Numerology has a great deal to do with the numeric value of the alphabet and there are many legends and theories about how this came about. The alphabet itself was inspired by pictorial representations that recorded elaborate stories. These full pictographs originally were abbreviated to form hieroglyphics with each symbol depicting a word. As more time elapsed the glyphs were further reduced to represent individual sounds and then the consonants and vowels that we know today. The modern … [Read more...]