Gematria - Sepher Sapphires Volume 1.pdf

The Angel of Light, or Lucifer (Light-bearer).
fSD decrees; prophetic sayings; words.
&O a ladder; staircase. Specifically the ladder
mentioned in Jacob's dream, in Genesis 28:12:
"And he dreamed, and behold a ladder was set
upon the earth, and the top of it reached to
heaven; and behold the angels of God were
ascending and descending on it." Compare with
the Tree of Life which is a ladder with rings, or a
staircase with graded steps of consciousness.
1. "A symbol of the soul's path from the lower
nature (earth) to the higher nature (Heaven). The
'angels' ascending are the aspiration, and those
descending are the divine responses to the soul.
'Jacob' represents the natural man turning to the
Lord-the ideal within. He sleeps upon a stone,
that is, he relies upon the spirit within." [Gaskell,
198 1, p. 439.1
'2'0 Mountain where Moses received Laws (i.e.
the decrees). "From the correspondence of
'ladder' and 'Sinai', we learn that the ladder to
heaven i.e. Jacob's ladder-is provided by the law
given on Sinai." [Godwin. 1999, p. 518.1 see
Exodus 19:2.
Pillars, columns [Job 26:l I]. (Jachin and
Boaz on Key 2). The Pillar of mercy is that of
light. The Pillar of severity is that of darkness.
All creation is a mixture and equilibrium of
Light and Darkness.
With thee [Psalm 36:9]. In the passage
cited, the Psalmist says, "with thee is the
fountain of Life," and though he uses another
noun for "fountain," the idea expressed is related
to the word f?, which means well, spring,
fountain, as well as eye, outer appearance. see
780,358, 830, 1 7.
fB "lest"; a removing, hence-that not (as a
warning). In Genesis 3:22 "Then IHVH Elohim
said 'behold, the man [D'M] has become like one
of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he
put forth his hand, and take also of the Tree of
Life, and eat, and live forever. (23) Therefore
IHVH Elohim sent him forth from the Garden of
Eden, to till the ground from whence he was
taken." see 780.
"The face of anything whatsoever, the front of a
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thing, that which is presented first to the view:
That which strikes, astonishes, frightens: every
idea of presence, conversion, consideration,
observations, etc. The aspect of a person, his
countenance, face, mein, air, sad or serene, mild
or irritated: action of turning the face, to turn,
expressed by the relations before, in the presence
oJ from before, etc. Action causing the face to
turn, expressed by beware! NO! Lest! for fear of!
etc. That which imposes by its aspect: aprince, a
leader; a star, a ruby, a tower, etc. That which is
the cause of disturbance, of hesitation. [d701ivet,
1976, pp. 427-428.1
kJp swift, light, fleet. In Isaiah 5:26: "He lifts up
a banner for the distant nations, he whistles for
those at the ends of the earth. here they come,
swiftly and speedily.
"The root T?, image of that which is undefined,
vague, unformed, united by contraction to the
directive sign, 3, produces a root which
designates that which is deprived of consistency
and form; sound, voice, wind, but, if the same
root is conceived as formed by the union of the
compressive sign i), with the root 5~ image of
all elevation and all superior force, it expresses
then the action of roasting, parching, etc.
kJp Every idea of lightness, rapidit),, velocity:
that which is attenuated, slender, thin: without
consistency; of little value; vile, cowardly,
infamous. Voice, sound." [d701ivet, 1976,
pp. 44 1 -442.1
703 to appoint. In Psalm 2:6: "I have appointed
my king over Zion, my holy mountain. see 140.
DD3 Nemem. 57th Shem ha-Mephorash, short
form. see 145 & Appendix 10.
701 a pouring out, libation. In Numbers 15:5:
"And a fourth part of hin of wine for a drink
offering shall you offer with the burnt offering or
sacrifice, for one lamb." With different pointing:
molten image in Isaiah 485: "1 have made them
known to you from of old; before they came to
pass I declared them to you, lest you should say,
my idols did them; and by graven images and my
molten images have saved me."
CR, GK TA, 10, RC, B, GG, PD (Lt). Initials of
the 8 persons who founded the Rosicrucian
Order.