Editing Numerology (section)

==English systems==
{{see also|Liber Trigrammaton}}
There are various systems of [[English Qabalah]] or numerology.{{sfn|Nema|1995|pp=24–25}} These systems interpret the letters of the [[Roman script]] or [[English alphabet]] via an assigned set of numerological significances.{{sfn|Hulse|2000|p={{page needed|date=January 2024}}}}{{sfn|Rabinovitch|Lewis|2004|p=269}} [[English Qaballa]], on the other hand, refers specifically to a Qabalah supported by a system discovered by [[James Lees (English magician)|James Lees]] in 1976.

The first system of English gematria was used by the poet [[John Skelton (poet)|John Skelton]] in 1523 in his poem "The Garland of Laurel".{{sfn|Walker|1998|pp=[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Medusa_s_Mirrors/A3BU_pjvXYUC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=gematria 33–42]}} The next reference to an English gematria found in the literature was made by Willis F. Whitehead in 1899 in his book, ''The Mystic Thesaurus'', in which he describes a system he called "English Cabala".{{sfn|Whitehead|1899}}

In 1952, John P. L. Hughes published ''The Hidden Numerical Significance of the English Language, or, Suggestive Gematria'', based on his lecture delivered at Holden Research Circle on July 4, 1952.{{sfn|Hughes|1952}} A system related to the [[Spiritualism (movement)|Spiritualist]] [[Agasha Temple of Wisdom]] was described by William Eisen in his two volume ''The English Cabalah'' (1980–82).{{sfnm|1a1=Eisen|1y=1980|2a1=Eisen|2y=1982}}{{sfn|Mast|1991|p={{page needed|date=January 2024}}}}{{sfn|Lawrence|2019|p={{page needed|date=January 2024}}}}

[[William G. Gray]] proposes another system in his 1984 book, ''Concepts of Qabalah'',{{sfn|Gray|1984}} more recently republished as ''Qabalistic Concepts''.{{sfn|Gray|1997}} This system includes correspondence attributions of the English letters to the positions on the [[Tree of Life]]. [[Michael Bertiaux]] described a system called ''Angelic Gematria'' in his ''The Voudon Gnostic Workbook'' (1989).<ref>{{harvnb|Bertiaux|1989}}. Republished as {{harvnb|Bertiaux|2007}}.</ref> David Rankine described a system of English gematria{{sfn|Drury|2006|p=244}} using [[prime number]]s which he calls ''Prime Qabalah'' in his book ''Becoming Magick'' (2004).{{sfn|Rankine|2004}}