Number Synchronicity

       Section I, Knowledge, provides a brief history of numbers and numerology, demonstrating how numbers play a significant role in human lives. Professional and academic numerologists identify master numbers (11, 22, 33, 44, 55, 66, 77, 88, and 99) as more significant than the zero through nine numbers, because of their unique double vibration. Explorations of coincidence and synchronicity, and the latest research into consciousness provide the remaining sides of a connecting framework.

       Through my research, it became evident that people report synchronistic appearances of all master numbers, in addition to combinations such as 11:11, 12:12, 38:38, and 13:13. These numbers are as meaningful and significant to the persons experiencing them as any other numbers. Many people have reported a particular affinity for 23 or 53, and others have reported a similar propensity for noticing triple digit numbers such as 111, 222, 333, and sequences of numbers such as 1234. There seems to be no limit to the numbers involved in a synchronistic context, considered meaningful to the person having the experience.

       After noticing master numbers due to their persistent and repetitious nature, and learning of their significance among numerology professionals, I began documenting their occurrence synchronistic or not. The habits of a scientist die hard. The collection grew and, more than twenty years later, distinct categories emerged.

       Do Harry Potter and Saddam Hussein have anything in common? How about Ariel Sharon and Yasser Arafat? Can you think of any connection between sunspot cycles, sodium atoms, and human spinal columns? Do the zodiac, the Golden Gate Bridge, and the Stealth Fighter share any similarities? The answer is a resounding “yes” to all of these and more seemingly absurd associations. Dialing phone numbers and diamonds may seem as different as night and day; Soviet time zones and Liberace’s dogs as unrelated as the Iditarod dogsled race and slot machines. Pi and pianos, the Hearst Mansion and Hinduism; George W. Bush and the 2004 Democratic presidential candidates; the unlikely relationships are endless, sharing a common characteristic of master number significance.

       Section II, Information, presents nearly a thousand familiar facts assembled in categories of nature, world religions, space exploration, sports, entertainment, trivia, and history. The trail of numbers indicates that certain numbers appear at conspicuous times and places, since the beginning of time and before recorded history, independent of human influence. Readers arrive at their own understanding based on the abundance of facts and evidence.

       As a writer equating number synchronicity to a beacon of light for the soul’s journey, it became necessary to bare my own soul. Section III, Manifestation, presents the chronological progression and ubiquity of number synchronicity as manifested in my journey. Déjà vu dreams come true, presidential premonitions, mystical experiences at Machu Picchu, a mysterious stranger from the past, a blessing by the Dalai Lama and other true adventures interspersed with relevant world events through the year 2003.

       An episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation entitled “Cause and Effect” illustrates the concept of recognizing synchronistic occurrences, especially those involving numbers, as a form of communication to enhance survival while on a journey or during times of chaos. The story begins with the Starship Enterprise exploding.

       The next scene shows four characters involved in a poker game. Following a series of events the ship encounters an “unusual distortion in the time-space continuum.” Another ship emerges from the distortion and collides with the Enterprise which spins out of control and explodes.

       The action resumes at the poker table where the players are dealt the same cards as in the previous game. A brief hint of familiarity; subsequent events repeat; and once again the ship spins out of control and explodes. Each time, before the ship explodes, a flurry of confusion develops while various options are considered. In their indecision, the right course of action is never taken.

       The card game repeats. This time, awareness comes sooner and the players predict the events about to occur, including which cards dealt to each player. The crew refers to this as déjà vu, premonition, and a sense of repetition, and express frustration and a sense of impending doom. After analyzing the situation, the crew realizes that the ship may have entered a “temporal causality