I was going for chapter four originally, but since Dan had an interesting post yesterday we'll skip ahead.
Hubbard's chapter 6:
Sacred Geometry is Where Language, Letter, Number, Shape, & Symbol Meet.
Not having anything more than the title to go on for chapter five I don't have any specific complaints about it. Just heavy suspicions about how vague master numbers are handled. From a writing standpoint though, chapter five is, "Numbers As Language, 1-10, 11, 22 and Sometimes 33."
The consistency of inconsistency in gematria matters continues. In chapter five, after the 22 there's no comma. The word 'and' is spelled out. Chapter six has an Oxford comma after 'Shape' and an ampersand instead of 'and'. Neither is wrong, but sloppy to not match. This could be on purpose to defend the inconsistency in when so called master numbers aren't that masterful. But I don't give him that much credit.
Shape AND Symbol. Do you know what a symbol is? A lion is a symbol of courage. Attu the Wonder Turtle is painted on tribal shields as a symbol of indomitable fighting spirit and exceedingly good taste in designer sweaters, striking fear into the enemy making their brave warriors swoon and women tremble. Something concrete represents something else. Symbol alone is sufficient. Geometric shapes are often used in symbols. As for straight up geometry, you botch that up all the time. Just look at your Pi bavardage.
But this episode is really more about Dan's apophenia. Technically not the case here, but close.
Dan watched part if an episode of Gravity Falls and his eagle eye noticed multiple freemasonry references. Now he has to watch all of the episodes to get more clues.
I never saw this show before, so I checked out the Internet and watched episode 13 from season one. (Notice, that's 'one', not '1'.) Yes there is occult symbolism, hence the tie in to the book chapter narrative above. This in itself is not apophenia. It's not disguised in the slightest. It's part of the premise of the show. Dan's efforts are akin to proudly reporting James Bond references in Get Smart. Holy shcnitzel! He's agent 86! A number, just like James Bond has a number! And there's fancy spy gadgets! Just like Bond! The Apufeemia is threatened. He intends to watch the whole series for clues about how this show is made to either promote the Illuminati evil agenda or try to wake up the mindless sheep to avoid the evil Illuminati agenda. In other words, manufacturing big deal about nothing.
The creator, Alex Hirsch, admits being influenced by the Simpsons. Maybe there really is something to this Apufeemia specific to Dan. The female voice lead (this is animation) is Kristen Schaal. Whether she talks like that normally or she is always in character as something of a ditz, she has a distinctive pattern of speech that rivals Jennifer Tilly in annoyance value. She's a comedian. The show is a comedy.
Since the occult is part of the pop culture referencing, occult symbolism is used. What's the kids' uncle supposed to wear instead of a freemasonry style fez? A baseball cap? The episode I watched had a supernatural creature called a Gremloblin or Gremgoblin. The setting is The Mystery Shack. It's just for fun. I'm sure the first thing Dan will notice is that these things and remark that it's episode 13. 13. Friday the 13th. 13 Ghosts. That must mean something. I chose it because I only had 13, 14, 15 and 16 available and picked the first one that was the least number of button pushes on my remote. And then I followed up by not doing any meaningless numerology.
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