original mythology in science.28 The pivotal conceptions of his system included the ideal of becoming like God, the correspondence of microcosm and macrocosm and the conception of harmony.29 All these are clearly temple tradition, and account for the so-called Pythagorean and Platonic traits apparent in early Christian writings. Becoming divine The royal high priest of Solomon’s temple entered the holy of holies and was transformed into Immanuel, which means ‘God with us’. He was the human link between