Anagram

An anagram is a word or phrase made by rearranging the letters of another.
It should be noted that, with some of the examples given, the starting phrase of the anagram may need to be transliterated into a different alphabet (the Latin alphabet for the French examples) for the anagram to work (U->V, J->I, etc.)
== History ==
In the 15th and 16th centuries, many claimed to find hidden meanings in words through their anagrams, and they also claimed these anagrams could be used to predict the future. de Plancy, J. C., (1863). Dictionnaire Infernal. 6ed. pg.30
In Kabbalah, anagrams have a major role because one of the main aspects of Kabbalah is to find hidden or mysterious meanings in letters or words. de Plancy, J. C., (1863). Dictionnaire Infernal. 6ed. pg.31
== Examples ==
In connection to the murder of Henry III, brother of Jacques Clement, Frère dit Jacques Clément becomes C’est l’enfer qui m’a créé (It's hell that created me). 
During a dispute between Fathers Proust and d'Orléans, they made anagrams of each others' names - d'Orléans became l'Asne d'or (the Golden Ass), and Proust became Pur sot (Pure fool). 
There is a story about a man named André Pujon, from high Auvergne, who passed though Lyon on his way to Paris. He had a dream were the anagram of his name was pendu à Riom (hanged in Riom). The next day, a fight broke out between him and a man in his inn, and he killed the other man, leading to him being hung eight days later in the square of Riom. An older version has the main character called Jean de Proum, whose name has the same anagram. 
J. B. Rosseau took the name Verniettes to distance himself from his father, who was a shoemaker. An anagram of Verniettes is Tu te Renies (You deny yourself). 
Pierre de Ronsard becomes anagrammed as Rose de Pindare. The anagram of Monde (world) is Demon. The anagram of Amiens is en amis (friends), that of Lamartine is mal t'en ira (misfortune will befall you), and that of révolution française (French Revolution) is Un Corse te finira (A Corsican will finish you). The names of the politicians A. Thiers, Odilon Barrot, Cambolle in 1848 became trois Aliboron de la Chambre (three Aliborons of the Chamber). 
The name "cabal" was given to the favoured ministers of Charles II of England (Clifford, Ashley, Buckingham, Arlington, and Lauderdale), because the first letters of these names spelt "cabal". 
Louis quatorzième, roi de France et de Navarre (Louis XIV, king of France and Navarre) was treated as a prophecy because its anagram was "Va. Dieu confondra l'armée qui osera te résister" (Go, God will confound the army that dares to resist you). 
In the new testament, Pilate asked Jesus "Quid est veritas?" (What is truth?), and then left before he got an answer. An anagram of Quid est veritas is Est vir qui adest (it is the man who is before you), the answer to the question. 
== Further Reading ==
* Incredulity and Unbelief, etc., Delancre
== See Also ==
* Onomancy
== References ==
Category:Dictionnaire Infernal