A Queen of Scots

 

June 5, 2021

Queen Scotia, the queen that is said to have come from Egypt and gave her name to the Scots, and likewise her husband King Gaythelos is said to have given his name to the Gaels. Together they ruled Ireland and Scotland. It is not known if the story is true or mythical but if she truly did make it to the isle, is she really to be found buried in a glen outside of Tralee, Ireland?

A short distance from the bustling Irish town of Tralee in County Kerry there is an otherworldly looking glen, which is known as Scotia’s Grave. According to Irish folklore, the glen was the location of a battle known as Sliabh Mish, which took place between the Celtic Milesians and a supernatural race called the Tuatha Dé Danann (tribe of the gods). Although it was the Milesians, who were victorious in battle, it was a triumph at the expense of their queen, Scotia, who is reputed to have been buried in the glen.

Who Was Queen Scotia?

Queen Scotia appears in a chronical called the Book of Leinster, a medieval Irish manuscript that was compiled in around 1160 AD. The book was compiled by an abbot named Áed Ua Crimthainn who deeply respected the traditions and history of Ireland, even when they were at odds with his views as a Christian or his reasonable beliefs as a well-educated man.

She is described as the daughter of an Egyptian Pharaoh, the wife of a Greek king, and a contemporary of the Biblical Moses who allegedly cured her husband after he was bitten by a venomous snake.

Queen Scotia was the daughter of an Egyptian Pharaoh

Both Scotia and her husband King Gaythelos were exiled from Egypt for unspecified reasons during a time of great upheaval, and it is after this that they traveled to Europe where they founded both the Scots in modern day Scotland and the Gaels in Ireland. Scotia gave her name to the Scots and to Scotland and Gaythelos gave his name to the Gaels Scotia’s death in battle was supposedly the result of the pregnant woman attempting to jump a bank on horseback.

A Traditional Interpretation of the Myth of Scotia

The myth of Queen Scotia has traditionally been regarded by historians as fictitious. It was recorded by an abbot at a time where people in Christian countries wanted to assert their ancient roots, and links to important Biblical figures. It is particularly noteworthy that Scotia’s husband was said to have been healed by Moses.

The site of Scotia’s Grave itself could be a way for a place so remote from the original locations in the Bible to steak a believable claim to having Biblical links. ‘Burial place of the wife of a man who once met Moses’, is vague enough; to be believable, and unremarkable enough that it does not warrant extensive investigation to verify it, while still referencing one of the more important figures in the Old Testament. Although the myth of Queen Scotia (also Scotia) is fantastical it is not out of the realms of possibility and controversial historian Ralph Ellis believes he has found evidence that Scotia really did exist.

The History of Egypt

Ellis claims the myth of Scotia does not originate in the Book of Leinster but far earlier, in a text called The History of Egypt Aegyptiaca written in 300 BC by a Greco-Egyptian author called Manteo. Evidence in Aegyptiaca may point to Scotia being an identity of Ankhesenamun, a daughter of Akhenaton and Nefertiti, and both half-sister and widow of Tutankhamen. According to Ellis, Ankhesenamun went on to marry a Pharaoh named Ay; whom he claims is actually Gaythelos. After Ay’s reign was cut short, the couple was sent in to exile where they made their way to Europe and settled in Iberia. Rather than Scotia herself making the journey to Ireland, Ellis believes it was her descendants who migrated, four generations after she settled in Iberia. Of course, this interpretation does not explain the existence of Scotia’s Grave or the references to Queen Scotia in Medieval Irish Literature.

Archaeological Evidence?

Although Ellis’ bold claims are extremely controversial, he is not the only one to find evidence the myth may be at least partially true. Lorraine Evans, who studied Egyptology at one of the world’s top universities, also believes the myth of Queen Scotia cannot be entirely debunked. She points to the remains of an ancient boat found in Yorkshire, which is of a type found in the Mediterranean at around the time the myth is set, as just one piece of archaeological evidence proving a link between ancient Egypt, Britain and Ireland.

It is often the case that myths and legends have a kernel of truth at their core and there is no reason the story of Scotia should be any different. The legend may have grown up around the desire to find links to Biblical figures but if you strip back the layers it becomes more plausible. Maybe Scotia did not ever meet Moses and maybe she was not an exiled Egyptian queen. Perhaps, if she was real, she was just an extraordinary woman who made an exceptional journey across continents almost 4000 years ago.

The Grail in Egypt and Scotland

 June 5, 2021

Queen Scotia, the queen that is said to have come from Egypt and gave her name to the Scots, and likewise her husband King Gaythelos is said to have given his name to the Gaels. Together they ruled Ireland and Scotland. It is not known if the story is true or mythical, but if she truly did make it to the isle, is she really to be found buried in a glen outside of Tralee, Ireland? A short distance from the bustling Irish town of Tralee in County Kerry, there is an otherworldly-looking glen, which is known as Scotia’s Grave. According to Irish folklore, the glen was the location of a battle known as Sliabh Mish, which took place between the Celtic Milesians and a supernatural race called the Tuatha Dé Danann (tribe of the gods). Although it was the Milesians who were victorious in battle, it was a triumph at the expense of their queen, Scotia, who is reputed to have been buried in the glen.

Who Was Queen Scotia?

Queen Scotia appears in a chronicle called the Book of Leinster, a medieval Irish manuscript that was compiled around 1160 AD. The book was compiled by an abbot named Áed Ua Crimthainn, who deeply respected the traditions and history of Ireland, even when they were at odds with his views as a Christian or his reasonable beliefs as a well-educated man.

She is described as the daughter of an Egyptian Pharaoh, the wife of a Greek king, and a contemporary of the Biblical Moses, who allegedly cured her husband after he was bitten by a venomous snake. Both Scotia and her husband King Gaythelos were exiled from Egypt for unspecified reasons during a time of great upheaval, and it is after this that they traveled to Europe where they founded both the Scots in modern-day Scotland and the Gaels in Ireland. 

Scotia gave her name to the Scots and to Scotland, and Gaythelos gave his name to the Gaels. Scotia’s death in battle was supposedly the result of the pregnant woman attempting to jump a bank on horseback.

A Traditional Interpretation of the Myth of Scotia

The myth of Queen Scotia has traditionally been regarded by historians as fictitious. It was recorded by an abbot at a time when people in Christian countries wanted to assert their ancient roots and links to important Biblical figures. It is particularly noteworthy that Scotia’s husband was said to have been healed by Moses.

The site of Scotia’s Grave itself could be a way for a place so remote from the original locations in the Bible to stake a believable claim to having Biblical links. ‘Burial place of the wife of a man who once met Moses’ is vague enough to be believable, and unremarkable enough that it does not warrant extensive investigation to verify it, while still referencing one of the more important figures in the Old Testament. Although the myth of Queen Scotia (also Scotia) is fantastical, it is not out of the realms of possibility, and controversial historian Ralph Ellis believes he has found evidence that Scotia really did exist.

Ellis claims the myth of Scotia does not originate in the Book of Leinster but far earlier, in a text called The History of Egypt (Aegyptiaca), written in 300 BC by a Greco-Egyptian author called Manetho. Evidence in Aegyptiaca may point to Scotia being an identity of Ankhesenamun, a daughter of Akhenaton and Nefertiti, and both half-sister and widow of Tutankhamen. According to Ellis, Ankhesenamun went on to marry a Pharaoh named Ay, whom he claims is actually Gaythelos. After Ay’s reign was cut short, the couple was sent into exile where they made their way to Europe and settled in Iberia. Rather than Scotia herself making the journey to Ireland, Ellis believes it was her descendants who migrated, four generations after she settled in Iberia. Of course, this interpretation does not explain the existence of Scotia’s Grave or the references to Queen Scotia in Medieval Irish Literature.

The Other Ark.

 

May 3, 2021

Clouds and darkness are round about him; Righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne. A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about, his lightning enlightened the world; the Earth saw, and trembled. The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord. Psalm 97: 2–5

Mal-lawi or Malleui is a city; its name literally means City of the Levites. The High Priest of Akhenaten’s Amarna Temple was Meryre; he was a Hebrew and a son of Levi. (Genesis 46:11). Moses is defined in Hermetic culture as an alchemist (Alkhame), and he did indeed perform as such by transmuting gold into the mysterious high ward firestone – Manna. We know that the “presence of the Lord” can be attributed to fire, but no ordinary fire, a type that crashes, sends out spears and bolts of deadly lightning – Ark light. If we accept the veracity of Exodus 3:1-5, it becomes obvious that the Ark was already situated at the temple atop Mt. Choreb, and it is likely that it had been operating there from the time of Pharaoh Sneferu, 1,300 years before Moses got there.

That span of time makes it a fair possibility that Bezaleel did not manufacture the Ark, unless he did – having lived an enormous lifespan by consuming incredibly large amounts of the shewbread. Arks of the design found in Exodus were Egyptian, not Israelite or Hebrew. An example would be the one discovered by Howard Carter in 1922 at the entrance to King Tut’s tomb. The Cherubim found there are not dissimilar to the ones found on the Ark of the Covenant.

To be fair, geographically, the Sinai plateau is prone to St. Elmo’s fire. This occurs when high voltage electricity affects a gas and is sometimes seen as a glow just above ground level. The electric charge can reach up to 30,000 volts/sq. cm. This phenomenon may be what Moses was seeing when he reported the burning bush that was not consumed by fire; it may also be why he was told to remove his shoes so he would not be electrocuted. Electricity was clearly known to our ancestors, whatever they may have called it.

Noah’s ark was the size of a modern-day aircraft carrier, though of tremendous size it still was not large enough to get two of everything on it. It very likely held their critical infrastructure, aircraft, ground vehicles, and factory and laboratory materials, electronics that could not or should not be powered down. It is likely that the Annunaki used a combination of ba and the power from an ark similar to the Ark of the Covenant to power Noah’s ark. The term YHWH, though subject to innumerable interpretations, may actually be their term for electricity. The head Levite priest could only mutter the word for God under his breath once a year as he entered the Holy of Holies. And really, what is the Ark of the Covenant if not a giant electricity generator?

In order to understand that better, we must have a look at PGMs as a whole. Platinum group metals consist of Iridium, Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium, Osmium, and Ruthenium; most were re-discovered in the mid-19th century. Iridium is an extraterrestrial rock brought to Earth by meteorites; the ancients called it Sappir. It is said to have been present under the Jerusalem temple by the tenets of old Royal Arch Freemasonry. Exodus 24:10 says it was at Mt. Choreb as well. The re-discovery was made by a team from Cornell and Harvard.

PGMs are better thought of in a group of two; Platinum, Palladium, and Rhodium are soluble in molten gold, whereas Iridium, Osmium, and Ruthenium are not. Today our perception that gold is a pure element is relatively new, as is the Law of Constant Composition. The Periodic Table of Elements was formed by the Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev in 1869; he gave us 63 elements based on atomic mass. The Old Testament has seven nouns for gold: zahav, paz, ketem, harus, s’gor, Ophir, and baser. Zahav tahor refers to “pure gold,” which is specified for the lid of the Ark of the Covenant.

Medieval alchemists used two methods to remove impurities from gold: cupellation, which involved using lead and heating the metal to about 1,100°C; and, if silver needed to be removed from gold, the method called parting was used. This involved the use of acidic salts, sodium chloride, saltpeter, elemental sulfur, and antimony sulfide. Both ancient Egypt and Sumer describe being able to use fire to remove impurities from gold.

Classical writers such as Plato (427–347 B.C.) and Pliny (24–79 A.D.) wrote about PGMs. Both wrote about platinum elements in gold, calling them adamas. Adamas were classified in Sumer as an-na or firestone, as they were bright silvery in color. Misguided metallurgists of the Middle Ages thought that PGMs were tin, and wasted much time and effort trying to turn lead into gold.

Iridium is found in meteorites in much higher abundance than in the Earth's crust. For this reason, the unusually high abundance of iridium in the clay layer at the Cretaceous–Paleogene Boundary gave rise to the Alvarez hypothesis that the impact of a massive extraterrestrial object caused the E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event) of 66 million years ago. Similarly, an iridium anomaly in core samples from the Pacific Ocean suggested the Eltanin impact of about 2.5 million years ago.

It is thought that the total amount of iridium in the planet Earth is much higher than that observed in crustal rocks, but as with other platinum-group metals, the high density and tendency of iridium to bond with iron caused most iridium to descend below the crust when the planet was young and still molten.

A member of the platinum group metals, iridium is white, resembling platinum but with a slight yellowish cast. Because of its hardness, brittleness, and very high melting point, solid iridium is difficult to machine, form, or work; thus, powder metallurgy is commonly employed instead. It is the only metal to maintain good mechanical properties in air at temperatures above 1,600°C (2,910°F). It has the 10th highest boiling point among all metals and becomes a superconductor at temperatures below 0.14 K.

Iridium's modulus of elasticity is the second highest among the metals, only being surpassed by osmium.

TOA Osmium. Occurrence: Osmium is rarely found in its pure metallic form in nature. It is usually found alloyed with other platinum group metals in minerals like iridosmine and Osmiridium.It is a very rare element in the Earth's crust, with a very low abundance. Important Considerations: Handling: Due to the toxicity of osmium tetroxide, it's crucial to handle osmium with care and avoid inhalation or skin contact with the powdered or spongy metal. Cost: Osmium is a precious metal and can be quite expensive.

This, together with a high shear modulus and a very low figure for Poisson’s ratio (the relationship of longitudinal to lateral strain), indicates the high degree of stiffness and resistance to deformation that have rendered its fabrication into useful components a matter of great difficulty. Despite these limitations and iridium's high cost, a number of applications have developed where mechanical strength is an essential factor in some of the extremely severe conditions encountered in modern technology.

The measured density of iridium is only slightly lower (by about 0.12%) than that of osmium, the densest metal known. Some ambiguity occurred regarding which of the two elements was denser, due to the small size of the difference in density and difficulties in measuring it accurately, but with increased accuracy in factors used for calculating density, X-ray crystallographic data yielded densities of 22.56 g/cm³ for iridium and 22.59 g/cm³ for osmium.

Iridium can be used to determine the composition origin of the sediments, such as extraterrestrial deposits, volcanic activity, seawater deposition, microbial processing, hydrothermal vent exhalations, etc. Most of these sources contain iridium in extremely small quantities, with more substantial findings leading scientists to conclusions of sub-tectonic or extraterrestrial origin. Iridium is oxidized in some marine minerals of marine sediments, and its likelihood of mineralization in ferromanganese, in concentrations that approach that of the “seawater ratio,” enhances their heavy metal value as an ore. Iridium concentration compared to lead or gold in these sediments has been found to be an indicator of whether the sediments came from terrestrial weathering, sub-tectonic activity, or have a cosmic origin. For example, volcanic exhalation contains higher ratios of lead and gold but has the same levels of iridium, and high gold, lead, and platinum with low levels of iridium is characteristic of hydrothermal exhalation.

Iridium in bulk metallic form is not biologically important or hazardous to health due to its lack of reactivity with tissues; there are only about 20 parts per trillion of iridium in human tissue. Like most metals, finely divided iridium powder can be hazardous to handle, as it is an irritant and may ignite in air. Very little is known about the toxicity of iridium compounds, primarily because it is used so rarely that few people are exposed to it and those who do only with very small amounts. However, soluble salts, such as the iridium halides, could be hazardous due to elements other than iridium or due to iridium itself. At the same time, most iridium compounds are insoluble, which makes absorption into the body difficult.

Whose Was the Real Flood?

 

May 3, 2021

WWF Clouds & Darkness Around Him. This guy Enlil, the Christian God, the guy was an ass. He was about darkness, and intimidation. The Jews of old were so afraid of him they couldn't utter his name. The Bible is strange, it was written for Jews, at least the Old Testament was. Then the Catholic Church came along, and rewrote, the New Testament, for a god of a different mind set. This god too, is about fear and control.

Clouds and darkness are round about him; Righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne. A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about, his lightning enlightened the world; the Earth saw, and trembled. The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord. Psalm 97: 2 – 5  St. Augustine of Hippo (13 November 354 – 28 August 430) and many others have interpreted the above Psalm to represent a fiery and vengeful God. No matter how the passage has been twisted by the Roman Catholic Church, a church that continues to have no understanding of its own subject matter; the passage is nonetheless Ark-related, most notably in Exodus 20: 18 – 19. This of course takes place at Mt. Choreb, where Moses builds the Ark of the Covenant.

The word “Ark” stems from the word arcane (adj) 1540s, from Latin arcanus "secret, hidden, private, concealed," from arcere "to close up, enclose, contain," from arca "chest, box, place for safe-keeping," from PIE root ark- "to hold, contain, guard" (source also of Greek arkos "defense," arkein "to ward off;" Armenian argel "obstacle;" Lithuanian raktas "key," rakinti "to shut, lock"). Ark (N) Old English earc, Old Northumbrian arc, mainly meaning Noah's but also the Ark of the Covenant, from Latin arca "large box, chest" (see arcane), the word used in the Vulgate Bible. Also borrowed in Old High German (arahha, Modern German Arche). From the Noachian sense comes extended meaning "place of refuge" (17c.). As the name of a type of ship or boat, from late 15c. In 19c. U.S., especially a large, flat-bottomed riverboat to move produce, livestock, etc.

The two arks that we are interested in are, of course, Noah’s, and the Ark of the Covenant. The structure of the Ark (and the chronology of the flood) is homologous with the Jewish Temple and with Temple worship. Accordingly, Noah's instructions are given to him by God (Genesis 6:14–16): the ark is to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide and 30 cubits high.

Commonly believed is the notion that a 'cubit' is equal to 18 inches, or the length of a man's arm from elbow to fingertip. Scripture, on the other hand, in conformity with its parallel to the Temple, prescribes unique measurements for such a 'sacred,' or 'long,' cubit. In Ezekiel 43:13, the dimensions for the sacred altar are noted to be in such cubits as "that cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth," or 21 to 25 inches. This would result in ark dimensions of 525-624 ft. x 87.5-104 ft. x 52.5-62.4 ft. Or roughly the size of the aircraft carrier USS Independence.

Some assert that these dimensions are based on a numerological preoccupation with the number sixty, the same number characterizing the vessel of the Babylonian flood-hero. Its three internal divisions reflect the three-part universe imagined by the ancient Israelites: heaven, earth, and the underworld. Each deck is the same height as the Temple in Jerusalem, itself a microcosmic model of the universe, and each is three times the area of the court of the tabernacle, leading to the suggestion that the author saw both Ark and tabernacle as serving for the preservation of human life.

It has a door in the side, and a tsohar, which may be either a roof or a skylight. It is to be made of Gopher wood, a word that appears nowhere else in the Bible — and divided into qinnim, a word that always refers to birds' nests elsewhere in the Bible, leading some scholars to emend this to qanim, reeds. The finished vessel is to be smeared with koper, meaning pitch or bitumen: in Hebrew the two words are closely related, kaparta ("smeared") ... bakopper.

For well over a century, scholars have recognized that the Bible's story of Noah's Ark is based on older Mesopotamian models. Because all these flood stories deal with events that allegedly happened at the dawn of history, they give the impression that the myths themselves must come from very primitive origins. But the myth of the global flood that destroys all life only begins to appear in the Old Babylonian period (20th–16th centuries BCE). The reasons for this emergence of the typical Mesopotamian flood myth may have been bound up with the specific circumstances of the end of the 3rd dynasty of Nippur around 2004 BCE and the restoration of order by the First Dynasty of Isin.

There are nine known versions of the Mesopotamian flood story, each more or less adapted from an earlier version. In the oldest version, inscribed in the Sumerian city of Nippur 1600 BCE, the hero is King Ziusudra. This story, the Sumerian flood story, probably derives from an earlier version. The Ziusudra version tells how he builds a boat and rescues life when the god (Enlil) decides to destroy it. This basic plot is common in several subsequent flood-stories and heroes, including Noah. Ziusudra's Sumerian name means "He of long life." In Babylonian versions, his name is Atrahasis, but the meaning is the same. In the Atrahasis version, the flood is a river flood.

The version closest to the biblical story of Noah, as well as its most likely source, is that of Utnapishtim in the Epic of Gilgamesh. A complete text of Utnapishtim's story is a clay tablet dating from the 7th century BCE, but fragments of the story have been found from as far back as the 19th century BCE. The last known version of the Mesopotamian flood story was written in Greek in the 3rd century BCE by a Babylonian priest named Berossus. From the fragments that survive, it seems little changed from the versions of two thousand years before.

The parallels between Noah's Ark and the arks of Babylonian flood-heroes Atrahasis and Utnapishtim have often been noted. Atrahasis' Ark was circular, resembling an enormous quffa, with one or two decks. Utnapishtim's ark was a cube with six decks of seven compartments, each divided into nine sub-compartments (63 sub-compartments per deck, 378 total). Noah's Ark was rectangular with three decks. There is believed to be a progression from a circular to a cubic or square to rectangular. The most striking similarity is the near-identical deck areas of the three arks: 14,400 cubits², 14,400 cubits², and 15,000 cubits² for Atrahasis, Utnapishtim, and Noah, only 4% different. Professor Finkel concluded "the iconic story of the Flood, Noah, and the Ark, as we know it today certainly originated in the landscape of ancient Mesopotamia, modern Iraq." Sorry Christians, once more we prove that your church has lied to you.

Linguistic parallels between Noah’s, and Atrahasis' arks have also been noted. The word used for "pitch" (sealing tar or resin), in Genesis is not the normal Hebrew word, but is closely related to the word used in the Babylonian story. Likewise, the Hebrew word for "ark" (tevah) is nearly identical to the Babylonian word for an oblong boat (ṭubbû), especially given that "v" and "b" are the same letter in Hebrew: bet (ב).

However, the causes for God or the gods sending the flood differ in the various stories. In the Hebrew myth, the flood inflicts God's judgment on wicked humanity. The Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh gives no reasons, and the flood appears the result of divine caprice. In the Babylonian Atrahasis version, the flood is sent to reduce human overpopulation, and after the flood, other measures were introduced to limit humanity.

Not In Salem

 

May 1, 2021

NIS A view of the original Temple of Solomon.

According to the Biblical narrative, Solomon's Temple, also known as the First Temple, was a Temple in Salem (בֵּית־הַמִּקְדָּשׁ: Beit Ha-Miqdash) built under King Solomon’s reign and completed in 957 BCE. The Temple was looted and then destroyed in 586–587 BCE at the hands of the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II, who also deported the Jews to Babylon. The destruction of the temple and the deportation were seen as fulfillment of prophecy and strengthened Judaic religious beliefs.

The Torah describes how Solomon's father, King David, the great warrior king, united the Israelite tribes, captured Jerusalem, and brought the Israelites' central artifact, the Ark of the Covenant, into the city. David chose Mount Moriah in Jerusalem as the site for a future temple to house the Ark of the Covenant, today known as the Temple Mount or Haram Al-Sharif. However, God would not let him build the Temple, for he had "shed much blood." Instead, his son Solomon, known for being an ambitious builder of public works, built it. He placed the Ark in the Holy of Holies, the windowless innermost room and most sacred area of the Temple. In the Holy of Holies, God's presence rested. Only the high priest was allowed to enter the room, once per year on the Day of Atonement, carrying the blood of a sacrificial lamb and burning incense.

NS The Ark of the Covenant. Here carried by Levite priests, so named after gold/MFKZT's levitational properties. IT will be placed in the Holy of Holies, to power the Annunaki Space Centre.

 According to the Bible, the Temple not only served as a religious building but also as a place of assembly for the Israelites. The Jews who had been deported in the aftermath of the Babylonian conquest were eventually allowed to return and rebuild their temple — known as the Second Temple — but the building no longer housed the Ark, as it had disappeared.

There is a general agreement that a ritual structure existed on the Temple Mount by the point of the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem; however, serious doubts remain in attributing it or its construction to Solomon, or any king roughly contemporaneous to his lifetime. Scholars doubt the veracity of the Biblical account, as no evidence for the existence of Solomon's Temple has been found, and the Temple is not mentioned in extra-Biblical accounts (See our article “Is Israel Really The Land Of The Bible?”). Artifacts supposedly proving the existence of Solomon's Temple — an ivory pomegranate and a 9th-century BCE stone tablet — have turned out to be fakes. Many scholars believe that the inscription on a pottery shard known as Ostracon 18, written around 600 BCE, references the Temple in Jerusalem.

In the Bible book 2 Samuel, Hiram I, the king of the Phoenician city-state Tyre, becomes an ally of King David following his conquest of Jerusalem. The friendship continues after Solomon succeeds David, and a literary account of how Hiram helps Solomon build the Temple is given in the Bible books 1 Kings chapters 5–9 and 2 Chronicles 2–7.

Hiram agrees to Solomon's request to supply him with cedar and cypress trees for the construction of the Temple. He tells Solomon that he will send the trees by sea: "I will make them into rafts to go by the sea to the place that you indicate. I will have them broken up there for you to take away." In return for the lumber, Solomon sends him wheat and oil. Solomon also brings over a skilled craftsman from Tyre, also called Hiram or Hiram-Abif, who oversees the construction of the Temple. Stonemasons fromGebal (Byblos) cut stones for the Temple.

According to 1 Kings, the foundation of the Temple is laid in Ziv, the second month of the fourth year of Solomon's reign, and construction is completed in Bul, the eighth month of Solomon's eleventh year, thus taking about seven years. According to Flavius Josephus, the Jewish historian, "Solomon began to build the temple in the fourth year of his reign. On the second month, the Macedonians call Artemisius, and the Hebrews Jar. Five hundred and ninety-two years after the exodus out of Egypt, but after one thousand and twenty years from Abraham coming out of Mesopotamia into Canaan. After the deluge, one thousand four hundred and forty years; and from Adam, the first man who was created, until Solomon built the temple, there had passed in all three thousand one hundred and two years."

After the Temple and palace (taking an additional 13 years) is completed, Solomon gives Hiram twenty towns in the Galilee as a partial payment for goods delivered. But when Hiram comes to see the towns, he isn't pleased: "What are these towns that you have given me, my brother?" he asks. However, he remains on friendly terms with Solomon.

The Bible book 2 Chronicles fills in some details of the construction not given in 1 Kings. It states that the trees sent as rafts were sent to the city of Joppa on the Mediterranean coast, and in return for the lumber supplied, Solomon, in addition to the wheat and oil, sent wine to Hiram.

1 Kings 8:1–9 and 2 Chronicles 5:2–10 record that in the 7th month of the year, at the Feast of Tabernacles, the priests and the Levites brought the Ark of the Covenant from the City of David and placed it inside the Holy of Holies. (It is interesting that they alone had the very special job of looking after the Ark.)

1 Kings 8:10–66 and 2 Chronicles 6:1–42 recount the events of the temple's dedication. When the priests emerged from the Holy of Holies after placing the Ark there, the Temple was filled with an overpowering cloud which interrupted the dedication ceremony, "for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord [such that] the priests could not stand to minister" (1 Kings 8:10–11; 2 Chronicles 5:13–14). Solomon interpreted the cloud as "[proof] that his pious work was accepted":

The Lord has said that he would dwell in thick darkness.
I have built you an exalted house, a place for you to dwell in forever. (1 Kings 8:12–13)

The allusion is to Leviticus 16:2:The Lord said to Moses, Tell your brother Aaron not to come just at any time into the sanctuary inside the curtain before the mercy seat that is upon the ark, or he will die; for I appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.

The Pulpit Commentary notes, "Solomon had thus every warrant for connecting a theophany with the thick dark cloud." Solomon then led the whole assembly of Israel in prayer, noting that the construction on the temple represented a fulfillment of God's promise to David. The temple was dedicated as a place of prayer and reconciliation for all people of Israel, including foreigners. Highlighting the paradox that God, who lives in the heavens, cannot really be contained within a single building. The dedication was concluded with musical celebration and sacrifices said to have included "twenty-two thousand bulls and one hundred and twenty thousand sheep." 

NIS 120,000 Sheep. I sure hope that they got to eat that sacrifice, otherwise, that's a lot of yummyness gone to waste.

 These sacrifices were offered outside the temple, in "the middle of the court that was in front of the house of the Lord," because the altar inside the temple, despite its extensive dimensions, was not big enough for the offerings being made that day. The celebration lasted eight days. It was attended by a "very great assembly [gathered] from the entrance of Hamath to the Brook of Egypt." The subsequent Feast of Tabernacles extended the whole celebration to 14 days before the people were "sent away to their homes."

After the dedication, Solomon hears in a dream that God has heard his prayer, and God will continue to hear the prayers of the people of Israel if they adopt the four ways in which they could move God to action: humility, prayer, seeking his face, and turning from wicked ways. Conversely, if they turn aside and forsake God's commandments and worship other gods, then God will abandon the temple: "this house which I have sanctified for My name I will cast out of My sight."

Solomon's Temple was considered to be built according to Phoenician design, and its description is considered the best description of what a Phoenician temple looked like. The detailed descriptions provided in the Tanakh are the sources for reconstructions of its appearance. Technical details are lacking, since the scribes who wrote the books were not architects or engineers. Nevertheless, the descriptions have inspired modern replicas of the temple and influenced later structures around the world.

Archaeologists categorize the Biblical description of Solomon's Temple as a langbau building — that is, a rectangular building that is longer than it is wide. It is furthermore classified as a tripartite building, consisting of three units: the ulam (porch), the heikal (sanctuary), and the debir (the Holy of Holies). It is also categorized as being a straight-axis temple, meaning that there is a straight line from the entrance to the innermost shrine. The Holy of Holies, also called the "Inner House," was 20 cubits in length, breadth, and height. 

NIS A description of the length of a Cubit. There is a lot said about discrepancies in building measurements, the answer is very simple. Everyone's forearm length is different. Its also odd that the Annunaki, didn't supply us with a more standard unit of measure.

The usual explanation for the discrepancy between its height and the 30-cubit height of the temple is that its floor was elevated, like the cella of other ancient temples. It was floored and wainscotted with cedar from Lebanon, and its walls and floor were overlaid with gold amounting to 600 talents or roughly 20 metric tons. It contained two cherubim of olive wood, each 10 cubits high and each having outspread wings of 10 cubits span, so that, since they stood side by side, the wings touched the wall on either side and met in the centre of the room. There was a two-leaved door between it and the Holy Place, overlaid with gold; also a veil of tekhelet (blue), purple, and crimson and fine linen. It had no windows and was considered the dwelling-place of the "name" of God.

The Holy of Holies was prepared to receive and house the Ark; and when the Temple was dedicated, the Ark, containing the original tablets of the Ten Commandments, was placed beneath the cherubim.

NIS The dedication and opening of, the new Annunaki Space Centre. It was placed here in Jerusalem to try to protect it from Ra/Marduk, who coveted it because of his father, Enki our creator, being slighted.

The 33rd Degree

 

April 23, 2021

"Nothing is secret that shall not be made manifest; neither anything hid that shall not be known and come abroad." — Luke 8:17

Freemasonry — a secret society, or so we are led to believe. It is not so much a society that is secret (I mean, how can it be when most people have at least heard of it?). It is more accurate to say that it is an organization with secrets. As such, it is no different from any home, business, or institution that has conversations, or rituals behind closed doors.

The fact that a Freemason will tell you that he, or she (yes, there are lodges for women) cannot discuss what takes place at these meetings has led to the common belief that the organization has much to hide. This, in turn, has led outsiders to believe in conspiracy theories about them.

Masonic conspiracy theories are conspiracy theories involving Freemasonry. Hundreds of such theories have been described since the late 18th century. Usually, these theories fall into three distinct categories:

Political (usually involving allegations of control of government, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom).

Religious (usually involving allegations of anti-Christian or Satanic beliefs or practices). Cultural (usually involving popular entertainment).

Many conspiracy theories have connected the Freemasons, and the Knights Templar, with worship of the devil. These ideas come solely from the church. Why? To continue to protect their vested interest. This of course is the myth of Christ. Jesus of course was a man, as human as you or I. He was deified by Saul, and from then, the church has worked tirelessly to propagate that misunderstanding. Everything that Jesus originally taught as a Pagan Grail King, has been made evil by the church. The Knight Templar, whose origins were of the Grail bloodline, were of course Pagan.

TD Pagan Baphomet. The church made this figure EVIL. A figure of Satanism. In reality, which can only be, because the church invented the devil, Baphomet is a symbol of balance between masculine and feminine. Baphomet too is a corruption of the name, Mahomet. In Arabic, the name means praise. With Baphomet's association with evil, the church was able to attack both the Templars, and Islam.

Of the claims that Freemasonry exerts control over politics, perhaps the best-known example is the New World Order theory — but there are others. These mainly involve aspects and agencies of the United States government, but actual events outside the U.S. (such as the Propaganda Due scandal in Italy) are often used to lend credence to such claims.

Another set of theories has to do with Freemasonry and religion, particularly the claim that Freemasonry deals with the “occult”. People attach all kinds of stupidity to the word, it only means, hidden, or secret. A child having a secret can be considered occult. These theories have their beginnings in the Taxil Hoax. In addition to these, there are various theories focusing on the embedding of symbols in otherwise ordinary items — street patterns, national seals, corporate logos, etc.

TD Masonic Symbols seen as Corporate Logos.

There are Masonic conspiracy theories concerning nearly every aspect of society. The majority of these theories are based on one or more of the following assumptions:

• That Freemasonry is its own religion, requiring belief in a unique Masonic god, and that belief in this Masonic god is contrary to the teachings of various mainstream religions (usually framed as being specifically contrary to Christian belief).

• That the 33rd degree of the Scottish Rite is more than an honorary degree — coupled with the belief that most Freemasons are unaware of hidden or secretive ruling bodies within their organization that govern them, conduct occult rituals, or control various positions of governmental power.

• That a centralized worldwide body controls all Masonic Grand Lodges, and thus, all of Freemasonry worldwide acts in a unified manner.

My particular favourite conspiracy theory is the claim that becoming a 33rd degree Mason admits you into the Illuminati. This is utter nonsense, especially when you consider that there are just three degrees in basic Freemasonry. A simple comparison is this: if you were to obtain a B.A. from, say, Western University, you would need a minimum of 20 courses. Similarly, to obtain the 3rd degree rank of Master Mason, there are 33 courses or steps. The 33rd course is known as the Royal Arch degree. It is here that the Mason truly soars into the esoteric — or at least should.

TD Symbol of Royal Arch Degree in Freemasonry. Yup Freemasonry is evil, here we have the “devil's own” Ark of the Covenant, inside the Holy of Holies in King Solomon's Temple. The backwardness of the church and Christians in general is astounding.

Instead, the Mason is introduced to the rather disappointing story of Hiram Abif. There is much ado in Masonry about the differences between Scottish Rite and English Masonry. Yet, there never would have been a Scotland if not for the Irish.

In the early years of the first millennium A.D., Irish kings married into Egyptian pharaonic dynasties, thereby cementing Grail bloodlines into their Gaelic DNA. Over time, these Scots/Irish kings and queens married into the crowns of Europe, eventually becoming the Royal House of Stuart — the Stuarts, of course, having the strongest claim of descent from both Jesus and Mary Magdalene. This connection to the House of Bread is vital to understanding what happened in the 1700s.

From King David I (Dauíd mac Maíl Choluim; c. 1084 – May 24, 1153), who was Prince of the Cumbrians (1113–1124) and later King of Scotland (1124–1153), through to Bonnie Prince Charlie — Charles Edward Louis John Casimir Sylvester Severino Maria Stuart (December 20, 1720 – January 30, 1788), the elder son of James Francis Edward Stuart, grandson of James II and VII, and Stuart claimant to the throne of Great Britain after 1766 as "Charles III."

During his lifetime, he was also known as "the Young Pretender" and "the Young Chevalier." In popular memory, he is "Bonnie Prince Charlie." He is best remembered for his role in the 1745 rising; his defeat at Culloden in April 1746 effectively ended the Stuart cause. Subsequent attempts — such as a planned French invasion in 1759 — failed to materialize. His escape from Scotland after the uprising led to his portrayal as a romantic figure of heroic failure. Our Kings of Scots, because of their Grail heritage, were deeply interested in Alkhame — the art of bringing light from darkness. But not just any kind of light — the light of spiritual illumination: gold in its purest form — MFKZT, manna, star fire, white powder gold, ORMES (Orbitally Rearranged Mono-atomic Elements).

TD Orbitally Rearranged Mono-atomic Elements. The Egyptian symbol for light. 

Robert I (July 11, 1274 – June 7, 1329), popularly known as Robert the Bruce (Medieval Gaelic: Roibert a Briuis; Modern Scottish Gaelic: Raibeart Brus; Norman French: Robert de Brus or Robert de Bruys; Early Scots: Robert Brus; Latin: Robertus Brussius), was King of Scots from 1306 to his death in 1329.

Robert was one of the most famous warriors of his generation and eventually led Scotland during the First War of Scottish Independence against England. He fought successfully to regain Scotland's place as an independent country and is now revered in Scotland as a national hero. Robert the Bruce gave sanctuary to the remaining Templars after French King Philip IV disbanded their organization (see our article “Everything Has a Price”) on Friday, October 13, 1307. These incredible humanists had brought the secrets of Alkhame back from the Holy Land. After their dissolution, the organization morphed into the Rosicrucian movement to protect itself.

The adherents of the Rosicrucians of the early 1600s found themselves studying esoteric subjects like this. This was pure anathema to the Puritans of the Cromwellian era, which again forced the then-modern Templars underground. The members of the Rosy Cross were not formally established as an organization, so they could not quite call themselves Freemasons — yet they were. There were recorded Freemason lodges in Scotland, notarized by Stuart kings.

T3D Becoming Better

These Rosicrucian Freemasons under the Stuarts studied science — and as we know, science and spirituality are two peas in the same pod. Under the Stuarts, we studied the light and the Royal Arch degree. And thanks to Cromwell and the Puritans, Freemasons got Hiram Abif — oddly mysterious, but not mind-blowing in the way a Mason is led to believe.

 

Machbenah

 

April 17, 2021

MH Hiram Abif. This was an individual who helped build Solomon's Temple. He proved himself to be a man of real integrity.

 So we remember this guy, Mr. Hiram Abif, the only reference I can find in the Bible is Genesis 49:6, which talks about a killing of a Theban King. The book of Ezekiel talks about the prophet forcibly getting rid of all things Egyptian, and bringing the Israelites back to YHWH/ENLIL. I do not know if Seqenenre Tao is Hiram Abif, but his death may help explain Ezekiel’s attempt to show YHWH/ENLIL’s inability to protect his temple from his enemies.

The above is my opening paragraph of an article from February 2016; it was part of our investigation into our Templars and Freemasonry. The article delves into the politics of 3,000 years ago; unfortunately, it rather missed the point about Mr. Abif, the unfortunate soul above with the hole in his head. The legend of Hiram Abif is a case of Johnny-come-lately to Masonry; his story only became part of the 3rd-degree initiation during the 1700s and has proven to be something of a letdown to Masons who progress to the master’s degree.

The story of Hiram Abif is, in short, he came from Tyre (Jordan) on loan from the king; he was a talented smith and had many skills in many different trades. His fellow Masons at the construction site of King Solomon’s temple were jealous of his skills and killed him purposely by accident when he refused to divulge the secrets of his craft. His killers were collectively known as the Juwes or Jubela, Jubelo, and Jubelum. A number of Mason handgrips or handshakes were attempted to revive him but, of course, they all failed. These “grips” were invented to show a Mason's level of ability, similar to rank insignia.

The joy of discovery, or more correctly, rediscovery, enjoyed by the Templars then given to the Rosicrucians under the Scottish Stuarts was lost under the Cromwellian Puritans, which lasted all the way through to the English Hanovers. Unfortunately, it was King George I (1698–1727) of England instead of men like Christopher Wren who were now in charge of Masonry.

In our article “Dedragonized Dragon,” we talk about how one of the overriding things that a Freemason is seeking is enlightenment. Indeed, a first-degree initiate is asked during the entry ritual what he desires the most; the required answer is light. Freemasonry is not a religion; however, it does suggest that Masons do attend a church of their choosing. As we have discovered in the course of these articles, every religion seeks to enlighten its adherents. The Christian church seeks this as well but has been led astray and has failed to understand the man that it venerates. In our article “MFKZT The Jesus Connection,” we learn about Christ and his connection to the light, and how he is intimately connected to it in this form.

MH The Symbol for Light. Its also the symbol for MFKZT, Jesus with his education in Egypt, and his association with a Levite priest, knew this symbol.

 In 1904, King Edward VII was on the British throne and Theodore Roosevelt was President of the USA. Captain Robert Scott and the Discovery were returning from his ill-fated effort to successfully reach the South Pole. At the same time, British archaeologist Sir W. M. Flinders Petrie was on a windswept rocky plateau in the Sinai Desert. He had been sponsored by the now Egypt Exploration Society; its purpose was to survey the copper and turquoise mines in the region. This was smack dab in the middle of the Exodus story of Moses country. The King James Version calls it Mt. Horeb; it is more correctly known as Mt. Choreb in the Septuagint Bible from the 3rd century B.C.

Petrie’s team had no particular expectation of the place, but as they summited the 2,600-foot mountain, they made a monumental discovery, spreading over a 70-meter area from a man-made cave and temple. They found inscriptions that dated the place to the Fourth Dynasty Pharaoh Sneferu, who reigned in about 2600 B.C. Petrie writes, “The whole place was buried and no one had any knowledge of it until we cleared the site.”

Sir Petrie’s find, though monumental, was in contravention of the charter given him by the now Egypt Exploration Society, whose purpose was to prove the church’s version of the Old Testament. Petrie wrote a book called Researches in Sinai; it was published by John Murray of London in 1906. That book is now very hard to find. (I would love to get a copy of it myself.) I finally have, this year, 2025.

It would appear that the temple was in use for a minimum of 1,500 years. This means it was producing MFKZT from before the pyramids of Giza were built. The temple was simple in outlay, consisting of sandstone quarried from the mountains, adjoining halls, shrines, and chambers all set within surrounding walls. Many of the pillars had stelae of ruling Egyptian kings. After clearing the site, Petrie was noted as saying, “There is no other such monument known, which makes us regret the more that it is not in better preservation.”

Petrie and his team were utterly baffled when they found a metallurgist’s crucible and a considerable amount of pure white powder hidden beneath carefully laid flagstones—many tons of it, in Petrie’s estimation. In the ensuing debate as to what this strange substance might be, many thought it a type of residue from turquoise mining or ash from copper smelting. However, since there was no evidence of either material being present, the question remained.

MH The Mark of Cain.

We have all heard of the silliness of the mark of Cain—a single point · surrounded by a circle (Ο) . As we have discovered, Cain was not his real name, and he was a great artificer, a smith whose work in gold was for the gods—the Annunaki. We are first introduced to this strange substance in Abraham’s meeting with King Melchizedek of Salem (Genesis 14:18). Our next meeting with the stuff is in (Exodus 32:20), when Moses burns the golden calf and builds the Ark of the Covenant at the very place Sir W. M. Flinders Petrie discovered!

The Israelite question becomes forever after: What is it? The “it,” of course, is manna—the Shem-an-na, bread—Bethlehem, Jesus’s House of Bread—gold.

The Templars, after a thousand years, partially rediscovered the secrets of MFKZT; the Rosicrucians too knew that there was a word for it but not the word itself, calling it only the light. This word our Freemasons yet search for—using the words Mahabyn or Mahabone, both are meaningless. It may be, though, that the infernal, almost incomprehensible Scots accent may have something to do with the problem. The word might actually be Machbenah, referring to the Ben-Ben stone.