I Am Tubal Cain

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I AM TUBAL CAIN, SON OF LAMECH AND ZILLAH, BROTHER OF JABAL, JUBAL, AND NAAMAH. WE FOUNDED THE BEGINNING OF ALL THE SCIENCES IN THE WORLD.

JABAL, MY BROTHER, THE SCIENCE OF GEOMETRY, AND FIRST BUILT HOUSES OF STONE AND WOOD.

JUBAL, MY BROTHER, THE SCIENCE OF MUSIC, SONGS OF THE TONGUE, MUSIC OF THE HARP AND ORGAN, AND WRITING.

NAAMAH, MY SISTER, FOUNDED THE ART AND SCIENCE OF WEAVING. I FOUNDED THE ART AND SCIENCE OF SMITHCRAFT OF GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, IRON AND STEEL. I EXCEEDED ALL MEN IN STRENGTH AND WAS A WARRIOR. I WAS ALSO KNOWN AS CHRYSOR(see note) A WORKER IN FIRE.

MY NAME SIGNIFIES A MASONS LABORS TO AQUIRE TRUTH.

note; Rev. XXI, 20

The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardious; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eight, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.

Chrysolite = topaz

Chrysoprase = The true chrysoprase is sometimes found in antique Egyptian jewelry set alternately with bits of lapislazuli.

TUBAL CAIN, FORGER OF CUTTING INSTRUMENTS OF METAL :-

A symbol of the dawn of the intellect with its incisive powers of analysis and discrimination.

BRASS, BRONZE, METAL :-

Symbolic of mentality, the mental plane; comparable to that which is firm and endures. "Brass signifies natural good; iron, natural truth." Swedenborg, Arc. Cel. to Gen. IV, 22.

CUTTING INSTRUMENTS OF BRASS AND IRON :-

Symbolic of the incisive intellectual powers of analysis and discrimination. Incisive = impressively direct and decisive. Synonym = clear-cut.

METALS :-

Symbols of higher and lower qualities; as gold, wisdom; silver, higher mental; iron, lower mental; brass, or bronze, mental. The metals all figure truths; gold and silver, those which are more precious and spiritual; brass and iron, those of an inferior class connected with the outward world.

BLACKSMITHS, OR WORKERS IN METAL :-

Symbolic of mental qualities disciplined by the Spirit, and directed and energized from spiritual perception.

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