Gematria - Sepher Sapphires Volume 1.pdf

Goetia: "He is a great Marquis, and appears in
the from of a lion, riding upon a horse mighty
and strong, with a serpent's tail; and he holds in
his right hand two great serpents hissing. His
office is to teach the virtues of the stars, and to
know the mansions of the planets, and how to
understand their virtues. He also transforms men,
and gives dignities, prelacies, and confirmation
thereof; also favor with friends and with foes. He
does govern 30 Legions of Spirits." [Mathers,
1995, p. 591
3 to carry off, to lead captive, to make
prisoner. 1 Kings 8:46: "When they sin against
you (for there is no man that does not sin), and
you be angry with them and deliver them to the
enemy so that they carry them away captives to
the land of their enemies, far and near." (Hear
their prayer and maintain their cause). see 352,
358.
Nttft nothingness, vanity. In Psalm 41:6: "When
they come to see me, they speak falsely (vanity)
and their hearts devise evil; they go out into the
street and gossip about me." Translated "vain" in
Psalm 60:12: "Give us help fiom trouble: for
vain is the help of man. "Deceit" in Job 3 1 :5: "If
I have walked with vanity, or if my foot has
hastened to deceit." "AMictionN in Job 7:3: "So
am I made to possess months of affliction, and
wearisome nights are appointed to me."
5~ Moses's father-in-law. Exodus 2: 18:
"When the girls return to Revel their father, he
asked them, 'why have you returned so early
today?"
~?NDPJ~~W Malkunofat. The Sentinel of the
23rd Path (Tunnel) of Mem on the Inverse Tree
of Life.
I. The 231d kala is under the dominion of
Malkunofat who lies in the depth of the watery
abyss. His number is 307 which is that of rm,
a 'night demon' of the 2"d decanate of Scorpio,
and having therefore an essentially sexual
reference. It is also the number of ~ ~ 1 5 ,
meaning 'to sow', derived from the root m,
'semen'.
There is in this number an element of panic
terror exemplified in the word m, which means
'to make a noise', 'crash', 'be terrible'. It derives
from the Egyptian word shefi, signifying 'terror,
terrify', 'terrible' or 'demon-like'. It is the root of
the name Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction.
These ideas are apparent in the sigil which is in
the form of a portrait of Malkunofat, with the
letters I$IJ descending in that order beside a
downward-pointing arrow. The key to this glyph
lies in the number 61, which is the number of
I$Il. 61 is Ain, meaning 'Not'. Ain is identical
with Ayin, the yoni or eye of the void. According
to Crowley, 61 is 'a number rather like 3 1'. 3 1 is
~ 5 'Not', , and h , 'God', thus identifying the
Absolute with the Void. Ani, the ego, 61, is also
void. 61 is the number of Kali, Goddess of Time
and Dissolution. Her color is black, which
equates her on the one hand with the void of
space, and on the other with the symbolism of
sexual magick typified by the blackness of
gestation, the silence and darkness of the womb.
Above all, 61 is the number of the 'Negative
conceiving itself as a Positive'. This it does
through the fa3 (Beten, 61) or womb of Kali.
Beten derives from the Egyptian but, the
determinative of which is the vagina sign. The
womb is the nave or I$IJ (61) which in
metathesis becomes fn, meaning 'wealth.' It
pertains to the Goddess of the lunar serpent that
appears only when it wishes to drink. It then
rests its tail on the ground and thrusts its mouth
into the water. It is said that 'he who finds the
excrement of this serpent is rich forever' The
excrement to which allusion is made is not anal,
but menstrual.
The formula of the sigil may be interpreted as the
subjection of the womb or woman by
Malkunofat for the purpose of acquiring wealth.
The Atu corresponding to the Tunnel of
Malkunofat is entitled 'The Hanged Man,' The
Spirit of the Mighty Waters. This is indicated by
the downward pointing arrow alongside the I$IJ,
and it implies the light (or gold) in the Depths.
Ibis symbolism accords with the magic siddhi
attributed to Path 23, i.e. the power of skrying.
The tunnel of Malkunofat is the abode of the
Deep Ones, of which the Arch devil Leviathan is
the generic symbol. The Sepher Yetzirah refers
to Leviathan as Theli, the Dragon. Its number is
440 which is the number of ~ 3 5 'placenta', ,
or 'cakes', a reference to the excrement above