Talk:Arithmancy

tables in light of alphabet history
The table shown ain't either "Chaldean" or "Greek" -- it's a dumbed-down version of Isopsephy (see also Gematria and Abjad numerals) adapted to the modern post-17th century version of the Latin alphabet (with I distinguished from J as separate letters and U distinguished from V -- which they weren't until recent centuries). AnonMoos 03:05, 4 April 2006 (UTC)


 * See Image:Sampler by Elizabeth Laidman, 1760.jpg for an example of J not yet being considered a separate letter (and V apparently only being considered a separate letter in uppercase). AnonMoos 05:55, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Harry Potter?
In the Harry Potter series of novels, Hermione Granger studies Arithmancy; it's her favorite subject, although the books don't go into much detail about it. But, the passing references to it sound very different from the art described in this article; for instance, it apparently involves cryptic symbols. Is there another kind of arithmancy that would fit with this description? --LostLeviathan 02:30, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

I cleaned it up somewhat, added correct info, and relevant HP link... AnonMoos 14:08, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Merge to Numerology?
Arithmancy seems to be a subdivision of numerology. Should it be merged into that article? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Scratchlax (talk • contribs) 22:30, 5 January 2007 (UTC). Scratchlax 22:31, 5 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Maybe, but there's the Harry Potter reference, and much more could be added about ancient Greek Arithmomanteia (which is actually what the article linked through the German interwiki is about...). AnonMoos 00:20, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Source
In The Supernatural: Magic, Words, and Numbers by Stuart Holroyd (ISBN 0-7172-8105-1), p. 97, the "A B	C D E U O F" table is attributed to Cagliostro, while the other is not given any specific name or associated with any historical figure. AnonMoos (talk) 15:13, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

DOES ANYONE KNOW OF GREEK EXAMPLES?
If there are any Greek examples besides the Roman one, could someone please post them? _ _ _ _ Ἑλλαιβάριος Ellaivarios _ _ _ _ 23:08, 9 February 2012 (UTC)


 * What we have is under isopsephy, though it's not 100% comparable... AnonMoos (talk) 04:17, 10 February 2012 (UTC)