Gematria - Sepher Sapphires Volume 1.pdf

5~25f 2 1" Shem ha-Mephorash. "God unique
and alone." Against calumniators and spells and
for the destruction of evil spirits. Governs:
astronomy, mathematics, geography and all
abstract sciences. Positive influence: loves
poetry, literature, avid for study. Negative:
ignorance, errors, prejudice.
Angel of the 2"d decanate and 3'* quinance of
Scorpio and attributed to the 6 of Cups. see
Appendix 10.
JEMS' The Sentinel of the 2oth Path (Tunnel)
of Yod on the Inverse Tree of Life.
I. The 2oth Tunnel is under the aegis of Yamatu,
his number, 131, is the number of Samael, a
name of Satan or Set as Guardian of the
Threshold. It is also the number of Pan and of
Baphomet, the idol adored of the Templars.
8'1732, meaning 'her foundation or fundament',
a symbol of the kteis, also adds to 13 1, as well as
)?=. Note that 131 + 535 (the number of
kteis) = 666, the number of the Beast. This is
confirmed by the fact that ftm, the son [i.e.
Set] of Typhon, also adds up to 13 1.
The sigil of Yamatu is a secret cypher of Set. It
exhibits the inverted cross which signifies the
downward passage or crossing into Amenta.
The astro-glyph of the 20Ih Path is Virgo, and its
threshold is the kteis of the Virgin guarded by
Samael. Its magical formula is that of 'virile
force reserved' i.e. Karezza, which comports a
build-up of sexual energy for magical purposes
but without final release. This is a perfectly
legitimate magical formula and one which may
be used in connection with the formula
described in connection with the previous kala.
Immortality in the flesh is one of the aims of the
Black Brothers. The idea arose not only from the
natural urge to protect the ego from the impact of
death, with its consequent disruption of
conscious identity, but also from a mis-
interpretation of the doctrine of the Death
Posture exemplified by the Cult of the Mummy
in ancient Khem. In this connection, Michael
Bertiaux - writing on Astral Machines -refers to
magicians who endeavoured to achieve
immorality on the astral plane. He observes:
Instruments like this [an 'the Astral Condenser']
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insulate against the changes of time, and it has
been known that such instruments have been
used by occultists to preserve themselves, or
hold themselves on the astral plane against the
onward tide of evolution.
The Theosophist Leadbeater deplored this
practice as a form of black magic. It is a typical
example of the magic favored by occultists who
habitually haunt the Tunnel of Yamatu.
Narcissus, the flower ascribed to this tunnel,
yields a key to the nature of the formula of
sexual magick associated with it, which, in its
dark aspect reflects Karezza as a sterile spending
of magical force. This is confirmed by the letter
Yod being regarded as sacred to Yamatu. Yod
means a 'hand' and to this tunnel qabalists ascribe
the Order of Qliphoth known as the Tzaphiriron,
meaning 'The Scratchers'.
The Light, or secret seed, concealed within the
body suggests the idea of invisibility and this is
the magical siddhi attributed to this ray, as also is
parthenogenesis [ the Virgo-Virgin symbolism].
The work of the Black Brothers thus belongs
naturally in the Tunnel of Yamatu where the
seed, spilt in a sterile act, renders the body bereft
of light and therefore 'invisible'. It was the object
of the New Light Sect to retain the light within,
thus defying death and achieving immortality in
the flesh.
The deity ascribed to this ray is Hoor-paar-Kraat,
the Egyptian original of the Greek god of Silence
and Strength [i.e. latent sexuality], Harpocrates.
He was frequently depicted on the monuments as
a child squatting upon a lotus with thumb or
forefinger (both emblems of the phallus) pressed
against its lips in the mudra of 'not uttering a
word'.
The Tarot Trump attributed to this ray is that of
the Hermit who carries the lamp and staff
symbolic of the hidden light, or the light
expressed in darkness. He is the Magus of the
Voice of Power, but in his qliphotic reflex he
becomes the utterer of the Word of Death
imprisoned in the corpse and not permitted to
realize its identity with Space (cosmic
consciousness).
To be trapped in this tunnel is to suffer the death
in life of petrifaction. The typical disease is
paralysis, and the inclusion of 'all anaphrodisiacs'
among the list of Vegetable Drugs ascribed to