{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 93/1905-05-29/p007","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"The wood or tree from which the Cross had been taken is not ordinary wood, but—so the legend relates—was, in the beginning, a scion of the Tree of Life, which had been cut for Adam, the first man. This scion was planted in the earth by Adam's son, Seth, and the young tree developed three trunks which grew together. The famous rod of Moses[^2] was later cut from this wood. Then, in the legend, the same wood plays a role in connection with King Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem. That is, it was to have been used as a main pillar, in building the Temple. But then something peculiar came to light. It appeared that it would not fit in any way. It would not let itself be inserted in the Temple, and so it was laid across a brook, as a bridge. Here it was little valued until the Queen of Sheba came; as she was crossing it, she saw what the point about this piece of wood was. Here indeed she had for the first time met again with the meaning of the wood [used for this] bridge, which lay there between the two spheres, between the bank on this side and the bank on the other side, for crossing over the stream. So then, the Cross on which the Redeemer hung was made out of this [same] wood, after which it set out upon its various further travels.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"13. Concerning the Lost Temple and How it is to be Restored III (In connection with the Legend of the True Cross, or Golden Legend)","site_heading":null,"date":"1905-05-29","location":null,"word_count":240,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/93/1905-05-29/p007","alignment_confidence":"medium","alignment_reason":"beads:length+anchor_constrained","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/RSP1985/19050529p01.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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Dann spielt in der Legende dasselbe Holz wiederum eine Rolle im Zusammenhang mit dem Jerusalemtempel des Königs Salomo. Es sollte nämlich beim Tempelbau als ein wichtiger Pfeiler verwendet werden. Aber da stellte sich etwas Eigentümliches heraus. Es zeigte sich, daß er in keiner Weise hineinpassen wollte. Er ließ sich in den Tempel nicht einfügen und so legte man ihn denn als Brücke über einen Fluß. Hier kam er wenig zur Geltung, bis jene Königin von Saba kam, die, als sie darüberging, sah, um was es sich bei diesem Brückenholz handelte. Sie hat auch hier wiederum zuerst gefunden, was dieses Brückenholz bedeutet, das da zwischen den zwei Gebieten, dem diesseitigen und dem jenseitigen Ufer, zum Überschreiten des Flusses lag. 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