'The owl' on one dollar bill?

The Latin above the pyramid, ANNUIT COEPTIS, means, "God has favored our undertaking."
The Latin below the pyramid, NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM, means, "a new order has begun."

There is a small owl just to the left of the "1" which appears on the upper right hand corner of the Dollar Bill.

From time to time politicians like Bill Clinton and George W. Bush Jr. have been caught with a camera flashing the horned owl symbol with their hands.

I am afraid you are incorrect, sir. Horus had the head of an eagle or falcon. Also, the eye of Horus looks like this:

Originally posted by phantompatriot
you guys did see what i posted about the owl and the capitol? nobody acknowledged my statement so i wasnt sure.

Originally posted by phantompatriot
you guys did see what i posted about the owl and the capitol? nobody acknowledged my statement so i wasnt sure.

Originally posted by theron dunn
That's an interesting statement, seeing as the symbol of the all seeing eye goes back in all cultures far far back from any understanding of this "third eye" you reference. The Egyptians used it as long as 4,000 years ago, the Norse have used it 2,000 to 3,000 years ago, the Mithraic faith used it, American Indians have used it, Chinese, Tibetan and others have used it for THOUSANDS of years to represent the omnipresence of g-d.

The Secret Teachings Of All Ages by Manly P. Hall
p. 90




p. 91

If any one doubts the presence of Masonic and occult influences at the time the Great Seal was designed, he should give due consideration to the comments of Professor Charles Eliot Norton of Harvard, who wrote concerning the unfinished pyramid and the All-Seeing Eye which adorned the reverse of the seal, as follows: "The device adopted by Congress is practically incapable of effective treatment; it can hardly (however artistically treated by the designer) look otherwise than as a dull emblem of a Masonic fraternity." (The History of the Seal of the United States.)

The eagles of Napoleon and Cæsar and the zodiacal eagle of Scorpio are really phœnixes, for the latter bird--not the eagle--is the symbol of spiritual victory and achievement. Masonry will be in a position to solve many of the secrets of its esoteric doctrine when it realizes that both its single- and double-headed eagles are phœnixes, and that to all initiates and philosophers the phœnix is the symbol of the transmutation and regeneration of the creative energy--commonly called the accomplishment of the Great Work. The double-headed phœnix is the prototype of an androgynous man, for according to the secret teachings there will come a time when the human body will have two spinal cords, by means of which vibratory equilibrium will be maintained in the body.

Not only were many of the founders of the United States Government Masons, but they received aid from a secret and august body existing in Europe, which helped them to establish this country for a peculiar and particular purpose known only to the initiated few. The Great Seal is the signature of this exalted body--unseen and for the most part unknown--and the unfinished pyramid upon its reverse side is a trestleboard setting forth symbolically the task to the accomplishment of which the United States Government was dedicated from the day of its inception.

Originally posted by Gazrok
I should have said that the masonic eye is "said" to derive from the eye of Horus for insight...(or third eye) and have a similar meaning.

Originally posted by bunkbuster
What is the masonic interpretation of the eye in the triangle? The eye of providence and the omnipresence of god?

Is belief in god a masonic requirement?

Can an atheist be a mason?

Is the preponderance of masonic imagery on the dollar simply an homage by the founding fathers to their fraternity?

Originally posted by bunkbuster
but rather illuministic ideals hiding in a hodgepodge of co-opted masonic symbolism.

The number 13, after all, does factor in quite heavily to illuminati lore - 13 bloodlines and all...

Originally posted by AlexKennedy

For more on the Bavarian Illuminati, look here.

As for 13... well, although I've said this many times before, I'll say it again -- you do know that there were 13 colonies in the original rebellious "United States," yes? So, it makes sense that various references to the number 13 on the dollar bill would relate to those original 13 colonies, no? Sometimes, it's not necessary to look for a conspiracy. Sometimes, the answer is in your grade 10 Social Studies textbook.