3+5+7+8+11+11+13+15+17+19+21+22=152
The page numbers in the TDB booklet are displayed in different languages. This first observation could be associated to the biblical myth of the Tower of Babel (broken communication between humans), which is a major theme of the album.
Generally speaking, numbers (and arithmetics) can be considered as a universal language. In respect to the above remark, languages "separate" people, whereas numbers "reunite" them.
However, strictly speaking, TDB "page numbers" are not "numbers". They are words designating or spelling a number. So numbers can be considered as "absent", unless we count the back of the CD case, were the 11 songs are numbered inside the image, on the right side of the Face Heads.
3. Spanish TRES = 4 letters
5. English FIVE = 4 letters
7. Hindi SATH or SAAT = 4 letters
8. Italian OTTO = 4 letters
11. German / Dutch ELF-ELF = 6 letters
13. Japanese (romanized) JYUSAN = 6 letters
15. Swahili KUMI NA TANO = 10 letters
17. Chinese / Japanese JYUSHICHI = 9 letters
19. French DIX-NEUF = 7 letters
21. Hebrew KAPH ALEPH = 2 letters
22. Russian DVADTSAT DVA = 11 letters
Page 8 and 22 are the only two even numbers of the booklet. They really stand aside from the others.
8 + 22 = 30. this is the average number of days of a month.
The "normal numbers" in the page numbering should have included 9 and 23 (9 + 23 = 32)
(Page 1, cover and 24, back cover, are never numbered)
(A = 1, B = 2, …, Z = 26)
3. TRES = 20+18+5+19 = 62 = 8
5. FIVE = 6+9+22+5 = 42 = 6
7. SATH (or SAAT) = 19+1+20+8 = 48 = 12 = 3 (19+1+1+20 = 41 = 5)
8. OTTO = 15+20+20+15 =70 = 7
11. ELF-ELF = 5+12+6 (5+12+6) = 23 (23) = 5 (5)
13. JYUSAN = 10+25+21+19+1+14 = 90 = 9
15. KUMI NA TANO = 11+21+13+9 +14+1 +20+1+14+15 = 129 = 12 = 3
17. JYUSHICHI (JYUNANA) = 112 = 4 (86 = 14 = 5)
19. DIX-NEUF = 83 = 11
21. KAPH ALEPH = 36 + 42 = 78 = 15 = 6
22. DVADTSAT DVA = 91 27 = 118 = 10 = 1
"Numerological " TOTAL of PAGE "NUMBERS":
8 + 6 + 3 + 7 + 5 + 9 + 3 + 4 + 11 + 6 + 1 = 63 = 9
Decimal Binary Octal Hexidecimal ASCII
02 00010 002 02 STX
03 00011 003 03 ETX
05 00101 005 05 ENQ
07 00111 007 07 BEL
08 01000 010 08 BS
11 01011 013 0B VT
13 01101 015 0D CR
15 01111 017 0F SI
17 10001 021 11 DC1
19 10011 023 13 DC3
21 10101 025 15 NAK
22 10110 026 16 SYN
Each page number is related to an image in the booklet. So we could infer a relationship between the numbers and the elements represented in the page artwork.
Front Cover. Eyes, targets, facing steel heads, lights, heart, Ely cathedral, communication
Page 3. Sky, day, telescope, observatory
Page 5. Globe, rays, stars, pendulum, discoball, facets
Page 7. Gold, box + symbol for the equinoxes
Page 8. Steel, eye (sand, red, eel or whales, seashells)
Page 11. Daisies (day's eye) paper tear, newspaper, day (for freedom)
Page 13. Door, eyes, TV, antaenna, faces (light + shadow)
Page 15. Tree, ely, wind, air, balloons
Page 17. Durdle Door, air, waves, strand, reanimation (mouth to mouth)
Page 19. Blue monkeys (twelve in total)
Page 21. Boxing gloves, wood box
Page 22. Aisle, dark or black wing
Back cover. 3 flags, circle, 2 heralds
The page numbers are positioned in a very special manner on the pages of the booklet.
Pages 8 & 22 are located on the even (left) pages. The page head of page 8 is the only page number tilted at a 45° angle.
Pages 3 & 21 are looking down (South?)
Two very important numbers show up when we total the numbers by row and column.
The sum of the right column amounts to 54. The sum of the bottom line number totals 108.
It is certain that these numbers were intentionally designed into the booklet.
The perfect 1/2 or 2/1 ratio cannot be accidental. Moreover, these are SACRED NUMBERS !
The width of the open booklet (240 mm), when multiplied by 108, give the fascinating number of 25920, which is, incidentally, the equivalent of ONE Precessional Year (240 x 108 = 25920 years). Half of a precessional year amounts to 25920 / 2 = 12960 years, a figure easily obtained (54 x 240) in the booklet !
It means that we're talking about Astronomy, about the measure of Time, and.. The Division Bell!
This, again leads us to the division of the 360° circle.
432 (4 x 108) = The Consecration.
432 x 60 = 216 x 120 = 108 x 240 = 54 x 480 = 27 x 960 = 25920
And 25920 = 72 x 360.
72 + 36 = 90 + 18 = 108.
360 / 108 = 3.3333.
360 / 54 = 6.6666.
First conclusion: The Booklet contains clues to COSMOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE. This knowledge is strongly related to the DIVISION OF TIME by means of NUMBERS. The Division Bell has to do with MATHEMATICS, ASTRONOMY and GEOGRAPHY.
This means that these numbers must be related to SACRED SITES, such as the PYRAMIDS or STONEHENGE.
The literature that can be found on the Web is just too numerous to be cited here.
But just have a look at MARTIN DOUTRE
WEBSITE for a glimpse of the richness of these numbers and the
tremendous dimensions they open...
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