THE TEMPLE
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ONE-OF-ONE WORKS IN STONE AND CODE,
DRESSED BEFORE THEY ENTER THE HOUSE.
NO HAMMER IS HEARD WITHIN.
ENTERED ONLY BY ITS KEY.
THE KEY
EVERY WORK OF THE TEMPLE CARRIES ITS OWN KEY: A SEALED CHIP, SET INTO THE STONE OR DELIVERED WITH THE WORK. THE DOOR IS SEEN BY ALL. IT OPENS ONLY TO THE ONE WHO HOLDS THE WORK.
- ITHE WORKONE OF ONE, MADE BY ONE HAND, SIGNED AND SEALED.
- IITHE KEYHOLD A PHONE TO THE SEAL OF THE WORK. NO APP, NO PASSWORD.
- IIITHE DOSSIERTHE TEMPLE OPENS THE RECORD OF THAT ONE WORK: ITS MATERIAL, ITS HOURS, ITS SEAL.
THE KEY NEVER LEAVES THE WORK. WHOEVER INHERITS THE WORK, INHERITS THE KEY.
BUILT IN SILENCE
THE STONES OF THE TEMPLE WERE MADE READY AT THE QUARRY, SO THAT NO HAMMER, NO AXE AND NO TOOL OF IRON WAS HEARD IN THE HOUSE WHILE IT WAS BUILDING.
STONE AND CODE
THE TEMPLE KEEPS BOTH CRAFTS OF THE HOUSE UNDER ONE LAW: MADE ONCE, FOR ONE NAME.
THE TWO PILLARS
BEFORE THE PORCH OF THE TEMPLE STOOD TWO PILLARS, AND EACH WAS GIVEN A NAME. THE HOUSE GIVES THESE NAMES TO THE TWO WHO HOLD A WORK.
- JACHIN
- HE SHALL ESTABLISH. THE PATRON: THE WORK IS COMMISSIONED, MADE AND SEALED.
- BOAZ
- IN IT IS STRENGTH. THE HEIR: THE WORK AND ITS KEY PASS TOGETHER.
- MMCXXVI
- FIVE GENERATIONS ON, THE DOSSIER STILL OPENS.