<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/fa2c7927-027e-43b1-a7b7-96db7bf548ae/00316D8F-4CEC-48F3-9DE6-D2038FCD1C7E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.freemasons-freemasonry.com/double-headed-eagle.html" href="http://www.freemasons-freemasonry.com/double-headed-eagle.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.freemasons-freemasonry.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.freemasons-freemasonry.com/double-headed-eagle.html"><B>SOLVE et COAGULA: <BR />ALCHEMICAL SYMBOLISM of the DOUBLE-HEADED EAGLE</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.freemasons-freemasonry.com/double-headed-eagle.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.freemasons-freemasonry.com/img/1D3B620B-021A-4AA2-B977-6C272BB58D4B" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.freemasons-freemasonry.com/double-headed-eagle.html"><SPAN lang="EN-US">One of the most prevalent emblems of the Scottish Rite is that of the Double-Headed Eagle.<SPAN>  </SPAN>Mentioned briefly in comparison to the white-lambskin apron of the Craft Lodge, the symbol of the double-headed eagle is perhaps one of the most ancient emblems in Scottish Rite, having been represented for thousands of years in many of the worlds cultures. <O:P> </O:P> </SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.freemasons-freemasonry.com/double-headed-eagle.html">Albert Pike believed that the emblem of the double-headed eagle ultimately derived from alchemy.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.freemasons-freemasonry.com/double-headed-eagle.html"><SPAN lang="EN-US">Pike cited several of these works as evidence for the true meaning and significance of the double-headed eagle, which he equated with the alchemical Stone of the Philosophers.<O:P> </O:P> </SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.freemasons-freemasonry.com/double-headed-eagle.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.freemasons-freemasonry.com/img/79589C4F-B235-4A7B-9E23-F13BBA7ABCFC" alt="eagle04.jpg " /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.freemasons-freemasonry.com/double-headed-eagle.html">In Lambsprinks’s</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.freemasons-freemasonry.com/double-headed-eagle.html">there is an image of an alchemist in the garb of an Imperial messenger. Upon his chest is a double-headed eagle of white and black, showing the union of opposites in one being and the noble ascent to the heavens in the guise of the proud bird of eternity.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.freemasons-freemasonry.com/double-headed-eagle.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.freemasons-freemasonry.com/img/D5CB54DC-154D-4965-87EF-F7AA4DEC49DE" alt="vitriol.gif " /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.freemasons-freemasonry.com/double-headed-eagle.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.freemasons-freemasonry.com/img/7B184607-4C85-44ED-9649-77291415CDAB" alt="eagle06.jpg " /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/00316D8F-4CEC-48F3-9DE6-D2038FCD1C7E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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