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The
 
Temple
 
Legend
 
A
 
Challenging
 
Alternative
 
Presented
 
at
 
Oracle
 
Lodge
 
1003
 
on
 
8
th
 
March
 
2004
 
 by
 
Bro.
 
Paul
 
Kenny
 
 
The
 
Temple
 
Legend:
 
A
 
Challenging
 
Alternative
 
Introduction
 
This
 
evening,
 
I
 
would
 
like
 
to
 
present
 
to
 
you
 
a
 
version
 
of
 
the
 
Temple
 
Legend
 
that
 
few
 
Brethren
 
will
 
have
 
heard
 
 before.
 
While
 
similar
 
in
 
many
 
respects,
 
it
 
presents
 
challenging
 
differences
 
that,
 
whether
 
correct
 
or
 
not,
 
are
 
nonetheless
 
insightful.
 
The
 
presentation
 
constitutes
 
what
 
is
 
hoped
 
to
 
 be
 
the
 
 beginning
 
of
 
a
 
more
 
detailed
 
study
 
of
 
the
 
Temple
 
Legend
 
in
 
 both
 
Masonic
 
and
 
Non
masonic
 
writings.
 
It
 
is
 
 based
 
on
 
a
 
lecture
 
given
 
 by
 
Rudolf
 
Steiner
 
in
 
Berlin
 
on
 
4
th
 
November
 
1904
 
and
 
published
 
under
 
the
 
title
 
The
 
Temple
 
Legend:
 
20
 
Lectures
 
by
 
Rudolf 
 
Steiner
 ,
 
published
 
 by
 
Rudolf
 
Steiner
 
Press.
 
Steiner
 
is
 
 best
 
know
 
for
 
his
 
associations
 
with
 
Theosophy,
 
his
 
own
 
School
 
of
 
Anthroposophy
 
and
 
such
 
applications
 
of
 
his
 
knowledge
 
as
 
Steiner
 
(or
 
Waldorf)
 
Schools,
 
 biodynamic
 
agriculture
 
and
 
even
 
the
 
labour
 
movement
 
 just
 
to
 
mention
 
a
 
few.
 
While
 
open
 
to
 
criticism
 
for
 
a
 
lack
 
of
 
rigour
 
in
 
the
 
presentation
 
of
 
his
 
ideals
 
and
 
 beliefs,
 
he
 
was,
 
undoubtedly,
 
an
 
incredibly
 
knowledgeable
 
and
 
insightful
 
man
 
if
 
not
 
an
 
unacknowledged
 
genius
 
Many
 
legends
 
contain
 
esoteric
 
truths
 
in
 
the
 
form
 
of
 
images
 
and
 
associated
 
symbology
 
and
 
allegory.
 
Steiner
 
 believed
 
that
 
these
 
were
 
given
 
to
 
man
 
in
 
this
 
form
 
at
 
a
 
time
 
when
 
he
 
was
 
not
 
mature
 
enough
 
to
 
receive
 
the
 
truths
 
directly.
 
These
 
pictures
 
took
 
hold
 
of
 
man’s
 
causal
 
 body
 
(that
 
part
 
of
 
man
 
which
 
 bore
 
the
 
germ
 
of
 
his
 
future
 
higher
 
 being)
 
and
 
thus
 
made
 
him
 
ready
 
to
 
understand
 
the
 
truths
 
directly
 
in
 
a
 
future
 
incarnation.
 
One
 
such
 
Legend
 
will
 
 be
 
familiar
 
with
 
all
 
Master
 
Masons
 
and
 
yet
 
differs
 
in
 
a
 
number
 
of
 
details
 
which
 
we
 
will
 
revisit
 
once
 
the
 
Legend
 
has
 
 been
 
told.
 
The
 
version
 
told
 
here
 
is
 
that
 
 believed
 
to
 
have
 
 been
 
left
 
 by
 
an
 
enigma
 
of
 
the
 
17
th
 
Century
 
Christian
 
Rosenkreutz,
 
for
 
the
 
Brethren
 
of
 
the
 ʹ
Fraternitae
 
Rosae
 
Crucis
ʹ
or
 
the
 
Brotherhood
 
of
 
the
 
Rose
 
Cross.
 
While
 
many
 
 believed
 
this
 
Brotherhood
 
to
 
have
 
 been
 
an
 
elaborate
 
hoax
 
at
 
a
 
time
 
of
 
religious
 
and
 
political
 
turmoil
 
in
 
Europe,
 
others
 
firmly
 
 believe
 
that
 
it
 
did
 
exist
 
in
 
the
 
form
 
of
 
the
 
‘Invisible
 
College’.
 
Regardless,
 
the
 
legend
 
about
 
to
 
 be
 
retold
 
and
 
many
 
other
 
texts
 
associated
 
with
 
the
 
Rosicrucians
 
hold
 
much
 
knowledge
 
worthy
 
of
 
study.
 
Characters
 
such
 
as
 
Francis
 
Bacon,
 
Robert
 
Fludd,
 
Sir
 
Christopher
 
Wren,
 
Dr.
 
 John
 
Dee
 
and
 
Elias
 
Ashmole,
 
among
 
others,
 
all
 
studied
 
the
 
Rosicrucian
 
texts.
 
Many
 
of
 
these
 
also
 
played
 
significant
 
roles
 
in
 
the
 
development
 
of
 
Freemasonry
 
during
 
the
 
17
th
 
and
 
18
th
 
centuries.
 
As
 
it
 
is
 
in
 
Freemasonry,
 
so
 
it
 
was
 
in
 
Rosicrucian
 
circles
 
that
 
this
 
Legend
 
was
 
only
 
to
 
 be
 
shared
 
within
 
the
 
closed
 
group
 
of
 
the
 
initiated.
 
5
 
The
 
Temple
 
Legend
 
There
 
was
 
a
 
time
 
when
 
one
 
of
 
the
 
Elohim
 
created
 
a
 
human
 
 being
 
whom
 
he
 
called
 
Eve.
 
That
 
Elohim
 
united
 
himself
 
with
 
Eve
 
and
 
she
 
gave
 
 birth
 
to
 
Cain.
 
After
 
this,
 
another
 
Elohim,
 
named
 
Yahveh,
 
created
 
Adam.
 
Adam
 
also
 
united
 
himself
 
with
 
Eve
 
and
 
from
 
this
 
union
 
came
 
Abel.
 
(Thus
 
we
 
see
 
that
 
Cain
 
is
 
a
 
direct
 
descendant
 
of 
 
the
 
 gods,
 
but
 
 Abel
 
is
 
a
 
descendant
 
of 
 
 Adam
 
and
 
Eve
 
who
 
are
 
human.
 
Now
 
the
 
myth
 
 proceeds.)
 
The
 
sacrifices
 
that
 
Abel
 
made
 
to
 
Yahveh
 
were
 
pleasing
 
to
 
him,
 
 but
 
the
 
sacrifices
 
 brought
 
 by
 
Cain
 
did
 
not
 
please
 
him
 
 because
 
the
 
 birth
 
of
 
Cain
 
was
 
not
 
ordained
 
 by
 
him.
 
The
 
result
 
was
 
that
 
Cain
 
committed
 
fratricide.
 
He
 
killed
 
Abel
 
and
 
for
 
this
 
he
 
was
 
excluded
 
from
 
communion
 
with
 
Yahveh.
 
He
 
went
 
away
 
into
 
distant
 
lands
 
and
 
founded
 
his
 
own
 
race
 
there.
 
Adam
 
again
 
united
 
himself
 
with
 
Eve
 
and
 
from
 
this
 
union
 
came
 
Seth,
 
also
 
mentioned
 
in
 
the
 
Bible,
 
who
 
took
 
over
 
the
 
role
 
of
 
Abel.
 
Thus
 
we
 
have
 
two
 
generations
 
of
 
mankind:
 
the
 
race
 
of
 
Cain,
 
who
 
was
 
a
 
descendant
 
of
 
Eve
 
and
 
of
 
the
 
Elohim,
 
and
 
the
 
other
 
race
 
which
 
had
 
human
 
parentage
 
and
 
was
 
 brought
 
into
 
existence
 
at
 
the
 
command
 
of
 
Yahveh.
 
Among
 
the
 
descendants
 
of
 
Cain
 
are
 
all
 
those
 
who
 
have
 
 been
 
creators
 
of
 
art
 
and
 
science,
 
as,
 
for
 
instance,
 
Methuselah,
 
the
 
inventor
 
of
 
the
 
Tau
 
script,
 
and
 
T….
 
C…,
 
who
 
taught
 
the
 
use
 
and
 
working
 
of
 
metal
 
ores
 
and
 
iron.
 
In
 
this
 
line
 
of
 
descent,
 
stemming
 
from
 
the
 
Elohim,
 
were
 
all
 
those
 
who
 
trained
 
themselves
 
in
 
the
 
arts
 
and
 
sciences.
 
Hiram
 
also
 
descended
 
from
 
the
 
race
 
of
 
Cain,
 
and
 
he
 
was
 
the
 
inheritor
 
of
 
all
 
that
 
had
 
 been
 
learned
 
 by
 
the
 
others
 
of
 
his
 
line
 
in
 
technology
 
and
 
art.
 
He
 
was
 
the
 
most
 
significant
 
architect
 
we
 
can
 
imagine.
 
Out
 
of
 
Seth
ʹ
s
 
line
 
came
 
Solomon,
 
who
 
excelled
 
in
 
everything
 
that
 
came
 
from
 
Yahveh.
 
He
 
was
 
endowed
 
with
 
the
 
wisdom
 
of
 
the
 
world
 
and
 
all
 
the
 
attributes
 
of
 
calm,
 
clear,
 
objective
 
wisdom.
 
This
 
wisdom
 
can
 
 be
 
expressed
 
in
 
words
 
that
 
go
 
straight
 
to
 
the
 
human
 
heart
 
and
 
can
 
uplift
 
a
 
person,
 
 but
 
it
 
is
 
unable
 
to
 
produce
 
anything
 
tangible
 
of
 
a
 
technical
 
nature,
 
in
 
art
 
or
 
science.
 
It
 
is
 
a
 
wisdom
 
which
 
is
 
a
 
directly
 
inspired
 
gift
 
of
 
God
 
and
 
not
 
attained
 
from
 
 below
 
through
 
human
 
passions
 
welling
 
up
 
from
 
the
 
human
 
will—that
 
would
 
 be
 
the
 
wisdom
 
pertaining
 
to
 
the
 
sons
 
of
 
Cain,
 
a
 
legacy
 
of
 
the
 
other
 
Elohim,
 
not
 
Yahveh.
 
They
 
are
 
the
 
hardworking
 
industrious
 
ones
 
who
 
seek
 
to
 
accomplish
 
everything
 
through
 
their
 
own
 
efforts.
 
5
 
 
Solomon
 
now
 
decides
 
to
 
 build
 
a
 
temple
 
and
 
calls
 
upon
 
Hiram,
 
the
 
descendant
 
of
 
Cain,
 
to
 
 be
 
his
 
master
 
 builder.
 
It
 
was
 
at
 
the
 
time
 
when
 
Balkis,
 
the
 
Queen
 
of
 
Sheba,
 
was
 
visiting
 
 Jerusalem
 
 because
 
she
 
had
 
heard
 
of
 
the
 
wisdom
 
of
 
Solomon.
 
And
 
she
 
was
 
certainly
 
impressed
 
and
 
charmed
 
 by
 
the
 
exalted
 
and
 
clear
 
wisdom
 
and
 
 beauty
 
of
 
the
 
King
 
when
 
she
 
first
 
arrived,
 
and
 
when
 
he
 
made
 
love
 
to
 
her
 
she
 
consented
 
to
 
 be
 
his
 
 bride.
 
Now
 
she
 
heard
 
about
 
the
 
temple
 
which
 
was
 
 being
 
 built
 
and
 
she
 
desired
 
to
 
make
 
the
 
acquaintance
 
of
 
the
 
master
 
 builder,
 
Hiram.
 
When
 
she
 
first
 
met
 
him
 
she
 
was
 
captivated
 
merely
 
 by
 
his
 
glance.
 
As
 
a
 
result,
 
a
 
certain
 
mood
 
of
 
 jealousy
 
arose
 
 between
 
Hiram
 
and
 
Solomon
 
and
 
the
 
latter
 
wished
 
to
 
do
 
something
 
or
 
other
 
against
 
Hiram,
 
 but
 
he
 
was
 
dependent
 
upon
 
him
 
for
 
the
 
completion
 
of
 
the
 
temple.
 
Now
 
came
 
the
 
following.
 
The
 
temple
 
was
 
almost
 
complete.
 
Only
 
one
 
thing
 
was
 
still
 
lacking,
 
which
 
was
 
to
 
have
 
 been
 
Hiram
ʹ
s
 
masterpiece;
 
that
 
was
 
the
 
Molten
 
Sea,
 
which
 
was
 
to
 
represent
 
the
 
ocean
 
cast
 
in
 
 bronze
 
and
 
was
 
to
 
have
 
adorned
 
the
 
temple.
 
All
 
the
 
necessary
 
mixtures
 
of
 
ores
 
had
 
 been
 
prepared
 
 by
 
Hiram
 
in
 
a
 
most
 
wonderful
 
manner,
 
ready
 
to
 
 be
 
cast.
 
Now,
 
however,
 
three
 
apprentices
 
got
 
to
 
work,
 
whom
 
Hiram
 
had
 
found
 
so
 
lacking
 
in
 
skill
 
that
 
he
 
had
 
 been
 
unable
 
to
 
promote
 
them
 
to
 
 become
 
masters.
 
They
 
had
 
therefore
 
sworn
 
to
 
 be
 
revenged
 
on
 
him
 
and
 
desired
 
to
 
prevent
 
the
 
casting
 
of
 
the
 
Molten
 
Sea.
 
A
 
friend
 
of
 
Hiram,
 
who
 
got
 
to
 
know
 
about
 
these
 
plans,
 
confided
 
them
 
to
 
Solomon,
 
so
 
that
 
he
 
should
 
prevent
 
their
 
realization.
 
But
 
Solomon,
 
through
 
 jealousy,
 
did
 
nothing
 
to
 
stop
 
them,
 
 because
 
he
 
wished
 
to
 
destroy
 
Hiram.
 
The
 
result
 
was
 
that
 
Hiram
 
had
 
to
 
look
 
on
 
while
 
the
 
whole
 
casting
 
disintegrated
 
due
 
to
 
the
 
addition
 
of
 
a
 
wrong
 
ingredient
 
in
 
the
 
mixture
 
 by
 
the
 
three
 
apprentices.
 
He
 
tried
 
to
 
quench
 
the
 
 bursting
 
flames
 
 by
 
pouring
 
water
 
over
 
them,
 
 but
 
this
 
only
 
made
 
matters
 
worse.
 
 Just
 
as
 
he
 
was
 
on
 
the
 
point
 
of
 
despairing
 
about
 
the
 
work
 
ever
 
 being
 
completed,
 
T….
C…,
 
his
 
ancestor,
 
appeared
 
to
 
him
 
and
 
told
 
him
 
that
 
he
 
should
 
not
 
hesitate
 
to
 
cast
 
himself
 
into
 
the
 
fire,
 
as
 
he
 
was
 
invulnerable
 
to
 
the
 
flames.
 
Hiram
 
did
 
as
 
he
 
was
 
advised
 
and
 
came
 
to
 
the
 
centre
 
of
 
the
 
earth.
 
He
 
was
 
led
 
 by
 
T….
C…
 
to
 
Cain,
 
who
 
there
 
resided
 
in
 
a
 
condition
 
of
 
pristine
 
divinity.
 
Hiram
 
was
 
thus
 
initiated
 
into
 
the
 
Mystery
 
of
 
Fire
 
and
 
into
 
the
 
secret
 
of
 
 bronze
 
casting,
 
receiving
 
from
 
T….
C…
 
a
 
hammer
 
and
 
a
 
golden
 
triangle
 
which
 
he
 
was
 
able
 
to
 
carry
 
with
 
him
 
as
 
a
 
pendant
 
round
 
his
 
neck.
 
Then
 
he
 
returned
 
and
 
was
 
able
 
to
 
complete
 
the
 
casting
 
of
 
the
 
Molten
 
Sea
 
and
 
to
 
put
 
everything
 
in
 
order
 
again.
 
Hereupon
 
the
 
Queen
 
of
 
Sheba
 
consented
 
to
 
 become
 
Hiram
ʹ
s
 
 bride.
 
He,
 
however,
 
was
 
set
 
upon
 
 by
 
the
 
three
 
apprentices
 
and
 
murdered.
 
But
 
 before
 
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