Gematria - Sepher Sapphires Volume 1.pdf

endorse the interpretation, the word 137 (59)
signifies 'tail' or 'extremities'.
The name Uriens suggests Oriens who, as Atlas,
supported the universe on his shoulders. The idea
of support or bearing is borne out by the general
symbolism associated with this kala which
endows the Adept with the magical siddhi of
physical strength.
The magical instrument ascribed to the 16'~ Path
is the Seat, Throne, or Altar, which are curiously
feminine symbols for a kala associated with the
Hierophant until it is remembered that, in the
New Aeon, the 'Lord initiating' (i.e. the
hierophant) is the god Set, who is identical with
his Mother, Typhon, and therefore the
continuation of her kala, 15. She is in fact the
Goddess 15, a name given to the Woman
Fulfilled whose symbol, the full moon, occurred
on the 15'~ day. The 16'~ kala was therefore her
child, i.e. Set, and Set-Typhon under a single
image was typified by the Dog Star, Sothis.
According to Wilkinson. Set-Typhon was known
as 'The Giant' and this symbolism equates it with
the pre-eval Nephilim.
The name of the seat in Egyptian is Hes, or Isis.
The throne bears the God, as the woman bears
the child, as the altar bears the priest. The part of
the body associated with the 16'h kala is the
shoulder, an euphemism for that which bears or
supports the world, i.e. the Mother. Hence the
association with Atlas (Oriens) who bears the
world on his shoulders.
Uriens or Oriens, as the name implies, is also
attributable to the Orient, the place of the rising
sun or solar-phallic power. This phenomenon,
both in its cosmic (celestial) and in its
microcosmic (biological) aspect lies behind the
name of the Ordo Templi Orientis, O.T.0, which
being interpreted means the Order of the Temple
of the Exalted or Risen Phallus. The verse of 23 1
relating to this Path declares: Also is the Star of
Flame (i.e. the Phallus) exalted, bringing
benediction to the Universe.
A glance at the columns of Liber 777 shows that
Uriens is attributed to the eleventh kala which is
ruled by air and whose tunnel is presided over
by Satan, Prince of the Powers of the Air.
The number corresponding to the astral
dimension of this kala is 45, the number of P%
(Man). He is one of the entities accompanying
Lilith in the spaces between the south and east
cardinal points of the zodiacal qliphoth at the
center of which is the 'evil' angel Samael.
Within the inverted dimensions of these spaces
stands the Throne of Samael. Before this stands
the altar on which is stretched the nocturnal
Lilith, Mother of Abortions [a reference to the
Nephilim]. The concept is explicit in the number
of Uriens, for 395 is R?~WB Abortiens.
Furthermore, the reflection of the Hierophant is
refracted into the depths of the Abyss in the
form of Set or Pan (Samael), the devil [or Satan,
meaning opposer] or double being the 'opposite'
image. Likewise, this concept is explicit in the
number of Uriens, for 395 is 33m, meaning
'twofold', 'duplex'. It derives from the Egyptian
shen, two', 'twofold circle', and 'the other', the
alter ego. Thus are the Heavens (Pmm, 395)
reflected into the hells, and the Hierophant or
Magus of the Eternal becomes the judge [mv,
3951 of the 'dead', whose symbol is the jackal,
the howler in the haunts of the dead, and 'the
eater of dung in the day of Be With Us'. At the
termination of this abominable repast the
Adimiron (The Bloody) swarm across the
desolate places of the void leaving the 'rich
brown juice' of annihilation in their wake.
Other denizens of the cell of Uriens are the
gorgons and minotaurs which are linked with the
sun-son symbolic of Taurus and the Hierophant,
and with the magical force that turns to stone
[The name Set means 'a standing stone'; and Isis
means literally 'the Seat of Stone'.].
Another animal associated with this path is the
hippopotamus, a primordial image of Typhon. In
the African cultus the goddess Ife typifies the
16th kala and she is represented by the gaping
vulva of Iyemoja, the source of the manifested
universe borne upon the shoulders of Atlas
(OrienIUriens). The hippopotamus, or
water-cow, is the great bearer in the waters, the
equivalent of Taurus, the Bull of Earth, on dry
land, hence the connection with the goddess
(Venus rules Taurus) and the waters of the abyss.
Iyemoja means literally 'Mother of Fish', which
shows the specifically sexual nature of her
function. [Grant, 1994, pp. 186-1 89.1