This book is pretty complex. It was alittle hard to understand. It has some very good information as well as theories surrounding the numbers six, six, six. There is some compelling evidence as well.

Interesting treatise on the origins of the 666 mark of the beast theories. It is not a book per se, more of a booklet at 47 pages. The author looks at possible origins of the number and its interpretation along with other notable numbers such as ‘7’ which also occur multiple times in various historical, mythical and occult references.

On one point the author claims that 666 equals Chi Xi Zeta in the Greek system of assigning value to numbers, but I wonder about this, as these letters are actually represented by 600+60+7 rather than 666. Zeta, although it is the 6th letter, has the value 7.

Biblical or Torah specialists and orthodox religious folk may not appreciate the secular aspect of the study as the author examines pre- and non-Biblical origins and speculations on 666. In the end the author offers his own interpretation that it is a value to be expressed in base 18, but he offers little evidence to support this theory or explain what the resulting number represents. So while '666 and All That' may be entertaining for someone with a passing interest in numerology, it ends on a fizzle rather than any big reveal.

Thanks to NetGallery for providing a copy of this book in exchange for an unbiased review.

This was a very quick read, which is good because there wasn't much to it. The first quarter of the book is a pointless review of my high school math textbook, included for no apparent reason. Then the author starts talking about the meaning of numbers, but doesn't give his words any meaning. You can't just throw out terms like akashic, anthroposophical, and etheric without explanation. Overall, this read like a rambling lecture. I picked it up because I thought it would be all about exploring beliefs about the number 666 (hence the title), but that didn't even come up until the last quarter of the book and was just a few pages.