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Illuminati All-Seeing-Eye:



Vulcan IDIC symbol, representing the Vulcan philosophy of IDIC ("Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations"):



It is quite remarkable how this image pervades our culture (the pyramid with the light--typically an 'illuminated eye'--at its top). But I would never in a million years have guessed its reach would travel so far as to encompass the Star Trek universe. What is interesting in this particular case is that while the light itself isn't an eye--or perhaps, cannot be discerned to be an eye from the distance afforded--the background shape definitely resembles one.

Coincidence? More than likely.

Certainly a cursory scan through Wikipedia suggests little to be suspicious of: "The Vulcan IDIC medallion was designed by Gene Roddenberry as a marketing premium long before the third season". Having read a little on the man, I doubt he possessed any knowledge concerning the Illuminati--certainly not to the extent that he thought it would be prudent to leave clues scattered through his work.

No, if this isn't a 'coincidence', then it's simply another example of information bleeding through into our reality via extra-sensory, unconscious means. Though I do wonder how far the correlations stretch beyond simply "Illuminati; emotionless, Vulcans; emotionless"--perhaps, they both have... cloaking technology?

I know, through my experiences, that information can be obtained beyond the customary means: ideas, notions, concepts can swamp the mind, quite literally out of nowhere. It makes you wonder what precisely is going on. That ethereal window of visualization--"imagination"--the seeing with our minds rather than our eyes, I do not think the brain can account for it. I base this theory on the fact I have traveled into my imagination and subsequently experienced out-of-body-experiences; vivid, extraordinary intermissions from normality; I have correctly remote-viewed targets using my "imagination"; I have come into contact with extraterrestrials through it, which has led to experiences of inordinate non-normality, to say the least.

All of which is to say: while I concede I could be wrong on many issues, there is no doubt in my mind that when we tap into our imaginations, we are not tapping into some enclosed, subjective area of the brain, some intangible part of us forever locked away from the universe and the people around us. There is a crossover with something more. It's the connecting point to other realms and other means of information-acquisition--and who knows what else.

There can be no final conclusion as to whether the Vulcan IDIC symbol's similarity to the Illuminati all-seeing-eye is a coincidence or not. Certainly it would be prudent to study other fictional creations and mediums first, before taking this seriously, to see whether there are any further examples. But at any rate, I was and still am very surprised at seeing the image in the unlikely arena of Star Trek.

In other news... I hit upon an experiment last night, which I hope to be conducting early on in the new year. It'll be my most 'scientific' yet, something along the lines of "the effects of nonphysical energy on flesh"--be very, very excited, people. Er.