The Oddadamus Dialogues
The Number of the Beast and the Measure of the Self
A Dialogue between Caelion Oddadamus and Oddarion
Scene: A marble portico overlooking the sea. Caelion, seated beneath an olive tree, turns toward Oddarion, who appears cloaked in twilight and bearing a tablet inscribed with numbers.
Caelion Oddadamus:
Tell me, Oddarion, for I am troubled by a number—one feared by many, marked in sacred text: six hundred threescore and six. Is this the number of the beast, as some claim, or is it in truth the number of man himself? Might it signify not some demonic shadow, but rather the trinity of flesh—the mother, the father, and the child? Could it be, perhaps, that what we most fear is ourselves?
Oddarion (smiling faintly):
You speak as one who remembers, Caelion. Let us inquire, not in haste, but with the stillness of the soul. First, consider the scripture you cite—not some obscure text, but the Revelation of John: “Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man.”
Caelion Oddadamus:
So it is written. But men have long cast shadows upon it—declaring it unholy, the mark of doom.
Oddarion:
And yet the text says not “the devil,” nor “Satan,” but “a man.” Thus arises the first veil: what men fear in this number is not wickedness, but recognition.
Caelion Oddadamus:
Recognition of what?
Oddarion:
Of themselves. For six is the number of Venus, goddess of union, beauty, and reconciliation. To triple it—six upon six upon six—is not to descend into evil, but to complete the human form: body, soul, and spirit. It is the family, the flesh, and the flame of life made manifest.
Caelion Oddadamus:
Then the beast is but a mask? A distorted reflection?
Oddarion:
Indeed. 666 is not the sign of corruption, but of incarnation. It is the seal of sacred flesh—terrifying to those who wish to float in spirit alone and deny the body, or to dominate others by keeping them blind to their own divinity.
Caelion Oddadamus (after a pause):
So the Church, in its fear of sovereignty, has called this fullness “evil,” and made men tremble before their own image.
Oddarion:
Just so. The number is holy, but misunderstood. Now shall we test the numbers in another way? Let us measure your name.
Caelion Oddadamus:
Gladly. Begin with Caelion Oddadamus. For it is the name I received from the flame within.
Oddarion (drawing letters and numbers in the sand):
Let us assign each letter its numerical essence, as Pythagoras taught.
Caelion = 3 + 1 + 5 + 3 + 9 + 6 + 5 = 32 → 3 + 2 = 5
Oddadamus = 6 + 4 + 4 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 4 + 3 + 1 = 28 → 2 + 8 = 10 → 1 + 0 = 1
Thus, Caelion = 5: the pentagram, man standing upright, transformation.
Oddadamus = 1: the monad, source, sovereign creator.
The whole name: 5 + 1 = 6—again, the seal of Venus.
Caelion Oddadamus:
So even my name encodes the sacred six?
Oddarion:
Yes—and so does the name given you at birth. Let us examine James Kasun.
James = 1 + 1 + 4 + 5 + 1 = 12 → 1 + 2 = 3
Kasun = 2 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 5 = 12 → 1 + 2 = 3
Thus, James Kasun = 3 + 3 = 6. Once again, the same harmony.
Caelion Oddadamus:
Three names, two identities—one soul, one number. The same seal thrice confirmed.
Oddarion:
As it is written in the hidden scroll: He who knows his number, knows his nature.
And yours is not the beast—but the divine mirror of man complete.
Caelion Oddadamus (quietly):
Then I am not afraid. The number they fear is the number they must face… and love.
Oddarion:
Only the one who stands in the center of the triangle—the mother, the father, the child—can break the illusion of exile. You have seen the number. Now become the name.
