Salt Lake City - Masonic Temple - Symbolism Thread

[Shabbtai.Tsvi]

This is my first attempt at a thread. I humbly seek--and eagerly welcome--responses or comments to any of the below pictured symbols, found at the Salt Lake City Masonic Temple.

A Full Frontal

- The year "A.L. 5926" = Anno Lucis (“in the Year of Light”) is a dating system used in Masonic ceremonial or commemorative proceedings, which is equivalent to the Gregorian year plus 4000. Anno Lucis - Wikipedia

I do not have anything on why they have two reptiles of some kind adorned front and center above the main entrance doors... please enlighten me should you be able to add anything. (zoom in on full picture at top for location on building)

Check out the many ways they find to incorporate the Lotus flower into the designs:

A close up below, showing the two sets of Lotus flower patterns, repeated throughout.

Even the flagpole has the petals designed into it:

In the below image, note the pillar on the right hand side has the Lotus flowers, and the door hinges are flower designs, as well as the bars covering the doors, are flowers:

A Scarab Beetle.. Interesting, I do not know much here, other than "Ancient Egyptian Mystery school something-or-other"

And now to my favorite piece, I am assuming that this is Thoth, and will provide weak evidence for that claim below; if anyone can speak to this, that'd be wonderful:
Note the Scarab beetle on his chest/heart.

I had someone point out to me the similarity of statue above, with this Tarot card-- it seems to be holding the same flower!
And "The Empress" on the card, the hat/headdress that is being worn looks verily similar to the statue.

someone I met via Telegram sent me the above Lotus image with the following remarks: "Yes, that is the Lotus of Logos, the Perennial Wisdom that springs forth anew regardless of endless book burnings, it is the promise that overcomes even "Hope". It is Faith."

And on this one, I want to venture a solid wager that this symbolizes the Freemasonic spell of a Globe Earth, and of Faking Space and faking the Moon landing, a spell cast onto the unsuspecting masses, with magic, or via the 7 Hermetic Natural Laws. Symbolizing their control over the world through deception and lies.
(I do actually believe that the freemasons are behind the Globe Earth, Heliocentrism, and the Moon landing lies.)

Anyways, feel free to contribute and add depth and insight to what I have so far! I am a novice, and I am humbled by the minds on this site.
Grateful and humbled,
Prost!

 

[sfwerdf234]

The statue on the left with the stars represents the celestial sphere, and the right sphere represents the globe earth. The celestial sphere is inside the globe earth.

They're not showcasing their lies, they're signalling that they know the earth is concave.

 

[hzg7]

I took a few photos of this temple in the summer of 2018 that I will add to this thread.

The temple faces North. This would be on the West side of the front face:

Front (North)

Also on the North side, lower windows had Ankh style window gates.

 

[Udjat]

First I would like to say, which is just conjecture, is that these people don't mess around when it comes to constructing these buildings for such purposes. I thought these people were just some "secret society" that pretends to play around with silly rituals and so on and so froth, but oh, on the contrary. I wonder what it looks like on the inside, or do we know? Yes of course, the ritual room must look like the inside of an Egyptian tomb.

If these people weren't telling us right in front of our faces, that the "Egyptian" history is of great importance, not just to these people but on the whole. The reoccurring theme would not exist through time or through numerous different peoples from around the world if it didn't mean something.

I have always heard throughout my life that imitation is a form of flattery. What is this Egyptian fanaticism with the masons, or should we be asking what are the masons looking to get out of this obsession of the "Egyptian" ways. I think the Masons have been looking for this "something" for thousands of years and I believe what keeps us all here, is that they have not found out the secret that they are so desperately looking for. No matter how much land or money or power you think you have, if you don't have your soul. you have nothing, no matter how many rituals, or buildings you do.

I would also like to say that the lotus flower not only has symbolic properties for the East but, it also has health properties and the blue lotus also, I believe, has hallucinogenic properties as well. Go figure!!!

When I think of all the Masonic buildings that I have seen in my time, which isn't a lot compared to how many buildings are actually dispersed throughout the lands, I really understand that this wasn't just some meeting house for the locals in the 1800's, but a real ancient sort of "franchise", but I am not sure if I really like what they are selling! I digress!!

 

[UncleVito]

Many traditions (Masons, Rosicrucians) claim their knowledge has been passed down from the mystery schools of ancient Egypt. It seems that a great reset occurred with the fall of the Pharaoh Akhenaten, and the rise of monotheism, Judaism, the Bible, Christianity, etc.

Before this reset, beings who had descended from the heavens were common knowledge, as they walked among us. After, they were no longer visible, and the narrative changed to describe them as spirit beings.

Whatever is going on, this reset was a big one, and changed the control paradigm to what we are currently living under today ...

 

[Quiahuitl]

Many traditions (Masons, Rosicrucians) claim their knowledge has been passed down from the mystery schools of ancient Egypt. It seems that a great reset occurred with the fall of the Pharaoh Akhenaten, and the rise of monotheism, Judaism, the Bible, Christianity, etc.

I had not heard of the fall of Akhenaten - but I've got a copy of his book! Said to be the first monotheistic religion. Similar to Christianity in some ways but makes a lot more sense to me. For example -

Blessed are the poor; for all they have to do is cultivate patience, and their lives will be fine.

Even more blessed are the rich; for all they have to do is cultivate kindness and they can spread blessings.

I was told Jesus' dying for three days and coming back to life was a central teaching of the Egyptian mystery schools - i.e. every student had to die for three days and come back in order to graduate.

Before this reset, beings who had descended from the heavens were common knowledge, as they walked among us. After, they were no longer visible, and the narrative changed to describe them as spirit beings.

CF. the Greek myths which were all about the direct interaction of Gods with Men. I've often attempted to put a date on when the Gods vanished from the Greek myths and my guess is around 1500BC.

We have many folk tales of people interacting with pixies, fairies etc so I think it might only be three or four centuries ago that people regarded seeing these beings as normal.

 

[Ameth]

so symbols,

initially the entrance indicates the coming into this world of the light as the sun. like this image from the egyptian book of the dead.

which is symbolically two pillars either side of an entrance way boaz and jachin.
or in this case the two sphinxes who are also women such as this image.

second symbol i see is the winged solar disk of egypt
misconcived to be the sun, it is actually of the area the sun creates,
the wings symbolic of the movement of that area.
the basilisks either side of that area, have hieroglphys hidden in them,
to denote the two halves of the cosmos one is the lower earth
the other is the upper heaven
D <these shapes on their chests)
together these halves form the cosmos. O





the lotus flower is a symbol of chinese and brahman origin specifically the latter



at the base of a pillar it represents the pillar of osiris or the sceptre of osiris
the etherial link between the sun above and the sun below,
the suns above and below are more like the ends of that pillar than actual balls etc.
like the end of a fibre optic cable.
brahma is osiris,
the sun as it was at the start of time on the earthly plane
it is this that the freemasons wish to return to
and all masonic action is performed on behalf of.
they long for the resurrection of osiris the sun stationary at the center of the plane.
their version of this is the story of hiram abiff,
this allegory of which is presented to initiate in the three degrees of blue masonry




The ankh as indicated in the first image presented to you is a symbol of life,
but specifically the life given by light.
the vertical line is the pillar of osiris joining the suns to that whence ether comes from.
the horizontal line is the plane of earth,
and the round circlular area is the area created by the sun which we spoke of in the winged disk.
the area of life.

thats all i got hope this helps.

pretty building.
Cheers.

I had not heard of the fall of Akhenaten - but I've got a copy of his book! Said to be the first monotheistic religion. Similar to Christianity in some ways but makes a lot more sense to me.

Whats the book called?
sounds interesting.
cheers.

First I would like to say, which is just conjecture, is that these people don't mess around when it comes to constructing these buildings for such purposes. I thought these people were just some "secret society" that pretends to play around with silly rituals and so on and so froth, but oh, on the contrary. I wonder what it looks like on the inside, or do we know? Yes of course, the ritual room must look like the inside of an Egyptian tomb.

If these people weren't telling us right in front of our faces, that the "Egyptian" history is of great importance, not just to these people but on the whole. The reoccurring theme would not exist through time or through numerous different peoples from around the world if it didn't mean something.

I have always heard throughout my life that imitation is a form of flattery. What is this Egyptian fanaticism with the masons, or should we be asking what are the masons looking to get out of this obsession of the "Egyptian" ways. I think the Masons have been looking for this "something" for thousands of years and I believe what keeps us all here, is that they have not found out the secret that they are so desperately looking for. No matter how much land or money or power you think you have, if you don't have your soul. you have nothing, no matter how many rituals, or buildings you do.

I would also like to say that the lotus flower not only has symbolic properties for the East but, it also has health properties and the blue lotus also, I believe, has hallucinogenic properties as well. Go figure!!!

When I think of all the Masonic buildings that I have seen in my time, which isn't a lot compared to how many buildings are actually dispersed throughout the lands, I really understand that this wasn't just some meeting house for the locals in the 1800's, but a real ancient sort of "franchise", but I am not sure if I really like what they are selling! I digress!!

The ultimate goal of freemasonry is the ressurection of osiris.
in their terms, the coming back to life of Hiram Abiff the master and the builder of sol-o-mons temple.
osiris is the sun stationary at the direct center of our earthly plane.
when that occurs a different kind of light to that produced by horus,
the sun as we currently experience it,
will light the earth.
time as we know it will cease and nothing will age or die but all and everything will live forever
heaven on earth.
thats the theory anyway.
my research is indicating this to actually be the case.
which is both awesome and terrifying.
but yeah thats what they are hoping to see happen
and thats why ancient egypt is so important to them
they account the first time when osiris was in effect.
all the myths are about this. see my other posts and comments around the forum for more.
cheers.

 

[Udjat]

so symbols,

initially the entrance indicates the coming into this world of the light as the sun. like this image from the egyptian book of the dead.

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which is symbolically two pillars either side of an entrance way boaz and jachin.
or in this case the two sphinxes who are also women such as this image.

second symbol i see is the winged solar disk of egypt
misconcived to be the sun, it is actually of the area the sun creates,
the wings symbolic of the movement of that area.
the basilisks either side of that area, have hieroglphys hidden in them,
to denote the two halves of the cosmos one is the lower earth
the other is the upper heaven
D <these shapes on their chests)
together these halves form the cosmos. O

View attachment 27697



the lotus flower is a symbol of chinese and brahman origin specifically the latter

View attachment 27698

at the base of a pillar it represents the pillar of osiris or the sceptre of osiris
the etherial link between the sun above and the sun below,
the suns above and below are more like the ends of that pillar than actual balls etc.
like the end of a fibre optic cable.
brahma is osiris,
the sun as it was at the start of time on the earthly plane
it is this that the freemasons wish to return to
and all masonic action is performed on behalf of.
they long for the resurrection of osiris the sun stationary at the center of the plane.
their version of this is the story of hiram abiff,
this allegory of which is presented to initiate in the three degrees of blue masonry



View attachment 27699
The ankh as indicated in the first image presented to you is a symbol of life,
but specifically the life given by light.
the vertical line is the pillar of osiris joining the suns to that whence ether comes from.
the horizontal line is the plane of earth,
and the round circlular area is the area created by the sun which we spoke of in the winged disk.
the area of life.

thats all i got hope this helps.

pretty building.
Cheers.

Whats the book called?
sounds interesting.
cheers.


The ultimate goal of freemasonry is the ressurection of osiris.
in their terms, the coming back to life of Hiram Abiff the master and the builder of sol-o-mons temple.
osiris is the sun stationary at the direct center of our earthly plane.
when that occurs a different kind of light to that produced by horus,
the sun as we currently experience it,
will light the earth.
time as we know it will cease and nothing will age or die but all and everything will live forever
heaven on earth.
thats the theory anyway.
my research is indicating this to actually be the case.
which is both awesome and terrifying.
but yeah thats what they are hoping to see happen
and thats why ancient egypt is so important to them
they account the first time when osiris was in effect.
all the myths are about this. see my other posts and comments around the forum for more.
cheers.

If you are in to this subject, if you have not read it already, I suggest a read by Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas called the "Hiram Key" and its sequel "the Book Of Hiram" which has a different take on things and starts the legacy of resurrection off with "Hiram Abiff", which they seem to presume was the pharaoh Seqenenre Tao. I am not saying that everything these two authors say is exactly right, but their story they tell is very interesting to say the least.

I believe Akhenaten is a descendant of Seqenenre Tao, but my memory may not be serving me well, and if he is not I do apologize. And if all of this conjecture is true, that the people we call Egyptians had great skill of resurrection, just think of the many people who knew about would want this amazing "skill". We see from the visual evidence that the Masons don't mess around and their affinity with what we call ancient Egypt is intense and purposeful, it compels me to think that they want that power or they all ready have it. And my question is can this secret society be "trusted" with such great power?

 

[UncleVito]

I've often attempted to put a date on when the Gods vanished from the Greek myths and my guess is around 1500BC.

My old Bible (I'm a recovering Catholic dates the Exodus at 1420 *or* 1220 BC, so your timeline is very close.

I've always found it interesting that the Bible, which names just about every other historical figure, only refers to the ruler of Egypt as an unnamed Pharaoh, plus or minus 200 years.

Add to that the deliberate attempt to destroy records of Akhenaten, and his relationship with Moses, the Exodus, and the rise of monotheism, and you have one big conspiracy theory.

 

[Ameth]

If you are in to this subject, if you have not read it already, I suggest a read by Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas called the "Hiram Key" and its sequel "the Book Of Hiram" which has a different take on things and starts the legacy of resurrection off with "Hiram Abiff", which they seem to presume was the pharaoh Seqenenre Tao. I am not saying that everything these two authors say is exactly right, but their story they tell is very interesting to say the least.

I believe Akhenaten is a descendant of Seqenenre Tao, but my memory may not be serving me well, and if he is not I do apologize. And if all of this conjecture is true, that the people we call Egyptians had great skill of resurrection, just think of the many people who knew about would want this amazing "skill". We see from the visual evidence that the Masons don't mess around and their affinity with what we call ancient Egypt is intense and purposeful, it compels me to think that they want that power or they all ready have it. And my question is can this secret society be "trusted" with such great power?

Thank you for your recommendations i will look into them,
have you read any of E. A Wallis Budges books?
his work is incredible. He often does transliterations of ancient texts.
so useful to see the glyphs and the translation side by side.
i would recommend his work highly.

in regards to resurrection,
and that of a greater power in this regards,
I believe we all possess that power
masonry indicates similarly
we are this one same being
every life across all time
just different itterations of that being.
living life after life after life.
you and i but two attempts by this being at attaining perfection
not one after another,
but like a weaving tapestry threading across
eternity.
each thread a life lived.

the resurrection indicated by the egyptians in their funeral rites etc.
now that is a different thing entirely.
that is a complex topic

the great pyramid is designed to withstand vertically applied force as pressure.
every design element of it, is purposed to this.
stonework is air tight, fitted together with precision,
a precision which is unmatched today.
its not a fancy weapon nor a free energy power planet as some have suggested,
its just the simplest strongest structure it can be,
to attain one important goal,
survivability, when under direct pressure by a force from above.
that force is created by the elements of the sky becoming solid of state.

it has one box at its center.
either to hold sacred knowledge or an individual inside.
the great pyramid was designed to negate an element of earthly life
that we the people of today have not experienced
solar absence,
as inertia
for several thousand years
this absence making the entire sky solid above the earthly plane.
solar presence reoccuring after that period
the elements of the sky returning to gaseous state
and the contents of that box being removed by those who return to this area many years later.
I suspect the individual would be around three thousand years removed from their time at this point.
if documentation and information was concealed within,
then such knowledge would have been deemed of vital importance and necessary for those advanced times.
given the suggestions i think it more logical it is for a human being to reside in rather than information.
This is the resurrection which has made certain people families and states powerful.
this is the ressurrection of the figures of ages,
this is what has been used to assert dominance over us cycle after cycle.
this is the secret power of ages.

this is what my research indicates feel free to explore this and see if you find it similarly.
cheers.

 

[Quiahuitl]

So if I understand this right -

Ahkenaten was the pharaoh at the time of Moses?

I was told Ahkenaten created the first monotheistic religion

I know the ten commandments are essentially a cut-down version of the Egyptian 42 positive affirmations that preceded them.

I read a long time ago that someone had studied the Egyptian records and compared them with the Bible records and come to the conclusion that they had somehow been shifted around 700 years out with each other. I don't remember which had been pushed back or forward relative to the other.