The spatial relationship of these two sites may define an early form of a Lat/Long grid. Elements of both structures construction point to other sites of significance. Please see bottom of blog for larger photos.
Evidence suggests that the Tribe of Dan may have created Baalbek and used it as a datum from which to colonize and establish new cultures and religions. It is possible that the Tribe of Dan descended from the same Egyptian class that planned the locations of cities and towns as well as constructed the associated monuments and buildings. Each directional line created using the facets of the hexagon at Baalbek vector or point to significant cultural areas around the world: Ur, Uruk, Mumbai, Indian and Indonesian temples/pyramids, Mecca, Carthage, Adana/mag.N, Scandanavia, Baltic, North Magnetic pole, Seattle.
406.96 miles From tip of The Great Pyramid of Giza to the Hexagon of Baalbek @ 45.55 degrees TN. This creates a line from the tip of the Great Pyramid that meets with the N. tip of the hexagonal structure nearly perfectly matching the angle of the facet of the hexagon.
The following is based on the directions the facets of the Great Pyramid pointing being NE45.55, SE135.55, SW225.55, and NW315.55 deg TN.
The Great Pyramid at Giza and the ruins at Baalbek are both monuments shrouded in mystery and the unknown. Theories as to the method of construction of both structures abound. At both locations stones so large were used they would be hard to move using the largest equipment available today. The Trilithon Stones at Baalbek are among the largest ever produced in the world. Modern engineers are baffled as to how the great edifice was constructed. Egyptologists consider the pyramids to be tombs and memorials of the Pharaohs who built them. Others believe the pyramids to be anything from landing ports for extraterrestrials to power generators from some as of yet unknown earth source.
Many theories exist with regard to some monuments facilitating a myriad of science fiction-like functions such as inter-dimensional and time travel. It appears that elements of these monuments construction may also point to places of importance. The pyramids are a lesson in construction and design and contain many sacred geometrical components. The Great Pyramid contains data or dimensions that record the number of days in the year and the circumference of the earth itself. The alignment of the three pyramids at Giza reflect the arrangement of Orion's belt. The concept of astrological procession caused by the slight wobbling of the Earth is recorded.
The Great Pyramid at Giza is also a sighting tool that leads the way to other sites that have equally impressive monuments that also were built with many clues left for later generations. This research may have proven that the Great Pyramid is the datum for the system of latitude and longitude we still use today. (see large photo at bottom of blog). This is logical given the widespread assumption that the pyramids were placed at the geographic center of the world.
The hexagonal structure in the ruins of Baalbek is also such a directional tool. Each facet of the hexagon vectors lines to some very significant sites including Mecca. A line formed by the angle and position of the southwest trending facet vectors directly to the Mecca Gate just west of the city. This is interesting in light of Baalbek's possible connection with the pyramids and the fact that the southwest trending facet of the Great Pyramid creates a line that leads to the Grand Mosuque in Mecca. As these monuments recorded the concept of the hypotenuse and Pi they also recorded sacred directions that may have had cultural significance similar to ley lines. The ancients seemed to value recording the directional information as much as the mathematic data. In turn the directional data took on the same occult and mysterious connotations as did the sacred geometry and design.
If viewed from plan the pyramid resembles a square with two diagonal intersecting lines extending from each corner meeting in the center like a large “X.” The Great Pyramid is oriented about .55 degrees east of being north-south.
If one uses the 45.55 degree or northeast trending facet of the pyramid to extend a line it leads directly to the hexagonal structure in the ruins of Baalbek, Lebanon at nearly exactly 407 miles. This angle and direction seems to lead precisely to the hexagon shaped structure at the eastern end of the complex at Baalbek and closely matches the position of the hexagon’s northeast facet tip. Chalk up an amazing feat of precision for the builders of the hexagon at Baalbek!
This suggests that the pyramids were built first and then hexagon at Baalbek was subsequently added in alignment with the pyramid. Evidence does support the fact that a sacred site existed at Baalbek previous to and at the time of the construction of the Great Pyramid at Giza. The hexagon appears to have been a Roman addition but may have been constructed by the Phoenicians. The same angle and line pass directly over the ancient Phoenician and Templar stronghold City of Tyre just a few hundred meters south of the hippodrome. (ley lines and sporting venues seem to still be associated with ley lines in the twenty-first century).
The spatial relationship between the Great Pyramid of Giza and Baalbek also seems to suggest established lines of latitude and longitude that are still used today. From the tip of the Great Pyramid to the hexagon at Baalbek is about 407 miles at the 45.55 degree angle that matches the northeast facet of the pyramid. Along this line approx. every 98.8miles establishes an absolute even point of latitude as still used today. Amazingly the lines of latitude are arranged on true north while Baalbek points the way to magnetic north! This relationship creates a 4x5 degree square of latitude and longitude. In the rectangle created by this relationship 412 miles is the hypotenuse of a rectangle of those dimensions. The distance from The Great Pyramid to Baalbek on the digital globe is 407. This is very close to the actual hypotenuse of that rectangle. Given that a huge section of sea lies between Baalbek and The Great Pyramid it is even more fascinating. The Egyptians may have used the hypotenuse to determine a basal 5 degree square of lat/long. The dimensions and distances are very close to being perfect when considering the the distances involved and mapping technology of this era.
It is not clear if the Egyptians, Romans, or Phoenicians designed this system. It is clear that the pyramids are the reference datum of this system. The Greeks were known for their mathematical knowledge and the establishment of a form of latitude and longitude. Knowledge of the hypotenuse may have been known by the Egyptians and handed to the Greeks via Hermetic traditions. The Sumerians could have developed the system also. The hexagonal structure may have been part of the latest phase of Roman construction dates it at about 63 B.C. Archaeological evidence does suggest that several other structures existed on the site prior to the construction of the ruins that are there now.
It is unknown if any of the previous temples had a hexagonal feature as an element of their construction. The fact that the structure was a like distance and bearing from the Great Pyramid is the most vital component. The aligning of the hexagon by a later culture is a form of talismanic veneration and recordation of a datum point on a world wide grid. With this said it is still remotely possible that some unknown ancient culture controlled Baalbek and created this system. It is far more likely that the Egyptians developed the grid based on their knowledge and construction of a vast array of temples and monuments in sacred forms. It was also necessary to have a reliable magnetic compass or extensive knowledge of use of the gnomon or shadow stick to form this baseline grid.
A well established knowledge of the sun’s movements and relative angle of shadow cast at disparite latitudes would be important for the gnomon to be of use. Given the Egyptians worship of the sun and skills in astronomy this method makes sense. This definition of latitude and longitude may have existed ever since the point in time that these two places were valued. It is not a coincidence that these two culturally significant structures had this spatial relationship. The pyramids and Baalbek may have been built each a component of this system. It is possible that the grid has been there since at least 3000 B.C. The existence of such a reference grid at such an early date may change some known historical data. If this spatial relationship was arranged and known of why wasn’t this concept a point of general knowledge in the ancient world? What other secrets are lurking?
The hexagonal structure could have been used as a datum in the creation of a larger hexagonal grid that could have been used to project lines of latitude oriented at true north over the globe. If a line is extended out from the angle of each facet for 412 miles with the tips connected a huge hexagon is delineated over the map. Since the north trending line is about 15 degrees off of true north it points right to magnetic north or very near. The northerly line points to the magnetic north pole. Identical hexagons can be placed on the map adjacent to the one created by Baalbek and used to calculate latitude and longitude for the entire globe. The fact that the pyramids are very near 30 deg. N latitude and Baalbek is so near 34 deg. N latitude is the key to this mystery.
This grid can be viewed as being composed of triangles with the original hexagon or six triangles being the datum for the entire globe. Along with the facets the cardinally aligned sides of the pyramid can be used to create lines also. Perhaps the Egyptians or Romans viewed the Earth as a icosahedronal shape composed of planar triangles or faceted hexagons. This crystalline structure fits tenets of earth energies theory that espouse lines of power along the facets of the under-structure of the globe (Tesla,Mary Hardy, Gridkeeper et. al.) Perhaps this has lent to the belief or actuality that places that are geomantically arrayed are capable of inter-dimensional travel or vorticies, communication, odd physical properties or many other things. It is also possible that the shape of this template is the archetype for all subsequent Templums as defined by Roman culture. The template being the hexagonal shape and the Templum being the actual area on the Earth. The system of using the template to create a templum also provides a crude map projection enabling relatively accurate mapping of the interior of the hexagon. Modern cartographers use all manner of templates to execute their craft. The origin of the word "template" itself may have descended from this concept.
At the Baalbek datum; If the line continues another 412 mi. at 45.55 degrees it ends up at 38 deg N latitude nearly exactly. Eight degrees of latitude couuld defined by two points about 412mi apart @ 45.55 deg TN. Further than 824 miles the difference in magnetic north makes the grid inaccurate. Beyond this point magnetic north changes enough to make the templum inaccurate. This method also serves as a form of map projection. This makes a map more accurate with regard to magnetic north in a given region. As with a real map projection there may be greater distortion the further from the projected center a point is measured.
Given the spatial relationship and cultural heredity it is possible that this was the method by which the Egyptians invented and measured lines of latitude. It is possible to extend the grid to obtain other points of even latitude.
This is amazing because:
1): The spatial relationship and distance displays the hypotenuse for a 5x4 degree rectangle of lat/long. These squares change size with movement from the north to south. This spatial relationship is special for this latitude.
2): This technique using Baalbek as a datum gives you true north lat/long coordinates even though you are using a triangular/hexagonal grid tool. The 824 mile wide hexagon may represent the dimensions of a Roman templum.
3): This proves the Egyptians had attained an accuracy in navigation that the Romans may have perfected long before recorded history deems this possible.
It is important to note that if the large 824mi diameter hexagon is moved to another datum that it must be oriented to magnetic north to work correctly. This geomantic arrangement suggests that the Egyptians may have had an accurate compass. They had developed a template they could move around from datum to datum. With nothing but a compass they could compute true north grid coordinates. They could start with a hexagon that was only two or four hundred yards in diameter and keep expanding it with just the compass or gnomon. This enabled them to draw relatively accurate large scale maps. Remember since the pyramids are the base datum this magnetic oriented hexagonal grid computes latitude in True North coordinates! From this it is possible to compute the difference to true north. This 824 mile diameter template may serve as the Roman model of the Templum or known world from a given point. The center of a Templum is known as the Axis Mundi or axis of the world in many cultures around the world. The Great Pyramid at Giza and the hexagon at Baalbek may work together to help define what latitude and longitude is. There had to be a reason Baalbek is at 34 degrees. The theory of this system also defines the Great Pyramid of Giza as the Axis Mundi of the entire world. Many famous monuments around the world beyond those noted here may align with this system in some way.
The grid the Romans or Phoenicians may have used was a hexagon composed of equilateral triangles and not square. The hexagonal portion of the system is designed to be used with a magnetic compass, not the true north orientation of the pyramids. It is interesting to note that Baalbek was shot in from the pyramids that are oriented to true north but the lines of latitude it calculates are oriented to true north!! They would have had to known the magnetic pole was not at the top of the earth. This implies that an accurate compass was available during this phase of history. It does not explain how ancient people such as the Egyptians or even the Romans knew about true north and the north pole under the Arctic Ocean. The difference in orientation of the Pyramids (true north) and Baalbek( magnetic north) show that they could have known the difference.
Another explaination of how the Egyptians new of true north involves the fact that they stumbled upon it by chance. It is within the realm of possibility that at the time of the pyramids construction that magnetic north was at the position of True north. As the pole wanders the true north pole is well within its possible range of movement. It could have been a fortuitous coincidence. As the pole changed through time the Egyptians may have geomantically valued the orientation of all subsequent structures to be square with the pyramids. This may have been a by product of already having established a grid in relation to these buildings that they did not want to change as magnetic north wandered and changed. The spatial arrangement of these two structures may represent one of the worlds first demarcations of a ley line with applied meaning and data. The angle of the hypotenuse infers true north. This specified significance goes beyond simple directional information and delves into the realm of complex data recordation and spiritual significance. Others such as Zecariah Sitchin have postulated a relationship between Egypt and the Sumerian/ Phoenician culture spheres.
Sitchin suggests the relationship between the pyramids and Baalbek is to demark a landing route for the alien Annuaki of Sumeria. This alignment and association support this theory. The association of the two sites could as easily be because of their use in defining the grid discussed here. The northern facet of the hexagon at Baalbek vectors to the Straits of Gibraltar via Carthage/Tunis, Algeria. Note also that the line that leads to the hexagon continues to the vicinity of Mt. Ararat, Turkey. The peak of Mt. Ararat lies at the exact latitude (range) as of the Mason Dixon line! It seems many ancient monuments are sighting tools that create lines others add monuments to later. Baalbek may have been considered the Axis Mundi Maximus (Grand Axis of the World)by Rome and may explain why generations of Egyptians, Sumerians, Cilicians, Babylonians, and Romans venerated this place. Note: The plans of Baalbek and Tiahuanaco in Peru are stunningly similar. This arrangement also supports the Graham Hancock/ Robert Bauval theory of the pyramids being aligned to the constellation Orion.
Additional Great Pyramid Geomantic relationships
The Leaning Tower of Pisa
Distance between N Latitude 29 58 45.00, E Longitude 31 8 3.00 (Point 1: Tip of Great Pyramid)and N Latitude 43 43 22.00, E Longitude 10 23 47.00 (Point 2: Top of top of tower of Pisa) 2383.532 kilometers; 1481.058 milesAzimuth from point 1 to point 2 = 315.56°
Azimuth from point 2 to point 1 = 122.95°
It appears that the Leaning Tower of Pisa is at nearly an exact 45.55 degree angle from the orientation of the Great Pyramid of Giza. The tower lies at 315.56 degrees from the tip of the Great Pyramid closely matching the angle of a line created from its northwest trending facet (315.55deg-just 1/100th of a degree over a great distance). This is fascinating in light of the Pisa's location in the region of Etruscan civilization which may have been, ultimately, an extension of the Egyptian and Phoenician ruling class (see Daniel Tatman’s blog and interview on Red Ice radio). This is especially interesting to the study of Geomancy via the thoughts and actions of Thomas Jefferson who was a known admirer of the Etruscan Culture. The baptistry at the church is named for St. John. The Duomo as well as the tower were constructed during the era after the most of the great Cathedrals of Europe had been already constructed.
Pyramid Arena, Memphis, Tenn., USA
Another structure that seems to have been intentionally placed on a line extending from the NW facet of the Great Pyramid of Giza is the Memphis, Tennesee Pyramid Arena. If one follows the line to the United States it comes to the Pyramid Arena/building in Memphis, Tennessee @ 315.44 degrees and appears to match the northeast facet of that building. True this angle does not match the exact angle of the facet. Despite this fact the odds are high that the builders of the pyramid were aware of its spatial relationship to the Great Pyramid.
The symbology of a pyramid in a city named after an Egyptian City of antiquity is lost on few. The inspiration for the Pyramid Arena is said to have come from a man who actually spent the night in the Great Pyramid of Giza. These are but a few outrageous examples. The lines cross Crete, Greece, Europe and many other places in the U.S. that may have been placed in relation to these lines.
Alexandria, Stonehenge, Port Said.
A close examination of the Nile Delta region of Egypt reveals another geomantic array of interest. This array again uses the Great Pyramid at Giza as its datum or starting point. Using the tip of the pyramid extend a line to the location of the ancient lighthouse of Alexandria,
Egypt and then extend the line to the British Isles at the same bearing. This line leads exactly to the middle of the ring at Stonehenge. Stonehenge was constructed during the same time frame as the Great Pyramid. This linear connection suggests an actual link between the two far away cultures.Also start at Stonehenge and vector back to the Great Pyramid and see Alexandria between. The site of the old lighthouse in Alexandria is almost exactly 110 miles from the tip of the Great Pyramid. This alignment suggests that it is possible that the builders of Stonehenge were aware of its orientation in relation to the Pyramids and Alexandria, Egypt. The design and plan of Stonehenge may also be used as a vectoring tool in addition to its use as an astrological observatory. Some of the stones in the outer circle at Stonehenge seem to match the intersection of the line from the Great Pyramid.
If another line is vectored from the tip of the Great Pyramid to Port Said, Egypt it matches the compliment and distance of the angle to Alexandria. The distance from the tip of the Great Pyramid to Port Said is 110 miles-the same distance to Alexandria. Port Said is the northern entrance/terminus of the Suez Canal. If continued this line leads almost precisely to Mount Nemrut, Turkey. This site is an impressive shrine by a Persian King to a number of regional deities. Each of the deities venerated there reflects Egyptian religion. It is also the site of a large Kurghan or Burial Mound. Again this suggests that the complex at Nemrut Dag was built to intentionally be aligned with Port Said (which undoubtedly has ancient significance also)and the Great Pyramid.
These two alignments when displayed with the 45.55 degree angle vectors created by the facets of the pyramid are lower angles that are tilted slightly to the west compared to those projected using the pyramids facets which are aligned north to south. These alignments when viewed on a map show a graphic representation of this information. In the relatively modern age it took years of compass and magnetic readings from all over the world to figure out the difference between magnetic and grid north. Here is proof the Egyptians may have figured it out by the third dynasty ca. 2600 B.C.! The Pyramids of Egypt are truly amazing structures.
The precision of the way the hexagon and facet of the Great Pyramid match would be difficult with the most modern GPS equipment and map projections. This is another engineering feat equal to that of the construction of the monuments themselves.
Additonal Baalbek GeomancyEach facet of the hexagon at Baalbek vectors to a significant site.
Mt. Ararat, Turkey is part of the alignment of Baalbek and the Great Pyramid at Giza. The peak of Mt. Ararat is also at the same latitude of the Mason Dixon Line in the United States. The marking of the Mason Dixon Line in the U.S. was to tie North America into the already existing Baalbek/Pyramid grid. This would have been important for many practical and occult reasons. It gave a direct reference point to Europe (Fatima, Portugal etc.) and established a ley line with the oldest pedigree possible in North America for the first time.
The south trending line created by the hexagon vectors directly to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holy city of Islam. The western trending line from the hexagon goes nearly exactly to Carthage. The southeast trending line from the hexagon goes to Ur and the rest of Mesopotamia, Mumbai, India, and on to a pyramidal shrine-rich area in Indonesia. The northeast trending line goes to Mt. Ararat then proceeds to Astana, Kazakhstan. Astana is the home to the Palace of Peace and Concordance Pyramid and one of the most impressive modern geomantic arrays in the world. The line intersects here with a pyramid that is part of that array.
The Baalbek Vectors and the Tribe of Dan.
Many sources imply that The Tribe of Dan were responsible for the original creation of Baalbek as a site of spiritual significance. The establishment of Baalbek as a northern alternative to Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem is one theory as to why Baalbek became a valued location. As discussed previously the ruins of Baalbek and The Great Pyramid of Giza align relatively precisely at a 45.55 angle that seems to match the northeast trending facet of the Great Pyramid and the southwest trending facet of the hexagonal portion of the Baalbek ruins. The orientation of both structures match even though they are 407 miles apart! This spatial relationship may define the hypotenuse of a 4(lat) X 5(long) cell of an early form of the latitude and longitude grid.
The Tribe of Dan gave pertinence to the location of Baalbek long before the buildings that now lie in ruins were built. They may have been the group of people that selected the location partially based on the fact that it aligned with the northeast trending facet of the Great Pyramid of Giza. This fits many theories that have the tribes of Israel descendant of Egypt. There is evidence that cultural ties existed between the region of Byblos and Egypt. This relationship involved ceremonies dated as far back as 3000 BCE that displayed and emphasized the similarities between Egyptian faith and the practice of Baal worship. Some facts even suggest that Egypt may have played the role of missionary or creator of this faith and culture. In turn The Tribe of Dan may have taken on this mantle of moving from place to place while creating and preserving a culture sphere and faith similar to that of Egypt.
Baalbek may have been the Axis Mundi or starting point of their quest to colonize the world with belief systems similar to that of Egypt yet tailored to each region. This may be the reason why the facets of the hexagonal structure later created by the Phoenicians or Romans can be used to create lines to many significant cultures and religious regions. The north trending facet of the hexagon creates a line that vectors at 345.55 degrees TN. Each facet of the Great Pyramid of Giza and the Hexagon (hexagram?) at Baalbek vectors a line to a significant cultural area that includes some of the grandest temples on the planet. If one examines these lines and what is located in close proximity (if not right on them) a thesis that infers the Great Pyramid and Hexagon of Baalbek are directional devices meant to provide a roadmap to colonize the world with similar theology and culture. Egypt may have been the root culture of the entire scheme.
The 345.55 degree line (The Line of Dan) proceeds on its northward track and transects just west of Adana, Turkey. To the southwest of Adana lies Tarsus, the home of Saint Paul. These two cites are located in an area of two river delta systems that intermingle and change course over the Cilician plain. Through the track of history these two cities identities have become intermingled and references to one or the other may mean the same location. This region is referred to as Cilicia in the era of Caanan, Babylon, Sumeria, etc.
The interesting aspect of Adana’s location so near to the exact location of the line is the possible meaning of the name of the city itself. It doesn’t take a trained linguist to see that this city may have been named for the Tribe of Dan. A-Dan-a or of the Tribe of Dan. Biblical accounts of the Tribe of Dan have them conquering a city known as Laish after leaving the homeland of Dan what is today Israel. Many historians agree that Laish was indeed what is today known as Adana. The practice of Baal worship was known to have been common in this region long after it had ceased in nearby areas.
The southeastern trending line that can be created by using the hexagon of Baalbek transects the earths surface @ 45.55 degrees. This line includes the caldera of Nemrut Volcano near Lake Van - the great salt lake of Turkey. This region is said to be home to the race or tribe that created that the cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia.
The tribe of Dan in turn may have descended from the class of Egyptians that created their culture and more specifically the arrangement of cities, towns, infrastructure and monuments in a prescribed pattern or order. This may be representative of a culture that see's no boundaries and values the entire earth as their domain. Is it possible that the hexagonal structure in the ruins of Baalbek is the Axis Mundi Maximus of the Tribe of Dan? Is the tribe of Dan descendant of the true power base of Egypt.? All of these assumptions are based on cultural information and the directions the Great Pyramid of Giza and the hexagon of Baalbek point. Even if the exact angles discussed here are not precise any variation places these lines so close that the above is hard to deny.
These alignments seem to be intentional linkages of talismanic ideas. This has been happening for over 5,000 years if the standard history timeline is correct. There are too many modern arrays aligned with the old ones for this not to be some type of continuing activity. In fact a clear chronology exists throughout history of this system being steadily added to and modified. Many different facets of history may be re-examined in the light of this discovery. This is an amazing cultural phenomena that has gone unnoticed by history and society for literally ages.
The concept of ley lines consisting of alignments of monuments is later echoed in the establishment and settlement of the United States. Thomas Jefferson aligned both of his estates with the northwest boundary of Washington D.C. Jefferson may have delineated in plan a large pyramid around Washington D.C. using the city limits and the latitude of Rose Hill, Md. The original square city plan of D.C. is easy to imagine as a pyramid from plan view. Many state capitols have mantic arrangements of monuments that vector to locations of talismanic importance. Jefferson’s admiration of the Etruscans and Druids may have led him to his value of these alignments.
The capitol mall in Sacramento, California vectors to the Very Large Array of radio telescopes which are on the exact latitude of Baalbek! The National Mall in Washington D.C. also points a line to this facility. The cult of Pythagorias and the the age of reason philosophy valued Baalbek and Baal worship as a form of protest. What is Nashville and Sacramento saying? Was the VLA placed in relation to both the 34th parallel and the line from Sacramento? It is talismanic. It means something we aren’t supposed to know. Another amazing geomantic association is present in Sacramento. If one vectors a line from the northwest trending facet of the pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan, Mexico the line seems to lead directly to the pyramid building in Sacramento, California. Yet another example of modern people valuing the ancients.
Is it possible that these alignments and monuments were more involved in the development of cities and towns than has been revealed before? (Yes). The United States is a unique example of a place in which those that believe could arrange a whole new as of yet undefined geomantic landscape of their own design. Other groups saw the need to tie it into the old one and establish their geomantic base in America based on the old system.
We have just seen how it is possible that even the Egyptians and Sumerians may have been able to accurately navigate and divide property right from the beginning of recorded history. Logic would suggest that the existence of these lines effected development of sites that were intentionally situated on them. If you and only a few of your associates were aware of these facts they could be manipulated and parlayed into a massive amount of exclusive wealth and information.
If you were responsible for the placement of a town on a line would not you ensure its success? If your town was not on a line was it successful? What public resources are used to maintain this system beyond the knowledge of the general public? The fact that these types of alignments and monuments are still being built and arranged today infers that even in the modern world there is a group of very powerful people working away at this strange grid of occult power. Placement of specific objects of monuments on the lines must hold talismanic meaning to those that believe in the power of the lines.
Baalbeck ,as other positively charged places, had subsequent monuments or cities placed in alignment with the facets of the octagon. Iskinderun, Republic of Turkey is almost directly north of Baalbeck. Iskinderun was once known as Alexandria. The Egyptian name for Alexandria is Al Iskanderia. The later placement of the Georgia Guidestones, The Very Large Array, and JPL were all most likely placed on the 34th parallel intentionally. It is not clear if this is a form of historical respect or an outright veneration of a valued theology.
The imagery of Baalbeck as well as the pantheon of Roman and Phoenician gods that were worshipped there is not out of place in more recent intellectual circles. Some value the ancient religions as a way of taunting what they perceive as the limitations of the traditional faiths and accompanying brainwashing dogma. Those who value rational thought eschew religious brainwashing and are made heritics as a result. Baalbeck's alignment with the Great Pyamid and Mt. Ararat is no coincidence and can be viewed as a form of tribute or value of the ancient culture as well as a practical directional tool.
Baalbek, The Georgia Guidestones, Very Large Array may form an intentional alignment near the 34th parallel. .The ruins of Baalbeck are situated at almost exactly 34 degrees N latitude (34"00'24"N). This is nearly the exact latitude of the Georgia Guide stones (34"13'23"N), The Very Large Array radio telescope(s) in New Mexico (South end exactly 34 degrees), the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena (34"11') and Los Angeles . This line of Latitude is marked in Los Angeles by the southern extent (in that area) of Thomas Jefferson's township grid. The Georgia Guide stones are part of no less than three other ley lines of note that include the International Peace Garden, both of Jefferson's homes and the northern tip/northwest boundaries of Washington D.C. The creators of the Guide stones must have been aware that its location represented this intersection. The Guide stones inclusion on the 34th parallel of Baalbek is an important association that links it with ideals of ancient technology and "age of reason" political values.
The Very Large Array Radio telescope sits exactly on the 34th parallel. This large equal "Y" shaped array forms a nice equilateral triangle if all the end points are connected. The southernmost tip of the triangle sits exactly of the 34th. This symbol is considered by some to be the occult symbol of power. The triangle is tilted about five degrees to the east making this corner the only one exactly on the 34th parallel. Again this may not be a coincidence. This facility is run by SETI or the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Large dish shaped radio telescopes are shuttled about on railroad tracks in the desolate New Mexico desert. This facility was featured in the movie Contact starring Jodie Foster which coincidentally involved the concept of inter-dimensional travel. The similarity of this organizations name to the Egyptian god Set is obvious.
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory was founded by Jack Parsons who is rumored to have been heavily involved esoteric majic and the occult. Parsons is known to have been a member of the same occult group (OTO) as Alistair Crowley and Ron L. Hubbard. Hubbard is more known for founding the Church of Scientology. Crowley openly thought of himself as the antichrist and "the most evil man in the world." JPL was the forerunner of NASA but still exists as a separate entity today. It is entirely within the realm of possibility that Parsons and others at JPL were aware of the significance of the 34th and valued its association with Baalbek, Lebanon. As an appreciator of gnostic and occult wisdom Parson's would have valued this latitude and the mantic energy beamed there from Baalbeck. As a practical scientist he may have believed in a higher intelligence different from that taught by a strictly Christian theology as well as embracing ancient forms of religion as a form of protest of the percieved dogma of traditional religions.
Many scoff at the idea that modern scientists would be so superstitious. In examining the state of science, even throughout the twentieth century, it is impossible to ignore the occult beliefs and values of some scientists. It is plain to see in their symbols and talismans. Any gnostic order of excellence like the Priory of Scion in the Da Vinci Code, may have modern adherents that are involved with JPL, NASA, and SETI. There is some evidence that such a group actually exists. Scientists evolved from alchemists and mystics that evolved from early developed cultures such as the Sumerians and Egyptians. There is still a distant echo of this philosophy in many modern scientists and rational thinkers in the twenty-first century.
The Williamsburg Array, Francis Bacon, Blackbeard the Pirate, and the Bruton Parish Vault.
Phi Beta Kappa an academic fraternal organization was founded at the Raleigh Tavern in 1775. The Raleigh Tavern was also the home of the "infant"; a silver punch bowl that used Blackbeards skull as an element of its construction.
A reproduction of the gallows in Williamsburg.
Williamsburg, Virginia is truly a town steeped in American history that was one of the early colonial capitols. Virginia once encompassed much of the American south and territory west of the Appalachian Mountains. For a short time Jamestown was the capitol. Bartholomew Gosnold was an early official who may have been one of the earliest geomancers in America. Gosnold was married to Sir Francis Bacon’s sister and was known to always carry a staff with a pewter finial or decorative knob on the end of it that may have represented the gnomon or staff of an Augur or Geomancer. The use of a staff of this type may go as far back as the Egyptian staff or rod of Petah (see photos at right).
Gosnold’s grave along with the finial or knob of his gnomon were recently discovered at Jamestown. This tradition of augery may have descended from the Egyptians and Sumerians to the Lydians, Etruscans, Phoenicians, Romans, Royalty of Europe, and finally the United States. Gosnold may have been the first in a long string of Americans to practice this ancient craft in North America.
Lengends and myths swirl around Bacon including one that involves him being the bastard son of Queen Elizabeth I. Some feel he may have been given a caveat from the Queen to establish the Jamestown Company due to this relation. Jamestown may have been the first founding step towards a Baconian vision of Atlantis in North America. It is no coincidence that Francis Bacon’s brother-in-law may have been the Augur of the Jamestown Colony. Gosnold was buried just outside the pallisade of the early Jamestown Colony. His place of burial in relation to the layout of the fort inside may have had some geomantic implications and may have been considered the axis mundi of the Jamestown Colony.
Well known Freemason and student of occult authorityJohn Dee, Francis Bacon is said to have had an early, secretive role in the establishment of the Jamestown Company. Many cling to legends of Bacon bringing the actual Holy Grail to America. (The grail may still be stored in Rose Hill, Md. see additional chapter). The capitol of the now Virginia Colony was moved to Williamsburg and soon after the College of William and Mary was established. The common explaination for the naming of Virginia is for Queen Elizabeth. Alternately the colony was named for Palais Athena the goddess of virgins. Palais Athena is venerated by many gnostic and Masonic groups and Athena adorns the flag of Virginia to this day.
William and Mary would be considered the oldest college in America if the first incarnation of it had not burned in an early confrontation with Native Americans. Harvard is considered the first college in America due to this little known fact. William and Mary does have the distinction as the birthplace of the academic Greek organization Phi Beta Kappa. William and Mary also has the distinction of having three U.S. presidents as alumni and is the school from which George Washington received his surveying credentials and was once Chancellor of. William and Mary was likely the breeding ground for the Masonic ideals and philosophy that helped to spark the American Revolution. Many sons of the landed aristocracy of the south attended William and Mary. Harvards location near Boston was also a flash point of patriotism and Masonic principles in colonial America.
Phi Beta Kappa was formed or created in 1775 in a the original Raleigh Tavern near the campus of William and Mary at a time when only men attended. It is said that the founding members were all Freemasons that attended the college. This was long after Thomas Jefferson’s attendance at the college. Though Masons claim he was a Mason the only group that Jefferson is a proven known member of at William and Mary is the little known Flat Hat Club that may or may not still exist at the school. Is the Flat Hat Club the "Skull and Bones" of Williamsburg? Later Jefferson became the member of scientific societies and groups that may have had some occult beliefs. The era of the mid 1770’s seems to be a banner for the creation of Masonic and occult oriented philosophies and Groups.
Freemason architect Sir Christopher Wren's designs inspired what is now the oldest building of any college in America. Wren was a known Freemason and many look to his designs for Masonic and occult sacred geometrical formulae. Christopher Wren could be considered a geomancer. As any architect he concerned himself with the comfort and practicality of his structures. As a geomancer he would have also been concerned with making the building the correct sacred and significant proportions for desired effect. Geomancers sometimes construct environments meant to elicit a certain or given response. Some may be geomancers and not even realize it!
For an indication as to the degree gnosticism and the occult were involved in the daily life of early Williamsburg one need look no further than the design of the Williamsburg Gallows. From plan view the gallows were triangular measuring 11 feet per side. It is speculated that the gallows were also 13 feet in height. The dimensions of each side of the triangle added is 33; a significant number in the occult and one that seems to sometimes be associated with executions and death. The number eleven is the occult number of chaos and also seems to have some esoteric importance. Historical illustrations of the Gallows show them being three vertically set posts with cross-members attaching them at the top.
The gallows are famous as the site of the hanging of Blackbeard the Pirate’s crew. Blackbeard was captured near Okracoke Island of the Outer Banks of North Carolina. In what may be mis-interpreted as a ceremonial sacrifice Blackbeard was beheaded on the spot soon after his capture. His crew was brought to the colonial capitol of Williamsburg for trial and execution. Illustrations of the crew’s hanging include depictions of the gallows themselves and the large crowd that attended what was considered a festive event of the day. The illustrations show onlookers drinking bottles of wine and snacking on turkey legs during the event.
Sometime in March of 1719 thirteen of Blackbeard’s crew met a grisly end on the gallows of Williamsburg. 13 men executed on a triangular gallows 11 feet on a side totaling 33 feet. In pictures of the reproduction of the gallows in Williamsburg they appear to be about 13 feet in height. After execution the head of a pirate was placed on a pike at the river entrances of the York, and Potomac Rivers on the western side of the Chesapeake Bay. This route up the Chesapeake Bay was traveled extensively in this era and was an approach to Baltimore and Annapolis. The occult numbers associated with the gallows and this particular event are interesting when viewed from the perspective that many pirates were thought to be men who were brothers of gnostic oriented organizations. Many have speculated that Blackbeard himself was a member of such a group. It seems in this era that everyone from Blackbeard to Thomas Jefferson were involved with gnostic oriented brotherhoods.
The obvious occult overtones of the design of the gallows in both the historical record and its triangular shape and dimensions may shock many who were unaware of the prevalence of this philosophy in early America. Indeed the spatial orientation of objects in a geomantic perspective is no more obvious in the capture of Blackbeard and the subsequent execution of his crew. Someone intentionally used shapes and numbers of occult significance to create an instrument of not only death but execution. Could this be interpreted as human sacrifice given the occult overtones?
After Blackbeards subsequent caputure and execution. The English then proceeded to Hampton, Virginia and placed the pirates head on a pike at the entrance to Hampton harbor. The entrance to Hampton harbor is situated nearly perfectly on the 37th parallel. Placement of Blackbeard’s head at this location on the latitude and longitude grid may have had talismanic implications and intent. This location is known as Blackbeard’s Point to this day. The sequence of Blackbeards capture, beheading, treatment of his skull and other factors point to the possibilty that the entire chain of events had occult, talismanic overtones and implications.
The story of Blackbeards skull is a strange tale with many different aspects. Several reputable and reliable sources have maintained that after a few years Blackbeards skull was removed from the harbor entrance and fashioned into a silver mounted drinking cup. Pulblisher John F. Watson states: “skull was made into the bottom part of a very large punch bowl, called the infant, which was being used as a drinking vessel at the Raleigh tavern in Williamsburg. It was enlarged with silver, or silver plated; and I have seen those whose forefathers have spoken of their drinking punch from it, with a silver ladle appurtenant to that bowl.”
Given the timeline related to Blackbeards beheading and the crews hanging it is remotely possible that Thomas Jefferson,George Washington, and many other prominent early Virginians/Americans drank from this vessel. Even more shocking is the idea that this behaviour was somehow acceptable in this era of Williamsburg in the same tavern at which the academic fraternity of Phi Beta Kappa was later founded by ten men all Freemasons. It is possible given Phi Beta Kappas founding over fifty years after Blackbeards capture that no members drank from the skull of Blackbeard. Given that the founding members of Phi Beta Kappa were all Freemasons it is well within the realm of possibility that the skull was there for occult, gnostic oriented purposes. The Death Cult veneration of the human skull is said to require the skull of your enemy to worship. To someone with Death Cult values worshipping and drinking from the skull of Blackbeard the Pirate in the colonial capitol of Williamsburg must have held some strange, talismanic purpose. Many attribute the worshiping of the skull of your enemy to great success in many different realms.
Historian John Esten Cooke in his book Virginia claims that the cup was still in use as late as 1913. Esten also alludes to skulls use as drinking vessels dates back to ancient times and refers to sources such as the Roman scholar Livy and Heroditus who recorded such practices in northern Italy (www.history.org). Other sources record sightings of the “cup” as late as 1930 and describe it as being inscribed with the words “deth to Spotwoode.” Spotswood was the Royal Governor of Virginia at the time of Blackbeards capture. The location of the cup is unknown today. It is unlikely that such an object would be lost or misplaced. Could the skull be one of the items in the mythical “Bacon’s Vault” hidden somewhere in Williamsburg? Could it be in the tomb of Skull and Bones at Yale? Another interesting scenario might involve an organization similar to Skull and Bones at William and Mary that are caretakers of the cup. It is unknown if the Flat Hat Club is still in existence at William and Mary.
The veneration of skulls is one of the things Knights Templar have been accused of in the past. During the “Templar Inquisition” of the early fourteenth centrury they were accused of worshiping the head of John the Baptist. The deaths head cult also has a connection with the cult of the Green Man in the British Isles. German Masonic death head’s cults have been part of history from the Crusades, Nazi S.S. death’s head division to the Skull and Bones organization of Yale University. Drinking from a human skull is also rumored to be a rite of an advanced degree of Freemasonry. Many of the rites practiced at Bohemian Grove and other places echo those of the death’s head cults.
Williamsburg and Jamestown are very near the even 37th parallel. Nearby Hampton to the southeast sits exactly on the 37th. Williamsburg is aligned with the City of Baltimore on a north to south axis. If a line is vectored south from the western city limit of Baltimore it vectors directly to Williamsburg and very near Jamestown. This relationship is notable from a practical and geomantic perspective. The western city limit of Baltimore is directly north of Wren Hall on the campus of William and Mary. This orientation would have been an easy one given only a magnetic compass. This is important in light of the fact that this line could have served as a north to south baseline for mapping and land divisions early in the history of the Colonies. It would have been especially applicable to the Tidewater region of Virginia and Maryland.
Lord Baltimore (Calvert) played a large role in the establishment of the Mason Dixon line and many other aspects of colonial culture. Baltimore is famous for its mid-nineteenth century Druid Hill Park. Williamsburg was established prior to Baltimore so it follows that Baltimore may have been established in part due to its proximity to Williamsburg. This arrangement does symbolically and practically link the two settlements together. This arrangement was established long before Thomas Jefferson or George Washington were born proving that this practice has been in north America since at least the beginning of English occupation if not Spanish occupation further south.
The orientation of the geomantic array in Williamsburg is very interesting from the perspective of these arrays use as sighting devices. The direction these types of linear arrays point or vector to establish a talismanic relationship to the target or whatever is on the line. To the east the linear array vectors out into the Atlantic Ocean. This may be symbolic of the Baconian value of the Lost Continent of Atlantis. If the a line is extended at the angle of the array extended west it passes Nashville about ten miles north of the Bicentenial Mall, and continues to the vicinity of El Paso, Texas.
If the Nashville area was the true target of the array was this somehow linked to Bacon's vision for the layout of the New Atlantis? Was that area designted as subsequent construction of the the mall in Nashville so many years after the original one in Williamsburg was built indicates some unknown significance of the area where Nashville is located. It is possible the city was settled on the line intentionally. There is evidence that the groups of people who value these arrays beyond the aesthetic are adhering to some long ago drawn out plan that they simply will not deviate from.
Williamsburg is a very special place and one can almost feel the history oozing out of the earth there. Archaeologists say that you can’t drop a shovel within twenty miles of town without finding something. This mantic feeling or effect has not been lost on others and great effort has been made to restore and improve Colonial Williamsburg. Many visitors believe that when they visit Colonial Williamsburg they are visiting an historical array of buildings that were reconstructed and arrayed as they originally were. While to some degree this may be true many of the buildings are full reproductions and the array does resemble many other plazas of the same type found around the world through time.
Visitors to Colonial Williamsburg are actually visiting a plaza or array very similar to that of the National Mall, Bicentenial mall and the International Peace Garden. Many major cities and even several smaller towns have this type of occult or Gnostic oriented layout. This park was tuned for effect by a geomancer and was built in conjunction with the already existing geomantic layout of William and Mary.
Williamsburg is the first of a nationwide system of similar monuments dreamed of by Bacon and continued by Thomas Jefferson and supplemented by others as time went on. The original plan of William and Mary includes the delineation of a flat topped pyramid with Wren Hall at the top. The slanting sides of the pyramid are formed by the approaching streets. The layout of Williamsburg and all of the associated Rosicrucian and Masonic symbolism indicate that Jefferson may have been carrying out a plan set into motion by Sir Francis Bacon.
Another compelling theory as to why the restoration took place revolves around the location of a supposed vault of information and wisdom left in Williamsburg by Sir Francis Bacon himself beneath what is now Bruton Parish Church. Rumors about the location and existence of the vault are supported by local lore and historical documents including letters written by those who saw the tunnels and vault entrance. Local legend states that Thomas Jefferson, F.D.R. or Rockefeller were the last people to view the contents of the vault. It is possible that among any artifacts remaining in the vault is a plan for the development and location of cities in towns in the new colony including their locations on a pre-established stellar inspired grid. As those interested in gnostic wisdom and possibly Masons both Jefferson and F.D.R. would have had huge interest in making Bacon’s vision a reality.
The Rockefeller foundation was the largest influence and contributor to the “restoration” of Colonial Williamsburg. The restoration of Williamsburg (1932) was undertaken in the same era of construction of the International Peace Garden and Hoover Dam and its star chart memorial. This is also the time during which the one dollar bill received its illuminist design and the final spike was driven into the heart of the Federal Reserve as it existed previously.
This era seems to have been important in the Masonic world and may have been thought of as the beginning of the “Ordo Novus Seclorum” or New World Order. In this case the “order” being translated in the literal as in the planning of the locations of cities and towns in advance and beyond the dynamics of any natural or equitable civic evolution. If this plan was known only to adherents of the belief that kept it a secret it would have comprised a huge advantage in many different social and economic spheres. It is possible that this vision is what motivated Jefferson in planning the future location of the city of Indianapolis and other locations as more western territory was obtained. One need to look no further into the obvious pre-planning of cities and towns than on the latitude of the Mason Dixon line.. Several cities and towns including Indianapolis and Denver seem to have been intentionally placed and planned to be located in position along the line.
It is not clear if Williamsburg was restored to the way it actually was. Prior to its restoration some elements of the array had been altered through the normal course of civic evolution. It seems logical that the restoration was to set things back to the way they were designed originally including the plaza composed of in part of the campus of William and Mary, Bruton Parish Church and the Colonial Capitol building.
Interesting that the original archaeological deposit had this built atop it granted after hundreds of years of normal use. It is not clear if this array was being restored to the way it was originally or which elements may have been changed. The design does fit with the status of a capitol and the relation of the capitol building to the campus makes the linear design a logical progression. This design may represent the earliest array of its kind in North America.
A reproduction of the gallows in Williamsburg.
Williamsburg, Virginia is truly a town steeped in American history that was one of the early colonial capitols. Virginia once encompassed much of the American south and territory west of the Appalachian Mountains. For a short time Jamestown was the capitol. Bartholomew Gosnold was an early official who may have been one of the earliest geomancers in America. Gosnold was married to Sir Francis Bacon’s sister and was known to always carry a staff with a pewter finial or decorative knob on the end of it that may have represented the gnomon or staff of an Augur or Geomancer. The use of a staff of this type may go as far back as the Egyptian staff or rod of Petah (see photos at right).
Gosnold’s grave along with the finial or knob of his gnomon were recently discovered at Jamestown. This tradition of augery may have descended from the Egyptians and Sumerians to the Lydians, Etruscans, Phoenicians, Romans, Royalty of Europe, and finally the United States. Gosnold may have been the first in a long string of Americans to practice this ancient craft in North America.
Lengends and myths swirl around Bacon including one that involves him being the bastard son of Queen Elizabeth I. Some feel he may have been given a caveat from the Queen to establish the Jamestown Company due to this relation. Jamestown may have been the first founding step towards a Baconian vision of Atlantis in North America. It is no coincidence that Francis Bacon’s brother-in-law may have been the Augur of the Jamestown Colony. Gosnold was buried just outside the pallisade of the early Jamestown Colony. His place of burial in relation to the layout of the fort inside may have had some geomantic implications and may have been considered the axis mundi of the Jamestown Colony.
Well known Freemason and student of occult authorityJohn Dee, Francis Bacon is said to have had an early, secretive role in the establishment of the Jamestown Company. Many cling to legends of Bacon bringing the actual Holy Grail to America. (The grail may still be stored in Rose Hill, Md. see additional chapter). The capitol of the now Virginia Colony was moved to Williamsburg and soon after the College of William and Mary was established. The common explaination for the naming of Virginia is for Queen Elizabeth. Alternately the colony was named for Palais Athena the goddess of virgins. Palais Athena is venerated by many gnostic and Masonic groups and Athena adorns the flag of Virginia to this day.
William and Mary would be considered the oldest college in America if the first incarnation of it had not burned in an early confrontation with Native Americans. Harvard is considered the first college in America due to this little known fact. William and Mary does have the distinction as the birthplace of the academic Greek organization Phi Beta Kappa. William and Mary also has the distinction of having three U.S. presidents as alumni and is the school from which George Washington received his surveying credentials and was once Chancellor of. William and Mary was likely the breeding ground for the Masonic ideals and philosophy that helped to spark the American Revolution. Many sons of the landed aristocracy of the south attended William and Mary. Harvards location near Boston was also a flash point of patriotism and Masonic principles in colonial America.
Phi Beta Kappa was formed or created in 1775 in a the original Raleigh Tavern near the campus of William and Mary at a time when only men attended. It is said that the founding members were all Freemasons that attended the college. This was long after Thomas Jefferson’s attendance at the college. Though Masons claim he was a Mason the only group that Jefferson is a proven known member of at William and Mary is the little known Flat Hat Club that may or may not still exist at the school. Is the Flat Hat Club the "Skull and Bones" of Williamsburg? Later Jefferson became the member of scientific societies and groups that may have had some occult beliefs. The era of the mid 1770’s seems to be a banner for the creation of Masonic and occult oriented philosophies and Groups.
Freemason architect Sir Christopher Wren's designs inspired what is now the oldest building of any college in America. Wren was a known Freemason and many look to his designs for Masonic and occult sacred geometrical formulae. Christopher Wren could be considered a geomancer. As any architect he concerned himself with the comfort and practicality of his structures. As a geomancer he would have also been concerned with making the building the correct sacred and significant proportions for desired effect. Geomancers sometimes construct environments meant to elicit a certain or given response. Some may be geomancers and not even realize it!
For an indication as to the degree gnosticism and the occult were involved in the daily life of early Williamsburg one need look no further than the design of the Williamsburg Gallows. From plan view the gallows were triangular measuring 11 feet per side. It is speculated that the gallows were also 13 feet in height. The dimensions of each side of the triangle added is 33; a significant number in the occult and one that seems to sometimes be associated with executions and death. The number eleven is the occult number of chaos and also seems to have some esoteric importance. Historical illustrations of the Gallows show them being three vertically set posts with cross-members attaching them at the top.
The gallows are famous as the site of the hanging of Blackbeard the Pirate’s crew. Blackbeard was captured near Okracoke Island of the Outer Banks of North Carolina. In what may be mis-interpreted as a ceremonial sacrifice Blackbeard was beheaded on the spot soon after his capture. His crew was brought to the colonial capitol of Williamsburg for trial and execution. Illustrations of the crew’s hanging include depictions of the gallows themselves and the large crowd that attended what was considered a festive event of the day. The illustrations show onlookers drinking bottles of wine and snacking on turkey legs during the event.
Sometime in March of 1719 thirteen of Blackbeard’s crew met a grisly end on the gallows of Williamsburg. 13 men executed on a triangular gallows 11 feet on a side totaling 33 feet. In pictures of the reproduction of the gallows in Williamsburg they appear to be about 13 feet in height. After execution the head of a pirate was placed on a pike at the river entrances of the York, and Potomac Rivers on the western side of the Chesapeake Bay. This route up the Chesapeake Bay was traveled extensively in this era and was an approach to Baltimore and Annapolis. The occult numbers associated with the gallows and this particular event are interesting when viewed from the perspective that many pirates were thought to be men who were brothers of gnostic oriented organizations. Many have speculated that Blackbeard himself was a member of such a group. It seems in this era that everyone from Blackbeard to Thomas Jefferson were involved with gnostic oriented brotherhoods.
The obvious occult overtones of the design of the gallows in both the historical record and its triangular shape and dimensions may shock many who were unaware of the prevalence of this philosophy in early America. Indeed the spatial orientation of objects in a geomantic perspective is no more obvious in the capture of Blackbeard and the subsequent execution of his crew. Someone intentionally used shapes and numbers of occult significance to create an instrument of not only death but execution. Could this be interpreted as human sacrifice given the occult overtones?
After Blackbeards subsequent caputure and execution. The English then proceeded to Hampton, Virginia and placed the pirates head on a pike at the entrance to Hampton harbor. The entrance to Hampton harbor is situated nearly perfectly on the 37th parallel. Placement of Blackbeard’s head at this location on the latitude and longitude grid may have had talismanic implications and intent. This location is known as Blackbeard’s Point to this day. The sequence of Blackbeards capture, beheading, treatment of his skull and other factors point to the possibilty that the entire chain of events had occult, talismanic overtones and implications.
The story of Blackbeards skull is a strange tale with many different aspects. Several reputable and reliable sources have maintained that after a few years Blackbeards skull was removed from the harbor entrance and fashioned into a silver mounted drinking cup. Pulblisher John F. Watson states: “skull was made into the bottom part of a very large punch bowl, called the infant, which was being used as a drinking vessel at the Raleigh tavern in Williamsburg. It was enlarged with silver, or silver plated; and I have seen those whose forefathers have spoken of their drinking punch from it, with a silver ladle appurtenant to that bowl.”
Given the timeline related to Blackbeards beheading and the crews hanging it is remotely possible that Thomas Jefferson,George Washington, and many other prominent early Virginians/Americans drank from this vessel. Even more shocking is the idea that this behaviour was somehow acceptable in this era of Williamsburg in the same tavern at which the academic fraternity of Phi Beta Kappa was later founded by ten men all Freemasons. It is possible given Phi Beta Kappas founding over fifty years after Blackbeards capture that no members drank from the skull of Blackbeard. Given that the founding members of Phi Beta Kappa were all Freemasons it is well within the realm of possibility that the skull was there for occult, gnostic oriented purposes. The Death Cult veneration of the human skull is said to require the skull of your enemy to worship. To someone with Death Cult values worshipping and drinking from the skull of Blackbeard the Pirate in the colonial capitol of Williamsburg must have held some strange, talismanic purpose. Many attribute the worshiping of the skull of your enemy to great success in many different realms.
Historian John Esten Cooke in his book Virginia claims that the cup was still in use as late as 1913. Esten also alludes to skulls use as drinking vessels dates back to ancient times and refers to sources such as the Roman scholar Livy and Heroditus who recorded such practices in northern Italy (www.history.org). Other sources record sightings of the “cup” as late as 1930 and describe it as being inscribed with the words “deth to Spotwoode.” Spotswood was the Royal Governor of Virginia at the time of Blackbeards capture. The location of the cup is unknown today. It is unlikely that such an object would be lost or misplaced. Could the skull be one of the items in the mythical “Bacon’s Vault” hidden somewhere in Williamsburg? Could it be in the tomb of Skull and Bones at Yale? Another interesting scenario might involve an organization similar to Skull and Bones at William and Mary that are caretakers of the cup. It is unknown if the Flat Hat Club is still in existence at William and Mary.
The veneration of skulls is one of the things Knights Templar have been accused of in the past. During the “Templar Inquisition” of the early fourteenth centrury they were accused of worshiping the head of John the Baptist. The deaths head cult also has a connection with the cult of the Green Man in the British Isles. German Masonic death head’s cults have been part of history from the Crusades, Nazi S.S. death’s head division to the Skull and Bones organization of Yale University. Drinking from a human skull is also rumored to be a rite of an advanced degree of Freemasonry. Many of the rites practiced at Bohemian Grove and other places echo those of the death’s head cults.
Williamsburg and Jamestown are very near the even 37th parallel. Nearby Hampton to the southeast sits exactly on the 37th. Williamsburg is aligned with the City of Baltimore on a north to south axis. If a line is vectored south from the western city limit of Baltimore it vectors directly to Williamsburg and very near Jamestown. This relationship is notable from a practical and geomantic perspective. The western city limit of Baltimore is directly north of Wren Hall on the campus of William and Mary. This orientation would have been an easy one given only a magnetic compass. This is important in light of the fact that this line could have served as a north to south baseline for mapping and land divisions early in the history of the Colonies. It would have been especially applicable to the Tidewater region of Virginia and Maryland.
Lord Baltimore (Calvert) played a large role in the establishment of the Mason Dixon line and many other aspects of colonial culture. Baltimore is famous for its mid-nineteenth century Druid Hill Park. Williamsburg was established prior to Baltimore so it follows that Baltimore may have been established in part due to its proximity to Williamsburg. This arrangement does symbolically and practically link the two settlements together. This arrangement was established long before Thomas Jefferson or George Washington were born proving that this practice has been in north America since at least the beginning of English occupation if not Spanish occupation further south.
The orientation of the geomantic array in Williamsburg is very interesting from the perspective of these arrays use as sighting devices. The direction these types of linear arrays point or vector to establish a talismanic relationship to the target or whatever is on the line. To the east the linear array vectors out into the Atlantic Ocean. This may be symbolic of the Baconian value of the Lost Continent of Atlantis. If the a line is extended at the angle of the array extended west it passes Nashville about ten miles north of the Bicentenial Mall, and continues to the vicinity of El Paso, Texas.
If the Nashville area was the true target of the array was this somehow linked to Bacon's vision for the layout of the New Atlantis? Was that area designted as subsequent construction of the the mall in Nashville so many years after the original one in Williamsburg was built indicates some unknown significance of the area where Nashville is located. It is possible the city was settled on the line intentionally. There is evidence that the groups of people who value these arrays beyond the aesthetic are adhering to some long ago drawn out plan that they simply will not deviate from.
Williamsburg is a very special place and one can almost feel the history oozing out of the earth there. Archaeologists say that you can’t drop a shovel within twenty miles of town without finding something. This mantic feeling or effect has not been lost on others and great effort has been made to restore and improve Colonial Williamsburg. Many visitors believe that when they visit Colonial Williamsburg they are visiting an historical array of buildings that were reconstructed and arrayed as they originally were. While to some degree this may be true many of the buildings are full reproductions and the array does resemble many other plazas of the same type found around the world through time.
Visitors to Colonial Williamsburg are actually visiting a plaza or array very similar to that of the National Mall, Bicentenial mall and the International Peace Garden. Many major cities and even several smaller towns have this type of occult or Gnostic oriented layout. This park was tuned for effect by a geomancer and was built in conjunction with the already existing geomantic layout of William and Mary.
Williamsburg is the first of a nationwide system of similar monuments dreamed of by Bacon and continued by Thomas Jefferson and supplemented by others as time went on. The original plan of William and Mary includes the delineation of a flat topped pyramid with Wren Hall at the top. The slanting sides of the pyramid are formed by the approaching streets. The layout of Williamsburg and all of the associated Rosicrucian and Masonic symbolism indicate that Jefferson may have been carrying out a plan set into motion by Sir Francis Bacon.
Another compelling theory as to why the restoration took place revolves around the location of a supposed vault of information and wisdom left in Williamsburg by Sir Francis Bacon himself beneath what is now Bruton Parish Church. Rumors about the location and existence of the vault are supported by local lore and historical documents including letters written by those who saw the tunnels and vault entrance. Local legend states that Thomas Jefferson, F.D.R. or Rockefeller were the last people to view the contents of the vault. It is possible that among any artifacts remaining in the vault is a plan for the development and location of cities in towns in the new colony including their locations on a pre-established stellar inspired grid. As those interested in gnostic wisdom and possibly Masons both Jefferson and F.D.R. would have had huge interest in making Bacon’s vision a reality.
The Rockefeller foundation was the largest influence and contributor to the “restoration” of Colonial Williamsburg. The restoration of Williamsburg (1932) was undertaken in the same era of construction of the International Peace Garden and Hoover Dam and its star chart memorial. This is also the time during which the one dollar bill received its illuminist design and the final spike was driven into the heart of the Federal Reserve as it existed previously.
This era seems to have been important in the Masonic world and may have been thought of as the beginning of the “Ordo Novus Seclorum” or New World Order. In this case the “order” being translated in the literal as in the planning of the locations of cities and towns in advance and beyond the dynamics of any natural or equitable civic evolution. If this plan was known only to adherents of the belief that kept it a secret it would have comprised a huge advantage in many different social and economic spheres. It is possible that this vision is what motivated Jefferson in planning the future location of the city of Indianapolis and other locations as more western territory was obtained. One need to look no further into the obvious pre-planning of cities and towns than on the latitude of the Mason Dixon line.. Several cities and towns including Indianapolis and Denver seem to have been intentionally placed and planned to be located in position along the line.
It is not clear if Williamsburg was restored to the way it actually was. Prior to its restoration some elements of the array had been altered through the normal course of civic evolution. It seems logical that the restoration was to set things back to the way they were designed originally including the plaza composed of in part of the campus of William and Mary, Bruton Parish Church and the Colonial Capitol building.
Interesting that the original archaeological deposit had this built atop it granted after hundreds of years of normal use. It is not clear if this array was being restored to the way it was originally or which elements may have been changed. The design does fit with the status of a capitol and the relation of the capitol building to the campus makes the linear design a logical progression. This design may represent the earliest array of its kind in North America.
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