The Eye of Horus — a hybrid of a human and falcon eye — was carried as a form of protection Credit: Alamy. This and other Egyptian hieroglyphs of isolated human eyes went on to affect European iconography during the Renaissance. Nowadays we know that they are a written language of mainly phonetic signs, but in the s and s they were believed to have a much more mystical significance.
The symbols in hieroglyphic writing — animals, birds and abstract shapes — were thought to be deliberately mysterious, each one creating meaning through the inspiration of the viewer rather than being part of a linguistic system. They were, so it was believed, open puzzles that contained multiple meanings. This belief had a huge effect on European art. As a result, a motif like the Eye of Providence was deliberately esoteric in its appearance.
And this really came to fruition in the late 18th Century. Three key examples from this period demonstrate an increasing diversity in the symbolism of the Eye of Providence. In this case, it has become an instrument of paternalistic reason watching over the newly egalitarian nation.
Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and John Adams had proposed ideas for the design, but it was Charles Thomson, Secretary of the Continental Congress, who came up with the pyramid and Eye of Providence, among the other elements of the seal, in collaboration with a young lawyer and artist named William Barton.
What is this thing? You've probably seen this eye in a bunch of conspiracy theories and illuminati references. It's the same eye you see on the back of a dollar bill, and it's even part of the Great Seal of the United States.
No, not there: It's actually on the other side. Yes, the seal has two sides. But this symbol's meaning and creation actually have nothing to do with any of that. It shows an eye, often surrounded by rays of light, enclosed by a triangle. Artists used it to represent the all-seeing eye of God. The three points of the triangle represent the Christian mythology of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
The rays of light are stand-ins for holiness and divinity. One of the first known appearances of it is in this painting: the Supper of Emmaus painted for the Carthusians in If you go even farther back in history, you can find an eye being used in ancient Egyptian times.
For example, the "Eye of Horus" belongs to Horus, the sky god, often depicted as a falcon. Now what? Lady Gaga has promoted for gay rights and individualism since her debut, and Rihanna has broken down racial doors and promotes the image of an independent, yet bootylicious woman who has publicly left an abusive relationship, showing that it can be done.
Either way, the website is fascinating, though a bit creepy at times, because you cannot help but wonder if perhaps all this could be true. In the end, we need not to worry if our pop stars belong to any cult, as long as their message is positive and their songs are well crafted and infectious.
The Illuminati is a name given to both a real and fictitious society. The Illuminati was a secret society formed in Bavaria now part of modern-day Germany that existed from to — its members originally referred to themselves as Perfectibilists. The group was inspired by the ideals of the Enlightenment and founded by professor of canon law Adam Weishaupt.
He wanted to promote the education of reason and philanthropy and oppose superstition and religious influence in society. Here, five men set out the rules that would govern the secret order. Some members of the Illuminati joined the Freemasons in order to recruit new members. The Freemasons are a fraternal order that evolved from the guilds of stonemasons and cathedral builders of the Middle Ages.
In some countries, especially the US, there has historically been a lot of paranoia about the Freemasons — in , a single-issue political movement known as the Anti-Masonic Party was even established. Due to the original Illuminati recruitment of Freemasons, the two groups have often been confused for each other.
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