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entranceway2012-06-14 10:28 am
thestormcomes) wrote in entranceway2012-06-14 10:28 am
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Arithmancy -- Third Years and Up
[Newcomers to the subject will find Professor La Fère standing stoically at the front of the classroom, wand (pine, phoenix feather, 10", and unsurprisingly unyielding for those of you who care) on the desk beside him. An owl lurks in the corner of the room, still slightly ruffled from Professor Buckingham's charms.]
As you are all undoubtedly aware by now, Arithmancy is most often used to predict the future, but it should not be mistaken for anything remotely similar to the study of Divination. We work with numbers, we do not gaze senselessly into the crystal ball, and unless you were born a skilled Seer there is no point in attempting to scry the results of your O.W.L.s.
[He was a student once. He knows how it is.]
You will be working from three books this semester: L. Wakefield's Numerology, M. Carneiro's Grammatica, and Vector's New Theory of Numerology. Reading is required, not suggested. You will complete seven essays and take three tests including your O.W.L., which is cumulative. We build from the ground up, and the first chapters of each book are just as relevant and important as the last. For the time being, wands away.
[Because Olivier is feeling especially generous today (or rather, he's a bit worn out from wrestling his owl away from another professor), all levels of Arithmancy, from beginners to advanced, get to have a little more fun than usual.]
Today we will be using the Agrippan Method for calculating the value of one's name. Each of you has a chart on your table.
[He begins writing on the blackboard with his wand.]
Find each corresponding number for every letter in your name. Mine is provided above as an example.
O L I V I E R D E L A F E R E
6 3 9 4 9 5 9 4 5 3 1 6 5 9 5
You "reduce" your numbers by adding them together until you achieve a single digit, like so.
6 + 3 + 9 + 4 + 9 + 5 + 9 + 4 + 5 + 3 + 1 + 6 + 5 + 9 + 5 = 83
8 + 3 = 11
1 + 1 = 2
With your final number, you can refer to a rather amusing personality chart on the back of your copy of Agrippa's Method. The Chaldean Method is similar, as you can see in your textbooks on page two-hundred and fifty-seven, but the letters were based on the Hebrew alphabet, rather than the Latin one.
Please do not hesitate to ask questions should you have them.
[For students, professors, or ghosts who wish to interact with Olivier outside of lectures, he will most likely be in his office located in the largest tower beneath the Astronomy classrooms.]
As you are all undoubtedly aware by now, Arithmancy is most often used to predict the future, but it should not be mistaken for anything remotely similar to the study of Divination. We work with numbers, we do not gaze senselessly into the crystal ball, and unless you were born a skilled Seer there is no point in attempting to scry the results of your O.W.L.s.
[He was a student once. He knows how it is.]
You will be working from three books this semester: L. Wakefield's Numerology, M. Carneiro's Grammatica, and Vector's New Theory of Numerology. Reading is required, not suggested. You will complete seven essays and take three tests including your O.W.L., which is cumulative. We build from the ground up, and the first chapters of each book are just as relevant and important as the last. For the time being, wands away.
[Because Olivier is feeling especially generous today (or rather, he's a bit worn out from wrestling his owl away from another professor), all levels of Arithmancy, from beginners to advanced, get to have a little more fun than usual.]
Today we will be using the Agrippan Method for calculating the value of one's name. Each of you has a chart on your table.
[He begins writing on the blackboard with his wand.]
Find each corresponding number for every letter in your name. Mine is provided above as an example.
6 3 9 4 9 5 9 4 5 3 1 6 5 9 5
You "reduce" your numbers by adding them together until you achieve a single digit, like so.
8 + 3 = 11
1 + 1 = 2
With your final number, you can refer to a rather amusing personality chart on the back of your copy of Agrippa's Method. The Chaldean Method is similar, as you can see in your textbooks on page two-hundred and fifty-seven, but the letters were based on the Hebrew alphabet, rather than the Latin one.
Please do not hesitate to ask questions should you have them.
[For students, professors, or ghosts who wish to interact with Olivier outside of lectures, he will most likely be in his office located in the largest tower beneath the Astronomy classrooms.]