From: Forrest Bishop (forrestb@ix.netcom.com)
Date: Sat Jul 20 2002 - 11:37:18 MDT
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From: Amara Graps <amara@amara.com>
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Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 2:19 AM
Subject: Re: Eye in the Sky
> Forrest Bishop
> >The pyramid-with-eye is adapted from a Masonic symbol of heirarchy.
>
> I suspect that the symbol is older than that.
>
> Monasteries at Mount Athos, Greece
> http://www.sacredsites.com/2nd56/253.html
Which may in turn have been inspired by the 'panoptic' alabaster (?) cap stones on the Great Pyramid of Cheops.
The treacherous, sociopathic dictator Franklin Roosevelt may have suggested putting it on the 1-FRN-
http://www.greatseal.com/symbols/fdr1935.html
googling on
> Masonic federal pyramid <
turns up the usual raft of suspects- Tavistock, CFR, UN, Bilderberg, Knights of This & That, Roundtables, Rhodes, etc.
http://www.freemasonwatch.freepress-freespeech.com/onedollarbill.html
"...On the reverse, is the All Seeing Eye within a triangle surrounded by a golden glory. Besides the obvious Masonic significance
of this design, it has a cabalistic value of seventy plus three plus two hundred, equaling two hundred and seventy-three which is
the value of the phrase EHBEN MOSU HABONIM (the stone which the builders refused) familiar to all Royal Arch Masons. It is also the
value of the Hebrew proper noun HIRAM ABIFF, the architect of Solomon's Temple and the principal character of the legend used in the
Master Mason degree. The triangle is isosceles, formed by two right triangles having sides of five, twelve, and thirteen units in
length, illustrating the 47th Problem of Euclid. The triangle also represents the capstone of the unfinished pyramid and reminds the
Mason of the immortality of the soul and that in eternity he will complete the capstone of his earthly labors according to the
designs on the trestle-board of the Supreme Architect of the Universe. The unfinished pyramid cannot fail to remind him of the
unfinished condition of the Temple when tragedy struck down its Master architect.
"The blaze of glory found on either side of the Great Seal cannot fail to remind the Mason of the Great Light in Masonry which is
the rule and guide to faith and practice and without which no Masonic lodge can exist. It reminds him that only more light can
dispel the pall of ignorance in which he stumbles until he enters the Celestial Lodge where all light is given."
Okee doke...
Forrest
-- Forrest Bishop Chairman, Institute of Atomic-Scale Engineering www.iase.cc
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