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74 SELF-INITIATION INTO 1HE GoLDEN DAWN l'RAomoN
ALEPH (Ah-lef) meaning-ox, value -1.Aleph is the dual principle that represents
all that exists and all that does not exist, the positive and negative, life and
death. It represents humanity as a collective unity and as the Ruler of the Earth.
Aleph is the glyph of power and stability. The ideas that it expresses are those of
unity and of the principle by which it is determined.
BETH (Beth) meaning-house, value-2. Beth is the symbol of all habitations
and receptacles, of anything that "contains." Itis virile and paternal; a glyph
of active and interior action.
GIMEL (Gi-mel) meaning-eamel, value-3. Gimel is the activity, the
motion of contained, limited existence or nonexistence; it is Aleph in Beth. The
throat. Acanal. Gimel is an glyph which signifies organic development and produces
all ideas originating from the corporeal organs and from their action.
DALETH (Dah-leth) meaning-door, value-4. Daleth is the archetype of
physical existence. It is the glyph of nature, divisible and divided, expressing
every idea that proceeds from the abundance born of division. The breast: every
abundant, nutritive object: all division, all reciprocity.
HEH (Heh) meaning-window, value-5. Heh is the principle of universal
life. Feminine. The breath; all that which animates: air, life, being.
VAV(Vahv,also Yah and Waw) meaning-pin or hook, value-6. Vav is the
archetype of all fertilizing substances. Itis the image of a knot which unites, or the
point which separates nothingness and being. The Son. It is the universal, convertible
glyph which makes a thing pass from one nature to another. The ear: all
that is related to sound, noise, and wind.
ZAYIN (Zah-yeen) meaning-sword or armor, value-7. Zayin is the completed
fertilizing act. Every object leading to an end. A symbol of luminous refraction.
A staff or arrow.
CHETH (Chayth) meaning-fence or enclosure, value-8. Cheth is the
enclosure of all unevolved cosmic energy. A field. An image of natural or elementary
existence; all that which requires work, labor, and effort.
TETH (Tayth) meaning-serpent, value-9. Teth is the symbol of the initial
female energy. A place of surety; a refuge, haven or shelter. An aim or goal. A
glyph of resistance and protection.
YOD (Yode) meaning-hand, value-10. Yod is the opposite of Aleph; it is a
steady state, continuity. The finger of a person, the extended hand. Masculinity. All
that which indicates the directing power and which serves to manifest it. It is the
image of potential manifestation, of spiritual duration, and of the eternity of time.
KAPH (Kah£) meaning-fist/palm of the hand, value-20 (Kaph Final
500). Kaph is the archetype of receivers. The hand of a person half closed and in
the act of taking. An assimilative glyph which receives and makes all forms. Kaph
Final is the cosmic final attainment of individual existences.
LAMED (Lah-med) meaning-ox goad, value-30. Lamed suggests everything
which is extended, raised, or displayed. It is the glyph of expansive movement,
including all ideas of extension, elevation, occupation, and possession.
Lamed is the image of power derived from elevation.
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