CHAPTER IV THE KEY APPLIED

CHAPTER IV. THE KEY APPLIED 

It is now proposed 

to offer the reader 

some further proof 

of the presence 

of 

a coherent scheme of GeΩmatria 

a geometrical nature in the New Testament 

which will serve to show 

the great importance 

of 

the doctrinal meaning 

to be associated with number

 or capable of being so associated

 and

 the peculiar value and precision

 of 

the method of numbers used 

for this purpose.

 Reference will be made also

 to 

the Gnostic books

 but the main argument

 and 

illustrations will be drawn

 from the canonical Scriptures

 The number EIGHT

 which has been called

 the Dominical number

 is found everywhere 

symbolically employed 

to convey the ideas

 of

 Salvation

 Perfecting

 and Regeneration

from the Company of Noah,

two by two by two

 onwards

through the Bible

 and is nowhere 

more emphasized

 than in

 the name 

 "LorD"

 which teaches the doctrine

 of

 the perfected Humanity

 in the number 

888 = ΙΗΣΟΥΣ

This, there can be little doubt

 is the "mystery" to which Irenaeus

 alludes when he describes 

the numbering of the name of Jesus

ΜΥΣΤΗΡΙΟΝ = 1178

1178 = the square root of 2 

divided by 12

1178 = the volume of the 

tetrahedron with

side Length one

 To this moral or "spiritual" perfection

 the figure of the cube

 is allied on the geometric side 

and

 "our Lord" is "said"

 to give sanction

 to this teaching

 when He gives to Peter

 the name ΚΗΦΑΣ

The "name" ΚΗΦΑΣ

is a mnemonic

for the number

729

ΚΗΦΑΣ = 9 Χ 9 Χ 9

The perfect cube of 729

The name is a mnemonic 

Not the other way around

The number was not randomly

assigned to the "word"

The way 'definitions'

are randomly 

assigned to 

collections

of letters

the mnemonic was 

formed to describe the concept

of the number

"the rock" is the perfect corner

Defining the Octave of octaves

of music/sound/color

729 is the corner note of the Octave of octaves

this is the root of the Octave of F# 

the value is formed from

9 x 9 x 9 cube

27 X 27 Square

3 X 243 rectangle

9 X 81 rectangle

on the scale tuned to 432

9 is the root of the octave of D notes

27 is the root of the octave of A notes

243 is the root of the octave of B notes

 This suggestion of perfectness

 in the number Eight 

is reflected in the constitution 

of the Greek alphabet 

with its three Ogdoads

groups of eight

 units, tens, and hundreds 

Eta Ηη Being 8

Π Pi Being 80

and

 the final Ω 

being 800 

 in GeΩmatria 

The mother of 

GeΩ matria

ΚΥΡΙΟΣ = Lord = 800

the leading epithet of "Christ"

 and in the Old Testament of "God"

 The 800 of ΚΥΡΙΟΣ is found

 in antithesis to the 600

 of ΚΟΣΜΟΣ – the World

 just as the 888 of ΙΗΣΟΥΣ

 is 

in a yet more marked degree

 contrasted with

 the 666 of the "Beast of the Apocalypse"

 whose number emphasizes

 the qualities of incompleteness

 and materiality 

.666 is 2/3

This is the interval of

the perfect fifth

in music theory

The interval found

throughout the octaves

formed from 

the electromagnetic

spectrum

defining the values

of sound and color

.888 = 8/9

This is the Note

defining interval

also called the Tone

The interval separating 

each whole note

creating the universal Octave

.666/.888 defines the Perfect fourth

Light

is associated 

With the idea of

 a "spiritual" revelation 

the unseen is revealed

by Light

 and 

the "Divine"

 significance

 of 

Light

 is clearly apparent

 in the number symbolism

 of 

the "Scriptures"

 as well as in the Gnostic books

 The number of Light – ΦΩΣ – is 1500

this is the inverse of the perfect fifth 

1000 X 1/666 = 1501

 It is the "Robe of the Lord" = ΕΝ∆ΥΜΑ ΚΥΡΙΟΥ

 ΕΝ∆ΥΜΑ = 500 

is one of the many words

of the ΜΥΣΤΗΡΙΟΝ = 1178

 or

 words appertaining to the mysteryreligions

 used by St. Paul

 In the Pistis Sophia

 Jesus has three of these robes of Light

 and the number of the word ΕΝ∆ΥΜΑΤΑ = 801 

 is again that of the Α and Ω 

A = 1

Ω = 800

A + Ω = 801 

and of the ΠΕΡΙΣΤΕΡΑ

 And the three ΕΝ∆ΥΜΑΤΑ = 500

are 

3 × 500 = 1500 

which is the number

 of 

Light ΦΩΣ = 1500

 801 = 3 X 267 = the number of the Kingdom – Η ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑ 

Ten times the number 267 = 2670 

2670 = ΚΥΡΙΟΣ ΦΩΤΟΣ = Lord of Light

 or

 as applied to "Christ"

 ΤΟ ΦΩΣ ΚΟΣΜΟΥ – The Light of the World

 which is also

Η ∆ΥΝΑΜΙΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΗ ΦΩΤΟΣ

 = 2670 = The Great Power of Light

 which descends "upon the Lord" 

 as written in the Pistis Sophia

 This is also the number

 of 

"the Church of Jesus Christ" = Η ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΙΗΣΟΥ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ

 Incidentally we may here point out 

that the number 

of 

the Great Power = Η ∆ΥΝΑΜΙΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΗ 

 the title so blasphemously claimed 

by Simon Magus,* is 800 = ΚΥΡΙΟΣ 

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Light, though really threefold

 has traditionally also a sevenfold nature

 The emanations

 of 

the Divine Essence 

are figured 

in the Apocalypse as Seven Lamps

 which are the Seven Spirits of "God"

 and 

the seven stars 

The seven planets

which are the Angels of the Seven "Churches"

 In the scheme of geometric representation

 the first emanation from

 or manifestation of

 the Absolute

 in the series we are now considering

 is figured as a Cube developed from an original point

 which is one of its angles

and this is portrayed 

in its visible aspect of symmetry

 as a Hexagon

 with six internal lines 

radiating from the centre

 

Theoretically 

there is a seventh radius

 but never more than six 

are visible because

 the seventh approaches 

the eye and unites 

the central visible point

 with the eighth point 

lying exactly behind it

 The Six outward points

 with their connecting lines

 represent the Kosmos

 or 

manifestation of the "Divine Source"

 the revelation of God to man

 But the eighth 

or

 invisible original

 is required

 to complete 

the figure of the cube

 which is 

only apprehended by the higher reason

 The Six again 

may be held to represent 

the periods of Creation 

and the seventh point

 the "Sabbath = rest of God" 

But the perfect

 or New, Creation

 is symbolized by the Cube

 for a true knowledge

 of which 

a sense beyond

 that of mere physical vision is required

 By this 

the presence of the seventh ray is revealed

 and 

the Eight points are manifest 

in their true relation

 Thus from One 

are seen to proceed Seven

 and the Seven are connected

 with the parent One

 by rays or lines 

of 

Three Different lengths

 which are now seen to be of three differing lengths

 whereas 

in the flat representation 

only six were seen

 and they appeared of equal length

 Now 

we are in the presence

 of 

three geometrical entities

 which by their joint operation

 determine the form of the Cube

 and these are first

 the length of its side 

which is figured as 100 

 the basic number in the Denary system

 far older than the decimal notation

 on which 

the whole of the Gematria

may be said to be built

 In the Appendix the Cube of Light

 and its special GeΩ-matria

 will be found fully described

 There are

 as will readily be seen

 three rays of this first order

 emanating from any one point in the cube

 and 

connecting that point

 with the three

 lying nearest to it in the cube

 Secondly

 there are to be seen 

three more connecting lines 

which are the diagonals

 on the square sides the "faces" of the cube

 linking the first point 

with the three next in order of remoteness

 and 

these lines

 on the scale now determined

 measure each 100 × √2, or 141.42 

 their total, 424.26

 being integrally expressed as 424 or 425

 by 

substituting unity for the fraction

 Finally

 there is 

the One ray leading diametrically

 across the cube to the opposite point

 and 

the measure of this is 100 × √3, or 173.205

 Call this 173

by

discarding the fraction

 Thus 

we have for the total

 of the Seven rays

the sum 300 + 424.5 + 173

 which = 897 or 898

 and 

may with equal propriety 

be taken as either

 as the actual figure is halfway between

 Hence 

we find in GeΩ-matria

 that whereas 897 = ΑΙ Ζ ΕΝ ΤΗ ΑΣΙΑ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ

 898 is the number by GeΩ-matria of ΟΙ Ζ ΑΣΤΕΡΕΣ

 the seven stars or rays 

which are

 the angels of the seven "Churches" 

In the three 

incommensurable orders of magnitude

 derived from the measures of the cube

 we have clearly a very suggestive parallel

 to the description in the Pistis Sophia

 of the three kinds of Light 

in the Lord’s ΕΝ∆ΥΜΑ

 which we are told

 vary in the quality 

of 

their beams variae lucis 

and 

in the incommensurable nature 

of their proportions 

vario ΤΥΠΩ aliis aliis praestantibus infinito modo

 What are the authors of this old book trying to tell us?

 

Let us assume 

that they really mean something

 that they have a rational idea

 which they are trying to express

 With this assumption

 let us endeavor to see 

what sort of parallel 

modern science can offer 

to the interpretation

 we have placed upon the ‘seven rays’ 

and the three cardinal measures of the Cube

 Those who have studied

 the physics of Light 

will know 

that the reputed

 Seven colours 

of the spectrum 

are really Three

 and three only

 the Red, the Green and the Violet-blue

 And 

these occupy a certain part of the field

 indefinite as to its boundaries

 but having an acme of intensity

 at or near the centre of each section

 Near the centre of the spectrum

 at a point where the purest green is observed

 is the position of one of the fixed lines of colour 

known as Frauenhofer's E line

 There are other such lines

lettered A to H

 distributed over the field

 and these are measured according to their wavelength

 in inverse order to their frequency

 and the lengths are given in what are called

 tenth-metres (see Ganot's Physics)

 The whole series of light-rays 

comprises those whose wave-length varies 

from a little more than 7600 tenth-metres

 in the extreme Red 

to a little less than 3900 

in the extreme Violet 

altogether 

about an octave of light

 Now 

if we take our Green ray 

at about line E or 5270 in measure

 then 

our series must be as follows:

- Red 7453 = 5270 × √2 

Green 5270 

Violet 4302 = 7453 ÷ √3

 and

 this is remarkable

 because 7453 brings us to the intense Red

  to within 2% of Frauenhofer's A line 7604

 and 

between it and B

 whilst 4302 for the Violet

 brings us to the point of the most intense deep Blue

 and within 1000th of 1% of Frauenhofer's line G, which is 4307

We must be content 

to leave our instructed readers

 to judge as to the real nature 

of so striking an approximation

 If, on further investigation

 the parallel appears based on undeniable physical fact

 then 

a few more such instances 

may go far to rehabilitate the lost wisdom of Antiquity

 And 

if it be true that the data of the colour-scale  

which are derived from molecular motions 

 are 

indeed founded upon harmonics

 whose source is not

 as in the case of Sound 

and other physical measure

 based upon the interaction 

of 

forces having whole number proportionals

 but upon those mysterious entities

 the Roots of Two and Three

 then 

we are face to face 

with a condition 

pointing to a genesis of motion 

in a region of space unknown to us

 and 

wherein the dynamic laws 

operate in a relation quite unfamiliar

 It looks as if a fourth

 and 

interior dimension 

must be assumed

and 

is this not precisely 

what some physicists say

 of the Atom

 that it must possess some 

"substance" in a fourth direction?  

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THE METACUBES

 

A beautiful extension of this geometrical scheme

 and one which arrests the attention on account of

 its scope

precision

and fidelity

 to the Christian dogma 

is discovered in the following

 The first Cube

 which is the Cube of two

 presents in the diagram

 seven points or angles at which the edges meet

2 + 3 + 2

= 7

 the second which is the cube of three

 exhibits Nineteen such points

3 + 4 + 5 + 4 + 3

= 19

 and 

the third the cube of four

 shows Thirty-seven

4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 6 + 5 + 4

= 37

 These are the differences of the first three cubes:

  8 - 1 = 7

 27 - 8 = 19

64 - 27 = 37

 

If 

instead of drawing the outlines of the cubes

 we indicate these angles by clusters of points

 the resulting figures may be termed Metacubes

 as they register these cube-differences

 which are of prime importance in the GeΩ-matria 

 Now when we come to analyse the Names

 Titles, or Epithets or mnemonics

of

 "Our Lord"

 in

 "the Scriptures"

 

the extraordinary fact becomes apparent 

that 

in an altogether disproportionately large number of cases

 these mnemonic names are by GeΩ-matria

all multiples of 37

 For example

 there is the word ΘΕΟΤΗΣ = Deity or Divinity "Godhead"

 by GeΩ-matria

= 592 or 37 × 16

 which when added to 

ΙΗΣΟΥΣ  888 = 37 X 24

 gives 

592 + 888 = 1480

 the number of ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ 

 ΙΗΣΟΥΣ = 37 × 24 = 888

  ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ = 37 × 40 = 1480

 Note again that they are

 all divisible by Eight

as they are all divisible by 37

ΙΗΣΟΥΣ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ = 2368 = 37 × 64 

and 64 

is the number of

TRUTH = ΑΛΗΘΕΙΑ = 64

The truth of the sun = 864

864 Being the diameter of the sun

864 being the A note following

432 being the radius of the sun

And it has a GeΩmatria equivalent the following among many others.

 ′Ο ΘΕΟΣ ΤΩΝ ΘΕΩΝ

 ′Ο ΑΓΑΘΟΣ ΤΩΝ ΑΓΑΘΩΝ

 ′Ο ′ΑΓΙΟΣ ΤΩΝ ΑΓΙΩΝ

 

For  888 = ΙΗΣΟΥΣ  there are numerical equivalents 

in the mnemonics

888 = ΛΟΓΟΣ ΕΣΤΙ

888 = ′Η ΖΩΗ ΕΙΜΙ

 and numerous others

 For 1480 = ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ many alternative mnemonics 

for the number 1480 appear

 as

1480 = ′ΥΙΟΣ ΚΥΡΙΟΣ 

= Son of the Lord

 and another in 

1480 = ′Η ΘΕΟΤΗΣ ΥΙΟΥ

 = the Divinity of the Son

666 +444 + 333 = 1443

1480 - 1443 = 37

 whilst 

1480 = ′Η ′ΑΓΙΩΣΥΝΗ = Holiness (Ep. Rom. 1. 4)

 is a mnemonic for 

the same number 1480

 as is also

 the name given to the mnemonic

"The Lord's Table" by the early Christians = ′Η ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΜΥΣΤΙΚΗ

 As ′ΥΠΑΡΞΙΣ = existence, or real possession

 is the mnemonic for this number  851 = 37 × 23 

as the mnemonic ′Ο ′ΑΓΙΟΣ ΙΣΡΑΗΛ = 703 or 19 × 37

The mnemonic ′Η ΣΩΤΗΡΙΑ ΙΣΡΑΗΛ = 1776 or 2 × 888

 and

 the mnemonic  ΤΟ ΣΩΤΗΡΙΟΝ ΙΣΡΑΗΛ the other form = 2257 or 37 × 61

 for which also we find the mnemonic

ΚΙΒΩΤΟΣ ΝΩΕ = Noahs Ark = 2257

- a remarkable parallel

These ideas are all related to connection

with the sun and the constant revolution

of the planets all connected to the sun

all made of the same gas as the sun 

all made manifest or solid by 

geometric arrangement

 But it were tedious here to enumerate

 even a small part of these

 A fuller list is given in the Appendix.

 We have noted the fact that

 ΘΕΟΤΗΣ = Divinity = 592

 added to the 888 = ΙΗΣΟΥΣ give us 1480 = ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ

 but even more striking is 

the fact that when all three are added together

 we have 2960 which = ′ΥΙΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΥ = Son of Man

= manifest = observable = visible body of the sun =

a geometric body made from

 the Hydrogen gas of the sun

 the term so often employed by "our Lord" in speaking of Himself

 The component words are multiples of Eight

the Dominical number

 as well as of 37

 and

the number of mnemonic ΙΗΣΟΥΣ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ is 2368 or 37 × 64

 the latter number is the Square of Eight symbolising 

a yet greater perfection

 from the fact that it is also a Cube number

 And

 it contains the number of the Truth = ΑΛΗΘΕΙΑ = 64

Sixty-four is the cube of Four

 but

twenty seven

 the cube of Three will give us graphically 

this number of points

 in the intersections of the lines 

which are the boundaries

 of 

its component cubes

 Now

 of these 64 points

 which may be considered to represent

 the truth in its completeness

 only a certain number can be apprehended

 by the sight of man

 Thirty-seven is the total visible at any one time

 The number 37 may thus be considered 

to represent

 the Manifestation of the sun

 in visible form to Man

 of

 "God's" = The sun's 

 ΑΛΗΘΕΙΑ = truth

 Eight are within the Cube

 and 

the whole number of surface points is 56

 and 56 × 37 = 2072 the number of

mnemonic ′Η ΓΕΩΜΕΤΡΙΑ ΚΟΣΜΟΥ

= The Geometry of the world

 

 Now as 37 is to 64 - the revealed Truth

 to the unmanifest = the unseen

 so is 888 the number of the mnemonic Jesus, to 1536

 And 1536 is ′Η ΓΕΩΜΕΤΡΙΑ ΑΛΗΘΕΙΑΣ 

The GeΩ matria of truth

 Yet more astonishing is the result

 when we go back to the second cube-difference,

 namely 19, which is 27 minus 8.

 Just as 37, the third cube-difference,

 is the basic number of the Christos series of names,

 so is 19 that of the names and titles

 of

 the Virgin Mary. 

Again, we may depict 19

 as the number of visible points

 on the surface of the Cube of Two,

 in its symmetric aspect, 

the true total being 26.

 Now, as 19 : 37 :: 456 : 888

37/19=1.947

888/456=1.947

 

And 456 is the number of the mnemonic

 ΜΗΤΗΡ = the Mother.

 456 then is the number of visible points,

 each counted as 24,

 whilst the invisible counterpart is 8 × 24, = 192

the number of ΜΑΡΙΑΜ

so that the whole number is that

 of 

ΜΑΡΙΑΜ ΜΗΤΗΡ = Mary the Mother

192 = 64 X 3

456 = 24 X 19

192 + 456 = 648

192 = 3 X 64 = 4 X 48 = 8 X 24

192 is the value of the G3 note

on the 432 tuned scale

ΜΑΡΙΑΜ is the spelling of the name chosen by St. Luke,

 who

 curiously enough

 makes a distinction between her and the other Maries

 who are given the number 152 = ΜΑΡΙΑ

 and 

152 = 8 × 19 = 4 X 38 = 2 X 76

Mnemosyne (/nɪˈmɒzɪni/; Ancient Greek: Μνημοσύνη)

was one of the Titans, who are the children of Uranus (Sky)

and Gaia (Earth).

She was the goddess of memory

and the mother of the nine Muses by Zeus.

The name Mnemosyne is derived

from the Greek word mnēmē 'remembrance, memory'

 

Lastly, let us compare the full numbers

 37 × 64

 and 

19 × 64

 19 × 64 = 1216

 37 × 64 = 2368 

′Η Μητηρ η Θεοτοκος′Ιησους Χριστος

'The Mother of God' of Jesus Christ

 And if each of the 64 cubes

 in the cube of 4 be reckoned as 40

 then the whole cube will be 2560

 or 10 times the fourth power of Four

 which is the sum of 2368 and 192

4^4 = 256 = 2^8

256 is known as Middle C or C4

on the 432 tuned scale

 Ιησους Χριστος and Μαριαμ

2560 = 1480 + 1080

then the number of the visible points

 will be 37 × 40 or 1480 = ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ

 

whilst the concealed number 

will be 27 × 40 or 1080

 the number of

 ΤΟ ′ΑΓΙΟΝ ΠΝΕΥΜΑ = the Holy Ghost

 2560 is  also = ′Ο ΤΟΠΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΚΥΡΙΟΥ

'THE PLACE OF THE LORD'

 so this may be analysed either as a geometrical Fourth power

 typical of the Higher or Transcendental World

 or on the theological side as the union of two principles

 of which the two above-given instances are expressive

 It will also be seen from the foregoing

 that ΙΗΣΟΥΣ = 888 

ΜΑΡΙΑΜ = 192 

together give 1080

 = ΤΟ ′ΑΓΙΟΝ ΠΝΕΥΜΑ

THE HOLY SPIRIT

 In this connection the following 

may be regarded as worthy of note.

Twice 888, the number = Jesus the mnemonic

2 X 888 = 1776

 for which, in the Biblical Gematria

 we find the expression ′Η ΣΩΤΗΡΙΑ ΙΣΡΑΗΛ

'THE SALVATION OF ISRAEL'

 There is some reason to think 

that the doctrine of the Holy Trinity

 is concealed in the phrase

 for it represents the three Godheads

 being 3 × 592, or ΘΕΟΤΗΣ.

 And the parallels in the Gematria 

are not a little astonishing; 

as witness 

ΘΕΟΤΗΣ = 592

GODHOOD

 ′ΑΓΙΟΤΗΣ = 592

HOLINESS

ΑΓΑΘΟΤΗΣ = 592

KINDNESS

3 Χ 592 = 1776

 ΠΑΤΗΡ = 489 

Father

 ΥΙΟΣ = 680

son 

και ΠΝΕΥΜΑ = 607

and SPIRIT

489 + 680 + 607 = 1776

′Ο ΘΕΟΣ = 354

God

′Η ΜΗΤΗΡ = 464

The Mother

Ο ΙΗΣΟΥΣ = 958

Jesus

354 + 464 + 958 = 1776

 ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ 1119

 The number 1119 is important

 as being that of the name of the Baptist

 mystically communicated by the Angel to Zacharias. 

The name, among the Hebrews,

 was not a common one and means ‘Jah is Gracious’.

 We are not, as in the case of the name ΙΗΣΟΥΣ

 bound to regard the particular mode of spelling

 as invariable,

 but as ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ = 1119 

it plainly has a connection 

with the Baptism of Jesus 

containing as it does 

the threefold potency 

of the ΛΟΓΟΣ = 1119 = 3 × 373 ΛΟΓΟΣ 

and herein we may trace a foreshadowing

 of the triple manifestation of God's Essence

 at the Baptism

And the name ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ is linked to that of Jesus

 since by Gematria ΟΝΟΜΑ ΙΗΣΟΥΣ is 1119

 and this again is

ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ = 294 ′Ο ΠΕΤΡΟΣ = 825

294 + 825 = 1119

 1119 = The Church and her Foundation

 Light and Baptism were two ideas

 peculiarly associated in the teaching of the early Church

 ΙΕΟΥ in the Gnostic Books is the ‘Bishop of Light’

 and the number  485

If to this number we add 634,

 the number of ΒΑΠΤΙΣΜΑ we have 1119. 

But this is not a mere addition of two chance numbers

 It is the union of two geometrical aeons

 Take 485 in this illustration 

as the area of an equilateral triangle.

 Set that triangle within the square

 raised on the same base and the area 

of the triangle being 485

 that of the square will be 1119

 their difference being 634.

ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ is related to the Power of Light

 precisely as the Logos is

by geometry

 related to the Aeon

 For each pair of words 

is expressive of the relation 

of the Square to the Triangular area

thus ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ - 1119 

is the area of an equilateral triangle

 on the same base as the square 2583

 which is ′Η ∆ΥΝΑΜΙΣ ΦΩΤΟΣ = the Power of Light

 and ΛΟΓΟΣ 373 is similarly related to ΑΙΩΝ 861.

Other parallels 

may be detected in the numeration 1119

 as Αι ζ λυχνιαι - The Seven Lamps, or ′Ηλιος Α.Ω. 

In connection with the latter 

it may be noted that both SτS. John are solstitial Saints.