Masonic & Occult Symbols Illustrate

crescent, while the male principle, symbolized by the sun, assumed the form of the lingam (or Phallus) and placed himself erect in the center of the lunette, like the mast of a ship. The two principles in this united form floated on the surface of the waters during the period of their prevalence on the earth, and thus became the progenitors of a new race of men.’... “The Indian interpretation makes the POINT THE MALE PRINCIPLE, THE CIRCLE THE FEMALE; the point became the sun and the circle the solar system which ancient peoples thought was the universe because the sun is the vivifying, the life-giving principle, for all that lives.” Albert Pike writes that Isis and Osiris: “the Active and Passive Principles of the Universe, were commonly symbolized by the generative parts of man and woman....The Indian lingam was the union of both, as were the boat and mast and the point within a circle: all of which expressed the same philosophical idea as to the Union of the two great Causes of Nature, which concur, one actively and the other passively, in the generation of all beings....” The point within a circle has been employed in some rather unique ways. For instance, one Masonic book states: “The sign of the infamous Mafia or Cosa Nostra is not the ‘black hand,’ as many believe, but the familiar dot within a circle.” We are further informed that: “Because the true purposes of Illuminism were so shocking, Weishaupt constantly encouraged the SECRETIVE nature of the order. No member was ever allowed himself to be identified as an Illuminati. The words Illuminism or Illuminati were never to be used in correspondence, but were to be replaced by the astrological symbol for the sun, a circle with a dot in the middle.” Weishaupt, you’ll probably recall, was a Mason and the founder of the Illuminati. Another thing we need to look at is a circle surrounding the inverted five-pointed star. In The Question of Freemasonry we learn: “The inverted five-pointed star within a circle is the highest form of satanic expression, representing Baphomet, the God of Mendes, or the embodiment of Lucifer as god.” In fact, the PENTAGRAM ENCLOSED WITHIN THE CIRCLE IS A SIGN FOR THE GOD AND GODDESS.