Illuminati...

 Catherine watched him, wondering what he was doing.

"A dollar? Why? Are you hun_"

"Just give me a dollar please," Philip interrupted.

"Check my back pocket," the pilot said blinking.

"Thank you," Philip said after collecting it. He walked back to Catherine and sat down.

"Actually I was given an assessment by my H.O.D. The assessment was a difficult but entertaining one.

"What was it all about?" Catherine flushed slightly.

"Currency, if I was given twenty four hours to return the worth, Nigerian's currency had, what would I do? It was a difficult question. A small question which demanded a big answer. Come to think of this, the question in reality was_ given twenty four hours to act on but I was given not less than thirty minutes to answer it. I demanded for a dollar and a five naira note. Well, the story can wait... I became fascinated with the____"

"Excuse me Philip. I would like to hear the end of your story."

"If you say so. There is this saying about the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer. Petroleum debunks the worth, Nigerian's currency has. Our learned leaders gain from petroleum. They don't consider the value of our money. All they ever think of is what they will gain__"

"That is a lie." 

"Ms. Catherine, for now all you should do is sit and listen, so please let me finish."

"Ok, forgive my manners."

"Petroleum if sold for a dollar to the outside countries portrays that it would be sold at five hundred naira in Nigeria. I don't know if you are getting my point. Americans can a plate of food for neither less nor much than four dollars and we Nigerians spend a hundred naira or much more on food. A lot of marketers complain about petroleum and because of that they keep adding prices to goods. Yesterday a cup of garri was sold at twenty naira, today it is sold at sixty naira and who knows how much it will be sold in the future?  Nigerian's future is not predictable. If only the cost of petroleum can be reduced maybe then can Nigeria's currency value be restored."

"And what did your H.O.D say?"

"My point was good... but not solid. He said the only way one could restore Nigeria's currency worth was to think, act and solve."

Catherine laughed. "How?"

"That was what I asked him. Do you know what he said? I'm sure if you were in the president's position, you would do worst than him. Greed is what is destroying Nigeria's currency worth. From that day forward, I had a question in my mind which seeks an answer."

"What is it?"

"Why is greed not destroying the United States currency?"

"Because Americans are not blinded by the money they are interested in the gain. Their currency is the best in the whole world, what more do they need? Mr. Philip if you were in charge of one of the greatest asset in the whole world, would you give it up for wealth?"

"I better don't answer this question. I wouldn't want you throwing a harsh comment at me."

Catherine laughed. "Frankly speaking, you would not, right?"

"Heaven no! For what reason?"

"It's not good to answer a question with another question," Catherine said smiling. Philip chuckled.

"You were saying something about how you became fascinated with the...."

"Yeah. I became fascinated with the cult when I first learned that the United States currency is covered with Illuminati symbology."

Catherine's eyes narrowed, apparently not knowing whether or not to take him seriously. Philip handed her the bill. "Look at the back. See the great seal on the left?"

Catherine turned the one-dollar bill over. "You mean the pyramid?"

"The pyramid. Do you know what pyramids have to do with U.S. history? 

Catherine shrugged.

"Exactly," Philip said. "Absolutely nothing."

Catherine frowned. "So why is it the central symbol of the great seal?"

"An eerie bit of history," Philip said. "The pyramid is an occult symbol representing a convergence upward, toward the ultimate source of illumination. See what's above it?"

Catherine studied the bill. "An eye inside a triangle."

"It is called the trinacria. Have you ever seen that eye in a triangle anywhere else?"

Catherine was silent for a moment. "Actually, yes but I'm not sure..."

"It's emblazoned on Masonic lodges around the world."

"The symbol is Masonic?"

"Actually, no. It's Illuminati. They called it their "shining delta." A call for enlightened change. The eye signifies the Illuminati's ability to infiltrate and watch all things the shining triangle represents__"

"That reminds me of something," Catherine interrupted. "I came across an article that was all about big brother. There was a saying about the eye being their sign. I heard that the eyes sees everything that happened or happens in the house. The funniest part of this was that the article claimed that big brother was preparing people for the coming of the anti-Christ. Does that eye also signify the Illuminati's ability to infiltrate and watch all things?"

"I would do better not to judge. Big brother has advantages and disadvantages. It helps people and yet adds no moral value to the viewers. You know what they call the eyes?"

"No."

"It's the eyes of the Harris and it signifies that Big brother watches everything. I do not know if you are getting my point. Do you understand what I'm saying?"

Catherine nodded to show Philip that she clearly understood.

"One thing I am sure of is that they are anti - Christ. Now back to your question. The Big brother's eye dies not signify the Illuminati's ability to infiltrate and watch all things. Although it depicts the same thing as the shining Delta and that is the ability to watch all things," Philip said reluctantly. "I was saying something about the shining triangle. It represents enlightenment and the triangle is also the Greek letter delta, which is the mathematical symbol for___"

"Change. Transition."

Philip giggled. "I forgot I was talking to a scientist."

"So you are saying the United States great seal is a call for enlightened, all-seeing change?"

"Some would call it a new world order."

Catherine seemed nervous. She glanced down at the bill again. "The writing under the pyramid says NOVUS... ORDO..."

"Novus Ordo Seclorum," Philip said. "It means New Secular Order."

"Secular, as in non religious?"

"Non religious. The phrase not only clearly states the Illuminati's objective but it also contradicts the phrase beside it. In God we trust."

Catherine seemed troubled. "Hmm, but how could all this symbology end up on the most powerful currency in the world ?"

"Most academics believe it was through Vice president Henry Wallace. He was an upper Echelon Mason and certainly had ties to the Illuminati. Whether it was a member or it was innocently under their influence, nobody knows but it was Wallace who sold the design of the great seal to the president."

"How? Why would the president agree.... "

" The president was Franklin Roosevelt. Wallace simply told him Novus Ordo Seclorum meant New Deal."

"So Roosevelt did not have any other person look at the symbol before telling the treasurer to print it?" She seemed skeptical.

"No need. He and Wallace were like brothers."

"Brothers?"

"Check your history books," Philip said with a grin. "Franklin D. Roosevelt was a well-known Mason."