Gematria - Sepher Sapphires Volume 1.pdf

11. The Zohar [II: 199A, p.2561: "'After God
created the moon [i.e. the shekinah] he had her
constantly before his eyes' [Deuteronomy 1 1 : 121
In regard to this it is also written: "Then did he
see it, and declare it (vayesaphah); he established
it, yea, and searched it out." [Job 28:27]. 'He saw
it' means that through his providence the sun is
reflected in it. The term vayesaphah we may
translate, 'he made it like sapphire'. He
established it 'so that it should fall properly into
twelve division [or tribes], and be further
distributed among seventy kingdoms [of the
world-Genesis 101, supported by seven celestial
pillars, that it might be perfectly illuminated. 'An
searched it out': to guard it with an eternal and
never ending vigilance. And then he gave a
warning to man, as we read further: 'and unto
man he said: behold the fear of the Lord, that is
wisdom: and to depart from evil is
understanding' [The Zohar, 28:28], since wisdom
is the means to attain to the fear of the holy one,
and understanding is the power by which to
separate and keep away the refuse, and thus
attain to a knowledge of and an insight into the
glory of the most high king."
111. The Zohar [Prologue, 13A, p.551: "The
eighth percept is to love the proselyte who comes
to be circumcised and to be brought under the
wings of the 'divine presence' (Shekinah), which
takes under its wings those who separate
themselves from the impure 'unholy region', and
come near unto her, as it is written: "Let the
earth bring forth a living soul according to its
kind."
mv Devastation, desolation, sterility. One of
the pair of opposites (sterility) assigned to the
letter Resh. Identical except in outer aspect with
fertility. With different pointing: waste; horror,
amazement. The disintegrative expression of
Resh, the RVDn or (seed or fruitfulness). It
is not, as Kalisch translates it, childishness, but
the sterility of desert country, directly attributed
to the sun. Resh is sterile when not jointed to the
bride, shekinah. see 277, 822.
l'!X7?!D "a rock has ransomed". Personal name
in Numbers 1: 10: ("the rock redeemed"). From
?FIB to ransom, redeem, deliver. The redemption
of the stone from the physical plane by shekinah.
fib&' lip, language, speech; border, shore; edge,
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margin, rim. Zephaniah 3:9: "For then will I turn
to the people a pure language, that they may all
call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him
with due consent." Case: This is the "language"
of vibratory attunement through the intonation of
divine names, a form of mantra yoga. With
different pointing: 1 curds, cheese; 2. to plane,
trim; 3. to incline, make a slanting; to be quite,
be at ease. The divine presence is met in silence.
The organ which takes up, the mouth, the lip.
qpa606. heh rabdos (Gr). the rod (of the stem of
Jesse). see 377, 121 0 (Greek).
~po~. hieros (Gr). sacred. "A derivative of this
word is hiereus, priest [tsp~vq, #370] who
strength his 'sheep': 'to bear wool' seems to
suggest maturity of power. The root meaning
appears to be either purity or maturity: probably
both these ideas are included. So that the
compound word hiearche would signifL the
benevolent rule of those who were both pure and
highly developed [as spiritual hierarchy]
compare hierophant, hieroglyphics." [Omikron,
1942, pp. 255-256.1 see 720 (Greek).
VItn Jesus. Aramaic spelling of the name of a
great Master. see 300, 86,326, 67 Latin.
I. "The short form of "Joshua" ... shows Shin, the
letter of Fire, combined with Yod, Vav and
Ayin, the three letters that are assigned in the
Sepher Yetzirah to the earth signs, Virgo, Taurus,
and Capricorn, respectively. The name Jesus is
the number 358, or 300 and 86. 300 is Shin
(Fire), 86 is '3- rm, a name of God,
asserting the identity of Kether and Malkuth;
P R ~ and ; OD, to preserve, to conceal; cup,
goblet, hence, and pelican, a bird used in
Rosicrucian symbology, so called on account of
its throat resembling a cup or bag.
11. Paul Case: The name '3% m, which
asserts the identity of Kether and Malkuth is the
secret of the saying 'I and the Father are one.' In
this connection remember that the Holy Ghost
came as fire, and that 0'13, in all its meanings
suggests the concealment, virgin birth, and
preservation of the fire through the feminine
principle.