CosmosPowerThe Dome Motif
The Dome Motif
Also called: Firmament · Royal Arch
A dome shape that repeats from the biblical firmament to courthouses, monuments, and cathedrals.In this narrative, it is a lid over the Earth, stamped into government, religion, and entertainment alike.
Established facts
Genesis 1 calls the sky the "firmament" (Hebrew raqiya).The firmament appears as a structure created on the second day of creation, separating water above from water below.Scottish Rite Freemasonry has a higher degree called the "Royal Arch." The Washington Monument is an obelisk in Washington, D.C.Romanesque and Byzantine cathedrals are capped with hemispherical dome ceilings.The Walt Disney Company's logo also uses a dome-like curve.
A dome covers a disc; the sun and moon circle inside it. The edge is an ice wall.
In this narrativeA lid that parts the waters
In this narrative, the firmament is an actual solid structure1.Genesis says God made this firmament on the second day to separate water above from water below1.The upper water sits above the firmament, and Earth sits below it1.So the sky is not open space but a closed dome1.This dome becomes the lid over this picture's entire cosmology.
In this narrativeA shape power keeps repeating
This picture finds the dome shape everywhere it looks1.A Masonic Royal Arch engraving is the first example1.A drawing of George Washington standing in a domed niche is the second1.The arched wooden ceiling of a British criminal courtroom is the third1.Old cathedral dome mosaics and the Walt Disney logo are placed alongside them too1.Its conclusion: government, the judiciary, religion, and entertainment all share this one shape1.
In this narrativeA roof over the Earth
In this narrative, the solar system is drawn as concentric circles centered on Earth1.Around the outside runs the Masonic symbol of the "celestial arch"1.The sun, moon, and seven planets sit in a row on that arch1.This arch is the firmament itself, a roof over the Earth1.So this picture reads the very name of the Royal Arch degree as pointing to this roof1.
Connected concepts
- Firmament →One name, the firmament, hardens into one shape, the dome.
- Freemasonry →The degree name Royal Arch turns the dome shape into a Masonic emblem.
- Flat Earth →If a dome caps the Earth, then what lies inside it is a flat Earth.
- Hebdomad →The seven heavens layered inside the dome are the Hebdomad.