>Gematria is a c_a/mos distraction.
If this is what you think you should explain why you think this, feel free to use links and sources. So far as I can tell it predates both of those organizations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gematria
>According to Aristotle (384โ322 BCE), isopsephy, based on the Milesian numbering of the Greek alphabet developed in the Greek city of Miletus, was part of the Pythagorean tradition, which originated in the 6th century BCE.