Great Seal (USA)

See: Currency symbolism

13'S FOUND IN THE GREAT SEAL

  1. 13 stars in the crest
  2. 13 stripes in the shield
  3. 13 olive leaves
  4. 13 olives
  5. 13 arrows (some like to include the 13 feathers of the arrows)
  6. 13 letters in Annuit Coeptis
  7. 13 letters in E Pluribus Unum
  8. 13 cources of stone in the Pyramid
  9. 13 X 9 dots in the divisions around the crest. http://www.asis.com/users/stag/seal.html


13

With 13 arrows, 13 leaves, and 13 stripes on the shield, the number 13 symbolizing the Luciferian revolt. And 33 feathers on each of the wings, symbolizing the 33 degrees of freemasonry. The flower of life type symbol on top contains a hexagram.

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