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The Rabbinical name for this method of writing, and for the in- 1 I , 1 ' I ' I , THE MASONIC LETTER G 27 terpretation of one word or phrase of the Hebrew scriptures by another which has the same numeral value, is H57bD3 , gematria. This is the very Hebrew noun alluded to in our statement that the letter G is the initial of a Hebrew word derived from the Greek noun geometria, geometry. Is it assuming too much to suppose that the Hebrew Rabbis, when they chose their own name for this cryptic method of writing and of interpreting Scripture, had some definite reason for borrowing the Greek word for geometry, and writing it with Hebrew letters?
As the shrine of Jehovah, the Holy of Holies was the essential THE MASONIC LETTER G 33 part of the tabernacle and of Solomon's temple. On this account the Bible says invariably that the temple was erected to the name of Jehovah, that is, in accordance with the number of that name, which is the sum of the values of two Hebrew words indicating the essential quality of the nature of Deity. One of these words is ThN , achad, "One," designating the fundamental notion of Deity emphasized throughout the Old Testament.
Among Qabalists, King Solomon is reputed to have been the I 54 THE MASONIC LETTER G 1 greatest master of the secret wisdom, next to Moses. In Masonry he represents the power of con- , ception, the power of forming abstract o r universal ideas, the ability to grasp fundamental principles. This power is the root of all true mastery, in whatever field, and is precisely what is meant by I the Hebrew noun chokmah. With chokmah Qabalists associate astronomy, the seventh and highest of the liberal arts.