Cult of Dan Brown: Novus Ordo Seclorum

here's a few more interesting tidbits about the great seal of the United States:

The largest symbol on the dollar bill is the portrait of George Washington. Masons for many years have taken great pride in the fact that George Washington was an ardent Mason. He was a member of two lodges (plural membership being permitted in Virginia), he was the charter Master of Alexandria Lodge, later changed to Alexandria-Washington Lodge. He took his oath of office as President of the United States on the Bible of St. John’s Lodge of New York City, and took part in Masonic ceremonies in laying the corner stone of the capital in Washington, D.C.

In the Great Seal of the United States, as pictured on the back of the one dollar bill, is an eagle whose right wing has 32 feathers, the number of ordinary degrees in Scottish Rite Freemasonry. The left wing has 33 feathers, the additional feather corresponding to the Thirty-Third Degree of the Scottish Rite conferred for outstanding Masonic service. The 9 feathers in the tail correspond to the nine degrees in the York Rite.

The eagle is a symbol of St. John the Evangelist, the great patron of Freemasonry. The arrows in its left talon refer to King David, a man of many wars and of much bloodshed. The olive branch in its right talon, the peaceful reign of Solomon who built the temple at Jerusalem. The 13 stars above the eagle’s head represent Jacob and his 12 sons or tribes of Israel and form the star of David which reminds a Masons of King David’s dream of building a temple which his son King Solomon finally realized. The 13 stars, in double triangular form and one in the center, are symbolical of the delivery of the children of Israel from their oppressors and their attainment to a glorious freedom. The latin inscription “E Pluribus Unum” (one composed of many) indicates brotherhood to the Masonic fraternity.

The unfinished pyramid showing two sides of thirteen layers is entirely Masonic. At the top of the pyramid inside a radiant triangle is the all-seeing eye of Providence that indicates that the Grand Architect (the Masonic term for God) is omnisciently and providentially watching mankind. The pyramid is Egyptian in origin and form, and a free interpretation of its symbolism reads: As the Israelites were delivered from bondage in the land of the Pharaohs and the pyramids of Egypt, so we are now free in our own country, and hereafter we will build for ourselves.

Now, across the bottom of the pyramid are the Roman Numerals MDCCLXXVI, which is just 1776 the year of declared independence. But it may have other meanings as well. Some say that 1776 was also the year Adam Weishaupt founder the illuminati on May 1st. However, since this would have been a totally secret society, it seems like a lot of speculation.

Here's the real cool part about the roman numerals: if you arrange each of the numerals around the pyramid, and add up the base line, the numbers add up to 666, the number of the beast in the bible book revelations, a source of many conspiracy theories.

___M(1000)_____C(100)_____X(10)= 1110, 1776-1110 = 666
__/_\_________/_\________/_\
_/___\_______/___\______/___\
D__+__C_+__L__+__X__+_V_+_I = DCLXVI
500_+_100_+_50_+__10_+_5__+___1 = 666

Interestingly, the chapter of revelations in which the Beast and the number 666 is mentioned, is chapter 13. The same as the number of stars, and the layers of the pyramid in the great seal. ( and of course the number of the original US states, not to mention a whole host of other religous and historical meanings. ) The Beast is basically an anti-christ that rules over the WHOLE WORLD. All nations, languages, people , and tribes. This would go along quite nicely with Novus Ordo Seclorum if in fact it does mean New World Order. The book of revelation says that the number 666 is used so that no one may buy or sell things unless they bore this symbol. Hmmm.... Interesting that it appears on our dollar bill in a cryptograph. I'm sure that the slave-owning patriarchs that came up with the great seal had a different interpretation of Revelations than modern day, scholars and conspiracy nuts.

Anyways, you can read revelations chapter 13 here:
http://www.bible.org/cgi-bin/netbible.pl?header=on&book=rev&chapter=13#note_55

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