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Mathers’ comments: “Around the central Square are the Names Elohim, El Gebil, and two other Names
which I cannot decipher, and have, therefore, given them as they stand. The characters are those of the
"Passing of the River." The surrounding Versicle is from Psalm xxii. 14:– "My heart is like wax, it is melted in
the midst of my bowels."”
So great Mathers could not decipher these names, but we will make an attempt to reconstruct the
talisman, because, in our disposal there is a greater number of available manuscripts and images.
תוְך ֵמ ָ ָֽעי׃
ֹּ ָ֣ הָ יָ ָ֣ה ִ֭ ִּל ִּבי ַּכדֹּונָ ָ֑ג ָָ֝נ ֵ֗ ֵמס ְּב
Or without diacritic signs:
The central character – is a seal of Venus, which is composed with a kamea of Venus in manner not usually
described from contemporary authors.
Seal is drawn by vertical and horizontal lines between the five points (the principle of the pentagram, and
the secondary number of Planet relates to the human world, microcosm of cause).
The sum of these five numbers should result into a secondary number of Planet.
In our example we have:
The Sum that gives the sigil of this form is equal to 13, ie Venus secondary number corresponding to the
words of Ahaba - Love.
This number is typical for one of the spelling of a name in Hebrew Venus (Nogah).
33 = 05 = 0 + 3 + 05 = נגה
Two other names too distorted, so in this version of talisman they can not be read.
Names that are arranged around the Seal in this kind of Pentacles formed based on certain rules, which are
based on the numerical equivalent of the name (the number of the name).
Firstly, the number of the Name should not be greater than the number of Seal.
Secondly, the number of Names must form an equivalent or a spiral structure.
Equivalent structure implies that the number of each word to one or less coincides with the number of
Seal.
Example:
Spiral structure implies that the numbers go counterclockwise from the smallest to largest, leading to the
center of the whole structure - the number of Seal.
Example:
Handwritten variant of this alphabet are quite diverse. Therefore, for comparison (from the manuscript
Magia Criptographica):
Thus, the two Names around the square, which Mathers was able to read, in Hebrew: אלהיםand אלגביל
El Gebil (bottom) - Aramaic origin. גבילmeans something that is mixed, collected together. Meaning of the
verb גבי- collect, rake, purify, clean. El Gebil - a "God unites [by purification]." However, I have not find this
Name nowhere else. At least, it is not known to us.
Elohim (top) in this context is not the Name of God but the rank of angels corresponding to Sephira
Netzach.
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The number of names
Elohim: 86 = 14 (in the alphabet "passin the river" there is no final Mem, so the name is not the sum of
646, but 86)
ElGebil: 76 = 13
This, of course, does not fit into the scheme of drawing before for this kind of Pentacles. It is possible that
the author of this grimoire experimented with "reverse spiral."
Other names in this example cannot be deciphered or restored, since there is an obvious combination of
alphabets, possibly, the subsequent distortion of copyists.
In the next example, characters and the names are similar, but the right word has been replaced by the
Elohim.
In contrast to the above instances, "Clavicules" which stored in the library of Leipzig, have images that are
more readable.
Talisman is taken from a manuscript: Clavicula del Salomone re dEbrei Spiegata dallEbreo in Volgare per
Rabbi Colorno per ordine di. Sua A. S. il Duca di Mantova in Anno 1453.
Word Above:
33 = 065 = תצלם
HBYLA