Solomon And Asmodeus: A Legend About Building The Temple
Solomon’s Temple, the permanent ‘home for God’ where the Ark of the Covenant would rest and the Shechinah would dwell, was built on the same pattern as the original ‘Tabernacle in the Wilderness’ that was built by Moses, though it was far more grand and elaborate.
The legends, however, say that Solomon did not merely discourse about these plants and animals: he spoke to them. God had granted him so much wisdom, that Solomon understood the language of every living thing. And not just plants and animals. Solomon could converse with angels and demons. He could even drive demons out, when they possessed human beings.
An old wizard, learned in ancient lore, revealed to Solomon that on the sixth day of Creation, in addition to many other Wonders, God had created the Shamir. This little stone (some say it was a little worm, which relates the Shamir to the Dragon, the Serpent Power, the Will of God acting upon the hard stone of the world), the size of a grain of barley, was supposedly used by Moses to engrave the names of the Tribes onto the twelve precious stones in the ephod worn by the High Priest. The Shamir, the wizard knew, could slice stone, and would be able to cut the stones for the Temple in complete silence.
They told Solomon the name of a mountain where Asmodeus dwelt. Further, they informed him that there was a spring of pure water within this mountain from which Asmodeus drank. Each day he would drink his fill, and then seal the well with a great rock before going about his business. When he returned, he would always check the rock to be sure the seal had not been tampered with during his absence, and when he was satisfied he would remove the rock and drink again. [The demon’s ‘water’, the level of ‘truth’ with which he sustains himself and his power, comes from the spring ‘Below’. Each day, before drinking, he would make sure that nothing had entered and infected it from ‘Above’].
When Asmodeus returned, he was astonished to find wine instead of water in his well, for the seal had not been touched. At first, he would not drink of it, but soon he succumbed to his thirst and drank deeply until his senses were overpowered and the wine put him into a deep sleep.
Once again, Solomon and Benaiah devised a plan. Benaiah took an expeditionary force in search of the great bird. Eventually they found its nest, and as Solomon had expected it was full of fledglings. Following Solomon’s plan, Benaiah covered the nest with a flat transparent stone he had brought with him. Then he hid himself and waited.
Once Solomon knew that the stones could be cut and fitted without violence (iron tools), the task of construction began. For this, the Bible tells us that Solomon called upon the services of two special people, both of whom were named Hiram. The story of this triad of Temple Builders would later provide a basis for the Freemason tradition.
Andrew Cort, author of The Purpose of Religion: Enlightenment, Meaning and Love in Jewish, Christian and Islamic Symbology
www.Spirituality-and-Religion.com
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