Jerusalem Sacred Geography
One of the world’s oldest spiritual traditions, dating back to our hunter-gatherer days, is that of sacred geography, and there is no place like Jerusalem to exemplify this. Jerusalem sits…
The Goddess Culture In Jerusalem
Goddess Culture Human civilization as we know it began with the transition from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to settling in villages and relying on agriculture for a living. This happened 11,000…
Egyptian Spirituality in Jerusalem
Egyptian Spirituality in Jerusalem With the establishment of the kingdoms of Egypt and Sumer, and the first cities throughout the Fertile Crescent, including the Land of Israel 5,500 years ago,…
Canaanite Jebusite Jerusalem
Melchizedek and Jerusalem The first legendary figure associated with Jerusalem is Melchizedek, king of Salem. After Abraham's battle with four Canaanite kings, during which he rescues Lot, his nephew, and…
Mount Moriah Foundation Rock
Mount Moriah and the Foundation Rock According to the Jewish Midrash, when God created the first man from the dust of the ground, it was the ground of Mount Moriah,…
King David and Solomon
The Kingdoms of David and Solomon According to Jewish legend, when David first fled from Saul, he stayed with the prophet Samuel. These two spiritual giants delved into the Torah…
Jerusalem Heavenly Diagram
Heavenly Jerusalem Diagram The celestial diagram is a model of an ideal society organized into 12 tribes, parts, and arranging its habitat and surroundings accordingly. The model was proposed by…
First Temple in Jerusalem
The First Temple The Temple in Jerusalem was the center of Jewish life for a thousand years, and most of the commandments in the Torah refer to the Temple. To…
Freemasons Jerusalem Temple
Freemasons and the Jerusalem Temple The Freemasons are a very important international order that has been involved, since its appearance on the stage of history in the 17th century, in…