© Gunnar Tómasson
21 June 2017
I. Francis Bacon’s Essay, Of Truth
(1625)
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16829 = What is Truth; said jesting Pilate;
16465 = and would not stay for an Answer.
18074 = Certainly there be, that delight in Giddinesse
13235 = And count it a Bondage, to fix a Beleefe;
22340 = Affecting Free-will in Thinking as well as in Acting.
24810 = And though the Sects of Philosophers of that Kinde be gone,
21536 = yet there remaine certaine discoursing Wits,
12152 = which are of the same veines,
18070 = though there be not so much Bloud in them,
14517 = as was in those of the Ancients.
19835 = But it is not onely the Difficultie, and Labour
17822 = which Men take in finding out of Truth;
14466 = Nor againe, that when it is found,
16605 = it imposeth vpon mens Thoughts;
13519 = that doth bring Lies in fauour,
24851 = But a naturall, though corrupt Loue, of the Lie it selfe.
16509 = One of the later Schoole of the Grecians,
19915 = examineth the matter, and is at a stand, to thinke
21204 = what should be in it, that men should loue Lies;
24494 = Where neither they make for Pleasure, as with Poets;
26333 = Nor for Aduantage, as with the Merchant; but for the Lies sake.
7815 = But I cannot tell:
17572 = This same Truth, is a Naked, and Open day light,
21950 = that doth not shew, the Masques, and Mummeries,
20056 = and Triumphs of the world, halfe so Stately,
10902 = and daintily, as Candlelights.
19942 = Truth may perhaps come to the price of a Pearle,
10647 = that sheweth best by day:
26281 = But it will not rise, to the price of a Diamond or Carbuncle,
16547 = that sheweth best in varied lights.
16697 = A mixture of a Lie doth euer adde Pleasure.
18306 = Doth any man doubt, that if there were taken
15728 = out of Mens Mindes, Vaine Opinions,
15926 = Flattering Hopes, False valuations,
16567 = Imaginations as one would, and the like;
13966 = but it would leaue the Mindes,
17950 = of a Number of Men, poore shrunken Things;
16165 = full of Melancholy, and Indisposition,
13441 = and vnpleasing to themselues?
15790 = One of the Fathers, in great Seuerity,
12325 = called Poesie, Vinum Dæmonum;
14068 = because it filleth the Imagination,
18552 = and yet it is, but with the shadow of a Lie.
23809 = But it is not the Lie, that passeth through the Minde,
19114 = but the Lie that sinketh in, and setleth in it,
20452 = that doth the hurt, such as we spake of before.
19135 = But howsoeuer these things are thus,
17631 = in mens depraued Iudgements, and Affections,
19303 = yet Truth, which onely doth iudge it selfe,
16947 = teacheth, that the Inquirie of Truth,
19407 = which is the Loue-making, or Wooing of it;
24317 = The Knowledge of Truth, which is the Presence of it;
21439 = and the Beleefe of Truth, which is the Enioying of it;
17137 = is the Soueraigne Good of humane Nature.
23316 = The first Creature of God, in the workes of the Dayes,
12236 = was the Light of the Sense;
15062 = The last, was the Light of Reason;
13986 = And his Sabbath Worke, euer since,
16231 = is the Illumination of his Spirit.
24837 = First he breathed Light, vpon the Face, of the Matter or Chaos;
15511 = Then he breathed Light, into the Face of Man;
15000 = and still he breatheth and inspireth
13512 = Light, into the Face of his Chosen.
14216 = The Poet, that beautified the Sect,
22778 = that was otherwise inferiour to the rest,
12983 = saith yet excellently well:
18762 = It is a pleasure to stand vpon the shore
16065 = and to see ships tost vpon the Sea;
21011 = A pleasure to stand in the window of a Castle,
22322 = and to see a Battaile, and the Aduentures thereof, below:
14652 = But no pleasure is comparable, to
21546 = the standing, vpon the vantage ground of Truth
9474 = (A hill not to be commanded,
19050 = and where the Ayre is alwaies cleare and serene;)
17193 = And to see the Errours and Wandrings,
18416 = and Mists, and Tempests, in the vale below:
23256 = So alwaies, that this prospect, be with Pitty,
15853 = and not with Swelling, or Pride.
14791 = Certainly, it is Heauen vpon Earth,
14444 = to haue a Mans Minde moue in Charitie,
9099 = Rest in Prouidence,
16653 = and Turne vpon the Poles of Truth.
24147 = To pass from Theologicall and Philosophicall Truth,
16506 = to the Truth of ciuill Businesse;
26945 = It will be acknowledged, euen by those, that practize it not,
24509 = that cleare and Round dealing, is the Honour of Mans Nature;
12692 = And that Mixture of Falshood,
15180 = is like Allay in Coyne of Gold and Siluer,
18979 = which may make the Metall worke the better,
8066 = but it embaseth it.
18111 = For these winding, and crooked courses,
12669 = are the Goings of the Serpent;
23514 = which goeth basely vpon the belly, and not vpon the Feet.
23313 = There is no Vice, that doth so couer a Man with Shame,
14034 = as to be found false, and perfidious.
18522 = And therefore Mountaigny saith prettily,
24123 = when he enquired the reason, why the word of the Lie,
20405 = should be such a Disgrace, and such an Odious Charge?
12538 = Saith he, If it be well weighed,
16568 = To say that a man lieth, is as much to say,
25983 = as that he is braue towards God, and a Coward towards men.
15156 = For a Lie faces God, and shrinkes from Man.
19395 = Surely the Wickednesse of Falshood, and Breach
20429 = of Faith, cannot possibly be so highly expressed,
18582 = as in that it shall be the last Peale, to call the
19854 = Iudgements of God, vpon the Generations of Men,
20293 = It being foretold, that when Christ commeth,
15732 = He shall not finde faith vpon the earth.
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II. The Coming of Christ
(King James Bible 1611)
101042
1 = Monad
The Way, the Truth, and the Life
16777 = THIS IS IESVS THE KING OF THE IEWES – Matt. 27:37
9442 = THE KING OF THE IEWES – Mark 15:26
13383 = THIS IS THE KING OF THE IEWES – Luke 23:38
17938 = IESVS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE IEWES – John 19:19
Christ’s Mission
(Matt. 10:34)
19148 = Thinke not that I am come to send peace on earth;
15592 = I came not to send peace but a sword.
Sword Sent By Christ
5596 = Andlig spekðin – Spiritual Wisdom
-6960 = Jarðlig skilning – Earthly Understanding
New Breed of Man Sent Down From Heaven
(Virgil‘s Fourth Eclogue)
10125 = Sannr Maðr ok Sannr Guð*
101042
*True Man and True God
III. He shall not finde faith vpon the earth –
Abomination of Desolation¹
(Contemporary history)
The Gates of Hell
13031 = International Monetary Fund
9948 = Harvard University
7146 = Seðlabanki Íslands – Central Bank of Iceland = 30125
Persecuted
8525 = Gunnar Tómasson
12385 = Guðrún Ólafía Jónsdóttir
Modes of Persecution
11587 = Character Assassination
5881 = Níðingsverk – Barbarity
7750 = Psychiatric Rape
6603 = Mannorðsmorð – Vicious Slander
16439 = Criminal Obstruction of Justice
Persecutors – Pontius Pilates
U.S. Government
12867 = William Jefferson Clinton – President
4496 = Janet Reno – Attorney General
IMF
8899 = Jacques de Larosière – Managing Director
7678 = Michel Camdessus – Managing Director
5517 = William B. Dale – Deputy Managing Director
2713 = Dick Erb – Deputy Managing Director
6584 = Jacques J. Polak – Economic Counsellor
4734 = Tun Thin – Asian Department Director
9349 = W. John R. Woodley – Asian Department Deputy Director
3542 = Ken Clark – Director of Administration
3339 = Graeme Rea – Director of Administration
3227 = P. N. Kaul – Deputy Director of Administration
5446 = Nick Zumas – Grievance Committee Chairman
Harvard
3625 = Derek C. Bok – President
8175 = Henry Rosovsky – Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
8566 = James S. Duesenberry – Chairman, Department of Economics
11121 = Paul Anthony Samuelson – Ph. D., Nobel Laureate in Economics
8381 = Walter S. Salant – Ph. D., Brookings Institution Senior Fellow
Iceland
10244 = Vigdís Finnbogadóttir – President
11361 = Salóme Þorkelsdóttir – Althing President
6028 = Davíd Oddsson – Prime Minister
10295 = Þorsteinn Pálsson – Minister of Justice
8316 = Jón Sigurdsson – Minister of Commerce
5940 = Jónas H. Haralz – World Bank Executive Director
Other Iceland
6648 = Jóhannes Nordal – Central Bank Governor
8864 = Bjarni Bragi Jónsson – Central Bank Chief Economist
14314 = Benjamín Jón Hafsteinn Eiríksson – Harvard Ph. D.
9720 = Matthías Jóhannessen – Editor, Morgunblaðið
Other
10989 = Orenthal James Simpson
8015 = John & Patsy Ramsey
4953 = Osama bin Laden
Violent Crimes
3586 = Murder
6899 = Nicole Brown
4948 = Ron Goldman
6100 = Brentwood
1204 = 12 June (4th month old-style)
1994 = 1994 A.D.
3718 = Jonbenet
3503 = Boulder
2510 = 25 December (10th month old-style)
1996 = 1996 A.D.
5557 = The Pentagon
9596 = World Trade Center
1107 = 11 September (7th month old-style)
2001 = 2001 A.D.
Other
7920 = Excelsior Hotel
5060 = Paula Jones
803 = 8 May (3rd month old-style)
1991 = 1991 A.D.
4014 = Kiss it!
8486 = The White House
7334 = Kathleen Willey
2909 = 29 November (9th month old-style)
1993 = 1993 A.D.
22091 = I’ve wanted to do this ever since I laid eyes on you.
6045 = The Oval Office
8112 = Monica Lewinsky
1509 = 15 November (9th month old-style)
1995 = 1995 A.D. = 438097¹
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IV. Snorri Sturluson – Poem‘s End
(Háttatal, v. 101 – Magic metre)
45319
5521 = Njóti aldrs
3902 = ok auðsala
7274 = konungr ok jarl,
7826 = þat er kvæðis lok.
4143 = Falli fyrr
3150 = fold í ægi,
6684 = steini studd,
6819 = en stillis lof.²
45319
I + II + III + IV = 1927965 + 101042 + 468222 + 45319 = 2542548
V. The King James Bible
(Dedication, 1611)
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17083 = To the most high and mightie Prince, James
14782 = by the grace of God King of Great Britaine,
13600 = France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. [c = 100 in &c]
16142 = The Translators of The Bible, wish
23471 = Grace, Mercie, and Peace, through Iesvs Christ our Lord.
25844 = Great and manifold were the blessings (most dread Soueraigne)
18175 = which Almighty GOD, the Father of all Mercies,
27472 = bestowed vpon vs the people of ENGLAND, when first he sent
26231 = your Maiesties Royall person to rule and raigne ouer vs.
20761 = For whereas it was the expectation of many,
20349 = who wished not well vnto our SION,
17198 = that vpon the setting of that bright
15710 = Occidentall Starre Queene ELIZABETH
9424 = of most happy memory,
18376 = some thicke and palpable cloudes of darkenesse
18648 = would so haue ouershadowed this land,
13878 = that men should haue bene in doubt
15782 = which way they were to walke,
15261 = and that it should hardly be knowen,
19547 = who was to direct the vnsetled State:
12947 = the appearance of your MAIESTIE,
14404 = as of the Sunne in his strength.
27059 = instantly dispelled those supposed and surmised mists,
17924 = and gaue vnto all that were well affected
22864 = exceeding cause of comfort; especially when we beheld
20399 = the gouernment established in your HIGHNESSE,
18518 = and your hopefull Seed, by an vndoubted Title,
9996 = and this also accompanied
19326 = with Peace and tranquillitie, at home and abroad.
12121 = But amongst all our Ioyes,
20593 = there was no one that more filled our hearts,
12579 = then the blessed continuance
21601 = of the Preaching of GODS sacred word amongst vs,
17008 = which is that inestimable treasure,
18678 = which excelleth all the riches of the earth,
19597 = because the fruit thereof extendeth it selfe,
27323 = not onely to the time spent in this transitory world,
14104 = but directeth and disposeth men
24591 = vnto that Eternall happinesse which is aboue in Heauen.
21523 = Then, not to suffer this to fall to the ground,
30913 = but rather to take it vp, and to continue it in that state, wherein
24340 = the famous predecessour of your HIGHNESSE did leaue it;
27586 = Nay, to goe forward with the confidence and resolution of a man
16494 = in maintaining the trueth of CHRIST,
12944 = and propagating it farre and neere,
19426 = is that which hath so bound and firmely knit
17031 = the hearts of all your MAIESTIES loyall
14221 = and Religious people vnto you,
19655 = that your very Name is precious among them,
18171 = their eye doeth behold you with comfort,
26424 = and they blesse you in their hearts, as that sanctified person,
29842 = who vnder GOD, is the immediate authour of their true happinesse.
24171 = And this their contentment doeth not diminish or decay,
19250 = but euery day increaseth and taketh strength,
22410 = when they obserue that the zeale of your Maiestie
26020 = towards the house of GOD, doth not slacke or goe backward,
22020 = but is more and more kindled, manifesting it selfe abroad
18605 = in the furthest parts of Christendome,
15825 = by writing in defence of the Trueth,
23901 = (which hath giuen such a blow vnto that man of Sinne,
8430 = as will not be healed)
21881 = and euery day at home, by Religious and learned discourse,
13424 = by frequenting the house of GOD,
25817 = by hearing the word preached, by cherishing the teachers therof,
9916 = by caring for the Church
18829 = as a most tender and louing nourcing Father.
19308 = There are infinite arguments of this right
22543 = Christian and Religious affection in your MAIESTIE:
22020 = but none is more forcible to declare it to others,
17320 = then the vehement and perpetuated desire
22604 = of the accomplishing and publishing of this Worke,
32321 = which now with all humilitie we present vnto your MAIESTIE.
23846 = For when your Highnesse had once out of deepe judgment
17057 = apprehended, how conuenient it was,
18847 = That out of the Originall sacred tongues,
19144 = together with comparing of the labours,
21033 = both in our owne, and other forreigne Languages,
19731 = of many worthy men who went before vs,
12929 = there should be one more exact
29045 = Translation of the holy Scriptures into the English tongue;
17764 = your MAIESTIE did neuer desist, to vrge
21746 = and to excite those to whom it was commended,
14331 = that the worke might be hastened,
24488 = and that the businesse might be expedited in so decent a maner,
24495 = as a matter of such importance might iustly require.
14074 = And now at last, by the Mercy of GOD,
15651 = and the continuance of our Labours,
30488 = it being brought vnto such a conclusion, as that we haue great hope
23456 = that the Church of England shall reape good fruit thereby;
23807 = we hold it our duety to offer it to your MAIESTIE,
17329 = not onely as to our King and Soueraigne,
26260 = but as to the principall moouer and Author of the Worke.
19776 = Humbly crauing of your most Sacred Maiestie,
16010 = that since things of this quality
17125 = haue euer bene subiect to the censures
17049 = of ill meaning and discontented persons,
16624 = it may receiue approbation and Patronage
25494 = from so learned and iudicious a Prince as your Highnesse is,
21401 = whose allowance and acceptance of our Labours
15850 = shall more honour and incourage vs,
11761 = then all the calumniations
23605 = and hard interpretations of other men shall dismay vs.
10548 = So that, if on the one side
23984 = we shall be traduced by Popish persons at home or abroad,
15346 = who therefore will maligne vs,
28146 = because we are poore Instruments to make GODS holy Trueth
20859 = to be yet more and more knowen vnto the people,
25267 = whom they desire still to keepe in ignorance and darknesse:
9729 = or if on the other side,
18634 = we shall be maligned by selfe-conceited brethren,
28157 = who runne their owne wayes, and giue liking vnto nothing
25716 = but what is framed by themselues, and hammered on their Anuile;
32015 = we may rest secure, supported within by the trueth and innocencie
7810 = of a good conscience,
24170 = hauing walked the wayes of simplicitie and integritie,
7044 = as before the Lord;
12205 = And sustained without,
29877 = by the powerfull Protection of your Maiesties grace and fauour,
16674 = which will euer giue countenance
16584 = to honest and Christian endeuours
25197 = against bitter censures, and vncharitable imputations.
10393 = The LORD of Heauen and earth
19648 = blesse your Maiestie with many and happy dayes,
21799 = that as his Heauenly hand hath enriched your Highnesse
20534 = with many singular, and extraordinary Graces;
24271 = so you may be the wonder of the world in this later age,
14503 = for happinesse and true felicitie,
24291 = to the honour of that Great GOD, and the good of his Church,
24380 = through IESVS CHRIST our Lord and onely Sauiour.
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¹Abomination of Desolation
Message posted to friends on 26 February 2014:
While in Iceland last August, I met with Pétur Halldórsson at the Cafe Milano in Reykjavík. We discussed matters of mutual interest, including what my Saga Cipher work might “mean“.
I took a napkin and, for emphasis, wrote down the number 438097. This is the Cipher Sum of some three dozen names of persons, institutions, dates and events during the reference period, including two famous murder cases, a sex scandal in high places, and presumptive lies told in connection therewith.
I told Pétur (what I had long surmised) that I believed that this number was associated with a watershed event in human history whose final phase was upon our world.
An earth-shaking culmination of human and spiritual evolution.
² Loose translation:
May king and earl enjoy an age of plenty, that is poem‘s end.
May earth sooner sink in the sea than there be end to praise.