Hiram Abiff

We see the metalworking influence continued with the subset names of Tubal-cain and Hiram Abiff. In the Bible, Magog is a son of Japhet and a brother of Gomer, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech and Tiras ... 

Charles Gounod s La Reine de Saba The Queen of Sheba) a creation in the Opera, on 28 February 1862 builds on an alternative history that directly connects Tubal-Cain with the legend of Hiram Abiff. It is based on a Rosicrucian legend reported by Gerard de Nerval Three jealous workers disrupt Hiram casting his masterpiece, the monumental bowl called the Molten or Brazen Sea. Tubal-Cain visits... 

Amen Hetep Son of Hapu is an early archetype for the Freemason s legendary Grand Master, Hiram Abiff. The king Amenhotep III is correspondingly an archetype for Solomon, as is the temple of A1 Kamak for the Temple of Solomon. 

Somewhat oddly, Moses commanded a renowned goldsmith and architect called Bezaleel to prepare the Bread of the Presence of God. Indeed, Bezaleel was the same goldsmith Moses had commissioned to create the Ark of the Covenant. Coincidently, the renowned architect of King Solomon s Temple, Hiram Abiff, was not an architect in Biblical texts. He was an expert artisan working in gold, brass and dyes. 

It is also the way that the Priestly Blessing embodies the Holy name YHABLAWN. " Further cipher expansion and contraction is required to achieve a final solution.Yah is the God of Jedediah, Baal the God of the King of Tyre and On the God of Hiram Abiff. " These are just three of the many names of God. 

Extracts from Ward, JSM Who was Hiram Abiff, Baskerville Press Limited, London, 1925. 

Some commentators suggest that this legislator was Moses, but without producing the slightest evidence. On the contrary, had it been Moses undoubtedly Josephus would have said so. Who this semi divine legislator could have been we can only surmise, no doubt he was a reputed founder of the Order, perhaps Solomon— possibly Hiram Abiff. 

Ward, JSM Who was Hiram Abiff, The Baskerville Press Limited, London, 1925 Waite, Arthur Edward Brotherhood of the Rosy Cross Philosophical Pubhcations Co, 1935... 

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