Apple's founders: Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak co-founded Apple in 1976. Bill Gates co-founded Microsoft, a rival to Apple. Bill Gates's investment in Apple: In 1997, Gates invested $150 million in Apple to help save it from bankruptcy. Gates has sold most of his Microsoft holdings since 1995, and is no longer the company's biggest investor. He still owns more than 1% of Microsoft's shares, which was worth over $40 billion in August 2024. Bill Gates Imagine being able to ann

The documents at hand, together with the allegation made against the Templars, demonstrated that this was no ordinary order of knights. It was a darker organization altogether: One of perverted faith, frightening methods, and cunning strategies. It was well organized and well prepared, always scheming, always ready and dangerous, and-unlike anything seen before-forward thinking, with comprehensive plans for the future. The Templars worshipped the idol Baphomet, thought to sym

Part 1: Misuse and Abuse of Esoteric Symbols; It's hard to miss the increasing use of esoteric symbolism by popular artists in the music industry. Upside down crosses, pentagrams, all-seeing eye symbols… what does it all mean? What is the source of this symbolism and why is it so prevalent? This article explores the affect these symbols have on our lives and the global understanding of spirituality. 'Signs and symbols rule the world, not words nor laws.' Confucius. Symbol

The Mysterious Masonic Letter "G"; Speaking of the masonic 'G', what does it stand for? Official masonic lore claims that it stands both for "God" and "Geometry". Is 'G' a clue for the God of Freemasonry?: "By letters four and science five, this 'G' aright doth stand, in due Art and Proportion; you have your answer, friend." What are the 'letters four'? It is believed that they stand for "YHWH", the name of the Great Architect of the Universe (pronounced "Yahway" (sometim

The "Goat of Mendes" is represented in the occult by the inverted pentagram (or inverted five-pointed star) and is common to witchcraft, satanism, and some other occult traditions or organizations . It is considered to be an extremely diabolical symbol by persons familiar with occult esoteric teachings and practices. It represents what is known as the Baphomet representation of an evil horned god. The Egyptian "roots" are shocking, and leave a trail of evil with an expanding

The Connections: Baphomet is a symbolic figure, most famously depicted as a winged goat-headed transsexual human, that has been used in various occult, mystical, and religious traditions. Historically, the name first appeared in accusations against the Knights Templar in the 14th century. In the 19th century, the French occultist Eliphas Lévi created the modern image of Baphomet as a synthesis of opposites, intended to represent universal harmony rather than the demonic entit