137 is the number potentially at the root of the universe which describes the atom's fine-structure constant, a number which determines how stars burn, how chemistry happens and whether atoms exist, and which within the alphanumerical system of Gematria corresponds to the word Kabbalah.

The relationship of the fine-structure constant to light in physics parallels the Kabbalists' concept of connecting with light, or becoming enlightened by shedding the ego.

For quantum physics pioneer Wolfgang Pauli (1900-1958) and psychoanalyst Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) mathematics held one of the keys to the door between their two worlds, the number 137 exposing extraordinary links between physics and mysticism.