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To: alt.magick.tyagi,alt.magick,alt.magick.serious,alt.divination
From: nagasiva
Subject: DAHulse: Controversy Over the Original Alphabet
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 06:18:36 GMT
[from thelema93-l@yahoogroups.com: David Allen Hulse" ]
So much has been debated on this issue already that I was tempted to
ignore this controversy. However, I have spent the last 30 years
investigating the symbolism latent in isopsephic alphabets (i.e.,
alphabets that are both phonetic and numerical). One point that I
would like to raise is the evolution of the mysticism of number
symbolism. Cuneiform, Phoenician, Hebrew, Greek, Coptic, Arabic,
Sanskrit and Tibetan did not have a number system independent of
their distinct alphabets. The alphabet was used for such prosaic
numberings as coinage, land measurement, page numbering, etc. As such
the alphabet served as a number scheme before anyone discovered the
latent harmonies in measuring the values of word, phrases, verses, et
al. The mysticism came after the establishment of the alphabet values
and not before.
It is a personal mysticism aimed solely at the user. This mysticism
had the potential of opening up two channels: (1) to one's higher
self, and (2) to the Godhead. The interpretations offered by these
codes are always subjective, and they offer a gate to transcendent
awareness. But they are not the transcendent consciousness, but
merely the pointers to that state. Many other magical and mystical
tools can point the user to these higher states of consciousness. But
the number lore commonly referred to as gematria is capable of
pushing the individual to new heights of awareness.
This tradition was definitely in Babylon, but it was not in Egypt.
Egypt's mysticism of numbers came from the measurement of monuments
and the symmetry of the engraved hieroglyphs. But the alphabet
symbolism that we are so familiar with in Greek and Hebrew did not
exist in Egypt.
Another argument I would like to posit is the difference between
gematria obtained in Greek or Hebrew. The values given to the Greek
language by the traditional Greek number code cannot possibly define
the first 100 numbers accurately. Hebrew is much more flexible in
attributing number values to words valued in the range of 1-20. But,
Sanskrit is the most powerful language of all when reduced to numbers
for defining the first 100 numbers.
Modern numerology is a degeneration of the classical languages
possessing number value. Modern numerology came about in the last 300
years when the metaphors for the number range beyond 1-9 were lost to
time. Then and only then did numerology come into prominence.
Finally, anything can be produced by number analysis. It is a system
open to such rampant abuse, especially if the user is always trying
to force certain pet numbers on the subject (such as 93, 418, 666,
etc.) However, if treated with respect, this technique can allow
transcendent information to come into the personal sphere of
existence. When trying to discover the true number value of any
concept, one must be aware that every number is infinite, valid, and
instructive.
copyright David Allen Hulse 2002
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