From: Tim Maroney Area: Thelema To: Cuups 5 May 92 12:39:50 Subject: 666 UpdReq You asked about the Thelemic significance of the number 666. This was taken by Crowley as his personal number, based on his recension of the legend of the end of the world from the Revelation (or Apocalypse) of John, the last book of the Bible. That book tells of the coming of the Beast and the Scarlet Woman of Babylon, two servants of "the dragon, Satan" who come to rulke the world during its last days. In the Thelemic recension, these Satanic servitors are seen as the justified instruments of history in turning the world away from Christianity and towards a new religion of sexual ecstacy and freedom. The number 666 is associated with the Beast, and Crowley associated himself with the Beast, so by the mathematical law of associativity -- well, you get the picture. Timbo 718499927771849992777184999277718499927771849992777184999277718