Tubal Cain: the Master Mason pass-word (US, 1826 and 1866)
Record: the document says itPattern: documents line upLens: our readingOpen: not yet provenCode: a stated code
Year: 1826
SUMMARYTubal Cain: the Master Mason pass-word (US, 1826 and 1866) [Connections: Word coding & Masonic method, Nov 5, 2026]
RECORDIn Morgan, asked for the pass-word, the answer is "Tubal Cain" (p. 91), and "the word is the name of the pass-grip" (p. 93). In Duncan the Senior Deacon "whispers in the Warden's ear, 'Tubal Cain'" (p. 92). Duncan's note 97:1 explains the name only from scripture: "Tubal Cain is expressly mentioned to be an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron." Genesis 4:22 (KJV): "Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron."
CODEThis is a printed password whose stated source is a biblical metalworker
PATTERNNeither text checked here gives any deeper meaning. Later meanings found online (such as "worldly possessions") were not found in these two texts
LENS (WW9)Keep the documented gloss (the Genesis smith) apart from any later meaning that is added. Those later meanings need their own receipts
OPENFind which ritual text first adds a "meaning" to Tubal Cain beyond Genesis
SOURCEMorgan, MM lecture (mirror), pp. 91, 93; Duncan, Master Mason (mirror), pp. 92, 97; KJV Genesis 4:22.