Sunday, July 28, 2013

Angels and Demons Chapter 9-13 Questions

Describe the significance of “Illuminati” as a symbol.
Ancient document described the Illuminati as an ambigram- ambi meaning both, signifying that it is legible both ways. All common ambigrams are through symbology like the cross or the Yin Yang: but for a word to be crafted into an ambigram seemed impossible. Many symbologists tried to forge the word “Illuminati” into a perfect symmetrical word but failed miserably. 
What does the word Illuminati mean?

The word Illuminati means the enlightened ones, an ancient brotherhood that showed scientific proofs. It started with a group of people fighting against the church who were some of Italy’s enlightening men- physicists, mathematicians, astronomers. They began to meet secretly to discuss about the concerns they have about the church belief threaten the academic world.


Who was the most revered member of Illuminati?

Galileo was the most revered member of the Illuminati. He persuades the Illuminati to not create violence against the Church because he was a pacifist. He proved that the sun was in the center of our solar system not Earth. 


Describe the new Illuminati.  How are the new Illuminati different from it origins?

Over the years, the Illuminati began to gather more members. This continued until a much darker Illuminati formed into a deep anti-Christian Illuminati. They grew very powerful and vowing that someday they will take revenge of the Catholic Church. They grew so powerful that the Catholic Church considered them as the single most dangerous anti Christian force on Earth. The new Illuminati is different than the origins because the at first the Illuminati was made up of en-lighteners who was proving scientific claims and now because of what the Catholic Church did to them they became much stronger with their goal of getting revenge rather than the work of science. 

How was modern Satanism born?

“The rumors of satanic black-magic animal sacrifices and the pentagram ritual were nothing but lies spread by the church as a smear campaign against their adversaries” (46). Than as time went on, the opponents of the church and the people who wanted to emulate the Illuminati began to believe in the lies and acting the rituals out. That is how the Satanism was born.

Who created the Illuminati symbol and why?

The Illuminati symbol was created by an anonymous sixteenth century Illuminati artist. The brotherhood kept the Illuminati symbol a secret so when they resurface and gain their power, they will carry out their final goal.  

What was the item stolen from Vetra by his murderer?

Vetra murder stole Vetra eye.

Remarks:

Finding out that Vetra was not only a scientist but a scientist that uses science to explain religion. If Langdon is wrong about the Illuminati not existing for more than half a century, then it is possible that the Illuminati is responsible for the murder of Vetra because of the conflicts between the Church and the Illuminati.. This is an explanation for why Vetra got murdered in the first place. Clearly the Illuminati aren't joking on killing their enemies or getting revenge from the past against the Church. What confuses me is why Vetra murder took his eye. How does his eye relate to anything? I remember in the previous chapters where the killer tortured Vetra for the object he was looking for and delivered the object to Janus. So was the object Vetra eye? I think another possible reason why the killer took Vetra eye so that the killer can cover up what he really took from Vetra. Everyone that sees a body on the floor with a missing eye, the attention of the eye being missing will be much greater than the attention of another missing object. Which also explains why Vetra eye is missing. 







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