Path: typhoon.sonic.net!not-for-mail Newsgroups: alt.magick.tyagi,alt.pagan.magick,alt.divination,alt.magick,alt.xyzzy Followup-To: alt.xyzzy Subject: Re: Booster For "alt.xyzzy" References: From: tyaginator Reply-To: spam@luckymojo.com User-Agent: nn/6.6.0 Lines: 217 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 09:08:33 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 208.201.242.18 X-Complaints-To: abuse@sonic.net X-Trace: typhoon.sonic.net 1073984913 208.201.242.18 (Tue, 13 Jan 2004 01:08:33 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 01:08:33 PST Xref: typhoon.sonic.net alt.magick.tyagi:45469 alt.pagan.magick:40206 alt.divination:22404 alt.magick:364577 alt.xyzzy:427 hi Glenn! "Glenn P.," : # HISTORY: The term "xyzzy" was originally used as a magic word # in the world's first interactive fiction program, "Adventure" # (a.k.a. "Colossal Cave") by Crowther & Woods. It was since # employed as an ad hoc filename for low-importance, temporary, # or ephemeral files. nice. # The use of this word in the name of this newsgroup therefore # accomplishes two things: # 1. It does homage to "Adventure", of which this newsgroup's # creator was (and still is) a great fan; and marvellous. # 2. To the computer-savvy, it serves as an indicator of the # general nature of this newsgroup. and to the esoterically-savvy, it conveys a rather magical word. # NEWSGROUP CHARTER FOR "ALT.XYZZY": # ================================== LOL! # Things Prohibited: # ------------------ # Posting material without the permission of the copyright # owner is prohibited. LOL! you missed some very interesting arguments about this. # Things Permitted: # ----------------- # Just about anything else is permitted.... # ---End--- whew! replay from Wed, 02 May 2001 02:31:46 PDT quoting doghead@someother.isp (Anubis) initiated the game: # Welcome to the New Church of Technomantic Occultism, the A...A... # of the twenty-first century.... level playing field. anarchistic internetworking. here or elsewhere in the same form. multiplying concepts. # Perhaps classic adventure-gaming is viewed as a technological vision # quest, or a computerized training ground for the rote and rule that # goes with occultism. presumed routes. magic words. secret keys. eventual success. # Perhaps it's numerology - XYZZY boils down to 24+25+26+26+25, or 126, # or 1+2+6=9.... 3 x 42 # Three is a holy number.... not to mention 42, 21, 14, 7 or 6, (factored XYZZY = 2 x 3 x 3 x 7). # ...Note also that XYZZY is a five-letter "word". the Law of Fives? *both* XYZZY and PLUGH are five-lettered. magic = 5. pentagrams are often associated specifically with magic. and so are other forms. THE BENEFICENT SUPERPASSWORD: X # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # Y ###################################################################### Y ### # # ### #### # # #### #### # # #### #### # # #### #### # # #### ###### ##### #### #### # ##### ##### # # #### #### # # ### ### # # ############### # # #### #### # # #### #### # # #### #### # # ### #### # ###### ###### #### #### ## ## Z Z note well its symmetry and initiatic splendour. # If you take this one step further and analyze the word PLUGH, # you will see that it, too, is five letters long - in this case, # consisting of 16+12+21+7+8, or 64. 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 = 64 > 6 + 4 = 10 > 1 + 0 = 1. 64, binary, I Ching. THE MALEFICENT SUPERPASSWORD: U G ## ## #### #### ###### ###### # ### #### # # #### #### # # #### #### # # #### #### # # ############### # # ### ### # # #### #### # # ##### ##### # #### #### ###### ##### #### # # #### #### # # #### #### # # #### #### # # #### ### # # ### L ###################################################################### H # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # P note well its assymetry, its ugliness. # ...XYZZY and PLUGH are intermarried on this newsgroup, # providing a perfect blend of technology and magic, or # technomancy. XYZZY PLUGH 2 vowels, 1 vowel 2 consonants, 4 consonants 1 (the last) repeated 0 repeated gematria: 126 (42 + 42 + 42) gematria: 64 (2^6, 4^3, 8^2) 14x9;18x7;21x6;42x3;63x2 32x2;16x4; # Or perhaps I may be lying. You decide. :) I don't see any decide here. replay from Wed, 02 May 2001 09:51:30 GMT quoting sri catyananda asking about XYZZY and PLUGH: # ...Have you tried analyzing these words in Hebrew yet? :-) consulting Liber Tahuti... Peh - 80 X (koph? 20; samech? 60) Lamed - 30 Yod - 10 Vav - 6 Zayin - 7 Gimel - 3 Zayin - 7 He - 5 Yod - 10 ---------------------------------------------------- 124 54 94 and of course the skinny incited by Scott Franklin 1999 (party on!): Scott Franklin: # Why do you post here? This Newsgroup has no relation to the occult # yet every so often threads pop up related to the occult. Don't you # have your own Newsgroup for your posts? The alt.xyzzy newsgroup has been empty of substantive on-topic threads for years (i have subbed to it since 1994 and know it well). Since late 1999, the rare posts about Adventure have been sharing space/time with posts from a bunch of archivists who maintin online libraries of occult materials. Most of us also used to play Adventure, which, as you will recall, contains embedded magical premises as well as a grounding in material-world cave exploration. Our traffic here is minimal, but using this ng is simpler and more time-efficient for us than creating a new group specifically for our recondite interests and getting the backbone to carry it. We do not post general occult threads here, nor do we post about our archival interests in the usual occult newsgrups because although the subject of our research is occult studies, the topics we discuss here are those of storage, formatting, copyright issues, and the like -- not matters of interest to most practical occultists. Should Adventure ever make a comeback and this ng pile up with droves of teenaged gaming fanatics, we would decamp for quieter pastures, such as alt.fan.ceiling, which is even quieter than alt.xyzzy. Cordially, cat yronwode ======================================================================== good thing everything is welcome here!! tyaginator