A CURIOUS COINCIDENCE.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVII, Issue I, 4 July 1896, Page 26

A CURIOUS COINCIDENCE.

That there is some deep mystery in numbers must be evident to everyone who studies them in connection with the name of the late distinguished tbeosophist. William Q. Judge. From the ancient Kabala we obtain certain rules on the subject, and these rules, applied in this instance, yield curious results.

The number 13 is unusually conspicuous in bis case. There are thirteen letters in the name by which he was known to his friends and the public, and he was born on the thirteenth day of a month—April 13th, 1851. In his name,as given at baptism, William Quan Judge, there are sixteen letters, and this number added singly to the month, the day of the month and the

year of bia birth, which amounts to twentythree (4 —April being the fonrth month—plus 13, plus 1861, equal to 23) gives us a total of 39, which, divided by 3, again gives us 13.

Again, the sun was in the twenty fourth degree of Aries, the first sign of the Zodiac, on the day of his birth, and if we add singly the degree, the sign and the year of birth we obtain 22 plus 24 plus 1851 equal to 22. According to the Kabala every letter of a man’s name has a certain numerical value, and thus, William equals 84, Q equals 4 and Judge equals 52. which, added together singly, gives us 23. Now if we add this 23 obtained from the name to the 22 obtained from the degree, sign and year of birth, we obtain 45, and Mr Judge was in his forty-fifth year at the time of his death —1896 minus 1851 equal to 45.