Photographs of various prophets and sybils on the Sistine Chapel fresco by Michelangelo—painted in early 16th century (various photographers, early 21st century).
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Photographs of various prophets and sybils on the Sistine Chapel fresco by Michelangelo—painted in early 16th century (various photographers, early 21st century).
(via Wikimedia, Gloria Romanorum, History of Libya, & Pinterest)
Image showing the Freemasonry seal of The Ancient and Primitive Rite of Memphis-Misraïm—depicting an Egyptian winged kneph—first designed in 1881 (various artists, late 20th century to early 21st century).
Cover to Oddvar Olsen’s Templars: Secret Societies and the Mystery of the Holy Grail—Portuguese edition (artist/designer unknown, 2011).
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Symbol of the alien-worshipping theosophical religious group known as The Aetherius Society—originally conceived by George King in 1955 (unknown artist, early 21st century).
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Phryne at the Poseidonia in Eleusis (Genrich Ippolitovich Semiradsky, 1889).
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Illustration and frontispiece to Carl Kiesewetter’s John Dee: A Spiritualist of the 16th century (artist unknown, 1893 CE).
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Cover to Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, & Henry Lincoln’s Holy Blood, Holy Grail (unknown designer, 1982).
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Frontispiece to Jean-Baptiste Willermoz’s Les Feuillets d’Hermopolis Vol. 2: Instructions—Nice Edition, originally published in the late 18th century, written for the followers of Martinez de Pasqually (unknown designer, 2000).
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Cover to George Starkey aka Eyrénée Philalèthe’s The Open Entrance to the Closed Palace of the King—originally published in the 17th century (unknown artist/designer, 1970).
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Box cover to Steve Jackson’s Illuminati: The Game of Conspiracy card game—inspired by Robert Anton Wilson & Robert Shea’s The Illuminatus! Trilogy (David Martin, 1981).
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Covers to Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s Zanoni—first published 1842 (various artists/designers, 20th century).
The Coat of Arms of Sir Charles-Louis Cadet de Gassicourt—featuring palm trees and a “ring of money,” originally designed in the early 19th century (artist unknown, early 21st century).
Illustrations from Hrotsvitha’s Opera Hrosuite: illustris uirginis et monialis Germane, gente Saxonico orte —published by the Sodalitatis Celticae group and edited by Conrad Celtes (Albrecht Dürer & Hans Süss von Kulmbach, 1501 CE).
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Illustration depicting the Grand Master of the Templars in his Saint-Prix costume—accompanying the frontispiece of François Raynouard’s The Templars, Tragedy (unknown artist, 1805).
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Reproduction of 19th century engraving depicting the interrogation of Jacques De Molay from James Wasserman’s An Illustrated History of the Knights Templar (original artist unknown/reproduction artist unknown, 2006).
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Illustrations from John Theophilus Desaguliers’ A Course of Experimental Philosophy, Vol. 1 (unknown artists, 1734 CE).
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Frontispiece to and pages of Chevalier Ramsay’s The Travels of Cyrus: To Which is Annexed, A Discourse Upon the Theology and Mythology of the Pagans—4th edition (unknown artist/designer, 1730).
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