gematria

gematria
noun /ɡɪˈmeɪ.tɹi.ə/
A Kabbalistic method of interpreting Hebrew words, based on numerical values of letters.

Suppose a secret force of Jesuits, receives each Day a summary of Observations made at Greenwich, and transcalculates it according to a system known to the Kabbalists of the Second Century as Gematria, whereby Messages may be extracted from lines of Text sacred and otherwise, a Knowledge preserv’d by various Custodians over the centuries, and since the Last, possess’d by Jesuit and Freemason alike.


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