Gematria - Sepher Sapphires Volume 1.pdf

PVf B their faces. Leviticus 9:24.
l&Jp his refuge. Numbers 35:25:
TP Letter name Qoph. back of head; ape, eye
of a needle. For alternative spelling. Associated
with the Corporal Intelligence and Key 18 of the
Tarot. The medulla oblongata is located in the
back of the head which controls the must
fundamental functions of our body like
respiration and body temperature. Therefore the
Corporeal Intelligence is the consciousness that
shapes bodies and rearranges our structure. In
this connection remember the importance of
breath control during meditation. see 180, 739.
TO'B an increase, an addition; additional
service, offering prayer; attachment, ruin. The
idea behind this is that through testing and
experiment man adds to the means at his service
for the mastery of circumstance.
flN flM MN flN One stone and no stone.
see 53, 156.
913 1% A stone of stumbling; a rock to fall
over. In Isaiah it refers to Tetragrammaton of
Host [mar m] as a sanctuary. In the New
Testament [I Peter 2:8], the "stone of stumbling"
is identified with the foundation stone which is
the pinnacle stone. It is the identification of the
son with the father. This is the basic meaning of
Key 14. All tests and trials afford experimental
evidence of this identity. The stumbling-block to
right thinking about this one identity is to be
sought in misinterpretations of sense-experience.
I. Isaiah 8:14: "and he will be a sanctuary; but
for both houses of Israel he will a stone that
causes men to stumble and a rock tham makes
them fall.. ."
11. "Corporeal Intelligence is the aggregate cell-
consciousness of the physical body. This is often
a stone of stumbling to those who do not know
the objective of physical existence." [Paul Case,
unpublished notes]
Ot(?B place, locality, dwelling-place; stand,
existence, substance. This is directly related to
the meaning of the letter name Samekh, a tent
peg (120). Misunderstanding of the function of
the corporeal intelligence is a great cause of
error, which has its roots in a misconception of
the significance of "place" or "locality," and of
the true inwardness of what seems to be increase
or addition. As Jacob said, "surely the Lord is in
this place, and I knew it not." Body-
consciousness is the Life-power self-knowledge
of form. In Exodus 2 1 : 13: "And if a man lie not
in wait, but God's deliver him into his hand; then
I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee."
See 1 Kings 8:30.
I. Maqom a place, is a reference that the great
work has definite location in time and space. It is
the utilization of an energy which is out of time-
space. It is by bringing the powers of that which
is now the unknown, into specific, localized
expression that adeptship is attained. But few
there be who do not stumble over this 'stone' of
material existence, and even the builders have
sometimes rejected it. [Paul Case, unpublished
notes]
11. The Book of Concealed Mystery: "the balance
hangs in the P P ([place]-a place on which
something stands or exist, a location) which is
1% (not)."
111. Note that by this is hinted that maqom = Ain
(61). This is the same as what St. Peter is
reported as saying in the Cleminine Homilies:
"The place of God is that-which-is-not." Ain is
the unmanifest point or the center. [see Isaac
Myer, The Qabalah, p.1183 Itself is a needle.
Jesus said that is was easier for a rich man [i.e.
materialistically inclined) man to enter the
kingdom of heaven than for a camel (Gimel) to
pass through the eye of a needle. The "back of
the head" is like to Ain [see Book of Tokens].
The practice of habitual imagery through
concentration to bring about body
responsiveness to higher frequencies of light is
hindered by the inertia of the "monkey" mind,
which will not be still, but persistence brings
results.
1Jt0'3 probation, trial, testing, proving by
experiment. The adjective is derived from 17'01,
nisawyun, meaning "trial, temptation, test,
experiment, experience." Probation or trial,
signifies the testing of the ideas and innovations
suggested by the imagination. see 60, 176,536.