By Clint

33, host of introductions.

It was about the year 2000 when 33 made itself very clear to me. I was heavily engaged in raising my children, a couple of my children were infants I was taking full time care of. And on the side, I had been practicing (non religious) healing out of my home. I had been successful, Meaning, about 90% of those who came to see me were healed of the condition they suffered from. But I was feeling pretty lonely, out of touch with everyone, and just faced with work all the time. I found myself wishing for some company of like minded individuals and this is when I began seeing 33 everywhere. 33 is, and has been my favorite number since childhood. So whenever I saw it, I would smile, but it started coming at me more than usual, or even statistically possible. So I started searching for it's particular meaning.

It did not take long to discover it did not have a particular meaning, but rather many meanings, with seemingly no common denominator, then I found a site called 33mysteries, a forum based site run by a guy named Adam who undertook making a site for us to meet, to see that we were not alone, and begin swapping stories. Much like this one. So I began to write to as many 33ers as I could find addresses on, attempting to open a dialogue with anyone who wanted to talk. I did find trolls, and religious fanatics galore, who were convinced it was a bad thing, a personal thing, or had to do with their religion exclusively, but there were some that were easy to talk to. I am still friends with them today. And as I went on searching for others - it dawned on me, I got exactly what I asked for. I was finding individuals of like minded qualities from all over the world, many of them different than myself, but still sharing in some of the most basic of ideas I lived with everyday as a practicing "healer" (aka, "nutjob" in many circles I've encountered)

As I began to accept that the single most accomplishment 33 had brought to me was in meeting others I could relate to, I began to think of it as primarily for this purpose, and started building a modest network of friends who saw this too. Over the last three to four years, I have become very close to many 33ers, (I've met hundreds online, and some in person through arranged meetings, which btw took place at the 33rd parallel on which Columbia, SC is built) and we have learned to depend on each other in ways that weren't available before 33 formally introduced us. As this went on, I started some forums, built memberships and went further down this rabbit hole than I ever imagined I could. Of course, this is usually the case when we find ourselves no longer alone in something.

I am a member and moderator of a group of 33ers dedicated to posting to each other at least once a week. We have members in the Netherlands, New York, Canada, SC, and a chat room to chat live with each other set up at a different location run and operated by a 33er and supported by our small group. My name is Clint, some call me Cat, it's been a pleasure to meet you, as well as all those who will read this. Welcome to the world of 33.