (Area 51)

23 Annunaki, the number of the original advance team of "aliens" who aided in the seeding of life on this planet.

April 23; More reported UFO sightings on this day than any other day of the year. This is the flapday of the year.

The date of the 'weather balloon' crash at Roswell, New Mexico was July 3, 1947. 7+3+1+9+4+7=32. The reverse of 23.

Regarding UFOs, the myth-inspiring Hangar 18 is yet another alien parts store. (23-5=18)

Literature
Allen Ginsberg died at 2:39pm April 5: 2+3+9+4+5=23. The code at the bottom of the Reuter's article about Ginsberg's death reads: '23:28'. (28=23+5).

Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564 and died on April 23, 1616. Most of Shakespeare is known to us through the first folio published in 1623. 23+23=46. Shakespeare was 46 years old in the year 1610 (1+6+1+0=8, 8=2), the year the King James Bible was published. Psalm 46 in that translation has as its 46th word "shake" while the 46th word from the end is "spear." Go ahead, explain that one. I dare ya. It's also a fun party trick!

In the early '60's in Tangiers, William Burroughs knew a certain "Captain Clark" who ran a ferry from Tangiers to Spain. One day, Clark said to Burroughs that he'd been running the ferry 23 years without an accident. That very day the ferry sank, killing Clark and everyone aboard. In the evening, Burroughs was thinking about this when he turned on the radio. The first newscast headlined the crash of an airline plane on the New York-Miami route. The pilot was another Captain Clark and the flight was listed as Flight 23 (ala the line "Captain Clark welcomes you aboard.").

2+3=5 is the equation Descartes chooses to theorize about as being an objective truth that he is possibly being fooled into believing is true in his Meditations on First Philosophy.

Not really literature, but then again, he did publish his works; June 1, 1996; The day Timothy Leary died. The date 6-1-1996 provides 6+1+1+9+9+6=32, or 23 backwards. Fortean Times #97 reported that Timothy Leary's ashes were to be launched into space the 2nd week of March (the third month). The launch contained the ashes of Timothy Leary,Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and 23 others...

June 16th, 1904; (19 + 04 = 23) The day James Joyce uses in Ulysses, who mentions the General Slocum disaster the day before repeatedly within this book.

In Dickens' Tale of Two Cities, Sidney Carlton, the 23rd man, is guillotined in the final scene. "The murmuring of many voices, the upturning of many faces, the pressing on of many footsteps in the outskirts of the crowd, so that it swells forward in a mass, like one great heave of water, all flashes away. Twenty-Three."

The Catch-22 of Joseph Heller's book/film: "If a bomber- pilot don┤t want to fly missions then he┤s sane, for mission-flying is deadly dangerous. If a bomber does want to fly missions then he┤s insane for missions-flying is deadly dangerous. The only way to stop flying missions is to be insane, but if the flyer does want to fly missions then why shouldn't he go on? No way out (23)."

Lines 22-23 of Book I of Milton's Paradise Lost read, ".... what in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support..."

Jim Carroll - Forced Entries p.3 - Chapter: Jenny Ann, like a cat "She brought with her all my morning staples - two light and sweet coffees, two chocolate donuts (one laced with coconut flakes), and a pint of chocolate Italian ice from the pizza stand across 23rd Street." p.6 - Chapter: A Day at the Races "He came in clocked at twenty-three seconds." p.41 - Chapter: Robert Smithson does some impressive talking to an idiot who just trailed a beam of light "On 23rd Street I noticed that it turned, heading off a mirror five flights up a building facade on the southwest corner, in the direction of Lexington Avenue." p.42 - Chapter: Robert Smithson does some impressive talking to an idiot who just trailed a beam of light "I was ready, however, to match my determination with it's creator's considerable wit, and I ran back down to 23rd to follow the downtown light from where it had originally split in two."

There are probably more references in this book, but I haven't checked the rest of it for the number 23 yet.

Religion, sects and the occult
Numbers 32:23 - Be sure your sin will find you out

In Aleister Crowley's Cabalistic Dictionary, he defines the number 23 as the number of "parting, removal, separation, joy, a thread, and life..."

Refer to Chapter 69 of Aleister Crowley's Book of Lies. 69/ 3=23. 6+9+3=18. 18=23-5. We could go off all day...

Revelations of The New Testament has 22 sections the 22nd having 21 lines; implying a progression to 23

The most frequent numbers in the Book of Revelations are 4 (the powerful beasts), 7 (seven seals, seven churches, etc.), and 12 (12 apostles, etc.). 4+7+12=23!

There is no known 23rd Chapter to Revelations.

I Corinthians 15:56, Paul said "The sting of death [23] is sin and the strength of sin [13] is the law [10]."

Daniel 8:14 "And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed."

Psalm 23: "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want..."

7.32 is the Holy Number of the First Church of Zypgx, which gives all of its members a number between 7.32 and 8. (7 being the number of luck, 32 being 23 backwards and 8 being approximately the symbol for infinity. 3.1415 is of course, the mathematical enigma which is pi. Multiply these two numbers and you get almost exactly 23. The followers of the First Church of Zypgx also believe that when pi is found to the last decimal place, the number of their Savior timesexact pi will be precisely 23. And you thought the Heaven's Gate people were a bit kooky?

Church of the Process; Famed church, espoused by Skinny Puppy and Psychic TV, which regards 23 as a special number of great significance.

There are 23 chapters of the Cult Awareness Network. Incidentally, the over-zealous law firm which for years has represented the "Church" of Scientology, a more successful joke religion than even Discordianism, purchased the logo and license agreement of the Cult Awareness Network (CAN). The Heaven's Gate Away Team nerds were really happy about this according to some of their USENET posts.

L. Ron Hubbard; His Axiom 23: All thought is concerned with motion.

December 23, 1805; Birth date of Joseph Smith, founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (or as the better marketing name goes, Mormons).

December 23, 679; The date that Dagobert II, a Merovingian King was murdered. Speculation, derived from the research of the highly controversial book entitledHoly Blood, Holy Grail, leads one to conclude this assassination was performed in connivance with the Catholic Church. The church leaders, unhappy with Dagobert's apparent policy of religious tolerance in his kingdom, located in the south of France, allegedly got him out of the way to best serve their own interests. A predecessor of Dagobert, Clovis, had an alliance with the Catholic church, so it is possible that church leaders saw Dagobert's actions as a betrayal of what was considered a long standing policy of pro-Catholic reforms.

Two-thirds of the angels decided to stick it out in Heaven with God after Lucifer and the other third fell.

The address of the Freemasons lodge in Stafford, England is 23 Jaol Rd. In New York it is on 23rd street.

Henry Price is buried in the cemetery of Townsend, Massachusetts. His monument is an obelisk that measures 69" tall (69 / 3 = 23). On the side of the monument facing west it says:Henry Price "Founder of Duly Constituted Masonry in America." On the east face it says:Born in London about 1697, removed to Boston about 1723, appointed Provincial Grand Master of New England in 1733. The monument is carved on 2 faces, made of 3 pieces - base, block, and cap stone.

The Templars had only 23 Grandmasters. Jacques de Molay was the 23rd and last of the Templar Grandmasters. "Jacques de Molay, thou art unhinged!"

October 13 (10+13=23) is the month and day that the Knight Templars were arrested in France... hence Friday the 13th being considered a day of bad luck. Amazing how it all starts to fit together, isn't it?

Level of ONE; The newest front society of the Illuminated, the 23rd level of the ONE is reported to be the last level attainable (achieving departure from Earth). Remind you of something else?

According to Bishop Usher in hisAnnales Veteris Testament (Annals of the Old Testament), the supposed date of God's creation of the world is October 23, 4004 BC.

September 23; Yom Kippur.

Tarot; 2 is the number of balance, 3 is the number of synergy and 5 is the number of strife in the Tarot deck. Presumably, therefore, if things always changed, or if things never changed we would be all right, but when both happen, we experience troubling times. The trump cards, or the Major Arcana of the Tarot represent a cycle, or wheel. The cards are 22 in number, "beginning" with the fool and "ending" with the universe. But, as the standard musical scale of western music is an octave (seven notes (ABCDEFG) with the first repeated as the last (ABCDEFGA) to represent the progressive cycle of the musical scale), the 22 trumps, when arranged with the fool at the "beginning and end", actually form a cycle of 23. There is no 23rd card in the Major Arcana.

The I Ching Hexagram 23 means "Break Apart". Telegrapher's use 23 as the code for 'break the line'.

Musical Madness
The song "Just a perfect day", originally by Lou Reed, has been released in a special BBC edition, and is performed by 23 famous artists

In the song "Gett Off", by the artist formerly known as Prince, the lyrics read: "Gett off! Twenty-three positions in a one-night stand".

The Police; Their song "Synchronicity I" is 3:23 long.

Richard 23, name of the backup vocalist for the Belgian industrial rock band Front 242.

Kurt Cobain; Born 1967: 1+9+6+7=23. Died 1994: 1+9+9+4=23.

Demolition 23, the name of a pleasantly subversive band.

The first song on Side A of the Beatles first Album took 23 takes to record.

U2; U is the 21st letter in the alphabet added to the number two gives you 23.

Psychick TV made the Guiness Book of World Records by release the most amount of albums in the shortest time period. 23 albums in 23 months on the 23rd of each month.

There are 23 letters in the name Justified Ancients of Mu Mu.

August 23; Birth date of Keith Moon, original drummer for The Who.

August 23, 1995; David Gottel, a member of Skinny Puppy, died. Huh.

In Dvoraks Symphony No. 9 in E Minor (5th letter of the alphabet, btw), you hear the morse code for V, the Roman Numeral Symbol for 5. Titled "From the New World", probably as in "The New World Order". You also hear the same BA BA BA BUUUMMMMMM (Dot Dot Dot Dash) in Beethoven's 5th Symphony, which he wrote after being "Illuminated" by Adam Weishaupt.

Sonny Bono died on Jan 5, 98 (1/5/98) -> 1+5+9+8=23

Gorillaz, the virtual band of cartoon-characters. Since the characters are designed by Mr. Hewlett of Tank Girl-fame, we can expect to see lots of 23's in their clips ;-)

Not to mention the Spiral 23 Tribe of course; a tribe of travelling people involved in underground tekno movement travelling all around the world (from UK to USA and india)... you may want to start your search on info about them here: http://www.network23.org.uk/.

Coincidences with Computers
The fifth generation is the 32 bit bus, 32 being the fifth power os 2, and 2 * 2³.

Standard TCP/IP port for Telnet is 23.

Most URLs for the web contain 2 "/"s and 3 W's...

10111 is the binary equivalent to 23. Note the five digits, yet another connection to the Law of Fives.

There are 23 buildings on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington. Where do you want Bill Gates to go today?

Computers communicate in 2 bits (bytes).

SEGA; 19+5+7+1 = 32 ; 1+9+5+7+1 = 23

Moving pictures
In the epic cartoon Yellow Submarine the Blue Meenies are comprised of a wild pack of destructive anti-music villains. Among them is a character named the Butterfly Stomper (butterfly being a symbol of transformation). The Butterfly Stomper is one who destroys all things of beauty. On his shirt is the number 23... and you know what that means.

Bugs Bunny says in one cartoon "frick-a-frack-a fire-crack- er siss boom bah! Bugs Bunn-y Bugs Bunn-y Rah Rah Rah!" There are 19 syllables in this cryptic statement. 1-9=-8, or -2, the prime number before 23. Wow... people are funny.

Tank Girl ; the Tank Girl comic-books are literally packed with the number 23.

Twin Peaks ; Laura Palmer was murdered on februari 23rd.

The Academy Award winning film "Charly" is the story of a low-grade moron (IQ around Dan Quayle's) who is transformed by neuro-surgery into a superhuman genius (IQ 200 plus). In the crucial operation scene, the number on the operating room is visible, and it is 23.

In the movie Airplane II the name of the space ship is theXR - 2300.

In the movie Airport, the mad bomber has Seat 23.

In the movie Babe, the little piggy is the 23rd contestant for the Sheep Dog contest. Kind of takes the innocence of the flick away doesn't it?

In the movie Die Hard III the train derails in subway station 23.

In the movie Hackers, the data which causes all the action is take from 'data bank 23'.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978); The first trash truck seen transporting pods is labled number 23.

Lawrence of Arabia; Anthony Quinn's character proclaims he has 23 wounds upon his body.

In David Lynch's film, Lost Highway, Fred's number in the jail is 47516 (4+7+5+1+6=23).

In Oliver Stone's Nixon, Tricky Dick's football jersey at Whittier is number 23.

Quiz Show; A waiter chooses 23 when asked for a random number, and the contestant follows with a list of 23 related facts to show his knowledge base.

Star Wars

The Millennium Falcon escapes Mos Eisley spaceport from docking bay 94 (9/3=3 and 4/2=2 reverse it and you get 23). In the final assault on the Death Star, Luke Skywalker is in Red 5. Red 2 and Red 3 start the bomb runs at 23 degrees. "Stay on target!" R2-D2 and C-3PO: R2+C3=RC (Rosy Cross, Rosicrucian) and 23. TK421, the only stormtrooper called by name in the Star Wars trilogy. T(20)+k(11)+4-2-1=32. The reverse of 23. Now that's the spirit! Why aren't you at you're post? The cell block where Princess Leia was held on the Death Star was AA-23 on Level 5. A.'.A.'.? When Luke Skywalker is in the trench during his bombing run, the first number you see on the targeting computer is 23. The next scene that shows the computer shows the number 32.

George Lucas' first real movie, in alphabetic order, T=20, H=8, X=24. (T)20-(H)8=12; 1+3+8=12; reconcile: 12-12=0 which leaves (X)24-1=23.

Support your local gunslinger; James Garner's character, who despises roulette, announces that he has "an irresistible urge to bet on the number 23." 23 becomes a running gag throughout the comedy-western.

In the movie "The Prophecy", the Bible belonging to the dead angel Uziel is bookmarked on the 23rd chapter of Revelations.

The number on Adam Sandler's helmet in "Happy Gilmore" is 23.

Marilyn Monroe's former address is 12305 Helena Drive.

Popeye is seen repeatedly pondering the number 23 in many of his 1970's TV Cartoons.

Babylon 5; A 5 mile long space station, a 5 year story line, set in the 23rd century, naturally. And if you watch closely, you'll notice it's all parable for Clinton and Whitewater.

Seinfeld; Kramer hides his air conditioner on Level Purple 23 in a shopping carpark. This episode was played in Australia on 23 September 1996.

Sesame Street; Bert is a member of the National Association of W Lovers. W is the 23rd letter of the alphabet, if you haven't had that driven into your head by now.

In most every episode of ST:TNG, if a number is given it will usually be a 23 (or 23,000).

X-Files; Ten-Thirteen (10+13=23) is the name of the production company famed for producing shows like the X- files and Millennium. 10-13 is the Birth date of creator Chris Carter and the day the Knights Templar were arrested in France in 1307. Aha! you exclaim, More proof! 1013 (10+13=23) is the number on the abandoned nuclear missile silo where a UFO is contained and Crycek is locked up by the Men in Black in an episode of X-Files. Agent Mulder goes to the apartment of a recently deceased man in one episode, and we see the number 23 on the door as he is let in.

Max Headroom broadcast on Network 23

August 23, 1970; Birth date of River Phoenix, actor. Died of drug overdose, "You call him Dr. Bones, doll!"

Historical events, politics, and related stuff
230 people died on TWA Flight 800. The two recovered seats from TWA Flight 800 with shrapnel damage were Seats 23J and 23K. The explosion is theorized to have occurred at this location.

April 19th; As in 4-19... 4 + 19 = 23. April 19 is the date the Battle of Lexington, Waco, and the Oklahoma City Bombing... (4+19=23).

August 23, 1305; The day William Wallace, whose life is fictionalized in the movie Braveheart, was executed for treason to the crown by leading a Scottish revolt. Interestingly, this was the pre-cursor to the underground Knights Templar refugees' involvement with Robert the Bruce at the Battle of Bannockburn.

Over 50% of the national media is owned by 23 major corporations, as reported by Noam Chomsky. To recapitulate... more than half of the information thrust upon the American people is controlled by only 23 corporations.

Bill Clinton's numerical initials are B=2 C=3.

The number of letters in William Jefferson Clinton is 23.

John Dillinger robbed 26 banks, but only 23 for money. Now that's a statement. 2323 Clark St. Chicago, IL: this is the theater where John Dillinger was allegedly shot while leaving after the flick Manhattan Melodrama ended. Also, have you noticed that in most movies hotel room numbers are based on five, with many of them being 23, or some variation that breaks down to 5?

Arthur Flengenheimer (a.k.a. Dutch Schultz) died in a New York hospital on October 23, 1934 and uttered: "A boy has never wept nor dashed a thousand kim... French Canadian bean soup... The bears are in trouble and the sidewalks are in trouble..."

Hiroshima was bombed on August 6, 1945 (8+6+4+5=23).

Adolf Hitler organized the National Socialist Congress on January 23. On November 23 he tried to seize power.

On January 23, 1968 the USS Pueblo was hijacked off of North Korea. The crew was held exactly 11 months until December 23, 1968 when they were released after being beaten by soviets to give back an intercepted USSR message stating plans to start a nuclear war with Red China.

There are exactly 23 plainly visible characters (letters & numbers) on the front of U.S. Coins.

The Articles of Impeachment meant for Richard Nixon were under Article 2, Section 3 of the Constitution. In the sweetest irony, Our Beloved First Lady, Hillary Rodham Clinton, was one of the young lawyers who helped research the constitutionality of impeaching a reigning President. Nice of her to do all the groundwork for us...

The USA performed 23 tests of atomic detonations at Bikini Atoll in the South Pacific.

October 23, 1956; The day the Hungarian revolution began against the Russians. Not to be confused with any of the many previous Hungarian revolutions.

Parliamentary Procedure; 23 votes are required to rescind a Motion.

The Unabomber allegedly hurt or killed 23 people.

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23 in the Scriptures
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 * 1) Old Testament Psalms 23
 * 2) Yoga scriptures Hatha Yoga Pradipika 23

The 23 Enigma
the 23 enigma: captain clark welcomes you aboard!


 * 1) http://www.disinfo.com/pages/dossier/id327/pg1/

The 23 enigma: captain clark welcomes you aboard! by Dave 'daev' Walsh (daev@blather.net) - October 18, 2000

Well, we don't have any explanation. We're not into saying, This is why". I don't come to any conclusion. I simply think it's interesting." ~ ~ Genesis P-Orridge, interview in 'Tape Delay' by Charles Neal, 1987.

The '23 Enigma', as discovered by William S. Burroughs, presents itself as a good omen for some - disaster for others. Trying to convey the phenomenon to the uninitiated is as easy as describing the night sky to someone who has been blind from birth.

When Burroughs was in Tangiers, he knew a Captain Clark who ran a ferry over to Spain. One day, Clark told Burroughs that he had been doing the route for 23 years without an accident. That day, the ferry sank. . .that evening, while Burroughs was thinking about the incident, a radio bulletin announced the crash of Flight 23 on the New York-Miami route. The pilot was another Captain Clark!

Burroughs began to keep a scrapbook of 23s. When writing about Dutch Shultz, he realized that when the New York City gangster had put a contract out on 23-year-old Vincent 'Mad Dog' Coll, who met his end on 23rd St. Shultz himself died on October 23rd, 1935. As Robert Anton Wilson writes in 'Cosmic Trigger', the same night, Marty Crompier, another gangster was shot, but not fatally. "It's got to be one of them coincidences," he told police.

Speaking of October 23rd, Seventeenth century scholar Archbishop Usher reckoned that the earth was created on October 23rd, 4004 BC, while the Mayans believed the world will end on December 23rd, 2012.

Hexagram 23 in the 'I Ching' oracle means "break apart." 23 in telegrapher's code means "break the line." Aleister Crowley defined number 23 as "parting, removal, separation, joy, a thread, and life . . ."

Parents each donate 23 chromosomes to the fertilized egg. . .the human biorhythm cycle is generally 23 days, and it takes 23 seconds for blood to circulate through the human body.

And so on. ..

This inexplicable fascination with 23 has become a mind-virus, seeping into the music of 'Psychic TV', the art of H.R. Giger, the comics of Jamie Hewlett and Grant Morrison, the literature of Robert Anton Wilson, Arthur Koestler, Umberto Eco, and countless others. The pages of the 'Principia Discordia' supply another feast of 23s. It now reached a point where one has to be sharp to differentiate between the 23s meant as signposts for those in the know, and those which appear for no obvious reason, in the damndest of places. The Internet is these days littered with lists of historical and scientific '23s', some of which are not so ` - i.e. mere coincidence, some mind-boggling - beautiful synchronicity.

The '23 Enigma' has its skeptics - those who say that it's a focusing of attention on just one number. This may be true, but as mentioned above, some folks have fun with 23s - the day-to-day synchronicity that raises a private smile - while for others it can be sheer hell, and we're not just talking about Burroughs' two Captain Clarks. Genesis P. Orridge (his band, 'Psychic TV', released 23 albums on the 23rd of each month for 23 months) told the members of another British band, 'Cabaret Voltaire', about the enigma. They showed interest, but skepticism. Two days later, Genesis received a phone call from them:

"You bastard! . . . We've come to Holland to do three gigs, and in ever hotel we've had room 23, and the gig on the 23rd was a complete disaster. And everywhere we turn, there are 23s. What have you done?"

"Well, I did say you'd start noticing it," answered Genesis.

Michal Jordan's favourite dress number is/was "23"

David Beckham's favourite dress number is "23"

CIDR netmask describing a single IP is /32 (23 in reverse)

Some stuff I found @ the Wikipedia:

In early 20th century United States slang, twenty-three meant to leave a place. (From the phrase 23 Skidoo, which was a reference to Charles Dickens' novel A Tale of Two Cities, in which the hero Sydney Carlton was the twenty-third victim of the guillotine that day).

May 23 1533: The marriage of King Henry VIII of England to Catharine of Aragon is declared null and void.

May 23 1618: The Second Defenstration of Prague precipitates the Thirty Years' War.

Avogadro's number 6.02 * 10^23

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http://www.totse.com/en/ego/artistic_endeavors/162045.html - a site with random stuff u can do. doesn't really matter what it's about - it's 30 random plans to do. QUOTE:
 * Plan#23**

There is no plan #23.

The "Stargate"-season "Atlantis" is starting in Germany at 23rd of February.

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2/3 = .666 The number of the Beast?

In the film Airport the mad bomber is sitting in Seat 23

230 people died on TWA Fight 800

The 23rd letter of the alphabet is W three points up two down

In children of the damned (50's version) ,the younggirl lives in app. no. 23.

First Apollo landing was at 23.63 edges east, the second was at 23.42 degrees west

23 Tales be Leo Tolstoy

April 19, written by Americans as 4/19 and Europeans as 19/4 either way 19+4=23,

April 19, 1775 Battle of Lexington

April 19, 1943 Uprising in Warzaw Ghetto & Albert Hoffmann takes the first LSD-trip

April 19, 1993 Waco Holocaust

April 19, 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing

Area 51 Mecca of UFO and Conspiracy theorist, 51 breaks down to 23+23+(2+3)=51

August 23, 1305 William Wallace executed for treason

August 23, 1970 Conspiracy poster boy River Phoenix born

Star Trek was originally set in the 23 century as was Babylon 5

Human biorhythm cycle is 23 days

It takes 23 seconds for blood to circulate through the body

Julius Caesar was stabbed 23 time by assassins

In the act of conception male and female each donate 23 chromosomes

There are 23 chapters of the Cult Awareness Network

Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was born on December 23, 1805

The German "Grundgesetz" (Constitution) was set up on 23.05.1949 (2+3+5+4+9=23)

The Federal Reserve Act passed Congress on December 23, 1913

The world will end on December 23, 2012 according to Mayan prophecy

In Ancient Sumeria and Egypt, July 23, When Sirius rises behind the sun, was the beginning of the new year

The Nissan Car company takes it's name from 'ni' which is 2 in Japanese, and 'san' which means 3. Nissan=23

The Articles of Impeachment for Richard Nixon were under Article 2, Section 3, of the constitution

The US set off 23 atomic bombs at Bikini Atoll in the South Pacific


 * 1) http://twenty3.users2.50megs.com/23.htm


 * http://www.gaiamind.com/about23.html


 * http://seti23.org/links/links.html#23


 * http://seti23.org/links-23-23.html


 * http://yiri.maniac.com/23.html

also check further 23 links here

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Gamlor was here <- No I wasn't! STFU!!!

Camel cigaretes. It says "since 1913". 1+9+13=23  . They also use a pyramid with five faces.

in the song "no w" from "ministry" the singer says "song 23" just before the guitars start.

9.11.2001 = 9+11+2+0+0+1= 23!

9.11.2001 = 9+11+(2001=)3 = 23  and   2 twin towers(11+00) + 3 parts(month+day+year) = 23

9.11.2001 - 9.11.1978 (Camp David) = 23 years

The question of the cause of AIDS was officially settled on April 23, 1984, when the Department of Health and Human Services announced the isolation of the AIDS virus.
 * 1) http://www.virusmyth.net/aids/data/pdpolicy.htm

Kunda
Synchronicity: was writing an email in a squirrelmail client and: Folders Last Refresh: Fri, 5:23 am

(KunDa) Just browsed this site it has a category on the left that updates whenever someone browses the site and saw this (italics mine): recent users => 23:17 == now 20:18 squirrel 04:56 kryminall 19:54 starburst83 16:11 mattrix 16:04 eek 01:45 argonauph 21:04 astcell 20:04 shortyrocker05 09:42 lootvik_temp 08:21 kaleb22003