Gematria - Sepher Sapphires Volume 1.pdf

5ni something hollowed out, a valley. The ~1"ction of covering, protecting, brooding,
popular idea is that the material world is a vale
of tears; but there is a profounder meaning than
this. The Fool (Aleph), always descends into a
new valley on his adventurous Journey to the
next mountain peak. With different vowel points:
to take possession, possess, to inherent, to get,
acquire. see 108, 7, 2 1, 14,44, 66, 28.
~35 whiteness, semen. Refers to purity and
innocence. see 82.
5~?% Magdiel. A duke of Edom, associated
(with Mibzar) with Yesod. "El is renown" (in
man). In Genesis 36:43: "Magdiel and Iram.
These were the chiefs of Edom, according to
their settlements in the land they occupied."
Edom is a representation of unbalanced force.
I. "'El is renown.' We may notice here that El and
110s were Babylonian names for the sun, and the
Ilinos was another of his titles; and as we have
Magdi-el for a prince amongst the ancient
Edomites, so we have Magda-elene
(MayGahqvq) amongst the later Jews." [Inman,
1942, (page unknown)]
1% Strong. A proper name, the father of Eliab
of Zebolon in Numbers 1 :9, 2:7. Refers to
alchemical separation. see 95
trained person; apprentice; pupil. This
word really means initiated. In Genesis 14:14:
"And when Abram heard that his brother was
taken captive he armed his trained servants, born
into his own house, and pursued them unto Dan."
Dan = Scorpio = alchemical putrefaction. see
318,94 & Key 13.
B'l pure; innocent. In Job 33:9: "I am pure and
without sin; I am clean and free from guilt. (10)
yet God has found fault with me; he considers
me his enemy." see 808.
I. "Every idea of protective covering given to a
thing; a guarantee, a surety. The Arabic is an
onomatopoetic and idiomatic root which depicts
that which acts upon the surface, which skims
lightly over a thing. The Arabic verb
characterizes the condition of that which
becomes light; anything which shivers, shudders
with fear, trembles with fright, etc.
coaxing. A rooJ nest, shelter, port: action of
separating from that which harms; of combing,
appropriating, etc. [d'olivet, 1976, p. 353.1
RB danger; net; snare, trap. In Psalm 1 19: 1 10:
"The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have
not strayed from your precepts."
11. "Everything which is drawn in, expanded, as
the breath; all that which is unfolded in order. To
envelop and seize, as a net; thence, VlD every
idea of adnzinistration, administrator, state,
government.
The Arabic constitutes all onomatopoetic and
idiomatic root which describes every kind of
hissing of the voice, snoring, strong respiration,
rattling. When this voice is strengthened, it
signifies literally, an ambush; a trap." [d'olivet,
1976, p. 425.1
nike (Lt). Victory. Note that 88 is 8 + 8 = 16 + 1
+ 6 = 7, the Sephirah named Netzach (Victory).
see 360, 744 (Greek).
Aqua Vita (Lt). Water of Life. "If you would
make our substance red, you must first make it
white. Its three natures are summed up in
whiteness and redness. Take, therefore, our
Saturn, subject it to coction in Aqua Vitae until it
turns white, becomes thick, and is coagulated,
and then again till it becomes red. Then it is red
lead, and without this lead of the sages nothing
can be effected."
Filius Dei. Son of God. The water of life is the
mystical son of God and that son (the rider in the
chariot in Key 7) is also the rose itself. see 154,
119.
victoria (Lt). victory. see 224, 360.
Invenies (Lt). You shall find. Part of an
alchemical phrase in Secret Symbols (Page 17).
"Visit the interior of the earth by rectifj4ng you
shall find the hidden stone." see 570 Latin.
trigono (Lt). triangle. The triangle of Fire, which
symbolizes spiritual energy or Aleph. see 134,
46 (Lt)
Nascintur (Lt). We are born. You shall find that
the son of God is born anew through us by the