Salvation Revelation

The “Statue of Freedom” is a bronze statue by Thomas Crawford that is located on the tholos atop the dome of the United States Capitol in Washington, DC.

“Freedom” holds a sheathed sword in her right hand and a laurel wreath of victory and the shield of the United States with thirteen stripes in her left hand. She wears a helmet adorned with stars and an eagle’s head. Ten bronze points tipped with platinum are attached to her headdress, shoulders, and shield for protection from lightning.

For many years, most people thought that “Freedom” was a Native American figure because of the eagle feathers on her helmet and the difficulty of seeing her from ground level. Others have mistaken her for a representation of Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom and war.

Why, do you suppose would people mistake “Freedom” for Athena? Could the statue be Athena? Or could it represent something or someone similar, yet far more sinister?

On December 8, 1854 Pope Pius IX declared the Ineffabilis Deus, the decree defining the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary. It declared that Mary was conceived free of original sin and remained so throughout her life.

Within days the U.S. Congress enthusiastically rushed to put an addition on the top of the Capitol building as “the only authorized Symbol of American Heritage.” It turned out to be a statue of Persephone, the Roman goddess of the Underworld, whose statues in the 4th century A.D. were taken over by the Church and renamed the “Virgin Mary.” Few realize that Proclus, head of the Platonic Academy in Athens in the 5th century, described Persephone as having had an Immaculate Conception. She was often known as Libera (“Liberty”), so the sculptor called his statue over the U.S. Capitol, “Freedom.”

She stands 19 feet 6 inches, which works out to 6 + 6 + 6 feet, and 6 + 6 + 6 inches. Persephone was placed on the Dome of the Capitol on December 2, 1863 in the middle of the Civil War. The event was marked by a salute of 47 gunshots as a tribute to John Carroll, the Jesuit bishop who had put Washington D.C. under Mary’s protection. (John Carroll had died 47 years earlier on December 3, 1816.) The statue of Persephone (or Mary) was placed on the Dome 47 years after John Carroll’s last day on earth.

President Lincoln did not attend the ceremony, claiming that he had “a fever.” He was well aware of what was going on, but could do nothing to stop it. He was in the middle of a civil war, and the Roman pope had backed the southern cause. And Jesuits were trying to assassinate him.

Meanwhile, Constantino Brumidi had arrived from Rome to do the artwork for the Dome of the Capitol. He painted what is called the “Apotheosis of Washington.” That means “the deification of Washington.” According to Webster’s Dictionary, Apotheosis means “the act of placing a prince or other distinguished person among the heathen deities.” Between the deified Washington and the earth flies the Virgin pursuing “evildoers” with the Roman Eagle at her side. Her position between heaven and earth was meant to identify her as the Mediatrix, the most prominent role of the Roman goddess, Minerva (or Venus). The eagle at her side is the mascot of Jupiter, the ruling god of Rome. It represents Roman justice.

In fact, the motto of our Justice Department is Qui Pro Domina Justitia Sequitur, “He who follows the Goddess Justicia.” Persephone, Minerva, or Venus (different names for the same goddess), when judging the dead in Hades, was called “Justicia.” The Justice Department’s motto encircles the eagle, who was said to follow Justicia. Source

Is it possible? Why would anyone want the goddess and judge of the underworld to stand upon the Capital building?

Under the Rotunda there is an area known as the Crypt. It was designed to look down on the final resting place of George Washington in the tomb below. At the request of his wife, Martha, however, Washington was buried at Mount Vernon, and as such the area remains open to visitors. The Crypt now houses exhibits on the history of the Capitol. A star inlaid in the floor marks the exact center of Washington D.C.’s four quadrants. Eleven other presidents have lain in state in the Rotunda for public viewing, most recently Gerald Ford. The tomb meant for Washington now stores the catafalque which is used to support caskets lying in state or honor in the Capitol.

Was the Capital building designed as a shrine for the dead? The statue of “Freedom” stands upon the “tholos”. A tholos is a generic term, tholos tomb is an alternative name for a Beehive tomb from the late Bronze Age. It sure looks like a beehive doesn’t it?

Beehive Tholos

Capital Building Tholos