On many previous occasions, we’ve talked about conspiracies
and societies; those groups who really run the world
while the rest of us go on blithely ignoring the Truth. Somehow, there are so
many such groups -- the Illuminati, the Trilateral Commission, the Bilderberg Group, the Bohemian Grove, the Carlyle Group
-- that how each of them manages to run the world to the exclusion of the
others is a mystery we’re not qualified to solve.
That said, there is one group whose footprint is all over the United States,
particularly its founding. So much so, that we feel we have to mention them
again -- this week, especially. That group is the Freemasons, and on
September 18, 1793, George Washington, a Master Mason,
laid the cornerstone to the United States Capitol -- while wearing his Masonic apron! But Washington was far from the only Founding Father who
was a Mason. Of the signers of the Declaration of
Independence, nine were Masons, including John Hancock,
Edmund Randolph,
and Benjamin Franklin. Of the signers of the Constitution, thirteen were Masons. And thirty-three
of Washington’s generals in the Revolutionary War were -- you guessed it -- Masons.
But that’s not all. Paul Revere? John Marshall? Ethan Allen? Mason. Mason. Mason. Even Frenchman Marie-Joseph Paul Roch Yves Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis de Lafayette, whose participation in the Continental Army was essential to American independence, was a member of the
Brotherhood.
One might think that would be enough, but we’re not even close. Like London, the city of Washington DC is laid out
to mirror the Masonic pentagram, with one of its points at Washington’s Masonic Temple
and another at the White House itself! (Of course, Sandusky, Ohio
is also laid out according to this plan, too, so it may not be all that much of
a conspiracy ...)
And let’s not even get started on the symbolism in American currency. From the "All-Seeing Eye"
to the eagle
to the thirteen stars, stripes, arrows, olive branches, and steps of the
pyramid, the dollar bill
alone might as well be a business card for your local Masonic lodge.
Author Dan Brown's
new book, The Lost Symbol, comes out this week, and this time, the Da Vinci Code
author takes on these Masonic symbols in an attempt to crack the code – the code of what,
we're not quite sure, but we can rest assured that the groups that really
run the world will continue to do so, no matter who they are.
Suggested Sites...
- Masonic and Kabbalistic Symbols In the Washington D.C. Map - pretty darned detailed -- and eye-opening, if nothing else.
- Freemasonry and Washington D.C.'s Street Layout - more details -- though a little on the fringes (like, what's with all those goatheads?).
- The Lost Symbol and the Freemasons: 8 Myths Decoded - National Geographic does a little debunking.
- Masonic Symbol Quiz - do you know your tessellated edging from your pot of incense?
- You Tube: US Dollar A Masonic Code? - watch and make up your own mind.
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