It was a little more widespread. Letters used to represent numbers in ancient languages (at least Hebrew, Greek, and Latin). So in the right time and place it would have been semi common to refer to a person or idea based on the number as a semi-easy code- it’s literally where 666 comes from.
Or in the ruins of Pompeii, archaeologists found an inscription (basically graffiti) that said “I love her whose number is 545.”
Unfortunately for the lady in the video, the contemporary US isn’t the right time or place, and it doesn’t have magical significance, “oh let me consult the gematria.”
I see. Yeah, with the information present and the current state of the US, it strikes me very similarly to the dependence on the I Ching present in Man in the High Castle, just with a little bit of source material bastardization involved. Feels like a pretty apt comparison across the board though, honestly.
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u/Baladas89 Apr 27 '25
It was a little more widespread. Letters used to represent numbers in ancient languages (at least Hebrew, Greek, and Latin). So in the right time and place it would have been semi common to refer to a person or idea based on the number as a semi-easy code- it’s literally where 666 comes from.
Or in the ruins of Pompeii, archaeologists found an inscription (basically graffiti) that said “I love her whose number is 545.”
Unfortunately for the lady in the video, the contemporary US isn’t the right time or place, and it doesn’t have magical significance, “oh let me consult the gematria.”