The Eye of Providence can be seen floating above an unfinished pyramid on the back of the US $1 bill.

The Eye of Providence or the all-seeing eye is a symbol showing an eye surrounded by rays of light or a glory, and usually enclosed by a triangle. It is sometimes interpreted as representing the eye of God keeping watch on humankind (see Divine Providence). All-seeing eye may mean: Eye of Providence or Eye of God, the celestial symbol The All-Seeing Eye, a computer software application for gamers All Seeing I, the British electronic music group Eye of Sauron or the Lidless Eye, in J. R. R. Tolkiens The Lord of the... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 595 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (720 × 726 pixel, file size: 415 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) All names refer to the English Wikipedia 11:52, 5 January 2007 . ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 595 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (720 × 726 pixel, file size: 415 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) All names refer to the English Wikipedia 11:52, 5 January 2007 . ... For the US one-dollar coin, see United States dollar coin. ... In optics, a ray is an idealized narrow beam of light. ... For other uses, see Light (disambiguation). ... Glory (from the Latin gloria, fame, renown) is used to denote the manifestation of Gods presence in the Judeo-Christian religious tradition. ... For other uses, see Triangle (disambiguation). ... This article is about the term God in the context of monotheism and henotheism. ... Human beings are defined variously in biological, spiritual, and cultural terms, or in combinations thereof. ... In theology, Divine Providence, or simply Providence, is the sovereignty, superintendence, or agency of God over events in peoples lives and throughout history. ...

Origin

In its current form, the symbol first appeared in the west during the 17th & 18th centuries, but representations of an all-seeing eye can be traced back to Egyptian mythology and the Eye of Horus. However, it is first in Buddhism that the eye is associated with a triplicity. Buddha is also regularly referred to as the "Eye of the World" throughout Buddhist scriptures (e.g. Mahaparinibbana Sutta) and is represented as a trinity in the shape of a triangle known as the Tiratna or Triple Gem. 17th-century depictions of the Eye of Providence sometimes show it surrounded by clouds. The later addition of an enclosing triangle is usually seen as a more explicit trinitarian reference to the God of Christianity. (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Egyptian mythology or Egyptian religion is the succession of tentative beliefs held by the people of Egypt for over three thousand years, prior to major exposure to Christianity and Islam. ... The Wadjat - later called The Eye of Horus The Eye of Horus (previously wadjet and the Eye of the Moon; and afterward as The Eye of Ra)[1] is an ancient Egyptian symbol of protection and royal power from deities, in this case from Horus or Ra. ... Buddhism is a Dharmic religion and philosophy[1] with between 230 to 500 million adherents worldwide. ... Siddhartha and Gautama redirect here. ... For the Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra, a text of East Asian Mahayana Buddhism, see Nirvana Sutra. ... The Triratna or Three Jewels symbol, on a Buddha footprint. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700 in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Cloud (disambiguation). ... This article is about the Christian Trinity. ... For other uses, see Christian (disambiguation). ...

Eye of Ra, chief deity of the ancient Egyptians, also called the Eye of Horus[1] Image File history File links Eye_of_Horus. ... For other uses, see Ra (disambiguation). ... The pyramids are among the most recognizable symbols of the civilization of ancient Egypt. ... The Wadjat - later called The Eye of Horus The Eye of Horus (previously wadjet and the Eye of the Moon; and afterward as The Eye of Ra)[1] is an ancient Egyptian symbol of protection and royal power from deities, in this case from Horus or Ra. ...	An alchemical woodcut, showing the all-seeing eye of God floating in the sky Quo Modo Deum - alchemical woodcut (17th Century?) Woodcut from a book on alchemy showing an Eye in the Sky precursor to the Eye of Providence. ... For other uses, see Alchemy (disambiguation). ...	A Christian version of the Eye of Providence, emphasising the triangle representing the Trinity[citation needed] Image File history File links Christian icon of the Eye of Providence emphasising the triangle as a symbol of the trinity, found in English and Greek churches. ... For other uses, see Christian (disambiguation). ... This article is about the Christian Trinity. ...	An all-seeing eye that appears on the tower of Aachen Cathedral Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1200x1600, 370 KB) Beschreibung: de:Auge der Vorsehung am de:Aachener Dom in de:Aachen Fotograf: Trexer Aufgenommen: 2005 mit Nikon Coolpix 2200 File links The following pages link to this file: Eye of Providence ... The Aachen Cathedral, frequently referred to as the Imperial Cathedral (in German: Kaiserdom) is a Roman catholic church in Aachen, western Germany. ...
An all-seeing eye that appears on the pedestal decorations of Alexander Column The Alexander Column in the Palace Square The Alexander Column (Russian: , Aleksandrovskaya Kolonna), is the focal point of Palace Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia. ...

United States

Original design for the Great Seal by Simitiere

In 1782 the Eye of Providence was adopted as part of the symbolism on the reverse side of the Great Seal of the United States. The Eye, however, was first suggested as an element of the Great Seal by the first of three design committees in 1776, and is thought to be the suggestion of the artistic consultant, Pierre Eugene du Simitiere.^[2] The Great Seal of the United States is used to authenticate certain documents issued by the United States federal government. ... Pierre Eugene du Simitiere (1736? - October 1784) was a philosopher and member of the American Philosophical Society. ... 1782 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Great Seal of the United States is used to authenticate certain documents issued by the United States federal government. ... For other uses, see 1776 (disambiguation). ... Pierre Eugene du Simitiere (1736? - October 1784) was a philosopher and member of the American Philosophical Society. ...

On the seal, the Eye is surrounded by the words "Annuit Cœptis", meaning "He approves (or has approved) [our] undertakings," "Novus Ordo Seclorum," meaning "New Order of the Ages," and the lowest level of the pyramid showing the year 1776 in Roman numerals. The Eye is positioned above an unfinished pyramid with thirteen steps, representing the original thirteen states and the future growth of the country. The combined implication is that the Eye, or God, favors the prosperity of the United States. Insert non-formatted text here Reverse side of the Great Seal of the United States Annuit CÅ“ptis (sometimes misspelled Daniel, due to unfamiliarity with conventional Latin spelling) is one of two mottos (the other being Novus Ordo Seclorum) on the reverse side of the Great Seal of the United... Reverse side of the Great Seal of the United States The phrase Novus Ordo Seclorum (Latin for New Order of the Ages) appears on the reverse of the Great Seal of the United States, first designed in 1782 and printed on the back of the American dollar bill since 1935. ... For other meanings, see pyramid (disambiguation). ...

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Perhaps due to its use in the design of the Great Seal, the Eye has made its way into other American seals and logos, notably the Seal of Colorado and DARPA's Information Awareness Office. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The circular Seal of the State of Colorado is an adaptation of the Territorial Seal which was adopted by the First Territorial Assembly on November 6, 1861. ... The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is an agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of new technology for use by the military. ... Information Awareness Office seal The Information Awareness Office (IAO) was established by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the research and development agency of the United States Department of Defense, in January 2002 to bring together several DARPA projects focused on applying information technology to counter transnational threats to...

Freemasonry

An early Masonic version of the Eye of Providence with clouds and a semi-circular glory.

The Eye of Providence also appears as part of the iconography of the Freemasons. Here it represents the all-seeing eye of God, and is then a reminder that a Mason's deeds are always observed by God (who is referred to in Masonry as the Grand Architect of the Universe). Typically the Masonic Eye of Providence has a semi-circular glory below the eye — often the lowest rays extend further down. Sometimes the Eye is enclosed by a triangle. Other variations of the symbol can also be found, with the eye itself being replaced by the letter ‘G’, representing both the art of geometry and God. An early (18th Century?) Masonic representation of the Eye of Providence This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... An early (18th Century?) Masonic representation of the Eye of Providence This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Freemasons redirects here. ... Look up Iconography in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Freemasons redirects here. ... Grand Architect of the Universe is a politically correct term used by Freemasons (a fraternity which welcomes initiates of every faith) to represent God. ... For other uses, see Geometry (disambiguation). ... This article is about the term God in the context of monotheism and henotheism. ...

President Franklin Roosevelt's conditional approval of the one-dollar bill's design in 1935, requiring that the appearance of the sides of the Great Seal be reversed, and together, captioned.

It is a popular conspiracy theory that the Eye of Providence shown atop an unfinished pyramid on the Great Seal of the United States indicates the influence of Freemasonry in the founding of the United States. This was dramatised in the 2004 Disney film National Treasure. The Masonic use of the Eye does not incorporate a pyramid, although the enclosing triangle is often interpreted as one. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2520x1580, 1984 KB) Taken from the PDF version of the US Department of States pamphlet The Great Seal of the United States, which can be found here. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2520x1580, 1984 KB) Taken from the PDF version of the US Department of States pamphlet The Great Seal of the United States, which can be found here. ... FDR redirects here. ... For the US one-dollar coin, see United States dollar coin. ... The Great Seal of the United States is used to authenticate certain documents issued by the United States federal government. ... For other uses, see Conspiracy theory (disambiguation). ... For other meanings, see pyramid (disambiguation). ... The Great Seal of the United States is used to authenticate certain documents issued by the United States federal government. ... National Treasure is a 2004 adventure film from Walt Disney Pictures written by Jim Kouf, Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Cormac Wibberley and Marianne Wibberley, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and directed by Jon Turteltaub. ...

Among the three members of the original design committee for the Great Seal, only Benjamin Franklin was a confirmed Mason. Thomas Jefferson was an open supporter of the aims of Freemasonry who attended lodge meetings and corresponded with many masons, but no direct evidence exists to support that he was a member himself.^[3][4] This article is about the American political figure. ... Thomas Jefferson (13 April 1743 N.S.–4 July 1826) was the third President of the United States (1801–09), the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and one of the most influential Founding Fathers for his promotion of the ideals of Republicanism in the United States. ...

Possibly the most famous use of the eye is on the back of the United States one-dollar bill. The original design for the 1935 bill was initially approved by then-president Franklin D. Roosevelt. Roosevelt, a 32° Scottish Rite Mason,^[5] then changed his mind and placed conditions on his approval. With his signature, Roosevelt included a drawing that reversed the appearance of the sides of the Great Seal of the United States on the dollar, such that the Seal's reverse (back) including the Eye, counterintuitively appears first on the left. He then added the words "The Great Seal" to appear beneath the Eye of Providence design, and added "of the United States" to appear below the Bald Eagle design of the obverse of the Seal, which he moved to the right. Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace and Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., both Freemasons, were heavily involved in the 1935 dollar design change as well.^[6] Image File history File linksMetadata United_States_one_dollar_bill,_reverse. ... For the US one-dollar coin, see United States dollar coin. ... FDR redirects here. ... It has been suggested that Knight Kadosh be merged into this article or section. ... The Great Seal of the United States is used to authenticate certain documents issued by the United States federal government. ... The term obverse, and its opposite, reverse, describe the two sides of units of currency and many other kinds of two-sided objects, most often in reference to coins, but also to medals, drawings, old master prints and other works of art. ... For other uses, see Bald Eagle (disambiguation). ... The term obverse, and its opposite, reverse, describe the two sides of units of currency and many other kinds of two-sided objects, most often in reference to coins, but also to medals, drawings, old master prints and other works of art. ... The United States Secretary of Agriculture is the head of the United States Department of Agriculture concerned with land and food as well as agriculture and rural development. ... Henry Agard Wallace (October 7, 1888 – November 18, 1965) was the 33rd Vice President of the United States (1941–45), the 11th Secretary of Agriculture (1933–40), and the 10th Secretary of Commerce (1945–46). ... The United States Secretary of the Treasury is the finance minister of the Federal Government of the United States. ... Henry Morgenthau Jr. ...

Some Masonic organizations have explicitly denied any special connection to the original creation of the Seal.^[7][8] Frequently cited as public evidence to this are the claims that the pyramid portion of the seal holds no symbolic significance to Masons, and that records suggest the Eye of Providence was not adopted as a Masonic symbol until 1797.^[9]

Esoteric schools

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Esoteric schools, among them Cao Dai (Thien Nhan) and Christian Rosicrucian, use the Eye of Providence, All-Seeing Eye, to symbolize God.^[10][11] Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Cao Dais Holy See, called the Tay Ninh Holy See, is located in Tay Ninh, Viet Nam Caodaism (Vietnamese:  ) is a relatively new, syncretist, monotheistic religion, officially established in Tây Ninh, southern Vietnam, in 1926. ... The Temple of the Rose Cross, Teophilus Schweighardt Constantiens, 1618. ... This article is about the term God in the context of monotheism and henotheism. ...

Other notable uses of the symbol

Ukrainian 500 hryvnia bill

Estonian 50 Krooni bill

• Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, the official depiction of which also borrows iconography of the Ten Commandments
• The Eye of Providence is a proposed symbol for the recently classified dwarf planet, Eris, along with the Hand of Eris
• In The Lord of the Rings, Sauron is described as having an all-seeing eye. In the Rankin-Bass animated Return of the King, the insignia for Sauron's troops closely resembled a stylized Eye of Horus. In the Peter Jackson trilogy, Sauron himself is physically manifested as an eye.

Image File history File linksMetadata 500-Hryvnia-Skovoroda-back. ... Image File history File linksMetadata 500-Hryvnia-Skovoroda-back. ... ISO 4217 Code UAH User(s) Ukraine Inflation 11. ... Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen: Revolutionary patriotism borrows familiar iconography of the Ten Commandments Wikisource has original text related to this article: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (French: La... For other uses, see Ten Commandments (disambiguation). ... Absolute magnitude: −1. ... This article is about the novel. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Sauron. ... Rankin-Bass (aka Videocraft International) is an American production company, known for its seasonal television specials. ... The Return of the King is the third and final volume of J. R. R. Tolkiens The Lord of the Rings, following The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers. ... The Wadjat - later called The Eye of Horus The Eye of Horus (previously wadjet and the Eye of the Moon; and afterward as The Eye of Ra)[1] is an ancient Egyptian symbol of protection and royal power from deities, in this case from Horus or Ra. ... For other persons named Peter Jackson, see Peter Jackson (disambiguation). ...

Currency

• The 50 Estonian Kroon
• The 500 Ukrainian hryvnia

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Seals and logos

• The former logo of MI5, a British intelligence service
• The former logo of the US Information Awareness Office
• The Steve Jackson Games logo
• Several college fraternities use the Eye of Providence in their coats of arms and/or badges, notably Delta Tau Delta, Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Delta Theta and Delta Kappa Epsilon

MI-5 redirects here. ... Information Awareness Office logo; public domain from http://www. ... Information Awareness Office seal The Information Awareness Office (IAO) was established by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the research and development agency of the United States Department of Defense, in January 2002 to bring together several DARPA projects focused on applying information technology to counter transnational threats to... Steve Jackson Games (SJG) is a game company that creates and publishes role-playing, board, and card games. ... The terms fraternity and sorority (from the Latin words and , meaning brother and sister respectively) may be used to describe many social and charitable organizations, for example the Lions Club, Epsilon Sigma Alpha, Rotary International, Optimist International, or the Shriners. ... Delta Tau Delta (ΔΤΔ, DTD, or Delts) is a U.S.-based international college fraternity. ... Phi Kappa Psi (ΦΚΨ, Phi Psi) is a U.S. national college fraternity. ... Phi Delta Theta (ΦΔΘ) is an international fraternity founded in 1848 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. ... Delta Kappa Epsilon (ΔΚΕ; also pronounced D-K-E or Deke) was founded at Yale College in 1844 by 15 men of the sophomore class who, upon hearing that some but not all of them had been invited to join the two existing societies (Alpha Delta Phi and Psi Upsilon), instead...

References

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