This is a deeper dive into the symbolism of the All-Seeing Eye—one of the most misunderstood yet widely recognized symbols across cultures and time. Most people recognize it from the dollar bill or as some Illuminati reference, but through the lens of ancient traditions and occult wisdom, its meaning unfolds into something far more layered and powerful.

The earliest versions of this symbol go all the way back to ancient Egypt, where it took the form of the Eye of Horus and the Eye of Ra. The Eye of Horus was a symbol of healing, spiritual awakening, and divine protection—deeply tied to the idea of restoration and wholeness after trauma. The Eye of Ra, on the other hand, represented fierce solar energy and the divine feminine force that destroys evil and maintains cosmic order. These dual aspects—one nurturing and one destructive—were essential in understanding how the ancients viewed spiritual balance. Later, these symbols would be woven into Hermetic traditions and adopted by mystical orders that saw the eyes as portals to hidden truths.

In Freemasonry, the Eye took on a slightly different meaning. It became known as the Eye of Providence, watching over humanity, representing the Great Architect of the Universe. The unfinished pyramid and radiant eye above it—especially on the U.S. dollar—are meant to signify the ongoing journey toward enlightenment. It’s a reminder that we’re always being witnessed, not in a paranoid way, but in the sense that our inner intentions matter. It’s the universe watching us grow, holding us accountable as we evolve.

But when you cross into the world of occult symbolism, the All-Seeing Eye is more than just a symbol of divine observation. It becomes an emblem of inner awakening—of the third eye, the ajna chakra, the seat of intuition and higher sight. In esoteric practices, the Eye isn’t looking down on us—it’s within us. It's the tool that lets us perceive hidden energies, uncover truth, and pierce the veil between the physical and spiritual worlds. When activated, the third eye reveals layers of reality that are normally invisible—guiding dreams, rituals, visions, and direct communion with what lies beyond.

From a Gnostic perspective, the Eye represents our divine spark—the fragment of true source that still lives within us, buried under layers of illusion and programming. It stands in direct opposition to the false god Yaldabaoth, who seeks to keep humanity ignorant of its own power. In that context, the Eye becomes a symbol of rebellion against control and deception. It's the illumination that comes when the soul awakens to its origin in the divine feminine—Sophia—and begins to remember who and what it truly is.

This interpretation overlaps with Luciferian views as well—where Lucifer isn’t seen as evil, but as the bringer of light, knowledge, and liberation from imposed ignorance. The Eye, in this context, becomes the fire of awareness that sets the spirit free. Not in a destructive way, but in the sense of reclaiming sovereignty over your own soul and reality.

Crowley’s Thelemic system also leans heavily into this symbolism. The Eye of Horus represented the new Aeon—an age of spiritual evolution where every individual becomes their own priest and sovereign. For Crowley, the Eye was an active force in ritual magic, used to invoke insight, perform symbolic death and rebirth, and open pathways to inner godhood. It was all about stepping into power, piercing illusion, and claiming one’s divine nature through will and intentionality.

Of course, there’s a flip side. In modern conspiracy theories and dystopian narratives, the All-Seeing Eye is portrayed as a symbol of surveillance, control, and manipulation. An ever-watching force used by elites to monitor and dominate the masses. That interpretation isn’t entirely baseless either—because symbols can be hijacked and reprogrammed depending on who’s wielding them.

So perhaps the Eye doesn’t just watch. Perhaps it waits—to see whether you will open it within yourself, or continue to let others use it to keep you blind.

I looked and looked, but couldn't find the "Clown World" forum, so please move this to the appropriate place.  Thank you.

Here's the scoop:

I am a disabled U.S. Army veteran and have been going to my local V.A. hospital for 14 straight years now.  It is almost a 100 mile round trip for me, so I am allowed to get travel pay compensation.  I have to fill out a form to apply for travel pay for every visit I drive to.  They are so screwed up at the V.A. right now that they are six months behind in paying me my travel pay.  (A side issue is that they are "unintentionally making errors" and failing to pay for some of my visits.  I caught them out on it and they went back and paid me for those they "accidentally missed.")  Recently, they started using a new form for travel pay and it's a step back from the efficiency of the old form and method.  A couple visits back I used the new form.  Apparently, I didn't fill out my complete mailing address.  So they mailed the form back to me with a cover letter stating, in a hand-written line, that all they needed was my complete mailing address before they could pay me.  Can anybody see where I'm going with this?

That's right.  They used my complete mailing address to send the travel pay form back to me because they needed my complete mailing address before they could pay me.

So, is it me going crazy or just the rest of the world out there?  Can I get an opinion on this, please?  You don't have to be a medical professional, either, I'll accept your opinion.

On a different note, When do those flights to Mars start?

Quote:Did the United States intentionally hide and suppress information about the upcoming 9/11 attacks? Information that would have saved thousands of lives were the towers and buildings like building 7 brought down by a controlled demolition?

Interesting insights on firearms in Ukraine

Quote:On 15 March, the United States returned to launching significant airstrikes aimed at degrading the Houthis’ military capabilities and bolstering freedom of navigation through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. President Donald Trump, in comments on social media, identified Iran as continuing to enable Houthi attacks.

Trump’s comments play into a long-standing debate on the extent to which the Houthis operate as an instrument of Iranian policy. While some describe the group as a mere proxy, reliant on Iranian weapons transfers, others emphasise its political autonomy and capacity for local arms production. Houthi command and decision-making structures remain opaque, making it difficult to assess the degree of political and operational influence Iran exerts. However, the relatively well-documented nature of the Houthi missile and uninhabited-aerial-vehicle (UAV) arsenal, employed in attacks against Israel and in the anti-shipping campaign in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, offers insight into the material dimension of the relationship.



Going ballistic
Iran has a long-standing pattern of transferring complete missile and rocket systems to non-state partners and also of enabling localised production among these groups. Since at least the late 2000s, Tehran has supported domestic manufacturing by designing systems tailored for local assembly and providing technical training, production machinery, and key components such as guidance kits and specialised parts. These have been documented in Gaza, Iraq, Lebanon and Syria.

In the case of the Houthis, United Nations investigations into recovered missile remnants and seized propellant-precursor materials provide evidence that Iran has transferred missile-production technology.


The complexity of missile manufacturing, however, increases significantly with range and size. Relatively simple artillery rockets and close-range ballistic missiles (CRBM, which have a range of only 50–300 kilometres) can be produced with limited industrial capacity, as shown by Palestinian groups in Gaza and Hizbullah in Lebanon. Medium-range ballistic missiles (MRBMs), by comparison, are complex systems produced only by a handful of states that have the requisite defence-industrial base.

This divergence appears to be reflected in the composition of the Houthi missile inventory. At least some of the group’s CRBMs, with ranges of up to 200 km, are probably manufactured domestically, though critical components, including guidance systems, are probably still sourced from Iran. These could include close-range anti-ship ballistic missiles (ASBM) such as the Faleq, Mayun and al-Bahr al-Ahmar. Notably, the Mouhit ASBM appears to be a conversion of a legacy RS-SA-2 (S-75 Dvina) surface-to-air missile system, originally a Soviet design, repurposed with Iranian guidance technology.

Medium-range ballistic missiles (MRBM) used for strikes against Israel, however, are almost certainly supplied directly by Iran. Both the solid-propellant MRBMs used by the Houthis, the Palestine 1 and 2 (derivatives of the Iranian Kheibar Shekan or Fattah) and their liquid-propellant MRBMs such as the Zulfiqar (a rebranded Iranian Rezvan) appear too complex for local Yemeni production.


The status of short-range ballistic missiles (SRBM, which have a range of 300–1,000 km) such as the Iranian Fateh-110, anti-ship variants of which have been employed in the Red Sea, is less clear. These systems are more complex than short-range artillery rockets but remain less sophisticated than MRBMs. Iran has previously sought to localise production of the Fateh-110 for Hizbullah in Syria, potentially establishing a precedent. While it remains more likely that the Houthis are importing these missiles ready-made, partial local production cannot be ruled out.

Cruise control

While the Houthis possess some local manufacturing capacity for ballistic missiles, land-attack and anti-ship cruise missiles (ASCMs) appear to be supplied entirely by Iran. Critically, the group is not assessed to have the capability to produce the small turbojet engines required for these systems, nor the active radar-homing seekers used in anti-ship variants. Although it cannot be ruled out that the Houthis have begun producing certain simpler components of the Quds (Paveh) land-attack cruise missile, such as composite airframe parts, seizures related to ASCMs have involved complete systems shipped in disassembled form, with Yemen-based activity limited to final assembly.

UAVs

Independent local-production capabilities appear most advanced in the domain of simple UAVs. In particular, the Sammad 3 (KAS-04) one-way attack UAV (OWA-UAV), representing the low-tech end of Iran’s long-range OWA-UAV portfolio, has been used on a large scale in land-attack operations against Israel and, in loitering variants, against maritime targets in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. Interviews with Western officials, as well as the low quality of manufacturing observed on recovered examples, strongly indicate that these are manufactured inside Yemen.

While key components related to guidance, control and propulsion even for simpler UAVs cannot be produced domestically, many of these are commercially available, enabling the Houthis to procure them independently from Iran where necessary. The use of Chinese-made DLE-170 engines by the Sammad 3 is one such example. Nevertheless, previously recovered Sammad airframes have also included Iranian-made components, such as gyroscopes.

More advanced one-way attack UAVs in Houthi service, such as the Shahed-131, Shahed-136 and long-range Yaffa, incorporate a higher proportion of Iranian-supplied systems. These include more powerful engines that are less accessible on the open market and, in the case of the Shahed series, more complex composite-airframe components.




Conclusion

Despite incremental advances in domestic arms production, particularly in UAVs and CRBMs, the Houthis remain dependent on Iran for key technologies and advanced capabilities. While Tehran’s support has, in some areas, evolved from the direct provision of complete systems to enabling localised manufacturing, it remains a critical enabler of Houthi military activity. The group is probably capable of independent innovation in tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs), and of producing simpler UAV technology. However, Yemen’s limited industrial base and overall development constraints are almost certainly placing significant limits on the local production and further advancement of more complex systems, including MRBMs and cruise missiles. Ongoing US strikes, which are known to be targeting Houthi production sites, are expected to further complicate efforts to expand domestic production of more advanced systems.

Because wheels are a bit 20th Century Kawasaki feel the future of personal transport is legs , they've served us well enough so why not the our 21st Century transport , the Kawasaki Corleo is the first ... erm , step , toward our own mechanised horse dog thing.


It's so cute , hope you can make it sit up and beg !

This is an update on the helicopter crash which killed 6 people on April 10, 2025. I have hundreds if not 1000s of hours flying a Bell 206 Jet Ranger and if maintained they are a great helicopter IMO. For this pilot to cause mask bumping and have the main rotor cut the tailboom off will be a mystery to me as it would take a massive abrupt control input to manage such a feat. 

In such a situation the Helicopter becomes a non-flying brick and does not have the aerodynamics of even a lawn dart. Bad but quick way to go... Sorry for the family RIP

I first got into Ghost around 2013 and have watched with interest as Papa's came and went , the new album "Skeletá" from which "Lachryma" is the second single introduces us properly to Papa V Perpetua who, it must be said , seems is a bit Vampiric.

A quick search on google tells me Lachryma is watering of the eyes.



The first single released a month ago and called "Satanized" gives a back story to the second and for me became a bit of an earworm , not a bad thing because I really like "Satanized".


Tobias Forge is one of the best things to happen in music for years in my opinion , a true artist, I look forward to seeing where he goes with Papa V.

Mount Spurr in Alaska is active

reported in the Daily Mail but they have so many bells and whistles I don't want to linque.
will add a better link later if I can find one.

Quote:April 9, 2025 / Joseph P. Farrell

About a decade ago  - 2015-2016 to be precise - you might recall that I was blogging a lot about Germany's attempt to repatriate its gold. In fact, if you go to the search engine on the front page of this website and just search for "German gold" all sorts of my blogs about the subject will pop up. There are so many they are too numerous to list here. For those who may not remember,  or who may have become regular readers of this website since then, Germany was then attempting to repatriate its gold from western reserve banks that held large stocks of that country's gold reserves, estimated to be the second largest holdings in the world after the USA's.

The gold being targeted for repatriation was about a third of that country's holdings in Paris, in London (in the Bank of England) and in the New York Federal Reserve vaults.  As the story developed, Germany did indeed repatriate some of that gold, but then suspicions began to emerge in the press - for reasons never entirely made clear - that the gold repatriated may not have been of assay quality but less-than-pure coin melt gold, and demands began to surface in the independent German media for an audit and full accounting of the gold thus repatriated. This the Bundesbank never really managed to do, issuing a few unsatisfactory reports, and there the matter fizzled and sizzled until, eventually, the story was dropped.

But now it is back, or rather, echoes of it are back, because some in Germany want to repatriate that country's gold reserves held by the USA.  Here's that story shared by S.C.G. (with our thanks);

Germany’s Conservatives Sound the Alarm Over Gold Reserves in the US Germany keeps over €100 billion worth of gold reserves in the New York Federal Reserve

The article puts this most  recent call for the return of Germany's gold precisely in the context of of the attempts to do so about a decade ago:

Quote:According to a report published by The Telegraph, Germany is considering removing an enormous stockpile of gold from a vault in New York over worries about Donald Trump’s unpredictable policies.

For decades, Berlin has stashed 1,200 tons of its famous gold reserves, the second largest on the planet after those of the United States, in a vault deep underground at the US Federal Reserve in Manhattan.


Now, senior figures from the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, which is set to lead the next German government, have discussed removing it from New York because of concerns that Washington is no longer a reliable partner, the Bild newspaper has reported.


“Of course, the question has arisen again,” Marco Wanderwitz, a former German government minister who gave up his CDU seat in the Bundestag this year, told Bild.

According to The Telegraph, Wanderwitz has long advocated for a policy that would allow German officials to regularly inspect the gold – or for withdrawing it completely.

He has previously lobbied to visit the gold reserves and personally inspect them, but his request was rejected in 2012.

Germany’s riches were earned after World War Two, when exports surged resulting in large trade surpluses with other nations.

These surpluses were converted into gold under the Bretton Woods system.


Markus Ferber, a member of the European Parliament for the CDU, said that he was also in favour of German officials being allowed to personally inspect the bullion.

“I demand regular checks of Germany’s gold reserves. Official representatives of the Bundesbank must personally count the bars and document their results,” he said.

In other words, some German leaders want a full accounting of the gold, and that requires full access to it, which, by implication, they are not getting, and hence, they want the gold physically returned to German soil, not stashed in a vault in the New York Federal Reserve, which, as regular readers here know, has a bad habit of misplacing Germany's gold, because it did so in 1928 during the visit of Germany's Reichsbank President Hjalmar Schacht to New York.  If you do not know the story, it is briefly recorded in Schacht's personal memoirs written after World War Two. The governor of the New York Federal Reserve gave Schacht a tour of the gold vaults of the bank. Schacht asked to see Germany's gold, and the staff went off in search of it, and came back with a rather unsettling report: they could not find Germany's gold! Schacht, ever one to drop subtle messages and hints, records that he smiled at the New York Federal Reserve governor Mr. Strong, and said simply, "That's ok, I know you're good for it." Nod nod, wink wink.

So problems in the New York Federal Reserve with Germany's gold are nothing new. In fact, they're now about a whole century old (Schacht reports that the incident occurred in 1928). Now we have an American president who is imposing tariffs on Europe, including Germany, and in such a system, gold clearing is a standard component. And the same administration also has been making noises about a full audit of the American gold reserves alleged to be in Fort Knox.

I say alleged, because no one knows for certain if there is, indeed, any gold actually there, and if there is, what quality it is, since no audit has ever really been done. There was a so-called audit back in the early 1970s, but as anyone who has researched that incident will inform you, that was a highly questionable audit, for the "auditors" were not permitted to select any vault at random, but had to assay the bars in a vault pre-selected for them, and so on. As far as the other vaults were concerned, they could have been completely empty, and no one on the "audit" team would have been the wiser.

So stop and ponder what we have: at the beginning of the German gold story arc, we have a statement by the president of the German Reichsbank that in 1928, the New York Federal Reserve could not locate Germany's gold, and his own statement that he knew the American bank was "good for it," which is a nice polite banker's way of saying that he knew that Germany's gold had been re-hypothecated to other use. At the end of this story arc, we have inadequate audits of Fort Knox, reimposition of tariffs on Europe by the USA, calls for a real audit of Fort Knox, and all of a sudden, the same German leaders as demanded the repatriation of some of that country's gold a decade ago reasserting the same demand in the current 'geopolifinancial" context. (I coined the term "geopolifinancial" in my upcoming book TheRialto In Richmond Reconstructed as a means to show the tight interplay of the deep states, deep events, geopolitics, and deep finance in the post-Civil War period in the USA.)

So what does all of this add up to?

My high octane speculation of the day is that someone in Germany knows that all the talk globally about a return to "sound money" that is "bullion backed" - and especially all that talk about "bullion-backed" electronic transfer systems and bullion backed crypto-"currencies" and so on - is codswallop and bilge water. The whole system has become an inverted pyramid, standing on the point of bullion, and expanding (or rather, ballooning) upward to a massive system with too much paper, much of it very bad (remember all those derivatives no one is talking about any more?).

Under a "sound money" scheme, one can try to redeem all that paper at par - a daunting task because there's not enough bullion, silver or gold, on the entire planet to do so, necessitating that we go out and seize one of those mineral-rich asteroids to be able to cover all that bad paper (or at least, claim that we've grabbed one of those asteroids), or one can revalue all that paper so the current bullion reserves are adequate. But the bottom line is, to do either, one must have physical possession of the bullion. Someone would appear to be wanting to expose all the fraud, just at precisely the time that the presumed incoming Federal Chancellor, Herr Merz, is talking about a massive expansion of the German military. A substantial gold reserve would be kind of handy for that too (and a big military to protect it.)

In other words, it's as if, almost exactly a century later, the ghost of Herr Schacht is back, and he's saying, "It's not ok... because I don't think you're good for it any more...."

So now the question is, to whom did we "lose" Germany's gold?

See you on the flip side...