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and the true crocus sativus. 109 Each was highly valued for different
reasons, the former as a unique Egyptian remedy for gout and the latter as
the source of golden-yellow saffron dye.
A similar approach that links the rose and the crocus to the
symbolism of Jesus applies hermetic drift to expand the context of the
rose to that of a generic flower, anthos in Greek. This image refocuses to
the bright lilac crocus as the symbol for Jesus.
These investigations have shown that the name of Solomon is part
of an Ennead such as Salma, Om and On, confirming his status as an
Israelite archetype. He is a Son of Light and by rose-logic, one
manifestation of Yahweh as well.
This recognition more readily helps us to accept the esoteric
traditions of Solomon's ability to command demons, jinn and other spirits
as described in the Talmud and a whole cycle of the Arabian Nights
legends. Jews and Arabs alike continue to regard King Solomon as one of
the greatest alchemists and in possession of the Philosophers’ Stone. An
old English poem preserved in Elias Ashmole’s Theatrum Chemicum
Britannicum says: 110
… the Blessed Stone Fro Heven wase sende downe to Solomon
King Solomon is also reputed to have written a book about the
Philosophers’ Stone called HaMaşpen or The Compass. 111 He writes of
obtaining the Philosophers' Stone from the Queen of Sheba, who had
previously received it from her husband Seman. 112 Seman was a great
sage amongst the Copt or Nabateans. In Chapter 8, we shall have more to
say about the Nabateans as an integral link between the Sabians of Yemen
and the Sabians of Harran.
The Queen of Sheba joined King Solomon in Jerusalem for a
particular reason. 113 As we shall see in the next chapter, a Kingdom
passed from the King to the son of either the King’s youngest daughter or
youngest sister by the rule of ultimogeniture. 114 Thus, the Queen of Sheba
visits Solomon to deliver the wealth of Egypt to Solomon’s son
Rehoboam. The wealth of the Temple and the empire inherited by
Rehoboam is that of the Egyptian State. That unique icon of the pinnacle
of wealth, the Philosophers’ Stone, symbolized it. We shall see in
Chapter 6 how they obtained this wealth.
While King Solomon and his Temple are likely to be compound
archetypes, we can speculate as to what physical buildings might have
provided the model for the concept of the Temple.
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