Gematria - Sepher Sapphires Volume 1.pdf

suggest imbalance and excess.
adherence to the customs, taboos, or conventio~ls
of a particular historical period, or those
Dg3V You that shall cleave in the accepted by some group of persons. see 1 16, 77
Lord. In Deuteronomy 4:4: "But all of you who (Lt).
held fast to the ~ord your God are still alive
today." see 26, 220, 1 89. variant spelling.
Sal Philosophorum (Lt). Salt of the Philosophers.
He who is Master of Verity acts from knowledge
Maplap. Mariam (Gr). The name of the 6
Christian women named Mary [Strong's Bible
of principle, and the deposit of this knowledge
within him is the true salt of the philosophers.
Dictionary]. see 656, 744 (Greek).
"Know that the salt of which Geber speaks (89)
has none of the special properties of salt, and yet
193 (prime)
is called a Salt, and is a Salt. It is black and fetid,
and when chemically prepared, assumes the
appearance of blood, and is at length rendered
white, pure, and clear. It is a good and precious
1DN 5 ~ 2 Master of verity or Master of
knowledge. Title of Rosicrucian Grade of
Practicus (3=8). One proficient in the sphere of
Hod. Suggests that the object of practice is to
confirm or verify knowledge gained in earlier
grades, in order to establish that intelligent faith
Salt which, by its own operation, if first impure
and then pure. It dissolves and coagulates itself,
or, as the Sage says, it locks and unlocks itself.
No Salt has this property but the Salt of the
Sages." [Waite, 1974, vol. 1, p. 1761 see 28, 165
(Lt).
which links personal consciousness to the higher
planes of perception. One verifies by direct
experience the essential unity of all things in the
midst of diversity by separating "the subtle from
the Gross" with the aid of Mercury. see 15.
Tinctura Coelestis (Lt). Celestial Tincture. It is
also true celestial tincture premeating all his
vehicles with the heavenly wisdom. see 96, 97
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113 'It' fY Zain-Yod-Nun. The value of the
letter-name Zain spelled in full. Faithful practice
of 3=8 ritual which makes one a 'Master of
Verity' is, in effect, the result of the fullest
possible use of the powers of discrimination,
which are represented by the occult meanings of
the letter Zain. These powers, it should be noted,
are held to be under the rule of Mercury; and
Mercury's sphere of action is the Sephirah Hod,
to which the Grade of Practicus is attributed. see
7, 67, 100 Latin.
Frateres Aureae Crucis (Lt). Brothers of the
Golden Cross. All persons who really fulfill the
ideals of the Grade of Practicus are entitled to be
so called; and it is partly on this account that
these ideas are associated with the solar or
golden cross of 13 squares is associated with the
Grade. see 79,47,67 (Lt).
PhiIosphia Moralis (Lt). Moral philosophy. The
main object of study in this grade. Here it must
be understood: 1) That in more ancient usage,
'philosophia' had the do, primarily, with
experimental investigation; and 2) that the basis
of occult 'morality' is faithful obedience to the
actual laws of God, rather than outward
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32 Tzedek. Jupiter, The sky father. As a verb
Tzedek means: to be just, be righteous, to be in
the right; be justified, be just, prosperity. The 2lSt
Path of Kaph. Roserlroth in K.D.L.C.K. (p. 656)
gives: Justita and cites Isaiah 1 :21. 32 Tzedek.:
"See how the faithful city [i.e. Jerusalem] has
become a harlot! She once was full of justice;
righteousness used to dwell in her-but now
murderers!" see 986.
Wli) '1W Em Hu El qana. He (is) a jealous God
[Deuteronomy 4:24]. The esoteric meaning rests
on what amounts to a pun. In Hebrew qana,
jealous and with different vowel points it means:
to own, to possess, to set a measure to are almost
identical in sound, and are also related in
derivation. The Divine jealousy is like that of all
strong powers in the universe. The more truly we
measure the forces with which we are working
and the more completely we comply with the
principles and laws revealed by such
measurement, the more perfect is our