Gematria - Sepher Sapphires Volume 1.pdf

eflects itself to itself, as the Moon reflects the
Light of the Sun. see 217.
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copper, (brass). In Job 28:2: "Brass is
molten out of the stone." Copper is the metal of
Venus and is therefore connected with ideas of
fecundity, germination, growth and desire
fulfillment (Key 3). The creative forces behind
all growth are mental powers, because all cosmic
activities are expressions of Life and Mind.
There a the forces of imagery, giving from to the
manifestations of the Life-power. It is highly
probable that copper was chosen as the mental
representing these forces because: 1) The mirrors
of the ancients were made of burnished copper;
2) copper, being soft, is easily shaped. This
connects it also with the 9 of Cups whose
specific meaning is fulfillment of desire. The
correspondence between m3, copper and
W73fl ~57J7 is of special importance, see 9,
80,628; 921 (Greek); 1458,3321.
lmtW1 Kasmodai. Spirit of the Moon.
ElD 543 to liberate and complete, generally
and specially. In this case it refers to the great
work in the microcosm. see 80,289.
lJm Shahdani. Angel ruling the 2nd decanate
of Gemini. This decanate is ruled by Venus, and
suggest qualities of: kindness, cleverness and
polished in speech and writing. Natives are more
artistic and feeling, and have sympathy and an
understanding and acceptance of various points
of view These qualities are essential to the
creation of the "new man".
1'?3tft enthusiastic song, hymn, dythyramb
(according to some, a musical instrument). see
14, 326, 162 and Psalm 7: 1.
mfn and (now) the serpent. see Genesis 3: 1.
'1J3VN I will bring back. see Genesis 42:37.
fi33m23 her bed, on her bed. Leviticus 15:21.
'BE'1W-A the Shuhamite. see 2 Kings 4%
?lfW may he accept (your offerings). Psalms
20:4.
mf'pn we examined (her). Job 5:27.
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their breast. Ezekiel 23:3.
lfW my accusers. Psalms 7 1 : 13.
l"lt33 difficult problems. Daniel 5:12
;l3lvJl and we will come back. Genesis 22:5
;ll?n2l and let us test. Lamentations 3 :40
7%V?l you be destroyed, to destroy you.
Deuteronomy 28:24. Destruction is the
Foundation of Existence (Book of Tokens). Peh
= 80 = Yesod.
flt11K3 at the middle of Proverbs 7:9.
nlf 11W3 the ones destroying. Jeremiah 51:48.
'11@32 the ones driving him. Exodus 3:7.
f'113W Shiggaion, title, probably a literary or musical
term. Psalm 7: 1
~E~EALO~. themelios (Gr). foundation, the
foundation-stone. Also elementary doctrine and
instruction. The Hebrew word for foundation is
To1 Yesod. see 80,439, 1254, 1850.
pae~at.. mathehtai (Gr). Learners (of mental
discipline). Persons instructed in "Methesis," the
special mental discipline of the secret schools. It
means literally "the learners," and as a noun:
"Mathematics". Thus it has to do with the
knowledge of numbers and geometry. In the
New Testament, the same noun, Mathetai, is
used to designate the disciples.
P ~ W shalom. whole, complete, healthy; to
complete, to be safe, peace, perfect. It has a great
variety of shades of meaning, including peace,
health, prosperity, completeness, wholeness,
perfection, concord, friendship and good of
every kind. The name is applied to the gth
Sephirah as a Path of Wisdom. As a proper
noun, the same word is the place-name Salem, as
when Genesis 14: 1 8 mentions Melchizedek,
King of Salem. This is one of the clues to the
meaning of the Masonic legend concerning Hiram
Abiff, please note here that the whole
mystery of Masonry has to do with geometry (a