Madame Serpentina's computer code- Free Live Free

Maclean Jessica · 04 Jul 2007, 22:27 · from 2007-July.txt.gz

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From: Jessica.Maclean at nzpost.co.nz (Maclean Jessica)
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 10:27:33 +1200
Subject: (urth) Madame Serpentina's computer code- Free Live Free
Message-ID: <1A905D5AFFFCE14BA291E0BB8D0A65BF051ED2E2 at WDCNTEXVS01.corporate.nzpost.co.nz>

Hi guys

Having just re-read Free Live Free, I was again intrigued by the
mysterious code Madame Serpentina enters on her computer, quite early on
in the book. After some research I have discovered that the main text
that is repeated "INRI ADAM Te DAGERAM AMRTET ALGAR ALGASTNA" is taken
from a Rembrandt painting entitled "Faust". Although no "official"
explanation or translation is provided (by Rembrandt or anyone else), I
found an obscure website which suggested that INRI ADAM Te DAGERAM
AMRTET ALGAR ALGASTNA is an anagram of ADAM ETMERADAG (Adam and
Michael/Mordecai, guardians to the spiritual realm,) and Tetragram Graal
Satan (God, Grail, Satan, no further explanation given). The story of
Faust has two main versions- Marlowe's is that of a doomed Faust who
makes a pact with the devil in order to acquire occult knowledge, while
Goethe's Faust is eventually redeemed. 

So Serpentina is a Faust figure.... I guess a Goethe Faust as it appears
she is redeemed in the end. Has anyone learned anything else about the
code, or the meaning of other words?

Jessica 
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