GEMATRIA
BY
FREDERICK BLIGH BOND, F.R.I.B.A
AND
THOMAS SIMCOX LEA, D.D.
ANNOTATED AND TRANSCRIBED BY
PETER WAKEFIELD SAULT
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APPENDIX E.
THE DECREE OF THE FIRST MYSTERY.
¢H KELEUSIS TOU a¢ MUSTHRIOU.
GEMATRIA
BY
FREDERICK BLIGH BOND, F.R.I.B.A
AND
THOMAS SIMCOX LEA, D.D.
ANNOTATED AND TRANSCRIBED BY
PETER WAKEFIELD SAULT
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APPENDIX E.
THE DECREE OF THE FIRST MYSTERY.
¢H KELEUSIS TOU a¢ MUSTHRIOU.
This phrase from the Pistis Sophia is one which seems to contain evidence of the greatest theological importance. By Gematria h keleusis tou a¢ musthrion is 3177, which on analysis is seen to be 3 × 1059, the number of the PLHRWMA. It is then a triple Pleroma. Now 1059 is by Gematria the number of PATROTHS or Fatherhood, a term found in the Coptic Gnostic books, also of PLHRWMA and of MEGAS PARAKLHTOS, and these represent the three Persons of the Trinity, by whose command our Lord descends to earth. And 3177 again consists of
| 1179 = | A¢ MUSTHRION, | |
| + 1998 = | FUSIS IHSOU = The Nature of Jesus, |
and the whole is Musthrion a¢ alhqinon to prwton.
The Mystery is that of the Alpha and the Omega, as elsewhere shewn (in text, p. 40, and Appendix F).
The number of the Pleroma is a number of the Geometry of the Higher Spheres. 1059 is three times 353 the Hermetic number, and 353 is 24 + 34 + 44
Hence the number 3177 is the ninth multiple of the same trinity of Fourth Powers symbolising the Heavenly Places.
We append a Table of various combinations found in the Gematria of this number. Many of these are frankly empirical
and are introduced with a view of shewing the working of the law governing the constitution of the system by which the lesser units tend by addition to evolve greater numbers accordant with the general law, whose truth can only be demonstrated by the testing of all rational combinations of known or suspected Gematria words, whether such combinations have, or have not, been met with in the Gnostic writings.
To prove this will be to prove the existence of a fundamental principle capable of general application, rather than one which is capable only of a selective application.
| Thus, 1059 | PATROTHS - Fatherhood. | |
| 1059 | PLHRWMA - Pleroma or Logos. | |
| 1059 | MEGAS PARAKLHTOS - The Great Comforter = The Holy Ghost. | |
| 3177 | MUSTHRION A¢ ALHQINON TO PRWTON. | |
| . | ||
| or, 1059 | ||
| + 1059 | ||
| 2118 | MUSTHRION KUKLOU (674 × p). | |
| 1059 | ¢O MEGAS KUKLOS (337 × p). | |
| 3177 | ARCITEKTONIA TOU KUKLOU (1011 × p). | |
| . | ||
| 2311 | PATHR PANTOKRATWR. | |
| 866 | ADWNAI. | |
| 3177 | ||
| . | ||
| 2451 | ¢O PATHR ¢O PANTOKRATWR. | |
| 726 | ¢O MESSIAS. | |
| 3177 | MESSIAS TOU PATROS KURIOU. (or pathr Ihsou kuriou.) |
Of 3177, as expressive of the Logos or Pleroma, we find:-
| 3177 | ¢O CRISTOS× LOGOS TOU QEOU. | |
| PRWTOS LOGOS TOU QEOU. | ||
| ¢O LOGOS ENARCHS TOU KURIOU. | ||
| ARCETUPIA CRISTOU. | ||
| ¢H PRWTH PROBOLH TOU PATROS. | ||
| TO PLHRWMA× GEWMETRIA QEOU. | ||
| MUSTHRION THS GEWMETRIKHS. | ||
| ¢O CRISTOS× PANTARCIA QEOU. | ||
| ¢IEREUS TOU KOSMOU EIS TO DIHNEKES. | ||
| TO ANTITUPON EK TOU PATROS. | ||
| TO PAMPRWTISTON EK PATROS. |
As expressive of the Holy Ghost:-
| TA MUSTIKA DWRA KURIOU. | ||
| PNEUMA ¢AGION× MUSTHRION THS SOFIAS. |
And finally:-
| 2368 | ¢O QEOS TWN QEWN (or IHSOUS CRISTOS). | |
| 809 | ¢H PERISTERA. | |
| 3177 | ¢O CRISTOS× LOGOS TOU QEOU. |
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