Why 23?
The Number 23 movie comes out today. It’s a creepy story starring Jim “I play creepy guys” Carrey. In it, Jim is a regular guy who receives a book of paranoid ravings about the number 23, becomes a 23rdian,and then ends up in that paranoid world himself.
Where did they come up with that idea? The 23 enigma has been in the underground conscious for quite some time. Some believe that those who see the number 23 around them is a harbinger of new wealth. Some believe that it is a sign of conspiracy or other sign of cosmic consciousness. I know that ideawas spread by Robert Anton Wilson’s book, “Cosmic Trigger,” which also spread the cult of Discordianism. 
Twenty-three is the number of the Goddess Discordia. Wilson said that he did not uncover the 23 enigma, but that William S. Burroughs did, after 2 disasters happened on the same day: a ferry boat, helmed by a Capt. Clark, sank after 23 years of good luck; and a flight 23 helmed by another Capt. Clark crashed on the same day. Afterwards, Burroughs kept a scrapbook ofthese 23 incidents for years.
Some people have very personal stories of 23. One man found the number 23 all around this death of his father. And another has found that 23 is being used to market Dr. Pepper to us, of all things.
Having studied Chaldean numerology, I’m going to tell you a secret: the number 23 is a good luck number of publishing–like the number 32, which all 23rdians count as a 23. It knows how to get itself noticed!
Well, I’ve googled “23″ here at 23rd Mandalation. We’ve been at this for almost a year now, and so far the number 23 has come up 6 times, 212 and 2012 3 times, and 32 also 3 times. I guess our time of wealth has not yet come.
Fevereiro 24, 2007 às 12:42 am
Well, we might see it in 2012, and that isn’t too far away. Besides, the day isn’t over with yet.
Fevereiro 24, 2007 às 2:14 am
I don’t hold any value to this 23 idea to anything other than co-winky-dinque. I saw Jim on tv talking about and he is an honest believer in what ever 23 really is but then when he was using it to prove how the number 23 shows up, all the ways he tried were just onsurd to me. It reminds me of how one can make almost anything up and then look for signs to prove it no matter how onscure they are.
Fevereiro 24, 2007 às 9:23 am
I happen to agree with you Orki. However, Johnny is a 23rdian, and this is what he wrote to me today:
Outubro 22, 2007 às 11:03 pm
That movie made me move around and search for twenty three in stuff; and I was surpised to see so many. But then again I tailored my equations to suit the answer, like Orki talks about. But I do hold some credence to numerology, how numbers connect with everything.