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Originally posted by Ladyk74
All of the symbols on the one dollar bill have an historical connection with the oldest, largest, and most prominent secret society in the world, the Freemasons.
[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.
Originally posted by Wifibrains
Forgive me, and correct me if I'm wrong, but if it can be folded in half and all points meet, is it not symmetrical?(1st grade geometry)
This seems to be nitpicking on trivial points, what shape is it?.......
Originally posted by Ladyk74
Go to the video I posted at 1:00. They are doing it in the video, but are stating that this is just a "trick". They also go over who chose the symbols on the dollar.
Originally posted by AugustusMasonicus
Originally posted by Wifibrains
Forgive me, and correct me if I'm wrong, but if it can be folded in half and all points meet, is it not symmetrical?(1st grade geometry)
If you could it would be symetrical but since the two over-lapping triangles are of differing shapes it is not symetrical. Take a ruler and measure them to confirm for yourself.
This seems to be nitpicking on trivial points, what shape is it?.......
A concave irregular dodecagon.
Originally posted by Wifibrains
If we fold it with the crease verticle down the middle it is symmetrical. Ill trace it and cut it out and fold it and let you know how I get on.
Originally posted by Ladyk74
They are not claiming it, they are doing it with a pencil on the dollar bill. So instead of telling everyone to get a ruler, just watch it. And they explain who chose what symbols. Mind you highly respected Masons them self speak in this video.
The incorporation of the Eagle (the fire bird or phoenix symbol) had the occult meanings of death and resurrection. The Phoenix is also connected to the sun cults of the Middle and Far East. From at least the time of the Roman Empire, the eagle and phoenix were used as symbols of imperial strength. The eagle, in a double headed from, is used as the symbol for the 32nd degree of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry.
The Masonic meaning of the eagle is implied by the design used on the Great Seal. The eagle on the seal has 33 feathers on one wing and 32 feathers on the other. This is in reference to the last two degrees of Scottish Rite Freemasonry. It should be noted that these degrees correlate with the levels in Eastern Religions passed through during reincarnation to god-hood.
Originally posted by Ladyk74
There are records of lodges conferring the degree of "Scots Master" or "Scotch Master" as early as 1733. A lodge at Temple Bar in London is the earliest such lodge on record. Other lodges include a lodge at Bath in 1735, and the French lodge, St. George de l'Observance No. 49 at Covent Garden in 1736. The references to these few occasions indicate that these were special meetings held for the purpose of performing unusual ceremonies, probably by visiting Freemasons.[3]
Manuscripts regarding the degrees are only found at a later time,
33° 1857, 1867, 1868, 1880
(manuscripts only)
wiki
Does this mean it didn't exist prior?
Originally posted by Wifibrains
Well, I feel kind of silly.....for stating the obvious. It's vertically perfectly symmetrical, slightly off horizontally, and way of diagonally.
All points meet when folded in half vertically. = symetric.
It's not concaved, it's a elongated "hexagram"
Originally posted by Ladyk74
Yes I did address him, and it all goes back to what scholars do you believe.
I did not say to take anything for truth in the wiki, but since you stated the degree system did not exist at the time, I pointed you to the reference that manuscripts of them only appeared at a later time, which didn't mean they did not exist prior.
Originally posted by Ladyk74
No hexagram?
Please just stop...seriously.
Originally posted by AugustusMasonicus
Originally posted by Ladyk74
No hexagram?
Please just stop...seriously.
I do not appreciate your intellectual dishonesty.
The hexagram is used to conjure up demons, making them appear in this dimension to do the bidding of the witch. Doc Marquis (Former Illuminist Satanist) confirms that hexagrams are used to call forth demons to place spells and curses on the intended victim. The word, "HEX," comes from this practice. The hexagram is also a symbol of the sex act and reproduction. Masonic author, Albert G. Mackey provides us with the occult explanation in his book, The Symbolism of Freemasonry, [p. 195, 1869 A.D.] The triangle pointing downward "is a female symbol corresponding to the 'yoni' and the upward pointing triangle is the male, the 'lingam'.