12/26/02
‘MANIFEST DESTINY’ OF THE USA?
By
J. Parnell McCarter
Puritan News Service
More
and more information is coming to light about the origins and special purpose
of the USA, and it is not a pretty picture.
This information originates from non-Christian as well as Christian
sources. Let’s first consider
information from non-Christian historians.
From
http://www.light1998.com/PHILISOPHICAL-RESEARCH-SOCIETY/secret.htm we read how
historian Manly Hall completed and published The Secret Teachings of All Ages, An Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic,
Hermetic, Qabbalistic, and Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy in 1928. So
great was the demand, that the first two editions of the book were sold out in
advance by the autumn of 1925. Here is
what has been written about Hall’s book:
“Into
this volume has been compressed the quintessence of a colossal learning. It is
a living human document, pulsating with the mental and spiritual vibrations of
a profound thinker who takes knowledge for his province and reduces whole
libraries to a single tome.”—George Barron, Curator of the De Young Museum of
San Francisco
“Simply
put, this is the most beautiful and complete occult book ever published. It
represents a lifetime of research into the mythology, symbolism, and magical
practices of countless cultures. From the secrets of Isis to the teachings of
mystic Christianity, nearly every occult dogma imaginable is represented
here…this is the definitive guide to
secret societies, famous figures, and more—a must for every personal
library.”—Llewellyn New Times
In
his book, historian Manly Hall wrote: “not only were many 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.”
Manly
Hall also wrote another book, entitled The
Secret Destiny of America. Here is
how its thesis has been described (see
http://www.hiddenmysteries.com/item400/item471.html):
“This
book tells the fascinating story of how the American continent, described by
Lord Bacon [Bacon was an English political leader and gnostic during the
Elizabethan era- McCarter] as “The New Atlantis,” seems to have been set apart
for the great experiment of enlightened [read that as humanistic, like ancient
Babylon was- McCarter] self-government long before the founding fathers
envisioned the rise of the American Republic.
Drawing upon often neglected fragments of history, evidence is presented
which indicates that the seeds of democracy were planted one thousand years
before the beginning of the Christian Era, suggesting that America is not
merely a political and industrial entity, but an “assignment of destiny.”
In
his article “Novus Ordo Seculorum”, Robert A. Nelson records the nature of
gnostic scheming in North America:
“More
than 3,000 years ago, the great classical philosophers conceived of an
Aristotelian polity (a tripartite
balance of democracy, republicanism, and oligarchy) as an ideal pattern
of government. The principles they elucidated have been nurtured through the
centuries by certain secret societies in order to create the background of
common knowledge necessary to eventually establish such a civilization in North
America. The Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca (62 BC-30 AD) was aware of this
plan, and made a prophecy of America:
“Venient annis /
Saecula
seris, quibus Oceanus /
Pateat
Telus, Tiphysque novus /
Delegat
orbes; nec sit terris /
Ulthima Thule.”
The
English program for establishing permanent settlements along the Atlantic coast
was under the direction of Sir Francis Bacon, who was head of the European
Rosicrucian mystics of his day. Those men made sure that the American colonists
were thoroughly indoctrinated with the principles of religious tolerance,
political democracy and republicanism, social equality and capitalism. Many
members of the Rosicrucians and other secret societies emigrated to America and
established their organizations in the “New Atlantis.” Their occult ideas were
incorporated into the designs of the Great Seal, the flag, and other American
symbols, and their societies still exist and are active today. The eminent
occultist Manly P. Hall wrote of this in The Secret Destiny of America: ‘The American nation desperately needs this
vision of its own purpose... America’s true destiny will remain a secret as
long as great masses of people have no knowledge whatsoever that enlightened
humanitarians through thousands of years have in their own and succeeding
generations remained united on the high purpose of eventually instituting
democratic rule throughout the entire world. It is necessary to know, too, that
it was anciently planned that leadership would fall to America – to a nation to
be established on the Northern continent of the Western Hemisphere... Long before Columbus, they were aware of
the existence of the Western Hemisphere, and selected it to be the site of the
philosophic empire. The American continent was set apart for establishing here
a great democratic nation, centuries before the founding fathers and colonists
envisioned the Union...’”
We
read more about Bacon’s vision for America at
http://www.siriusrising.com/SirianNation1.html :
“In
1627, Sir Francis Bacons' novel "The New Atlantis" was first
published. It is the story of a crew of shipwrecked sailors who land upon the
shores of a mysterious, unknown nation, whose people had developed a culture
and technology far beyond any thing previously known. Amazingly prophetic, it
spoke of buildings a half a mile tall, machines that flew through the air,
ships that traveled beneath the sea and a goverment of Philosopher-Scientists
serving an enlightened people who were dedicated to learning and higher
achievement. "The New Atlantis" was Bacons' vision for a new
"Golden Age", and it became the inspiration for many influential
American colonists, including several
of Bacons' descendants, who settled in Virginia after it's publication.
Bacon,
who many historians consider to be the true father of modern democracy and
founder of America, was an avid student of Ancient Wisdom, joining many secret
societies during his life. In his youth, he became a member of "The Order
of the Helmet", a group that worshipped the Goddess as Pallas Athene, the
Greek Goddess of Truth and Wisdom. It
is this Goddess whose nineteen and a half foot tall bronze and platinum form now stands atop the
Capitol building, gazing eastward, as the "Statue of Freedom" in
Washington D.C. . Bacon eventually became Grand Master of the Rosicrucian
Order… This "All Knowledge" was alluded to on the title page of the
first edition of "The New Atlantis", with a depiction of Father Time
escorting a female figure out of the darkness of a cave, 'coming forth into the
light of Day'. Underneath this engraving was the inscription;
"In Time,
the Truth shall be revealed."
In
his book,"The Secret Destiny of America", Manly Palmer Hall wrote;
"The New Atlantis was completed, but never actually published in it's full
form because it revealed too much. The final (unpublished) chapters revealed
the entire pattern Secret Societies had been working on for thousands of years
to achieve the ideal commonwealth in the political world." These
unpublished chapters provided comprehensive details for the unfolding of a
"New Order of the Ages", including a complete timetable for the
transitional period leading into the
new millennium. They were thought to have revealed a long-range "Great
Plan" to restore society to a condition of resonant harmony like"The
First Time" of Ancient Egypt, when the twin worlds of Heaven and Earth
intermingled. The missing chapters were brought to America in 1653 by Nathaniel
Bacon, Sir Francis Bacons' decendant, and deposited, along with other secret
documents, in a great vault in the town center of Williamsburg, the Capital of
Virginia at that time.
In
his "Symbolism in Craft Masonry", Colin Dyer wrote; "Thomas
Jefferson was the last to examine the contents of this vault", and it is
believed that the entire cache of priceless documents were removed, and
eventually placed in a secret location either at the University of Virginia,
which Jefferson founded, or at the new capital, Washington D.C.. Many historians believe this cache of
documents to be among the worlds' most important ancient treasures. Bacons'
supreme position as head of both Freemasonry and Rosicrucianism put him in
charge of the most sacred manuscripts then held by the major secret societies.
Of
all the founding fathers of America, none was more enigmatic than Thomas Jefferson. His membership in Secret Societies
has never been proven, yet his understanding of the most important tenets of
Rosicrucianism was evident in all of his major endeavors. His proudest
accomplishment was the founding of the University of Virginia, which was based
on the the Rosicrucian concept of the "Invisible College". This was a concept also championed by
Bacon, who Jefferson revered, where students were given the opportunity to
learn without the burden of theological
restraint. He also utilized the harmonic architecture of Freemasonry in all
of his designs…One of Jeffersons' most cherished designs was the "circle
within the square". Both the
combination of a Dome or Rotunda set within a square, as is found in his
famous home
at
Monticello, or a Dome set within a rectangle, as is incorporated in the Capitol
Building, were known to Freemasons to symbolize the union of Heaven and Earth.
This architectural design was more that just visual esthetics to Freemasons,
they believed that if they created physical structures that mimic the harmonic,
golden ratio found in Nature, the
forces of Nature would manifest through them…”
It
should come as little surprise to us then that the man known as the “Perpetual
Secretary of the Continental Congress”, Charles Thomson, is recorded as saying:
“If the truth were known many careers would be tarnished and the leadership of
the nation would be weakened.” (Hendricks, Charles
Thomson and the Making of a New Nation, p. 189.)
From
a Christian perspective, F. Tupper Saussy’s investigations in his book Rulers
of Evil contains much useful information.
And I have compiled information relating to America’s role as well, in
my book Let My People Go. It presents evidence for concluding that the USA is the mysterious
Babylon prophesied in Revelation 17. If
my conclusions are true, then the USA is destined to fall, after a time of
worldly preeminence.