rancis Bacon was the integral leader and regenerater of a
previous generation of Freemasons who developed a great
interest in learning mythology and using symbols as part of
their education. The "eye in the pyramid" is a well-known
Masonic symbol.
Loosely translated, Annuit Coeptis
means "He has given approval to our undertakings." This is
in reference to the symbol of an eye above a pyramid
(sometimes called the 'All seeing eye') which is a
representation of the deity. Freemasonry was a clear
influence on the Founding Fathers. The Novus Ordo
Seclorum or New Order of the Ages was the beginning of
this new spirit.
In the Novum Organum Bacon
writes,
"...the Sun enters the palace and the privy alike and is
not polluted thereby. We raise not a Capitol or Pyramid to
the pride of man, but a Holy Temple in his mind on
the model of the Universe, which model we imitate.
For whatsoever deserves to exist deserves to be known, and
knowledge is the image of Existence. Now the mean and the
splendid alike exist..."
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