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Post by Lux Aeterna on Aug 13, 2017 19:28:55 GMT
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Post by Lux Aeterna on Aug 13, 2017 13:52:07 GMT
Harmony, or Balance.
As in the middle pillar, Wisdom, flanked by Strength and Beauty.
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Post by Lux Aeterna on Aug 13, 2017 11:58:23 GMT
Apparently 'Abi' could also be used as a proper name:
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Post by Lux Aeterna on Aug 13, 2017 11:48:10 GMT
You make a very good point about the root HR. It's so easy to forget that Hebrew is written without (most) vowels. Apparently Hiram is a Hebrew name meaning "brother of the exalted one" - see here for example: babynames.allparenting.com/list/Hebrew_Baby_Names/Hiram/details/ So now we are, of course, curious about who the two Hirams had as brothers. As for Baal, the Wikipedia entry suggests various interpretations: Was HKT a Canite too?
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Post by Lux Aeterna on Aug 13, 2017 11:08:28 GMT
> Hiram Abiff was in turn Tubal Cain's son The name Hiram Abiff is rather odd. Abba is father and the HR root means high born - thus Hiram Abiff may be translated as "high born is his father" - pretty odd for the son of "a" widow. "While Hiram was floating on high the prophet Ezekiel was brought to him through the air, to reprove him for his arrogance. But the Prince of Tyre replied haughtily that he, like God, was sitting on the sea and in seven heavens, and had already survived David, Solomon, twenty-one kings of Israel, twenty kings of Judah, ten prophets, and ten high priests. Thereupon God said: "What! a mortal dares to deem himself a god because he has furnished cedars for the building of My Temple? Well, then, I will destroy My house in order that meet punishment may come upon him." www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/7720-hiram-huramThus it becomes clear that Hiram sits in the 7 heavens and has outlived 21 kings - perhaps as much as 300 years. So who or what is Hiram? Why are we not allowed to know who is his father? And it turns out that God did not really need a house after all. Well, yes, being descended from Tubal Cain Hiram Abiff was indeed high-born, although the fact that he was known as 'the widow's son' would suggest he wasn't fully disclosing his origins. You know, I think the Hiram referred to in the passage from the Jewish Encyclopedia may be the other Hiram, the prince of Tyre, who happened to be Hiram Abiff's employer. If you think about it, Hiram Abiff could not have said he had survived Solomon.
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Post by Lux Aeterna on Aug 12, 2017 21:35:00 GMT
Hmm, I didn't know Tubal Cain was goat-footed, but it makes sense, because in the video there is a drawing of Hiram Abiff and the foot that's visible looks cleft, albeit in what looks like a special type of footwear.
The story related in the video is that Cain was born of Eve and an Elohim before she met Adam (so no, she wasn't made out of one of Adam's ribs).
Lameck actually descended from Cain, which is why he called his own son Tubal Cain (which means descended from Cain) and of course the widow's son, Hiram Abiff was in turn Tubal Cain's son, which explains why he is depicted with a cleft foot.
The cleft foot comes from the Elohim who met Eve, as he was not from Adonai's camp but from Lucifer's.
So that's the lineage.
There's also a good explanation of lambs and goats, with the goats representing the industrious Cainites.
It's a very good video (for YT) citing plenty of Masonic sources, which are all listed on the page.
Whoever made that video knows a lot.
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Post by Lux Aeterna on Aug 12, 2017 16:09:21 GMT
Russell, No... I don't think so. I don't think one can show his ignorance until at least after he has been released from his cables tow... Before then, they must be ignorant, right? The High Priest took two goats for a sin offering. One as a sacrifice, and one to be set free... The one who was set free was the "scapegoat" and became the "horned God of the forests." Pan, Baccus, whoever... He was the one who knew the sins. Yet he was the one who lived... The "innocent" one died. Well, well, well! Would you believe it? This very post has been reproduced in the video Mystery of the Widow's Son at 46:54. For some interesting theories on the goat, start watching at 38 minutes. But actually it's a very interesting video overall. A touch anti perhaps, but intelligently done and well researched, so you may want to watch it all - it's just under an hour long. Re. the two goats, sadly they both died. One was sacrificed in the temple, the other was thrown off the edge of a cliff, as it was believed to carry with it all the sins of the community. I think that's where the term 'scapegoat' really came from. If anybody watches the video I'd love to hear your thoughts.
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Post by Lux Aeterna on Aug 6, 2017 15:33:56 GMT
I hope someone can shed some light on this? A Minnesotan lodge has a very interesting page entitled Why you shouldn't become a Freemason.It lists various social and charitable reasons why people often think of joining, but in each case it states they are not really relevant reasons and even provides details of other organisations which may be more appropriate - which seems fair enough. Except that it then fails to give a reason why anyone should join - other than "brotherhood" that is, but without providing a definition of brotherhood that might distinguish it from the brotherhood found within other organisations. Puzzling to say the least - but it gets worse! If you visit the UGLE website you are going to be even more confused because the reasons they give for joining are basically social and charitable - i.e. precisely the ones the Minnesotan lodge says are the wrong reasons for joining. Am I missing something? And in any event, why do people choose to join - except, perhaps, out of curiosity?
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