Gematria - Sepher Sapphires Volume 1.pdf

the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his
brother, and slew him."
I. "And Kain declared his thought, unto Habel
his brother; and they were existing together in
productive Nature: and Kain (violent centralizer)
rose up (was materialized) against Habel (gentle,
pacific liberator) his brother, and slew him
(conquered his forces)." [d'olivet, 1976, p. 322.1
11. He comments: IT-PN, the self-sameness of
Kain ... Need I speak of the importance that the
people of the orient have attached to proper
names, and of which deep mysteries their sages
have often hidden beneath the names? ... Moses is
the one of the writers of antiquity, who has
developed most subtly the art of composing
proper names... Moses has often been obliged to
throw over them a veil, that I ought and wish to
respect. Although I might perhaps give the literal
word, I shall not do so. I inform my reader of
this in order that he may be watchful: for if he
desire it, nothing shall prevent him from
knowing.
The root of the name Kain is fi), which is
composed of the eminently compressive and
trenchant sign p, and that of produced being f. It
develops the idea of strongest compression and
of most centralized existence: in the proper name
under consideration, it is presented animated by
the sign of manifested power: thus IT, Cain
signijj the strong; the powerful, the rigid, the
vehement, and also the central, that which serves
as basis, rule, measure; that which
agglomerates, appropriates, seizes,
comprehends, assimilates with itself: It is in this
last sense that Moses appears to have represented
it in the verb which follows." [I did center,
'rrl?]. [Hebrew Tongue Restored, pp. 122- 1231
111. "A symbol of the center of the personalitythe
I am I feeling in the lower mind, which
causes the illusion of separateness, and
represents the lower self. .. The sense of self and
separateness supervises the growth of the lower
desires which spring form the lower nature ... and
the lower self, the personal '1', now gains the
power necessary for its evolution, and contrives
to obscure the love element in the soul. The
'death of Abel' occurs when the higher general
motive of live gives place to the dawn of
individuality on the astral and mental planes."
[Gaskell, 1981, p. 18, 136.1
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1V. Swedenborg: "By 'Cain' is signified faith
separate from love. A 'tiller of the ground' is one
who is without charity, whatever pretensions he
may make to faith which when separated form
love is no faith." [Arcana Coelestia].
V. Jacob Boehme: "Cain, whereby is understood
in the language of nature, a source out of the
center of the fiery desire, a self-full will of the
fiery might of the soul." [Mysterium Magnum,
p.1663
VI. The Zohar [1:54A]: "Cain was the nest (qina)
of the evil habitations which came into the world
from the evil side." (P. 172)
VII. "Qaheen, being YHWH itself, incarnate but
in a state of amnesia, worships an image of itself,
which he projects, thereby creating a distance
between himself and himself. Since this form of
worship reflects a lack of self-knowledge, it is
rejected.
This drama is at the core of human experience.
We are told that Christ is within, or that there is
an Atman, immortally soul or essence within us.
Instead of plunging into that living life, what do
we do? We worship a picture of what we
supposes it is, which cannot be but a projection
of its shell or container. [Suraes, 1992, p. 137.1
[Then] Qaheen understands its message. He
becomes the container of timeless life; and, as
such, he goes toward Hevel-man conditioned
according to his time and location-and speaks to
him, although their separation has already taken
place. But Hevel cannot understand; he cannot
even hear Qaheen's parable, and he dissolves into
what he essentially is: a bladder of blood. This
blood is drunk by the female, earth. The text
does not say that Qaheen slays Hevel: it says that
he is yaqam, meaning elevated, raised, exalted
above him.
So YHWH and Qaheen look for Hevel and do
not find him. There is only that pool of blood,
which Adamah [50] the enormous female-to-be-
conquered, is drinking. And it is the curse of this
female which is upon Qaheen. It is preposterous
to think that he is cursed by 'God'. On the
contrary, it is written: Therefore, whosoever
slays Cain, vengeance (of IHVH) shall be taken
on him sevenfold [Genesis 4:15]. Qaheen will
always re-emerge seven times more strongly: his
number is 7: f p, it is an intense life, terrifying to