The Enigma of Numbers (Part 1)

In The Enigma of Numbers, Lance Storm challenges our obsession for organising and quantifying our world with an absorbing exposé of the shadow side of quantity—number as quality. In Storm's hands, qualitative numbers are mysterious symbols, giving rise to puzzling patterns and uncanny coincidences. His journey takes us from Pythagoras, the ancient Greek mathematician and mystic, through philosophy, arcane religious symbolism and pre-science to the number archetype of the psychologist C. G. Jung, which grounds this work.

Measured and authoritative, yet intriguing and always eminently readable, Storm's narrative amplifies the archetypal qualities of the numbers 1 to 10 and their manifestations in an assortment of fields—numerology, synchronicity, chaos theory and modern physics. This captivating journey reaches a crescendo in a beguiling stanza on archetypal number in music.

In the Jungian genre, The Enigma of Numbers ranks with von Franz's seminal study, Number and Time, for its scope and profundity, while exceeding it in accessibility. Lance Storm combines sober analysis, wonderment and scholarship in a landmark work.

(Barry Jeromson, PhD, has taught Jung Studies and Philosophy at the University of South Australia, where he completed his doctoral thesis, Jung and Mathematics in Dialogue.)

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[lanceoftheloc]

Is the "significance of number in the geometry" only? I can't fit everything about number into a short video. I say "Zero", not 'Number Zero'; and after Zero, I start the numbering process from Number 1, and stop at Number 10 for convenience. Zero is an integer and it represents the start of the number system. Octaves, numerology, geometry, and phi, and much much more, are all featured in the book, and although it is a big book, (about 550 pages), you can't expect me to cover everything.

[moutsounas14]

months are a time distance that human designed there is nothing to do with birth

some tribes have different theory about the time and that should be like 3 months in their race lol

don't make all things sure

[lanceoftheloc]

@moutsounas14 Numbers resonate in the psyche. The number 9 (i.e., 9 months) is associated with the birth cycle and this is an ancient correlation, so the symbolism of the number has a history. The symbolism is not simply constucted, or based on an arbitrary counting system.

[lanceoftheloc]

@moutsounas14 Numbers resonate in the psyche. The number 9 (i.e., 9 months) is associated with the birth cycle and this is an ancient correlation, so the symbolism of the number has a history. The symbolism is not simply constucted, or based on an arbitrary counting system.

[MillyVanillification]

Zero (introduced by the Idian) is the symbol for an empty vessel, not a dragon (what a funny idea). Monolith means "heterogeneous stone", not "1 stone", etc. etc.

[lanceoftheloc]

@MillyVanillification

The dragon is a symbol of recurring nature = circle = zero. Zero as "empty

vessel" stands for 'nothing' (i.e., no units, no tens, etc.), but it also indicates tens,

hundreds, thousands, etc., and so it does, and doesn't, imply magnitude --

hence, "all and nothing". Monolith? Please consult dictionary: monolith

= 'one stone' or 'single stone'. It is not just an archeological term, but a

basic definition. Perhaps you are using it it in a geological sense?

[KublahKraus]

Well, that was top-flight entertainment

[Raflegan]

I figured my numerology philosophically as: One = oneness: the unity of all other things, entirety, wholeness (zero, one, two, three to infinity, are all part of one system, singular, all other numbers exist in one) two is the first denial of the wholeness, even though two exists in one and is accepted in one, to consider two is to consider something not existing in oneness; separation, duality,. Makes me think of monotheistic symbolism for the devil; pitchfork, horns, cloven hooves; all dual.

[WalkinLA]

The significance of number is in the geometry, not the metaphorical effect and suppositions! Zero is not a number! This video, though carefully done, addresses number sentimentally though not effectively. There's no mention of the Solfeggio, or Marko Rodin, or octaves, or numerology or sacred geometry or PHI or other Natural constants!

[taliesin939939]

@MillyVanillification Zero isnt the symbol of the dragon? Do you know what the ouroboros is? the serpent with its tail in its mouth? lmao. monolith doesnt mean one stone? why are you even giving your input if your are completely ignorant of the subject matter? i mean no offense, but just saying....

[mooseasaurusrex]

one is the loneliest number. HA!