Gematria - Sepher Sapphires Volume 1.pdf

Section 1
Numbers 100 - 199
11. The Greek God Hecate name means literally,
"1 00."
72
Letter name Kaph. grasping hand; rock.
Grasp is always the result of a balance or
equilibrium of ideas. see 986,448, 194,20.
2S'l to hew out, chisel or cleave.
I. Rabbi Kushner: "The bottom of the Qoph is a
man calling "Holy m?) Kodosh, so that he can
join himself to his Creator. the top line,
sheltering and reaching down, is the holy
One ...jS. is one of the letters made by two marks.
Heh is the other. The lower mark of the Qoph is
man calling God. With the upper mark of the
Qoph HE whispers very softly to see if you are
really listening." [The Book of Letters]
11. Qoph is a combination of Kaph, which forms
the upper part of the letter, and Vav, which is
represented by the descending line. Kaph is 20,
and Vav is 6 which total 26, the number of the
Divine name, m. Note also that the letter name
to Divine law on both tlie physical and spiritual
levels. [Simple Stories From tlie Heart]
V. "This character as consonant, belongs to the
guttural sound. As symbolic image it represents a
trenchant weapon, that which serves as
instrument for man, to defend, to make an effort
for him. It has already been remarked, that nearly
all the words which hold to this consonant in the
greater part of the idioms, designate force and
constraint. It is, in the Hebraic tongue, the
compressive and decisive sign; that of
agglomerative or repressive force. It is the
character 2, entirely materialized; the
progression of the sign is as follows: Fl, vocal
principle, sign of absolute life: ll, aspirate
principle, sign of elementary existence: 2,
guttural principle, organic sign: Kaph, same
principle strengthened, sign of assimilative
existence holding to forms alone: i)r, same
principle greatly strengthened, sign of
mechanical, material existence giving the means
of forms." [d'olivet, 1976, p. 438.1
0'52 vases, utensils; weapons. Forms are as
vases into which the Life-power pours its
essence. Every vessel (form) is an aspect of life.
The Jupiter center is like a vessel that receives or
holds the record of individuality from one
incarnation to another. Vases, vessels, suggest
that each organism is like a vase containing the
water of life; the comprehension of this fact
being necessary to occult progress. see 95
(Zebulon), 660.
Kaph (72) is numerically the same as the letter
Qoph. Thus we see that the letter Kaph, is the
principle of the letter Qoph. Note that in the
Tarot Key 10 is associated with Kaph and
displays the name ?lW on the wheel, so we see
the name is related to both letters.
7% effort, exertion. With different pointing:
contest, quarrel, length, height; extension. All
outer strife is the play of the light and darkness
of God. All semblance of effort and exertion is
performed by the one actor. Implied in the
symbol of the grasping hand. All other strife is
111.. Rabbi Ginsburgh: "The Will of God hovers
above the soul in its source, and decrees upon it
to descend, against its own initial will, into a
physical body. The soul's mission below requires
the play of the light and darkness of God. In
Psalm 80:6: "Thou makes us a strife unto our
neighbors: and our enemies laugh among
themselves." see 750.
it to become totally involved in the process of
rectification, clarification, of its body and
"portion" in the world." [The Alef-Beit]
P'B' days, seas, times, a day. [Genesis 1:10].
Reference to the influence (Shefah) or
abundance of water, as in the Bible "They shall
IV. Rabbi Kardia: "The form of the letter Qoph suck the abundance of the seas." see 66,450.
can be considered as made from combination of
a Vav and Kaph. This shows that man is linked I. "P'B' seas .... That is to say aqueous
immensity: for the word which designates seas, is
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