Whitman Revisited

<p>It is very unusual for an author to number parts of his poems. Walt Whitman's poem Song of Myself has 52 parts which he numbered 1 to 52. This book uses that idea that Whitman numbered his poems in his book Leaves of Grass. I have found that Jesus wrote his parables that are in a cycle of ten. My book <em>The Psychological Patterns of Jesus Christ</em> shows how these parables relate to that pattern. I also found that other people are writing in that same pattern and I say that it relates to the influence of the Spirit of Truth.</p> <p>Whitman's numbers are also in a cycle of ten. His numbers 1 11 21 31 41 51 would relate to a part number 1 of the cycle of ten. I also have numbered the ten parts of Jesus' cycle. It just happens that our numberings are the same. So Whitman's 1 11 21 31 41 51 and my discovery of Jesus' pattern of number 1 enlighten has the same quality. These are how the numbers relate to the parts which I gave key words to describe the part. 1. enlighten; 2. inadequacy; 3. expansive; 4. fruitful; 5. authoritative; 6. communication; 7. reject; 8. sociable; 9. spiritual; 10. action.</p> <p>Looking over the last single numbers that Whitman numbered we can see some relationship to Jesus' key words. For example the word sun seems to happen quite often in numbers 5 15 25 etc. that relates to the key word of <em>authoritative</em> which seems just right.</p> <p>The match of numbers and the cycle of ten gives a good indication that Walt Whitman was influenced by the spirit of truth. Walt put on the mind of Christ.</p>