for John, my good friend

I do not understand the numerology here, but one source is certainly Dante, and the scholastic theologians. My numbers in magus allude to the 3 of our family...how to add 2 grandkids ? Beyond that the zero giving rise to all numbers alludes both to my buddhist leanings, but also to "creation ex nihilo", the myriad numbers (universe of) born of nothing, hence endlessly proliferating without limits...then again I am/was a mediocre math student...

Courtesy of John Perlman