[Continued from Part I]

January 10, 1992 - Finding Out About Solara and the Star-Borne
Again there was a lull. That lull lasted until January 10th, 1992. That evening I discovered there was a group of people who were going to celebrate 1-11. I thought, "Hey, that's MY day!" They called this event the Eleven Eleven (11:11). That's right - the 11:11! My search eventually led me to an organization called Star-Borne Unlimited and a woman named Solara who had coordinated this world-wide event. I had foreseen that January 11, 1992 would be extra special many years prior to it actually arriving. I knew that 19+92 = 111 and that on January 11, 1992 the date would be (numerologically) 111-111, or 3-3. I also knew that 33 had great meaning to many different branches of Western Mysticism. I thought it was rather interesting that a date I had begun to see as special way back in 1982 (see above) had been chosen by others for an event that took place in 1992.

1994 through 1995 - Continued Revelations
There is a reference to 111 in Book I of The Lord of the Rings. This was pointed out to me in early 1994. There is a birthday party being held and one of the characters is turning "eleventy-one, 111, a rather curious number..."

Woodstock ‘94 - For the entire three days of the festival I carried a large sign that depicted my representation of "Three Things and then Four Things". This showed three large black rectangles - the one right in the middle was slightly raised and the other two on either side of it were at the same level. Then there were two other black rectangles on either side of the three in the middle. When someone asked me what it was I told them: "It's 111 in the middle and 1111 on the sides. It's a representation of ALL SEVEN. " I'm not sure exactly what year this representation started to mean something to me. I connected with quite a few people at Woodstock who were seeing various number patterns. The most amazing one was a woman from Detroit who was wearing a T-shirt that said "Genesis 1:11". 111 was her lucky number and January 11th was her birthday. We both felt that this was a most amazing connection.

By this time I had also realized the connection between 7 and 111. 111 is the binary numeric representation of 7. 1111 is the hexadecimal representation of F, the last character of the hexadecimal character set. Also, in the early days of computers, a "1" quite literally meant that the ON/OFF switch was "ON".  So 111 could also be seen as  ON ON ON, which is obviously VERY similar to One-One-One. I also began to think of the ALL SEVEN representation as the self in the middle, the parents on either side (that's the 111 in the middle). And then the two ones on either side of the middle 111 represent the grandparents of the self - the genetic source material for each parent of the self.

A co-worker and I discovered that we had 111 "in common".  He saw it all the time from 1985 through 1990. We were absolutely amazed.

During this period of time, I met many people who felt some sort of connection to AT LEAST ONE of the following number patterns: 11/111/x11/1111, 112, 22/222, 3/33/333, 316, 37, 44/44x/444, 47/x47, 53, 55/555, 666, 69, 7/77/777, 13/42, 23/32, 88/888, 1234, and 1212. For quite a while this list expanded almost every month.  Early in the year 2000, I added 44x for a woman and her ex-husband who have always had a strong connection to the number 442.  Previously, I had not added any new patterns to the list in about 3 years.

1996 -  THE QABALA Reveals Itself...
I started seeing many connections between The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn , all things Masonic , other Egyptian Mystery School-based organizations (like the Mormons ), the work of Aleister Crowley (I found more references to 111 throughout his work), The Book of Knowledge: The Keys of Enoch , and the work of Solara & the Star-Borne. I saw physical similarities between the interlocking Triangles of the Golden Dawn, the Star of David, the Mason's Compass and Square, and the Star-Borne’s Zone of Overlap. I also became less concerned with the ownership issues surrounding 111. I began to realize that "the 111 experience" was not something that I owned. It was something that had been there all along.  I had just tapped into it.

I was still confident, though, that I was one of the first people on Earth to connect with a particular number pattern through the modern digital age.  As more and more electronic digital devices came into being, more and more people started to notice their own particular number pattern more often than other patterns. In 1975, I was one of the first people in the world to own a digital wristwatch  - it came right off the assembly line! This was the old LED-type watch where you had to press a button to see the time.

This early connection with digital timepieces may have had something to do with my experience. But then again, my first actual branding by 111 was in 1965! What still remained unanswered, though, was how a particular affinity developed for one number pattern over another. And why did certain people make this connection and others did not?  Through the modern digital age, many people now experienced their own particular flavor of "the 111 experience".

I spent time with the Hare Krishna out in West Virginia during the summer of 1996 at one of their Holy Temples. They were very interested in my study of 111 and of the ALL SEVEN concept. They were very hospitable to me during my visit. They really wanted me to join their temple and be a part of a special outreach group. I would have been working for the Swami that was the site's leader. I found literally dozens of Trinity references in their holy books. There were also a number of references to Seven Things throughout their literature. Although I did find their lifestyle interesting and was flattered by the treatment I received, I did not feel called to serve with them. They provided me with more insight into this mystery in general, and for that I was very grateful. They remained in contact with me for a period of time after I told them that I did not want to join them, but then stopped calling.

I finally connected with the foundation of my experience. In the late summer, my investigations of the Masons and The Golden Dawn led me to a common Root System that appeared to have fed different parts of each cosmology. It was the QABALA: the ancient science of revelation practiced in secret by the Hebrew Mystics of old.

The QABALA was actually what was being referenced in Crowley's "777" book that I had discovered in 1988. Throughout this experience, things have been revealed to me and connections have been made at just the right moment. Even though I was given glimpses of the QABALA back in 1988, I wasn't ready to begin my study of it until 1996.  In "777" Crowley stated that the Hebrew Letter Aleph (A L P) was connected to 111. The correspondences for the Tree of Life related the letter Aleph to the first path on the Tree. This first path was also known as the "eleventh path". I saw the "Three Pillars" representation in the Tree of Life as well. It was quite reassuring to me that "the 111 experience" seemed to be connected to the QABALA. I knew for certain that my revelations concerning 111 had roots in other, more ancient systems.

1997 -  Seeing More QABALISTIC Connections...
This was a year for continued study of the QABALA.  I also continued to see many significant public references to One-One-One - in speeches given by the Dalai Lama, in the slogans for the Episcopal Church's Presiding Bishop's Fund for World Relief, and on the cover of the bulletin for my niece Rachel's baptism .

At the end of the summer, I moved from my life-long hometown in Sussex County, New Jersey to the Heart of the Heartland - Lawrence, Kansas .  I came out here to be with my new significant other - Lisa Grey . Lisa and I met in a cyberspace chatroom called The Magic Dream Machine.  She initially came to know me by my chat name (which was ONE_1_ONE). We bonded almost instantly. In September, we began our wonderful New Life together right here in Lawrence.

I acquired a copy of "Sefer Yetzirah - The Book of Creation" from a local bookstore here in Lawrence. I learned that this was perhaps the most ancient of all the Qabalistic texts.  It was reportedly written by Abraham thousands of years before Christ and seemed to have provided the foundation for almost every Western Mystery School tradition that ever was.   Some of what I found during my first experience with the Book included the following:

There are "32 mystical paths of Wisdom" ;

The Universe was created "with Three Books, with text, with number, and with communication" ;

There are "22 Foundation Letters: Three Mothers, Seven Doubles, and Twelve Elementals" ;

"Twenty-Two foundation Letters:  He placed them in a circle like a wall with 231 Gates" ;

Many, many statements about the Three Mothers (the Hebrew letters Aleph, Mem, and Shin);

Many more references to Seven (which, as we have noted, is 111 in binary);

"Three: Water From Breath." ;

"Seven: Three opposite Three and one is the rule deciding between them...";

"...One on Three,  Three on Seven, Seven on Twelve, All are bound, one to another."

1998 - A Full Year in the Heartland
This was again a year for continued study of the QABALA, continued observation of the innumerable similarities present between every one of Earth's Mystical Traditions, and continued self-study of Chaos Theory. It was also my first full year living in the mid-west. I spent most of my 36+ years living in New Jersey (where there are nearly 1100 people per square mile). And yes, I did live in Sussex County (the rural, less crowded NW portion of that tiny state). But my commute always took me down into the congested, hellish, suburban wasteland areas of the state at least 5 days a week.

Being way out here IN THE MIDDLE of the entire North American continent (where there are only about 30 people per square mile) certainly does have its advantages. Far from what most people back east think might be some kind of boring mid-west "cow town", Lawrence (where I live) functions as a cultural Mecca of sorts for the entire state. I've told people that I don't live in KANSAS - I live in the hip, happening University Town of Lawrence. Lawrence is an anomaly of a town out here in the Heartland and it has functioned as a wonderful resting spot for me that has allowed my "111/mystical work" to move forward in many interesting directions. I continue to remain eternally grateful to my partner, Lisa Grey, for having been the catalyst that brought me here.

In September, I added a section to the beginning of the write-up that described how I happened to come upon the name J'lahn. Since I got asked that question quite frequently whenever anyone new read the write-up, I thought I would just add that "background" information right up front.  I also happened to be making that update to the write-up at roughly the same time Flight 111 went down.

I did not know about the crash until some time around noon the next day. Some of my friends back east informed me of the crash at the end of a conference call we were all on. They told me of the disaster and then added (rather ominously) "Guess what, Jim? It was Flight 111." And sure enough, it was Flight 111. So for the next several weeks quite a few people were contacting me and asking me how I felt about that. I said I felt really sad for the families and all the others that were involved with the tragedy.

But I also told them that I couldn't help it when these types of correspondences got linked to 111. Aleister Crowley once said (in the early 1900's) that 111 was "priceless" because of "its comment that the Unity [we seek] may be found in Thick Darkness and in Sudden Death." Perhaps Mr. Crowley had a premonition that Flight 111 would one day fall from the sky and sink to the darkest depths of the ocean suddenly killing everyone on board? Who knows. I first read those words in a town near Sedona, Arizona in July, 1988. And when I did, they frightened me. Was my experience with 111 tied to the fact that I would one day experience some kind of "sudden death" ?

My connection to 111 certainly did not seem to indicate that to me.  I expect to continue encountering major life events and news stories that somehow get connected with 111. They have happened in the past and they will continue to happen in the future.  For me personally though, this journey is still mostly undefined, raw, and real. And what happens outside of my own direct experience with 111 is entirely beyond my control.

During 1998, I attended a number of concerts in the Kansas City area. Prior to these shows starting, I would usually stand somewhere near the entrance to the venue with the ALL SEVEN sign (see Woodstock '94 section of the write-up). Many people found this very curious. And some others actually got angry that I was carrying the sign. They wanted me to tell them what it meant. I told them that each of the seven "objects" were "undefined - that they were merely placeholders - that they were but crudely drawn representations of some as yet undefined concept - that they were ALL SEVEN. " When it seemed like someone was actually interested, I told them of my "111 connection" (I gave them the URL to this site). I would also tell them how I felt that my "111 connection" had tied me into a direct experience with the QABALA. It was rather tough to do this because most people usually just think "what the heck is that guy talking about?"  But it also was actually quite interesting and sometimes it really did provoke meaningful discussions about Mysticism that would not have otherwise occurred. After each time I did this, I would usually think to myself "Mission Accomplished."

As 1998 drew to a close, I was hoping that I would soon stumble upon a tie between my work with the QABALA and my work with Chaos Theory. This Grand Unification of the ROOT SYSTEM for all Eastern and Western Mystical tradition with the ROOT SYSTEM that describes, I believe, virtually ALL behavior on the physical plane continued to be my own, very personal, Holy Grail.

1999 - The Journey Continues and, somehow, Begins to Change
Please click below to read each of the year's iterative updates:

January 11, 1999
April 21, 1999
November 1, 1999  

[End of Part II]