Καρποκράτης = 900

Discussion about the New Testament, apocrypha, gnostics, church fathers, Christian origins, historical Jesus or otherwise, etc.
Post Reply
Secret Alias
Posts: 18362
Joined: Sun Apr 19, 2015 8:47 am

Καρποκράτης = 900

Post by Secret Alias »

What are the odds of this? I've always thought that 'Karpocrates' is a strange heretic. It looks at first glance like someone misspelled 'Harpocrates.' But why and how? From what I remember from a magician I used to know who was into Aleister Crowley occultists always misspell words in order to get their 'number count' up or down. What are the odds that Karpocrates = 900 and 900 is the number beyond the last letter of the Greek alphabet - https://books.google.com/books?id=N-aJA ... hDoAQhNMAg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampi

I think there might be a misunderstood reference to sampi in Irenaeus's account of the Marcosians.
“Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.”
― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote
Post Reply