The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES The numbers represent absolute philosophical ideas. The letters are shorthand hieroglyphs. Let us see now the hieroglyphic and philosophical signi- fications of each of the twenty-two letters (vide Bellarmin, Reuchlin, Saint-Jéré6me, Kabala denudata, Sepher Yetzirah, Technica curiosa of Father Schott, Picus de Mirandola, and other authors, especially those of the collection of Pistorius). THE Moruers. The 1op.—The absolute principle, the productive being. The mem.—Spirit, or the Jakin of Solomon. The scu1n.—Matter, or the column called Boaz. Tue DovusLe LETTERS BETH. Reflection, thought, the moon, the Angel Gabriel, Prince of mysteries. GIMEL. Love, will, Venus, the Angel Anael, Prince of life and death. DALETH. Force, power, Jupiter, Sachiel, Melech, King of kings. KAPH. Violence, strife, work, Mars, Samael Zebaoth, Prince of Phalanges. PE. Eloquence, intelligence, Mercury, Raphael, Prince of sciences. RESH. Destruction and regeneration, Time, Saturn, Cassiel, King of tombs and of solitude. Tau. Truth, light, the Sun, Michael, King of the Elohim. 185