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| | Term 17: September - December 2007 Term Seventeen: Let's Fire A Staff Member! (Sept. 2063 - June 2064) | |
10-28-2007, 01:51 PM
| | |  Lesson 1: Introduction to Arithmancy and the Energy of Numbers
You enter the Arithmancy classroom to see neat and exactly-positioned rows of wooden desks and chairs, the latter of which have cushions in a myriad of colors and textures to match your comfort and liking. The walls are filled with thick wooden shelves, on which rest a seemingly endless number of Arithmancy texts and the occasional Ancient Runes and Divination reference. When you look to the front of the room, you see a tall, blonde-haired woman leaning against a desk made of dark angelique wood. In contrast to the darkness of the desk, this woman appears bright and vibrant, some of it due to her bright fuschia robes and some of it due to the vitality of her aura. The woman, your professor, is a new face among the Hogwarts staff. She smiles at you as you enter the classroom and gestures for you to take a seat... | |
10-28-2007, 04:22 PM
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Isabella thought about it for a moment, "Professor, isn't the number nine supposed to be considered sacred in the Chaldean Method?" | 
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10-28-2007, 04:22 PM
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Ryan continued to listen to his classmates and wrote down the answers they were giving to the professor
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10-28-2007, 04:22 PM
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Ryan raised is hand and tried again: "The 9 is considered holy and therefore is kept apart from other vibrations, except when it results as the sum of vibrations"
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10-28-2007, 04:23 PM
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Ginny raised her hand "I think its a sacred number," she said not quite sure.
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10-28-2007, 04:24 PM
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She put her hand up in the air and said the answer "Because its a secret number"
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10-28-2007, 04:24 PM
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"9 is holy, but can be used in sums of a persons name or such." Saylie was quickly losing confidence, but still working hard to answer the questions.
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10-28-2007, 04:25 PM
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Zora raised her hand and said a bit unsurely. As it was something she had read in the library but it might not be right. " 9 is sacred due to it being 3*3 and the three trinitys I think."
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10-28-2007, 04:25 PM
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Sini was glad to see more house point being awarded. Hearing Professor Shackleton ask another question he shot her hand in the air once more. "Professor, the number nine is excluded in the Chaldean method since it is considered the number of man, the number of the saved."
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10-28-2007, 04:28 PM
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Lily took notes and raised her hand "Because they might think it is different?"she guessed.
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10-28-2007, 04:28 PM
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Izzie put up her hand saying really unsure "Could it have something to do with origin of the method?.The Chaldean method is taken from the Hebrew language and in the hebrew language they don't use all the alphabet letters and therefore they don't use the number 9?"
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10-28-2007, 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by shortfry  Kerry raised her hand, "Professor isn't the number 9 kept out of the Chaldean method because it is considered sacred?" Professor Shackleton stopped pacing for a moment and pointed to the student, "You are quite correct, my dear! One point to Gryffindor!" "As many of you have elaborated, the number nine is indeed considered holy and revered, representing three trinities. It was not to be dealt with by humans and as such, was left out of their numerical calculations." Quote:
Originally Posted by KatieTessa Izzie listened to quick answers all the same with small differences. In her journal she wrote down the two main methods of Arithmancy is Pythagorean (Agrippan) Method and the Chaldean Method.The Pythagorean System uses number 9 to represent letters, the Chaldean System excludes this number completely. Thinking thoughtfully for a moment after skimming through her textbook to ask "Professor, why are we only going to focus on the Pythagorean method according to our textbook? Is the other method too difficult to learn?" Macadrian resumed her pacing and explained, "The Chaldean method is a bit more challenging because the conversion from letters to numbers is a bit more tricky. But that is not the main reason we will not be studying it this term. The Chaldean method is not nearly as widely used as the Pythagorean in Arithmancy today. Also, it is my firm belief that we should all learn about those things we consider 'sacred' instead of speculating about them. The more knowledge we have the better! In fact, I am currently doing a bit of research on the number nine, and if any of you would like to help me throughout the term just stop by my office." She pressed on, "As I mentioned, we will be studying the Pythagorean method this term, which is quite obviously named after Pythagoras. Who can tell me who Pythagoras was and what he was historically known for?"
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10-28-2007, 04:36 PM
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Ryan wrote down what the professor said and got ready to take more notes
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10-28-2007, 04:37 PM
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Shel's hand went into the air yet again.
"Pythagoras was an influential Greek mathematician and philosopher, best known for the theorem, in muggle Geometry, which bears his name: the Pythagorean Theorem, which states that the square described upon the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares described upon the other two sides. Pythagoras is attributed with its geometrical demonstration. He is also said to have popularized it. The dictum of the Pythagorean school was that All is number."
He hoped he was correct; he really did.
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10-28-2007, 04:37 PM
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Ryan raised his hand again: "the Pythagorean method was developed by Pythagoras, a Greek mathematician and metaphysician who lived during the 6th century BCE. He was most widely known for his proposition that the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides."
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10-28-2007, 04:39 PM
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"He was known for the Pythagorean Theorem in Muggle Geometry. He was a Greek mathematichian, philosopher born in Samos."
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10-28-2007, 04:39 PM
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Zora raised her hand again as she actually knew this. They had studyed it in math at her old school. Zora said " He was a mathematician a big theory of his was the Pythagoras therorem a^2 + b^2 = c^2 " Hoping her answer was not to simplified for the question.
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10-28-2007, 04:39 PM
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Claudian raised his hand, "He was a greek mathematician and spiritual figure. And I believe he pioneered the belief that everything in this world was related to numbers." | |
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10-28-2007, 04:39 PM
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"Pythagoras was an early (6th century) Greek philosopher, mathematician and mystic. He is known today as the father of numbers, since he created what is best known as the Pythagorean theory in math," Excelsior said. "As well as this theory," he added. | |
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10-28-2007, 04:40 PM
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Liz thought about it and looked through her notebook. She raised her hand and said"Pythagoras was an influential Greek mathematician and philosopher, best known for the theorem which bears his name: the Pythagorean Theorem, whose geometrical demonstration he is attributed with."
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10-28-2007, 04:40 PM
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Again, Emma raised her hand and stated, "Pythagoras was a Greek mathematician, philosopher and mystic. He was considered to be the father of numbers, as created many theories about the significance of numbers." | |
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10-28-2007, 04:40 PM
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After scribbling all that the Professor said in her journal, Sabrina's hand shot up in the air again. "Pythagoras was a sixth-century B.C.E. Greek philosopher, mathematician and mystic. He is historically known as 'the father of numbers' as the acknowladged birth of Arithmacy is credited to him." She said.
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10-28-2007, 04:41 PM
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Saylie raised her hand again and added, "He also founded a religion: Pythagoreanism and believed that numbers are the rulers of forms and ideas and the cause of gods and demons."
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10-28-2007, 04:41 PM
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Raising her hand once more, “ Pythagoras was a sixth-century Greek philosopher, mathematician, and mystic, who is historically known as ‘the father of numbers’. He was most known for the Pythagoras Theory of Arthimacy.”
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10-28-2007, 04:41 PM
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Kerry smiled up at the professor as another point went to Gryffindor. Raising her hand again, she said, " Pythagoras was a mathematician and philosopher. He is best known as the founder of Pythagoreanism, and many call him the father of numbers. He believed everything related to mathematics and in particular to numbers. In relation to that he thought that things in life also happened in everything could be predicted and measured in rhythmic patterns or cycles."
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Remeber reading this her hand quickly zoomed up. Pythagoras,was a sixth-century Greek philosopher and mathematician and mystic, who is known as “the father of numbers.”
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