Gematria - Sepher Sapphires Volume 1.pdf

equilateral, a symbol of Justice, and of the
principles employed in adjustment. see 81, 237
(Lt).
practicus (Lt). One who practices. Grade
attributed to Hod. Knowledge and seed-ideas
received in study and meditation are verified by
actual processes of careful observation. One
becomes directly aware of the truth that all
events, all objects, all situations are operations of
a single identity, a single power. see 85, 193,
103, 142.
Anima Soulis (Lt). Soul of the Sun; Soul of Gold.
The truth verified by the Practicus. The
foundation of all occult practice is the truth that
the animating principle of the Sun is identical
with the One Reality designated as Deus Jehova.
Deus Jehova (Lt). God Jehovah v). This truth
is summarized by the Tetragrammaton.
machina mundi (Lt). machine of the world.
Knowledge of the cycles portrayed by the letter
Kaph gives the observer a vision of the
"machinery of the universe" animating by the
vital soul (Yesod), the image-making power of
God.
101 (prime)
m'f A gut, gut-string [Crowley, 1977, p. 161.
This word does not occur in scripture or in the
Hebrew Lexicon.
D'Olivet writes of the first two letters: '2 ni.
"Root analogous to the roots Nf [youth,
newness), 82 [fresh, young, recent) and '12 whose
expression it manifest. The Arabic indicates the
state of that which is raw." [d'olivet, 1976, pp.
400-40 1 .]
Of m he says: "That which tends to the
aggrandizement of its being, to its entire
development; that which serves as instrument of
generative power and manifest it exteriorly. W
characterizes in general, passive matter, the thing
of which, with which, and by means of which, all
is made. It is in particular, in the Arabic idiom,
water; anything whatsoever, all or nothing,
according to the manner in which it is
considered. This important root, considered as
pronominal relation designates the possibility of
all things and is represented by the analogues
what and which; conceived on the contrary, as
adverbial relation, it is employed in Arabic to
express the absence of every determined objects
and is rendered by the analogues not, no. As a
verb, the Arabic root signifies in general to go
everywhere, to extend everywhere, to Jill space,
etc." [ibid., pp. 385-3861
These meanings apply to the gut-string, which is
the raw material from which music is produced
on the strings of a violin; similarly in the
preparation of the aspirant; it is the raw material
of experience which produces the heights of
spiritual illumination.
PR~N Yl' Divine name of Daath.
PDN a granary or storehouse. With different
pointing: Osem, a rich harvest. The great stone
is the harvest and storehouse of "secret arts". see
66 1
am53 By their secret arts, By their
enchantments. [Exodus 7: 1 I]. "Then Pharaoh
also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now
the Magicians of Egypt, they also did in like
manner with their enchantments." see 661, 96,
94.
to order, command, give or lay a charge; to
appoint, ordain. With different pointing: 1. to be
commanded, be ordered; 2. to set up, to
establish. In Psalm 133:3: "As the dew of
Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the
mountain of Zion: For there the Lord
commanded the blessing, even life for
evermore. "
853% a great stone. see 48, 53 & Jeshua
24:26; 1 Samuel 14:33.
5N3m Like unto God, House of God, Power of
God. The Angel associated with Tiphareth and of
the Sun, of fire and of the South. Pictured as the
Holy Guardian Angel on Key 14.
I. 42"d Shem ha-Mephorash. "Virtue of God,
House of God, Like unto God." For safety of
travel and the discovery of conspiracies. Person
born under the influence: concerned with
political affairs, diplomatic. Negative influence:
treacheries, false news, malevolence. see
Appendix 10.