The Temple of Solomon

From Ancient Israel to Secret Societies

James Wasserman (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

384 Seiten

2011
Inner Traditions Bear and Company (Verlag)
978-1-59477-220-7 (ISBN)

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A fully illustrated history of the Temple of Solomon.

The spiritual heart of many esoteric societies, the Temple of Solomon was located atop the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, a site venerated by the three great monotheistic religions as the intersection of Divine and human. Built by King Solomon at the peak of ancient Israel’s power, the Temple of Solomon housed the golden Ark of the Covenant in its Holy of Holies, a sacred chamber where one could communicate directly with God. Centuries after the temple’s destruction, the Temple Mount was used as the headquarters for the Knights Templar during the Crusades, and countless legends have come down through the centuries about the secrets they may have uncovered there, including discovery of the Holy Grail or the Ark of the Covenant. Richly illustrated with biblical and Masonic illustrations, photographs, and ancient and modern paintings--many from rare archives--this book explores the Temple of Solomon in the Hebrew Scriptures, the New Testament, and Apocryphal writings as well as its role in the founding of Freemasonry, the legends of the Knights Templar, the doctrines of the Kabbalah, and Muhammad’s visionary journey from the Temple Mount through the heavens. Seeking to understand the powerful desire of many religions and secret societies to re-create the temple through ritual and prayer, James Wasserman explains why it was built, the magical forces King Solomon may have used in its creation, what its destruction meant for Jews and Christians alike, and why the Knights Templar as well as several modern secret societies named their orders after it. Detailing the sacred architecture of this perfectly proportioned mystical edifice through words and art, the author reveals the Temple of Solomon as the affirmation of God’s presence in human affairs, the spiritual root of Western culture, and an important monument to the Divine nearly forgotten in today’s secular times but sorely needed to bridge the divide between our ancient past and our spiritual future.

James Wasserman (1948-2020) was the author of several books, including The Templars and the Assassins and The Secrets of Masonic Washington. A longtime student of the occult and a member of the Ordo Templi Orientis since 1976, he lived in New York City.

Foreword by Peter Levenda

Prologue The Presence of the Lord

Introduction The Key to Solomon’s Temple

Part One
In the Beginning
1 Creation and Destruction: The Garden to the Flood
2 The Patriarchs and Matriarchs

Part Two
Moses, the Tabernacle, and the Law
3 Exodus: The Freedom to Worship
4 Leviticus: The Laws of Sacrifice
5 Numbers: The Journey to the Promised Land Continues
6 Deuteronomy: The Book of the Law of the Temple

Part Three
Pre-Monarchical Leadership
7 Joshua: Subduing the Land of Israel
8 Judges: The People Depart from Righteousness
9 Ruth: The Matriarch of the Kings of Israel
10 Samuel: The Prophet Establishes the Monarchy

Part Four
The United Monarchy and the First Temple
11 The Reign of Saul: First King of the Realm
12 The Reign of David: The Warrior/Poet
13 The Reign of Solomon: The Building of the Temple

Part Five
The Divided Monarchy and the Loss of the Temple
14 The Divided Kingdoms of Judah and Israel
15 The Loss of the Kingdom of Israel
16 The Loss of the Kingdom of Judah
17 Isaiah, Jeremiah, the Last Days of the Temple of Solomon, and the Exile

Part Six
The Second Temple
18 Ezekiel’s Vision of the Temple
19 The Return from Exile and the Second Temple
20 The Second Temple in the Books of Maccabees
21 Herod’s Temple

Part Seven
The Christian Revelation
22 The Temple in the Story of Jesus
23 The New Jerusalem

Part Eight
The Temple in the Esoteric Tradition
24 The Knights of the Temple
25 The Freemasons and the Temple

Afterword Reflections on the Temple

Appendices

1 A Brief History of Jerusalem and the Promised Land
2 A Suggestive Chronology of the Temple and Jerusalem
3 The Temple Holidays
4 Maps of the Holy Land

Bibliography

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Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	8.12.2011
Zusatzinfo	Full-color throughout
Verlagsort	Rochester
Sprache	englisch
Maße	216 x 279 mm
Gewicht	1384 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-59477-220-7 / 1594772207
ISBN-13	978-1-59477-220-7 / 9781594772207
Zustand	Neuware