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'''Hebrew letter Shin- sign'''<br>
 
'''Hebrew letter Shin- sign'''<br>
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"This person greeted the Cohen by raising his left hand, then spreading the fingers two and two away from the thumb so as to form the Hebrew letter ''shin'', signifying the initial letter of one of the pre-Mosaic (that is, plural) names of God, which may never be spoken.
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" 'Basically wishing long life and prosperity,' explained the Choen, answering with the same gesture"
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compare with the following from M&D 485:<br>
 
compare with the following from M&D 485:<br>
Dixon discovers "The Rabbit of Prague, headquarters of a Kabbalistick Faith, in Correspondence with the Elect Cohens of Paris, whose private Salute they now greet Dixon with, the Fingers spread two and two, and the Thumb held away from them like waise, said to represent the Hebrew letter ''Shin'' and to signify, 'Live long and proser.' "<br>
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Dixon discovers "The Rabbi of Prague, headquarters of a Kabbalistick Faith, in Correspondence with the Elect Cohens of Paris, whose private Salute they now greet Dixon with, the Fingers spread two and two, and the Thumb held away from them likewise, said to represent the Hebrew letter ''Shin'' and to signify, 'Live long and prosper.' "<br>
 
So is there connection between The Cohen of T.W.I.T., the "Cohens of Paris"? and  these backwoods Kabbalists?<br>
 
So is there connection between The Cohen of T.W.I.T., the "Cohens of Paris"? and  these backwoods Kabbalists?<br>
 
Obvious connects with Star Trek's Vulcan greeting and with Leonard Nimoy's jewish faith.
 
Obvious connects with Star Trek's Vulcan greeting and with Leonard Nimoy's jewish faith.

Revision as of 09:30, 29 November 2006

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The Number 22
I found it interesting that the significance of the number 22 was first brought up on page 222. might be nothing, really.

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The Gentleman Bomber of Headingly
Reminds me of the Krikkit Robots in Douglas Adams' Life, The Universe, and Everything, where a bomb is put in place of a Cricket Ball at a match between Britain and Australia.

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Hebrew letter Shin- sign
"This person greeted the Cohen by raising his left hand, then spreading the fingers two and two away from the thumb so as to form the Hebrew letter shin, signifying the initial letter of one of the pre-Mosaic (that is, plural) names of God, which may never be spoken.

" 'Basically wishing long life and prosperity,' explained the Choen, answering with the same gesture"

compare with the following from M&D 485:
Dixon discovers "The Rabbi of Prague, headquarters of a Kabbalistick Faith, in Correspondence with the Elect Cohens of Paris, whose private Salute they now greet Dixon with, the Fingers spread two and two, and the Thumb held away from them likewise, said to represent the Hebrew letter Shin and to signify, 'Live long and prosper.' "
So is there connection between The Cohen of T.W.I.T., the "Cohens of Paris"? and these backwoods Kabbalists?
Obvious connects with Star Trek's Vulcan greeting and with Leonard Nimoy's jewish faith.

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