He died at the age of 70. The New Haven Register, dated 1886, lists Sarah as having been removed to Europe. No other information has survived to tell us exactly where Mrs. Winchester went during those years or what her activities consisted of. There are also some centrally located passages and stairways that serve as shortcuts allowing a virtual leap from one side of the House to the other. Quite remarkably, in theoretical physics, the leading candidates for the Grand Unified Theory AKA the Theory of Everything are String Theory and M Theory, which are both based on a simple equation involving a pair of 8s, i.e. Notice that, in choosing to use these two particular lines, she is accomplishing several things on different and deeper levels. The Winchester Mystery House even boasts special tours on Halloween and Fridays the 13th. B. Architect. And, indeed, Bacon saw himself (at least metaphorically) as an architect. For example, 52 x 88 = 4,576. As Sarah and Escher saw, the beauty of higher dimensional numbers lies in their simplicity and symmetry. As we shall see, simplicity and symmetry are inter-related. This crucial dynamic of String Theory known as the Modular Function was discovered by another of Sarahs contemporaries, the mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887-1920). He attended San Jose State University and is a graduate of UC Santa Barbara with a BA in political science. 4746, then, reverse their order in accordance with the Kabbalist Atbash Cipher, i.e. Each peg held a different colored robe, consistent with the Rosicrucian practice of wearing a different colored robe for each lunar month. Also interesting, is the fact that President Theodore Roosevelt (another member of the Bohemian Club) came to California in 1903 to ask Governor Pardee to run as his Vice Presidential candidate in the 1904 national election. These are good people who mean wellbut this is hardly the legacy Sarah wanted to leave to posterity. Did Bacon (whose contemporaries referred to as the man who could see through time) truly foresee Sarah Winchester? Additionally, she studied the higher dimensional mathematics of William Thompson (Lord Kelvin), and William Rowan Hamilton. 13. New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA. Since she clearly regarded her House as a living puzzle and a work of architectural art, we are compelled to examine the environment that influenced her views and her work. Later, during the Civil War, he made a fortune supplying ambulances to the Union Army. Using photographs of the two Shakespearean Windows, we cut them into thirds, resulting in facsimiles of the six window panes. She was the sole architect of this extraordinary home, and no master building plan has ever been uncovered. In addition to her writing, Delia Bacon gave numerous public lectures to the citizens of New Haven; thus, New Haven, Connecticut was the actual birthplace of the Bacon is Shakespeare doctrine. Thus, what appear to be upside-down pillars, chimneys and skylights that have overhead roofs, and doors or stairs that lead into solid walls make perfect sense when viewed from higher dimensions. This, of course, isnt the only instance in which Sarah has joined the numbers 4 and 7 together. Sarah's net worth back then was $20 million. William Wirt Winchester, Sarahs husband, did die of tuberculosis in 1881 and the couple did lose a child, Annie, in infancy, in 1866 not as close together as the film implies. Then, we see the triangles all sharing a 13th piece within the circle. Johnston, Masonry Defined A Liberal Masonic Education, published by NATIONAL MASONIC PRESS, Inc., Shreveport, Louisiana, 1930. In fact, any variant of the number 13 (i.e. Additionally, Sarah Pardee and Williams sister Annie were classmates at the Young Ladies Collegiate Institute. Sarah and William were married on September 30, 1862. He was the only son of Oliver Fisher Winchester and Jane Ellen Hope. Notwithstanding their mutual love, their union was destined by numbers. Given her social status, a predilection towards Freemasonic tenets, and a mastery of the European languages, Sarah could easily have been admitted into any of the permissive French Masonic lodges. She died peacefully in her sleep, . Her husband, William Wirt Winchester, died in 1881, leaving his widow with a vast fortune: 50 percent ownership in the Repeating Arms Company and a $20 million inheritance. Mary Winchester (ne Campbell) - She is the wife of John and the mother of Dean and Sam. As we have seen, this became the second code number he used to represent his last name. Oliver Winchester Throughout her lifetime, Sarah primarily saw 13 as her number. Knowing the occidental mind reads from left to right, Sarah wants the initiate to start with the left window. Despite the fact that Sarah Winchester was extremely secretive about herself, nearly all of what the public thinks it knows about her reads like a mish-mash of gossip out The National Enquirer. I refer to this body of misinformation as The Folklore. Indeed, on one of my many research visits to the Winchester Mystery House, a senior tour guide informed me that in the old days, the tour guides were encouraged to make up stuff just to give some spice to the story.. He had groomed his son, William Wirt Winchester as his successor, but the younger Winchester died of tuberculosis in March of the following year before he could assume control of Winchester Repeating Arms. Has anyone ever died in the Winchester house? It clearly manifests the value of all three of Sarahs symmetric prime numberswhich starts with the Key to Phi number 13 that invisibly completes the structure of the windows four triangles. Among the secrets Sarah took to her grave was why she insisted that so many things relate to the number 13. However these stops are shaped like small arrowheads pointing to the partitions above. Then, 38 + 73 = 111 (i.e. This left Sarah as the heir to the Winchester Repeating Rifle Company. After his death, his wife, Sarah, became notable for building Llanada Villa, later known as Winchester Mystery House. William's wife, Sarah, moved to San Jose, California, where she began building a chaotic mansion now known as the Winchester Mystery House with her inheritance. Author and historian Ralph Rambo (who actually knew Sarah) wrote it is believed that Mrs. Winchester was a Theosophist. Rambo didnt elaborate on the matter, but since he was close to Sarah he was certainly in a position to know some things about her. However, the four triangles are not complete unless their points merge, invisibly, into the circle. Dear Abby: Why do they imply my husband is a freak? What Thompson was describing (nearly one and a half centuries ago) was, essentially, the mechanics of what is now called String Theory. The fundamental problem with the Vortex Atom (as we now know) is that, theoretically, it functions as a blob. In order to be self-consistent, the blob would have to resonate at the speed of lightwhich we now know is an impossible feat for a blob-like structure to perform. It is an interesting note that Escher felt a greater kinship with mathematicians than with other artists. Few photographs exist of her. Wirt graduated from DePauw University in 1898, attended graduate school there and at the University . But Marion, whose nickname was Daisy, left before 1906 when the film is set to marry Frederick Marriott (no relation to the hotel people). This is the symbol for the masons. It provides enough of a tether to reality to make viewers think this could have happened but leaves plenty of room for, shall we say, artistic license. So, her middle name, Lockwood adds up to 25, which then simplifies to 7. Inside, we find six, identical windows, all fashioned in a unique Spider-web design. 7 squared). In 1857, . There are certainly many occurrences of the number 13 throughout the mansion, which Winchester Mystery House tour guides will point out to you. As we saw with the front wrought iron gates, we are again left with two 7s. In 1884, Sarah took up residence in the San Francisco Bay areaeventually moving inland to the Santa Clara Valley (now San Jose) to buy an eight room farmhouse from one Dr. Robert Caldwell. Elsewhere in the windows we see numerous crooked staffs connected to each other like branches growing out of Athenas mythical olive tree. The room is an attic space that has been boarded up since Winchester died in 1922. The Winchester Mystery House was built by Sarah Winchester, who had married Winchester Repeating Arms Company heir William Wirt Winchester in 1862. Today its surrounded by busy shopping centers Westfield Valley Fair and Santana Row. While Sarah and the Bacon girls were attending the school, Dr. Bacons sister Delia, also a New Haven resident, attracted considerable fame and attention for writing her famous treatise that Sir Francis Bacon (with the aid of a circle of the finest literary minds of the Elizabethan-Jacobean Age) was the actual author, editor, and publisher of the original works of Shakespeare. During her lifetime legends sprung up about Sarah Winchester being a reclusive woman who wore a veil to hide her face. It is not known if Sarah and Escher ever met. Without symmetry, the universe and everything in it would not be coherentrather it would be chaotic. 4, 22, 31, 58, 85, 67, 76, 49, 94, 121, 112, 211, or 1111, etc. Courtesy of the History Museums of San Jose. Tough scene. Its quite a special house, is it not? Mirrens Winchester says in the movie. The couple had a daughter, but she died just weeks after her birth,. She moved to California within a couple of years. Sarah also wants to underscore the relationship between the moons reflective light and the Astral Light AKA the Akashic record. The expanded text from which these words appear reads: My brain Ill prove the female to my soul, And these same thoughts people this little. The significance of the 16 radiants is multi-layered. [1], Last edited on 15 February 2023, at 16:17, President of Winchester Repeating Arms Company, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Wirt_Winchester&oldid=1139529255, This page was last edited on 15 February 2023, at 16:17. Burial. The beautiful stained glass windows pictured in the films opening minutes with the cryptic inscriptions Wide Unclasp the Tables of their Thoughts and These Same Thoughts People This Little World are real. They are not, however, as central to the house as the movie would have you believe. The number 46 (i.e. To begin, it is undeniably a labyrinth. Dear Abby: My wife said she doesn't like it, but it's part of my life, Harriette Cole: I don't want the neighbor's kids at my house, Ask Amy: I feel guilty for not speaking up about my co-worker's activities, Ask Amy: I'm your cabin housekeeper, and you apparently have no idea what I do. Richard Allan Wagner, personal research notes for The LOST SECRET of William Shakespeare, published by Richard Allan Wagner, Los Angeles, 2010. The clear evidence ensconced in Sarahs ingenious design of her Shakespearean Windows indicates she understood (or, at the very least, interpreted) Bacons message to be a harbinger of her own existence by which she would carry on his legacy. Moreover, you must then conclude that these Shakespearean Windows function as the introductory step of Mrs. Winchesters elaborate puzzle and she is inviting you (the initiate) to actively (not passively) participate in solving the puzzle. In 1880, Oliver Fisher Winchester died, leaving the succession of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company to his only son. Her connection with Francis Bacon is undeniable. These are not coincidencesand we know what these and other numbers meant to Sarah. The young man's name was William Wirt Winchester and he was the son of Oliver Winchester, a shirt manufacturer and businessman. We recall the meaning of this number as it relates to both the number 13, and its prominent display in the grid of Sarahs bedroom ceiling. He held that architecture was the noblest and most perfect of all the art forms. The truncated pyramid, with its hovering capstone and All Seeing Eye represents the unfinished work of the quest to mirror the divine blueprint in accordance with Proverbs, 25it is the final piece of the universal puzzle yet to be set in place. Brother of Anne Rebecca Dye and Hannah Jane Bennett. Where is the Encryption Table? The funeral of, Conn., last night, aged years. Sarah Winchester was the widow of William Wirt Winchester, heir to the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. For all Masonic initiates (Candidates), these are the first features they will pass through when entering the Lodge room. One of Francis Bacons many achievements in the field of encryption are his various cipher techniques. We are to view the two 7s as the number 77. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. John Dees 007 signature as Tubal-Cain, and the traditional Tubal-Cain symbol. There are no existing records or any other form of factual information to establish Sarahs date of birtheven the year remains unknown. Later his son George C. Pardee followed in his fathers footsteps rising to the office of Governor of California (1903- 1907. In ill health for some time, Oliver F. Winchester died December 11, 1880 at age 70 in New Haven, Connecticut. With the proper realignment of the six window panes, we now have three letter Cs, two of which have a ball tucked under the top and bottom horns of the letters arc. Sarah uses the 11, 11, 11 cube for several reasons. There are tiny doors leading into large spaces, and large doors that lead into very small spaces. Naturally, it has inspired a chilling horror movie, Winchester, which opens in theaters today. In 2017, filming took place on the property for the film Winchester, featuring Helen Mirren as Sarah Winchester. His father was the founder of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company and William, as his only son, would inherit it once he passed away. Among the secrets Sarah took to her grave was why she insisted that so many things relate to the number 13. This line is from Act 4, Scene 5 of the Shakespearean play Troilus and Cressida. the 47th proposition of Euclids Elements known as the Pythagorean Theorem) and to the name Hiram (Simple Cipher). After Marys death John went to a psychic named Missouri Moseley. 777 x 12 = 9,324. The ordinal numbers in the sequence are: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, ad infinitum. They both made use of architectural devices and features that defy the conventions of ordinary three-dimensional space. The tragic circumstances that bring her to the house in the movie are made up. This is equally true of the base of a three dimensional pyramid. The room is actually called the Sanctum. Freemasons refer to it as the Chamber of Reflection. The Sanctum is where Rosicrucians study, meditate and perform private ritual. Jea Yu and Russell Lockhart, Secrets of The Underground Trader, published by McGraw-Hill, New York, 2004. Birth. Sarah clearly uses this device to exemplify Bacons coded message in Psalm 46 of the King James Bible. She eventually recovered, but a little more than 10 years later, in 1881, tragedy struck again when William died of tuberculosis. However, the loss did leave the widow Winchester with an inheritance of 20 million dollars plus nearly 50% of the Winchester Arms stockwhich, in turn earned her approximately $1,000 dollars per day in royalties for the rest of her lifethe result of which made her one of the wealthiest women in the world. Even at 5-foot-4, actress Helen Mirren would have towered over the real Mrs. Winchester, who was 4-10 and probably stooped a bit because of her arthritis. Notice how they mirror each other. A historical marker Wilmington, Delaware commemorates him and other of the state's pioneering African American legislators . Her brother-in-law was the president of Mills College, and two of her sisters already lived in the Bay Area. For reasons I will soon make clear, we know with certainty that young Sarah followed Bacons example. Mrs. Winchester regarded everyone who stepped onto her property as a prospective initiate. Steiner viewed the universe as a vast, living organism in which all things are likened to individually evolving units or cells that comprise a greater universal, synergistic body that is ever building. As we shall further see, the ever building theme was at the core of Sarahs methodology. The novice student, called the initiate or candidate, was required to undergo a series of tests in order to prove that he was ready and worthy to advance to successively higher levels of learning. However, when John was four, his father disappeared. Although the 12 steps were sufficient to bring one up to the heavenly door, they were insufficient to deliver one into heaven. In both the Rosicrucian and Masonic traditions, the Hourglass is emblematic of human life. Furthermore, the realignment of these two panes gives us the words THE TABLES OF THOUGHTS PEOPLE. It is no coincidence that these particular words, thus rearranged, now add up (in the Pythagorean Cipher) to the number 111. The top and bottom panes properly rearranged showing Sarahs Tubal-Cain Symbols. As we shall see, Sarahs preference for the names Annie Pardee (56), and Annie Winchester (77) were important because they demonstrated a numerical kinship between Annie and Sarah, and Annie and William. Young John Winchester and his father Henry. There are rooms within rooms. Here, Williams teachers included N.W. This rational system of numbers is known as the Fibonacci sequence. In another place, there is a door which opens into a solid wall. 6447, then combine 64 and 47, the result is 111. He was our "accidental president", because his campaigning partner Zachary Taylor died during his first year in office. If you look for 13, youll find 13. Upon her husbands death in 1881, Sarah Winchester inherited 50 percent of the Winchester family fortune, estimated to be worth $20 million. From its inception, Yale (and New Haven) was a hub of progressive, Freemasonic-Rosicrucian thinking and activity. Overcome with grief in the wake of her husband's death from tuberculosis in 1881, folklore states that Sarah sought out a spiritualist who could commune with the dead. This she did by counting the number of letters in her name, i.e. Naturally, when the number 7, or any variant of that number is multiplied by 777, the result (through the Winchester algorithm) will always be 444. The Winchester Tiffany Window. The Winchester House has many 13-paned . It is natures arbitrary template by which all natural structures, from atoms, flowers, trees, seashells and star galaxies comply with specific symmetric parameters. But, more importantly, it represents the tangled, interconnectedness of all things. But, where are we to find it? Today, the house is known as the Winchester Mystery House, but at the time of its construction, it was simply Sarah Winchester's House. The Riemannian revolution had a profound impact both on nineteenth century science and Sarah Winchester. These are not mere geometric designs intersecting a pane of glass, rather these are to be viewed as living strands of fibrous string which not only connect the individual pieces of glass, but also, through the dynamics of gauge symmetry, unify all things into a complete whole. Aside from its immense size and Victorian style architecture, the House has a number of unique characteristics. The House abounds in oddities and anomalous features. Try to imagine what living (and perceiving) in two dimensional space would be like. Another possible scenario involving Mrs. Winchesters activities while abroad could well have included visits to esoteric, architectural landmarks such as the French Cathedral of Chartres. Quite remarkably, we have been dealing with Winchester numbers and higher dimensional symmetry from the standpoint of a two dimensional window. Artists and intellectuals began to express their views of how the dynamics of higher dimensional space might work. Therefore, six pyramidal bases equate to the number 24. There is only one known photo of the widow Winchester, which was taken surreptitiously. You would be unable to cross over a line. The staircase to the left has 7 stairs while the one on the right has 11 stairs. Then, 588 x 121 (11 squared) = 71,148. The house also had many other innovations like a conservatory with removable floors so water could be drained from it that werent featured in the film. In addition, he writes Cocktail Chronicles, a feature column on Silicon Valley bars and nightclubs. What was her first name? On July 15, 1866, Sarah gave birth to their only child, Annie Pardee Winchester, but the baby died six weeks later of marasmus. Evergreen Cemetery. Courtesy of the Winchester Mystery House. 22 Jun 1837. She is the matriarch of the Winchester family. But, the matter runs still deeper when we consider that, in showing the number twice, Sarah is also revealing a different perspective as 47 47 transforms (rotates) into 44 77and, when these two numbers combine, we have the number 121 (11 squared) which then rotates (12 + 1 = 13) into the number 13. Son of Oliver Winchester, 52nd Lt. Gov. Having received more than twenty million dollars in inheritance, Winchester convinces herself she is cursed by the ghosts of those who died at the . Her birth name was Sarah Lockwood Pardee. Moreover, Sarah has added a novel twist to her Tubal-Cain devise by joining two of them in such a way as to form the number 3. It is prominently displayed at the top of a 13 step staircase. She employed a crew of carpenters, who split shifts so construction could go on day and night, seven days a week, 52 weeks a year, for 38 years. The Winchester Mystery House, The Winchester Mystery House published by the Winchester Mystery House, San Jose, California, 1997. In keeping with a popular trend of the day, he was named after William Wirt, the highly popular and longest serving Attorney General of the United States . Furthermore, Sarah infused the numbers 7 and 11 into the architecture because they are lucky numbers. Adding further to the mysterious features, the prime numbers 7, 11, and 13 are repeatedly displayed in various ways throughout the Housethe number 13 being most prominent. In fact, the plot grows thicker when we note that the names Sarah Pardee and Francis Bacon both correspond (in the Pythagorean Cipher) with the number 51. The circle isnt intersected or divided, nor does it have any of the web-like characteristics we see distributed over the rest of the windows surface. Furthermore, why would odd features built into a house confuse evil spirits? The same symmetries we find in Ramanujans work, culminating in the E (8) x E (8) symmetry, also seem to conform to the symmetries that rule over the Winchester model. 12 x 49 = 588. We further recall how Bacon designed the text so that the word shake, the 46th word from the beginning of the Psalm is connected to the word spear, the 47th word from the Psalms end, by exactly 111 words. In fact, the various symbols are distinctly Baconian. And as we have previously seen, 21 consists of three 7s, or 777. Tragically, the child dies a mere five-and-a-half weeks after her birth, from marasmus. This is exactly the, number of full moons in a solar year. 11. They are placed in the houses grand ballroom and the inscriptions are lines from Shakespeares Troilus and Cresida and Richard II. Why those words? Then, 9,324 x 13 = 121212. For Sarah and Bacon, 444 was a simplified expression of 131313. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. God and Kings is a sci-fi suspense thriller set in ancient Egyptbased on real people and events. He was vice president of the, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven, CT, United States, Oliver Winchester, 52nd Lt. Gov. This is equally true of the relationship between 777 and 161616. During a sance with Coons, Sarah was told that because of the many people who had been slain by the Winchester Rifle, she was cursed by the Winchester fortune. Also, the 7 turns symbolize the 7 liberal arts and sciences as explained to the initiate in the Winding Staircase Lecture of the 2nd Masonic Degree. And just to insure we would understand that the connection between the number 52 and the name Winchester are not accidental Sarah deliberately placed coded inscriptions on the three tombstones of the Winchester family plot. William Winchester is Notable. In this case, screenwriters Tom Vaughn and the Spierig Brothers (Peter and Michael Spierig co-directed the movie, too), significantly embellished the already spooky legend of Sarah Winchester and her sprawling San Jose mansion. First, she saw the number 13, i.e. Escher, published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York, 1971. The entrance referred to by the tour guides as the Switchback Staircase (or the goofy) is built so as to wind from the center, outward, round and round, in the shape of an Archimedes Spiral until it reaches the second floor. However, the name Annie Winchester (simplified or not) still corresponds with the number 77 (Pythagorean Cipher). Furthermore, in addition to the number 111, Sarah adopted the Kabbalistic number 777 as a code number representing the name William Wirt Winchesterwe know this because, in the decade following Williams death, she maintained precisely 777 shares of stock in the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. But more importantly, at an early age, she was admitted to Yales only female scholastic institution known as the Young Ladies Collegiate Institute. Two of the schools most influential administrators and professors, Judson A. Root and his brother N.W. Its tantamount to inserting the term Winchester goose (77) inside of the name Winchester (52). So if Winchester the movie inspires you to visit the real house, by all means do. Likewise, the Winchester House is the embodiment of that same unfinished work that Sarah knew would not be achieved in her lifetime. Others speculate Sarah was coping with her grief with a flurry of activity, or that she was simply "crazy." However, both Richard and Sarah resolve to overcome their plight with the phrase: Yet, Ill hammert out. For Richard, this is meant figuratively, but for Sarah, the interpretation took on a more literal meaning. William Wirt Winchester is best known as the son of the owner of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, Oliver Winchester. Sarahs use of Pallas Athenas Glass and Pans crooked staff indicate that something more is concealed in the design of the Shakespearean Windows. The scarce information that survives from the historical record indicates her birth must have occurred somewhere between 1835 and 1845. The image in the mirror above the fireplace was a reflection of the rooms 13 globe chandelier. Sarah Winchester/Date of death. It has 44 tiny steps. The invisible difference is 13. Front Cover of the Crescent. However, any astute Freemason will recognize its remarkable resemblance to the 24 inch gauge of the Masonic 1st Degree. Bay Area arts: here are 9 great shows to see this weekend, What to watch: Daisy Jones a superb look at rock n roll implosion, Review: Creed III shows series is in good hands with Michael B. Jordan, 25+ Bay Area late-winter, early-spring festivals, fun events, things to do, Winchester, which opened in theaters Friday, read Captive of the Labyrinth by historian Mary Jo Ignoffo. Sarah Pardee Winchester, age unknown. Who do you predict the picture is of? periods or decimals), the words and manner in which they are arranged have the appearance of incompletenessthey seem to be out of whack. His siblings include: Ann Rebecca Winchester (1835-1864) who married Charles B. Dye; and Hannah Jane Winchester who married Thomas Gray Bennett. Additionally, she gravitated to Theosophy. And, many of the species of the daisy flower can be found flourishing in the extensive gardens about the House. Encryption CodesThe Winchester-Bacon Connection. So Sarah may be the only person who ever truly knew all of its secrets. For example, the names Sarah Pardee and Annie Pardee both consist of 5 letters followed by 6 letters for a total of 11 letters. William Wirt Winchester was the treasurer of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, a position he held until his death in 1881. One of these concepts involves the labyrinthine aspect of the Houses design. when the legend becomes fact, print the legend. Fundamentally, the tour guides at the WMH know the canned patter they to feed the tourists is mostly Folklore. E.R. And the number 13? It is no wonder that New Haven Society would eventually dub her The Belle of New Haven.. Sarah and William never had any other children, and in 1880, William's father died. Their web-like quality is the result of inverting all of the arcs that connect the three points of each ring. Additionally, the reverse palindromic twin of 13 is 31thus, 31 x 777 yields the same result, i.e. Traversing the labyrinth is truly dizzying and disorienting to ones sensibilities. She was certain that relocating was the only way to evade the spirits that plagued her.