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Prelude to

Word Analysis

W

hen I first discovered that the letters and numbers of each word
describe the word itself, I was beside myself with excitement. I
would wake up in the morning analyzing words and thrill to the
new meaning I found behind them.

I wondered if words, like names, showed their animating spirit in their
vowel count. They do. For over a year I analyzed them by their root
numbers, for example, A, J, and S are all 1’s. Then I tried something new.
I totaled them by their full numbers, i.e., A-1, J-10, S-19, and discovered
that if I put a number to each letter in a word, I would often arrive at a
homophone, anagram, or direct spelling of a related word, e.g.:

S—19

A— 1

N— 14

C— 3

T—20

U— 21

A— 1

R— 9

Y— 25

122/5

AVE

The first letter of our alphabet is A, the 22nd is V, the fifth is E: AVE.
A prayer. Isn’t that what a sanctuary is used for?

This was all too exciting to keep to myself, so I decided to share it in
this book. When I had it half written, a book title in a catalogue caught
my attention. It was The English Cabalah by William Eisen. I had never