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02-15-2008, 08:36 PM
| | |  Beginner/Remedial Arithmancy Review
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. For those students who studied Arithmancy last year, the room looks very much the same, as does the woman awaiting your arrival.
When you look to the front of the room, you see a tall, blonde-haired woman sitting behind a desk made of dark angelique wood in an excessively large and comfortable-looking chair. On the desk is a small placard reading "Professor Macadrian A. Shackleton - Arithmancy," as well as a large stack of thin, bound booklets, an assortment of papers and quills, and several copies of the class textbook. She smiles at you as you enter the classroom and gestures for you to take a seat. As you glance up to the boards behind and to the sides of Professor Shackleton, you see a list of Arithmancy terms to be covered in today's review session:
Quote: 1. Origins of Arithmancy
2. Pythagorean Number System
3a. The Core: The Life Path Number
3b. The Core: The Expression/Destiny Number
3c. The Core: The Heart's Desire/Soul Urge Number
3d. The Core: The Personality Number Have you done the reading yet? If not, you may want to glance over the appropriate chapters while you're waiting for Professor Shackleton to begin the review. | |
02-15-2008, 10:05 PM
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Qaz raised her hand and replied, 'Pythagoras, a sixth-century B.C.E. Greek philosopher, gave us the The Pythagorean Number System wich substituted the numbers 1 through 9 for specific letters A=1, B=2, etc' | 
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Hitachi raised his hand, unsure that his answer was correct, he decided to give the answer. "Professor, is it Pythagoras?"
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02-15-2008, 10:06 PM
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Dang...Gwen knew the bloke's name but couldn't remember anything more specific. Except that he Greek.
She nudged Anna and winked. Ahh. House points.
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Marco raised his hand, "Was it Mr Arith Mancy?" He could have a laugh. Since this class was about numbers, nothing of interest.
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"Pythagoras!" Willow said after shoting her hand to the air. "And I think that his greatest contribution was the fact that he believed that everything was related to mathematics, and the more vibrations and object had, the more positive it was" She said quietly. Then again, she didn't felt so certain about this last part of her answer.
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Qaz almost burst out laughing at the Slytherins' joke. Instead, she put her head down and started taking notes in her new journal. | |
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Hearing the question, Curt couldn't help but slightly laugh out loud. He was really weak at this subject, and not having a clue as to what that question was really showed it. He hit is head against his textbook, creating a quiet thud. After, he perked back up and was ready to try and redeem himself.
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02-15-2008, 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Jenster  Marco raised his hand, "Was it Mr Arith Mancy?" He could have a laugh. Since this class was about numbers, nothing of interest. Gwen stifled a laugh, biting on her lower lip.
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Xana bit her lip to supress a giggle at Marco's comment.
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Ellie didn't know the answer, she didn't know anything about Arithmancy.
That stupid confuse subject...
Her thought where interrupted by Marcos voice.
She turned her eyes to the older boy while she bit her lower lip,trying hard not to laugh.
Of course that wasn't the right answer.
Arith Mancy!?
Oh Merlin.
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02-15-2008, 10:13 PM
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Amelia smiled as she raised her hand to answer the next question, noting that no one really seemed to grasp his greatest contribution. "Pythagoras is credited with the birth of Arithmancy, with his greatest contributing being the system he created, in which the numbers 1 through 9 are symbolic representations of the nine stages of the human life cycle."
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02-15-2008, 10:13 PM
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Anna raised her hand again, realizing that she had forgotten to mention Pythagoras' greatest contribution. "Adding to my answer earlier, Pythagoras' greatest contribution was that he figured out that the patterns and vibrations of everything that exists creates unity. This is what actually led to Arithmancy."
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Rhiannon paused in her doodling and started taking notes. Arithmancy: symbolic language of numbers; system of relating numbers and names to teach us about the human condition She added Pythagoras as the person who started the field, asuming, since so many paeople had said it, that it was correct.
She had been just about to go back to her doodling when she heard the Slytherin boy from History of Magic make a joke. Looking around the room, she raised her eyebrows, curious to find out what was going to happen.
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02-15-2008, 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by SilverTiger Rhiannon paused in her doodling and started taking notes. Arithmancy: symbolic language of numbers; system of relating numbers and names to teach us about the human condition She added Pythagoras as the person who started the field, asuming, since so many paeople had said it, that it was correct.
She had been just about to go back to her doodling when she heard the Slytherin boy from History of Magic make a joke. Looking around the room, she raised her eyebrows, curious to find out what was going to happen.
Whispering to Rhiannon, now I know where I remembered him from..This is going to be a very interesting class
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02-15-2008, 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by MuggleBornWitch3 Anna smiled at the two points she had just earned her house. She raised her hand again, "Pythagoras?" She was almost second guessing herself, though. Quote:
Originally Posted by Monkey Princess Ari loked up at the next question and put her hand in the air. "Pythagoras I believe it was, in the sixth century I think it was." She replied hoping it was right. "You're both correct. The acknolwedged birth of Arithmancy is credited to the sixth-century B.C.E. Greek philosopher, mathematician, and mystic, Pythagoras; however, you've only answered half of my question." Quote:
Originally Posted by ~*just_me(lily_evans)*~ Juniper raised her hand. She had done her reading before class. "Pythagoras is credited with the birth of Arithmancy," she said. "He figured out that things could be measured, understood, and predicted by numbers associated with them through patterns." She hoped she was right. "You are certainly correct that Pythagoras did formulate that theory about numbers and the universe, but that was not his greatest contribution, though it certainly did play a large role as the foundation work. One point to you." Quote:
Originally Posted by Hermione67 Raising hand: Pythagoras was a 6th century BC greek Philosopher who was responsible for Arithmancy, therefore it became Pythagoran theory "While Pythagoras did develop a mathematical theorem which now bears his name, it actually is not used in Arithmancy. Nice try though." Quote:
Originally Posted by tljunkin Qaz raised her hand and replied, 'Pythagoras, a sixth-century B.C.E. Greek philosopher, gave us the The Pythagorean Number System wich substituted the numbers 1 through 9 for specific letters A=1, B=2, etc' "Excellent! Precisely the answer I was looking for! Without Pythagoras, there would be no Arithmancy because there would be no numbers to represent the letters in our names! Three points to you for outstanding work!" Quote:
Originally Posted by Jenster Marco raised his hand, "Was it Mr Arith Mancy?" He could have a laugh. Since this class was about numbers, nothing of interest. Professor Shackleton smiled and replied in turn, "You know, I've heard Pythagoras liked to be called that from time to time, but only by the closest of friends. He even had T-shirts made with that across the front, if I'm not mistaken."
Professor Shackleton continued, getting the class back to reality, by using her wand to cross off the first two items on the list on the board, explaining, "There is obviously a lot more detail to the Origins of Arithmancy and the Pythagorean Number System. I expect that you will use your textbook as a reference to become more familiar with these topics but since our time is limited, we will move on to the Core. Who can tell me what the Core represents and what the four components of it are?
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02-15-2008, 10:25 PM
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"The Core is made up of Iron," Marco frowned, that had nothing to do with numbers. More that Earth Sciencey stuff he had read about. He really should've read that text book.
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02-15-2008, 10:26 PM
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Hitachi hit his head against the desk. He had no idea what the core was, but was interested in finding out.
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"The core is the center, the very heart of things," Excelsior said, raising his hand. "The four parts are the life path, the expression or destiny number, the heart's desire or soul urges number and the personality number." | |
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Juniper raised her hand again. "I think the Core represents a person's deepest self," she said. "It's made up of the life path number, the expression or destiny number, the heart's desire or soul urge number, and the personality number." | |
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Ari shrugged, at least she'd gotten it half right. She decided to try again, knowing if she did she'd get one right eventually. Raising her hand she replied, "There are four parts to the core, Life Path, Expression/Destiny, Heart desire/Soul Urge and the Personality numbers. The core is the center of everything, it is basically the best part of all of us." She had no idea if that last part was right, but shrugged and waited.
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While scrawling down notes in the new journey, Apedemak rolled his eyes at the various answers. He couldn’t help himself and raised his hand. “How can Pythagoras be credited for the birth of Arithamancy when he was born circa 569 B.C.E. and Arithamancy was used to divine that Achilles would defeat Hector during the Trojan War which occurred around 1250 B.C.E.?” | |
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Raising hand: the Core is the life path number. THis number tells you what you can depend up when finding succes in the world
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"The core tells you about your path and what you need to follow, who you are... its components are The Life Path Number, The Expression/Destiny Number, The Heart’s Desire/Soul Urge Number, and The Personality Number. "
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Anna raised her hand. "The core is the center of everything we are made of. I think it represents who we truly are...where the REST of our being derives from. The four components are "The Life Path Number," "The Expression/Destiny Number," "The Heart's Desire/Soul Urge Number," and "The Personality Number."
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Ellie raised an eyebrow.
The... what!?
She really didn't understand not even a little bit of Arithmancy.
She started taking notes while she hear the other students answers.
Arithmancy was something that she definitely had to study.
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