Monday, July 30, 2007

Is 7 a Holy number?

Taken from 13.5 Lives of Captain Bluebear a novel -- written by Walter Moers.

" What does the Septimal Theory state?"
The Septimal Theory states that the universe is comprehensible only in terms of the number seven, and only by those possessing seven brains. There are seven elements: fire, water, earth, air, Perponium, Zamonium, and Domesticated Darkness. The universe consists of seven regions: north, south, east, west, before, after, and home. These regions are divisible, in their turn, by the seven elements. If one takes the astral weight of the individual elements and divides them by the septimal mass of the planets and stars present in the seven regions, one arrives at a figure in which sevens alone occur. The Norturnomathic brain recognizes seven sensations: inquisitiveness, love of darkness, scientific curiosity, the urge to communicate, intrepidity, hunger, and thirst. If one adds together the emanative frequency values recorded by those together with the emanative values recorded by those sensations on the Nightingalian auracardiogram and divides the total by the figure containing all the sevens, the result will be seven.
You will either find the whole book is very creative or full of gibberish like the passage above. I found it thoroughly enjoyable and humourous. And yes, it is really about a big blue bear.

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