Gematria - Sepher Sapphires Volume 1.pdf

Ratziel brought to Adam in Eden, a book
containing supernal inscriptions of the secret
wisdom, and 72 branches of wisdom,
expounding so as to show the formation of 670
inscriptions of higher mysteries. In the middle of
the book was a secret writing explaining the
1500 keys which were not revealed even to the
Holy Angels, and all of which were locked up in
this book until it came into the hands of Adam.[
Zohar 1, page 1 761.
P'lM Ephraim. double fruit. The Tribe of
Israel corresponding to Vav (Taurus), The
Hierophant. The Hierophant is one
personification of the Great Teacher, also
symbolized by the Archangel Ratziel. Associated
with alchemical Congelation, the 2"* stage of the
Great Work. The standard of this tribe was an ox.
Ephraim was the second son of Joseph
('Multiplier"), Menasseh being the first-born in
Deuteronomy 29:7, Mennaseh is referred to as a
"half-tribe." see 95, 30, 570, 501, 54, 7 Genesis
4 1 :52 and Deuteronomy 34: 17.
~ W H Tamarisk tree, a "grove". One of the
several cryptic words in the magical language, of
which 1% is the most important. Its first two
letters spell WH, aysh, fire. The letters Shin and
Lamed spell fiW, Shal, "of, belonging to." Thus
the mystical significance has to do with the fire
of illumination which consumes error.
Rosenroth in K.D.L.C.K. (p. 165) gives arbor
rnagna (great tree), and cites Genesis 21:33:
"Abraham planted a Tamarisk tree in Beersheba,
and there he called upon the name of the Lord,
the eternal God."
Paul Case: It is the great tree Abraham planted at
Beer-sheba ("well of the covenant", or of seven =
paw + na = 585 = mrx nn5n , the
divine name of Hod'.) "Note % conceals WH:
fire; foundation = ground, and 5 : erring,
trespass, offence." see 301,330,585.
?IT!" 'l m m Memra di Tetragrammaton. The
Word of God. Memra is the Aramaic for word
(of God). see 72,670, 1500,248.
5~ to ask, demand, to inquire, to request. to
desire earnestly, to wish, to seek, to discuss; to
lecture. Note that the mental attitude expressed
363
by this verb is that which makes possible our
communication with the inner teacher. see 12,
158, 506.
7t?aW thy rod Psalm 23:4:. "Thy rod and thy
staff they comfort me." The magic of self-
conscious intellect. see 3 1 1, 12 17.
0'NB.I shades; extinct giants; ghost In Job 26:5
used with Heh prefixed: "The shades tremble
beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof."
Also used in Isaiah 26"19: "(For thy dew is as
the dew of light) and the earth shall being to life
the shades." From ND'I to heal, cure. Venus
(creative imagination) which is exalted in Taurus
(the "earth") cures the maladies of false images
and desires (the "shades").
?'w to beg (alms).
hm0'0 Sisera. Judges 5:20" ... the star in their
courses fought against Sisera." In Judges 4:2, a
captain of the army of King Jabin of Canaan,
who dwelt in Hardsheth of the gentiles.
Hardsheth means: "the enchanters." From HVSh,
to engrave, cut, plough, to shine, to grow, to
whisper or mutter (compare with Isaiah 8:18,
Wizards that peep and mutter), to be soft or
viscous, like clay, loam, a forest, deaf, a worker
in brass, a cutting tool. All these meanings relate
to Venus and to Taurus. Sisera is typical of
inharmonious desires.
5~ Sheol. Underworld Grave. In Proverbs
7:27, Nether-world. Variant spelling see 337.
a'- Ephraim. a double fruit, a Tribe of
Israel associated with Taurus [Godwin's
spelling]. see 33 1, 892.
an empty place. Note that
(186) means: place, locality, spot; existence,
substance. "Having emptied yourself, remain
where you are" -This is essential for receptivity.
The Hebrew dictionary gives: O F , the
existence, God. God is the all-existence, whose
substance is in all things. '718 means: empty,
vacant; free, without work; unmarried man. This
last implies control and direction of the life-