Part 8 - The Lathe Of Heaven

 Hello!:Issue 1111

 

I was 16144 days old on the day that the only Hello magazine i have ever bought was issued. I knew it was issue 1111 but i did not know till over two years later of a very uncanny coincidence! That is that the first of seven mentions of Laish in the bible (H3919) happens to occur 16144 verses from the end of the old testament.

Kal Dani is a pseudo name, my name is Layth and Laish is the Hebrew variant, both meaning "old Lion".

 

 

Verse 7001 is the only verse with Hebrew gematria 7722.

(It is 16144 verses from the end of the old testament).

( Here is verse 7722 of the new testament):

Divisors, ie all the numbers that divide into 7722.

Sum of all the divisors of 7722 (by adding all the numbers) apart from itself: is 12438.

I was 12438 days old on the last day of the last millennium

Only one verse with gematria 12438

The verse is about Jesus whilst in prison. Odd, i can reveal to you that i too was "doing" my one and only prison sentence and considerably longer than Jesus did i can tell you! Yes i was finishing 6 years for Hashish.

When i was 12438 days old i was spending my last Hogmanay new year inside in my little cell in "Scotland's hardest prison". I quite enjoyed it knowing i was out in just over 3 months and i thought to myself it was quite a cool way to see in the new millennium.

(On the day of sentencing i hit the later edition of the Evening news, Edinburgh's local newspaper and chuckled as i noted that i had pushed Prince Charles off his quarter page spot, little realising that years later we would "share a common bond")

Gematria 12439

Millennium to Hello

verse is 3706 from the end of the bible

7722

(1And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.

16Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.

17Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.)

THE LATHE OF HEAVEN

" The Lathe of Heaven is a 1971 science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin. The plot revolves around a character whose dreams alter reality. The story was first serialized in the American science fiction magazine Amazing Stories. The novel received nominations for the 1972 Hugo and the 1971 Nebula Award, and won the Locus Award for Best Novel in 1972. Two television film adaptations have been released: the acclaimed PBS production, The Lathe of Heaven (1980); and Lathe of Heaven (2002).

The title is taken from the writings of Chuang Tzu :

To let understanding stop at what cannot be understood is a high attainment. Those who cannot do it will be destroyed on the lathe of heaven.

 (知止乎其所不能知，至矣。若有不即是者，天鈞敗之。

Plot summary

The book is set in Portland, Oregon in the year 2002. Portland has three million inhabitants and continuous rain. It is deprived enough for the poorer inhabitants to have kwashiorkor, or protein deprivation. The culture is much the same as the 1970s in the United States, though impoverished. There is also a massive war in the Middle East, with Egypt and Israel allied against Iran.

George Orr, a draftsman, has long been abusing drugs to prevent himself from having "effective" dreams, which retroactively change reality. After having one of these dreams, the new reality is the only reality for everyone else, but George retains memory of the previous reality. Under threat of being placed in an asylum, Orr is forced to undergo "voluntary" psychiatric care for his drug abuse.