Gematria - Sepher Sapphires Volume 1.pdf

Alkoshite." Of his prophecy it is said: "The
striking pecuniary of Nahum's thought is its
fixed gaze on the enemies of God's chosen
people. The prophet evidently has no fear for the
people themselves. At all events, he alludes
neither to their sin nor to any impending wrath to
be visited upon them. Presumably, the
destruction of Assyria meant to him the
deliverance of Israel from a source of distress
and a menacing danger." [Standard Bible
Dictionary, p.6041
t'U7 3N Father of the multitude or Mob.
Unregulated meditation. "The initial efforts to
control by one-pointed concentration seems to
excite the mind to unwanted activity. As we
attempt to concentrate the mind, the more we
seen to stir up mental images, or a mob of
images." [Paul Case, unpublished notes]
quarrel, dispute. According to Inman, this
is probably derived from '73, mi water or seed,
and 17, Dan, the Judge connected with
alchemical putrefaction and Scorpio. Thus is
signifies "the seed of man".
1. "At first between the old habits of thought and
the new one [of meditation], there is stirred up
considerable dispute. The old ways fight for their
lives and there is no peace." [Paul Case,
unpublished notes] see 133,336,754.
11. With different pointing: Midian; one of the
sons of Abraham by Keturah; later one of a
number of tribes in NW Arabia. In Judges 8:22:
"Then the men of lsrael said unto Gideon, rule
thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy
son's son: for thou has delivered us from the
hand of Midian." Arabia signifies "sterility" in
the Rosicrucian allegory; NW on the cube of
Space is the direction assigned to Lamed,
"Justice". Abraham (254) means "father of a
multitude"; Keturah is "frankincense"; assigned
to the Sun].
~~TID personal belongings. "The intensity [of
thought in meditation] is directed particularly on
the old habits of thought of personal separateness
implied in the word segolah, possessions or
personal belongings; and our thoughts are
continually diverted by being related to
possessions. This is perhaps the primary reason
why people who wish to adopt the contemplative
life find it advantageous to live in voluntary
poverty. Possessing little or nothing, they are no
so easily diverted from their meditations." [Paul
Case, unpublished notes] see 98.
070 Sodom; "burning, conflagration". The
Biblical city which was destroyed by God
because of its perversity. Samekh (alchemical
incineration, 162) added to dam [44] blood. In
Genesis 18:26: "And the Lord said, if I find in
Sodom fifty righteous men within the City, then
I will spare all the place for their sake." Note 50
is Nun, the "fish , which is hooked by Tzaddi,
and burned by Samekh. It represents
transformation, and represents Fire in alchemy.
I. "Meditation burns out the old way of thinking
and doing even as the fire from heaven destroyed
Sodom." [Paul Case, unpublished notes] see 44,
60 (Samekh) 3 15,664,385.
11. Inman: (Genesis 13: 1 O), Is probably a variant
of Siddim. Furst suggest that it means 'an
enclosed place.' [Ancient Faiths, Vol. 2, p.7471
n?lD giving up, presenting, remitting.
"...meditation is successful to the degree that one
surrenders himself utterly to the influx of the
higher consciousness, presents his whole
personality as a living sacrifice, and rids himself
of all sense of being anything other than a
steward of what the world counts as possessions,
mental and physical." [Paul Case, unpublished
notes]
n3'l and breathed (into his nostrils). Also nB'
"breathing, puffing out." see 98 and Genesis 2:7.
p7 fine, slender, lean, see 5 10.
13N + lapis. This combination of the Hebrew
and Latin words for Stone occurs often in secret
writings of the western tradition. see 5 1, 53, 754.
Lux Mundi (Lt). Light of the World. The opening
of the third eye brings illumination the radiance
around the hanged man's head in Key 12.
Heirophant (Lt). One who expounds sacred
things; an initiatory priest. From Greek tspo-
+avzys. Often specifically the chief priest of the
Eleusinain mysteries. He was always one of the
Eumolpides (sweet-singing, singing well), a
family of priestly singers, 9 of whom wee rulers
of religious and civic affairs.