Gematria - Sepher Sapphires Volume 1.pdf

and repetition (2). The repetition of the unit (I)
through the agency of the duad (2) is
reproduction. Three is the number of production,
formation, organization, propagation,
elaboration.
1 Gimel. Camel. The number of the third
Hebrew letter, Key 2 the High Priestess.
Represents universal Memory, through the
subconscious substance aspect (Water). The
Uniting Intelligence, linking the universal self in
Kether and the Ego in Tiphareth, on the Tree of
Life. It is the bond between all created beings
and like the camel, is a symbol of travel,
communication and change. The direction Below
on the Cube of Space. A key to the alchemical
mystery of the First Matter-the Virgin Substance
"whose purity naught can defile" [Book of
Tokens, Gimel]. see 237, 882, 13.
I. "1 X. This character as consonant, belongs to
the guttural sound. The one by which I translate
it, is quite a modern invention and responds to it
rather imperfectly. Plutarch tells us that a certain
Carvilius who, having opened a school at Rome,
first invented or introduced the letter G, to
distinguish the double sound of the C. As
symbolic image the Hebraic Gimel indicates the
throat of man, any conduit, any canal, any deep
hollow object. As grammatical sign, it expresses
organic development and produces all ideas
origination from the corporeal organs and from
their action." [d'olivet, 1976, p. 3 10.1
11. Rabbi Ginsburgh: "The Gimel is composed of
a Vav, representing an erect man, with a lower
Yod, a foot in motion ... Our sages teach that the
Gimel symbolizes a rich man running after a
poor man, the Daleth, to give him charity."
[Ginsburg, 1995, pp. 52, 541
111. Gimel and Daleth were not used for creation
because Gimel signifies beneficence, and Daleth
poverty, which maintained each other. (Zohar I,
page 12).
IV. Paul Case: The Earliest sign for the letter
Gimel was probably a conventionalized picture
of a bow. As a bow is used for shooting arrows,
the first idea it suggests is propulsive force.
Since the letter Beth was originally in the form
of an arrowhead, it becomes evident that Gimel,
the bow, as the propulsive force behind the
arrow, stands for something that incites the
objective mind, represented by Beth, to express
itself in concentrated attention. Thus, in a sense,
the bow is derived from the arrow; and this
makes it an emblem of secondary existence;
evolution, and the like. The bow, like the
crescent, cup, sistrum, wheatear, oval, is related
to the hieroglyphic as well as to the letter-name.
Relaxed and unstrung, the bow is an emblem of
peace; tense and strung, it signifies war. [The
Secret of the Doctrine of the Tarot in the Word,
July 1916, page 161, 1631.
V. Gimel is a modified form of Yod. Thus the
two parts of the letter hint at a concealed numeral
value of 16, since Vav is 6 and Yod is 10.
Among Hebrew words having the value of 16
are: 31W, Hyssop, signifying purgation or
purification; elevated, exalted, High; m,
She; and 3'3, like equal to. The Uniting
Intelligence (Gimel) is the most important mealns
of purification. It links personal consciousness to
the Highest plane of being. It is the wisdom
personified in Proverbs as a woman. Its full
exercise enables us to realize the identity of the
Self in man with universal being.
Vi. "Ghimel is the organic movement of every
Bayt animated by Aleph." [Suraes, 1992, p. 61 .I
V1I. "Gimel is the lunar reflection of the /tin
across the Desert of Set." [Grant, 1994, p. 15.1
% Ab. Father. A name for number 2 and
Chokmah. By notariqon % stands for the 2
words Aima-Ben 13 W'N . Mother (Binah) and
Son (Tiphareth). In the Father these potencies :ire
latent and concealed. The essential reality, the
cause of existence. Also the 11"' Hebrew month,
July-August, corresponding roughly to the period
when the sun is in Leo. This month is not
mentioned in scripture. see 23, 73.
"The potential sign united to that of interior
activity produces a root whence come all ideas of
productive cause, efficient will, determining
movement, generative force. In may ancient
idioms and particularly in the Persian this root is
applied especially to the aqueous element as
principle of universal fructification.
All ideas of paternity. Desire to have: a father:
Ji.uit. In reflecting upon these different
significations, which appear at first incongruous,
one will perceive that they come from one
another and are produced mutually."
[d701ivet, 1976, p. 287.1