Gematria - Sepher Sapphires Volume 1.pdf

D m the Jews; connected with the seven Oblivio (Lt). The river Lethe in the lower world,
interior stars. see 1048.
said to bring forgetfulness. see 55 (Greek).
a;(? to consume, hence, to destroy. see P?,
76, 539.
;(I3 the stock (of a plant). In Psalm 80:15:
"And the vineyard which thy right hand has
planted, and the branch (stock) that thou madest
strong for thyself." In this passage the word
(with the prefix Vav) occurs as copied here with
a large Kaph, indicating its importance. Note that
the vine as the plant includes the branches. With
different pointing: 1. plant, shoot; stand ruler; 2.
to give a name, give a title; to surname,
nickname; to express by a substitute.
'I'l'la hues, colors, complexions. The alchemical
"peacock" or auric rainbow; part of the process
of the great work.
k73- Yekadiel. "Vessel of God", an angel
whose sigil is depicted in The Key of Solomon,
figure 53. [Mathers, 1972, p. 791 It alludes to the
earthy vessel of the alchemist. see 24.
;(?B 23rd Shem ha-Mephorash, short fonn. see
106 & Appendix 10.
by3 Nuit. Hebrew spelling of the Egyptian
goddess of the sky, mother of Isis and Osiris;
deity of the firmament and he rain;
personification of the morning, one the great
gods at Helioplis (City of the Sun).
TI2 _ 1.1 773 Hadad, Son of Bedad. A king of
Edom, associated with Tiphareth. In Genesis
36:35: "And Husham died, and Hadad son of
Bedad, who defeated Midian in the Country of
Moab, succeeded him as King. His city was
named Avith." Note that Edom signifies
unbalanced force, and that the Qipphoth of
Tiphareth are called the "Haggler". see 45, 108 1,
725
matrix (Lt). the womb. The whirling inner
energy is the womb from which illumination
emerges.
membrum (Lt). the phallus. The organ of
generation and center of the reproductive energy.
signum (Lt). A sign. Part of a Rosicrucian
saying. Out of the Darkness of oblivion and the
womb of night, the stars shine forth, as on
Christmas eve. see 5 18.
artifex (Lt). art; ski1 led, clever; skillfully made.
A worker, a craftsman in a particular art; a
maker, master of, expert at anything; creator. To
be a builder of the adytum it to follow the
admonition of the Great Work expressed in the
Emerald Tablet, "Thou shall separate the Earth
from the Fire, the subtle from the gross, suavely
and with great ingenuity."
sapiens (Lt). wise, thinking. By implication, one
who is imbued with the Wisdom, of Life-Force
of Chokmah, which is also the fire of mind. see
73
rosa caeli (Lt). rose of heaven; heavenly rose.
The rose is a symbol of the Higher Self. "The
solar rose in centered in the glory of the sun, and
the Christ of Nazareth is centered in the celestial
flower. From Geheime Figuren [Secret Symbols,
p. 8, subtitled "Harmonious conception of the
light of nature, form which you can deduce the
restoration and renovation of all things
emblematic."] It is the Rosicrucian adaptation of
Khunrath's Christ of Glo ry... in the deep
understanding of Rosicrucian doctrine, the Rose
is also the soul, and in the marriage life of this
union there is no distinction between the soul
and the word within the modes of realization."
[Waite, 1993, pp. 19-20] see 47,28 (Lt).
7770 sod. secret. In Amos 3:7: "He reveals His
secret." Also rendered in Jewish translation "His
counsel." see 1 14.
pm Hiding place, Hiding (Secret; put away).
See plate in "The Universal One," page 11 where
there are exactly 19 divisions of a spiral, each
subdivided into 4 parts (4x19 = 76).
to work, labor, to till, cultivate (soil); to
make; to prepare, to serve; to worship. Used
throughout the Bible in a great variety of shades
to meaning.