It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
In its current form, the symbol first appeared in the west during the 17th & 18th centuries, but representations of an all-seeing eye can be traced back to Egyptian mythology and the Eye of Horus. However, it is first in Buddhism that the eye is associated with a triplicity. Buddha is also regularly referred to as the "Eye of the World" throughout Buddhist scriptures (e.g. Mahaparinibbana Sutta) and is represented as a trinity in the shape of a triangle known as the Tiratna or Triple Gem. 17th-century depictions of the Eye of Providence sometimes show it surrounded by clouds. The later addition of an enclosing triangle is usually seen as a more explicit trinitarian reference to the God of Christianity.
Originally posted by andre18
No, but the Masonic symbology used in the Great Seal is impossible not to notice - you swap the eagle with say a dove, the entire apearance of the Great Seal still looks the same. The eye and everything else is just the same.
To use these images interchangeably will lead to all kinds of confusions, and I think it is always best to factor Context into any assessment of the meaning of symbols.
Originally posted by andre18
'AugustusMasonicus'
Let’s look at this logically,
at the time the Great Seal was designed did masons attribute the All Seeing Eye as part of their religion?
And at that time did any other religion or origination attribute it to their association? Yes there may be past religious groups that hold the eye as their symbol, but at the time the great Seal was created did any other group also associate it with themselves as well?
If the answer is that freemasons recognized the eye as apart of their beliefs at the time of the creation of the Great Seal and no other – then it can logically only mean the one dollar bill is affiliated to the masons…… am I wrong?
Originally posted by andre18
Some other stuff I just found, 'GOP logo' what’s the deal with the stars…
I believe the stars you refer to emulate those found on the flag.
Originally posted by andre18
Yeah but are the flags stars upside-down.... no they're not......what's with the stars?
‘Paramount leader’ literally "the highest leader of the country"), in modern Chinese political science, unofficially refers to the political leader of the People's Republic of China who controls the three branches of the Chinese political system (Communist Party of China, People's Republic of China and People's Liberation Army). The current Paramount Leader of China is Hu Jintao.
You have failed to show that the pyramid is in any way considered "traditional masonic symbolism".
Originally posted by mister.old.school
In any event, I'd be please to withdraw my statement specific to you, after you confirm your opinion that this logo and office are indeed valid, and utilize traditionally masonic symbolism for (as yet) unconfirmed meaning.