This is an updated version of the article published in March 2009 on my blog, Vatican Lies Illuminated. It is included here because it is directly related to the focus and content of this book and after additional research and reflection, it was time to revisit certain conclusions.
I was asked the following question by a friend:
“I can’t help but notice that an Egyptian obelisk stands at the focal point of both the Vatican and our nation’s capitol. This seems to be way out of context. What is an obelisk and what do they represent?”
In a nutshell, an obelisk is a pillar and pillars symbolize philosophical principles, hence pivotal wisdom as primary ideals. For example, the Seven Spirits of God/Good of the Doctrine of Two Spirits are also called the seven pillars of wisdom. When pillars were support structures within ancient temples, a.k.a. a god’s or a philosophy’s “house”, they represented the foundations and supports for the roof, hence the high place (ideals, air, sky) under and within which members or seekers gathered. Contemplate the symbolism of the term “pillars of heaven” and the fact that heaven symbolizes the same thing as the Seven Spirits of God and the seven pillars of wisdom. Similarly, mountains and pyramids are also referred to as pillars of heaven, linking wisdom and “heaven,” precisely as is done by the Doctrine of Two Spirits symbolism and the giant star map created by the monuments of Egypt.
Proverbs 9:1
Wisdom has built Her house, She has hewn out Her seven pillars.
Visualize a temple with the Seven Spirits of God/Good as its seven pillars (wise principles). Three pillars on each side and one in the back and center, where some would designate it as the “holy of holies.” At the entrance stand two pillars, like in many buildings, Masonic lodges, etc. Those two should symbolize truth (right side) and justice (left side), if based on the seven pillars of wisdom. Since there are left and right pillars, they also symbolize the wisdom of dualism, from which truth and justice emerge as pivotal principles. Also on the right following truth are wisdom and humility. On the left side following justice are freewill and compassion. In the back central, in the “holiest” location, would be self-sacrifice at the location of the altar, which symbolizes sacrifice. Some foolishly thought it was wise to sacrifice other life, instead of their own egos and material desires.
Notice that next to and bounding the central pillar of self-sacrifice is humility on the right and compassion to the left. The other important thing to notice is that bounding the entrance to the temple, truth is the first of the seven spirits/pillars and justice is the last of the seven, hence the symbolism of First and Last, as repeatedly mentioned in Revelation. Another important observation is that the right side pillars are those associated with concepts and mindset, while those on the left are more closely associated with deeds. When starting at truth and moving towards justice, this arrangement presents a working philosophical model of how to live wisely. This is the “new temple” long awaited by many. It is built in the “heart” (desires, inclinations, inspirations) and mind, not in any physical location. This symbolism alternately also represents the wisdom of dualism (hence left and right), from which the vital importance of truth and justice emerges (emanates, shines, etc.).
The other important symbols related to this discussion are mountains and pyramids, which symbolize the hierarchical relationship between great bodies of knowledge and their associated wisdom, by their shapes. The peaks (or capstone) of both symbolize acme, apex, pinnacle, or pivotal knowledge, ergo wisdom. The bulk of the mountain or pyramid is the body of knowledge, a.k.a. corpus. That is why climbing to the top of a mountain symbolized gaining mastery over a great body of knowledge to attain (ascend to) its associated wisdom. Notice that the peak of a mountain or capstone of a pyramid or obelisk are also the high places, just like a temple roof, the keystone of an arch across an entrance, and the head atop your body. Also, notice that some temples were open-roofed so the sky (air, heavens, stars, and sun) symbolized the “high places.” An open roofed temple (god’s house) also afforded a view of the current zodiac “house” with which “gods” were associated.
What the story of AmenMoses in the Exodus actually symbolizes is that he gained mastery over a great body of knowledge (mountain) by attaining (ascending to) its wisdom (mountaintop). On the other hand, down below the mountain and upon the earth “Aaron” created a religion (the golden calf, a.k.a. a new sacred cow, cash cow...) and led people into ignorance. In his great disgust, AmenMoses broke the two stones into many pieces (symbols) and hid them in a symbolic vessel (conveyance) symbolized as the ark (of the covenant), which contains hidden ancient wisdom. That part of the Exodus story explains why there is wisdom encoded by symbolism throughout these ancient texts. AmenMoses clearly did not like religion and encoded proof of why for a far future time, hence now.
Freemasons say that the legend/parable they use to initiate and teach members, is loosely based on the Egyptian mystery-myth of Osiris, in which his masculine desires are replaced by a golden pillar/obelisk fashioned by Isis, hence a feminine pillar-principle. In the Masonic teaching myth, the master mason [C]Hiram Abiff is killed by three ruffians (religions…). They were impatient and tried to steal the master’s secret word (a.k.a. symbolized wisdom, a.k.a. the words of gods, a.k.a. Egyptian symbology). His dead “body” (of wisdom) is first hidden within rubble (many stones, a.k.a. many symbols), then taken to a mountaintop and buried under a tree. Notice that the master’s “body” (corpus of wisdom) was hidden atop a mountain, the symbolic locale of wisdom. It is very interesting that this story line accurately parallels much of what I have been describing about ancient symbology throughout this book.
Later, after the hidden “body” was found, it was in many pieces (many symbols again), so it took the “grip” (grasp...) of another master to reassemble it and move him from the mountaintop, to be buried within or near the temple. Notice that this is the symbolic location of the hidden ark, which symbolizes a symbolic vessel or conveyance of “god’s” words (medu neter) and wisdom (stones). Hence, it took another with comparable wisdom to “grasp his corpus” (understand his body of wisdom), reassemble it and place it into the hidden ark and temple. It would likewise take another with comparable ability to grasp and “open” (unlock, unseal) it in the far future, which is what I have done with these books.
Those interested in various ancient mysteries should notice some parallels between the stories of Moses, the ark, the two tables of stone that he broke into many pieces, the story of Hiram Abiff, and the cornerstone (or keystone...) parable of the death of Osiris and his resurrection by Isis. In this story, Isis reassembles Osiris’ body after it has been cut into pieces and hidden in multiple places by his mortal enemy, Set[h]. The parallels to finding and reassembling a lost, dead, and scattered body of knowledge by someone with special knowledge and skills (wisdom) are clear and very close in their symbolic meaning and intent.
Another very important detail to the parable of Isis and Osiris is that his body was cut into 14 pieces, yet Isis could only locate 13 of them. This ancient tale of the death of Osiris is the earliest known association of 13 with disastrous bad luck. The lost piece was his penis (masculine desires) so she fashioned a golden replacement, symbolizing both golden and feminine desires. Once again, look at the Doctrine of Two Spirits and notice that there are 14 lines, 7 good and 7 evil, which also matches the structure of Amen’s dual-feathered headdress. This very curiously ties in with the socalled Illuminati (illuminated) pyramid seen on the back of the Great Seal of the USA and the one-dollar bill. The unfinished pyramid has 13 steps. The links to very bad luck, Isis and Osiris, the Templars, and the Vatican are purposeful and pivotal. The shining eye and capstone, which symbolizes truth, wisdom, and the ancient wisdom theme of “feminine above and masculine below” becomes the fourteenth level. Capstones are often golden or other reflective material, which matches Isis’ golden pillar designed to finish and raise Osiris, the ancient neter of Egypt closely associated with the pyramids at Giza and with the stars that they mirrored above. The light coming from the eye is also often golden. True capstones are four-sided and this one only has three, hence it is also incomplete (like the rough ashlar) and must be finished before completing the endeavor.
The Seven Pillars of Wisdom are classified as “feminine” inspirations, hence “heavenly” desires, or “golden” attributes (metal, mettle). Golden (associated with the sun, a.k.a. light (truth) and heat (justice)) symbolizes the upper half of the Doctrine of Two Spirits, which are “feminine” desires and inspirations. Thereby, like Maat, Sophia, and Kuan Yin, Isis is associated with life, goodness, and positive spirit(s) (ka, ka-maat, karma, and golden rule). In other words, Isis replaced Osiris’ masculine mindset and desires with a feminine pillar (wise principle), transforming his mindset and desires, thereby resurrecting or “raising” him.
Also, notice the relationship to alchemy, where the aim is to turn base metal golden. Spiritual alchemy is the activity of decoding the symbolism used to hide the true meaning of alchemical texts and to apply the hidden wisdom to improve the character (mettle) of the individual, with the ultimate aim of turning their lowly (base) mettle golden. Sounds very much like the asserted aims of Freemasonry and other esoteric endeavors.
Proverbs 9:1
Wisdom has built Her house, She has hewn out Her seven pillars.
Notice that wisdom is within the “temple” formed by the seven pillars of wisdom, a.k.a. the Seven Spirits of God. They are directly referred to in Proverbs 9:1, as being “hewn” by the feminine wisdom, just as Seshat and Sophia personify. Notice the redundant association to pivotal symbolism used by Freemasonry, hence Solomon’s temple, pillars, and the symbolic working of stone as allusions to ancient wisdom? This does not symbolize the human body or anything physical. The symbolized temple is formed by pillars (wise principles), thereby it does not refer to bodies or buildings. Freemasons and others have asserted that the human body is a literal temple. That view completely misses the point of the symbology from which these concepts originated. It can’t represent anything physical to be spiritual wisdom, and that includes hero-gods and other fallacies.
A freestanding obelisk, which is a four-sided pillar, is in essence the peak (capstone) of a pyramid, without the body of knowledge that obscures it. Notice that the top of the four-sided obelisk is the same as the top of a pyramid, which symbolizes a body of perfected knowledge and its perfect wisdom. Hence, an obelisk is a pillar that symbolizes perfected knowledge (truth) and core wisdom, without the corpus-knowledge that obscures it within the pyramid, an idealized mountain. It is as if you took a particle beam and cut out the peak and supporting center column of a pyramid and then lifted it out so it stands on its own. The sides of the pyramid are a more perfect shape than a mountain and thereby a straighter (truer) path to the top. An obelisk further straightens (and steepens) the symbolized path to wisdom much more than a pyramid. Also, an obelisk forces you to look upwards into the air, the symbolic locale of the seven pillars of wisdom, as well as serving as a reminder of higher consciousness and ideals.
The other key aspect of this symbolism is the fact that obelisks are four-sided and set within the center of a cross. This purposely alludes to the symbolism of the four elements, which the cross symbolizes. A pyramid also merges the symbolism of wisdom with that of the four elements by its shape. The four sides of a pyramid form triangles. Now visualize unzipping each triangle and laying it flat on the ground so that what remains is a square in the center of four triangular arrowheads or directional pointers. Each triangle points in one of four directions and can be arranged as the compass rose graphic (sub rosa…).
Also, you can lay an equal-armed cross atop this so each arm meets or passes through each triangle’s tip, which also divides the center square into four smaller squares, matching the symbolism of “four corners.” The four sides of the Giza pyramids are purposely and very accurately aligned with the four directions of the compass. Thereby, what I just described about each of the unzipped triangular sides pointing in the four directions of the compass is exactly how they were constructed in reality. The Giza pyramids were precisely aligned so the four directions of the compass form a cross through the middle of each four sides and thereby through the unzipped triangles as described.
Like the pyramids, obelisks were also set within a cross, aligned to the solstices and equinoxes so the sun created strategic shadows at those important times. As you can see, this is no mere coincidence and the precision alignment of these massive precision structures imparts an undeniably symbolic intent and meaning. Now also contemplate that these same pyramids are used to model the stars of the constellation they saw as Osiris, which the Greeks later called Orion. The association of wisdom, the four elements, stars, and sun (light, enlightenment) was purposeful and very instructive.
The alchemical symbols for the four elements are also triangles and flow from this original method, but have been changed to obscure the meaning and source. The corrected symbols for the four elements can be derived from what I just described. Just as they are on the cross, the right arm and triangle is fire, the top is air, the left is water, and the bottom downward-pointing one is earth. The pyramid thereby encodes the wisdom of the four elements in a symbol that is also a symbol for a perfected (true, straight) body of knowledge and its associated wisdom.
The other associated insight here is related to assertions about the meaning of the two triangles of a hexagram. When it symbolizes the merger of masculine and feminine (not male and female), the upper arrow is air, hence the feminine. The lower arrow is earth, which is the masculine. The obelisk points skyward and is thereby also considered feminine. This is the opposite of what others have said because they based their conclusions on sex organs, instead of symbolized wisdom.
The Vatican, Christianity, and associated secret societies and mystery schools have gone to great lengths to hide the truth about the cross and four elements because their true meanings completely disprove the assertions of religion. Therefore, they are not using them to symbolize wisdom but to impose deceptions designed to prevent most from understanding the truth and grasping wisdom. On the other hand, Freemasonry has been protecting secrets just like the groups of old, for the purpose of eventually proving the truth about certain things. Unfortunately for the Vatican, they’ve told far too many lies about far too many important things and the blowback is about to be terrible.
There are a couple of interesting videos on YouTube that talk about the Vatican and Washington D.C. obelisks (and others...). REVEALED: The Secret of Christianity does a good job of proving that the obelisk in the Vatican is set up as a huge sun dial and astrological marker that uses the shadows of the equinoxes and solstices to draw an X (or cross) and another straight line through it to simulate one of the early Christian symbols (the superimposed chi and rho, or X and P). The main assertion is that Christianity and other religions are merely sun worship in disguise. There are numerous other videos like these including Zeitgeist and Zeitgeist Addendum that touch upon related information.
Another is part of a series called The Secret Rulers of the World. It also talks about the Vatican and DC obelisks (Washington Monument built by Masonic lodges) and others. Then it proceeds to make a series of stupid statements about phallic symbols and the worship of Amen and other unsupportable allusions. A little more research and precision of concept would have made this a better segment.
Either way, the Vatican, Freemasonry, and other shadowy groups have agendas that are kept hidden from the rank and file, as well as those on the outside. Leaders are using a patchwork of ancient allusions for their own purposes. They are not sun-worshippers, since they know it is a symbol. But it is important to remember that groups closely associated with the Vatican will have a different purpose than Freemasonry and related groups. The Vatican has spent a very long time hiding the truth about the symbology that esoteric groups have long sought to understand. One must never forget that the enlightenment and revolutionary movements that led to the founding of the USA and the overthrow of most European governments were opposing both Christian Rome and their royal and aristocratic cohorts. Both groups had conspired to use religion to exploit their citizens.
It is also vital to remember that the leaders of empires never believe the lies used to manipulate subjects, since they know they are lies. The leaders of the Vatican and their rich and powerful cohorts are fully aware that they have been duping people on a grand scale for a very long time, and this is the most important thing to remember about them. These leaders are knowingly lying to their followers to hide and advance ulterior motives, just as they have done throughout history. As you have seen so far though, Freemasonry’s secrecy was a defense against Rome, and that means something exists that Rome fears greatly. Since Freemasonry’s focus is on using and understanding symbols, Rome fears them because they know that irrefutable proof of their long-term lies exist.
So once again, it is vitally important to understand that the various books and videos claiming that Judeo-Christianity and/or Freemasonry are merely rehashed sun worship are missing multiple important points that redundantly prove otherwise. Though each group uses the Bible, their purposes for doing so are very different, and the key differences center around assertions related to the symbology. Others, such as the Zeitgeist videos and the books by Acharya S (Christ Conspiracy, Suns of God, and others.), that put forth simplistic arguments like sun worship means “son” worship, forget that no one spoke English back then. Furthermore, the Egyptians were deeply rooted in symbolism, as were the Hebrew sages, so none of it was so shallow and literal. As I have already proven, sun does not equal son.
The “son of god” symbolism deceptively recast by Christianity is an Egyptian sourced title that is directly tied to Moses, whose real name was AmenMoses. Moses means “son of” or “born of.” The “god” of AmenMoses was the Egyptian-Nubian dual “creator principle” (neter) Amen/Amenet. Thereby, AmenMoses is a symbolic name-title meaning “son of Amen” or born of Amen, or of the house of Amen, just as Rameses (Ra Moses) was symbolically titled as the “son” of his “god,” Ra. These are wholly symbolic titles taken by all of the elite that referred to one’s patron neter and temple organization. It was never used literally, and assertions of such are a combination of error and blatant deception. It is instructive to understand that modern Jews continue to have symbolic names that also encode secondary meanings, as did many ancients before them.
Likewise, assertions that the twelve apostles are merely the twelve houses of the zodiac miss the fact that the New Testament is directly based on the Essenes (Sons of Zadok, Keepers of the Way, etc.). The Dead Sea Scrolls prove that it was they who organized in groups of 12. Yes, it is true that the tradition had its roots in the zodiac and that is how the twelve tribes of the Exodus are symbolically organized in the Bible. The Essenes had more practical reasons for creating small operative groups though, and they are proven to have existed. Once again, the symbology is the key.
The framers of the New Testament (Christian Rome) merely stole their stories and recast them as the twelve “apostles” of “Jesus.” They later added in a bunch of mystery school allusions and other blatant deceptions designed to make the stories more mysterious, alluring, and teachable, while burying and confounding the meaning of symbolized wisdom. Pay very close attention to the fact that this is the same formula used by Freemasonry, hence the mixing of mystery school allusions with historically sourced myth. At least Freemasons openly assert that their legends are symbolic teaching tools, not true history, making Freemasonry far more truthful in this aspect (among others).
One of the pivotal reasons for Judeo-Christian-Islamic religion and other smoke and mirrors is to impose so many competing false philosophies and faux-opponents that no one can ever find the truth. The goal is to get people stuck on the details, which always lead in circles. One must go before and under the stories to find the correct threads that lead to the truth. The pivotal key to unsealing long-hidden ancient wisdom is the decoding of the symbology of ancient texts and concepts. That is why the Vatican, secret societies, and various mystery schools are so focused on it, though clearly for different purposes.
As already discussed elsewhere, the sun is our primary source of light and heat. Thereby, it was used to symbolize our primary source of truth (light) and justice (heat). That is why some assume the Egyptians were worshipping the sun as a literal god. In fact, it represented an aspect of Amen[-Ra], which was symbolism representing other principles, but most importantly Maat’s primary principles of truth and justice. When obelisks are used as a sundial and solar observatory, you can get shadows in four or more locations during the equinoxes and solstices to create the cross (four elements) from the shadows. This is a symbol of the primary wisdom that gives rise to the universe. As an added bonus, it is being created by primary symbols themselves in real life. An important aspect of Egyptian philosophy saw reality as the interplay of patterns and symbols, which is one reason for Medu Netcher (hieroglyphics), a.k.a. the words of gods. They correctly perceived physical reality as myriad insights into the hidden aspects of this universe. When symbols such as the sun and star groupings etched out verifiable patterns, they saw these as doubly reinforced messages that must be listened to. Furthermore, ignoring such messages was considered the same as turning your back on the words of the “gods,” which eventually always resulted in calamity.
The Vatican and other Babylonian inspired cohorts are too greedy and deluded, so their focus has been on magic, wealth, and power instead of wisdom and helping others. They always thought there was magic involved. Just look at Catholic and secret society rituals to understand this. Though they may call them holy rituals or the reenactment of mystery plays as teaching tools, western religion and secret societies are rooted in both subtle and not so subtle magic. Also, they thought these objects gave them special access to the powers of Amen or other Egyptian-Nubian “universal principles”.
To be clear and unequivocal here, I am not some nut that thinks magic is “demonic,” since the devil and demons are manufactured fantasies. I do view it as a misdirected and deeply erroneous activity, though. It is a fallacy based on a misinterpretation of ancient symbology that has led to mistaken perceptions of reality. In fact, like most of the so-called ancient mysteries, magic is merely compounded error and ignorance that flows from the failure to understand ancient symbolized wisdom. It is the result of people trying to control things they don’t understand, which is little different from religion, mysticism, and other forms of spiritual error.
Remember that the Vatican and cohorts still keep the bodies of saints and other magical objects, which they deceptively call “holy” to hide the true purposes. They are mainly cash cows these days and less a form of covert magic. They went to great lengths to erect obelisks and other things in certain places for the magic, not for the wisdom. That is why the Vatican and its Judeo-Christian and secret society cohorts are symbolized as Mystery Babylon. The same type of magical hocus-pocus and recasting of ancient symbols as literal and/or supernatural concepts is seen throughout all three faiths of Abraham, which they created and control.
Just look at the stories of Jesus, who never existed! Rome used texts and concepts stolen from the Essenes, Egyptians, and others to give the Jesus myth the veneer of historical authenticity. This is what is called a strong lie. Near truth and apparent truths are purposely woven together with blatant lies to give the whole affair the “sheen of truth.” Then they bundled them with the so-called Old Testament to reinforce the lies, by tying them into a much older tradition with some verifiable history. The very same techniques were later used to create Islam.
Even more twisted, just look at how Muslims have been duped into praying to Mecca five times a day. Praying daily to the same fixed position and direction, as the Earth rotates, inscribes the math of a pentagram-pentacle, hence a five-pointed star within a circle. The points of a five-pointed star (pentagram) touch the circle of a pentacle every 72 degrees. As discussed in earlier chapters, 72 is redundantly associated with the precession of the equinoxes, as measured at sunrise on the spring equinox. It takes 72 years for the receding position of the spring-equinox sunrise to move one degree on the horizon. It thereby moves five degrees for every 360-year cycle.
A full 360 degrees of procession takes 25,920 years, which is also seventy-two (72) 360-year cycles. So, the number 72, the math of the pentagram-pentacle and praying five times daily towards the same fixed-point on Earth is a triple allusion to precession, which is measured using the sunrise. In other words, the followers of Islam have been duped into participating in a magic ritual that daily inscribes the math of a pentagram/pentacle, which purposely alludes to the math of solar precession. Thereby, hidden illusions and allusions to the sun and zodiac, whether worship or symbolism, are also deceptively encoded within Islam.
Another important aspect of this insight is the orbit of Venus. When viewed from the Earth, it inscribes a near perfect five-pointed star (pentagram) around the sun every eight years. Also, pay close attention to the fact that Kabbalah uses 72 names of God as part of its magical systems and assertions. Likewise, many in Islam expect 72 virgins in heaven. The number 72 is closely tied to solar and precessional math, pentagrams, and the planet Venus.
It should be clear by now that those who transported Egyptian obelisks to Rome and elsewhere for use as magical solar observatories also crafted the rituals and canon of Islam. Thereby, Judeo-Christian mysticism is purposely encoded within the rituals of Islam, which are clearly someone’s sick idea of a mass magic ritual. This is why Judeo-Christian leaders and the Vatican are symbolized as Mystery Babylon. Who do you think created a religion, custom-designed as a philosophical opponent to Judeo-Christians, that would also deceptively impose submission on those unruly dark-skinned Middle-easterners, just as Rome was losing control of that region? As I have already proven, religious stories about angels are blatant lies. It should be beyond obvious that religious leaders have once again been caught deceiving billions to cause widespread evil. Contemplate Machiavelli.
Notice the parallels to the creation and structure of Freemasonry here? From my research and conclusions, Freemasonry looks far too much like a Vatican involved deception designed to reign in another real threat to Rome’s Judeo-Christian deceptions and other cash cows. In other words, Freemasonry appears like a well-designed effort to prevent another Templar-problem from arising. One of Christian Rome’s greatest fears is that people will finally grasp the truth about the symbology of the Bible, thereby understanding the true extent and nature of the long-term Judeo-Christian-Islamic deception. It appears there was some sort of a secret accommodation or peace treaty between Rome and opponents like the Swiss and Scottish Templars and related groups, hence the Swiss Guard, Swiss banking, and other oddities.
Freemasonry, Rosicrucianism, and related western mystery schools are structured to lure in those with an interest in symbolism, the mysteries, and self-improvement. Because they are heavily Christianized and revolve around Judeo-Christian and Kabbalistic interpretations, those who seek enlightenment through them are mired and indoctrinated by systems that seems well-designed to prevent the complete exposure of the Bible’s deceptions. On the other hand, those involved have freewill and a desire to grow wiser to understand the truth about life and many were not so easily mislead. There is more to Freemasonry than meets the eye and I look forward to eventually learning the whole truth.
Since a pillar symbolizes a primary principle, it is clear to see that the obelisks found in Rome, London, and Washington D.C., (and other locales) do not represent wisdom. As our world descends deeper into financial debacle, religious conflicts, and other calamities, even the most clueless should now understand that these cities and the deceptions they represent are not sources of wisdom, truth, or justice. Great deception has been imposed upon the world for many centuries using the pretense of false ideals to dupe people onto the wrong paths. Money, religion/mysticism, and politics have been used to lure and dupe billions into supporting blatant evil, while thinking they were doing good.
Only truth, wisdom, and justice can fix this situation.