FIGURE 5: ENGLISH LETTERS IN RELATION TO SEPHIROTH ON THE TREE OF LIFE
A photograph can stir up so many memories. A picture can tell a whole story without words. A logo design can hold so much meaning that many have become well-known symbols. That is what letters were originally meant to do.
Letters were created as more than the tools to form written words. The shape of each one was carefully considered in order to convey the meaning behind the letter. You see, the shape of each one, based on the geometric figures of point, line, circle, triangle, and square, creates an energy field with its lines of force. These influence their characteristics. Just meditate on each shape and you will sense the individual properties of these forms, i.e., the circle, having no edges, suggests unending energies, while the square with its edges has an entirely different energy reaction.
In order to create the world, God had to use the only substance in existence: Himself. So these building blocks are His attributes. Now here is the secret: the sound of each letter sets up a vibration that conforms to those attributes; the shape of each letter is designed to call them to mind; and their numbered place in the alphabet is their actual rate of vibration when thought or spoken. This gives them a scientific cohesiveness.
Hebrew Kabbalists planned their letters and corresponding numbers to be interchangeable: A means one, B-two, G-three, and D-four, etc. While each is a picture that gives something of face value, by understanding the symbolism an even deeper meaning is revealed.
That alphabet was the model for hundreds of others, and though the letter sounds have come to us untouched, the symbols have changed to suit our needs. Yet amazingly, the attributes still apply, as we shall see when we analyze words.
Seen as a whole, letters tell of every possible life experience. Mystics know that by meditating on a symbol it will reveal itself, and the meditator's awareness will expand. In the letters are the answers to all of life's problems, for each one is a path on the Tree of Life.
A letter is considered from every aspect. The upper half is the mind, thought, spiritual plane; the lower half, the material, physical, Earth plane.
A letter that is the same inverted—H, N, O, S, X—is active on both planes. This may bring out the double strength of the letter.
A letter that becomes a different letter when inverted is considered to be dual. For example, M has feet firmly planted on the ground, so M is well organized and stable. But inverted, it is W, reaching up for spiritual help in times of emotional upheaval.
The events of your lifetime are recorded in the letters of your name. Each one tells the nature of the experiences, and the root number of the letter tells its duration:
This lifetime of events, called “Table of Events,” is discussed in numerology books such as The Romance In Your Name by Dr. Juno Jordan (Chapter 16) and Your Days Are Numbered by Florence Campbell (Chapter 14).
Each name works separately, and the full name works as a unit. Each experience is drawn from the positive or negative aspects of the letters and their corresponding numbers. They are influences in our lives and we are the ones who ultimately choose our destinies by the way we handle each experience.
This was thoroughly tested by the California Institute of Numerical Research, which was founded for extensive analysis of the science of number vibration. Numerologists from all over agreed with the findings of this institute. Satisfied with their conclusions, the institute closed after 25 years of research.
Regarding the spelling of names, two may sound the same though they are spelled differently, for example, Sean and Shawn. The letters are as important as the sound, for each time we speak a name we subconsciously see the letters, and their numbers make a mathematical statement of vibration.
The first letter of your name tells your nature, your initial reaction to things, and the way you approach situations. Likewise, the first letter of words tells us the nature of the word, sometimes even by the shape alone:
| Mountain: | The M has peaks and crevices. |
| Valley: | The hills on both sides of the V form the valley. |
| Hills: | The H is a ladder. Hills are easier to climb than mountains with their steep sides. |
| Bumpy: | The B is made of two bumps. |
| Sudden: | The S makes an abrupt change in direction. |
| Tree: | The T has a central trunk and outstretched branches. |
When we study the meanings of each letter, we see where this holds true for all words. But most important of all is your name. Those particular letters are the divine gifts bestowed on you at birth, and you can choose to live up to their full positive potential.
It has been observed that numerology works as well with the Chaldean alphabet as with the English. It works in any of the Indo-European alphabets where the letter and number are interchangeable. Though the letters in these alphabets are different, they are set to their own rate of vibration.
Numbers are a universal language.