aterno wrote that the most sacred name in the Tagalog civilization was the name of their God. They called Him “Bathala”. Unlike the Christians they did not pronounce it except in great respect and adoration in the most solemn moments.

            Perhaps here came the error that the Philippines had no god and admitting it there was not only one but many whom they invoked as saints or anitos.

            The Tagalogs followed the customs of venerating the Jehova and the Bramans and before one could pronounce the word, be had to prostrate himself upon the ground.

            The mysterious name was written in the characters that corresponded to the Latin letters B.H.L. which was similar to J.H.V. in Hebrew Hehova.

            B.T.H.L. read in reverse is LaHaBa.

            The term Lahat means all; Babaye was the sign of generator creator of all.

            Father Juan de San Antonio in his famous description of the Philippine archipelago said that the Tagalogs adored many gods “but among all they respected and adored the principal the greatest of all whom the Visayan called Lauon that meant ancient (1) ang the Tagalogs called Bathala Maycapal that signify Creator Maker of all that existed”.

            It was observed that the name God was written in three consonants B.H.L. Bathala which was equal the Hebrew J.H.V. (Jeova).

            It was also observed that the accent to form the expression of the word was in the second letter and this letter was the first and common. The H was pronounced with a full breath, a letter in a way to express the invincible the simple and the spiritual.

            It is Bathala for the Tagalogs; Lauon for the Visayans, Akasi for the Zambals; Gugusang for the Bicols, Kabunian for Ilocanos and Igorots.

            In the Tagalogs’ writing the letter “H” was written in imitation of the zig-zag lines unfastening the heaven that illuminate the dark earth, thus forming the graphic and spiritual expressions of light, that God created and conserved all things.