© Gunnar Tómasson

20 December 2017

Foreword

I just checked out Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment for possible tell-tale signs of his use of the imagery of Saga-Shakespeare Myth and associated Cipher Symbolism.  I read Dostoyevsky’s book in the 1970s before I discovered the Saga Cipher Key in the oldest extant Icelandic skin manuscript and began to explore its use by authors in the Saga-Shakespeare literary tradition.

Background

(Wikipedia)

I.

Crime and Punishment focuses on the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Rodion Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-student in Saint Petersburg who formulates and executes a plan to kill an unscrupulous pawnbroker for her cash. Raskolnikov, in an attempt to defend his actions, argues that with the pawnbroker’s money he can perform good deeds to counterbalance the crime, while ridding the world of a vermin. He also commits the murder to test a theory of his that dictates some people are naturally capable of such actions, and even have the right to perform them. Several times throughout the novel, Raskolnikov compares himself with Napoleon Bonaparte and shares his belief that murder is permissible in pursuit of a higher purpose. (See III. below)

Saga Myth

I.

Kolr Þorsteinsson

In Brennu-Njálssaga Kolr Þorsteinsson is the greatest loud-mouth at the burning of Njáll and he is also the last arsonist to be killed in revenge for the burning.  Kolr is decapitated and – this is the high-point of his story –  “the head spoke ten as it flew off the body”.  Ten is the number of Father (Penis) through whose “head” the seed of a New Creation flies off at “decapitation”.

New Creation

17907

  9815 = Rodion Raskolnikov

  8092 = Napoleon Bonaparte

17907

Alpha

         7 = Man-Beast of Seventh Day

10900 = Kolr Þorsteinsson

Omega

  7000 = Microcosmos – Man in God’s Image

17907

Background

(Wikipedia)

II.

Raskolnikov, a conflicted former student, lives in a tiny, rented room in Saint Petersburg. He refuses all help, even from his friend Razumikhin, and devises a plan to murder and rob an elderly pawn-broker and money-lender, Alyona Ivanovna. His motivation comes from the overwhelming sense that he is predetermined [insert – this is of the essence in Saga-Shakespeare myth] to kill the old woman by some power outside of himself.

New Creation – Union of Man-Woman:

Gaukr Trandilsson

9178

6455 = Raskolnikov

1000 = Light of the World – Help

5723 = Razumikhin – as in Jacob, 1723 + 4000 = Flaming Sword – Cosmic Creative Power

13178

Light of the World become Flaming Sword

 4000 = Flaming Sword

  9178 = Gaukr Trandilsson

13178

Background

(Wikipedia)

III.

After much deliberation, Raskolnikov sneaks into Alyona Ivanovna’s apartment, where he murders her with an axe. He also kills her half-sister, Lizaveta, who happens to stumble upon the scene of the crime. Shaken by his actions, Raskolnikov manages to steal only a handful of items and a small purse, leaving much of the pawn-broker’s wealth untouched. Raskolnikov then flees and, due to a series of coincidences, manages to leave unseen and undetected.

Man’s Two-Stage Evolution

Young Stratfordian Will Shakspere was a “deer-slayer”. In myth, this imagery stands for sexual union between Hart and Doe – the first stage of the Stratfordian’s evolution to full adulthood.

A

The Deer-Slayer

8759

6455 = Raskolnikov

2304 = Alyona

8759

Alpha

345 = Soul‘s Foundation

666 = Man-Beast

Omega

216 = Soul‘s Resurrection

432 = Right Measure of Man

Man in God‘s Image

(A higher purpose)

7000 = Microcosmos

  100 = The End

8759

B

Sweet Swan of Avon

10805

6455 = Raskolnikov

4269 = Lizaveta

10724

7000 = Microcosmos

17724

Satan Bound

4385 = Hagia Sophia – Divine Wisdom

2534 = Satan

10805 = Sweet Swan of Avon

17724

Background

(Wikipedia)

IV.

The epilogue tells of how Raskolnikov is sentenced to eight years of penal servitude in Siberia, where Sonya follows him. Dunya and Razumikhin marry and are left in a happy position by the end of the novel, while Pulkheria, Raskolnikov’s mother, falls ill and dies, unable to cope with her son’s situation. Raskolnikov himself struggles in Siberia. It is only after some time in prison that his redemption and moral regeneration begin under Sonya’s loving influence

A

Gaukr Trandilsson, 9178,

and Eight Years of Exile

9186

6455 = Raskolnikov

2623 = Sonya

  100 = The End

9178

       8 = Eight Years of Exile

9186

B

Man‘s Perfection

9186

Let there be light.

 1000 = Light of the World

-6960 = Jarðlig skilning – Earthly Understanding

5596 = Andlig spekðin – Spiritual Wisdom

 9550 = THE COMPLEAT GENTLEMAN – Shakespeare Concept

 9186

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Calculator for converting letters to cipher values is at:

http://www.light-of-truth.com/ciphersaga.htm