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Bezaleel and Hiram Abiff are also similar archetypes in other
ways. Bezaleel’s father is Uri, which means Light. This makes Bezaleel
a Son of Light. Hiram’s mother was a Naphtali woman from Dan. This
probably identifies her as an Oracle or Priestess of the Benjamites. The
Bible is more evasive with Hiram’s father, only commenting that he was
also a master artisan. Josephus gives us the information we expect, that
Hiram’s father came from Ur of the Israelites. 574 He confirms that
Bezaleel and Hiram Abiff are precisely the same archetype, embodying
an important story. In fact, Jesus’ father Joseph is the same archetype.
He is not simply a carpenter but an artisan in the archetypal sense.
Bezaleel also bears a remarkable similarity to Azazel (‘Azâzil in
Arabic) or Shemyaza, the leader of the fallen Watchers in the Judaic-
Christian apocryphal Book of Enoch. 575 Just as Prometheus presented
man with fire, Azazel released to humankind the secrets of metallurgy, the
manufacture of weapons and jewelry, and the use of antimony in art and
medicine. He also taught women the art of cosmetics, to be promiscuous
and to enjoy sex. For these transgressions, God condemned Azazel to
remain forever bound in the desert of Dûdâêl. As Shemyaza, he hangs
upside down between heaven and earth in the constellation of Orion. The
only known statute of this leader of the Watchers is in the choir of
Rosslyn Chapel, in Scotland.
There seems to be a distinctly alchemical key in the Qumran and
Biblical documents. For example, the duality of the mysterious Sceptre
and the Star is analogous to the red man of gold and his wife, the star of
antimony. They correspond to the coronation’s Scepter of gold and Orb
of antimony. Furthermore, they are comparable to the Messiah of Aaron
and Israel. It is not surprising that the Covenanters had a metallurgical
foundry with twenty-six tons of gold and forty-eight tons of silver at
Qumran.
Using the philosophical circular-saw of Occam's Razor to limit
the entities, the Moreh-zedek or the Teacher of Righteousness can be seen
as a common alchemical archetype with the dew or Bread of Life. In the
same way Melchizedek, the King of Righteousness, is an archetype for the
priest that manufactures the sacred bread. He provides this sacred bread
to Abraham in a rite of kingship.
A statue in the North Porch of Chartres Cathedral shows
Melchizedek holding a long-stemmed chalice or cup in his left hand. It
contains a solid cylindrical object that is the Moreh-zedek. Many think it
is the Holy Grail or Philosophers' Stone. 576 The stained glass window on
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