The
central character in
Freemasonic lore. The son of a
widow, Abiff built
Solomon's
temple and was killed by three
thugs named
Jubela,
Jubelo, and
Jubelum after he refused to tell them the
secret word of the master mason.
The entire
story is entirely
allegorical: Hiram built the
temple without the sound of
hammering, making each piece of the
structure interlock like
magic, and the
names of the three thugs contain two
names of God,
Ju and
Bel, repeated
three times. Additionally, the wounds Hiram receives--to the
head,
throat, and
heart -- are said to represent the
spiritual death imposed on
humanity by the
forces of
tyranny and
superstition: the
head wound represents the
death of
thought, the
throat wound signifies the
suppression of
free speech, and the
wound to the
heart implies that
human feelings disappear when they are denied
free thought and
free speech.
Source: "Everything is Under Control: Conspiracies, Cults, and Cover-Ups" by Robert Anton Wilson.