MORE ON THE SHAMIR - ANOTHER VIEW. The Egyptian Kingship Myth reports how the god Set was cutting rocks By Thomas H. ALFRED FUSS*
Translated from German by George T. Sasson
ASK_1997_05.pdf (wasabisys.com)
In Jewish mythology there are memories of a "magic worm", known as the "shamir", which was used to build Solomon's Temple, among other tasks. According to the traditions it was a diamond drill, but not of earthly construction - it came from the workshops of the legendary "Watchers of Heaven". Could this provide the answer to the puzzle of the boreholes of Abusir in Egypt, and of the technology used in other mysterious buildings around the world? The Temple Pyramide of Sahura at Abuzir dates from the Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty, ca. seen in several of the hard diorite stones around the Temple which could easily be taken for modern borings. (See Figure 1) But how could this be? There is absolutely no mention of diamonds, or diamond drills, or well-developed drilling technology from the time of the Old Kingdom. Figure 1. Core boreholes in hard diorite stone at Abuzir, Egypt, with part of core visible that was not fully extracted. Photo by the author. A possible solution is to be found in the traditions of the neighbouring Jewish culture. In the Talmud (Mischna Avot 5/9) I came across the description of an object said to be" a legendary being of a mineral nature", but from the characterization and the way it was used it appears to have more in the nature of a tool. The Jewish legends speak of a "worm that could bore through the hardest minerals." It was called the "shamir" and was described in the Talmud (Pesachim 54a) as a cutting-worm" and in the Zohar (74a,b) as ab "metal-splitting worm". Although these names speak quite plainly, the Bible goes further and describes it as a "diamond": "The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond (shamir).... "(Jeremiah 17:1). According to all the information available, this "diamond cutting worm" was not an everyday object and accessible to anyone, but was some kind of a "divine tool", only rarely entrusted to human hands. This could well be a possible explanation for the fact that, in the minds of ancient oriental people, precious stones were materials from the world of heaven: this led later to the religious of jewels for carving into images of deities, or for decorating buildings dedicated to them. Under instruction from Moses, the shamir was employed by two so-called "stone-cutters", Bezaleel and Aholiab, from the tribes of Judah and Dan, to engrave the stones on the High Priest's breastplate (the Ehod): " And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet...." (Exodus 28:21). These men were just two of many who had been prepared and trained from the beginning for the construction of the so called Tabernnacle and its equipment : "And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom..." Exodus 36:1). "Wisdom" and "understanding to know how" were needed as much in those days as they are today for skilled hand work. The authors of the Old testament would not have told us this - that the Lord put "wisdom and understanding" into the men - unless some special training was needed. had normal earthy techniques been used, no heavenly" instructions would have been called for. The training was necessary only because some hitherto-unknown technology was being used: in this case, the maintenance and use of the "divine" diamond drill, the shamir. The following report on the use of such a "cutting worm" tells us that the shamir came in different models and sizes: "When King Solomon had the Temple of the Lord built, on the instructions of Yahweh none of the available metal tools were to be used in preparing the necessary stone blocks: "Neither hammer nor chisel nor anyiron tool were allowed. For the shamir did split everything, so that no other equipment was necessary for the work. " "Zohar 74a, b). Already cut precisely to size by a shamir, the stones arrived at the actual building site ready for immediate use: "And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool heard in the house, while it was in the building". (1 Kings 6:7). Further, in this instance the cutting-worm" did not come from a human's tool chest, but was made by an Earth-dwelling "Watcher of heaven" by the name of Asmodai. According to the Juedische Lexikon (Vol. 4, 1982): Shamir: (...., in the Bible: thorn, barb, hard diamond), the legendary worm which Solomon is said to have used for building the Temple, for splitting the stones as as not to contravene the regulation: 'if you build me an altar of stones, build it not from hewn stone, for when you have swung the iron against it you have profaned it"... the legend tells us that Solomon in his unlimited wisdom and knowledge of nature had discovered in the shamir a worm as small as a barleycorn whose power could cut the stones..." These tools, which obviously came in different sizes for engraving, drilling and cutting, all generally known as "shamir", could also provide an explanation for the innumerable and apparently inexplicable works of stone to be found all around the globe: in Tiahuanaco, Puma Punku, Sascayhuaman, Anatolia, and elsewhere. Obviously', the gods were operating busily long before Moses' time and not only in Israel.
The Egyptian Kingship Myth reports how the god Set was cutting rocks, and the borings in Abuzir Abusir - Wikipedia provide a much-discussed indication that this "magic worm" did once actually exist.
Perhaps the earliest literary mention of its use by the strangers from space is to be found once again in the Bible: "And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon Mount Sinai, two tablets of testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God." (Exodus 31:18) ... or was it written with the shamir? Translator 's memo: I came across the "Shamir" many times in my research for the book The Manna Machine. Some sources describe it as an "insect", which I think must be a mis-translation of the Latin "Insectator", "cutter-in". Insects have cut-in bodies, hence the name. The description "worm" is natural: worms make holes.
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This article is excerpted from the original article published in the German Edition of Ancient Skies 1/1997, Mr Fuss's adress is Wiesenrstrasse 64, D-12101 Berlin, Germany.
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