[angelmb]

This one…



Thanks in advance.

[moonmonkey]

no idea, what is it? looks like some kind of french secret society.

[Ratm]

Insane. Death to all secret societies.

[Kevin]

Eh, if belonging to a "secret group" makes one feel important, let em.

Doesn't effect me any.

[Sijmen]

Doesn't that(Egalite, Liberte, Fraternite) have something to do with the French Revolution some 2/3 hundred years ago?

Maybe you could search on that.

[Doofy]

Larger, but not higher quality...

http://www.willamette.edu/~sbasu/poli305/LEF.htm

[Cubeoid]

What do you need it for?

[angelmb]

Oh please, it is not even for me. A friend asked me about it via mail. An internet search for 'Egalité, Liberté, Fraternité' didn't help me. I am not into political stuff and so… being honest I didn't care to look if the image could be offensive. My apologies if the image offended you.

Thanks for the link Doofy.

[Goldfinger]

Originally Posted by moonmonkey

no idea, what is it? looks like some kind of french secret society.

Liberté, egalité, fraternité means freedom, equality and brotherhood. It's what you find on every french government logo, coins etc. It's the motto of the French republic.

Example: backside of the French 1 euro coin.

[MaxPower]

Kind of like that cryptic secret society motto that used to be on on our money: "E Pluribus Unum"

[Goldfinger]

Exactly.

[lavar78]

Originally Posted by Kevin

Eh, if belonging to a "secret group" makes one feel important, let em.

Doesn't effect me any.

It obviously doesn't effect you; the question is whether it affects you.

[Tesseract]

Originally Posted by Ratm

Insane. Death to all secret societies.

Since when is France a secret society?

[Nai no Kami]

Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité is also one of the mottos of the freemasonry. What I don't understand is what are the pyramid and the ouroboros doing there if we are talking abouth the Fren revolution. The pyramid with the eye may represent the Great Architect of the Universe, but the French revolution was a laicist and rationalist revolution. The meaning of the ouroboros (the infinity or eternal cycle) eludes me. Could you please ask your friend more information about that image?. My curiosity has been awaken.

[angelmb]

Originally Posted by Nai no Kami

Could you please ask your friend more information about that image?. My curiosity has been awaken.

Since you are from Argentina, I'll post what my friend told me right now:

Dile que la encontre de casualidad buscando, y que estoy muy intrigado con ella. Cualquier tipo de info será bienvenida

[MacNStein]

French Freemasons, plenty of them still around.

You can find a copy of that seal in History of Freemasonry, by Hon. Albert G. Mackey (33°), vol 2, chapter 44. I would scan it for you, but my copy is very old (first edition, 1898) and I don't like subjecting books of that age to bright light.

[angelmb]

Originally Posted by MacNStein

French Freemasons, plenty of them still around.

You can find a copy of that seal in History of Freemasonry, by Hon. Albert G. Mackey (33°), vol 2, chapter 44. I would scan it for you, but my copy is very old (first edition, 1898) and I don't like subjecting books of that age to bright light.

Thanks for such detailed info. Don't worry about it, I understand you, totally.

[Ratm]

Originally Posted by Tesseract

Since when is France a secret society?

Bad Tesseract, bad!

I think it started when they started eating snails.

Artist: A Tribe Called Quest
Album: People's Instinctive Travels & The Paths Of Rhythm
Song: Luck of Lucien

[Q-Tip]
Brother, brother, brother, Lucien, you're like no other
Listen very close 'cause I don't like to boast
Instead, I'll tell the tale of a French who prevailed
Through the Mr. Crazy Rabbits who were always on his tail
? on sale, your rumour starts to wail
Get caught with stolen goods and you will go to jail
If you go to jail, then who will pay the bail?
They'll put you back to France on a ship with a sail
Escargot, Lucien, you eat snails
(Hey yo Tip, what's wrong with snails?)
From the Zulu nation, from a town called Paris
Came to America to find liberty
Instead of finding pleasure, all you found was misery
But listen, Lucien, you have a friend in me
Oh, luck luck will drive you butt baddy
Next time you get some wheels, make it a Caddy
In terms of doing good, I know you wish you really could
But listen, brother man, I really think you can
Succeed with the breed of the brothers on your back
It's the creme de la creme, and you can bounce with that
It'll take a minute, ?rice?, so take my advice
Trust in us, and thus you trust in your life
Lucine, Lucien, Lucien, Lucien - you should know!

[Q-Tip]
Are you ready, Lu? This one is for you
Comin' from a true-blue, fits like a shoe
? or "Comment allez-vous"
Lucien, I'll leave it up to you.
Voulez-vous? (vous)
Rendez-vous (vous)
Coucou (cou) ...
Les poo-poo (poo)
Watch that lass, gonna backlash fast
Can you get a grip on the crackhead dip?
Sold you a paper bag, guess he saw you comin
VCR from a neck-bone bummin
$10 brother, he was hummin' and strummin
Only had 20, he was livin' like ya slummin
Gave him the money, well, I thought that was somethin
Lookin' like a kid who was lost in crumbin
Don't worry about a thing, I won't get specific
This is a song that is long and prolific
Think of the stuff that I said if you can
Figure it out, compute, understand
No problemo, I'll help you with your demo
If you go to the store for me
Lucien, I'm just kiddin - you should know!

[Q-Tip]
You gotta get a grip on the missions you'll be takin
Not so much the mission, but you got crazy ignition
Sure, the sugar-babies wanna give you a chance
With the French "savoir faire" and the sexy dance
But is she really fly, or is she a guy?
I won't ask why, 'cause I know that you try
You try too hard, is that the answer to the riddle?
Instead of doin' so much, why don't you do just a little?
Boy, what a cad, I guess we shouldn't treat him bad
In fact, it would be nice if we understood him like
A case of positionin' the feet in the shoes
Sympathetic reason in the case of the blues
Lucien is blue, even though he's really brown
I had to make the sound, his life is too profound
On the up-and-up, he's somethin' like a little pup
Young and naive, it's hard to believe
As long as you're strong, you can quest with the questers
Jolly like a jumping bean or a jester
Lucien, Lucien, Lucien, Lucien - you should know!

[ghporter]

French Freemasons are a slightly different group from English and American Masons...

And what's so cryptic about "E Pluribus Unum?" It means, literally, "from many, one." You know, a union of states and all that... Latin is your friend.

[Rolling Bones]

The Illuminati.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_Providence

[MaxPower]

Originally Posted by ghporter

French Freemasons are a slightly different group from English and American Masons...

And what's so cryptic about "E Pluribus Unum?" It means, literally, "from many, one." You know, a union of states and all that... Latin is your friend.

Aah see that is where the internets fail. Put your tongue in your cheek and then re-read it.

[ghporter]

Max, I read you loud and clear-and I wanted to put a plug in for others Googling stuff in Latin, or at least knowing that there is little in language that's made from scratch. I like Latin; it's flexible enough that I'm not likely to stumble too much with a name or a description (medicalese), but abstract enough to be able to express things "differently." And it's fun to mess with people who just don't get it.

[Cubeoid]

I still think it's evil.

[Nai no Kami]

Originally Posted by angelmb

Since you are from Argentina, I'll post what my friend told me right now:

Dile que la encontre de casualidad buscando, y que estoy muy intrigado con ella. Cualquier tipo de info será bienvenida

Well, you can reply to him: La verdad, no tengo la menor idea. Conozco algo de la masonería y tengo incluso algunos libros rituales que encontré de casualidad, de edición reservada, numerados y con la firma del Gran Secretario. Si llego a saber algo más, hago un post acá

Where is your friend from?

Cheers

[Dark Helmet]

[residentEvil]

Originally Posted by Dark Helmet

Poor Homer.

[angelmb]

Originally Posted by Nai no Kami

Well, you can reply to him: La verdad, no tengo la menor idea. Conozco algo de la masonería y tengo incluso algunos libros rituales que encontré de casualidad, de edición reservada, numerados y con la firma del Gran Secretario. Si llego a saber algo más, hago un post acá

Where is your friend from?

Cheers

Thanks, we are both from Spain.

[Nai no Kami]

Hombre, muchos saludos para nuestros hermanos españoles!!!!!