Religion, logic, mathematics, superstition and confusion

1. Mysticism – religion,
superstition and confusion
Nidhi Chopra
nidhi.chopra@gmail.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nidhic6/

2. Index
• What is mysticism?
• What is mysticism research in computer science?
• Law and Religion
• Health and Religion
• Future work
• Conclusion
• References

3. Mysticism
• We human beings have our own belief systems, faiths and theories. Its in our nature to collect data, theorize
and test that theory. Phenomenon are happening around us all the time – good or bad, huge or tiny, visible
or invisible (to naked eye). We read books to find reasons, browse internet out of curiosity, study with
friends, teachers, family to find our path. We accumulate knowledge, sources and friend list / network (web
2.0) over time. But whenever humans couldn’t find an answer or reason, they blamed it on nature or
created a fear / superstition in head, then spread it around. Today we are going to explore two such
interesting concepts in this article which may appear very mysterious at first sight.
• Mysticism research in computer science - we study what information our ancestors showed us, left for us –
whether it is religion, art, ancient math or science. The goal is to find the hidden meaning.
• Sacred geometry is understanding the sacred (or hidden) geometry used in the planning and construction of religious structures like
temples, caves, churches, mosques, palaces etc.
• Sacred mathematics is finding sacred (or hidden) meanings to certain numbers and mathematical operations performed on them in
religious texts and art found in books and buildings.

4. Law and Religion
• Some of us believe in religion, some don’t. Before Hindu marriage act 1955, many people in India had more
than one wives simultaneously (i.e. remarrying without divorcing previous wife / wives). One man lived with
many women (if it was peaceful) and had children too. But having more then three parents puts extra
burden on children, their future families (life partners and kids). It can create confusion in the family while
filling up forms, fights while sharing things, more and more court battles in family during property divisions.
Joy of togetherness brings burden of responsibilities. As a result, children being to feel like slaves (number
10 / dasa / दासा). But family and society don’t spare them. As situation became shameful, people tried to
hide data about marriages, births and deaths from Government. Indian administrative bodies are often
blamed for lack of data collection. With data collection and analysis only, we can test popular faith and myth.
• Those who have just two parents, considered themselves of higher caste / status (number 20/ beesa / बीसा).
This number concept of 20 (बीसा) was captured in Figure1: Durga Beesa Yantra (दुर्ाा बीसा यन्त्र) by our
ancestors. If readers are familiar with Hindu religion and its festivals, they may appreciate how the 9 digits
relate to nine forms of Goddess Durga (दुर्ाा). Sum of every arm in this sacred figure is always 20 (बीसा or
beesa or bisa) and no digit is repeated. This yantra is an example of Sacred Geometry and Sacred
Mathematics.

5. Figure 1: Durga Beesa Yantra (दुर्ाा बीसा यन्त्र)

6. More analysis
• Some sources tell us that a yantra is the map or top view of
the palace / temple of a particular God.
• Notice that sum of all the digits in this triangular figure with
three handles on each corner, is 45 (sum of first 10 whole
numbers or sum of first 9 natural numbers). Its an arithmetic
series. Also notice the direction of movement as one moves
with incrementing numbers, starting from 1 in Figure 2.a:
Moving in a sequence.
• These three arrows show, how a person’s life is churned in
three ways by (more than 2) parents, relatives or other family
members and society.
• The three handles make the Figure 2.b resemble triskelion or
triskeles exhibiting ‘churning’ energy and movement. It can
make people and families look rich, smart and sharp, but it
can be very painful at the same time.
Figure 2: Moving in a sequence (a and b)

7. Health and Religion
• While studying various yantras I came across Figure 3: Shani Yantra
(शनि यन्त्र). This is a 3 X 3 magic square form in which sum of all the
rows, columns and diagonals is 33. Shani dasha (शनि दशा / साढ़े
साती) is associated with back pain and a normal human spine has 33
vertebrae when the bones that form the coccyx are counted
individually. This number 33 here is not a mere coincidence. It was
perhaps drawn to show / help memorizing this information. We hope
that it was not drawn to create confusion or fear. People fear God
Shani and his anger is believed to be fatal.

8. Figure 3: Shani Yantra (शनि यन्त्र)

9. More analysis
• Look at the arrows in Figure 4:
Direction of movement. This
again shows 3 directions and 8
pressure points where
somethings are acting upon. We
don’t know what those things
are, at present.
Figure 4: Direction of movement (a and b)

10. Work in progress
There must be more meaning to various numbers in such figures which is under study.
Conclusion
We need better data collection to improve our understanding of faith, myth, law and health. Understanding
will lead to better growth of all sub-systems.

11. References
• Wikipedia
• Various Hindu texts
• https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1798401280434185&type=3
Thank you!