The 23 Enigma

The Number 23 is probably best know as part of the Nike branding for Michael Jordan the inspirational basket ball player who wore the number 23 for the Chicago Bulls and then the Wizards. Le Bron "King" James another big time baller who wears the 23 has followed in Michael Jordans footsteps staring alongside that Wascal Wabbit in Space Jam 2.

 "W" is the 23rd letter of the Alphabet.

When David Beckham chose the number 23 on his Real Madrid Shirt his explanation was in homage to Jordan.

Since then the Bulls 23 has been worn by a new wave of "good girls gone bad" , including Rihanna and more recent Miley Cyrus who with Juicy J and Wiz Khalifa produced "Mike will made it ..23" .

Could there be a deeper significance behind the 23 ? A growing number of people believe the 23 acts as a signifier of mysterious forces at work. Jim Carey suggested as much in his movie "The number 23."

In the early nineties an infamous band of new age travellers, revolutionaries and teckno shamanic ravers known as Spiral Tribe incorporated the 23 as part of their symbology. Apparently they discovered the significance of the number 23 after experiencing strange synchroncities in connection to it. Following "Castlemorton" the UK's largest ever illegal "Free Rave" The Spiral Tribe were hounded by the state and charged with Conspiracy. After the introduction of the criminal Justice Bill they left the UK to achieve some peace.
Prior to Spiral Tribe it was KLF  who had noticed it, before that it was Psychik TV and Thee Temple ov Psychik Youth/ TOPI who propogated the meme of  23 Synchronicity and Sex magick . but where did they get it from?  

70's cult Novelist Bob / Robert Anton Wilson and his co author of the "Illuminatus" trilogy Robert Shea, wrote extensively  on the phenomena but even they were not the first to ponder the 23 Enigma referencing  the earlier "23 Skiddoo" in Aleister Crowleys "Book of the law".