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WHAT'S IN YOUR NAME?THE SCIENCE OF LETTERS ANDNUMBERS

BYCLIFFORD W. CHEASLEY

Author of " Numerology," etc.

New YorkEdward J. ClodePublisher


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COPTBIGHT, 1916, BTBDWAKD J. CLODS


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CONTENTSCHAPTEE

I. VIBRATION AND LIFE . . 1II. THE NUMBERS 9

III. WHAT THE NAME MEANS . 18IV. CONSTRUCTION OR DESTRUC-

TION . . . . 24V. NUMBERS IN ACTION . . 31

VI. NEGATIVE ACTION ... 46VII. WHAT THE BIRTH DATE IN-

DICATES . . . . , 53VIII. CHANGING THE NAME . . 61IX. HARMONIOUS ASSOCIATION . 69X. CHOOSING A LIFE'S WORK . 76XI. WHAT AND How . . 84XII. COMPLETE ADJUSTMENT . . 90XIII. WHERE AND TO WHOM . . 96XIV. CONCLUSION 103


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CHAPTER IVIBRATION AND LIFE

LIFE and Vibration are synonymous termsto interpret the latter is to comprehend

the former.To study the practical interpretation of

vibration is to know the way of life, to un-fold completely the mystery of the Self andto recognize how inter-related we humansare with every other plane of life thatexists.To possess this knowledge is becomingthe object of all thinking people whorealize that as the vibratory rate of ourUniverse increases, its inhabitants will nat-urally seek wisdom by which they may in-clude life's lessons by the more rapid wayof transmutation instead of the long, tire-some path of experience.The majority of the world, of course, stilllives unconsciously, faces its initiations in

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WHAT'S IN YOUR NAME?upon intuitional faculties and spiritualguidance which its mentality cannot easilyaccept or prove, to make the pathway easier.

This majority is becoming less year byyear, for many individuals, having discov-ered that life in its fundamental principleis divine law or God order are findingtheir place in the scheme of things and work-ing from within outward, are learning thelife of order and expression rather than ofchaos and

repression.Life thus understood is simple, but mis-understood is a serious accident.

Daily, men and women risk honor, home,position and happiness upon an intuitionor sometimes an impulse which they wouldbe ashamed to follow in the management oftheir everyday life, their offices or theirhouseholds.

In the latter expressions they have learnedto be systematic by application of the lawof mathematical precision, but in the former,where sentiment and the deeper human asso-ciations may be involved, they have only

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VIBRATION AND LIFEworm-eaten platitudes and Universal stand-ards of right and wrong upon which to relywhich never have and never will convince orcorner that " I am " quality within us allwhich seeks for expression through ouraction, even though the results warnedagainst may really come to pass.

Living in the material Universe and ex-pressing our vibrations or life through thephysical, it is only through a physical dem-onstration of the truth of being that themass mind will comprehend the manipula-tion of the more subjective laws of rightand wrong.

It is this physical demonstration thatNumerology supplies by its use of numbersin relation with everyday life.The numbers themselves tell nothing,but there has always been grouped aroundthem a great deal of esoteric wisdom, andmany centuries before Christ they wereused by the Masters and teachers of the raceas physical demonstrators of hidden vitaltruth.

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WHAT'S IN YOUR NAME?" Figures do not lie." One numerical

equation is more convincing than one thou-sand words of advice which are often for-gotten as quickly as the personality oftheir author; and a science that reduces hu-man impulses, desires and actions to cer-tain equations which mean the same thingwherever found does not lie, but voiceseternal truth in language that even themost skeptical, willful individualist will ac-cept because he must.Does such understanding take the ro-mance from life? Not in any way! Itopens up instead new anticipations and cer-tainties of happiness where often doubt andignorance resulting in fear and worry haveexisted; it prolongs the helpful associa-tions of the present; awakens the Universalsoul of man by linking him in understand-ing with all other planes of life and drawshis mind from the danger of immersionin the smaller personalities of the moment.Numerology uses nine numerals, simplyand directly to reveal to the many this

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VIBRATION AND LIFEwisdom which has been the possession ofthe few since the human race began, andthat has enabled these few to transcendthe limitation of human living through theunderstanding of man's relationship andadjustment with and to God Life Vibra-tion, which is in all and through all.Each plane of earthly expression has itsdistinct laws of evolution which have to beexperienced and expressed by its units be-fore they can appear on a higher plane ofexpression, just as the pupil passes fromthe lowest to the highest form at school.Man is this highest form of vibration inthe earth currents and has included in hisjourney from the atomic to the humankingdom all the vibratory zones of the min-eral, vegetable and animal, as witnessed byman's positive control of these planes andhis power to subject their laws to his will.In the human vibrations there are manydivisions through which we all pass andrepass toward that stage where we can beremoved from earth and express in angelic[5]


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WHAT'S IN YOUR NAME?consciousness to meet again a new vibra-tory law.In our journey from the first stages ofhuman unfoldment we have lived manylives in various colors and conditions and'every condition of every life which we havepassed through has been created by our-selves as the result of understanding in-cluded previously, just as we recognizeand handle the situations which come upin our present life and of which we havehad previous experience.The result of our contact with theseconditions has been included in our soul-wisdom and been rated as a finished initia-tion in our cosmic record our baptismalname.

It is always the most interesting to studyourselves and this work will be mainly de-voted to this phase of Numerology, ex-plaining why we do certain things, why weneglect others, why certain expressionsappeal to us, why others do not, our realpurpose in life and many other things that[6]


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VIBRATION AND LIFEcan increase our happiness and useful-ness,

It must not be overlooked however thatthis study can and does teach us to revealaccurately the expression of everythingthat exists.To the younger generation Numerologysupplies a need which has been prayed forby all it educators for many years, whohave found that their chief difficulty hasbeen that the young, inexperienced mindson the edge of life will not accept for theirown guides well meaning words spokenfrom experience of another person. Freshfrom their education, the study of mathe-matics and from the consideration of thedefinite proofs which they offer, they donot consider it ridiculous or impossible tohave their own nature numbered and tabbedand numbered sign-posts of danger pointedout to them along the road they are totravel, because it is language they under-stand.To those who are well along life's path-

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WHAT'S IN YOUR NAME?way Numerology comes as a healing in-fluence of revelation, answering the manywhys and wherefores, turning the inter-rogation marks of uncertainty into ex-clamation points of certainty and con-viction.

It points a way to take advantage ofexisting opportunities so that increasedand lasting usefulness may be attained, and,what is more valuable very often, a methodby which the experiences of the past canbe transmuted into " stepping stones tohigher things " for the future.

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CHAPTER IITHE NUMBERS

THE numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9go to make up a complete cycle of humaninitiation; and these numbers when fullyunderstood can explain to us every expres-sion that is possible in the material Uni-verse, whether upon the mineral, vegetable,animal or human plane.Each one of these numbers existing asa Universal cosmic force is neither con-structive or destructive, as all vibration orlife having originated from the One sourceof God-Creation is good; but they do ex-press the forces explained under the headof " General Characteristics " appearinglater in this chapter.

Therefore it is well to dispel from ourminds the belief in " bad " or unluckynumbers for they are all good and lucky

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WHAT'S IN YOUR NAME?in themselves, and if we know enoughabout them we can choose to keep thosearound us which more particularly har-monize with our own vibrations, bringingourselves always into relationships whereour happiness lies.

It will be seen that the 1 to 9 cycleincludes odd and even numbers and oneof the first fundamentals which we cantake into our understanding is that theformer vibrate harmoniously to the in-tuitional, feminine or receptive expressionsand the even numbers to the intellectual,masculine, side of life.Beyond the general force of each vibra-

tion already mentioned there is constructive,destructive and negative action, but theseare developed by the life spark in everyexpression manifesting, according to con-scious or unconscious choice, the power ofindividual creation.Man being the highest inclusion of vibra-tory law upon this material Universe hasthe power to develop the vibration or life

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THE NUMBERSprinciple of all the other earth planes intoconstructive or destructive action. Thislaw is seen in the expression of two in-dividuals who will bend to their wills theresources 6f one plane of life in entirelyopposite directions.

Constructive action of any plane is justwhat its name implies: unfolding andevolving into higher usefulness. Destruc-tive action is tearing down and destroyingexisting expression and through the neglectof reconstruction leaving an open doorwayfor entrance of the third aspect nega-tivity.

This last named aspect is that of forcepresent but unexpressed corresponding onall planes to the darkness and formlessnessof the Universe before the " spirit of Godmoved upon the face of the waters."

It explains the human expressions inwhom we can discover high points of vibra-tion, but who are occupying positions orborn into families where their possibilitiesare repressed rather than unfolded.


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WHAT'S IN YOUR NAME?When individuals grow weary of situa-

tions which do not really express them andhold day hy day before their inner con-sciousness the vision of the situations thatdo as achievements that are not impossibleto them, they are re-creating themselvesback into the constructive expression oftheir vibrations; whereas, through con-demnation and resistance they surroundthemselves with destructive action, just asby passivity and complete acceptance theycan remain in the negative or stage ofrepression.There is but an hair's breadth that di-vides the constructive from the destruc-tive; and this is so often spanned uncon-sciously by the individual who, not reallydestructively inclined, finds so manymethods of expression that have provedsuccessful for his own life that he uncon-sciously forces these upon his neighbors andupon those who are under his charge, with-out consideration for the individual de-velopment of others, from which it is a

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THE NUMBERSshort step to the continued destruction ofthe freedom of others and the destructionof his own personal opportunities, owingto the avoidance of his company by otherof his fellows who represent vibrationswhich could very well complement his ownand unfold his higher capabilities.Thus we have General Characteristics foreach vibration of 1 to 9. The GeneralCharacteristics are seen in action whethera vibration has been extended into theconstructive, destructive or negative as-pects.We have also constructive action, whichis the extending of individual vibration intothe highest expression; destructive action,which is the misuse of man's divine powerof creation, and negative action, which re-sults from previous destructive action, butis the plane where through repressed con-ditions man is often forced to choose whichhe will serve and to build for constructivefuture.

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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS1. Creation. All life or vibration com-

menced with the 1 and therefore wherethis number is found it stands for personalcreation and the building of individuality.It means individualization, self-assertive-ness, self-reliance, reasoning and the facul-ties of the pioneer.

It cannot be expressed through too closeattachment to individuals and conditionsbecause it is the law of discards and meansconstant unity with conditions of adjust-ment, extracting material for buildinghigher.

2. Collection. The vibration of themixer; collection of experiences, reflectiverather than creative; the peacemaker; thebase upon which broader material expres-sions are built up; responsible for thefinest, smallest detail the " bricks " of allconstructions.

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THE NUMBERSsion; adornment; art; criticism; observa-tion. The composite of 1 and 2 has there-fore added to the 1 of personal creation theexperiences of the 2. Ambition; entertain-ment; social expression; fashion; inspira-tion; individual work.This vibration is always necessary to thevibrations of 1 and 2, giving them completeexpression, and is of itself more or less in-complete without either or both of thesevibrations to rely on as an anchor or basis.

4. Materiality. Lack of inspiration;home; patriotism; fact; endurance; appli-cation; concentration; positiveness ; prac-ticality; successful wage-earner. This vi-bration makes the understanding of spirit-ual and inspirational subjects difficult andgives dislike of social trivialities.

5. Life Experience. This is a vibrationthat Pythagoras himself did not reallyunderstand and upon which modern in-terpreters have little to say.

It is the extension into a new cycle ofexpression and stands for dislike of con-

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WHAT'S IN YOUR NAME?trol; eager interest in life and living; in-vestigation; research into metaphysical sub-jects; inspiration; optimism; variety; sci-ence; versatility; companionship; original-ity; ease; fascination. This vibration givesattraction to everything but is held bynothing and is untrammeled in its choiceof many phases of life expression.

6. Cosmic Adjustment. Home; friend-ship; respectability; responsibility; care ofindividuals; reliability; domesticity; action;conscientiousness ; attachment ; morality ;hospitality. It is the vibration that isdrawn to marriage as an institution andthat without personal responsibility throughthe care of other people will attach itselfto care for pets; is the vibration of cosmicmotherhood.

7. Subjective Re-arrangement. The vi-bration of the finished worker; rest; peace;alone-ness; reflection; worship; reticence;this vibration is drawn to dim lights, softcolors, all nature's expressions and to berather jealous of its private life.

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THE NUMBERS8. Material Perfection. This vibration

is the compositive of 2, 4, which gives itssupremacy upon the material planes. Itgives competence in all commercial or ma-terial problems; judgment; justice; re-search into spiritual things; dissatisfactionwith limited material conditions; direction;control; organization.

9. Complete Expression. Intuition;deeper human understanding; emotion;sympathy; the extremist; freedom in actionand thought; unorthodox; philanthropy;socialism; disregard of possessions; drama;tragedy; music; art.In the conjunction of 3, 6 and 9 wehave the complete trinity of artistic vibra-tion. 3 the finer detailed decoration andthe art of personal expression and adorn-ment; 6 home arrangement and decoration;and 9 the expression of the soul of art inall directions.

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CHAPTER IIIWHAT THE NAME MEANS

!< WHAT'S in a name? " is an expressionthat we often hear spoken carelessly with-out being able to supply a convincing an-swer. It is this answer that NUMEROLOGYsupplies by interpreting the true character-istics in the expression of everything thatlays claim to possess a name which is itsown and by which it is recognized amongmen.In the name of anything we have simply

the vowels and consonants from which toadjudge its vibrations.The value of the consonants, the shellof a language, was first discovered by Dr.Julia Seton, founder of the New ThoughtChurch and School (Church of the NewCivilization), who recognizes that the

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WHAT THE NAME MEANSconsonants decide the personality of theindividual or thing under considera-tion.NUMEROLOGY dealing with individuals in

character analyzation deals with the bap-tismal name that is, all the Christiannames and surname which you received atbaptism, or, if you were not baptized, thosewhich you were given by your parents orguardians. It interprets the character fromthree distinct standpoints called respec-tively: "IDEALITY," "IMPRESSION" and" EXPRESSION."The vibration of the first is found from

the simple addition of all the vowels inyour name, the second is found from theaddition of all the consonants and the thirdand last, from the addition of both thevowels and consonants.

"Addition" does not mean the addingup of the number of vowels, and consonantsthat appear, but in adding the numberswhich will appear under each letter of yourname after you have conformed to the

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WHAT'S IN YOUR NAME?following rules given in " Casting thename for analysis."

First, however, it is necessary to fullyunderstand what the terms IDEALITY, IM-PRESSION and EXPRESSION mean.

It is well known that there is a greatdifference between what an individual maylook like in his personality, how he mayconduct himself in every-day expressionand what he really is if we could get aglimpse of the real inner nature. This isthe difference between IDEALITY, IMPRES-SION and EXPRESSION.

Ideality reveals the character of our in-ner nature or what we are, Impression tellswhat we look like through the vibration ofour personality, and Expression tells thechannels which we choose to express our-selves by in our daily contact with life.Our name is an exact record of our placein the cosmic plan; it is not an accidentbut a vibratory structure which we our-selves have built somewhere, have created,experienced and are now come to express.

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WHAT THE NAME MEANSCasting a Name for Analysis. The fol-

lowing is the chart of Pythagoras vibra-tory cycle of 1 to 9 and the alphabet ar-ranged into nine divisions.

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WHAT'S IN YOUR NAME?the top of each the number that corre-sponds to it in the table given. We haveadded the numbers thus given togetheruntil we have obtained a single digit, whichhas given us the Ideality.The Ideality we have seen tells the basisof the character, the real strength of our

inner ideals and desires; what we reallyare, as distinct from anything that wemay appear to be. When a person's every-day expression, for instance, is interruptedby adverse circumstances the vibrationwhich is relied upon for new inspirationto rise is that of the Ideality. It dependstherefore upon this vibration, whether theindividual is really ambitious, religious,material or inspirational in the heart of hiscomposition, and when we see any individ-ual doing a big work in life, it tells usjust how true this expression is to the realideal of the individual or the motive thatprompts its continuance.When the Ideality has been found, turnto its number in Chapter Five, remember-

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WHAT THE NAME MEANSing always that, dealing with the Ideality,the explanations given will correspond tothe inner ideals or what it is desired toexpress, and should be prefaced with thesentence, " You desire to be."

Referring again to the name we havecast, we see that the consonants were thenext to be dealt with, and that, dealingwith each consonant, we found at last afinal digit, 7, which told us the Impres-sion. Turning to the explanations of thenumbers again will tell us the character-istics which this individual would look asif he possessed.A final reference to the second castingof the name shows that both the vowelsand the consonants were added togetheruntil the final digit of 2 was obtained.

Reference to number 2 in our explana-tions will tell what this individual reallyexpresses in everyday life.

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CHAPTER IVCONSTRUCTION ORDESTRUCTION

IT has always been a point in the in-terpretation of character by number vibra-tion, how it is possible to tell whether anindividual has developed himself construc-tively to conform to the constructive sideof the vibration of his " Expression " orwhether he is living upon the destructiveand is misapplying his possibilities.Numerology is the only science of self-

analysis that can read the character andability accurately without the subject beingknown or seen by the interpreter; and assuch, it is finding a valuable place in theworld because of the fact that the distancebetween the reader and the subject is ofno account, providing the full baptismalname can be obtained.

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CONSTRUCTION OR DESTRUCTIONRecent revelations through the mind of

the author have disclosed a simple lawwhich also makes the decision as to con-structive and destructive action just aseasy.

In the first place, a study of vibrationcan only lead to one conclusion as regardsthe two expressions, one of which the worldupholds as " good " and the other which itcondemns and often shuns as " bad."

This conclusion is that if all life is theexpression of certain vibrations and thesevibrations are all rays of the One divinesource of creation, all expression is good;but that the greater number of times a cer-tain number appears in the name which isthe vibratory chart of an individual, thegreater intensification shall we see of theaction for which this number stands.

This leads us to understand that whatis called constructive action is where onevibration balances or restrains another; andwhat is called destructive action or " bad "is sure to occur where all vibration is on

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WHAT'S IN YOUR NAME?the one scale and has no natural restrain-ing influences from the direction of itsfellows which are the weaker in propor-tion.

It is not difficult with this understandingto discover that lack of balance makes acriminal or produces an enemy to society.Environment, although an aid, is never allto blame or there would be no personswho through some quality within them-selves have transcended its limitations.The cause lies in the fact that any in-

dividual, with an uneven balance of vibra-tion, which the simple law of mathematicswill decide as accurately as the chemistseparates and labels his qualities andquantities, sent out into life with entireignorance of himself and of where thislack of balance will lead, is certain to ex-press destructively in any environment inwhich he may find himself.

This explanation has escaped all but afew of the world's inhabitants, becauseeveryone is too occupied looking at, talking

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CONSTRUCTION OR DESTRUCTIONabout, and endeavoring to eliminate effects,to use enough commonsense to search forthe cause, and in many cases attemptingto protect themselves and the members oftheir families from these very effects ex-pressed through other people, when withinthemselves and the units of their own cir-cle causes are unconsciously being set inmotion which can and will produce as direresults.

Understanding is the only antidote fortemptation and violation, and when theguardians of the child and those great soulswho are giving their lives in a worthy effortto restrain the effects of impulses and seekthereby to uplift the race will commenceto understand that all life is mathematicaland subject to the divine law of order theywill have in their hands an instrumentwhich they can wield far more power-fully than all the wealth in all the banksof the world which they would now applyto correction, discipline or example.The youth of our race is not led astray

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WHAT'S IN YOUR NAME?unless there is that weakness in the in-dividual law of vibration which makes fol-lowing easy; and the only method of pre-venting contamination in any class is to seethat where the weakness is discovered itspossessor is made aware of it before itseffect is shown, so that he or she, under-standing its possibilities, can arm and bearmed effectively against temptation.The first and principal method of apply-ing this law to individuals is to comparethe digits of " Ideality " and " Expres-sion." Should the same number appearin both cases, destructive action in theExpression number or both is assumed;should one number be even and the otherodd, constructive action of the " Expres-sion " number is assured by the fairlyeven balance that is obtained.For example, we will take the Idealitiesand Expressions of two individuals, in the

first: Ideality 9, Expression 8; and in thesecond: Ideality 5 and Expression 5.This illustration will prove the law of

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CONSTRUCTION OR DESTRUCTIONbalance which only numbers can determinefor the individual where even expressionhas not appeared.The first example cannot follow thedestructive action of his odd Ideality 9,which is his desire for self-indulgence, andattraction to emotion, passion, hate andselfishness, because his even number of 8Expression is opposite and demands per-fection and ideal expression upon the ma-terial plane ; neither can he express throughthe destructive side of his 8 Expressionwhich is injustice and oppression, becauseof the restraint that is exercised by thehumanitarian and sympathetic qualities ofhis 9 Ideality.Our second example having the iden-

tical vibration in the two most impor-tant equations of his character can bejust as expressed in the destructive side ofthis vibration of 5, which is sex, appetiteand

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WHAT'S IN YOUR NAME?constructive explanation of his name vi-bration is on the path of destiny; whilehe who answers to the destructive aspectis building fate or " karma " for the futurewhich will cause his expression sometime,somewhere in the negative aspect.Those who come by this knowledge mayprofit by it, and by the knowledge of theirown vibrations of Ideality and Expressionand the comparison of their expression ofthem with the explanations that follow canadjust themselves constructively into Uni-versal harmony.The standards of one vibration mustn/sver be compared with the standards ofanother, for they are all distinct processesof initiation governed by their own law,and necessary steps to their neighbors.

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CHAPTER VNUMBERS IN ACTION

1. Constructive Expression INDIVID-UALIZATION. You are conscious of yourown importance but not blind to the rightsof others nor inconsiderate of their opinions.You ask the advice of other people butuse this advice only as an aid to your ownopinion, which is, and should always be,dictated by a feeling of confidence in yourown expressions. You choose freely fromthe things around you what you need fora more perfect expression of your individ-uality, do not hang on to any expressionof individual or situation too long, butdiscard readily the things that you haveoutgrown in order that you can pass onto higher and more developed possibilities.You love and give without thought of re-turn and make willing unity with all con-

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WHAT'S IN YOUR NAME?ditions without resistance or self-pity forthe expressions that you are called uponto surrender.

Destructive Expression DOMINANCE.You are egotistical, inconsiderate of otherpeople's expressions because you are soclose to the personality of your own ex-pression. You are given to living otherpeople's lives for them by recommendingmethods which you have found perfect, in-stead of minding your own business. Youworry and plan too much about the con-ditions around your life instead of showingthe more universal spirit of trust and faithand letting your mind soar free of circum-stances. You seek to hold individuals andconditions to your own personal life andsurrender them only with a good deal ofresistance, self-pity and remorse. Yougive advice where it is not asked and aregiven to studying the position and pros-pects of individuals rather than their feel-ings. You are " I," " I," " I " all throughlife.

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NUMBERS IN ACTION2. Constructive Expression DIPLO-

MACY. You are tactful, anxious to please,never aggressive, but rather wait for theopinions of others before expressing yourown. You show yourself willing to learnand collect all the knowledge on all thesubjects you hear of, and to mix freelyand upon an apparent basis of equalitywith all kinds and conditions of your fellowbeings. You can place yourself readilyunder the law of giving and receiving byrendering the smallest service where asked.You will make any effort for peace andwill always act as the peacemaker, seekingto appease the anger of others, and keep-ing your own temper in some trying cir-cumstances.You are individualized, but your indi-viduality, gained in the initiation of the 1vibration, is always kept in the backgroundand is only expressed in a persistent wayand never dominantly.sThe Destructive Expression INDIFFER-ENCE. You are rather disgruntled, easily

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WHAT'S IN YOUR NAME?roused to anger; can become wilfully de-structive, tearing and destroying simplyfor the pleasure that destruction affordsyou. You do not care to mix and have nogreat development of individuality. Youare careless of your surroundings, the peo-ple you mix with, and your appearance,and will abide only by the standards whichyou set for yourself from time to time.You make all kinds of promises but seldomfulfil any of them.3. Constructive Expression AMBITION.You take every opportunity that is offeredfor increasing your self-expression thoughalways remembering the principle of con-centration and order in your expressionsand researches. You are sociable, willingto entertain without making yourself aspectacle through your self-expression.You strive to be the last word in the ex-pression of your personality through beingwell dressed and artistic in your choice ofdress and surroundings. You are inspira-tional, not seeking work with your hands

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NUMBERS IN ACTIONbut rather in the artistic or expressivezones. You like to be an interesting com-panion to others and are always tolerantof other people's errors even while you seethese very quickly. YOU can show patiencein waiting for the materialization of yourcreations and in dealing with other peo-ple.j The Destructive Expression IHTOLER-ANCE. You are rather selfish and have nota very high principle and are not abovetaking any means to get what you want orto attain your ambition of perfected per-sonal expression. You are not seriousenough to perfect yourself fully in anyaccomplishment, but following the latestattraction are rather unconcentrated, notreally knowing what you want or how toget it. You are exacting and critical, en-gaged in an endless comparison of yourown expression with that of others andalways disparage yourself. You are im-patient, feather-brained, and always knowhow everything should be done and said

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WHAT'S IN YOUR NAME?and it is difficult for other people to tellyou anything.

4. Constructive Expression STEAD-FASTNESS. You are governed by your in-tellect and reason. You pay close atten-tion to detail work in life and the work-ing methods of the subjects and objectswhich you meet. You are seeking to raiseyourself by a higher perfection in tech-nicality; you are ambitious for knowledgeof the practical useful kind and to rise toa position of power. You are willing towork, and study hard to achieve and can bevery painstaking. You are not interestedin spiritual or intuitional subjects unlessthey can show practical demonstrations,and will not rebel against legitimate con-trol exerted over you by other individualsor against the expression of service in yourown life. You are very honest, reliable

\ and exact, practical and can obey orders.Destructive Expression DISCONTENT.You are dissatisfied with service, always

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NUMBERS IN ACTIONother people, a clock-watcher and servantonly because you have to employ your timesomehow. You aspire to the higher placesof control but will not work to prepareyourself for them. You are as good aseveryone else in your own estimation andalways likely to cause dissatisfaction toyourself and others. You pooh! pooh!everything that you cannot see the reasonof at first glance and prevent others fromseeking further along lines which you haverejected.

5. Constructive Expression {W_LIFE.You are inspirational, inventive and intui-tional; personally free, a traveler, a wel-come companion, meeting life with openarms, ready to make unity with every ex-perience that you meet as a means forhigher unfoldment and expansion of your-self. You endeavor to maintain a Christ-like expression by your universal attitudeto conditions and through your versatility;yet you know what you want without need-*iig to plan and prepare for your goal.

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WHAT'S IN YOUR NAME?You rely more upon the unexpected ratherthan anticipate results and through faithand confidence in your own quality of ex-pression are optimistic, fascinating, inspir-ing to others, expressing sympathy withother people's troubles and courage in yourown. You live to your ideals and developsomething in your life along scientific lineswhich can be a new interest to you contin-ually, providing you with the opportunityto

upliftothers.

Destructive Expression INDULGENCE.You express through self-indulgence insex, appetite and self. You are very un-certain in your vibration, being very change-able in your actions. You have rather apoor moral standard and yet carry offyour actions with a good deal of bravadowhich disarms many who would otherwisecondemn. You procrastinate, are not avery good investment as an employee orfriend, as you cannot be depended uponto make good in service or promises, al-though you are always full of ideas whict

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NUMBERS IN ACTIONgain people's confidence. You resistchange in the circumstances of your ownpersonal life unless change is a matter ofyour own desire, and destroy your oppor-tunities by holding on too long to thingsin a very similar way to the 1 vibration.&6. Constructive Expression RELIABIL-\ ITY. You are a comforter giving willing

/ service. You are conscientious, maintain-V . . ,. i r - , .ing your own individuality even in service.You have a great love of home and friendsand family and do not wish to live alone,nor for yourself alone, always expressingcheerfulness, never despondent, always thebusy finisher of what you undertake eventhough it is not always easy to you. Youare satisfied with pleasure in a quiet wayand are rather a restful and cheering in-fluence.

Destructive Expression ANXIETY. Youare too anxious to serve even when andwhere you are not wanted. You over-burden your life by the things that youvoluntarily take on to do for others and

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WHAT'S IN YOUR NAME?are not such a restful influence, as you aregiven to bustle and to interfere and unableto stop for rest or relaxation. You sinkyour individuality in service, often likelyto become anchored to some life whosethoughts and acts you will find yourselfcopying to the destruction of your ownindividuality. You are imposed upon byothers and resent it without seeing thecause.

7. Constructive Expression PLACIDITY.You are calm, refined and studious. Youdo not seek for constant expression in ob-jective things, but ask only the opportunityto give something to the world as a priestwould give it. You do not seek to controlbusiness or finance which do not interestyou, but seek to develop something in yourown life which can attract supply to youby its worth. You are engaged in workthat takes you away from the bustle andnoise of commerce where you have moreopportunity to express in your own way,and from " behind the scenes " as it were,

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NUMBERS IN ACTIONthe truths which you feel subjectively.Having to spend much time alone you arenot lonely, for through your attention toworship and introspection you can easilyfind many interests. You do not condemnexpressions which you do not understand,but contact all life with an open mind.You are a worshiper, a listener rather thana talker, making every experience of lifeand individuals develop your subjectivenature and provide new food for thoughtand theory.The Destructive Expression TURBU-LENCE. You are rather difficult to livewith as you are very individualized andendeavor to make other people conform toyour rather peculiar methods of expres-sion. You condemn the things that do notconform with your theories and imaginethat you have more ability than you reallyhave in the objective world of business andseek to control, direct and dictate, ma-terial policy. You are rather unreasonable,not able to rest or live away from city life

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WHAT'S IN YOUR NAME?for long at a time and always being an-noyed by its inconveniences when you haveto unite with it.

8. Constructive Expression JUSTICE.You are successful in commercial expres-sion and organization, take a personal in-terest as far as possible in all those youfind around you as employees or helps, andwhile using these individuals legitimatelyto attain your own success you endeavor atthe same time to give them the best oppor-tunity of perfecting their own expression.You are very even tempered, with a goodbalance of intuition and intellect, althoughmore inclined to be led by the latter. Youhave material freedom, direction and con-trol; and financial aid will always come tosupply your needs.

Destructive Expression INJUSTICE.You are successful in direction and con-trol but destructive in your use of power,sweating those under you and taking therole of the oppressor and bully if you canserve your own ends. You seek to keep

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NUMBERS IN ACTIONevery other person connected with yousubject to your individuality and neverco-operate, only command. You are un-scrupulous in your efforts to obtain andmaintain your personal material freedom.Your main ideal in life is to have a greaterexpression of finance than anyone else be-cause of the control that this can give you.

9. Constructive Expression LOVE.You are humanitarian, a philanthropist,regarding all people of whatever race, coloror creed as your brothers; having the high-est expression of impersonal love, sendingout, in your contact with others, only love,justice, mercy, seeking to make every manyour friend. You exercise the power ofhealing consciously and unconsciously byspeaking the right word at the right timeand helping people in their troubles, rely-ing upon your intuitional faculty more thanthe intellectual reason to guide you. Real-izing your power over all other human ex-pressions, you seek to use this influenceconstructively, standing as a revelator

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WHAT'S IN YOUR NAME?through art, through the power of healingor as a counsellor/ giving willing service tohumanity, and have learned to transmuteall passions into love and all personal desireinto Universal understanding. You arefree to go where you will and welcomed byeveryone. You do not care for personalpossessions and give freely of your sub-stance, material and inspirational, to help

e world to more complete expression.Destructive Expression DESIRE. Youare rather personal in your expressions and

desires, making distinctions between classesof human beings which extend far pasttheir ordinary expressions. You use de-structively to gain your own ends and foryour own self-satisfaction the power whichyou have over the human emotions, bytaking advantage of the confidences yougain from others in business, love or friend-ship. You play upon the emotions ofyour own and other's compositions becauseof the fascinating interest which this affordsand can easily express in anger, violent

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NUMBERS IN ACTIONand blasting passions and personal loveand raise these in others at will. In thisexpression you use the power of dramaticspeech and emotional expression destruc-tively and know how to wound by yourwords as no other vibration does, bitingin your sarcasm, aggravating and pas-sionate.pThis is the most destructive expressioneven according to Universal standards, for

in it homes are laid desolate, hearts broken,trusts betrayed and individuals' lives sur-rounded with dead ashes of memory andphysical wastes of disease.NOTE It is more usual to find in theinterpretation of character by numbers,that individuals correspond to a few con-structive and a few destructive explana-tions and the author's intention is that bybeing acquainted with the two possibilitiesof our own vibrations we can readily tellwhen in our everyday expression we crossthe line between them.

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CHAPTER VINEGATIVE ACTION

As the explanations given below are fol-lowed it will not be difficult to interpretthe expressions of many individuals whomone meets continually in a day's living andis rather at a loss to understand the pur-pose of their life.The man who shines your shoes, thewoman who scrubs your floors may bothbe above the plane upon which they areliving, possessed of powerful vibrationswhich, although sensed by us through theindications of their personality, are to themas yet unknown and undiscovered in thisincarnation.

Again, this aspect of vibration explainsthe artist born into an inartistic family;the individuals who are entitled by thequality of their vibration to material free-

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NEGATIVE ACTIONdom and yet living in circumstances whereto obtain the cost of every meal is a strug-gle. It is the explanation that so manywonderful constructive mental inspirationaland material creations are born from theminds of those who are kept to an invalidchair for the better part of their lives.The physical limitation upon all planesis the negative inaction which is the pay-ment for former destructive living out ofvibration; but here the higher self is oftendoubly awake to the constructive possi-bilities of life and reveals these possibilitiesto others by wonderful transcended expres-sions of the mind. The quality of suchexpression has been so intensified in manycases that the individuals have transmutedthe physical limitation of the present lifeand become once more four-square withexpression of body and spirit. In thisaction of the law of vibration the worldsees a miracle of healing, its newspaperswrite of the circumstances, but the in-dividual knows only, that prayers, visions

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WHAT'S IN YOUR NAME?and constructive building have come toexpression.

Everyone in any stage of negativity isgiven this chance to work back into con-structive expression and to regain the in-heritance which they have forfeited some-time, somewhere.

1. Limitation. Individuals who havelittle backbone in life, ready to performthe meanest service. Often seen as thosepeople who one is certain could do higherwork in life than what they are engaged in,if they could only be raised to a conscious-ness of themselves. Victims of their owndestructive law in the past, these individ-uals are very often seen as blind, deaf orafflicted in some way, where they havenever had an opportunity in this life toassert individuality or to be self-reliant,but have always been dependent uponothers.

2. Dependence. Lacks the force togain very much for itself. Has very fewindividual opinions and readily reflects the

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NEGATIVE ACTIONideas and expressions of the people aroundit. Is too easily persuaded into doingmeaner work for other people; is seldomcontented but feels the burden of life andliving rather heavily. While it is not dis-gruntled, does not feel the urge to mixwith others.T 3. Repression. Will not or cannot takeadvantage of the opportunities offered toexpress the self, in artistic or any otherlines. Unconcentrated ; undecided, cannotmake up their mind to any one expression,but taking up many things, doing a littleof one and a little of another. Victims oftheir own destructive law in the past, areseen with the desire to express, but in anenvironment where accomplishment andhigher development is impossible to them;led by circumstances to engage in unsuit-able, technical work.

4. Lack of Ambition. Just mechanicalworkers, working because they have to liveand not for their personal advancement inany way. Not a very high development of

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WHAT'S IN YOUR NAME?intellect, asking only the opportunity towork and live from day to day.

5. Crucifixion. Always seen to be fight-ing some little " fox in the vines " or somesubtle craving for self-indulgence whichit is hard to rise above. Has a good dealof surrender of the things which it valuesmost, many times because of the little in-dulgences which it lacks the strength ofitself to overcome. Financial loss and ne-gation to include. These individuals areoften pictures of their destructive self-in-dulgence of the past, through devitalizedbodies, disease and deformity.

6. Irihospitality. Unwilling to serve;refuses responsibility through the care ofindividuals and situations. Is not so eagerto associate, but more given to live alonein perfect detachment from other people.Rather despondent, tired through service,leaving other people and conditions to takecare of themselves.

7. Misunderstanding. Feel always un-able to express anything that they feel in

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NEGATIVE ACTIONtheir inner nature, consider that no onewants them or understands them, and thatthey have never had a chance. Victims oftheir destructive law in the past, are seento be surrounded with many responsibilitiesand relationships from which they find ithard to be free, and which prevent themfrom gaining that opportunity to be alonewhich is so necessary to their unfoldment.

8. Failure. Unsuccessful in speculation.Find it difficult to gain the prestige whichthey feel themselves capable of, in the busi-ness world. Victims of their destructivelaw of the past, are seen to be born into afamily and to live in an environment wherethere is lack of material expression insteadof freedom, where money is scarce andwhere they have to give the meaner ex-pressions of service.\ 9. Emotion. Full of contradictory vi-brations; too easily moved by the thingsthat appeal to the emotional nature. Un-dermine their expression by being overgenerous and take the troubles of others

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WHAT'S IN YOUR NAME?to themselves, weeping with those thatweep, giving to all who ask, even beggaringthemselves. Have lost the power of usingother people either for good or bad, andare imposed upon by others freely. Un-able to obtain much for themselves as theyare torn this way and that by the force oftheir own vibrations.

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CHAPTER VIIWHAT THE BIRTH DATE

INDICATESAs in Astrology, the date of a person's

birth plays a very important part in char-acter delineation by Numerology.The baptismal Name of an individualtells what the soul has included in thepast and what it is qualified to express inthe present, but the vibrations of the day,month and year of birth, indicate whathas next to be included.The Number gained by the addition of

the vibrations of the birth date denotesexactly the initiation which it is to theindividual's highest good to include inharmonious adjustment. It undoubtedlyconstitutes the greatest attracting force ofa life, being responsible, as it is, for theconditions among which the person finds

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WHAT'S IN YOUR NAME?himself from time to time. It attracts thecities and countries in which he lives, hiscompanions and positions, and showsclearly the possibility there is of expressinghimself in the way he desires and of attain-ing his ideals. Whatever forces are shownon the PATH OF LIFE as the vibrations ofbirth are called, will have to be met andincluded whether harmoniously or other-wise, for they constitute the inclusion ofcertain lessons which the soul wishes toexpress in a future life.The method for determining the vibra-tion of the Path of Life is very simplethe calendar number of the month is placedunderneath whichever month opens thedate of birth, this is followed by the addi-tion of the numbers in the day and inthe year, as follows:

August 2 + 8 1+84-9 + 1 = Ang. 28, 1891g +1+0+ 1+9 = 19= 10 = 1 PATH OF LIFETo aid one to understand better what in-fluence THE PATH OF LIFE will have upon

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WHAT THE BIRTH DATE INDICATESthe life will be easy or difficult, Numer-ology compares it with the vibration ofthe EXPRESSION, and whenever we see thisduplicated as the digit of the PATH OFLIFE, we may know that the individualwill have little to contend with in life; forinstance, an EXPRESSION 4, on a PATH OFLIFE vibrating 4, would not be expectedto meet anything which could not be easilyovercome, as, although it might meet someconflicting

influences under the separatevibrations of the month, day and year ofthe birth date, it is strongly connectedthrough life with its own force.

This is the path of Self-perfection wherethe soul has the opportunity to round off,as it were, the inclusion of a former lesson.

There are many individuals found witha PATH OF LIFE weaker in vibration thantheir EXPRESSION, and these people arealways connected with expressions of lifeand people who are beneath them. What-ever they attain is the result of their ownefforts and not of opportunities and privi-

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WHAT'S IN YOUR NAME?leges they meet in life. Their complaintis that they are withheld from the oppor-tunities their soul desires; but did they butrealize it, there is no force in their lifestrong enough to withhold them from any-thing, except that which they express fromtheir own inclusion. They meet nothingstronger than themselves and are alwaysprepared for emergencies.

This is the path of the teacher, revelatorand messenger, rather than that of thestudent, and is the opportunity the soultakes to express centuries of inclusion.

Lastly, there is the individual whosePATH OF LIFE is found to be higher thanthe vibration of the EXPRESSION, and thislife is always climbing to make itself equalwith the many splendid opportunities itmeets. This is the most difficult of the twoPATHS OF LIFE, for the individual mustalways hug his ideals close to his heart andtake care that there are no false steps.It is the path of experience, and givesinfluential friends, position and opportunity.

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WHAT THE BIRTH DATE INDICATESThis PATH OF LIFE is the indication that

the soul has been true in the past, and asa reward is given, in the present, newworlds to conquer.The golden rule for the harmonious in-clusion of the lesson of the PATH OF LIFEis adjustment; and in order to help us toapply this law, we should understand thatit is the purpose of every individual onlyto intensify the characteristics of the PATHOF LIFE.The essence of the lesson of each vibra-

tion with the corresponding " watchwords "are as follows:

1. Creation Watchword UKITY2. Construction Watchword SERV-"*3. Expression Watchword PEACE4. Materiality Watchword SERVICE5. Experience Watchword UNITY

through NOK-RESISTANCE6. Attachment Watchword LOVE and SERVICE7. Subjective Development Watchword PEACE8. Material Perfection Watchword SERVICE9. Complete Expression Watchword UNIVERSALLOVEIf the individual will find which of these

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WHAT'S IN YOUR NAME?his PATH or LIFE he has the principle andits " watchword," which together form thekey to his happiness, and that which willhelp him to understand how to overcomeby adjustment the obstacles he meets.

READING THE BIRTH DATEIn reading the Birth date, we take up

first the final digit, the number 1 in theabove case, and understand that this vibra-tion and everything it means to us in ourexplanations of the individual vibrations isthe main lesson which this life has come toinclude.

Secondly, we divide roughly the Birthdate into three cycles of time, making thecalendar number of the month occupy thefirst, the digit of the day the second and thedigit of the year the third, with the under-standing that although the experiences indi-cated by all the numbers will follow the in-dividual all through life, those coming underthe vibration of the month will be more evi-

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WHAT THE BIRTH DATE INDICATESdent until 25 years of age, those indicatedby the day from 25 to 50 years, and thoseunder the year for the remainder of thelife.

It is thus possible to explain many ofthe initiations that we are meeting morestrongly at the particular age in whichwe are expressing and enables us to comenearer to the understanding of our attitudeto life than we have been able to do pre-viously.Finally, we find the essence of the Pathof Life by finding its final digit in the tablegiven and the watchword which is indicatedas helping us to unfold its highest possi-bilities. Example.August 2+8 18938 1+0 2+18+ 1+ 3 = 1 + 2=3 Path of Life.

25 years 25-50 50When the Path of Life vibration has been

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WHAT'S IN YOUR NAME?ample, prefacing the reading with thesentence, " you have come to learn to be " ;read next the constructive explanation ofthe particular cycle number our life is inat the time of reading according to ourpresent age. These explanations will befound in Chapter Five.

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CHAPTER VIIICHANGING THE NAME SIGNA-

TURES CHOOSING NAMESTHE name which we receive at birth hasbeen proved to be an exact indication toour character and our ability in this life.It has also been seen, however, that thisname from the vibratory standpoint doesnot always relate us in the best possibleattitude to the lessons we came to learnas shown from the PATH OF LIFE.By changing our name, therefore, we ad-

just ourselves more favorably to the ex-periences which we are bound to meet inthis life, giving ourselves a better chanceof success. It is a revelation sometimes,if we will just glance over the " materials "at our disposal in this life and try to seewhether we have used or are using themin a way that will enable us to build the

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WHAT'S IN YOUR NAME?finest " house " according to the plan laidout over our PATH OF LIFE.In choosing a new name for ourselves

or in adjusting the one which we are al-ready entitled to, there are several impor-tant but simple rules to be considered :

1. To choose a name that in its finaldigit is along the same zone, either odd oreven, as our own name vibrations, i.e., ifour own name is numbered upon the oddside to choose a signature with an odddigit.

2. To choose a name that in the individ-ual digits is harmonious. Names that havea final digit made up of odd and evendigits are not harmonious, such as 1 + 6+ 7 = 5, as such an expression has to beput along two lines, odd and even, andthere must be a separation of energy.

8. To choose a name that in its finaldigit is in the same zone, odd or even, asthe PATH OF LIFE vibration, as this leadsthe life to development in the right di-rection.

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CHANGING THE NAMEThe effect of changing the name and of

signing a new signature is to bring aroundus different influences and conditions byintensifying in our life the force which isseen as its digit.The use of a capable knowledge ofhow to change the name is of great far-

reaching result, for it is often seen thatin the signature is the explanation of cer-tain conditions which are provoking us.

It is not advisable to advocate the whole-sale changing of names for yourself orothers after this knowledge is included, asall life is initiation and the signature intensi-fying certain experiences gives us undoubt-edly certain initiations which cannot beignorantly interrupted. There is one infal-lible indication that the signature should bechanged and this is when its bearer is dis-satisfied with its form, is unhappy undercertain conditions and is willing, withoutknowing what will happen, to allow the sig-nature to be changed. Such an individual isready to be lifted out into new experiences.

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WHAT'S IN YOUR NAME?The change of name only very slightly

affects our Ideality, is more apparent inthe change which it gives to our Impres-sion and most of all is seen to affect ourExpression, bringing out in our everydaylife just the qualities which its vibrationstands for: 1. Individuality and self-reli-ance. 2. Diplomacy and association. 3.Perfected personal Expression. 4. Tech-nicality and attention to little materialthings. 5. Change and versatility. 6. Re-sponsibilities, care of individuals. 7. Alone-ness, reflection, misunderstanding in ma-terial things. 8. Direction and control,material freedom. 9. Generosity, emotion,art.

SlGNATUBESThe signature of a stranger, upon a let-

ter or elsewhere, can tell us quickly thecharacteristics which the individual is in-tensifying and the vibration through whichhe is attempting to gain a higher unfold-ment for himself.

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CHOOSING NAMES FOR CHILDRENConsideration of the signature of a mar-

ried woman determines the initiation whichher marriage has placed her life under andwill be found to explain the new experi-ences which have been included since itsadoption.The individual who will get the mostaccurate reading of the signature is theone who is given to intensify one way ofsigning the name, for where so many dif-ferent signatures are used, the conditions ofthe life are more subject to change andless easy to determine as distinct experi-ences.

CHOOSING NAMES FOE CHILDRENNaturally such a knowledge of vibration

as NUMEROLOGY provides, will lead us onto the question of how to name our chil-dren, and in this extension there are somevery interesting and definite findings.Numerology does not advocate the choos-

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WHAT'S IN YOUR NAME?side of the parents, because it looks uponthe consciousness of the child as simply anextension of the consciousness of its fatherand mother. Therefore, it believes thatwith the parents should rest the choice ofa name and that this choice should be madeaccording to harmony in sound. Tone isa much finer scheme of vibration than num-bers, and if the sound of a name is har-monious to the parents of a child, that childand its name invariably possesses the char-acteristics of its parents, but in differentrelationship, and stands revealed to the onewho understands human vibration, as acorrect extension of the consciousness thatattracted it.When a child's name has been chosen inthis way, one who understands the law can

step in and by their knowledge explainalong what lines the child should be de-veloped, forecasting the experiences thatit will meet.

This method of naming children is notindorsed in any other system as far as is

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CHOOSING NAMES FOR CHILDRENknown, because most teachers prefer todemonstrate their science by choosing thename according to their own individualidea of an harmonious name, forgettingthat there is a danger of thus interferingwith the experiences which the child mayhave come to get in this life. Seldom isit that any attempt is made either, to choosea name which contains the vibrations ofthe parents, and the neglect of this is thecause of great estrangement in the future,for the child develops out of harmony withits parents, even though it may be underthe law of harmony according to abstractvibration.

It will be readily seen that this methodof dealing with the names of children doesnot detract in any way from the usefulnessof Numerology, but only insures the reallycorrect choice of a name by the parties who,typifying the consciousness which attractedthe ego, are most qualified to identify andextend themselves through its expression.The name of the child should be chosen

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WHAT'S IN YOUR NAME?before birth, as this has been proved tohave the effect of causing the birthday ofthe child to adjust itself in vibration moreharmoniously with the name chosen, insur-ing for the incoming ego an easier life inwhich so much adjustment is not needed.

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CHAPTER IXHARMONIOUS ASSOCIATIONPERHAPS the most severe of life's initia-

tions are handed to us over the line ofassociation, for it is difficult to find anyindividual who cannot recall that at somestage

of their life they have allowed them-selves to become linked in important re-lationships which have proved to be pro-ductive of disagreeable experiences.In many instances a separation fromthese relationships has been effected andin the degree that many important lessonswere learned we can label the chapter" good."Yet again, there are still many individ-uals who remain in these unsatisfactory re-lationships, passing up day by day, to thebest of their understanding, the proofs ofendurance which will claim their release.

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WHAT'S IN YOUR NAME?Experience is a hard master if a thor-

ough one, but the object of the enlightenedtruths which are slowly forcing their waythrough the religious education of our day,is the promise that the time is not far dis-tant when all will learn their human lessonsby the easier, if more rapid way of trans-mutation or the true understanding of theexperiences with which the life is linkedand the wisdom which will make for con-scious choice for the future.To help this time forward is one of the

aims of Numerology, which teaches manylaws for selection in human associationwhich are just as definite and simple asthose which it offers for the interpretationof the mystery of the individual Self, andof which the following are examples.We have found from the previous chap-ters that the numbers of the Ideality, Ex-pression and PATH OF LIFE are tlie mostimportant.

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HARMONIOUS ASSOCIATIONit is only necessary to make a comparisonof these vibrations in our own and another'sNumber-scope.Every day we meet individuals to whomwe are immediately drawn by a force which

although hard for our human minds toanalyze, is nevertheless above the consid-eration of sex, worldly position, class orcreed; in other words, they are friends be-fore we hardly realize the fact that they are" recent acquaintances."A comparison of our numbers wouldshow that the " Expressions " (the numberwe obtain from the addition of the vowelsand consonants in the baptismal name)are identical.The new civilization fundamental of" Life in the Long Run," applied through

vibration, shows these individuals as com-panions of a former life when the vibrationwhich is now expressed by both was beingexperienced or learned as the number ofThe Path of Life.

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WHAT'S IN YOUR NAME?whom we meet thus, become really im-portant to us by closer relationship of love,marriage or business; because the har-mony which we feel is more the resultof the past than a certainty of the presentor promise for the future, and is sufficientonly to insure good fellowship and to helpus recognize an harmonious friend.For the deeper associations, the individ-uals with whom we can obtain lasting har-mony, must have vibrations which are at-tuned to our Ideality our inner nature;we can prove this is so by a comparison ofour own Ideality number with that of anyindividual who we know is really in sym-pathy with our deeper thoughts, visionsand ideals and has proved their willingnessto stand with us for their development,apart from how opposite to our expressionthis individual may be, or how far removedfrom our personal life.

It is in Ideality, therefore, that the realplane of understanding in love, marriageand business lies; and complete happiness

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HARMONIOUS ASSOCIATIONand confidence in either association is im-possible unless harmony in this vibrationobtains.There are many associations contracted

by parties whose Ideality numbers are notthe same, but in these instances it is morethe plane of tolerance than of completeunderstanding and a certain kind of com-promising harmony can be maintained byeach individual refraining from the displayof the deeper nature with all its personalvisionings, hopes and ideals. The idealsof those finding themselves in such rela-tionships and not knowing the law of vi-bration, are daily crucified and sacrificedupon the altar of misunderstanding andresistance, whereas a knowledge of suchtruths, and what is more important, theirdiscovery when the association is young,can, and does bring happiness upon theplanes of harmony that caused the associa-tion to be born in the first place.In business partnerships, the Idealitynumbers play again as important a part,

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WHAT'S IN YOUR NAME?for the true success of the relationshiphere, rests with each individual who repre-sents the organization, having the same in-terests at heart.

' The house divided against itself " thatcannot stand, is the business that has twoor more partners who, however much agree-ment or distinct individual ability theymay show in expression, misunderstand thecommon ideal, or are grinding the personalaxe. This is invariably the case when thenumbers of the individual Idealities areopposite in value.When through a little practice with themethods suggested, we are able for our-selves to find the vibrations of a full bap-tismal name, and meet with a person whoseExpression number is our own Path of Lifenumber, we can know that here is an in-dividual who, however casually met, willoccupy an important association in our life ;because all things, including persons, thatvibrate to our Path of Life number areexpressing on their own plane the lesson

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HARMONIOUS ASSOCIATIONwe have come to learn and therefore standin the relation of our greatest teachers,whether they themselves realize it or not.The associations thus formed as a resultof this attraction, although always impor-tant are not always productive of the mostcomplete harmony, but a comparison againof the numbers of the individual Idealities,will forecast accurately in such cases howthe relationship will develop.When we meet such individuals who arevibrating in " Expression " to our " Pathof Life," it is difficult for us to be contentwith the lighter associations. It is there-fore only the knowledge of where thepromise of lasting harmony can be foundthat when we find " Ideality " vibrationsopposite in value that we can assert ourknowledge and choose to avoid the closerpartnership which is being forced upon us.

Inharmony is found where one "Ideality"is an odd number and the other an even.Harmony, where both " Idealities " are

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CHAPTER XCHOOSING A LIFE'S WORK

IT is well known that the subject ofchoosing a vocation is a world-wide prob-lem. At some time or another it hasclaimed the attention of the head of everyfamily for one or more of its memberscommencing the climb toward personalachievement.Advice upon this problem is attempted

by every science and teacher claiming topossess knowledge in advance of the gen-eral understanding of the average personand still there are thousands who havenever been guided, thousands who havebeen guided wrongly, and millions of fail-ures every year.We have read " Success is the productof success methods and failure the product

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CHOOSING A LIFE'S WORKThere are some failure methods, so

fine, however, that it is only the trainedpsychologist who can discern and adjustthem, and although they are all productiveof destruction they are lost beside thegreatest of all failure methods which ithardly needs a psychologist to observe,viz. : the individual, doing the wrong work,in the wrong way, in the wrong place.

It is this failure or its varying degrees,that Numerology, or the Science of Num-bers, can adjust into harmony and whichshould receive the personal attention ofevery individual engaged in anything atall, today.

It is not always possible or easy to liveour lives by psychology, because the lawswhich are recommended by the science arenew to the race understanding; but it isan hopeless attempt for the one who isunfamiliar with the first psychiatry of all

the Psychology of the Self.The mind of man, the master mind ofthe Universe, containing the power to

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WHAT'S IN YOUR NAME?operate and control every law of the earthplane, is such an adjustable thing that asuggestion for better understanding com-ing from an outside source can be received,accepted and acted upon.

It is of this faculty that " efficiency " ex-perts who work with objective methods takeadvantage and develop, so that in time anindividual can be taught to disregard hisown opinion and become an automatonwith senses trained to detect the slightesterror in his own or another's way of doingthings.Such work is good but not best, neitherdoes it make for true efficiency which is,after all, only conscious subjective andobjective unity with the thing we do.We have seen that every mind is a store-house of knowledge, gained from certainexperience in many lines of expression in-cluded sometime, somewhere. This knowl-edge is recorded in . the individuality andpersonality of the present life; it can beread by numerous signs and symbols set

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CHOOSING A LIFE'S WORKin the form and it is hidden in every letterof the name.We have no patience with the man, whohaving a balance in the bank, is starvingupon half a loaf and denying himself thenecessities of life. Yet day after dayaround us, ninety per cent of men andwomen, feeling dimly the consciousness ofcertain ability within themselves, never evenconsult the cosmic pass-book of the Self,to unfold the treasures accumulated, butthink to attain success by favoring systemswhich train them to make the daily halfloaf of objective doing, go the farthest.We do not need to spend time and moneydeveloping man's efficiency by methods thattake into account what he can be madeto do before what he can do.With knowledge you can graft a pearand apple tree, but it is not natural law;

with the same knowledge you can graft theexpression of a machinist on to the mindof an artist, without having the wisdomto see that the consciousness of the artist

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WHAT'S IN YOUR NAME?will not accept and still continues to vibratein its own current.

Efficiency grafting is good knowledgeand so is the gardener's kind; they bothshow a step in progress; but they are lessthan the wisdom that considers the law ofevolution.

It is true that by such methods, twenty-five per cent efficiency is unfolded intofifty or even seventy-five per cent; but theefficiency shoe pinches between this pointand the one hundred mark. You cannotwalk with it into the place where successsits and feel comfortable and certain itis made on the wrong last.On every plane of earth's expressionthe law of usefulness exists, but to be suc-cessful, each unit must be scientificallyrelated to its work in life.

Individuality is a great factor in thesuccess of the individual and this factor isonly seen where the work expresses theconsciousness of its doer and is the activeresult of something deeper than training.

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CHOOSING A LIFE'S WORKOur work in life should be an inborn

habit, not a trick that we have acquired.Even when we have found our individ-uality we have one other obstacle to removefrom the path of success and this is theold idea of competition.The old world leaves its cradle to enterthe game, trained to move on the board oflife to the advantage of himself and thetemporary disadvantage of those engagedin apparently the same line of expression.The new world enters the race with allthought, energy and action, concentratedaround himself and his own point of ex-pression, not because he is selfish or evenegotistical, but because he knows that heoccupies a niche in life which, as he under-stands better, will hold all the success heneeds and such success as only he himselfcan ever take away.

Competition is like the dummy race-horses which for a penny can be manipu-lated over the track of a glass-coveredmachine. The red and the green advance

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WHAT'S IN YOUR NAME?alternately, the race is short and sharp, theresult wrist-ache for the players and thehorses back at first position. It is theenemy of physical fitness, youth, temperand ideals and the friend of breakdown,insanity, old age and despondency.The only individuals to whom competi-tion is a truth are they who are beingcalled successes and even complimentedfor their efficiency, who in their heartknow that they are failures because theystand self-revealed through two selves: onetrained to the minute to conform to ob-jective laws of the work in which theyare engaged, and the other, wishing andbuilding perhaps for some other thingwhich the more expresses them.These are they who always need thevacations to gather together enough energyto resume their necessary efforts to holdon to something which is not theirs, tododge the reality of competition and tocover up from the world and their asso-ciates the insecurity of their position. They

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CHOOSING A LIFE'S WORKdo not succeed in deceiving themselves, butknowing not how to help themselves, theypersist year in and year out, until perhapsthrough the study of sciences that canaccomplish their freedom, or just throughthe resistance they have offered to life, theyare lifted out where they can make anewthe situations of their life.

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CHAPTER XIWHAT AND HOW

THE purpose of this book is to give prac-tical aid in seeking objective and sub-jective success, first in discovering thatquality which tells what we are gifted todo and secondly in showing how we canget this gift the more easily out into ex-pression.Numerology has some very definite and

well-defined laws for this purpose, justas clear and accurate when skillfully appliedas the figures which it uses in interpreta-tion.

It believes that both the what and thehow of an individual's life work are con-tained in the letters and numbers of thefull baptismal name which we dealt within Chapter III as telling the individual'scharacter.

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WHAT AND HOWThe number that corresponds with the" Ideality " shows what effort we are cap-

able of putting our whole selves into andit is from the quality of this vibration ac-cording to the following table that we candecide which aspect of business, religion,art, etc., we can adopt upon which tobuild up the structure of our life's work.

IDEALITY TABLEIdeality No.1. CREATIVE Mental.

2. CONSTRUCTIVE Mental and physical.3. EXPRESSIVE Inspirational.4. TECHNICAL Mental or physical.5. SCIENTIFIC Inspirational.6. EDUCATIONAL Mental.7. THEORETICAL Inspirational.8. COMMERCIAL Mental.9. ARTISTIC Inspirational.

The numbers 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9 in Idealitygive the desire and the ability to workin all occupations which their relative " Ex-pressions

"may decide, in individual free-dom; this can be taken advantage of pro-

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WHAT'S IN YOUR NAME?in Chapter VII are in harmony with the" Expression."On the other hand, Idealities of 2, 4, 6,do not have to claim individual effort inthe occupation for which their " Expres-sion " may suit them unless the Path ofLife vibration in conjunction with themis of the 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9 vibrations.For example, we will take an illustra-tion of an Ideality of 7 which is the theo-retical inspirational quality desiring andhaving ability for individual effort. Inchoosing a successful work for such an in-dividual we would have to satisfy ourselvesthat in any particular occupation whichhis " Expression " might decide, he hadthe opportunity to express his theorieswhich would probably be of a literary orreligious nature.When we have claimed conformity withthat inner quality, seen from the vibrationof " Ideality," the next step is to find theobjective channel or occupation throughwhich it can be developed and expressed to

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WHAT AND HOWconform with the requirements of ourmodern world.The " Expression " vibration of the in-

dividual decides this very necessary ques-tion and tells whether business, art, com-merce, etc., should receive our efforts.The following table gives the zone ofeach Expression number and a few of thevocations which agree with them and it isa simple matter for each reader to deter-mine to which zone any particular occupa-tion which we have no room to enumeratehere, but which he favors for adoption,conforms.Expression No.1. CREATION System. Analysis. Invention.2. CONSTRUCTION Diplomacy. Politics.3. PERSONAL EXPRESSION Individual art. Adornment.

Criticism.4. MATERIAL CONSTRUCTION Technicality. Planning.

Building.5. SCIENCE Salesmanship. Ex

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