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Written by Bethsheba Ashe.

#10. Letters of the Lord: The letter Cheth

In my latest article I examine the verses of the letter Cheth in Genesis 1:26-28, and look into its hieroglyphic origins in ancient Egypt as a candlewick.

The Letters of the Lord: the letter Teth

#11. Letters of the Lord: The letter Teth

With this article we wrap up my analysis of the gematria of the first chapter of Genesis, and we question whether the hieroglyph of 'nefer' was really a trachea and a heart, or could it has been the stomach?

#12 The Letters of the Lord: the letter Yod

Chapter two of Genesis begins by describing the qualities of the Yod, which is the last of the night time letters. What do I mean by that? Well, there was an evening and a morning for each day, and a letter for each...

#13 The Letters of the Lord: the letter Kaph

Today we look at the gematria of Genesis 2:4-6 and see how these verses go hand in hand with Genesis 1:1-2. And as usual we're shattering the academic dogma of decades...

#6. Letters of the Lord: The letter Tav.

The verses which describe the letter Tav are Genesis 1:14-16. In the ancient Paleo-Hebrew writing script, the letter Tav is a simple cross; four lines square to a central point like the X. It carries the value of 4 with the biblical gematria cipher [...]

#7. The Letters of the Lord: The letter Heh.

Today we're looking at the letter Heh and finding out how this letter demonstrates ancient Hebrew involvement with the invention and development of the alphabet. We also decipher the calculations in Genesis 1:17-18, Genesis 15:5 & 26:4.

#8 The Letters of the Lord: the letter Vav

What else was Elohim creating besides the birds and the fish? And why was God down with the 93's? All this and more with my latest article on the letter Vav and Genesis 1:20-22. Stay tuned for more numerical honey.

#9 The Letters of the Lord: the letter Zayin

Today we look at the origins of the letter Zayin in Ancient Egypt and discover how the Genesis scribe cleverly associated this letter with the golden seven branched Menorah of the Temple.

#2. Letters of the Lord: The letter Aleph.

Today we’re going to look at the theme of the Aleph. I’m writing this on the 1st April, April Fools day, which is more than appropriate for the Alephs, because in Hermetic Qabalah the Tarot card for the Aleph is attributed to the Trump Card of the Fool...

#3. The Letters of the Lord: The letter Gimel.

If this is the first time you’ve read this blog, you may be surprised to learn that Gematria, as it was practiced in the Bible, was a formal system of math. That means it had strict rules and conventions about how calculations were composed and read, just as our formal system of math does today.

#4. The Letters of the Lord: The letter Shin

Today on this celebration of the fire festival of Lag Ba’Omer, we’re going to look at the theme of the ש – Sh – Shin, which is the creation of fire which dries out the earth. The letter’s theme is described by Brashith (Genesis) 1:9-10 [...]

#5. The Letters of the Lord: The letter Daleth

In this article we look closely at the calculations for Genesis 1-11-12, corresponding to the letter Daleth. The origin of the letter Daleth is a pictogram of a triangular door of a tent [...]

#1. Letters of the Lord: The letter Beth.

In the first of our series on the Hebrew letters we will be looking closely at the gematria of the first two verses of Genesis because they correspond to and describe the properties and themes of the letter Beth.

#0. The Letters of the Lord. (Prelude).

The following series of articles is written to accompany my recent mathematical analysis of the first two chapters of the Book of Bereshith (Genesis).

The Gematria of the Book of Genesis: Cataloguing the Math of Creation.

I took a break recently to finish working out the gematria of Brashith 1-2, and rather than write a book about it I’ve put it online and made it freely available.

The Gematria of the Mt. Ebal Tablet.

There are two sets of calculations in the text of the Mt. Ebal tablet, which puts the practice of gematria back to the bronze age. We take a look at them, for real this time!

Is this biblical or occult?

The roots of Occultism in the West are deeply entwined in the study of the hidden, secret & sacred things which are written in the Bible. What can we learn from the mistakes of Kircher?

The Gematria of the Acrostic in Psalms 112:1-10.

The Gematria of the Acrostic from Psalms 112:1-10.

The first ten verses of Psalms 112 are an alphabetic acrostic which were written to include gematria. We dive into the calculations.

Real Gematria.

Real Gematria is a formal system of early mathematics. It might not fit modern ideas of mathematics, but for a scribe that was writing at the time of King Solomon, it was just the way math was done in those days.

Biblical Gematria Wiki

From the How-it-should-be-Wiki, the common sense encyclopedia.

I am that I am ~ Light and Darkness (Exodus 3:14).

We dive into the gematria of Exodus 3:14, which is famous for the statement God makes to Moses. Rather than tell Moses his name he says “I am that I am”.

Using gematria to solve textural corruptions.

Here, I talk about corruptions in the text of the Tanakh and how gematria can settle disputes by finding the correct version.

What is a pseudo-cipher?

What is the difference between a useful cipher, and a pseudo-cipher? We explore the differences between working ciphers in formal systems and pseudo-ciphers used by numerologists and conspiracy theorists.

What is a cover-cipher?

A cover-cipher is a published cipher that is openly used to conceal a hidden cipher that is really being used. In this article, we explore a few examples.

The gematria of the Shemhamphorash.

Did you know the Shemhamphorash sums to 9000 with the reversal cipher? Just type it into Shematria to verify.

Gematria, Merkabah and the Birth of the Alephbet!

What does gematria and the merkabah have to do with the birth of the alephbet? Perhaps everything...

The Trees of Life.

There are many types of diagram that call themselves a tree of life, from many sources. We track the trees and their sources.

A few common Torah Mnemonics.

This article list some common mnemonics that you should memorize and be alert for when you’re practicing the art of gematria with the Torah.