Gematria - Sepher Sapphires Volume 1.pdf

as emblematic of the christhood. That which is
born in darkness must die on the cross of
suffering. [Waite, 1993, p. 201
Vl3" '2% W Ah, Lord Jehovah [Jeremiah
32: 171.
;If= faithfulness, firmness, steadfastness,
trust, faith, religion, confidence. A significant
word in the higher grade of Free Masonry. In
Deuteronomy 32:4: "For his works are perfect,
and all his was are just; he is a faithful God and
without iniquity, just and upright is he. And in
[Isaiah 25:1] "0 Lord, thou art my God; I will
praise your name; for you have done wonderful
things, and given faithful counsel from afar,
amen. "
72~5~ our God [Deuteronomy 6:4]. Part of the
Shema. "Hear, o Israel: the Lord our God, the
Lord is One."
;If= 3X' to place, to station; to continue. As
an Aramaic noun: to speak truly, truth.
'3 grace, splendor; glory. With different
pointing: stag, deer, gazelle see 3, 12, 21, 30, 39,
48,66, 75,84,93, 1 1 1.
33 a dry measure of capacity; crutch; to curse.
In 2 Kings 6:25: "There was a great famine in the
city [of Samaria]; the siege lasted so long that a
donkey head sold for 80 shekels of silver, and a
fourth of a qab of seed pods for 5 shekels."
"The onomatopoetic root , united by
contraction to the sign of interior activity 3,
expresses all rejection, expurgation. Literally, it
is an excavation; figuratively, an anathema, a
malediction.
But if one considers here the figure 3, as being
contracted with the root X, then the root 3iJ
characterizes every object capable of and
containing every kind of measure: Literally,
genitalia muliebra; figuratively a badplace.
The Arabic root expressing every effort that one
makes to cut, carve, sharpen. It characterizes, in
general, that which retrenches or is retrenched;
thence, the idea of a price, a magistrate; of any
man or any thing which operate a line of
demarcation. The Arabic designates again, the
principal sound of the musical system, the
keynote." [d'olivet, 1976, pp. 438-439.1
5
Baal. Lord, Master, possessor, owner,
proprietor; husband, the Canaanite God Ball.
With different vowel points: to rule over, be
married, have sexual intercourse. see 543,581.
~53 Bela, a king of Edom. to possess; lands,
government [Crowley, 1977, p. 161. Edom
signifies unbalanced force and is associated with
the sphere of Daath (474). Note that this word is
a metathesis of 5~3. see 51 and Genesis 36:32.
175 YIP( The white goose. White is connected
with the Moon. see 57.
D m 13 Ben Ha-Adam. The Son of Man. A
Title applied to Christ. throughout the New
Testament. Hebrew spelling. see 2960 (Greek).
17h veil; the first of seven heavens of the Tree
of Life, corresponding to Yesod, the astral and to
Malkuth, the physical plane. see 752, 80,496.
IhX12 concupiscibills; strong sexual desire,
covetousness, eagerly desiring, endeavoring
after, aiming at [Crowley, 1977, p. 161. This is
the positive attitude of an aspirant on the paths of
return. This word does not occur in scripture or
in the Hebrew lexicon.
d'Olivet says of the first two letters: ;U. "If one
considers this root as formed of the united signs
of produced existence, and elementary existence,
it implies a movement which leads toward an
end: If one considers it is formed of this same
sign of produced existence united by contraction
to the root m, image of all equilibratory force, it
furnishes the idea of that perfect repose which
result for a thing long time agitate contrarily, and
the point of equilibrium which it attains where it
dwells immobile. Thence, n2, in the first case,
and in a restricted sense, a guide: In the second
case, and in a general sense, the repose of
existence." [d'olivet, 1976, p. 399.1 Of % he
writes: "The sign of exterior action, being united
to that of elementary division, constitutes that
root which come all ideas of measure,
dimension, mensuration, commensurable extent,
and in a metaphorical sense, those of custom,