Legend of King Hiram Casting the Molten Sea Pillow

There is strange Qabbalistic legend concerning Hiram, that he was the Spirit of Fire. , and that among his ancestors was the immortal Tubalcain, who invented the forge and first tempered metals. According to this legend, the masterpiece of Hiram’s handiwork was to be the Molten Sea. But three disgruntled craftsmen secretly poured water into the mold. When the taps of the furnace were opened and the flaming metal ran into the mold, a great explosion took place. Hiram thereupon plunged through the Molten Sea into the center of the earth where dwelt his fiery ancestor, the first worker in metals. In addition to the base metals of the planets, Hiram cast into the Molten Sea the golden crown of Melchizedek, and the silver sickle of Queen Sheba.