13:56:38  2/17/1988

              The Ancient Secret Meaning of some of the extended
                        ASCII characters, and beyond.

                     Researched by Henry J. Franzoni III

              You must be able to display all 256 characters in the
              IBM PC extended ASCII symbol set to read this text.
              (Ctrl-QG in Sidekick, Graphics mode in MS Word, the
              TYPE command, etc.)

         Below is a brief attempt to demonstrate a strange connection
    between the IBM PC symbol system and the hidden metaphorical secrets
    of the early Greek Cabalists and Christian Gnostics. Perhaps Hebrew
    Cabalists, Masons and other groups used similar methods.  If this
    subject matter offends you please stop reading this file
    and erase it.  If this sort of subject matter strikes you as
    far-fetched, hey, give it a chance, read a little further
    before you dismiss it completely.   I have tried to present
    this information with a minimum of personal interpretation.
    The interesting examples below speak for themselves, I think.

         I do have a viewpoint that colors my perceptions though.
    I tend to look at computers as tools to manipulate symbol
    systems.  Words, numbers, pictures,... a computer looks
    at these things as one and the same thing, symbols.  Different
    languages are different symbol systems for the computer to
    manipulate and display.  Humans can manipulate
    all kinds of symbols easily with a computer and display them
    on the screen or print them on paper.  I've always been
    interested in the story behind the symbol systems we use,
    and what hidden meaning, if any, existed for the creators
    of the symbol systems we use.  You might enjoy this.  Please
    do not abuse this information.  I am interested in sharing
    this information with reasonable, responsible people, not fanatics.
    If any of this disturbs your personal system of beliefs, why
    then, just throw it away and ignore it, this IS America.
    I claim no responsiblity for any damages arising from the use
    of this knowledge.  I trust you use it wisely.

         Immediately below is a mapping between the Greek alphabet
    and a number cipher rumoured to be a Cabalist number code.
    When there are two or more entries in the Greek Alphabet
    Symbol column, the first is the upper case form and the second is
    the lower case form. In the case of sigma, the extra form
    is for when sigma is the last letter in a word.  In the word/number
    examples below the list, the upper case is used in a few places
    it shouldn't be because the PC symbol set only had the uppercase
    version of the Greek letter.  The code/cipher number which
    corresponds to each Greek letter is in the fifth column from the left.
    There is no symbol for the sixth Greek letter, which had the sound
    of "st". This symbol was discontinued in ancient times.  I do not
    know why there is no symbol for 90, it might be the same reason
    as for 6.  Maybe you know?

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 Greek     English   PC ASCII     Sound       Greek Cabalist     Place in
 Alphabet  Name for  Decimal      Made by     Number             Modern
 Symbol    Greek     Code         Greek       Code Value         Greek
           Symbol    Number(s)    Letter      (Gematria)         Alphabet
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