Gematria - Sepher Sapphires Volume 1.pdf

master, lord, possessor (Psalm 975). Root
of the divine name Adonai, Lord. However
negative may be our ideas of the No-thing @!) it
is the master power, containing all other
potencies with itself. The ancient Semitic root
appears in the Greek Adonis, the name of the
God the Greek borrowed from the Babylonian
and Phoenician Mysteries of Tammuz. see 65,
207, 1065.
lf2b4 ammeka. thy mother (Exodus 20:12). The
commandment, "Honor thy mother," is that the
human, earthly mother is a symbol and visible
representation of the protective, nourishing
power of Ain. For all that is the perfection of
feminine and masculine potencies must be
ascribed to the No-Thing.
Ameka is our Mother, and her heart swells with
love. Ameka is 61, and so is p beten, the
dark womb of creation. As well as Tb! Ain, the
Boundless, for there are no limits to the
overflowing love, springing like a fountain of
Living Waters from the heart of the Mother.
Binah is identified with Ameka, our Mother, this
is the same as the first veil of Ain. Ain is the vast
expanse of the dark nothingness which is the
womb of creation. Binah is the sphere of Saturn
and the Path of Tav. Key 21 associated with
Saturn shows the idea of the eternal equilibrium
or perfect rest at the center. This rest is is
identified with the Waters of Life which are
identified with Binah. Key 21 is, in plain sight, a
representation of the idea expressed in Hebrew
as the word Ain, which is both beten and Ameka.
see 67,400,7 13, & C.32.
25% farther, further, hither, thither, afterwards.
beten. belly, stomach, womb, the inmost
Increased distance, or lengthened spatial relation
part. It refers to the fruitfulness and power of
(farther), and also of going beyond previous
growth which are inseparable from any true
performance or attainment, the conception of
notion of the nature of the One Reality. The
transcendence (further). It serves also to remind
"great womb" of the No-Thing is the same as the
us that Ain, the First Veil, designates something
Mulaprakriti, or root-matter, of Hindu
beyond the range of intellectual definition or
philosophy. It is also that which is inmost in the
perception. Compare these ideas with the
life of man. Wherever we are, there It is also,
symbolism of the Fool, which corresponding to
with all its limitless supply for every human
Ain.
need. It also suggest that our sense of being in
the physical body is largely due to the visceral
sensation. 5 to thee, toward thee [Genesis 43:9].
Farther expresses the idea of motion away from
rN (nothing) is the same as 'a (I, myself, see an observer. Toward thee expresses the idea of
motion toward an observer. In relation to Ain,
below), and p , Behten the womb of the Dark
however remote the No-Thing may seem, it is
Mother refered to in the beginning of the Stanzas omnipresent, nearer than anything else. Man's
of Dzian as the 'Eternal Parent.' Here is the Key yearning and striving toward the Infinite is a
to the most potent of magical operations. They reaction to the One's earlier movement toward
who can, may find the lock which it opens into
the heart of man. One familiar phrasing of this
the garden. Remember Adonai in its fullness
idea is, "Behold, I stand at the door and knock."
(7' nh ~ 5 s is ) the same number as wpvl
(671) the ~ate, and this door you will find in 'a I, myself. First person, singular pronoun.
Malkuth. see 20.
There is only one Real Self in the universe.
Understood "I" as being essentially identical
with that Self, and is the fullness of all being-yet
also the Ain, because it goes beyond every
limitation of Things. 37"' name of Sliem ha-
Mephorash, short form. see 92 & Appendix 10.
PI1
wealth, riches, capital, substance. as an
adverb enough. From a root which means: to be
empty; to gain by effort. The nature of the
effort has been perfectly expressed by Lao-tze in
his admonition: "Having emptied yourself,
remain where you are." Our true wealth is within
us-the Ain is the true basis of all material
possessions. Letter by letter it signifies: Vision
(Heh), intuition and the power of correlation
(Vav) and imagination (Nun), are the basis of
creative power. see 71 1