[Buddha-l] Energy and "The Word"

[Kate Marshall]

 Hi Jim,

On re-reading your post, I think I might have taken your following comments 
the wrong way.

>... I do, however, believe that many flavors of the ancient
> one might have so believed. Numbers, like letter an words, were
> considered magical in most cultures, and, in fact, till are by a
> surprisingly large number of people, especially folks who insist on
> "literal" readings of specific texts or who cast "spells',  or do
> "numerological" analysis of everything from the Bible to The Story of O.

I'm still not sure if I have or I haven't, however, I'd like to point out 
that phi is demonstrable whereas the various powers and characteristics 
allotted to numbers are not.

Kate