Gematria - Sepher Sapphires Volume 1.pdf

Translated "name" in Genesis 1 1 :4: "And they
said 'come, let us build ourselves a city, and a
tower whose top may reach to the heaven; and let
us make a name for ourselves, lest we be
scattered abroad upon the face of the whole
earth." And in Genesis 12:8: "From there he
[Abram] went on toward the hills east of Bethel
and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and
Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord
and called on the name of the Lord." Bethel
means "house of God". East is the direction of
illumination. see 366.
"PW Shem ... The sign of relative duration and
movement which is connected here, and the sign
of exterior action used as final collective sign,
composed a root which produces the idea of that
which is distinguished exteriorly by its elevation,
its splendor, its own dignity. It is, in its most
restricted acceptation, the proper name of a
thing, the particular designation of a remarkable
place, or of a remote time; it is the mark, the sign
by which they are recognized; it is the renown,
the splendor, the glory which is attached to them.
In its broadest acceptation, it is ethereal space,
the empyrean, the heavens over God. That one
finds designated by the singular word, in Hebrew
as well as in Samaritan, in Chaldaic, or in Syraic.
Its extremely difficult to choose, among so many
significations, that which is most consistent with
the son of Noah. Nevertheless one can without
erring translate it by the words, the sublime, the
splendid, the radiant, etc." [d'olivet, 1976,
p. 170.1
2 3 to watch, guard, keep; to keep from danger;
preserve; observe, to keep secret. "He that keeps
Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep." see 54 1.
2 1 shoot, sprout (a Christian convert). Branch
in Isaiah 60:20: "All you righteous people shall
inherit the land forever; the branch of my
planting, the work of my hands shall be
glorified." Figuratively, a descendant, in Isaiah
1 1 :I: "And there shall come forth a shoot out of
the stem of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of
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his roots." And In Daniel 1 1 :7: "But an heir from
his posterity shall rise over his land, and he shall
come with an army and might against the king of
the north, and he shall deal against them, and
shall prevail."
1bO Sepher. Book. a reference to the mystical
368
book of 7 seals mentioned in Revelations 5: 1. In
the Fama the work of the first 4 brethren was
making of the magical language (gematria) with
a large dictionary, and the creation of Book M. .
see 4, 16, 34, 64,240, 220, 320.
3lB to polish, scour, be purged. As a verb to
polish up; to finish, complete; to cleanse from
sin by suffering. With different pointing: broth,
soup. This implies purification of thinking by
water, i.e. right memory, to be able to read the
"name" in the "book" of life. see 42,97 (Lt).
W'5 Lion. see 211, 338, 310, 43, 460, 1702,
Isaiah 30:6.
Inman: (Jud. 18:7), 'properly strength, lustiness,'
hence 'a lion,' [Inman, 1942, Vol. 2., p. 2011
'5lf) rest, quite. Quietly in 2 Samuel 3:37: "And
when Abner had returned to Hebron, Joab took
him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly,
and hit him under the fifth rib, that he died, for
the blood of Asahel his brother."
~~'pnl3 "UP Yasgedi Barodiel. Angel of the
3rd decanate of Sagittarius [Crowley, 1977, p.
371. Godwin gives the 3rd decanate of Capricorn.
PT9772B uncus focarius; fire shovel [Sepher
Sephiroth].
W + b + 8 The sum of 3 mother letters. Emesh.
In the Cube of Space Aleph connects above to
below. Aleph is associated with the Element Air
and Key 0, The Fool. In the ancient sky Air is
compared with river, suggesting height and
depth. And since every day moves from east to
west, so the stream of man's existence is
compared to a river. In the Cube of Space Mem
(Root of Water) connects east to west, or Venus
(sea-born) to Jupiter (lord of rain. The north-
south line of Shin links Mars and the Sun.
The Zohar refers to this in [II:231A, p.3391:
"This world did not come into being until God
took a certain stone, which is called the
'foundation stone', and cast it into the abyss so
that it held fast there, and from it the world was
planted. This is the central point of the universe