Gematria - Sepher Sapphires Volume 1.pdf

purification, or making white (Alba) the animal
and love nature (Mars-Venus) becomes Vhz,
Gold. This is an alchemical Key.
11. 111 68 of a "week of times" (2520 years).
Ill. 15 is the theosophical extension of 5 ( 5 =
15). Thus Hod as a number, denotes the full
expression of the powers symbolized by 5.
IV. The Sun (Tiphareth, 6) and The Moon
(Yesod, 9).
7 Hod. Splendor, Glory, the 8th Sephirah.
From a Hebrew root derived from a noun
designating the female breast, thus expressing
ideas of nourishment, satisfaction of hunger. Hod
signifies prominence, eminence, importance. A
consequence of expansion from within of the
essence of the 2"d Sephirah Chokmah. (Observe
that on the Tree of Life, Chokmah and Hod are
diametrically opposite.) The Perfect intelligence,
seat of the personal intellect, is a focal point in
which the will-force from Geburah, the image-
making power of Tiphareth and the desire-force
of Netzach are mingled. Connected with the
intellectual operations of human self-
consciousness. The full expression of the powers
of Geburah (5), of which Hod is the reflection.
Theosophic extension of 5 and the powers of
Heh, the emperor. TI may be read "Heh and
Daleth," a combination of reason (Emperor),
imagination (Empress), and intuition (the
Hierophant). The desire for something different
which disintegrates old forms in its early stages
(Peh, the path between Hod and Netzach). see 8,
48, 193,370,550,585,720, & 2080.
I. Give some thought to the Sephirah Hod, where
this Path descends. Consider its name letter by
letter, in relation to the Keys of Tarot. The
Sephirah Hod has through Tarot a link with the
Path through which the Mezla descends to it
from Geburah. Consider the Gematria of Hod
and its relation to 7. Heh 0) is the letter of the
Emperor and 7 the letter of the Empress, with 'I
between them to represent both 3 and 12, and
to intimate a conjunction also. This should put
you on the track of the deeper significance of the
31'' Path. That is to say, insofar as the specific
nature of the descending influence is concerned.
See 8 & C.39.
21'1 to flow (as water), to melt, to gush. As a
noun it designates the menstrual flux of women.
An overflowing, abounding. "Action of
swarming as insects; of boiling, seething, ils
water." [d701ivet, 1976, p. 339.1
2.a the month of Exodus and Passover and
resurrection. Its literal meaning is "blossom," or,
"ear (of grain)." As the month of coming forth
from the symbolic darkness of Egypt. Abib
corresponds to Chokmah, as the first projection
from Kether (73). Corresponds to the sign of Leo
where Sol has his abode. See Deuteronomy 16: 'I.
HY Jah. Wisdom. The divine name attributed ,to
Chokmah. A verbal symbol of the dual potency
which brings the whole Tree of Life into
manifestation Yod stands for Ab, the Father. Heh
stands for Airna, the Mother. The short form of
;n;lr used principally in Hebrew poetry.
I. "7. Absolute life manifested, eternity, the
eternally living being: God." [d'olivet, 1976, p.
363.1
'PN distress, calamity, misery, misfortune. "A
vapor, an exhalation, a contagion, that which is
spread without." [d'olivet, 1976, p. 293.Il
41" name of Shem ha-Mephorash, short
from. see 46 & Appendix 10.
TI Lamentation. In Ezekiel 2:10: (9) "Then I
looked, and I saw a hand stretched out to me in it
was a scroll, (10) which he unrolled before me.
On both sides of it were written words of
lamentations and mourning and woe."
"TI. Root analogous to the vital root ;61 whose
properties it manifests. The Arabic represen1:s
the pronounial relation she, that, this. As a verb,
this root develops the action of arranging, or
preparing things and giving them an agreeable
fo rm... TI onomatopoeic root expressing all
painful and sorrowful affections." [d701ivet,
1976, p. 330.1