At 04:14 PM 8/6/98 -0700, I wrote:
>At 03:11 PM 8/6/98 -0800, Suz wrote:
>>>Take a look at the back of a one-dollar bill -- notice the pyramid with
>>>the separate "top" and "eye" -- anyone here know the origin/metaphor?
>>>Apparantly, this represents Owners at the top and all the worker bees
>>>below ... also is a metaphor that is thousands of years old -- and that
>>>will be effectively broken when/if the Net (and other technologies)
>>>succeed in empowerment and breaking the hierarchical organization.
>>
>>
>>My vague understanding was that the pyramid and eye were metaphysical
>>symbols derived from our founding fathers' involvement in either the Masons
>>or the Rosacrucians. In general, the Great Pyramid represents spiritual
>>attainment and the eye would represent insight or the gift of inner vision.
>>Regrettably, I have no further details with regard specifically to the
>>founding fathers.
>
>Close. Check out http://thelonious.mit.edu/Mason/Essays/eyepyr.html for a
>Masonic explanation.
>
>Tom Fosson
Just so you don't think I'm biased, here's the flip side of the debate:
http://www.nitecop.com/great_seal.htm
Tom Fosson
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