The All Seeing Eye - Fact or Hollywood?

It is said the eyes are the windows to your soul. You can give someone the "evil" eye. You can have eyes for someone.

The all Seeing Eye has been used a lot lately in films. "National Treasure" and "The Davinci Code" are 2 of the most popular and most resent. Both depict facts and conspiracy theories surrounding the all Seeing Eye. But how much is true and how much is Hollywood?

Earliest references to the all Seeing Eye date back to ancient Babylon.

The Egyptian's assumed much of the Babylonian culture and incorporated its myths and legends for their own. Called the Eye of Horus, the sky god, or Eye of Ra, the god of sun. It symbolizes protection and power, generally referring to the royals.

Conspiracy theories surrounding the 13^th Illuminate Bloodline believers of this premise use this symbol. The anti-Christ is supposed to rise up from this bloodline. The origins of this are very sketchy and details not clear. The blood of Jesus and the seed of the devil were supposedly mixed and created this supposed bloodline. Though it never spells our how this happened. Several United States presidents and the British royal family are supposedly descendants of the Illuminate Bloodline.

The Hindu's utilize the all Seeing Eye to represent the third eye of clairvoyance.

In 1782 the All Seeing or Eye of Providence was added to the reverse side of the Great Seal of the United States. This has been attributed to the influence of the Freemasons. In truth only Benjamin Franklin was the only person on the original design committee that was a Freemason.

The Freemason's feel the Eye of Providence symbolizes that God is watching all their deeds.

Modern Wicca's refer use this symbol to ward off evil spirits and protection. They utilize both the right and left eyes. The right eye is attributed to Ra the sun god. The left is Horus the moon god.

Even Christians use the all Seeing Eye symbol. It is depicted in the center of the triangle of Trinity. It symbolizes that God sees all.

One of the most interesting and unusual conspiracy theories I have seen surrounding this symbol. There is supposed to be some sort of Big Brother organization that has incorporated the use of this symbol in daily life. Its purpose is to get into the psyche of people. Details on this are very vague, it doesn't explain why they want this symbol to be part of people's mind set or what function it will serve. Or what the ultimate goal is.

Most all cultures and religions utilize a variation of this symbol. For the most part it shows a protective factor. The eyes are a very powerful force. The opening of the eye is used metaphorically to symbolize the beginning of creation.