Discussion On The Kabalarians And Their Corruption

A recent commenter has arrived on the site and we are engaging in a discussion about the Kabalarians, their leader and founder Alfred “J” Parker, their later leader Ivon Shearing, who was also found guilty in sex scandal charges (in his case with teenage girls), and the tendency of the Kabs to charge for what was traditionally given away for free.

A good discussion.  See the full exchange in the comments section starting here.

An excerpt (I am “success”):

X says:

I’ve studied numerology and came across the Kabalarians. I found their name descriptions to be very accurate. I think their disregard for Chaldean numerology is a weakness. A name may bring a successful destiny but if the name has a bad Chaldean meaning it can be bad. Wilhelm Reich is an example of this.

A correction for you: Alfred J Parker is balanced.

Hi, thanks for the comment.

Their name descriptions are their main strength, at least in theory. They have however significantly changed their descriptions in the last 12 years in the online presentation of the name analysis.

The Chaldean numerology is unlikely to be integrated. For one thing, combining both Chaldean and Yantric (the basis for Kabalarianism) is too complex to easily create a balanced name in both system. For another, they feel Chaldean simply has no impact.

Wilhelm Reich is a good example, you’re right!

However, you are wrong about Alfred J Parker. By adding the “J” all he was doing was creating what they perceive to a be a balanced total. The first name on its own is not balanced even according to their own system. The last name is, but only as a first name.

Additionally, the “J” was an affectation. In transcripts of the case where they the Kabalarian organization was sued for the abuse the young women experienced at the hands of their leader, Ivon Shearing (what a name! Like shearing the sheep), the legal reference was to “Alfred Parker” only. Courts did not include the “J” – this would not happen if it were a legal change of name

So Alfred “J” Parker is not a balanced name even according to their system, only has a balanced total with the “J”, and the “J” was seemingly not even a legal change.

It looks to me very much like Mr. A.J. Parker was scamming his followers. How many people promote such a system and don’t even follow it themselves? And then have their organization degenerate into typical sexual abuse events which courts found the leader to be guilty of? This is the case even with their supposedly balanced names.

Even in A.J. Parker’s day sex scandals were the norm for the Kabs, just not with young girls. That twist was for later once more people had balanced names. The irony is overwhelming.

‘Balanced Name’ and Murder?

Man with a ‘balanced name’ is charged with murder in the case of missing Tori Stafford.

A very sad story here, with this little girl gone missing and now presumed dead.  Very sad.

The name of this person, Michael Rafferty, is a ‘balanced name’; that is, it has certain numerological parameters that meet what the Kabalarians would give out to people as a balanced name.  Of course the Kabalarians would make certain claims, such as perhaps he used ‘Mike’ too often, or similar obfuscation.

You can make your own decisions.  Even if  this guy is innocent of the charges brought against him this is not what you’d want to come to pass if you go through the trouble of acquiring a ‘balanced name’ according to the simplistic Kabalarian system.

What good is a balanced name if this can be the result?

Balanced Name Numerology News

There are numerologists out there who claim to know how to create a balanced name.  There is one organization, the Kabalarians, who claim they can balance your name for you.

They use a simple system and only a total of  2-5 name possibilities.  Almost all women get one of two totals and men almost always get the same total for one option or the same as one of the women.  So that means three options as a general rule; there are slightly more possibilities, rarely used.

By contrast in Yantra yoga there are 81 possibilities, not counting totals – if you count the larger number of options for totals in Yantra the number of combinations jumps spectacularly compared to Kabalarianism.

Unfortunately for everyone the founders/promoters of either Yantra or Kabalarianism don’t always follow the systems they teach as being so wonderful.  At least for Yantra the scribe and advocate and teacher of it, Swami Gitananda, seems to have fully balanced his name at least for one of his minor lessons.

By contrast, Alfred Parker, the leader and founder of the Kabalarians, never did.

Balanced name numerology reminds me of Alice in Wonderland and the phrase, “how deep does the rabbit hole go?”

Very deep indeed.

The Occult World

The Occult world can really be a problem.  It would be great if astrology, numerology, psychic phenomena, magick, and similar occult practices were as completely a fantasy as the hard core ’science’ skeptics would have people believe.

The more nuanced truth is there is some validity to those worlds; not nearly as much as the fans of practitoners of the occult believe, but still some.  That slight validity creates a tension in the individual mind between fantasy and reality, raising questions of what is real and what aspect of the occult does what it does.

It’s all too easy to fall between the cracks of imagination and reality; we live in mind, after all.  Everyone does that, it’s human nature, and almost everyone believes they are more clever and less deceived than others.

Ah, the ego…

Just be careful out there.  Tread carefully and never think that making decisions in these realms is to be taken lightly or rushed.

It’s true, it is the nature of some to always push the boundaries, and that is good.

The purpose of this blog is to save years of pointless wandering among those few who are driven to push the boundaries; and to find out and share what is real in a world where the truth is hard to determine.

887 and Number Energy Flow

In numerology the numbers tell a story. They tell of where energy flows in and where it goes. Let us contemplate a number sequence together…

887…

or, as it is often seen when adding the total of a name:

8

8

7

… does the energy flow in through the 8 and out through the 7; or into 7 and out through the 8?

Wealth and power (8) leading to introspection and spiritual insight (7)… or analysis and introspection and philosophical perspective (7) leading to abundance and power (8)…?

Usually numerology shows the energy coming through the top number, so to speak (8 in the case of this example).

The mind enters there.  The destiny or final outcome is the bottom or final number. However it looks like it could flow the opposite way, perhaps even better.

Example:

GOOGLE = 887

Google looks more to me like energy flow from 7 to 8, computer tech mind (7) leading to abundance, wealth, power (8). The final end is the power and influence and wealth, all 8 characteristics.

ROLLS ROYCE = 887

887 is said to be an exclusive number. In business it is prosperous but reserved, and there may only be a small number of clients. That sounds good.  Google is nothing like Rolls Royce, though; Google is for as many people as possible, and each one pays a bit. So I don’t know about the business associations of the number 7…

I think most likely it is that both numbers influence each other.  Determining exactly which energy is the fuel for the final result is extremely difficult if not impossible.  As well, it will depend on the owner of the business and how their mind connects to the numbers of their business.

Names and Success – A Study!

A Study of Names and CEO Success

Steve, Richard, Donald, John…

Just a few of the names at the top.  The study shows that names that are more highly represented in the population, such as James, don’t represent equally in the numbers of highly successful people.

It’s more common for the highly successful CEOs to be a Steve or Richard or Donald.  But not a James or Jim!

What is going on?

There are some reasons I could speculate on in terms of numerology for James ( or Jim) for it not being successful or Donald as Don for being successful … but that is just speculation and typically numerology is more complex than just first names.

Regardless of numerology, as can be seen with this study I think names deserve more study for their actual effect.

It’s an accepted belief of the author of this site that consciousness is primary. Something as important as name has the potential to alter our and others consciousness. The exact mechanism is unknown, but this study confirms how impressions and names can impact factors like success and status.

The original link is at the top of the page.

This is a cut-and-paste of the article:

What’s in a name?

Published: November 22, 2006 in Knowledge@W.P. Carey

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but would a businessperson without a popular first name be as likely to savor the smell of success in the executive suite?

Maybe, because success is mainly merit-based, but a common name doesn’t hurt, according to research by Lee McPheters, senior associate dean with the W. P. Carey School of Business. To his surprise, McPheters found that six names accounted for 35 percent of the highest-paid executives in Phoenix. The names are, in order: Robert, John, Steve, Richard, Donald and William.

Common names; uncommon success

In an article in the Arizona Blue Chip newsletter, McPheters cites the Phoenix Business Journal’s 2006 list of ”High Rollers,” the 100 best-paid executives of metro Phoenix publicly held firms. That list is based on May 2005 data.

The top three names account for 20 percent of the High Rollers. According to U. S. Social Security Administration numbers, those top three baby names — Robert, John and Steve — accounted for less than 10 percent of births from 1945 through 1965.

“The six most frequent names accounted for 15 percent of all births during the period, but account for 35 percent of CEOs, or more than double their share in the general population,” McPheters’ article states.

“There seems to be no reason that immediately comes to mind to explain why people with popular names are overrepresented,” McPheters says of his article. “These are not names they chose for themselves; the names were given at birth, so we can’t say they chose names destined for success as they perhaps chose their college major.”

When it comes to executive compensation, McPheters says in an interview, “Most studies by economists would pay more attention to the characteristics of the company than to the individual when studying factors that influence executive pay.”

He says larger companies and companies in certain industries would pay more.

“And usually, we would expect that companies that are either more profitable or have seen increases in stock prices or have paid higher dividends would pay their executives more,” McPheters says. “Characteristics of the individual are secondary. Perhaps age would be a factor, on the reasoning that people progress in their careers, even as CEOs, and would expect higher pay as they become more senior. But economic theory would not have much to say about why people with certain names would be overrepresented among listings of higher paid executives.”

What happened to James?

There’s no mistaking the gender dominance revealed by McPheters’ research. Of the 100 High Rollers listed, 96 are men.

“Assuming women account for 50 percent of the population in the relevant age group, men are clearly disproportionately overrepresented,” he writes. “The gender gap in pay and advancement has been studied at length. The current CEO listing in a major metro area is a reminder that change has been slow to come. But the gender representation on the list is probably not surprising to those familiar with similar data nationally.”

McPheters says he also looked at the Forbes national list of the 100 highest-paid CEOs nationally. John accounted for eight of the 100 (all male) and Robert was second with five, along with Steven and Henry, also with five.

“These four popular names accounted for 23 percent of the highest paid CEOs nationally, and three of the names (John, Robert and Steve/Steven) were the same three that were most frequent in the Phoenix listing,” McPheters says.

Some parents worry about saddling a child with a hard-to-pronounce or hard-to-spell name that proves confusing when folks first get acquainted. Others worry that a common name might be uninteresting.

“One conclusion would be that parents that worry about their child having a popular name that is ‘too popular’ shouldn’t worry so much,” McPheters says. “Apparently, people with popular names tend to do well in listings of highest-paid executives.”

The correlation between popular names and business success is far from
absolute.

“If one were to argue that popular names lead to advancement in business, one would also have to explain what happened to James, the most popular name of all,” McPheters writes. “James accounted for 4 percent of birth names between 1945-65 but only 2 percent of High Roller names. The analytically minded will also point out that there are many other individual names on the list that are overrepresented, at least to some extent.”

Among McPheters’ findings are the facts that: Name popularity has changed in the past 50 years; only Michael survives in the top 10 boy names; none of the top 10 girl names from 1955 made it in 2005; “Jacob” rose from No. 303 in 1955 to No. 1 in 2005; and “Emily” rose from 223rd in 1955 to the top in 2005.

“Nevertheless, if the most popular names have at least their fair share of CEOs, we can expect the High Roller list in 2055 to feature Jacob, Michael and Joshua and very likely Emma, Emily and Madison, as well,” McPheters’ article concludes.

Is the predominance of common first names indicative of conformity of thought or a “go along to get along” attitude among executives and the boards that hire them?

“Our starting assumption would be that the highest-paid positions in business go to the individuals who are most productive based on past performance and have the most promise of bringing future good fortunes to the firm,” McPheters says. “To the extent that capability begins in childhood, perhaps parents who choose popular names also do other things to make their child popular, including encouraging social interaction, responsibility and achievement.”

McPheters says he doubts that boards hire on the basis of names. “They hire on performance, and the popular name seems to be associated with executive capability, as measured by pay.”

Glass ceiling still strong

What does the predominance of male, middle-of-the-road names say about the effectiveness of decades of affirmative action?

“The glass ceiling — at the highest level — seems to be alive and well,” McPheters says. “In the Phoenix list of top executives, there are several names associated with other cultures and other parts of the globe. These names are uncommon in the USA, but we don’t know if they are popular in their own cultures.”

Are the names cause to suspect that companies are not taking enough account of minority-group members in the Arizona market and perhaps missing business opportunities?

“At the executive level, persons typically have a record of performance that should overwhelm a name,” McPheters says. “But at the entry level, consider a hypothetical situation where a manager is looking at three resumes for one job, and the names are Robert, Roberto and Roberta. Those names may have made more difference in 1960 than they do now, but the executives of today started many years ago.”

“The simple analysis of the names of executives suggests — but does not at all prove – that a popular name is certainly not a detriment, and may be of limited but positive benefit,” McPheters says.

Bottom Line:

• Although the top three baby names for 1945-65 account for 10 percent of the births, they constitute the top 20 percent of the highest-paid executives in Phoenix in 2005.
• The six most popular names accounted for 35 percent of the highest-paid executives in Phoenix.
• Although common names are not the reason for business-career success — merit is –their names probably don’t hurt, and parents who choose popular names may also tend to encourage their children to work well with others and to strive for leadership roles in the workplace.
• The fact that 96 percent of the top 100 names are male does not indicate great success in incorporating female talent into the business world; nor does the dearth of ethnic minority names. Improvement on both counts seems inevitable.

Beware the Kabalarians

The Kabalarians are a group in Vancouver that advocate for changing your name.  They do this for money, lots of money.

They derive their teachings from a yogic system named Yantra yoga.  However really they are watering down the precision (and karmic instruction to give it away for free) of Yantra for the sake of financial gain and keeping their organization alive.

Their organization has been hit by numerous scandals, the usual thing with cults and cult leaders – sex scandals involving the leaders with multiple young women raised in the group, raised in groupthink.  Legal action has been taken and the leader was found guilty as charged.  Further court cases are in the works.

Naturally this raises the question if the balanced names work so well why:

• did the leader(s) abuse their position, as the courts have found?
• did the followers acquiesce, as is reported by them and others?
• did the parents not do something about it, as many non-”balanced name” parents would have?

Today the Kabalarian centre has a distinctly run-down feel. Aggressive sales on the part of some old school members keeps it afloat.

A teacher of Yantra, who gives away more advanced numerology instruction, says quite clearly that the leader of the Kabalarians – Alfred “J” Parker (who did not change his name although he advocated everybody else to!?) – changed the women to a 6 total and men and women to a 6 plane of mind so often so as to control his followers.

In Yantra there are supposedly strong karmic penalties for messing with the original system.  Alfred Parker did die young.

Note: At this time I will not be publishing insulting comments from Kabalarians or Kabalarian advocates. I may choose in the future to publish them as they speak for themselves.

Post #1: Experiments in Numerology

Welcome to this blog! We will be focusing on numerology here with the occasional detour into other branches of esoterica and human potential. Over time this blog will be transferred over to a pure numerology blog.

So why numerology?

Numerology is unusual.

First, it has the possibility of being a true science because it has a mathematical basis.

Second, if anyone has ever changed their name they will likely notice it has an effect.  It may not be the desired effect, but changing your name does something.

Third, numerology both describes a person and their supposed destiny and also allows for the potential for change via changing one’s name or the names of a business.

This new blog and website is an experiment in numerology.  We will be covering systems of numerology and examining organizations like the Kabalarians and whether their claims and conduct meet their claims.

Does what people claim about numerology correspond with the facts? Is it all false? Or is some of it true?

Do you have thoughts about numerology?  Things you’ve noticed?  Please share.