➝ The Eagle and the Temple - The Starry Gnosis: An American Revelation We start with a Gematria: Convert the Hebrew transliterations of the letters comprising the Magickal Formula of the Great Work, ABRAHADABRA to their gematric equivalents and we get 418, the number of the Great Work that by AIQ BKR reduces to 13, the Great Work completed. In doing the same for the letters USA (Vau, Sameck & Aleph), we get the same number by gematric reduction. Spell out the name in full, United States of America and we get 1730, which reduces to 11; the number of Magick. 1730ev is also the year that Freemasonry was founded in America with Daniel Coxe being granted the position of Provincial Grand Master for New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania on June 5th of that year by the Grand Lodge of England. America would ultimately come to adopt the Eagle as its national symbol. The Eagle is the second symbol of the Sign of Scorpio in the Zodiac, which is ruled by Pluto. Pluto represents the image of the Sun locked in matter as in mythology; he was the god of the dead. The Eagle replaces the Scorpion (first symbol of Scorpio), representing the completion of the work of transformation. The scorpion provides its poison followed by the eagle as the ‘Phoenix’ transforming this poison into power as it soars to a great height. And history has already shown us that America, the ‘New World’ has been a force that has indeed transformed the world. Manifest Destiny is more than a doctrine as will be shown here. And note that the constellation of the Eagle is situated just above the Sign of Aquarius. This indicates as the Founding Fathers knew that America is destined to lead the world into the Aeon of Aquarius. According to the ‘Precession of the Equinox,’ movement is westward or actually, widdershins when placed on the Astrological wheel. This represents the flow of time as divided into Aeons. But the movement is deosil in terms of Manifestations giving us an involutionary spiral when coupled t...