The Secret Science of Numerology: The Hidden Meaning of Numbers and Letters

Introduction to the Mysteries

This is why later Kabbalists perceived four Sephirotic Trees as light-
ning energy that starts at the very top of the first and zigzags through its
10 Sephira. Its idea is planted in Briah as it zigzags through those 10
Sephira, and the zigzag continues on down through Yetzirah where the
vibration attracts the molecules to its own keynote. Lastly it zigzags
through Assiah where it has its birth in form (The Qabalistic Tarot, 39).

Figure 4. The Four Worlds

I

Atziluth

spirit

H

V

H

Briah

mind

Yetzirah

soul

Assiah

body

Four trees and 40 Sephiroth later is the birth. Anywhere we see 40 in
the Bible—it means completion.

In Genesis two trees are mentioned: the Tree of Life and the Tree
of Knowledge of Good and Evil. One interpretation is that they are one
and the same; the Tree of Life being the original while the Tree of Knowl-
edge of Good and Evil is its reflection on the waters (The Bible and the
Tarot, 21-22).