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The main temples indicate an advanced knowledge of metallurgy
and alchemy. The most important temple, indeed one of the most famous
in antiquity, was for the revered Moon god, Sin. 477 It was octagonal
although variously described as round. The Temple was white in color
and had a cult image made of silver atop three steps. Other planetary
temples were of different shapes, colors and had different numbers of
steps beneath the cult image.
The temple of the Sun was square, yellow and the golden image
stood on a pedestal six steps high. Pearls and a crown adorned the image.
Mercury’s temple was a square within a hexagon. The cult image was
cast alloy from a mixture of all other metals. Mercury filled its hollow
interior. The temple was brown in color and the cult image stood on four
steps. The brown color suggests philosophic Mercury, which is
antimony, rather than bright silver metallic mercury. The discovery of a
vase, or perhaps an electrical battery, made from antimony and small
amounts of iron in the Chaldean city of Telloh supports this. 478 The vase
dates from 3000BCE. The Discovery Channel program Mysterious
Universe presented in May 1998 showed that when filled with grape
juice, this battery produced ½ volt and enough energy to electroplate a
silver statuette with gold.
The temple to Venus was triangular and painted blue. It had one
long side. The cult image was made of copper and stood on five steps.
Priestesses dressed in white played musical instruments.
Mars’ temple was rectangular and colored red. Weapons hung on
the walls. The cult image was of iron raised on a pedestal of seven steps.
The temple to Jupiter was a triangular building, made of green stone, with
a pointed roof. Its cult image was made of tin and sat on a throne raised
on a pedestal of eight steps. Saturn's temple was hexagonal and built of
black stone. It had black curtains hung about it. The cult image was of
lead and stood upon a throne raised on nine steps.
The seven temples correspond to the number of planes of
existence from the material to the spiritual and the seven main degrees of
initiation (see Appendix 7). The seven temples are also analogous to the
seven gates of the Underworld and are an ancient path of ritual. After the
first two steps of preparation, the first proper initiation grade is that of the
Moon (three steps), the second Mercury (four steps), third Venus (five
steps), fourth the Sun (six steps), fifth Mars (seven steps), sixth Jupiter
(eight steps) and seventh Saturn (nine steps). 479 Ascending through all the
grades, equivalent to the seven parts of the soul, the candidate arrives at
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