The U.S.National Bird & Great Seal of the Phoenix While I don't label myself as a "Gnostic" (Or a Christian really) I'm a believer who worships The Creator, Yahuwah, Yahweh or YHWH whichever you prefer.... THE MOST HIGH! The CREATOR of heaven and Earth! That is my guy! I try not to fall into the deceptions created by the Roman #Catholic Church, which is as Anti-Christ as ANYONE ever has been! Our bibles have been perversely translated and all kinds of deception is at play. So I try to be SPECIFIC! The "GOD" (All caps) found on our worthless fiat currency is NOT who I worship I worship ONLY my Father in Heaven, The CREATOR, and Most High! NOT some "sign language or debased Latin garbage that the #Evil men of this world try to deceive me with! But having said all of that..... Moe at Gnostic Warrior does some pretty good research! I DON'T follow the "Doctrines of Devils" or the Doctrines of MEN! I stick to the guidance given to me through the inspired word found in the bible And I allow my Father to guide me through my thoughts, prayers, and actions.. Which He has written upon my heart! But so many people follow #Symbols and the Corporate Deceivers who fill their heads from cradle to grave with LIES and false teachings! I guess I said all of that to say.... That ain't no "Eagle" which the United States holds in such high regards! NOT on the military uniforms or the statues and paintings! It's a "Phoenix" representing #Satan and his rise! So don't be suckered into believing lies! While Moe flies the Gnostic flag, I find him a researching machine who collects a lot of good information! Check out this article! And I'd read Manly P Hall's Book "THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES" which I'll post a link to next post! Here's a slice. THE PHOENIX Clement, one of the ante-Nicæan Fathers, describes, in the first century after Christ, the peculiar nature and habits of the phoenix, in this wise: "There is a certain bird which is called a Phoenix. This is the only one of its kind and lives five hundred years. And when the time of its dissolution draws near that it must die, it builds itself a nest of frankincense, and myrrh, and other spices, into which, when the time is fulfilled, it enters and dies. But as the flesh decays a certain kind of worm is produced, which, being nourished by the juices of the dead bird, brings forth feathers. Then, when it has acquired strength, it takes up that nest in which are the bones of its parent, and bearing these it passes from the land of Arabia into Egypt, to the city called Heliopolis. And, in open day, flying in the sight of all men, it places them on the altar of the sun, and having done this, hastens back to its former abode. The priests then inspect the registers of the dates, and find that it has returned exactly as the five hundredth year was completed." Mediæval Hermetists regarded the phoenix as a symbol of the accomplishment of alchemical transmutation, a process equivalent to human regeneration. The name phoenix was also given to one of the secret alchemical formula. The familiar pelican of the Rose Croix degree, feeding its young from its own breast, is in reality a phoenix, a fact which can be confirmed by an examination of the head of the bird. The ungainly lower part of the pelican's beak is entirely missing, the head of the phoenix being far more like that of an eagle than of a pelican. In the Mysteries it was customary to refer to initiates as phoenixes or men who had been born again, for just as physical birth gives man consciousness in the physical world, so the neophyte, after nine degrees in the womb of the Mysteries, was born into a consciousness of the Spiritual world. This is the mystery of initiation to which Christ referred when he said, "Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God" (John iii. 3). The phoenix is a fitting symbol of this spiritual truth. https://www.gnosticwarrior.com/us-phoenix.html