Gematria - Sepher Sapphires Volume 1.pdf

3-3-E3-9 Vav-Teth-Nun-Tzaddi. the fixed signs
of the zodiac. Symbolized by the living creatures
which are shown in the comers of Keys 10 and
2 1. see 564 Latin.
?%Jq yanheleni. He leads me. In Psalm 23:2:
"He leads me beside the still waters ..." Paul
Case adds this note in the margin: he leads me =
he reveals his secret = secret of secrets = the
faithful friend. see 55, 654.
mp rising, raising, erection.
m5~ "the concealed and saving." 4th shem
ha-Mephorash. Associated with the 4th quinance
of Leo; angel by night of the 6 of Wands
[Tiphareth of Atziluth] or the central Ego on the
archetypal plane. see 140 & Appendix 10.
"One of the 8 Seraphim of the Tree of Life in the
Book of Yetzirah [Book of Formation], an angel
(one of 72) bearing the mystical name of God
Shemhamphorae. Elemiah rules over voyages
and maritime expeditions. His corresponding
angel is Senacher." [Davidson, 1971, p. 104.1 see
700.
PT'lW Mf "(my beloved is) white and ruddy."
[Canticles 5:11]. An alchemical allusion to the
white and red stages of the great work. see 715,
1706 (Greek).
0330 Sanahem. Lord of triplicity by day for
Leo. the guardian support (Samekh) of the seed
of change (Nun) constituted (Heh) into stability
(Mem). Godwin Spelling, see 108 for S.S.
spelling.
HI37 the beard
I. S.D.: "The beard of truth. (That is, now
follows a description of the beard of
Macroprosopus, and its 13 parts, which are made
fully described in the Idra Rabba)."
["The beard is the influx which descends from
the first sephira through all the others.
Macroprosopus is of course.. . the first Sephira,
Kether, or the crown: also called the Ancient
One."] [Mathers, 1993, p. 661. see 78.
arcanum arcanorum (Lt). secret of secrets. "The
Kingdom (Malkuth) is here, though it is truly the
Kingdom of the skies, and its secret has to do
with embodiment, that is to day, with the right
knowledge of what bodies are, and what they are
for." [Secret Symbols page 201. see 564.
aureum seculum (Lt). the Golden Age. Part of
the title of an alchemical treatise included in
Secret Symbols (page 20).
libertas evangelii (Lt). the liberty of the Gospels.
In the Fama Fraternitatis written round the
circle containing the picture of an eagle, or
Scorpio-water (see 564).
"...it refers to the 'good news of freedom' which
is the burden of the New Testament. That 'good
news' has for its essential principle the idea
represented by the name Jesus, which means 'the
nature of reality is to set free'. Jesus and Joshua
are two forms of the same name, and the Old
Testament tells us that Joshua, who succeeded
Moses as leader of the children of Israel, was the
son of Nun. That is, his father's name was the
same as the name of the letter connected by
Qabalists with the sign Scorpio. Just as the
leadership of Joshua follows that of Moses, so
does the fulfillment of the ancient law by Jesus
succeed its earlier manifestations of sacrifice.
similarly, after preliminary purifications of yoga
and alchemy (The yoke of the Law, [see 1131)
comes the liberation of the good news which is
heard by the initiate through the transmutation of
the Scorpio energies. Thus the Rosicrucian
allegory tells us that when brother C.R.C. had
overcome the feebleness of his body during his
stay of Damascus [444] he heard of the wise men
at Damcar [264], went to their temple, and
received from them good news, not only as to the
significance of events that had happened while
he was yet in the closter of the sense-life, but
also concerning the true meaning of the world of
nature. This good news is associated with the
eagle, as a symbol of the regenerated activities of
the Scorpio force, connected with the element of
water, always a symbol of purification. Hence
we find the alchemist directing their pupils to
wash the matter many times, and then, say they,
the great wonder will appear to you. Similarly,
when this purification is accomplished we have
borrowed strength from the eagle, and have eyes
with which to see and recognize the great truth
that every thing in our environment works for
liberty, and not for human bondage." [Case,
1985, p. 125.1 see 326, 106,700, 50.