Trees have leaves, trees have fruit; but can a tree have numbers? A numerical tree exists called the Tree of Life. Forget the apples, pears, and peaches; numbers blossom here.
Three pillars comprise this tree-as you face the sketch from highest to lowest: Numbers three, five and eight occupy the left pillar. Four numbers comprise the middle pillar being one, six, nine and ten. Two, four and seven position themselves on the extreme right.
Now gematria takes center stage in this paragraph. The ancient Hebrew language preserves the tradition where letters and numbers have the same symbol. When spelling out words, we can also assign one numerical total to that word. Since this rule applies to each letter, everyone words, every sentence and by extension every chapter can have significance by number. In ancient holy scriptures, such is accomplished by deliberation. Finally, one more point, the concept of colol: One may be added to the value of a word. I believe this addition of the one is (1) from the concept of the One God. (2) Opposite numbers in magic squares always total one more than the amount of numbers in that square. For example, in the 4 x 4 magic square ascribed to Jupiter, although it holds sixteen numbers, the total of any two opposite numbers equals seventeen. Examples being 4 + 13; 7 + 10; 5 + 12; 6 + 11…
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