Gematria - Sepher Sapphires Volume 1.pdf

off his head, and burn it on the altar; and the
blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of
the altar." Metathesis of ?~?2 wand (Mercury).
Suggest the dedication of the "head", seat of
Mercury to sacrifice impurities in the
subconsciousness (blood and altar). Note that
Lamed (directing-power, goad) comes before
Qoph (sleep, Pisces, organization of body-cells).
See also Leviticus 5:8.
"3~5. To the eyes, in their eyes. see Genesis
23:ll.
f')?D fountain, spring; source, origin. In Song
of Solomon 4:12: "You are a garden locked up
[enclosed], my bride, my sister, you are a spring
enclosed, a sealed fountain." (53 spring, is also
used Ayin = Eye, fountains, outward appearance.
) see 1496, 53, 70.
f3ft Cloud, a cloud (as covering the sky),
thundercloud. In Exodus 13:21: "By day the
Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to
guide them of their way and bynight in a pillar of
fire to give them light, so that they could travel
by day or night." With different pointing: 1. to
brings clouds, cover with clouds; 2. to use
enchantments; to practice magic.
)?B1 the bright one, the beautiful one [Joshua
10:3]. Amorite king of Lachish ("the invincible")
conquered and slain by Joshua. Typifies the
external shows of materialism, and is ruler of the
kingdom which believes material wealth and
power to be invincible. see 370, 935, 56, 321,
170. 216.
~'5'02 thick ones, hence fools. Also strong
ones, giants, hence the constellation Orion [the
hunter], conceived of by the ancients as a giant
bound upon the sky; constellations generally, as
in Isaiah 13: 10: "The stars of heaven and their
constellations will not show their light. The
rising sun will be darkened and the moon will
not give its light." see 730.
w3 Naomi, mother-in-law of Ruth. In Ruth
1 :2: "And the name of the man was Elimelek,
and the name of his wife Naomi ["my
pleasantness"] ..." This is the derivative of By3
Noam, beauty, loveliness, pleasantness. see 160.
DO bowl, dish, cup. The cup is the magical
instrument symbolizing tlie purifying qualities of
"water" or mental substance. In Judges 6:38:
"And that is what happened. Gideon rose early
the next day; he squeezed the fleece and wrung
out the dew-a bowlful of water."
~ W P idol [bull] in Exodus 20:4. Inman: The
word signifies 'to shape, or form'; also any image
'graven or molten,' but principally an idolatrous
figure. A vast majority of these were phallic
emblems; and the organ of the bull, which
formerly was used to inflict punishment, as the
bamboo and cat-o'-nine-tails are now, goes by
the name 'pizzle.' [Inman, 1942, Vol. 2., p. 4721
P m pillars, columns; perpendiculars (i.e.
balances). see 120
O ~ balance, B scale. In Isaiah 40:20: "Who has
measured the waters in the hollow of his hand,
and meted out heaven with the span, and
comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure,
and weighted the mountains in scales, and the
hills in a balance?" And in Proverbs 16: 1 1 : "A
just weight and balance are the Lord's: all the
weights of the bag are his work."
fOP Nisah, tlie first montli of the Jewish
calendar [or seventh, if counting from the new
year]. Corresponding to March- April and is
similar to the time period ruled by Aries in the
zodiac, and thus to alchemical calcination. In
Nehemiah 2: 1 : "And it came to pass in the month
of Nisan ... that ... 1 took up the wine and gave it
to the king." Also mentioned in [Esther 3:7]
called 7'm iVa, "month or ears" in the
Pentateuch.
PEm Master of the Nose. Connected
with smell, with discrimination and with Gemini,
ruled by Mercury. the path of the Tree of Life
(Zain) links the sphere of Saturn (Binah) and Sun
(Tiphareth). He who is master of discrimination
will change Jacob into Israel, will direct the
regenerative current from Saturn to Sun, and will
not rely on the comforters of the flesh-he will
allow the beloved (David) to send his "servants"
(Elohim or forces) to search the city (microcosm)
for the corner-stone, which is the "pinnacle", or
Mercury center.
Nequaquam vacuum (Lt). nowhere a vacuum,
not at all a void. The first of four mottos on the