[UA] pi

[Werdeth Holm]

> >    Has anyone developed a magick based on math? Calcumancy
> >or something? I think I could do a nice one, but I am, as
> >I've posted previously, "redefining 'sloth' for a generation
> >of slackers." I don't know if I want to compromise my
> >commitment to inactivity at this time.

I've thought about the idea of math/numbers magick a little, too, trying to 
think of what might constitute minor, significant, or major charges.  My 
thinking was perhaps solving a series of complicated equations for a minor; 
solving a _lemma_ (Is that the correct term?  I believe it refers to a major 
turning point in any very complicated math equation, the kind of thing 
people work on for months at a time) for a significant charge; and 
developing a very famous equation (E=mc2) or solving a particularly 
outstanding math problem (Fermat's last theorem)for a major charge.

I also thought about the taboo for a classic mathematics school, which I 
thought might involve _not_ using numbers outside of a ritual context, ie. 
no using phone numbers, social security numbers, credit cards, addresses, 
etc.  It would be such a great taboo, in fact, that actually being an adept 
of the math/numbers school would be almost impossible in a modern society, 
hence the reason for its extinction.

Werdeth Holm
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