Gematria - Sepher Sapphires Volume 1.pdf

true essence of Nature, your labors will be
doomed to failure; therefore, if you desire
success, you must once for all renounce your
allegiance to all those old methods, and enlist
under the standards of that method which
proceeds in strict obedience to the teaching of
Nature-in short, the method which Nature herself
pursues in the bowels of the earth [Virgo region
in human body]." [ibid, pp. 152-1531 see 496.
111. "The Sages have written about many waters,
stones and metals, for the purpose of deceiving
you. You that desire a knowledge of our Art,
relinquishing Sun, Moon, Saturn and Venus for
our ore [23 Latin] and our earth, and why so?
Every thing is of the nature of no thing." [ibid, p.
2041
IV. "The stone is mystic, or secret, because it is
found in a secret place, in an universally
despised substance where no one looks for the
greatest treasure of the world." [ibid, p. 2261
(Case: viz, in Virgo, where it is felt, but not
seen.)
gloria (Lt). glory. The Light of God which
shines on all things. see 74, 126, 136,237.
turba (Lt). tumult, uproar, disturbance,
commotion, especially one caused by a crowd of
people. Title of an early alchemical treatise with
the Turba Philosophours. Jacob Boehme writes:
"And it is highly recognizable by us how the
imagination of the eternal nature has the turba in
the craving, in the mystery, but not awakenable,
unless the creature, as the mirror of eternity, doth
itself awaken this, viz. the fierce wrath, which is
eternity is hidden in mystery." [Mysterium
Pansolphicum, V, p. 1611
metalla (Lt). metal. One of seven interior
centers, also known as planets, stars and chakras;
a vortice of Life-force connected with an inner
body or plane of consciousness in the
microcosm. In alchemy, one of the constituents
of the stone of the wise.
Abbadon; destruction, ruin, perdition in
Esther 8:6: "For how can I endure to see the evil
that shall come unto my people? Or how can I
endure to see the destruction of my kindred?"
(Note the combination of 3, the father and p,
93
Dan, Judgement in this word. (Thus "Father of
Judgement") One of the 7 infernal mansions
depicted on the diagram of the 4 seas. see 337,
9 1 1,99, 1026,566, 108,29 1 ; 54,3; 64,707.
p
ability, strength, power, manly vigor
[Genesis 49:3]. With different pointing: 1.
wealth, riches; bill of sale, deed; 2. awven.
trouble, grief; sorrow, wickedness; 3. idolatry in
Numbers 33:21. Root meaning of these words
implies effort. In own, the effort succeeds, in
awven, it comes to nothingness, vanity.
wickedness, affliction, pain. see Psalm 90: 10.
to breath, to effect by work, to take pains.
[Hosea 12:9]. Note the connection between
breathing and working. "Every idea of pain,
sorrow, trouble, calamity. [d'olivet, 1976, p.
296.1 see 5 1 for his commentary on its root p.
p On. A city in lower Egypt called by the
Greeks Heliopolis (City of the Sun). Heliopolis
is the sun of the Bible.
p Avnas. Goetic demon #58 by night of the lst
decanate of Scorpio. The lSt decanate of Scorpio
is also attributed to the 5 of Cups which
corresponds to the operation of Geburah, sphere
of Mars and divine volition in Briah, the Word of
Creation. see Appendix 1 1.
Goetia: "He is a great president, and appears at
first in the form of a flaming fire; but after a
while he pus on the shape of a man. His office is
to make one wonderful knowing in astrology and
all the liberal sciences. He gives good familiars,
and can bewray treasure that is kept by spirits.
He governs 36 Legions of Spirits." [Mathers,
1995, p. 591
K3'1 Vine; Vinea. Goetic demon #45 by night
of the 3rd decanate of Gemini. see appendix 1 1.
I. Goetia: "He is a great king, and an earl; and
appears in the form of a lion, riding upon a black
horse, and bearing a viper in his hand. His office
is to discover things hidden, witches, wizards,
and things present, past, and to come. He, at the
command of the Exorcist will build towers,
overthrow great stone walls, and make the waters
rough with storm. He governs 36 Legions of
Spirits." [Mathers, 1995, p. 5 11
715~ Alloces. Goetic demon #52 by night of