What is a Little Free Library? It’s a “take a book, return a book” gathering place where neighbors and passers by share their favorite literature and stories. In its most basic form, a Little Free Library is a box full of books where anyone may stop by and pick up a book (or two) and bring back another book to share. Turns out in the UK, Walthamstow has 12 little free library's, little did we know
the area was such a pioneer! Anyway, now we've taken the 13th spot. We guess for some 13 is unlucky, but really it's quite a special number. According to wikipedia; 13 (thirteen /θɜrˈtiːn/) is the natural number following 12 and preceding 14.
13 also is a total of 1 Prophet and 12 Imams in the Shia school of thought. In Christianity there is 1 Messiah and 12 disciples. The number 13 had been considered sinister and wicked in ancient Iranian civilization and Zoroastrianism. It is the number of Witches in a coven and it's power is the power of 3, the maiden, the mother & the crone which equates with the trinity and the ancient Egyptian god Thoth also known in Greek as Hermes Trismegistus (thrice great). The number 1 resonates with the vibrations and attributes of new beginnings, creation, independence, uniqueness, motivation, striving forward and progress, ambition and will power, positivity and positiveness. Number 1 also resonates with the energies of pioneering, raw energy, force, activity, self-leadership and assertiveness, initiative, instinct and intuition. In a pentagram with a circle ratio of 13, each arm of the star equals 12.36, the number of lunar months, days and hours in a solar year. Add the arms together and you get the number of full moons in five years. In Mesoamerican divination, 13 is the number of important cycles of fortune/misfortune. According to Rabbinic commentary on the Torah, God has 13 Attributes of Mercy. In Roman Catholicism the apparitions of the Virgin of Fátima in 1917 were claimed to occur on the 13th day of six consecutive months. Our little library is also full of bookends that depict local characters, which may rotate their presence from time to time. We would love some Waltham Forest suggestions for more....
