Page Content (OCR)
(Designed for the Scottish Rite Freemasons.) The chart for the laying of the cornerstone, on October 18, 1911, is very revealing from an esoteric point of view. The Moon and Venus are together (conjunct) in Virgo. (p. 223) What is not widely known is that alongside the national flag, Aldrin also carried a Masonic banner. This had been embroidered especially for this strange journey by the librarian of the Masonic House of the Temple in Washington, D.C. The reluctance to bring the pyramid into the light of day was not restricted to individual Masons; even bureaucrats seem to have been unhappy with bringing it forward. (p. 225) The precise origins of the pyramid design for the reverse seal, with its three Latin inscriptions, are still steeped in mystery. (p. 227) The pyramid was already widely used as a symbol in Masonic Fraternities in Europe, and we should therefore not be surprised that it should have been proposed in the context of a national symbol guided by so many Freemasons. (p. 227) “...examples show that the idea of the pyramid was circulating widely in Masonic circles prior to the Declaration.” (p. 230) What, then, was the nature of these spiritual beings who could be invited to oversee the destiny of a city. (p. 371) The tradition of godlike tutelary city ruler was much older than this idea of planetary intelligences, how- ever. The ancient records indicate that it was a practice in former ages for the Mystery centers that directed civilization to hand out newly founded cities to the care of specific spiritual beings. (p. 371) The practice of assigning places to the rule of specific zodiacal signs (and thus, in medieval times, to spiritual beings) is very ancient and has been extended into modern times. Since the discovery of Amer- ica ...we are able to trace most of the sources for the zodiacal rulerships ascribed to the cities of the United States. (p. 373) There may be no doubt altogether that astrology played an important role in the choice of the key mon- uments for the laying down of the federal city. Even so... we are... reduced to speculation as to which individual, or group of individuals, was behind this extraordinary undertaking. (p. 382) 245 Appendix B: Book Abstracts House of the Temple Buzz Aldrin/Moon Landing The Pyramid Atlantis, Alien Visitation, and Genetic Manipulation