Behold!: The Art and Practice of Gematria Paperback – January 2, 2025

Behold! The Art and Practice of GematriaIn biblical times, Gematria was a formal system of math that had rules and conventions to make it verifiable. Behold has everything you need to find gematria in biblical texts and use it to read the Bible in its proper context.Learn the meaning of the Hebrew letters and of their origins in ancient Egypt, and find out how thousands of years later, Kabbalists and Occultists would use the Holy Chariot and ancient gematria ciphers in their own writings.FeaturesIn-depth information on the ancient Egyptian origins of the Hebrew and Greek writing scripts.Proven ciphers for the ancient Hebrew and Greek writing scripts.A thorough description of the system's conventions for calculations and methodology.Lists of common and rare Operators, Mnemonic words and Flag-words.Demonstrations of biblical Gematria, Notariqon, Temurah, Iterations, and Alphabetic Acrostic integrations.A full analysis of the Gematria and Notariqon of Genesis 1-2 and its alphabetic structure (it needs to be reorganized before you can read the story in its proper sequence).A full analysis of the Gematria and Notariqon of Genesis 3, discussing the fall in its proper context.A full tutorial on practicing the Art of Gematria for yourself.A history of the Merkabah and Gematria, from their ancient beginnings to their esoteric uses in modern times.Discussions on Gematria and the Merkabah at the Temples, in the Talmud, the Mishnah, the Hekhalot, and in Kabbalistic texts.On Gematria and the Merkabah in the New Testament.On the uses of Gematria in the Western Mystery Tradition with a special focus on the Golden Dawn and Aleister Crowley.Color coded verses, translations and calculations to aid student comprehension.Reviews‘A Kabalistic tour de force. For the modern Kabalist (who might be tempted to be dismissive of the scriptural roots and applications of the qabalah), Behold!: The Art and Practice of Gematria is perhaps the most valuable contribution to the study of modern qabalah in over a century.’— Lon Milo DuQuette, author of The Chicken Qabalah of Rabbi Lamed Ben Clifford‘Bethsheba Ashe has immersed herself in the study of the mathematic secrets hiding in the Torah. She takes a difficult subject and explains it expertly.’— Judith Dillon, author of The Alphabet and the Mystery Traditions'Behold by Bethsheba Ashe is an intricate and well-presented exploration of gematria. This ancient art, which uncovers hidden meanings within words through numbers, is made accessible and engaging in Ashe’s third edition.'— Nick Farrell, author of Magical Imagination: The Keys to Magic Read more