alphabet symbolism, isopsephy, gematria, temurah, notarikon, theomatics, etc.

[DavidC]

The numerical interpretation of sacred languages (which have numbers assigned to each letter) can also be done in languages besides Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.  In fact there is a book The Key of It All later called The Eastern Mysteries & The Western Mysteries that lists this for many alphabets.  I am interested in Egyptian, the Near East and Sumerian, Sanskrit, and basically any in those books.

After Western languages I wanted to know about Sanskrit, and a couple posts by me on other forums are
http://theosophy-forum.com/index.php?showtopic=890 (not answered),
http://hindudharmaforums.com/showthread.php?t=4192 (answered).  On the Hindu one I had to pick a religion and said 'Sanatana Dharma,' which means Hinduism but also 'The Eternal Philosophy,' but any good religion is eternal philosophy.

One thing I learned about Sanskrit is some is in the alchemical word 'azoth.'  This is said to be the letter a in Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and the ending letters tau (Hebrew,) zee (Latin or English,) omega (Greek.)  I think the 'th' supposed to connec the 'tau' to Greek 'theta.'  However it has h in the sound, which is the last letter in Sanskrit or maybe just of a section of the alphabet.  However I researched this closely a few months ago and I think 'a' was first and an 'h' was last.  You could look though.

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[hmblservant]

I may have posted this elsewhere on the forum, but thought this explanation of the cross meaning would fit in here also.


The cross is symbolic of the self-sacrifice one must make to follow the Path of Jesus the Christ, the Adam Kadmon or Perfect Man. The cross also symbolizes the ultimate sacrifice Jesus made to show us what we must also do to get home.A bit more technical, the cross meaning is this: The Hebrew letter of this Path is Tau, which, spelled in full (ThV) gives the numeration 406, which adds up to 10 -- the Pythagorean "Perfect Number" and sum of all things. Tau has the value 400 and the word for "deliverance" or "salvation", YShVOH, (which is one of the attributes of Saturn, the planet of this Path) has the numeration 391, also adding to 4. The numeration 4 belongs to Daleth, the fourth letter of the alphabet, and the meaning of Daleth is "a door." Hence to Tau, 400, is ascribed "the ultimate door." The image of the Tau Cross is called by Qabalists "Light in Extension" for it is boundless to the East, West, North and South. The earth itself is symbolized by the Cross which marks the four directions and the four elements. These elements appeared in Ezekiel’s vision. They correspond to the four aspects of the Absolute YHVH, the Divine Name called Tetragrammaton. The letter Tau represents a "seal or witness," and the "sealing" of creation by the Divine Name is one of the most fundamental ideas in Qabalistic literature. Therefore, this letter can be seen as the "seal" of the Great work because Tau represents the end of manifestation and therefore, completeness. However, there is a subtle nuance in the word Tau (ThV) because when it is spelled out, it ends in Vau which means "hook" and is also a conjunction meaning "and" or "also." Therefore, Tau can be considered the end which is without end because literally translated it means, "The end and . . ." and can be characterized as the fluid ability to move back and forth between beginnings and endings. The structure of the letter Tau is a shape of Resh and a downward extension which resembles Yod. The hidden meaning of this union is that of Spirit, sending its force downward, via Yod (20th Path), into the densest manifestation, Malkuth. This Path represents the first stage of mysticism and the early stirring of the psyche opening to the unconscious. The Hebrew word for "instruction" or "enlightenment" is maskil which also has the numeration of 400. The number 400 also represents the total manifestation of the Sephiroth through the four worlds.