3 points of the triangle encoded in TTTTA

Can we agree that the triangle, square and circle were intrinsic to the most important concepts Mr. Gann taught?  Even in his geometry 101 courses for we find the 1X1 dividing time into equal parts (the square of time divided into the triangle), the circle indicating completion of the the earth, moon and sun cycles and the square of price or time.  The symbol of Lambert-Gann.  The interrelationships are not explained in geometry 101, just the heuristic or simple rules of trading.

Those were the Intro 101 courses, not the graduate courses nor the Noble course.  The latter two are reserved for the smarter and harder working student and the truly dedicated student, respectively.  The "worthy." Reward proportionate to work and dedication.

How many times is the word 'triangle' in "The Tunnel Thru the Air?"  Four times or the number of points on the square.  But I've been discussing the triangle which has only 3 points.  We find the word triangle on only 3 pages; pages numbered 273, 365 and 411 (twice).  In total, 4 citations but only 3 pages.  What are the intervals between the pages?  Focus on the left box below:

The intervals between page numbers are 273, 92 and 46 and, using the smallest as a divisor, 92 is exactly twice the interval of 92.  Very suspicious.  So let's look at how the first interval of 273 pages was counted.  It was counted beginning on numbered page 1 but did not include two pages of the author's written Foreword.  And it does not count the one blank page previous to the Foreword.  Box on the right; obviously, add 3 to 273 and you derive perfected ratios of 6, 2 and 1.

Is this useful?  Three ways that I can count for now.

First, it is one more "coincidence" added to dozens more I've cited demonstrating that Mr. Gann contrived and encoded information that augments TTTTA's narrative, supplements the narrative or CONTRADICTS the narrative.  Yes, Gann contradicted HIS OWN simple literal word, infrequently, in the second level of meaning.  Literal words are always ambiguous; they even lie in the moment of turmoil or dishonesty.  The literal or "subjective language" as Guardjieffe called it.  Words symbolizing thought have different meaning for different people.  Reading only the written word is the incomplete work of the incapable or lazy student.  Or one that lacks imagination necessary to contemplate difficult ideas.  As he said, you need to read TTTTA three times but in three different ways; at the literal and symbolic/allegoric level, at the second level which is comprised of simple encoding methods and at the third level which is comprised of, perhaps, cycle maps. [I say perhaps because I can 'see' the maps, but I cannot interpret them.  I have not proven that they are maps to myself…it remains 'perhaps.']

It should not escape the reader's attention that 365 is the days in a year and 273 or 276 would be 3 of the 4 seasons of the year.  Of course, the year is a circle of the sun.  The square and circle within the encoded triangle.

Second, two rules.  Reconcile suspicious results.  The contrivance of a perfect multiple of 92 to 46 or 2 to 1was too suspicious NOT to investigate the nature of the number 273.  Another rule, a blank page counts as "1".  You do not ignore a blank page.  I do not believe, necessarily, that the blank page must be added to the beginning of a series as it is interpreted here.  Unquestionable though, a blank page is 1.

Third, the triangle is important.  Duh.

Mr. Gann developed these contrivances….he labored by making sure that word appeared in three and only three pages and exactly on the correct page numbers.  He did this consciously so as not to spoon feed the result to the student who works with imagination.  Isn't his obvious labor an exclamation point or testament to the value of the thoughts he was trying to exactly and unambiguously convey?  Much more so, in my opinion, than if he'd plainly stated "Triangles are important."  He labored to make the student think…to work, ponder and wrestle.  Only by developing those talents might one become ready for untangling deeper meanings.

Jim Ross