- Hardcover: 192 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers; 1 edition (Feb 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0060530448
- ISBN-13: 978-0060530440
- Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 13.5 x 1.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,310,779 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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It is a curious fact that the official symbol for the dollar, $, does not appear on the bill. Read the first page
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
The Most Profound Work On This Topic
12 Aug 2004
Format:Hardcover
Having spent decades researching and depicting elements of America's Great Seal in my paintings and murals, and also writing and teaching about these symbols, I can say without question that David Ovason has created THE most profound work on this topic ever to see the light of day. His scholarship and genius in The Secret Symbols of the Dollar Bill are unparalleled in this most under-appreciated and misunderstood area of America's history and meaning. It has shed great light on the deeper mysteries of America's spirit and destiny and the New Order of the Ages.
Ovason is an excellent scholar and does not present speculation as fact. When he is not 100% sure of something, he tells you, which is greatly appreciated.
Among other things, this book will tell you in what ways Sir Francis Bacon's New Atlantis was linked to the colonization of America... What magical symbols are found on the dollar bill... The origin of the word dollar... The origin of the symbol for the dollar... How the original dollar name can be linked with a holy number... Whether the dollar symbol was derived from astrology... Who were the Freemasons that designed the dollar bill of 1935... Why the eye in the triangle in the dollar bill was changed from a right eye to a left eye... The origin of America's name and why the letter A is among the most magical of all letters.
Did the designers and proposers of these magical symbols know what they were doing? Were they aware of their magical content? Read this book and decide for yourself.
Ovason is an excellent scholar and does not present speculation as fact. When he is not 100% sure of something, he tells you, which is greatly appreciated.
Among other things, this book will tell you in what ways Sir Francis Bacon's New Atlantis was linked to the colonization of America... What magical symbols are found on the dollar bill... The origin of the word dollar... The origin of the symbol for the dollar... How the original dollar name can be linked with a holy number... Whether the dollar symbol was derived from astrology... Who were the Freemasons that designed the dollar bill of 1935... Why the eye in the triangle in the dollar bill was changed from a right eye to a left eye... The origin of America's name and why the letter A is among the most magical of all letters.
Did the designers and proposers of these magical symbols know what they were doing? Were they aware of their magical content? Read this book and decide for yourself.
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Excellent Information, Bad Interpretation
6 Jun 2004
Format:Hardcover
This book delves into the secret symbolism that is hidden in plain sight in the common, ubiquitous dollar bill. The author has definitely done his homework. I appreciated being able to glean information about the hidden occultism that is embedded in the modern dollar bill.
There are a few problems with the book, however. One is that instead of being a solid, fluid text, the book is broken into numbered, brief sections.
The more pressing problem, however, is that the book does not truly describe accurately the meaning of many of these symbols. The author brushes over occult meanings, attributing almost everything to Christianity, which is most certainly not the case. The author sort of plays down the occultism inherent in the dollar bill, and explains everything with euphemism rather than truth. I finished the book quickly and was quite disappointed with the conclusions presented in the book, which I feel were designed to misguide the reader rather than inform them.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Good, but left me very disappointed
5 Dec 2004
Format:Hardcover
I got this book through interlibrary loan at my public library, and I was very excited to read it, since I have recently become quite interested in arcane symbolism. I understood Ovason was an expert in the field, so I had quite high expectations for this book . . . and unfortunately, it just didn't meet them.
Though he made some neat points here and there, his writing style was generally bland and uninviting. The majority of the symbolic interpretations seemed forced and mundane, at best. And like another reviewer pointed out: the more I read, the more I couldn't shake the feeling that this may have been done on purpose, as if to divert people's attention from the real, deeper meanings behind the symbolism. I would certainly encourage people to read it for themselves and reach their own conclusions. After all, it was not a bad book. It just left me very disappointed.
Though he made some neat points here and there, his writing style was generally bland and uninviting. The majority of the symbolic interpretations seemed forced and mundane, at best. And like another reviewer pointed out: the more I read, the more I couldn't shake the feeling that this may have been done on purpose, as if to divert people's attention from the real, deeper meanings behind the symbolism. I would certainly encourage people to read it for themselves and reach their own conclusions. After all, it was not a bad book. It just left me very disappointed.
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