Gematria - Sepher Sapphires Volume 1.pdf

letter Nun, which is also the last letter of f3N
and of 1%; and a sign of the 50 gates of Binah.
Nun links the Sphere of the Sun to the Sphere of
Venus. In gun you see the whirling motion of
Kether descending to the Sphere of the Sun, and
projecting itself into the Sphere of Venus.
Ayden is the garden of the Magician (Key 1); and
the soil of that garden is identical with eben, the
Stone. Thus the Stone and the Garden are m'8,
the Mother, because B'N and fa are one in
numeration. See C.17, 53, & 52.
W ~ B [than all] my teachers. In Psalm 119:99
Mem: "I have more understanding than all my
teacher: for thy testimonies are my meditation."
The root of the word is %5, lamed. see 1 14.
'7335-7533 with all thy heart. In
Deuteronomy 30:2: "And shall return unto the
Lord thy God, and shall obey his voice according
to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy
children, with all thy heart, and with all thy
soul." see 604, 12 17 (Greek), 32, 50.
fjm John; "God the gracious", or "favored by
IH Yah." The book of Revelations of John the
divine links Eden with the Holy City or New
Jerusalem. see 1 1 19 (Greek).
leoitah. stuffing with food, fattening.
lOVl an oak; hardness. [Note OW in the
Lexicon: to pity, have pity. Perhaps relates to the
Tree of Life planted in the Garden]
5N'j'p Oghiel, Gohgiel. The cortex of the
Qlippoth of Chokmah.
5 ~ personal 2 ~ noun, masculine. "Accident of
God". (From Latin ad + cadere, a be-falling).
Angel petitioned in ritual prayer for fulfillment
of the invocants desires.
bene serviendo (Lt). well in serving. To serve
well in the performance of the Great Work is a
"delight".
Magnum Opus (Lt). The Great Work. The
alchemical operation which transmutes and
regenerates the consciousness of man,
transforming it into the "stone of the wise" Then
are the Father (Chokmah) and Son (Tiphareth)
said to be in "perfect union" at the inner center.
"The objective (Of the Great Work) is the new
birth as one of the sons of the doctrine.
Meditation is the process. it is the physiological
demonstration of a see-idea." Passion purified
(Key 8) becomes compassion. see 6 1,63.
The alchemists say the Magnum Opus is
"woman's work," and even our speech uses the
words "travail" and "labor" for birth. This Work
does not have to do with genetics. It is by a
second birth within the heart.
The force that is used is the Scorpio power; but
in each human personality, for flesh and blood
cannot inherit the Kingdom, nor can it be
transmitted by genetic processes to posterity.
Never will the race evolve into the 5th Kingdom.
Every person must transmute his own lead into
gold. Evolution is a genetic process. The
Magnum Opus goes beyond this.
The Great Work transmutes the Microcosm into
the Macrocosm. The Microcosm is illusory. It
does not exist. Cosmic consciousness is truly
Nirvana, or extinction. Thus the Great Work
brings us to the place of God at the Center, that
is, Tiphareth - in heart, not in head.
Thus in all alchemical transmutation the genetic
process is inhibited, as one may see from all
texts of alchemy, magic and yoga. There is no
more oft-repeated statement than this. Thus all
the Rosicrucians of the first circle were
"bachelors of vowed virginity."
Remember that the Sons of the Doctrine are
never to be so much suspected as when they
write most openly. Remember also, that they
said also that some of them had children to
whom they could not pass on their mysteries.
Evidently "vowed virginity" is not simply
celibacy, or else priests and nuns would also be
adepts, and they are not.
Understand that if the Scorpio force is used for
generation it cannot be used for the Great Work.
Used it may be, in several ways; but whatever
the special regimen, it always excludes physical
procreation. In Tibet this is well-known, as it is
in the Western School. The objective is the new
birth as one of the Sons of the Doctrine.
Meditation is the process. It is the physiological
demonstration of a seed-idea, and the names
D%, fa 750 are the statement of that idea.