Interesting Place to Find a Masonic Obelisk, page 6

Originally posted by shotinthehead
Let us also not forget that if one looks from the top of the obelisk down one will see a square and they usually are set inside a circle. This symbolism of the square and circle is highly occultic.

Why is this important?

I was just asking myself that same question. The answer, of course, it that it's not.

Here is a snippet I saw a while ago and went out looking for just now:

There are four major obelisks that were erected by Freemasons in the 19th century.

The first obelisk was brought to France from Thebes, Egypt, and was placed in Paris's Revolution Square the site of mass public guillotining during the Mason lead Bloody French Revolution.

First off, there's no such thing as a 'major obelisk,' anymore than there's such a thing as a 'captain obelisk,' 'colonel obelisk' or even 'seaman obelisk.'

That doesn't mean that there aren't private or general obelisks, however.

One thing that you're failing to understand in your flurry of cut-and-paste - that even I know - is that there's a whole lot of french Masonry that's not recognized or considered regular by general Freemasonry.

Further, while there were certainly Freemasons in the french revolution, it wasn't a 'Mason lead Bloody French Revolution' by any stretch of the imagination.

And, while it's probably obvious to everyone who read your quote, it is worth pointing out that the Masons neither erected nor moved the Obelisk of Luxor. It was, simply, 'the french.'

The second obelisk was brought to England from Alexandria, Egypt, and was placed next to the Thames river in London.

While it's been said that the transportation was paid for by a certain Freemason, Cleopatra's Needle was not erected by Freemasons. Your source is incorrect.

The third obelisk was brought to America in 1881 from Alexandria, Egypt, and was placed in Central Park in New York City.

Yes it was ... and a Freemason was in charge of the disassembly and reassembly of the obelisk. And there was even a Masonic Cornerstone Ceremony for this one.

ooOOOooh.

The fourth obelisk is the Washington Monument, built to commemorate our First President, George Washington(who was a Free Mason). In light of the symbols which we have just studied, which have been built into the layout of Government Center. The Washington Monument was constructed by Masons, according to Masonic tradition, as a symbol that this country was controlled by Freemasonry from the very beginning.

What a load of hooey. "In light of the" pantload attempted to be foisted on unsuspecting cut-and-paste hacks, it comes as no surprise that this little tidbit might have gone unchallenged.

Of course the stone monument was constructed by masons! OPERATIVE masons! The same freakin' guys who build retaining walls from stone and - occasionally - host TV shows on the DIY channel! You sure as heck wouldn't want an electrician erecting a 555 foot tall building! Duh!

Sometimes I swear I just don't understand how one of you silly antis can't just pick up a book or at least understand the difference between speculative and operative Masonry. I knew the difference - and that was before I read Freemasonry for Dummies!

Your pal,
Meat.