Gematria - Sepher Sapphires Volume 1.pdf

connecting with all three citations in the list breastplate is too intricate for explanation here."
under 780. [Case, 1985, p. 215.1
1 King 7:14: "Whose mother was a widow from
the tribe of Naphtali, and whose father was a
man of Tyre, a worker of brass, and he was filled
with wisdom and understanding, and cunning to
work all works in brass. And he came to King
Solomon, and wrought all his works."?
The person so designated is Haram Abiff, the
hero of Masonry. Also means "son of fire", and
thus relates to the archetypal man of the Tree of
Life (Adom Qadom), the architect of the
Universe. Note that %7N is the feminine plural
of fire. It suggest that fire is the womb of
manifestation from which all things are brought
forth. The Tree of life is a diagram of the
progressive stages in man's mastery of fire; it
represent the "son of a woman", who is also the
"son of fire"; whose secret powers are connected
with the serpent and the anointed ... represented
by the master-builder in Masonry and in Gnostic
Christianity by the Logos or Word. see 200,
1008,484.
w : : adytum-temple-vestibule.
Words designating the Holy of Holies, the
temple, and its vestibule, respectively. see 216,
65-77.
lm Breastplate of the High Priest. The
breastplate was set with 12 stones, corresponding
to the Tribes of Israel, the 12 zodiacal signs. It
was considered an oracle of great power and the
12 stones had the mysterious power of lighting
up with divine glory. According to the
Rosicrucian's these gems symbolized 12 great
qualities and virtues: illumination, love, wisdom,
truth, justice, peace, equilibrium, humility, faith,
strength, joy and victory. Please note that the
breastplate were worn over the heart or sun
center. see 1008.
"...The word lm, khoshen, the name of the high
priest's breastplate, brings in another
mathematical element. For the breast plate was a
perfect square, subdivided into 12 parts, so that
each of its division was a rectangle - of 3x4 units.
In this arrangement is concealed a geometrical
formula having to do with the series of numbers
0,1,2,5,8,13,34,55. The number 358 is composed
of the 4th, 5th, and 6th terms of this series. In
what manner this is connected with the
ltltn Choshen, Chassan. Angel of Air; listed by
Mathers in The Key of Solomon the King; his
name is inscribed on the 7" Pentacle of the Sun.
[Mathers, 1974, p. 741
mJ Nachash. serpent, tempter. Kundalini. The
serpent of temptation. Also disease of the eye
(masculine noun), brass or copper; divination,
magic, an omen. The sign Leo and tribe of
Judah. The letter Teth (Key 8). The metal of
Venus (copper), the planet represented by the
letter Daleth and the Empress. The desire nature
seems to be the tempter, but liberation and
redemption are found by rightly directing its
force. The serpent of temptation in the allegory
of the fall. Hence there is a direct connection,
with Key 15. Its feminine plural form, RLRf
means: copper brass, filthiness, harlotry; vessel
made of brass or copper. With different pointing:
pungent poisonous fluid, polished smooth, side
of skin (hide). see 130, 601, 708, 854, 130, 780,
830, 1702.
358 is the number of genshenah, shame, yaba
Shiloh, Shiloh shall come, and messiah. Thus
the serpent who tempted Eve and brought
'shame' into her consciousness is occultly related
to the promised messiah (Christ). Note that in the
wilderness Moses raised a serpent of brass on a
Tau cross. Brass or Copper is related to Venus
and the serpent power that enchanted Eve.
Compare this to the story of C.R. whose brother
PAL (754 Aleph, I 1 l),died at Cyprus (Kupros,
Kpxoq), meaning copper, or magician. In 1
Samuel 1 1 : 1,2 and 12: 12 it was It is the name of
an Ammonite who demanded of the men of
Jabesh-Gilead ('dry-rocky region') that they
should allow him to put out their right eyes. see
870 (Greek).
I. In Genesis 3:l: Now the serpent was more
subtle than all the wild beast that the Lord God
had made. And the serpent said to the woman,
'truly has God said that you shall not eat of any
tree of the Garden.'
11. d'Olivet translates: "Now Nahash (egoism,
envy, covetousness, concupiscence) was an
insidious passion (blind principle) in all
elementary life which YAHWEH Aelohim had
made: and it said (this passion Nahash) unto