Jahbulon

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Jahbulon , Jabulon or Jubela-o-um is a word that was or is used in some rituals of the Royal Arch - Freemasonry .

The word describes the mystical name of the three journeymen "Jubela", "Jubelo", "Jubelum", who murder Hiram Abif in a legend . The name is said to be derived from the Hebrew "Jobel", the trumpet, with which the return of the year was proclaimed in the Hebrew rite.

According to the French rite, the three journeymen are called Giblon, Giblas and Giblos.

Ordo Templi Orientis

According to Francis X. King , the word was also used in rituals of the Ordo Templi Orientis when Aleister Crowley contacted various Masonic groups.

Individual evidence

  1. Eugen Lennhoff, Oskar Posner, Dieter A. Binder: Internationales Freemaurer Lexikon . 5th edition 2006, Herbig Verlag, ISBN 978-3-7766-2478-6 , p. 441.
  2. Dr. Jos. Schauberg: Comparative manual of the symbolism of Freemasonry with special regard to the mythologies and mysteries of antiquity , Zurich 1861, page 213.
  3. ^ Francis King (1973). The Secret Rituals of the OTO Samuel Weiser, Inc. ISBN 0-87728-144-0 .