Gematria - Sepher Sapphires Volume 1.pdf

1~5%' table. In Psalm 69:22: "Let their table
become a snare to them: and that which should
have been for their welfare, let it become a trap."
Note that this word for table also means "bread".
It is the bread which gives birth to the
Christ-child. see 87,388.
Chaldees; proficient in Astrology.
Abraham came from Ur W or "light" of the
Chaldees. see 934.
t?Dfft;l the judge, the one judging. see Genesis
18:25.
Neshamah. Breath, the Divine Soul
seated in Binah, whose essential power is
intuition. Neshamah has for its basic meaning
"breathing" and is so used in Genesis 7:22 and in
1 Kings 17:17. It is that aspect of the Life
Breath, of the element of air which manifests
itself as intuition. In Yetzirah this intuition or
Causal Intelligence expresses itself as the
understanding we have spoken of which is
gained through experience and pain. We must
not forget that it is through feeling the pain of
our misinterpretations of the true nature of the
One Life that we are finally lead to liberation.
Its spiritual truth and guidance is represented by
Key 5, the Hierophant. It is the superconscious
reason above all material limitations. It is the
soul, which according to Qabalists, cannot sin;
and its purity is never touched by the defilement
of lower personality. see 67,385,405.
In Genesis 7:22: "Everything on dry land that
had the breath of [mvl, breath-ofJ life in its
nostrils died." In 1 Kings 17:17: "Some time
later the son of the woman who owned the house
became ill. He grew worse and worse, and
finally stopped breathing W J ] ." In Proverbs
20:27: "The lamp of the Lord searches the spirit
mvl] of a man [or The spirit of man is the
Lord's lamp] , it searches out his inmost being
[f E3, inmost-being, see 611."
Pm%'?l the heavens [Genesis 1 :1 and Psalm
41 1
19:1]. The archetypal plane of causes (Atziluth),
the causal Intelligence of Kether (430). The
power of the abstract mind is the power of the
divine soul, Neshamah. The "order of nature" is
the only kingdom of heaven. The fire that
overthrows our houses of delusions and
separateness is, the flash of inspiration coming
down into our personal lives from the divine soul
(786). The lighting flash of inspiration may be
compared to the paths of the letters Cheth and
Mem descending from the "heavens" of Binah.
Through the path of Cheth the holy influence is
reflected in the sphere of Mars and then, through
the path of Mem it energizes the sphere of
Mercury. Intuition is the operation, at the
personal level, of the Causal Intelligence which
established the cosmic order. see Keys 7, 12
#390,859,955,796, 1356,1499.
lm the oil, the ointment [Psalm 133:2]. The
esoteric meaning of oil relates to the influence of
the illuminating. It is akin to the Sattva Guna of
the Yogis and the "Illumination material" of the
alchemists. Thus the influence from Neshamah
is an actual substance. Ha-Shahmen have the
same letters as Neshamah and in the Jewish
translation of Psalm 133:2, it is rendered "like a
precious oil," Ilm lawl. The esoteric
meaning of this "oil" relates it to the influence of
Mezla (78), which descends through the 32
paths. As oil it is illuminating material. see 390,
1045,78,660 (Greek).
P~V Olahm Ha Briah. The World of
Creation, associated with the 9 of Cups and the
creative powers of the Moon intimates that the
creative forces are powers whereby the
Life-power reflects Itself to Itself as the moon
reflects the light of the sun.
rWJD Tribe of Manasseh. "causing to forget."
Aquarius. He who causes forgetfulness of native
country. Name of the half-tribe of Israel
attributed to Aquarius. The forgotten "native
country" is the state of ignorance into which we
are born. Connected with alchemical dissolution
or solution, the 1 lth stage of the Great Work.
Also attributed to Tzaddi. Alchemical solution is
the cause of congelation-it is the process which
reduces all solid bodies in man's experience into
their elemental "water," through meditation. The
alchemist perceives the true ffudic substance of
forms reported by his physical sense. He uses the
knowledge that the substance may be molded by