Hello !
I'm not an active member of this community, but 5 months ago I submitted a page, which has been deleted for good reasons : I talked about a lot of stuff which wasn't directly related to Cicada 3301.
But I realise that I still have (maybe?) something to bring to you : I think I found the origin of the number "3301".
As you know, Cicada 3301 has great esoteric aspects : the "Isaac Newton" painting by William Blake (he was an Alchemist), the alchemical 3 colors of the papers (black/white/red are the 3 aspects of the Great Work : Nigredo, Albedo, Rubedo), and other things I spotted, and without doubt many other I missed (because I didn't spend 30 min reading the Liber Primus).
Hermetism / Alchemy, and, in fact, most of spiritual content, are directly or indirectly related to the Egyptian Mythology. Is it a coïncidence if the "All seeing eye" drawn on the 1 dollar bill, and the sacred architecture of Washington DC, are a replica of the Great Pyramid ? I truly believe there's a deep meaning with this. The Great Pyramid is not random stuff.
6 months ago, while studying the Sacred Geometry, I've found out that the Great Pyramid encodes the numbers Pi and Phi half a dozen time, with an accuracy between 99,95% and 100%.
It also encodes 666, with its King's Chamber : perimeter 60, height 11,1 (unit = Royal Egyptian Cubit)... 60 x 11,1 = 666. It's in this room that Aleister Crowley had his greatest metaphysical experience. I won't tell you more here, but 666 isn't some random biblical stuff without meaning. I'm pretty sure that the Builders of the Pyramids shared with us some deep secrets from life, and the Bible continued this work (666 and 144 are like omnipresent in our Solar System).
But, the most interesting I found about the Great Pyramid, and where's the link with Cicada 3301 will appear, is here : it also encodes C (speed of light), two times :
-The center of its "Great Gallery" has a GPS latitude position of 29°58’45.28. Converted in decimals, it's 299792443, which is C with 99,999994% accuracy.
And for the important part, the next calculation uses the Charles Funck-Hellet key : he theorised that the Egyptian Royal Cubit is Pi/6. Our Egyptologists estimate the E.R.C between 52,3 and 52,5cm (for the New Empire), and Pi/6 = 0,52359877... So it's right in the middle. And there's other calculations which shows that Pi/6 IS the key, and has a deep meaning (5/6Pi = Phi² with 99,9984% accuracy).
-The perimeter of the circumscribed circle of its base (440 cubits), minus the perimeter of its inscribed circle, equals 299,795759... This number encodes C with 99,998% accuracy. And 299 795 759, minus C (299 792 458) = 3301.
So that's it... I believe that Cicada 3301 is held by some Initiates to a deep secret that is shared to us with Hermetism since Antiquity. This secret is transcendant, it can't be exposed frontly to a immature people, It's way too dangerous if that disrupt our free-will. That's why they use Hermetism. And imo, Cicada 3301 has the purpose to unite us, showing us that our Society is a scam, a "play" we're all in, and it's time for us to understand this, break our chains, and emancipate ourselves, individually and collectively. Stop "playing their game", and start to create our own, all together.
Of course, that's only opinions, my interpretations, and maybe i'm widely mistaken. But I encourage you to do the calculations I talked about, and when you'll see this "3301" on your calculator, maybe you'll feel as I feel : it can't be a coincidence.
Cheers, and I wish you the best for the year to come ;)