Lead Pouring Ritual: “60–70 Has Left” and the Language of Numbers and Elements

The expression “60–70 has left” is a short verbal formula traditionally spoken during the lead pouring ritual in Anatolia. Although it may appear as a simple rhyme in everyday language, its function and context reveal a much deeper meaning.

This phrase is not spoken to explain what is happening, but to complete the process — to seal the ritual through words. For this reason, it is more accurately described as a ritual verse rather than a rhyme.

The Lead Pouring Ritual and the “60–70 Has Left” Ritual Verse

In Anatolian oral tradition, verses are short, rhythmic, and structured expressions. However, not all verses are meant for storytelling or entertainment. Some exist solely within ritual contexts.

Ritual verses:

• Are spoken at a specific moment

• Are not meant to be repeated continuously

• Do not open a process, but close it

• Function to stabilize and seal the energetic field

“60–70 has left” serves exactly this purpose.

Earth and Water: The Elemental Structure of the Ritual

Lead originates from the earth. It is heavy, dense, and solid.Within the ritual, it represents the body, ancestral memory, inherited burdens, and accumulated fear.

When molten lead is poured into water, its form breaks apart. What was rigid softens and reshapes. Water acts as the element of dissolution and movement, carrying emotional weight and fear into flow.

The ritual operates through this elemental meeting:what the earth holds, water releases.

A Reading Through Numbers

When read through the language of numbers, the ritual verse follows the same logic of resolution.

60 → 6 The number 6 represents the heart, compassion, and harmonization.Here, 6 does not signify seeing or insight, but softening and making release possible.

70 → 7 The number 7 points to cause, root, and the unseen realm.At this stage, resolution no longer occurs in matter, but at the level of origin and reason.

Together, this numerical movement describes the release of burden from the body into the field.

What Does “Has Left” Mean?

This phrase is not a wish.It is not a suggestion or affirmation.

It is a statement of completion.

The field is closed.The bond is released.The burden no longer resides in the body or the surrounding space.

For this reason, “60–70 has left” is best understood as a ritual closure phrase — a form of ancient knowledge in which numbers, elements, and spoken words operate together.

This article is published on İnsan-ı Marifet.

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