Temple Legend

Model of the Temple of Solomon with the Brazen Sea (left) and the central altar (right) in the forecourt.

The Temple Legend or Hiram Legend, which is connected with the building of Solomon's Temple (1 Kings 6:1) and especially with the casting of the Brazen Sea (1 Kings 7:23), forms the basis of Freemasonry and was given by Christian Rosenkreutz himself in the 15th century, according to Rudolf Steiner. The temple, which was consecrated in 951 BC after seven years (1 Kings 6:38) of construction, was built by order of Solomon on the Temple Mount Moria in Jerusalem with the help of Phoenician builders who, according to tradition, were led by Hiram Abiff, who came from the descendants of Cain.

Literature

• Charles William Heckethorn: Geheime Gesellschaften, Geheimbünde und Geheimlehren, Autorisierte deutsche Ausgabe, bearbeitet von Leopold Katscher, Leipzig, Rengersche Verlagsbuchhandlung 1900 (neu verlegt im Anaconda Verlag, Köln 2007, ISBN 978-3-86647-087-3) [1]
• Gérard de Nerval: Die Tempellegende: Die Geschichte von der Königin aus dem Morgenland und von Sulaiman, dem Fürsten der Genien Edition Perceval, Band 12, Verlag am Goetheanum 2001, ISBN 978-3723508657
• Rudolf Steiner: Die Tempellegende und die Goldene Legende, GA 93 (1991), ISBN 3-7274-0930-4 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Zur Geschichte und aus den Inhalten der erkenntniskultischen Abteilung der Esoterischen Schule von 1904 bis 1914, GA 265 (1987), ISBN 3-7274-2650-0 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org

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