| We have seen that Pi is the "Omnific Word" as used | | | | called the precession of the equinoxes". This cycle is |
| by Western Occult Systems. Specifically, the first 32 | | | | the primary purpose to the Royal Arch Degree. |
| decimal digits of Pi. | | | | However, this cycle is purely illusory. Observing the Sun |
| 3.141592653589793832464338327950... | | | | at its location at the Equinox, the Sun appears to |
| So what is Gematria? It is the willful encrypting of a | | | | traverse in reverse through the Zodiac, forming a |
| word fused to a mathematical value in order to | | | | "circle in the sky". This "circle" is oft referred to as "the |
| provide the word with an encoded significance. This | | | | pie in the sky", yet "pi" and "pie" really are encoding the |
| definition is a radical departure from profane | | | | same thing - a Circle, hence the ration of this circle to |
| discussions on this subject, but the definition is far more | | | | its diameter. |
| accurate and clear. Furthermore, the "encoded | | | | So the word ZODIAC can be inferred to then be a |
| significance" is further comprised of two primary | | | | part of the "contrived vocal expression", and indeed it |
| encoded realities: words that have an absolute truth | | | | is, for the anagram of ZODIAC is CADOIZ. Return the |
| encoded into them, and words that are encoded to | | | | Letters to Numbers, and C=3, A=1, D=4, O=15, I=9, |
| reveal "esoteric significances". | | | | Z=26 |
| An "absolute truth" may still be compound in nature, | | | | ZODIAC = CADOIZ = 3.1415926 |
| meaning that the word has an "esoteric significance" | | | | We can refer to this "contrived word" as both an |
| even as it encodes a literal truth. An "absolute truth", | | | | "absolute truth" and an "esoteric truth", depending on |
| often will be set against some astronomical calculation, | | | | our purpose for the encoding. By revealing that |
| or some mathematical constant. This principle is set | | | | ZODIAC is an anagram for Pi = 3.1415926, we begin to |
| forth in "The Beginning of Masonry, page 24", | | | | formulate "the structure of crystals" that "all blend |
| If the ultimate and all sustaining secret of Freemasonry | | | | together". |
| may be openly expressed in a few words, it will be | | | | Absolute truths, for all intents and purposes, however, |
| these: | | | | we define as words that encode particular constants |
| The entire course of nature is manifested in cycles. | | | | based on observable astronomic phenomena. For |
| Some of these are scientifically real, others are but | | | | instance, the word EARTH reveals E+A+R+T+H = |
| appearances based on the presence and position of | | | | 5+1+18+20+8 = 52 Weeks. This is an "absolute truth" |
| the observer upon the Earth, away from which they | | | | that clearly defines the Earth relative to its position in |
| have no true existence. For instance, there is no night | | | | the solar system. The word says, "I, the planet Earth, |
| except as we are temporarily on the shadow side of | | | | maintains an orbit of 52 weeks around the Sun." |
| our globe during its diurnal rotation. There is this | | | | Esoteric truths are really quite different. An overly |
| movement of the Earth upon its axis; there is the | | | | simplistic analysis of "esoteric truths" assumes that |
| annual revolution that we term the year; and there is | | | | words of same value as "added" together necessarily |
| the stupendous cycle called the precession of the | | | | imply an esoteric equivalency to other words. Many |
| equinoxes, which requires nearly 26,000 years for its | | | | quack analysts assume this to mean |
| accomplishment. | | | | "pseudo-numerology" equally, but most quack analysts, |
| There are relative velocities and courses of the | | | | themselves, are not educated or versed enough to |
| planets, the axial revolution of the sun, their angles of | | | | comment on such matters and are in generally wholly |
| inclination, the atomic weights of metals, the | | | | clueless that there is a contrived constructed element |
| phenomena of light, color, crystallization, and gravitation. | | | | to the language. |
| When the results are expressed in their simplest | | | | Bernard Pick, as quoted in "the Ancient Cipher", a |
| forms, the latter prove to be some rudimentary | | | | Masonic inspired text released in the 1930's, said, "The |
| geometrical figures that supply the structure of | | | | art of discovering the hidden sense of the text by |
| crystals, and all blend together into the marvelous | | | | means of numerical equivalence of the Letters" was |
| triangle (pythagorean theorem or "golden triangle") that | | | | an apt definition of what was "Gematria". In this |
| caused old Pythagoras to cry "Eureka!" when the | | | | manner, which really is what "profane Gematria" as |
| beauties burst upon him." | | | | been reduced to, Letters are given values based on |
| By careful computation we are able to reconstruct this | | | | their "ordinal placement in the Alphabet", and words are |
| really divine system, and we find that the exact | | | | then added to find their total value, and words that |
| proportions relating to the celestial correlations in | | | | have the same value are said to have esoteric |
| question were lavishly and exclusively employed in the | | | | equivalencies. This process is extended to whole |
| architecture of the temples of old, in all the culture | | | | phrases. |
| lands of the world, both east and west. | | | | Examples of this might be, "The Ancient Word of God |
| He goes on to explain at the beginning of a Chapter | | | | = 206 = The Word of Numbers", or "The Number |
| entitled "The Letter/Number System" on page 33: "The | | | | Within the Letter = 302 = Written Beneath Visible |
| next step beyond that of embodying the sacred | | | | Word = 302 = Wisdom Hidden Under the Letter", or |
| proportions in architecture and art was to contrive their | | | | "Miraculous Cipher = 191 = God's Spell in Cipher = 191 = |
| vocal expression." | | | | The Supreme Miracle = 191 = The Pure White Magic = |
| "To contrive their vocal expression" is the encoding of | | | | 191 = Words as Numbers = 191 = The Super Words = |
| particular constants into the words, returning the words | | | | 191 = The Silent Words = 191 = Written in Cipher = 191 |
| back to "the golden triangle of Pythagoras", or Pi. This | | | | = The Letters Double = 191 = Letters-Numbers = 191 |
| is the reality of what is "gematria", and hence the | | | | God-Word Revealed = The Word of Power". |
| definition as defined at the start this article is that | | | | Some of my students have even come to me to |
| "gematria" is "the willful encrypting of a word fused to | | | | reveal that the phrase, "I, Fetch, speak the words of |
| a mathematical value in order to provide the word with | | | | the Gods." = 314 (3.14) itself has an "esoteric |
| an encoded significance." | | | | significance" in that indeed, what is being revealed is |
| Hence "Gematria", provides us with literal hidden | | | | the underlying nature of Pi as the framework to the |
| essences into the words not contained within the | | | | English Initiated (Illuminatus) System. |
| dictionary. This reality, too, is by design, for contrived | | | | However, what is important to note is that contrived or |
| nature of the words reveals their esoteric, or hidden, | | | | crafted words set against numerical equivalences is a |
| meanings, such meanings being either "absolute truths" | | | | critical component, indeed, THE CRITICAL |
| or purely "esoteric significances" based on a | | | | COMPONENT, to understanding the nature of the |
| conceptual truth via the process of observer location | | | | Construct, a construct wholly based on, and set |
| and observed phenomena. | | | | against, Pi. |
| For example. Higgins mentions "the stupendous cycle | | | | |