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Everyone and everything adds up to “666” if you fiddle with it a bit.

There’s a lot of misunderstanding similar to yours, about Gematria - that it’s about ‘fiddling with numbers.’

Nothing could be farther from the truth.

https://www.gematriacalculator.us/

Scrolling down the page gives basic background on Gematria and explanations of different ciphers. It’s a really good into to the subject.

Gematria is a system of assigning numerical values to words or phrases in order to find hidden meanings or associations between words. This system is used in various ways by different cultures and traditions, including Jewish, Islamic, and early Christian practices.

In Jewish gematria, each letter of the Hebrew alphabet is assigned a numerical value, and the sum of the values of the letters in a word is used to find relationships between words or to uncover hidden meanings in texts. For example, the Hebrew word for "truth" (emet) has a numerical value of 441, which is the same as the value of the word "death" (mavet). This coincidence is thought to indicate a connection between truth and death in Jewish thought.

Islamic gematria is similar to Jewish gematria, but it uses the Arabic alphabet instead of the Hebrew alphabet. The system is used in a variety of ways in Islamic tradition, including for divination and for finding hidden meanings in the Quran.

Christian gematria, also known as Isopsephy, is a system used by early Christians to find hidden meanings in the Bible. It involves assigning numerical values to letters in the Greek alphabet and using those values to find connections between words or to uncover hidden meanings in texts.

Overall, gematria is a system that has been used for centuries to find connections and uncover hidden meanings in texts, and it continues to be used by a variety of cultures and traditions today.

Analysts and decoders continue to this day to find codes and ciphers embeded in many old writings, including Shakespeare.