The numeral 200 (S̄, also written as σ̄ or the koppa/stigma symbol ϛ in some Byzantine numerals) is the isopsephic value representing the Greek letter stigma—a ligature of sigma and tau used primarily as the number 6 in classical Greek numeration, but in the schema of Liber 777 it appears as the numeric attribution for the second Sephirah, Chokmah. In Greek gematria, each number holds a direct correspondence to a letter or letter combination; here 200 occupies the place of Chokmah, the primal point of wisdom and the first emanation of force from Kether.

Position on the Tree of Life

The number 200 sits at Sephirah 2, Chokmah, on the Tree of Life. Chokmah is the supernal Father, the active, creative impulse of the divine. The number 200 in this context is not an ordinal but a fixed numeric value assigned to this station in the Hellenistic numeration column of Liber 777, row CLXXXV. Chokmah corresponds to the divine name Yah (YH), the first letter of the Tetragrammaton, and to the zodiac sign of the Path of Gimel (the High Priestess in the Thoth Tarot).

Historical context

In Greek isopsephy, the number 200 was associated with the letter stigma (ϛ), which in earlier alphabetic systems stood for the sound /st/ and later exclusively for the numeral 6. However, in the system used by the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and codified in Liber 777, the Greek alphabet numeration column treats 200 as a discrete value tied to Chokmah. This appears to derive from a post-classical tradition where the Greek letters were assigned numeric values from 1 (Alpha) to 800 (Omega), with 200 being the value of the letter rho (Ρ ρ) in standard Greek numerals (200 = Σ is not rho; rho is 100; here the text states 200 is the value for the Chokmah row). Actually, in standard Greek numerals: Alpha=1, Beta=2, Gamma=3, Delta=4, Epsilon=5, Digamma/stigma=6, Zeta=7, Eta=8, Theta=9, Iota=10, Kappa=20, Lambda=30, Mu=40, Nu=50, Xi=60, Omicron=70, Pi=80, Koppa=90, Rho=100, Sigma=200, Tau=300, Upsilon=400, Phi=500, Chi=600, Psi=700, Omega=800. Thus 200 is the value of Sigma (Σ). The table in Liber 777 lists 200 at Chokmah, which aligns with the Greek letter Sigma at the second Sephirah. Historically, sigma was associated with the Greek word "Sophia" (wisdom), directly paralleling Chokmah. The Greek magical papyri use isopsephy extensively, where numbers like 200 appear in the construction of voces magicae and as a key to decoding divine names. In the Neoplatonic and Hermetic traditions, numbers were seen as mediating between the incorporeal and material worlds, and the number 200 appears in alchemical texts as a symbol for the union of opposites (since 200 = 100 [perfection] doubled).

The number 200 appears in table row CLXXXV of Liber 777, column "Numeration of Greek Alphabet", at scale step 2 (Chokmah). It is the isopsephic value of the letter Sigma, corresponding to the second Sephirah and the divine name Yah.