Dr. Umberto Capotummino on The Egyptian Book of the Dead, I Ching, and Abraxas

Summary

Italian scholar Umberto Capotummino argues that a hidden numerical code links the Egyptian Book of the Dead, the Chinese I Ching, and the Gnostic system of Basilides of Alexandria. Through number patterns like 24, 64, 384, 365, 153, and 666, he claims ancient priests and sages encoded the same map of sacred time and the soul's journey toward immortality. The episode explores Abraxas, Chnoubis, the Ba and Akh souls, and a divinatory method for reaching Egyptian spells through I Ching hexagrams.

Key takeaways

• 1Capotummino's book 'The Phoenix and the Eye of Horus: Access to the Spells in the Egyptian Book of the Dead by Means of the Numerical Code of the I Ching' claims a shared numerical code across Egyptian, Gnostic, and Chinese traditions
• 2Spell 64 (the 64 hours) multiplied by the six parts of the Eye of Horus gives 384, the number of yin and yang lines in the I Ching's 64 hexagrams; 384 divided by 2 gives 192, said to be the number of formulas in the Book of the Dead
• 3Basilides taught that Abraxas presides over 365 heavens, and the letters of the name Abraxas add up to 365; the author breaks this down as 52 x 7 + 1
• 4Spell 153 of the Book of the Dead, 'escaping the net,' is linked to the 153 fish in the Gospel of John; 153 is the 17th triangular number, and Plutarch said 17 was sacred to Egyptian priests
• 5666 is presented as the 36th triangular number, tied to the 36 Egyptian decans and to Solomon's yearly 666 talents of gold (1 Kings 10:14), making it a symbol of a complete cycle of time rather than a demon
• 6Neo-Confucian philosopher Shao Yong's pairing of hexagram 1 (The Creative) and hexagram 52 (Keeping Still) is linked to Abraxas, and the book's tables list 4,096 combinations for divination

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Excerpt from Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio, Oct 30, 2026. Rights remain with the original creators. Hear the full episode at the source.