Temple, Solomon

Gardiner, Philip. Gnosis the secret of Solomon s Temple revealed. Nottingham William Ernest Publishing, 2005. 288p. 

Figure 6.2 A ceremonial Masonic leather apron bears several symbols. Inside the circular ouroboros in the center is the primary Masonic symbol, the square and the compass joined, which is a reference to the alchemical squaring of the circle. The skull of Hiram is in the middle of that, and the landscape below is the Temple of Solomon with the two pillars, named Boaz and jakin, in front. The great pyramids are in the bottom left comer. (Manly P. Hall, The Secret Teachings of All Ages [1995])...

Circa 1000 One of the greatest magicians of all time, King Solomon, rules Israel and according to legend summons demons to do his bidding and build the Temple of Jerusalem. 

With the aid of this Spirit, the Philosophi founded the seven free arts, and acquired their wealth therewith. With it Noah built the Ark, Moses the Tabernacle, and Solomon the Temple and through this provided the golden vessels from pure gold in the Temple, and for the glory of God, Solomon also wrought with it many fine works and did other great deeds. 

According to the legend, a certain Stone, more valuable than all the rest, was thrown out by the workmen amid the rubbish of the Temple. King Solomon, knowing its value, ordered diligent search to be made for the... 

Ezekiel is the great alchemical transcendentalist of the Bible. In the Book of Ezekiel is to be found a cryptogram revealing the place of the hidden treasure taken out of King Solomon s Temple at the time of the Jewish captivity in Babylon. Every line of the Book has some word in it showing, especially to those who read Hebrew, that Ezekiel belonged to the most... 

Centuries later, when the Hebrews were established in the Promised Land, King David accumulated enormous quantities of gold and silver, spoil from his defeated enemies, and consecrated them to the Lord (2 Sam. viii). His son, Solomon, used enormous quantities of gold in adorning his Temple, erected circa 967 to 957 .c. 

Sacred vessels used in Solomon s Temple were of old as they had been in the Ark before it they comprised basins, spoons, candlesticks, lamps, snuffers and even flowers It is not difficult to believe that the description is substantially true for the building was closely paralleled, more than two millenia later by the Sun Temple of the Peruvian Incas (p. 135). 

Although there were many older temples on Mount Zion, Jewish and Biblical scholars consider King Solomon s Temple the First Temple of Jemsalem. 

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