Philomath

William Vernon Cane (my great-grandfather)

July 24 1883 - October 13, 1957

Born: Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

Deceased: Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

William Conrad Cane (my great-great-grandfather)

March 12, 1850 - March 12, 1885

Residence: HMS Excellent

Born: Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

Deceased: Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

James Frederick Cane (my direct ancestor - 5 generations)

March 3, 1824 - 1866

Born: Bath, Somerset

Christened: Saint Mary St, Marylebone Rd Parish Church, London

Occupation: Master at Arms RN

Marriage: Eliza Cane nee Philips, May 1, 1845, Kilnaugtin, Kerry, Ireland

Deceased: Portsea Island, Hampshire

James Charles Duquesne (my direct ancestor - 6 generations)

March 18, 1795 - June 1, 1834

Name change: Duquesne (DuCane) > Cane

Born: Warminster, Somerset

Marriage: Anne Biel, November 4, 1815, St Marylebone, Middlesex, England

Residence: Oxford St, London

Burial: St John's Wood Burial Ground, London

Charles Duquesne (my direct ancestor - 7 generations)

November 29, 1767 - January 1842

Charles Duquesne (my direct ancestor - 8 generations)

May 18, 1747 - August, 1785

Born: Westminster, London

Henry Duquesne (my direct ancestor - 9 generations)

1720 - 1742

Born: Geneva, Switzerland

Gabriel Duquesne (my direct ancestor - 10 generations)

"Philosopher, Soldier & Honorary Marquis"

1684 - February, 1748

Born: Paris

Education: Entered University of Geneva. Major Philosophy (1699)

Naturalisation: England, 1711

Residence: St James, Westminster

Marriage: Elizabeth Yates nee Bradshaigh, August 28, 1714, St Peter Le Poer, London

Residence: Radnor House, Cross Deep, Twickenham, 1718

Burial: St Marylebone, London

Will: "The Will is brief. He left the sums of £10 to his son Thomas Roger and married daughter Anne French of the Isle of Wight for mourning rings, appointed Stephen Cabibel of the City of London, merchant sole executor and bequeathed him £400 for his trouble Dec 9 1747."

Henri Duquesne (my direct ancestor - 11 generations)

1662 - November 14, 1722

Born: Dieppe, 76200, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, FRANCE

Occupation: Baron d'Aubonne en Suisse

Deceased: Genève, 1200, Genève, Région Lémanique, SUISSE

Abraham "le grand" Duquesne II (my direct ancestor - 12 generations)

1610 - February 3, 1688

Born: Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France

Marriage: Gabrielle DuQuesne nee de Bernieres, July 15, 1661, Paris, France

Barony of Bouchet-Valgrand: Presented of Barony of Bouchet-Valgrand (near Etamples) by Louis IV, 1681, Île-de-France

Marquis Du Quesne: Raised to the rank of Marquis by Louis IV, 1682, Île-de-France

Deceased: Paris, Seine, Île-de-France, France

Abraham I Duquesne (my direct ancestor - 13 generations)

1570 - 1635

Born: Blangy-sur-Bresle, 76340, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, FRANCE

Marriage: Marthe Duquesne nee de Caux, Luncray Seine Maritine, France, 1608

Deceased: 1635, Dunkerque, 59240, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

Lardin Duquesne

Birth: Blangy-sur-Bresle, 76101, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie

Deceased: Blangy-sur-Bresle, 76101, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, 1604

Jean Duquesne

Occupation: Squire and Lord of Fournetot

Illumination in four scenes representing : Jean Duquesne gives the book to Charles le Temeraire (1433-1477), last duke of Burgundy, Cesar learning, The wedding of Pompee and Julia and Cesar and his army extracting from the belgian manuscript entitled Cesar's commentaries, writes by Jean Duquesne, in 1482

About Duquesne

Key research links that I'm yet to unpack, decode and codex on my site.

In no particular order:

History of Numerology

So, you want to learn the origins of numerology. Good. So do I.

And, I also want to write more. So, here I am. Setting out to make the most accessible, pallatable and most importantly tolerable 'scroll' on numerology's history - fit for the next Great Library of Alexandria.

"When one teaches, two learn."

- Robert Anson Heinlein, naval officer, aeronautical engineer and science fiction author

history, noun: the whole series of past events connected with a particular person or thing.

This means, as far as I'm aware, that the task at hand is a behemouth. But, someone has to do it; that, ideally, is not a media publication or charlatan selling your emails when you input them into their numerology calculator.

Why is it a behemouth? Because numerology is one of the languages of the universe* and different key figures are relevant to its history through various periods in our civilisation spanning 1000s of years (though the word itself "numerology" is not recorded in English before circa 1907).

“Everything is numbers and to know numbers is to know thyself.”

- Pythagoras, ancient philosopher (c. 570 – c. 495 BC), polymath, eponymous founder of Pythagoreanism and father of numerology

*if, upon reading that numerology is one of the languages of the universe, you find yourself recoiling, remember that that is the reason why our job is to understand things.

"Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas."

Translates from latin to english to: "Fortunate is he, who is able to know the causes of things."

- verse 490 of Book 2 of the "Georgics" (29 BC), by the Latin poet Virgil (70 - 19 BC)

So, we now know that "numerology" is a modern (western) terminology for a language that our civilisation -- and likely those before us (but I'll leave that to Graham Hancock) -- were magnetised to.

And that I'm magnetised to it, here in 2024. You probably are, too. So, it's a serious subject.

Yet, I'm already name-dropping pythagoras and going as far back as circa 570 BC.

And, what about Chaldean numerology? Babylonian numerology? Indian numerology?

What about them indeed.

Well, it's time that I wrap up this introductory section, find a way to index the contents of what's about to unravel, and start to unravel it. Strap in.

Numerology

If you were to stop anyone on the street, from the average Joe to the material scientist, they would state that they understand what numbers are. They do indeed have an understanding of number (they're not lying, after all) and if pressed for a specific answer, they might say something along the lines of "numbers are symbols of comparative quantity". Let's take the dictionary definition of 'number' (noun) meaning: an arithmetical value, expressed by a word, symbol, or figure, representing a particular quantity and used in counting and making calculations. So, what if the person you stopped on the street was not an average Joe or material scientist?

Well, then they're likely a metaphysical scientist or a numerologist and numbers to them (and possibly you now) assume a much more profound significance. The key difference between a material scientist and a metaphysical scientist is that the material scientist wields their logical left-brain to understand and manipulate the physical realm whereas the metaphysical scientist is occupied by the basic fundamental structure of reality. My brother, for example, is an engineer firmly rooted in the physical sciences. Other physical science fields include, but are not limited to, the likes of chemistry, earth sciences like geology, geography, mechanics and manufacturing. Metaphysics on the other hand is anything non-physical which impacts the physical such as consciousness and the questioning of existence itself. Both fields, of course, are important. Though I prefer (and I'm sure so do you, if you're reading this) metaphysics as I personally believe the most important two questions for any scientist worth their salt should be:

What is the source of everything in the universe? and
Where does that source originate from?

Humanity is becoming unified in its agreement on the answer to question one being 'consciousness' and is slowly giving up -- we can only hope, one generation at a time -- on warring and crusading over the answers (all wrong, by the way) that we've put forward thus far to question two. And, by we, I mean a select few ancient teachers such as Christ, Buddha, Krishna et al. Though we should be under no illusion that as time's unfolded from their days to ours - we've lost the actual meanings behind their teachings and weaponised the allegories and mythologies that they left behind to progress the agendas and ideologies of religions. So, who knows, maybe their answers were right. Alas, we can't ask them - we can only ask ourselves with our own intuition. Ironically, just like they did. However we do indeed have an advantage, believe it or not, in this Great era of knowledge and our access to it - as we can look back through history (such as the history of numerology itself) and begin to lay out the inherent meanings in as many fundamentals of our universe as we physically can. I, for no logical reason that a material scientist can empathise with, am starting with numerology.

The essential (basic) metaphysics behind numerology

To truly understand numerology, you must first know the original arcane meanings taught 2,500 years ago by Pythagoras. The core numbers represent aspects of what it is to be human. In numerology, all numbers develop and derive from -- and are connected to -- the absolute number one. As this number represents the expression of the human ego; without which human life is expressionless and would cease to exist. The only numbers in numerology are the following:

one
two
three
four
five
six
seven
eight
nine
zero (a symbol, rather than a number)
11 (master number)
22 (master number)
33 (master number)

One is the first physical number. As the only absolute number, it is the symbol of divine expression. It is the key to verbal selfexpression and the expression of the ego as a microcosm of the divine (the macrocosm). It is the key to our communication skills.

Two is the first spiritual (feeling) number. It represents the duality of humans and symbolises the gateway to our sensitivities, as well as our need to be part of a pair. It is the number of intuition.

Three is the first mind (thinking) number. Following the primary verbal (1) and intuitive (2) expressions comes the mental. It is the gateway to the conscious mind and to rational understanding, the focus of left-brain activity, the key to memory. The number 3 is symbolised by the triangle, representing the connection of mind, soul and body.

Four is the number at the centre of the physical (doing) plane, the key to orderliness, practicality and organising. It is symbolised by the square, the basis of all practical construction.

Five is the centre of the soul (feeling) plane and the very centre of the total Birth Chart. It is the spiritual number representing love and freedom of expression.

Six is the centre of the mind (thinking) plane, where it represents creativity, the integration of the left and right lobes of the brain. It also represents the opposite of creativity - destruction. This is "negative" creativity expressed as worry, stress, anxiety and depression.

Seven is the symbol of the temple, the human body and its seven chakras or power centres. It is the teaching learning number, the number of practical philosophical experience. Such learning is usually acquired through sacrifice as the means of indelible instruction.

Eight is the most active spiritual number, situated at the active end of the soul plane. It is the number of wisdom expressed intuitively through loving action. It brings independence into focus.

Nine is the three-fold number at the action end of the mind plane. As mind in action, it represents ambition (the physical aspect), responsibility (the thinking aspect) and idealism (the spiritual aspect), and so combines the attributes of each of the previous numbers.

Zero is a symbol rather than a number. The 0 is present in many birth dates and has an important symbolic significance. Philosophically and mathematically, it represents nothing (as the numerator) and everything (as the denominator), the two infinite ends of the finite, neither of which is physically attainable. Thus, it is a totally mystical symbol, indicative of the degree of spiritual mysticism inherent (but rarely developed) in the individual. Anyone who has one or more zeros in their birth date has an inherent spirituality that they should recognise, for it has the potential to assist them in understanding many of the deeper aspects of life (such as life's purpose, the power of thought and the process of reincarnation).