Cult of Aton - part 9: Red and Blue

Have you ever wondered why "the Elite" uses so frequently the colors red and blue? Why is there a blue lodge (blue degrees) in masonry? Why is the Templar cross red? Why do the royals wear red and blue ribbons with their medals? Why are the royals called the "blue bloods"? And why do they walk on the red carpet?

The Blue Lodge is a masonic term for the first three degrees

The red Templar cross

Red and blue ribbons on royals

"Blue bloods" walking on the red carpet

The origins of red and blue symbolism goes way back to the ancient Egypt and the beginning of the Cult of Aton. The color red is closely associated with the area the Hyksos kings once ruled - Lower Egypt. The area was called the "red land" because of the vast areas of sand desert around it. The crown of Lower Egypt was called Deshred - the Red Crown.

The "red land" of Lower Egypt ruled by the Hyksos

Deshret - the Red Crown of Lower Egypt
"The red color of the crown is symbolic of the “red land”, arid desert land
that surrounded the fertile “black land” of Kemet." - Wikipedia

One of the most important deities of the Hyksos was Seth - the lord of the "red desert". Egyptian mythology has the story of the battle between Seth and the sun god Horus. This is an allegory of the civil war and social turmoil the country went through during the reign of Akhenaton.

In this story Seth represents the Cult of Aton. Accordingly Horus represents the other side of the civil war - the Cult of Amen. Seth's defeat to Horus is an allegory of the defeat of the Cult of Aton which led to the expulsion of Akhenaton and his coterie from Egypt. After this traumatic time period that created so much chaos to the country, Seth's reputation changed. He became associated with chaos, turmoil and storm - understandably so.

Seth

Being the lord of the red desert, Seth's color was obviously red. But that's not all there is to it. More precisely, red was the public color of Seth. He had also another color - a secret color: blue. In the mythology, Horus lost his eye to Seth, who took the blue iris-ring of the eye and wore it around his leg.

"Horus lost his eye in an epic battle with Seth, and now Seth was the possessor of Horus' blue iris-ring, the 'garter'. And presumably, in a piece of mythology that has been lost to us. Seth once wore this ring on his leg." - Ralph Ellis (Eden in Egypt)

It was a custom among the nobility of the Hyksos to wear a blue band under their clothes. This same custom is still practiced today in the powerful Order of the Garter, headed by Queen Elizabeth II.

"One of the meanings of the Egyptian word Set is "garter." The name also means "secret." Like the ancient worshippers of Set, and like the Egyptian nobility, the Knights of the Garter wear a blue-colored band upon their person. It is usually hidden from view, or kept "secret."" - Michael Tsarion (The Irish Origins of Civilization, vol 2)

Order of the Garter - public and secret colors of Seth

Knights of the Garter - headed by Elizabeth II

Why do you think we have the wedding custom of the bride wearing a blue garter under her wedding dress?

Pharaoh Akhenaton was a descendant of the Seth worshiping Hyksos. The crown he wore was the Blue Crown - Khepresh. Also her royal wife Nefertiti was depicted with a blue crown.

Khepresh - the Blue Crown

Akhenaton wearing Khepresh

Nefertiti wearing her blue crown

Blue was not only the secret color of Seth preferred by the Hyksos descended royals, it was also very rare and expensive commodity. One source for this rare pigment was the cornflower. Archaeological evidence from the city of Akhetaten (the new capital Akhenaton built) shows the cornflower was highly valued in the early days of the Cult of Aton. Cornflowers were also found from the tomb of Tutankhamun (the son of Akhenaton and Nefertiti).

Cornflowers

Cornflower ceramic from Akhetaten

Cornflowers on the wall of Akhenaton's palace

Cornflower ornament from the tomb of Tutankhamun

So the Hyksos and their descendants preferred the colors of Seth - red and blue - what about it? Well, do you think it's a coincidence "the Elite" of today uses these same colors so much?

Royals wear lots of red...

... and blue...
(That's a cornflower hat, by the way)

... and red and blue.

Police waering blue (and masonic square tiles)

Red coats - for king and country

Prussian army wearing red and blue

French army wearing blue

Church fathers wearing red

US flag with red and blue

UK flag with red and blue

Flag of Israel

Flag of USSR

You have the "freedom of choice!"

NATO

EU

UN

Goldman Sachs

HSBC bank

Visa

Oil company Chevron

Oil company Texaco

Oil company Exxon (with the Templar double cross)

Oil company Gazprom (with the masonic capital G)

Cult of Aton - part 8: The Serpent

It's not only buildings and public art that have been included with hidden in plain sight symbolism in cities. It can also be found on city layouts. Looking at cities from satellite images reveals sometimes quite interesting details.

Here's an example from my home-country's capital Helsinki:

Arabianranta, Helsinki, Finland

At first glimpse, it doesn't really look like anything.

Look again:

Who would use serpent symbolism? Have a guess.

Masonic symbolism: the serpent

Masonic symbolism: the ouroboros serpent

Masonic symbolism: the ouroboros serpent

Masonic art: the orphic egg and the serpent

Templar symbolism: the serpent

Moses (Akhenaton) and the brazen serpent

Masonic snake fastener for aprons

The serpent is one of the oldest symbols humankind has ever used. Its history is very long and it has many side tracks - so many that it would be impossible to cover everything in one blog post.

In masonic context, it goes back to the origins of the Cult of Aton in ancient Egypt. It was a royal symbol of the members of the Egyptian royal families.

Akhenaton wearing a serpent on his forehead

Nefertiti - the wife of Akhenaton - wearing a serpent on her forehead

But the serpent symbol was much older than the dynastic period of ancient Egypt. Before kings and queens it was the symbol of the ancient priestly class. They were the stellar priests, master astronomers and astrologers, the keepers of the ancient wisdom and knowledge, and called serpent priests.

"The priests of the sun at Heliopolis, as well as at other places, employed the symbol of the serpent, as did the pharaohs." - Michael Tsarion (The Irish Origins of Civilization, vol 2)

What the history books wont tell you, is the fact that these people who gave birth to the high civilization of ancient Egypt came from Ireland. Yes, they were ancient druids whose symbol was the serpent.

"The pharaohs wore the serpent on their headgear and the serpent was the symbol of the Magi of Ireland, the Naddreds, or Druids."  - Michael Tsarion (The Irish Origins of Civilization, vol 1)

"The high king of ancient Ireland was known as Nuada or Nada or Nuah. The name is a variation of Naddred, meaning "wise serpent"" - ibid

To get the big picture of the ancient historical connection between Ireland and Egypt, I highly recommend you to read The Irish Origins of Civilization (or see the video lecture of it) by the great Micheal Tsarion.

So why do the masons of today use so much serpent symbolism? The serpent represents wisdom. "The Elite" and the leaders of the Cult of Aton (which masonry is a branch of) consider themselves as the keepers of the esoteric knowledge and wisdom of the ancient druids. But unfortunately the way they use this knowledge and wisdom is very corrupted. The druids used it for the benefit of the humankind. In the hands of "the Elite" this ancient knowledge has turned into a weapon of control. Their knowledge of the occult is only for the corrupt insiders of their inner circles of power - not for you and me.

Jesus said, "The Pharisees and the scribes have taken the keys of knowledge and hidden them. They themselves have not entered, nor have they allowed to enter those who wish to. You, however, be as wise as serpents and as innocent as doves" - (Gospel of Thomas)

Engagement

A sculpture called Engagement in Helsinki, Finland, continues the pattern of masonic and tarot symbolism hidden in plain sight all over the city. Designed by Dennis Oppenheim, the esoteric themes are not only in the details of the sculpture, but also in the location.

Helsinki art museum introduction:

Dennis Oppenheim's Engagement comprises two diamond rings attached to each other. The rings are painted steel and the house-like diamonds are made of acrylic plates and have an electric light inside. The rings symbolize marriage while the houses symbolize the home and family. The dynamics of marriage requires that a balance be struck between two people with different backgrounds. Also, every union includes the possibility of a break up. In Oppenheim's piece, this dynamic arises from the small distance separating the rings, which lean away from each other.

Dennis Oppenheim is an American avant-gardist whose career began in the 1960s. He is known especially for his Land Art and performances, but his work includes installations and sculpture, many of which can be seen in public locations. Works from his Engagement series have also been temporarily shown in New York and Leoben in Austria. The Helsinki City Art Museum acquired Engagement in 1998. Nine metres high piece was erected in the central square in Ruoholahti by the canal and unveiled in the artist's presence on October 10, 2000. Ruoholahti is a new housing district near the city centre, built in the 1990s in a former industrial zone.

Engagement

Isn't it funny how the tops of the "diamond-houses" look like the masonic pyramid?

Masonic pyramid in the one dollar bill

Although the sculpture has this masonic motif, the main theme of the hidden in plain sight symbolism is once again about tarot.

The exoteric symbolism is obviously about marriage. This is a little hint for the esoteric level of the symbolism. Another hint is in the positioning of the rings. If you look at it from a certain angle, it resembles a pair of horns.

Marriage and horns, what have you got?

In tarot, the card of marriage is The Devil. The ruler of the card is Capricorn, the sign of Saturn. Horns and rings, get it?

Horns and rings

The location of the sculpture is carefully selected. There are two other Devil sculptures in Helsinki, Elias Lönnrot memorial and Work (one of the four pedestal statues of the Statue of Alexander II). On map, these three sculptures are exactly on the same straight line.

From left to right: Engagement, Elias Lönnrot memorial and Work

Elias Lönnrot memorial (upside down Devil)

Work

More examples of hidden in plain sight tarot statues on page Esoteric statues.