Sapphire’s Mystic Fire: Semitic Roots Meet Psychedelic Visions

<h2><strong>Proto-Semitic Roots</strong></h2> <p>The word “sapir” (שָׁפִיר) in Biblical Hebrew is the progenitor of the term “sapphire”. Its Proto-Semitic root is <strong>&scaron;pr</strong>, meaning “to be beautiful, to shine”. This root is found in various Semitic languages, such as Arabic (“safir”) and Aramaic (“sappīrā”).</p> <h2>The Reverberation of Eden in Sacred Pages</h2> <p>The biblical descriptions of the gardens of Eden echo this idea of effulgentness. The use of Sapir evokes the transcendent splendour of a realm where “stones and mountains shine with blinding beauty”. Here the inner light seeps through matter, a foretaste of the mystic visions of archetypal worlds studded with crystal trees and liquid gem rivers.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/illumination-curated/sapphires-mystic-fire-semitic-roots-meet-psychedelic-visions-6e4e07646861"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>