A MATRIX OF MEANING:
PORTRAITS OF THE HEBREW LETTERS,
IN PICTURES AND WORDS
©1996, 1997 Stan Tenen

From TORUS, Vol. 2, #4:

When we understand the meaning of the Archetypes, we naturally also understand the Inner and the Outer levels as well. Each level proceeds along the same idealized life-cycle starting with the Unity of the Consciousness (at each level). Each, in turn, proceeds from Unity through 7-stages until it returns to nourish the next whole level or generation of life. (For further details on the toroidal 7-stage process, see the work of Arthur M. Young.)

THE 27-LETTER MATRIX OF MEANING — DIAGRAMMATIC OVERVIEW

Illustrations in this section make use of letter-icons, one for each Hebrew letter. These icons contain keywords about each letter, designed to aid in remembering its logical placement in the Matrix of Meaning.

A MATRIX OF MEANING FOR SACRED ALPHABETS: LETTERS IN RELATIONSHIP

The most important quality of the posters and discussion in this section is that they demonstrate the operational meaning of each letter in relationship to the other letters, based on a natural model of unity — the hypersphere. At the abstract level, the 27-letters correspond to the basic pointing directions in hyperdimensional space; in principle, any quantum state vector can be specified by a combination of these pointing directions. At the personal level, the 22 letter-gestures (in the section elsewhere on this site, on Hebrew Alphabet Gesture Posters) can be used to project meaning from one's mind into the world. In many cases, spelling Hebrew root words by means of these gestures directly demonstrates the functional meaning of the word.

A dictionary of examples, and samples of correspondences between Hebrew and English words is possible, and will be presented when it's available.

Some of these posters were used in our videotape presentation, A Matrix of Meaning for Sacred Alphabets; some are from the Meru Foundation Journal, Torus, Vol. 2 #4. New material will be added as available.

INDIVIDUAL LETTER-PORTRAITS

Each letter has its own "page" in this section, as in the pictorial index printed below. In each case, we start with the letter-meaning, with examples, as defined by the Matrix of Meaning. Next, where available, is a poster including a representation of that letter generated as a view of the Meru Foundation FIRST HAND_™Hebrew Flame-Letter sculpture, both in a tetrahedral frame (Meru Foundation's original copyright design, which we call The Light in the Meeting Tent), and free-standing, with demonstrations of the posture used to view that letter. (A thumbnail in the index indicates that a poster is available.) Finally, any additional thoughts on each letter by Stan Tenen are included at the end of each letter's page.

Images on these pages, and on the letter-posters, are ©1986, 1995, and 1996 Stan Tenen and James Fournier. Body postures courtesy of Karen Ann Carty.

Hebrew letters printed in the thumbnails below are Meruba Ashurit Rabbinic Hebrew letters, generated entirely from Meru Foundation's copyright FIRST HAND_™ Hebrew Flame-Letter vortex sculpture. This font is copyright to Stan Tenen.

Gimel Matrix of Meaning	Bet Matrix of Meaning Letter-Essay	Alef Matrix of Meaning
Vav Matrix of Meaning	Heh Matrix of Meaning	Dalet Matrix of Meaning
Tet Matrix of Meaning	Chet Matrix of Meaning	Zayin Matrix of Meaning

Lamed Matrix of Meaning	Kaf Matrix of Meaning	Yod Matrix of Meaning
Samek Matrix of Meaning	Nun Matrix of Meaning	Mem Matrix of Meaning
Zadi Matrix of Meaning	Peh Matrix of Meaning	Ayin Matrix of Meaning

Shin Matrix of Meaning	Resh Matrix of Meaning	Qof Matrix of Meaning
Mem-Final Matrix of Meaning	Kaf-Final Matrix of Meaning	Tav Matrix of Meaning
Zadi-Final Matrix of Meaning	Peh-Final Matrix of Meaning	Nun-Final Matrix of Meaning

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