Gematria - Sepher Sapphires Volume 1.pdf

weapon of Set, the opener of the Mother. In the
language of the secret gnosis Set is identical with
his mother, hence his name Sept or Set, means
seven. The number seven indicated the time for
resuming sexual relations with the woman, and,
in the symbology of the later Mysteries, it was
attributed to the goddess Venus petzach, the
shere of Venus is the 7th Sephiroth]." [Grant,
1994, p. 102.1
VI. "Living from that will, supported by its
unfailing wisdom and understanding, mine is the
Victorious patzach] life." [7'h saying of the
Pattern on the Trestleboard]
7 Zain, Zayin. Weapon, sword. A sword is an
instrument of division and cleavage. It is the
active principle in overcoming inimical entities
or forces. Zain is found on the Tarot Key 6, The
Lovers associated with the principle of
discrimination and the sign Gemini ruled by
Mercury.
I. Rabbi Munk: ... it is no coincidence that the
letter Zain is the symbolic representative of both
sustenance and armament. The two concepts are
related to each other. The letter Zain is shaped
like a spear, indicating that man's sustenance is
obtained by his struggle. [The Wisdom of the
Hebrew Alphabet]
11. "This character as consonant, and is applied
as onomatopoeic means, to all hissing noises, to
all objects which cleave the air. As symbol, it is
represented by the javelin, dart, arrow, that
which tends to an end: As grammatical sign, it is
the demonstrative sign, abstract image of the link
which unites things." [d'olivet, 1976, p. 339.1
Ill. "Zayn is the achievement of every vital
impregnation: this number opens the field of
every possible possibility." [Suraes, 1992, p. 61 .]
1V. Zain is the number seven, the number of
sexual love. This number originally signified the
womb through the symbolism of the Goddess of
the Seven Stars, Ursa Major, the constellation of
the Thigh which typified the birthplace of Light
in the Dark of the Abyss [i.e. the Abyss as the
nightsky or gulf of space]. Seven later became
the number of Venus, the planetary
representative of the Goddess, when the concept
was romanticized and applied to sexual love
between humans as distinct from the primary and
stellar symbolism that signified bestial congress.
Seven thus became synonymous with the
mechanism of sexual polarity symbolized by
Gemini (the letter attributed to which is Zain)
under the influence of Mercury, the masculirle
aspect of Venus or, more correctly, the positive
aspect of the hermaphroditic polarity typified by
the sephiroth Hod and Netzach. Zain is
mystically associated with the yoni, the secret or
hidden eye (ayin) which, together with the letter
'z' - the letter of the serpent -becomes Zayin lor
Zain. Zain is of major importance as being the
S(word) of the Serpent, which is Silence. Hence,
in the most secret Mystery Cults the Aeon of
Zain is said to be devoid of a Word. It is the
silent transmission of sexual energy in polarity
that vibrates the Word in Silence, and that Word
is as a Sword that cleaves the Abyss and it is
heard of No-One. It is said that in the Aeon of
Zain 'humanity is booked for a turn round tlhe
back of the Tree', which explains why no word
will be heard, for there will be No-One (Nun =
the Abyss) to hear it. The subject-object
relationship will have ceased to exist. The
Serpent and the Sword are the dual glyph of this
arcanum and such is the special emblem of Set.
[Grant, 1994, p. 18.1
72 Good fortune, luck, a tribe of Israel [Genesis
30: 1 I], Hebrew tribe associated with Aries.
Attributed to the function of sight, with
calcination, the first stage of the Great work.
Coriander is the name of the Babylonian god of
Good fortune, similar to Jupiter. The path joining
Chesed to Netzach is that of the letter Kaph,
attributed to Jupiter. In astrology Venus is the
Lesser Fortune, as Jupiter is the Greater. The
Life-power always expresses itself in ways that
are good, in forms that are Beneficent. see 10,
44,95,30, 570, 501, 54,331, 830,395.
"The root 82, symbol of that which augmerlts
and extends, united to the sign of abundance
born of division, produces the root gad wha~se
use is to depict that which acts in masses, which
flocks, agitates tumultuously, assails in troops.
Gad. an incursion, an irruption, literally and
figuratively. An incision in anything whatsoev~sr,
a furrow; metaphorically, in the restricted sense,
a kid the sign of Capricorn; etc." [d'olivet,
1976, p. 31 1.1
73N to scatter, to disperse, to lose oneself, to
wander, to be lost, perish, ruined. A word used in
the Old Testament to indicate the "lost sheep of