GEMATRIA: A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF THE CABALA
Book Details + Condition: Research Into Lost Knowledge Organization (London, UK). Third impression, 1981. Softcover. 110 pages. Includes illustrated formulas, tables and diagrams. Paperback volume on the subject of Gematria, a Hebrew method of creating ciphers by assigning numerical value to words. This book is subtitled "A preliminary investigation of the Cabala contained in the Coptic Gnostic Books and of a similar Gematria in the Greek text of the New Testament." Co-author Frederick Bligh Bond was a well-known architect and archaeologist who became involved with psychical research at the turn of the 20th century. Contents include:
- Brief Outline of Gematria; Existence of the Gnosis
- Uses of Gematria
- The Key Applied
- Note on Diagramma
- The Number 485
- Of the Square & Circle Contained
- Names of Christ as Multiples of 37
- Schema of the Numbers of Jesus
- Degree of the First Mystery
- Of The Three Primary Figures
- Cabala of the Cosmos
- The Cube of Light
- On the Symbolism of Numbers
- On Geometric Truth
- Geometric Cubit as Basis of Proportion in Plans of Medieval Buildings
Firm binding; minor wear to covers; interior is clean and free of markings.
