Moonbow
Thank you Fulgour and Kwaw
I am also finding it very interesting, and will continue to read everyones thoughts.
I am also finding it very interesting, and will continue to read everyones thoughts.
Helvetica said:Alef doesn't mean one. It IS one. It also is one in the sense of first. In Kabbala it represents monotheism. The One G-d. (yes, I know, alef has many many layers of meanings we can explore - but surely "one" is the very first meaning?)
This makes a nice fairy tale, but according to the actual logic,kwaw said:In the legend of the letters each of the letters came to god asking to be first in creation, from tau to aleph, each in turn G-d rejected until Beit; Beith was first in creation. Aleph never got a look in...
Fulgour said:This makes a nice fairy tale, but according to the actual logic,
there could never be a first letter, and therefore not a second.
Each letter in turn would thus be forced to defer to the next,
since none could be first ~ even if you make the second first.
Fulgour said:Three is therefore the first number: The Triadic Unity.
Fulgour said:That's why it's so easy to match The Magician with Aleph.
It isn't about one single correlation, it's all 22 together
The mystery around The Fool's attribution is more about
the organic nature of the aplhabet: It's not a closed set.
Which brings us to the 21st letter: 'Sinkwaw said:No doubt this is true, and proponents of the alef-fool and other systems would claim the same thing too and no doubt it is true in their case also.
kwaw said:In kabbalah, beit is usually considered first. Aleph is connected with Kether and Ain [nothing]. In the legend of the letters each of the letters came to god asking to be first in creation, from tau to aleph, each in turn G-d rejected until Beit; Beith was first in creation.
kwaw said:No doubt this is true, and proponents of the alef-fool and other systems would claim the same thing too and no doubt it is true in their case also. That this should be so is not surprising and is testament to the multivalent power of the symbolism.