{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 93/1904-11-04/p017","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"Now came the following: The temple was almost complete. Only one thing was still lacking, which was to have been Hiram's masterpiece; that was the Molten Sea, which was to represent the ocean cast in bronze and was to have adorned the temple. All the necessary mixtures of ores had been prepared by Hiram in a most wonderful manner, ready to be cast. Now, however, three apprentices got to work, whom Hiram had found so lacking in skill that he had been unable to promote them to become masters. They had therefore sworn to be revenged on him and desired to prevent the casting of the Molten Sea. A friend of Hiram, who got to know about these plans, confided them to Solomon, so that he should prevent their realisation. But Solomon, through jealousy, did nothing to stop them, because he wished to destroy Hiram. The result was that Hiram had to look on while the whole casting disintegrated due to the addition of a wrong ingredient in the mixture by the three apprentices. He tried to quench the bursting flames by pouring water over them, but this only made matters worse. Just as he was on the point of despairing about the work ever being completed, Tubal-Cain, his ancestor, appeared to him and told him that he should not hesitate to cast himself into the fire, as he was invulnerable to the flames. Hiram did as he was advised and came to the centre of the earth. He was led by Tubal-Cain to Cain, who there resided in a condition of pristine divinity. Hiram was thus initiated into the Mystery of Fire and into the secret of bronze casting, receiving from Tubal-Cain a hammer and a Golden Triangle which he was able to carry with him as a pendant round his neck. Then he returned and was able to complete the casting of the Molten Sea and to put everything in order again.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"5. The Mystery known to Rosicrucians","site_heading":null,"date":"1904-11-04","location":null,"word_count":324,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/93/1904-11-04/p017","alignment_confidence":"medium","alignment_reason":"beads:embedding","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"John M. Wood","identified_edition":"RSP1985","book_title":"The Temple Legend","publisher":"Rudolf Steiner Press","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA093/English/RSP1985/19041104p01.html","evidence":"lecture_page_line","publisher_note":"The publisher is inferred from the edition code in this lecture's source URL, not stated by the source page. 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Aber Salomo ließ aus Eifersucht gegen Hiram der Sache ihren Lauf, weil er Hiram verderben wollte. Die Folge war, daß Hiram zusehen mußte, wie der ganze Guß zerstob, weil die drei Gesellen einen ungehörigen Stoff der Masse zugefügt hatten. Er versuchte noch durch Zugießen von Wasser das aufschäumende Feuer zu löschen, aber es wurde dadurch nur schlimmer. Während er schon nahe daran war, an dem Zustandekommen des Werkes zu verzweifeln, erschien ihm Tubal-Kain selbst, einer seiner Ahnherren. Dieser sagte ihm, er solle sich ruhig in das Feuer hineinstürzen, er sei durch das Feuer nicht verwundbar. Hiram tat es und gelangte bis zum Mittelpunkt der Erde. Tubal-Kain führte ihn zu Kain, der dort im Zustande der ursprünglichen Göttlichkeit war. Hiram wurde nun in das Geheimnis der Feuerschöpfung eingeweiht, in das Geheimnis des Erzgusses und so weiter. Er erhielt von Tubal-Kain noch einen Hammer und ein Goldenes Dreieck, das er am Halse zu tragen habe. Dann kehrte er zurück und war nun imstande, das Eherne Meer wirklich herzustellen, den Guß wieder in Ordnung zu bringen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":286,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/93/1904-11-04/p017"},{"locus":"GA 93/1904-11-04/p018","passage_number":18,"text":"Hierauf gewinnt Hiram die Hand der Königin von Saba. Er aber wird von den drei Gesellen überfallen und getötet. Doch ehe er starb, gelang es ihm noch, das Goldene Dreieck in einen Brunnen zu werfen. Als man nun nicht weiß, wo Hiram ist, wird er gesucht. Salomo selbst ist ängstlich und will hinter die Sache kommen. Man fürchtete, die drei Gesellen könnten das alte Meisterwort verraten und es wurde daher ein neues verabredet. Die ersten Worte, die fallen, wenn man Hiram wieder findet, sollten das neue Meisterwort sein. Als Hiram nun aufgefunden wurde, konnte er noch einige Worte sprechen. Er sagte: Tubal-Kain hat mir verheißen, daß ich einen Sohn haben werde, der viele Söhne haben wird, die die Erde bevölkern und mein Werk - den Tempelbau - zu Ende führen werden. Dann bezeichnete er noch den Ort, wo das Goldene Dreieck zu finden sei. Es wurde zu dem Ehernen Meer gebracht und beide an einem besonderen Ort des Tempels, im Allerheiligsten, aufbewahrt. 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