> Repetitious numerological analysis of the holy book (a la the Bible
> Code) does not come close to the model of the Zzaburi as given in:
>
> Sorcerers are followers of Zzabur's model of an impersonal
> God. Sorcerers are scholars, as opposed to the more religious
> wizards. They spend their time researching the nature of
> the world, either through reading dusty tomes and performing
> experiments, or out in the field investigating God's
> creation first-hand.
Now, *I* see these passages as near-perfect overlaps. How do you think a Kabbalist would "research the nature of the world through reading dusty tomes and performing experiments"? No reason whatsoever to dismiss the idea that *some* Malkioni use gematria, numerology, random dips into scripture, etc. as experimental methods to divine the will of the Divine.
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