1. 关于这个GOD究竟是谁
The all-seeing eye of Ra, an ancient Egyptian symbol for divinity. It was Franklin’s belief that one man couldn’t do it alone, but a group of men, with the help of the Deist’s (自然神论者) God (not the Christian God), could do anything.
Ra or Re is the first of the Egyptian gods. Re or Ra became the sun god.
所以在这里, GOD 是指的JUPITER.“God (Jupiter) has favored our undertaking.”
2. NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM的意思
The Latin “NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM”, adapted from Vergil’s Eclogues IV:5, means “a new secular order has begun.” Secular, because the United States government is areligious, it endeavors to be disentangled in matters of faith and allow each citizen to follow his or her own reverent devotion. Without interference of the government. Without the exaltation of any particular religion by the government, nor the persecution of any religion by the government. The United States protects the freedom of religion, freedom from religion, and separation of church and state.
3. 8个而不是53个人属于MASONS
Eight of the 56 signatures on the Declaration of Independence belonged to avowed Masons, as well as nine on the Constitution.
4. 那只眼睛,就便是FREEMASONARY的象征,也不是撒蛋的
The symbols on U.S. currency are Masonic allusions - that floating eyeball-pyramid thing symbolizes Hiram Abiff, the builder of King Solomon's temple.
5. Who are the Freemasons?
They're a fraternal society. The traditional Masonry is by and large about men; it uses secret rituals and meetings that are closed to outsiders to teach morality, encourage charity, learning to a certain extent and certainly to encourage fellowship.
The philosophy of the Freemason's is a mystical approach to things.
Freemasons claim that their group dates back to the stonemason guilds of the Middle Ages, some even say it reaches back to the building of King Solomon's Temple in 850 B.C. No one really believes that. It was actually founded in 1717 by a bunch of affluent Englishmen with too much time on their hands. The organization flourished and spread rapidly throughout the British empire; Masonic lodges appeared in the American colonies as early as the 1730s. A separate strain later popped up in France and swept across Europe.
It was a fraternity of sorts, attracting the community's best and brightest. They would gather together for strange and secret rituals, swearing oaths of allegiance to the brotherhood and each other. Naturally, it became a place for negotiating business deals and the exchange of gossip. The fraternity was soon a major power center in any large city, and the international network of lodges constituted an immense, wealthy, and well-connected supragovernmental organization.
