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| | Term 21: January-April 2009 Term Twenty-one: The Ghosts (Sept 2067 - June 2068) | |
01-24-2009, 02:04 PM
| | |  Basic Arithmancy Lesson 1
As you step through the Arithmancy classroom doors, you see wooden desks and chairs arranged in a circle. Professor Shackleton has provided a number of cushions in a myriad of colors and textures that are stacked by the door for you to choose from to match your comfort and liking. Two walls are filled with thick wooden shelves, filled with a seemingly endless number of Arithmancy texts and the occasional Ancient Runes and Divination reference. The other two walls of the room are covered in framed pictures and posters of a very old man doing mathematical calculations, a map of the Mediterranean, a witch carrying a large wooden number seven, a chart converting letters to numbers, and many more pictures with a number at the top and people exhibiting various qualities below.
When you look to the front of the room, you see a tall, blonde-haired woman in powder blue knee-length robes sitting behind a desk made of dark angelique wood. On the desk is a small placard reading "Professor Macadrian A. Shackleton - Arithmancy," as well as a small stack of thin, leather-bound booklets, an assortment of papers and quills, several copies of the class textbook, and a small pouch that she keeps very close by her left hand. She smiles welcomingly at you as you enter the classroom and makes a small gesture for you to take a seat in one of the many desks in the circle. OOC: This lesson is for first, second, and third years ONLY. Any students in fourth year and above who post will be dismissed. | |
01-24-2009, 03:05 PM
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Shaylee raised her hand and said, Its a branch of magic where you study occlet meanings of numbers by dividing the influence in human life.
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| | Jarvey
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Ana lifted her hand and said "I think it's the study of numbers related to life" she said
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John raised his hand "Isn't Arithmancy where you learn about number." He hoped he was right.
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01-24-2009, 03:08 PM
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Damian raised his hand
"Arithmancy is the branch of magic studying the occult meanings of numbers as a means of divining their influence on human life." said he clearly.
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Via watched as A lot of students raised their hands. Here she go again. She just missed the first question because she was slow. She sighed but focused on the professor more. She'll try with the other questions. She scribbled on her parchment some little details that might help her on her lesson.
"Arithmancy is a method of divination by numbers first used by the ancient Greeks." Via answered as she raised her hand.
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01-24-2009, 03:10 PM
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| | Red Cap
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Sasori raised her hand. "Arithmancy is the branch of magic studying the occult meanings of numbers as a means of divining their influence on human life. It can also be seen as the science of number energies where each number has its own vibratory influence."
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01-24-2009, 03:12 PM
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Shana Was getting Really Worried all these people were so smart Telling everyone What Arithmancy meant ? She sighed and started to bite her nails.
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| | Kneazle
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Originally Posted by dingDong  Cam shot out his hand in the air. “ It's branch of magic studying the occult meanings of numbers as a means of divining their influence on human life.”
No more distractions, nooo more distractions. He still held that hard concentrating face and he wasn’t about to give it up. Right, he was here to do some Arithmancy thingy and also to win some points for his house. Boy, were they first place, in a bad way. The thought of being a point-earner made him feel a bit better. "Very good. Three points for being the quickest to recall that information!" Quote:
Originally Posted by forensicscientist101 Spence raised her hand and hoped she was right. Arithmancy is the branch of magic studying the occult meanings of numbers as a means of divining their influence on human life. Quote:
Originally Posted by Esme Sakura raised her hand slightly, before looking at the boy who called out. Sure he raised his hand but normally it was polite to wait for the teacher to pick someone to answer the question. "Adding on to what he said Arithmancy can be thought of as the science of number energies, with each number having its own vibratory influence." Sakura thought that this may get her house some points, as it didn't look like she was just stealing someone else's answer. "Two points to each of you. Good!"
OOC: I am accepting your answers this time because you were unaware that you could RP raising your hand and replying in the same post, but I typically don't accept edited answers. So no more editing and congrats on your house points  Quote:
Originally Posted by hermygirl Nia raised her hand. "Arithmancy literally means 'number divination' from Greek, though can be seen as more than that. It involves using numbers, their energies and meanings to help us understand our lives and help us go through them better. They can identify challenges, and alert us to strong and weaker areas of us as individuals." "Very good! A little later than the others, but I appreciate that you didn't just repeat the textbook definition to me verbatim and that you spoke of what it really means to the individual. One point to you."
Professor Shackleton walked along the inside of the circle and saw that some were not taking notes, "You may want to write this down. We have a lot to cover and I doubt you'll remember it all. As your classmates said, Arithmancy is a symbolic language of numbers, as well as a system of relating numbers and names to teach us about the human condition. Not only does Arithmancy tell us about ourselves, it gives us information about the people around us. How do you think Arithmancy can help us in our lives?"
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01-24-2009, 03:14 PM
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| Formerly: dingDong  Mooncalf
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He got points? Oh yeahhh! Cam raised his hand again.
"Well, the numbers 1 through 9 are symbolic representations of the nine stages of the human life cycle."
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| Formerly: forensicscientist101  Doxy
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Studying what these numbers mean in relation to your birth name and birth date gives a detailed portrait of who you are and what your potentials and challenges are. Spence said quickly.
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Ruby raised her hand and replied Studying what these numbers mean in relation to your birth name and birth date gives a detailed portrait of who you are and what your potentials and challenges are. Think of it as a convenient map for your life!
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Allie raised her hand.
"Well Arithmancy is kind of like a plan for out lives right?" she said. "So it help us predict our challanges and stuff....and then we can figure out how to deal with them, or maybe excpect something to happen that year or even day or somthing...and yeah."
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"Studying what the numbers mean in relation to your birth name and birth date gives a detailed portrait of who you are and what your potentials and challenges are. Basically, it can help us to predict our futures, a bit like with divination, but instead we use numbers." Sakura said after putting her hand up. She hoped that she was correct.
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Damian raised his hand
"People have use arithmancy to analyze their strengths and weaknesses, overcome obstacles, and predict the future." said he.
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| | Puffskein
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Shaylee raised her hand and said, by studying theses certin numbers you can figure out certin details about your life.
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Shana started to think about what the teacher had said she had a answer in her head but she was too shy to put up her hand because she didn't think it was right so she stayed quiet.
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Ameera raised her hand as a new question was asked about what Arithmancy can help out with in day to day lives. Raising her hand she answered " Arithmancy can give us a description of who we are and what challenges we will meet in life, and also in what fields we might have growing potential."
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| | Red Cap
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Sasori raised her hand. "If you study what the meanings are behind the numbers and their vibrations, it can help you learn who you are and who you can be."
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01-24-2009, 03:19 PM
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| | Jarvey
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Ana raised her hand again and said "Arithmancy gives a detailed portrait of who you are and what your potentials and challenges are. For example if you are a sociable or shy person or if you are creative or not. And it may say some difficulties that you'll be possibly find in your life" she said hoping to be right
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Nia looked thoughtfully, trying to remember some of what she had done last year beofre raising her hand. "Well, it can help us learn from many things. Like the energies of certain days - so for example when it might be best to complete tasks, perhaps from what has been done wrong in the past and also how to prepare for the future. I guess if we know someones else's numbers, we can perhaps get an idea of how they might react to something, their preferences and so on...and therefore it can influence our lives quite a bit. Both positive and negatively, but mainly in terms of understanding. Oh, and challenges that we might face - so then we can think about what to do about them?"
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Via tried again. "Studying what these numbers mean in relation to your birth name and birth date gives a detailed portrait of who you are and what your potentials and challenges are. Arithmancy is used to help predict trends in the future." Via answered.
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John raised his hand "Professor can't it help us analise our strengh and weaknesses." He hoped that he was right. "You see numbers is very important in our lives we use them everyday."
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Nancy raised her hand once again before answering, "Well, we can predict what is going to happen in the near future, so Arithmancy can be very handy due to the fact that we can prepare to overcome the upcoming obstacles and problems." Hoping that this was what the professor wanted to hear Nancy pulled her parchment closer towards her to take some notes. | |
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"Professor," Miranda raised her hand, "When you study what the numbers mean, and then in relation to our name and date of birth, it can give us information about who we are as a person and also the possibilities and challenges we have coming in our lives." | |
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Christine raised her hand. Well in arithmancy we use personal information like our birth dates to help use see what challenges are coming our way and what we should expect in our future christine answered not sure if she was right at all.
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