Throughout the world,
there is a number that is considered divine.
Amir hussain: In the bible, there's 12 tribes
of israel. There's 12 apostles for jesus.
Narrator: It is embedded
in dozens of ancient structures...
At gobekli tepe, there are 12 stones
focused around two huge monoliths.
Narrator: ...And found in the latest scientific principles.
Michio kaku: The universe is a symphony of strings.
And that music is divided into 12 notes.
Narrator: Is the recurrence of the number 12
merely chance?
Or could it hold a clue
about humanity's extraterrestrial past?
Rabbi ariel bar tzadok: The number 12 contains within it
the code of the power of god.
The ancient secret of tapping into something greater
and higher, something very possibly extraterrestrial.
Narrator: There is a doorway
in the universe.
Beyond it is the promise of truth.
It demands we question everything
we have ever been taught.
The evidence is all around us.
The future is right before our eyes.
We are not alone.
We have never been alone.
Narrator: Cambridge, massachusetts.
1914.
William james sidis, a 16-year-old child prodigy,
becomes the youngest person to receive a degree
from harvard university.
Six years after his graduation,
he publishes his first book,
the animate and the inanimate.
In the work, he introduces forward-thinking concepts
in theoretical physics, including the existence
of dark matter and the behavior of black holes.
Michael de vlieger: William james sidis
is a child prodigy, a genius,
who describes, in what he calls black bodies,
essentially the way black holes would behave.
They would be invisible because they are taking in energy.
Narrator: Astrophysicists have only recently begun
to come to an understanding of black holes
that sidis demonstrated a century ago.
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but how did he come to have such extraordinary insight?
Some researchers attribute sidis's obsession with a base 12
or duodecimal for his revolutionary thinking.
The duodecimal system
is the number system based on 12 rather than ten.
So, instead of counting to ten,
we count to 12,
but we don't use the word "12." we'll say "a dozen."
for 13, we'll say "one dozen one,
one dozen two, one dozen three."
eric rankin: 12 seems like an organic number to us.
One, as opposed to, say, dividing our math
into the ten-based metric system,
when we stay with 12,
it's more easily divided into more fractions
that stay in round, even numbers.
That's why it's beautiful on a clock hand,
that a quarter of an hour is an even 15.
Half an hour is an even 30.
If it was based on tens,
it would start getting wonky pretty quick
and requiring decimal points behind it.
Julye bidmead: The mesopotamians
divided their year into 12 months.
The ancient hebrews took those exact months
and the exact names of the months
and developed the hebrew calendar.
Caroline cory: We also see the 12 signs of the zodiac,
and they're basically associated
with the 12 lunar cycles.
Even in biology, we find that the human body
has 12 systems,
12 meridians, 12 chakras.
In science, we know
that we have 12 cranial nerves.
The number 12 is also very important
in the planetary grid theory,
where you find exactly 12 points
around the globe
that are called vortices
that have very mysterious qualities.
For example, the bermuda triangle
or the south atlantic anomaly.
These specific 12 points
are the entry and exit points
from the earth to the rest of the cosmos.
The number 12
is prevalent in many cultures in society.
It is symbolic for perfection, for completion.
Maybe even the mastery of the human condition.
Narrator: Is it possible
that william sidis's obsession with the number 12
allowed him unprecedented insight
into some of the greatest mysteries of our universe?
In 1976,
theoretical physicist burkhard heim,
known to many in the scientific community
as the german stephen hawking,
introduced further groundbreaking work
centered on the number 12.
He developed a revolutionary grand unified theory
that consisted of a 12-dimensional worldview.
His theory incorporates
not only our material realities but philosophical ones,
such as how the universe began,
the nature of consciousness and even why we are here.
Kaku: In the beginning, there was one equation.
One equation which, when solved,
gave us the expanding universe,
the formation of galaxies, the planet earth,
people, maybe even love.
We find that three dimensions
is simply too small. (chuckles)
you can't cram all the forces into three dimensions.
Maybe 12.
But this is one of the hottest topics in all of physics.
Narrator: For many outside the scientific community,
the significance of the number 12 in mathematics
and theoretical physics is, at best,
a vaguely understood piece of trivia.
But researchers suggest this number can be found
in nearly every aspect of life,
appearing in patterns
that seem to repeat over and over.
For example, in many ancient traditions,
there exists a group of divinely appointed advisors
nearly always numbering 12.
Jonathan young: There's a fascinating pattern of 12s.
It's interesting how this number
comes up again and again throughout history.
You've got the arthurian legend,
the 12 knights of the round table.
In the greek stories, 12 olympians
went to war with 12 titans.
Hussain: In the bible, you have 12
as being this important number.
There's 12 tribes of israel.
There's 12 apostles for jesus.
In the islamic tradition, the largest shia sect
is called the twelvers because they have 12 imams.
So, you have to wonder, what is it behind the number 12?
Is it all coincidence?
Or could there be a higher meaning behind it?
Narrator: The importance of the number 12
is reinforced in the new testament's book of acts,
which tells of the founding of the christian church
after the crucifixion of jesus
and after the apostle judas
took his own life.
Bidmead: The apostles,
which were now down to 11-- not quite 12 yet--
had gotten together in jerusalem to celebrate the shavuot,
a jewish harvest festival that occurs,
um, 50 days after the passover.
Jesus had promised them before
that revelation would come to them.
However, they were not yet 12.
They needed a replacement for 12 before the revelation.
Narrator: During this celebration,
which came to be known as the pentecost,
the apostle matthias is chosen to replace judas.
Only then is divine contact made.
Michael carter: The disciples are awaiting
their marching orders.
They're in a home, and a violent wind
comes through the house
and shakes the house to its foundations,
and the disciples are startled.
And then fire
descends from out of the sky.
And these tongues of fire attach themselves
to each of the disciples.
Young: The 12 apostles gained some kind of access
to special knowledge, special power.
But only because they met as 12.
Tzadok: We find the number 12
as having ancient mystical significance.
It contains within it
the code of the power of god,
the ancient secret
of tapping into something greater and higher,
something very possibly extraterrestrial.
Narrator: Could it be that jesus's 12 disciples
were, in effect, wisdom keepers,
men who were entrusted with divine,
perhaps even extraterrestrial secrets?
And if so, does it further illustrate
that there is some sort of cosmic significance
to the number 12?
Perhaps further clues can be found by examining
some of the oldest stone structures on earth
that all feature a pattern of 12.
We find that there are 12 t-shaped stones.
According to mainstream archaeologists,
this ancient stone complex
contains the world's oldest known megalithic structures,
dating back at least 11,500 years.
Prior to the discovery,
the people of this time period
were thought to be hunter-gatherers
and nowhere near advanced enough to achieve
such an impressive feat of engineering.
And as far as ancient astronaut theorists are concerned,
just as remarkable
is the fact that these ancient structures
once again point to the importance
of the number 12.
This is the oldest stone circle complex in the world.
If we look at the most sophisticated
of the stone enclosures,
we find that there are 12 t-shaped stones
focused around two huge gateway-like monoliths
in the center.
We have to ask ourselves,
why 12?
Narrator: Is there something to be learned from the fact
that the oldest known megalithic structures on earth
incorporate the number 12?
Researchers point out that the number 12
turns up at many other archaeological sites
around the world.
Hugh newman: Other ancient sites that encode number 12
include the stones of stenness on the orkney islands,
which dates back to at least 3100 bc.
Only a few stones still remain,
but, originally, there were 12.
We also have the twelve apostles of ilkley moor
up in yorkshire, where, strangely,
many ufo sightings and strange lights have been recorded.
Other sites with the number 12 include callanish,
which is up in the outer hebrides.
This is a remarkable megalithic construction.
Narrator: Ancient astronaut theorists suggest
that a similar appearance of 12 stones
in the stories of the hebrew bible
reveals the significance of the number is not merely symbolic.
In the book of exodus,
moses erected 12 standing stones
at the foot of mount sinai
after receiving the ten commandments.
And in the book of joshua,
after the jordan river parted
to allow the israelites to pass,
joshua had 12 stones placed
where the priests had been standing
who carried the ark of the covenant.
But perhaps the most extraordinary example
can be found in the hebrew bible's book of kings,
when the prophet elijah confronts the worshippers
of the pagan god baal
and challenges them to provide proof of their god's existence
by making a sacrificial offering.
Elijah has this bizarre life,
where there are these multiple episodes
where he is in contact with someone up in the sky.
Hussain: Elijah builds an altar with 12 stones.
He puts the offering, the bull, on the altar.
And, of course, god, with god's divine fire,
sends the fire down to burn this offering.
William henry: Why 12 stones?
Was it one stone each for the twelve tribes of israel?
That's the common explanation.
But is there something more?
Is it that elijah is pointing to the power of 12
and its connection with the divine light or the divine fire
that he's about to call down?
Narrator: Elijah,
moses,
joshua--
all instructed by god to erect exactly 12 stones.
But regardless of whether or not these stories reflect
actual historical accounts,
is there a profound message
contained within this repeated pattern?
Ancient astronaut theorists say yes
and suggest it could reflect important knowledge
our ancestors possessed
about the very nature of the universe.
Canton, new york.
2003.
Mathematician dr. Jeffrey weeks and his colleagues
suggest, based on analysis of maps of the big bang,
that the universe takes the 12-sided shape
of a dodecahedron.
A team of scientists headed by jeffrey weeks
made a re-remarkable deduction about the universe.
They believe, based on cosmic radiation data they've accrued,
that the universe may in fact be a dodecahedron-shaped system,
which is quite incredible.
So, again, we have this number 12,
and we have leading scientists saying,
"hey, yes, this may well be the actual shape of our reality."
henry: So this discovery shows us that,
from the macro level,
the universe level,
down to the societal level
that the number 12 seems to be
the ruling mystical number of the universe.
Narrator: Curiously,
the idea that the universe takes the shape of a dodecahedron
was also theorized by the greek philosopher plato
more than 2,000 years earlier.
Plato describes an early image of the earth
I-in something called the phaedo,
as a dodecahedron that is 12 panels.
This shape represents the ether,
the life-sustaining life force that animates everything.
Kaku: The greeks were masters of geometry.
And plato and many of the greeks thought
that this was the key to the universe,
that the universe obey what are called magic numbers,
magic numbers encoded in the laws of geometry,
numbers which seem to be the basis of reality,
numbers created by the gods
that were talking to us through numbers.
Henry: What plato described is
the view that is seen by the gods
or by advanced souls
who are able to escape the physical
and enter into the metaphysical realm.
Where did plato get that knowledge?
It's quite possible that he came into contact
with some higher intelligence,
maybe even extraterrestrials that want to see us
ultimately fulfill our destiny.
Narrator: Is it possible
that special knowledge was imparted to plato
so that future generations of humans would take notice
and seek to better understand the cosmic significance
of the number 12?
And, if so,
could this also be why the number 12 was incorporated
in so many ancient structures?
Perhaps further clues can be found
by examining curious anomalies within our own human dna.
Henry: An immunologist found that these people had
new york.
Within a collection held by the institute
is an ancient mesopotamian tablet
known as plimpton 322.
Dated to roughly 1800 bc,
it contains insight into the mathematical system
of the ancient sumerians.
Rankin: Modern culture and civilization started in sumeria
6,000 years ago.
Almost the world's first modern city
and the world's first use of technology that we use today.
The wheeled and axled vehicle;
a plow; the arch;
the world's first ziggurat, a pyramidal structure;
writing system, cuneiform;
and this math system based on 12s and 60s.
De vlieger: Some of their mathematics
still fascinate us today.
Um, they were able to achieve a lot with their system
because it was based on 60.
60 is five times 12.
It allowed them to avoid the messiness of fractions.
Rankin: Why would they not count by tens
when they have ten digits on our feet and hands
and seems very easy?
Ten, 20, 30.
That's not the way those early ancestors of ours
living in sumeria of the day were taught to count.
They were taught to count by using the thumb as a counter,
counting the knuckles or the pads on one hand.
So you had one, two, three, four, five, six,
seven, eight, nine, ten, 11, 12.
Narrator: Where did the ancient sumerians learn to count
using their knuckles as an extra digit?
According to their texts,
this knowledge was given to them
by visitors who came down from the sky.
Rankin: We're able to read cuneiform.
And the people of the day said, "we did not create this.
"they were gifted to us by these sky visitors
that we ended up calling the anunnaki."
narrator: While the sumerians learned to count in units of 12
by using their knuckles,
in many other ancient cultures,
they actually depicted their gods
as having six fingers and six toes.
Sacred texts and mythologies around the world
often reference six-fingered gods or gods with six toes.
In the bible, we learn of goliath,
who had six fingers and six toes.
In other traditions, for example,
in america, in chaco canyon,
we see depictions in petroglyphs of anthropomorphic beings
with six fingers and six toes.
Newspaper rock in utah-- same thing.
Narrator: Did our ancestors encounter otherworldly beings
with 12 fingers and 12 toes?
Ancient astronaut theorists suggest evidence
that such stories are true
and that these beings even mated with humans
still exists in our own dna.
Yasuni national forest,
ecuador.
1958.
(insects trilling)
deep in the amazon basin,
american missionaries discover
a previously unknown indigenous tribe
centuries removed from human civilization.
Incredibly, the waorani people
nearly all possess 12 fingers and 12 toes.
In 1983, the new york times reported
on the work of a medical doctor, an immunologist,
who did a study on the waorani tribe of ecuador
and found that these people had extraordinary health benefits.
Kirsten fisher: One interesting thing that came out of the study was that
the operation of the extra digit was essentially hardwired
into its own unique part of the brain,
in terms of the motor control.
So it wasn't like it was stealing
from another part of the brain
in order to operate that extra digit.
It was fully integrated
into the, sort of, the neurological system.
Narrator: The medical term for the condition
of having extra digits is polydactyly.
The recessive trait actually occurs in nearly one
in 1,000 live births,
suggesting that it may, in fact,
be part of the early human genome.
And the occurrence of polydactyly
is not entirely random--
there are certain lineages where this trait
is strikingly prevalent.
Brasilia, brazil.
October 13, 2017.
Alessandro de silva and his wife katia
welcome the birth of a healthy baby boy.
Vinicius is the 14th member of the extended family
to be born with a distinctive trait:
12 fingers and 12 toes.
Childress: A lot of times when people have six fingers,
they can't use all their digits very well,
but the de silva family is-is quite good at it
and-and they use that extra digit.
You have to wonder, is it some extraterrestrial gene
that ultimately, we should all have?
It's an amazing thought.
Narrator: According to some ancient astronaut theorists,
there may be an even more profound explanation
for the rare occurrence of extra digits in humans.
They suggest this anomaly could be encoded into our dna,
and designed to draw attention to the number 12.
-But why 12? -George noory: Again,
here we have the number 12, and its sig-significance
is tied into just about everything.
Childress: You have to wonder if the number 12
isn't some code that has been put there in the past
for us to decipher.
And it's still waiting for us.
Narrator: A code?
Could there really be an extraterrestrial connection
to the ubiquity of the number 12
in mankind's history and culture?
Ancient astronaut theorists are convinced
the answer is a profound yes,
and suggest that further clues can be found
by examining a group of 20th century scientists
who were assembled to investigate--
and possibly communicate with-- ufos:
The majestic 12.
Truman assembled a group of scientist
October 25, 1988.
The dallas field office
of the federal bureau of investigation
receives a copy of an alleged
"top secret" government document.
The memo, dated November 18, 1952,
purports to be a preliminary briefing
to president-elect dwight d. Eisenhower.
It details information relating to a secret committee
to investigate and cover up extraterrestrial encounters.
Birnes: They prepared a manual, basically briefing documents,
for the incoming administration.
According to these documents,
as truman was preparing for the 1948 election,
he assembled a group of scientists.
And they were called majestic 12, mj-12,
and they were studying ufos.
Narrator: Since the first memo surfaced,
the authenticity of the mj-12 documents
has been hotly debated.
But for some researchers,
an equally intriguing question
is if the group truly existed, why did truman choose 12?
Tzadok: Harry truman put together majestic 12.
Why not majestic 11? Why not majestic 24?
Was the choosing of the number 12 for the mj-12 a coincidence
or something much more significant?
Are they an echo back to the 12 apostles of jesus
in the christian tradition
or are they 12 sons of jacob in the jewish tradition?
Narrator: If there really was a top secret group
assembled to investigate the ufo phenomenon,
does the fact that president truman selected exactly 12 men
indicate that he-- or someone on his team--
was aware of the significance of this number?
Could it have been meant to signal
to the extraterrestrials they were investigating
that they were aware of the existence of some kind of code?
According to the documents that surfaced,
the men who made up the majestic 12
included top scientists, government officials
and high-ranking military personnel,
led by vannevar bush.
During world war ii, bush headed
the u.S. Office of scientific research and development,
through which almost all wartime military r&d was carried out.
The mj-12 documents also detail actual contact
that this group made with alien entities.
Linda moulton howe: The most important document
is "the restricted som1-01,
majestic-12 group special operations manual."
and when you go to page 11,
there is an extraterrestrial technology classification table,
and this is solid confirmation that our government knew,
and was dealing with extraterrestrial entities
and technology in the '40s.
And if we are on a planet
where there are nonhumans cohabiting with us,
have they finally seen that the time has come,
that we need to be released from the idea
that we're alone in the universe?
Childress: Here we have mj-12,
who are entrusted with this special knowledge.
You have to ask yourself, were they
signaling extraterrestrials?
And this was really the first
official government-style welcoming
and they were basically saying, "we're ready for you."
narrator: Is it possible
that the formation of the majestic 12
was an attempt to signal to a higher intelligence
that humankind now grasped the significance of this number?
As far as ancient astronaut theorists are concerned,
mj-12 represented an important first step
towards a reconnection with our extraterrestrial ancestors
and they suggest that humanity may be on the verge
of entering into a new age that was foretold in the bible.
Patmos island, greece.
60 ad.
In a mountaintop cavern known as the cave of the apocalypse,
st. John the theologian wrote the last book
of the christian new testament: The book of revelation.
In the 12th chapter,
it describes a heavenly realm called the "new jerusalem."
hussein: The book of revelation talks about
the unveiling of a new world.
And so, there's the earthly jerusalem.
This was a new jerusalem.
De vlieger: The new jerusalem had 12 gates--
three facing north, three facing south,
three facing east, three facing west--
one for each of the 12 tribes of israel.
The city also had measurements that were multiples of 12.
That's very interesting.
It connects with that divine 12
and then the ability to divide 12
into four sets of three. Very practical number.
Narrator: While many take the book of revelation to be symbolic,
there is one curious aspect which leads some to believe
it was inspired by an otherworldly encounter.
In revelation this city descends from out of the sky,
which leads to question,
could the new jerusalem have been a mothership or, uh,
a city that descends from the ship?
Narrator: If the book of revelation
was inspired by an extraterrestrial event--
one where john the theologian
witnessed a spaceship descending to earth--
might this explain how john had been taught
about the new jerusalem
and the cosmic importance of the number 12?
The word "angel" is used 12 times
in the book of revelations.
Most of the time,
these angels are telling the future,
they're prophesying about some end-time event.
In the jewish, the christian, the muslim traditions,
there is this idea of the world to come,
that this world isn't the be-all and end-all.
Narrator: Could it be that the revelation prophecy
isn't about a physical event,
but rather the ushering in of a new age for mankind?
And if so, might the formation of the majestic 12
have set humanity on a path towards what is referred to
in the bible as the "new jerusalem"?
Ancient astronaut theorists say yes,
and suggest that according to traditions
from the other side of the world,
the time of revelation doesn't lie in the far future,
but is happening right now.
Henry: Astronomers observed this
December 21, 2012.
Thousands of people congregate at the ruins of tikal--
one of the largest archaeological sites
of the maya civilization
that thrived in the area of central america
for more than 2,000 years.
The maya were known for being incredibly accurate
at tracking time by tracing the movement of celestial bodies,
and it is on this exact day
that the famous mayan long-count calendar comes to an abrupt end.
Those gathered at tikal
and other important sites around the world
are anticipating some earth-changing event,
possibly even the end of the world.
Rankin: So, the mayans had this prophecy--
what we would call 2012--
and they were talking about a coming new age
or a coming new thing.
The best analogy I ever heard about the end
of the mayan calendar was like it was an odometer.
It wasn't the end of the world--
it was the end of a system
and then the beginning of a new system.
Bruce fenton: I find it quite fascinating
that the mayan calendar system contains
this period of time, 144,000 days,
which, again, a multiple of 12.
So there's something very strange going on there,
you know, with this number 12 recurring.
Narrator: Was the end of the mayan calendar
signaling not the end of the world
but a turning point for humankind?
As far as ancient astronaut theorists are concerned,
the answer is yes.
And if the number 12 is some kind of alien code,
it is profoundly linked to everything
from the formation of the majestic 12
to the events of 12/21/2012.
Many people were expecting,
uh, possibly some big cataclysm.
It was the end of the mayan calendar.
But instead, uh, what happened in 2012
was a turning point in history.
Narrator: Geneva, switzerland.
July 4, 2012.
In the final year of the mayan calendar,
scientists working at the cern large hadron collider,
the most complex machine ever created,
announce the lhc's first major finding.
The particle accelerator has uncovered
a tiny bit of matter called the higgs boson,
an elementary force that allows particles to acquire mass
to form matter that makes up our world.
The confirmation of the god particle, as it became known,
validated the standard model of physics,
which proposes there are 12 fundamental particles.
The god particle,
discovered in 2012,
is the 12th.
This is a very momentous occasion in the following sense,
that, for 40 years now, people have been looking for it.
And it really is the particle that brings together
what's called the standard model of physics
and explains why particle and-and matter has mass.
Narrator: With this 12th
and final fundamental particle discovered,
scientists believe they now have a complete picture
of the basic building blocks of our universe.
Fenton: We now are in a-a very different world
to the world we were pre-2012,
with all kinds of revelations in science.
You know, things have really changed very fast since then.
Dennin: Now that we've discovered the higgs boson,
we can actually explore what that implication is
for lots of other things we know about the physical universe,
including things like dark matter,
matter that doesn't really interact with light
and we can't see, dark energy,
whatever it is that's causing the universe to accelerate.
'cause we know it's accelerating,
but we don't know why.
So, a lot of these other features of physics,
we now may be able to get a better handle on.
Childress: Along with this god particle,
perhaps humans on earth are discovering exactly,
you know, who we are,
where we've come from and where we're going.
Narrator: Has humanity entered a new age of understanding,
one shepherded in by the discovery
of the 12th fundamental particle,
the so-called god particle?
Ancient astronaut theorists say yes
and point to another extraordinary occurrence
in 2012,
one that happened just one month before the end
of the mayan calendar.
In November 2012,
astronomers at the arecibo observatory in puerto rico
observed this blinding flash of light
that kept repeating itself.
They had no idea what it was
or, actually, where it was coming from.
They continued researching it,
and they discovered that this bright flash was so bright
that it had the power of 500 million suns.
Narrator: What the astronomers were witnessing
was a fast radio burst, or frb,
a transient radio pulse
caused by some high-energy astrophysical process
not yet understood.
They would label this burst for the year, month and day
it was discovered,
frb 12-11-02.
What makes frb 121102 really interesting
was that it didn't happen once--
it actually repeated.
After the original pulse detected in November of 2012,
it flashed again in may of 2015
and then again in June,
multiple times each time,
which led some scientists to speculate
maybe it's not just a random occurrence.
Maybe this is actually a strong signal
being sent out deliberately
by some alien civilization trying to contact us.
We have another coincidence with 12
with the frb 121102 bursts of information
that are coming to us.
And it seems to be an intelligent signal
aimed at planet earth.
Narrator: Could the extraordinary discoveries
of the god particle and fast radio bursts
provide evidence that 2012 really did mark
a major turning point,
one in which humanity will awaken
to a profound new reality?
Ancient astronaut theorists suggest
that we are on the brink of deciphering
the final part of this alien code
and that the key might actually be found
not by means of mathematics
but with music.
Narrator: Samos, greece.
535 bc.
35-year-old mathematician and philosopher pythagoras
leaves his home to travel to egypt
and study the esoteric arts.
He becomes initiated into the egyptian priesthood
and eventually founds a school
where his pupils are sworn to secrecy.
Despite his mysterious nature,
pythagoras would share with the world
groundbreaking mathematical concepts.
And he believed that through his study of both music
and the movement of the planets,
he had uncovered the sacred code of the universe.
Kaku: The ancients realized that there were wandering objects
called planets.
And because they moved,
perhaps, encoded in the motion of these planets
was our destiny, the future,
that there was a rhyme and reason
to the radii of the orbits of the planets,
the music of the spheres--
that these spheres, when they rotate,
create music according to certain ratios found in music.
The person who first understood
the laws of music was pythagoras.
He worked out the laws of music,
that music is divided into 12 notes.
Pythagoras had this notion that the music of the spheres,
that the harmony,
the sound that moved the planets around
was also the sound
that would keep the body in alignment.
So above, as below,
that we would be in sync
with the movements of our own galaxy
because of this musical pattern that suffused everything.
There are 12 tones in the musical system.
So there's a twelveness to the way the galaxies are harmonized,
to the way our bodies might be in sync with everything,
all through the 12 tones of the musical scale.
Kaku: An octave has 12 steps to it,
and that became the origin of the mathematics of music.
Well, today, we believe that string theory,
which is what I do for a living,
is based on the harmonies of vibrating strings.
We now believe that all the subatomic particles
in the universe--
neutrons, protons, quarks--
are nothing but different vibrations
of a tiny rubber band.
And so what is the universe?
The universe is a symphony of strings.
And, therefore, what is the mind of god
that albert einstein wrote about so eloquently
for the last 30 years of his life?
According to string theory,
the mind of god would be cosmic music
resonating through hyperspace.
That is the mind of god.
Narrator: Is humanity's modern understanding
of the physics of the universe just now allowing us
to understand the esoteric knowledge of our ancestors,
knowledge that was perhaps given to them
by extraterrestrials
for future generations to rediscover?
Tzadok: So if the number 12
is sacred to the physical world,
we should question why.
And in modern science,
we're beginning to have an answer
and to ultimately receive the revelation
of the wisdom of god
symbolized by the number 12.
So, the number 12 is out there,
but it can only be comprehended when the mind contemplates
the reality of the physical world.
And then by doing that through the power of perception,
the power of perception influences space and time
and therefore changes the whole physical world as we know it.
Narrator: Might the repeated occurrence of the number 12
found throughout our ancient world
in groups of wisdom keepers,
sacred formations,
and even dna
all be part of a code
left by humanity's extraterrestrial creators?
Perhaps once we understand how to harness the power
of this divine number,
we will no longer simply be the people of earth
but the people of the universe.
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