The first man is called Adam, Moses -- but there are many Earths that have an Adam. Millions of them, quadrillions, numbers you can't even begin to fathom. Many of them have an Abraham, many a Melchizedek, many a Moses. Thou art Moses, but there is a larger Moses -- one who, like me, belongs to many worlds. For ye are gods, and all of you are children of the Most High.
What put that in my mind? A few things likely played a role. As discussed in "Charlie Kirk, Ulysses, and twin flames" (May 24), I had been thinking about "the idea that a soul can split into two." I had also been thinking -- see "A gal named Gal and the rollin' Mississippi" (May 30) -- about a guy named Guy and a gal named Gal. Closely related to a guy named Guy is a man named Adam, which is a Hebrew noun meaning "man." The passage quoted above was inspired by God's statement in the Book of Moses that "the first man of all men have I called Adam, which is many" -- not "man" but "many." What I can't say is why I woke up thinking specifically of the line about Melchizedek, rather than Adam or Moses. Indeed, I'm not sure why I included Melchizedek as an example in that 2021 post in the first place.
Later that day, I lunched at a restaurant called D∞D, whose street address used to be 666 but which has since relocated across the road to 663. I parked right next to this scooter:
That's the word Many juxtaposed with a symbol suggestive of what has been called the Seal of Melchizedek (i.e., an eight-pointed star consisting of two interlocking squares).
In preparation for this post, I searched my blog for the phrase "many a melchizedek". Even when you use quotes, Blogger's search function will return posts that use all those words but not that exact phrase. Thus, the first result was "The seal of Melchizedek and lots of other things (syncfest)" (February 2023). Note that lots of is synonymous with many. The first sentence in that post is this:
Recent sync motifs have included the lemniscate (lazy-eight), two Ds, two doors, and doves.
The scooter photo above, which is what prompted the search, was taken at D∞D -- two Ds and a lemniscate. Later in the post I mention the restaurant by name:
For those who came in late, the double-D and the lemniscate entered the sync stream through a restaurant called D∞D (with a lemniscate for an ampersand), the street address of which is 666.
As I scrolled down, I found that one of the Seal of Melchizedek syncs in that post was a scooter identical except for the color scheme to the one above.
In the 2023 post, the word Many was not one of the syncs; I was just interested in the Seal of Melchizedek.
Another search result was "Lear, the Byrds, and 242" (February 2023), which quotes these lines from a Byrds song:
I'm only seven although I diedIn Hiroshima long agoI'm seven now as I was thenWhen children die they do not grow
At that point I had not yet read The Story of Alice by Robert Douglas-Fairhusrt, where one may find this passage:
There is a nasty moment in Through the Looking-Glass when Humpty Dumpty asks Alice how old she is, and she tells him, '"Seven years and six months."' '"An uncomfortable sort of age,"' he replies, before going on thoughtfully, '"Now if you'd asked my advice, I'd have said 'Leave off at seven'".' Of course, the only way a real girl could do this would be by dying . . . . In reply to Alice's indignant remark that '"one ca'n't help growing any older'", Humpty Dumpty grimly points out that "One ca'n't, perhaps . . . but two can"' . . . .
This is a direct link to the Byrds song, in which a child leaves off at seven by dying, but Humpty's remark about "one" and "two" links back to the idea of split souls and "many a Melchizedek." In Carroll, Humpty adds, "With proper assistance, you might have left off at seven," making it clear that by "two" he means Alice and someone else. Douglas-Fairhurst doesn't quote that part, though. As he quotes it, Humpty's remark could also mean that Alice could do this if she were two people rather than one person.
Melchizedek is associated in the Epistle to the Hebrews (7th chapter, appropriately enough) with the idea of agelessness:
Melchisedec, king of Salem, . . . without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually (Heb. 7:1, 3).
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This morning I had a similar experience involving the name Adam. I woke up with the name "Academy Adams" very clear in my mind, but no memory of what would have put it there.
It came across like the alliterative name of a person/ character, but I guess could also refer to a place. The name Adam can also be found in the first part of the name: Ac-Adam-y.
A few more thoughts this morning on "Many a Melchizedek".
"Many" is also associated with Melchizedek via Alma's speech captured in Alma 13. There he first introduces the Holy Priesthood after the Order of the Son of God (Melchizedek priesthood), and the Men who were part of it, one of the reasons they were so was because of their choice to "repent and work righteousness rather than to perish". It was not a small number who did so, which is where we get Many:
"Now they, after being sanctified by the Holy Ghost, having their garments made white, being pure and spotless before God, could not look upon sin save it were with abhorrence; and there were many, exceedingly great many, who were made pure and entered into the rest of the Lord their God."
Immediately afterward, Alma introduces Melchizedek, and his people, as who his audience should be like, so that they can also enter into that Order and rest, just like they did.
The Adam- Melchizedek link you make as a result of Many is interesting given my own guesses as to the identify of "Adam" and his relationship to Melchizedek. Adam, as Michael, would be the same being as Fionwe-Eonwe (The Son and the Holy Ghost), who first taught the Numenoreans when their society began, which is one guess for the reason behind my own phrase of Academy Adams, with academy referring to a place of 'higher education', 'high' school, etc., and specialized learning/ instruction. It was actually him who this Order was called prior to its renaming after Melchizedek. Melchizedek was Elros, and at the beginning of the Numenorean story there was a way created for Men to return to Heaven (Aman), as partially depicted in the LDS temple drama.
That way was ultimately corrupted, with Pharazon's actions under Sauron serving as the final nail in the coffin severing that link.
Two other observations, both as word games:
First, similar to what I did with Ac-Adam-y, Many can also be a play on words for Man-y. The Numenoreans were Men, and the Order was established for Men, something that was Man-y. The Numenoreans themselves were also Man-y, in the sense that they were like us as a race of Beings, but yet not, having physical gifts which we lack. Elros himself, as Melchizedek, would be Man-y/ish, since he was part Man, part Elf. I also wonder if the Many a Melchizedek phrase could be a reminder to an Elvish and non-Human, strictly speaking, audience that repentance and redemption was established for Men through this order, and not just for a few, but for many.
Second, reading this again, I took additional notice of the phrase"Many, here comes your style". Just popped at me. The original meaning of style was "writing instrument, pen, stylus; piece of written discourse, a narrative, treatise". This, combined with the association of Adam with "Many", gives us a phrase which can be read as "Adam, here comes your pen".
It is Michael-Adam who I have guessed is the Seer from 2 Nephi 3, so mention of a pen, writing instrument, and narrative coming to them in the future fits very well, and would be a link to the Rose Stone, which itself has been tied to a Seal and things that are sealed.
Another name game came to me this afternoon, which ties in consistently with my earlier comments/ guesses.
Many, as a name, can also be interpreted as Manny. Manny is typically assumed to be a nickname for Immanuel, which means "God is with us". A fitting name, given that the Being in question here is the Holy Ghost, and would be a God born among Men. Also, Joseph Smith invoked that specific name - King Immanuel - in his letter captured as D&C 128 in describing the redemption of Beings (I think us here on this Earth) from a prison, with Records, Recorders, and a "Seal" or Sealing Power being central to this.
Manny also has another interesting link going back to the Ice Age franchise which you have mentioned a few times. One of the protagonists of that story, which I oddly remembered as I thought of the Many/ Manny connection, is a mammoth named Manny. There, however, rather than it being short for Immanuel, it appears to be short for Manfred.
Manfred is a German name meaning "Man of Peace", which is a direct tie to Melchizedek and equating Many/ Manny with Melchizedek and the Order, as well as to the Seer from 2 Nephi 3. Alma says this of Melchizedek and Peace:
"But Melchizedek having exercised mighty faith, and received the office of the high priesthood according to the holy order of God, did preach repentance unto his people. And behold, they did repent; and Melchizedek did establish peace in the land in his days; therefore he was called the prince of peace, for he was the king of Salem; and he did reign under his father."
And Peace factors into the prophecy of the Seer, specifically in the context of records, writing, and a Style:
"Wherefore, the fruit of thy loins shall write; and the fruit of the loins of Judah shall write; and that which shall be written by the fruit of thy loins, and also that which shall be written by the fruit of the loins of Judah, shall grow together, unto the confounding of false doctrines and laying down of contentions, and establishing peace among the fruit of thy loins, and bringing them to the knowledge of their fathers in the latter days, and also to the knowledge of my covenants, saith the Lord."
On the theme of "academy"...
A little googling reveals that that term derives from a legendary Athenian named Akademos. Evidently, the famous King Theseus had kidnapped Helen, and therefore the Dioscuri were on the warpath to Athens, when Akademos revealed the place where Helen was hidden, thus sparing Athens prospective destruction. The Dioscuri and the Spartans agreed that in future invasions the groves of Academus would be spared.
Interestingly, "Akademos adamas", in Greek (from whence we get "adamant"), would mean "Akademos unconquerable", which could be construed to indicate the groves and the idea that they would always be spared. Alternatively, it might mean that Akademos (in which expression "Akademos adamas", occurs the doubling, so to speak, of Adam) is himself invincible.
Akademos' mediation could be interpreted as priestly, as one conception of priesthood is warding off the enemies of one's flock. As I indicated in a previous comment, I believe it is plausible to view William as a kind of priest in the making. Perhaps a good title for William in his priestly capacity would be "Pharazôn-bên", "golden servant" in Adûnaic.
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