This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Eye of Providence article. This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Religion, a project to improve Wikipedia's articles on Religion-related subjects. Please participate by editing the article, and help us assess and improve articles to good and 1.0 standards, or visit the wikiproject page for more details.ReligionWikipedia:WikiProject ReligionTemplate:WikiProject ReligionReligion
This article is part of WikiProject Freemasonry, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Freemasonry articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to join us in our labors, please join the discussion and add your name to the list of participants. The "Top of the Trestleboard" section below can offer some ideas on where to start and what to do.FreemasonryWikipedia:WikiProject FreemasonryTemplate:WikiProject FreemasonryFreemasonry
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Sociology, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of sociology on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.SociologyWikipedia:WikiProject SociologyTemplate:WikiProject Sociologysociology
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Philosophy, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of content related to philosophy on Wikipedia. If you would like to support the project, please visit the project page, where you can get more details on how you can help, and where you can join the general discussion about philosophy content on Wikipedia.PhilosophyWikipedia:WikiProject PhilosophyTemplate:WikiProject PhilosophyPhilosophy
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Linguistics, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of linguistics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.LinguisticsWikipedia:WikiProject LinguisticsTemplate:WikiProject LinguisticsLinguistics
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Systems, which collaborates on articles related to systems and systems science.SystemsWikipedia:WikiProject SystemsTemplate:WikiProject SystemsSystems
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Skepticism, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of science, pseudoscience, pseudohistory and skepticism related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.SkepticismWikipedia:WikiProject SkepticismTemplate:WikiProject SkepticismSkepticism
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Alternative views, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of significant alternative views in every field, from the sciences to the humanities. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion.Alternative viewsWikipedia:WikiProject Alternative viewsTemplate:WikiProject Alternative viewsAlternative views
Eye of Providence is within the scope of the Heraldry and vexillology WikiProject, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of heraldry and vexillology. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks.Heraldry and vexillologyWikipedia:WikiProject Heraldry and vexillologyTemplate:WikiProject Heraldry and vexillologyheraldry and vexillology
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Christianity, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Christianity on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.ChristianityWikipedia:WikiProject ChristianityTemplate:WikiProject ChristianityChristianity
I tweaked the beginning of the article... The Eye of Providence (or the All-Seeing Eye of God) is a symbol that depicts an eye, often enclosed in a triangle and surrounded by rays of light or glory, meant to represent divine providence and the Sun, whereby the eye of God watches over humanity. The latin words ANNUT COEPTIS NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM translate from latin to "He has favoured our undertakings, a new order of the ages".
2603:3020:BE7:A000:34F0:3D04:1A72:1E79 (talk) 14:56, 17 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Is it worth stating in the article that numerous conspiracy theories have linked the eye of providence to the Illuminati? In particular the supposed connection of the Founding Fathers to the Illuminati? Hemlockian (talk) 10:17, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The problem is that there are no reliable sources that discuss such a link.
The reality is that the Illuminati didn’t use the eye as a symbol, but for some reason pop culture has got it into its collective mind that they did. Probably because of the association with freemasonry. Blueboar (talk) 13:24, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Whether the original Illuminati used or didn't use the symbol should be irrelevant. What matters is that some people claim there is a modern, copycat-like group using the name Illuminati and the eye as their symbol - whether this is true or not is not something we can source. It's also worth mentioning that we have a well-sourced page under Illuminati in popular culture so it's not like saying "various modern media depict a group named the Illuminati who use the eye as their symbol" is unfounded, we could even link the main article into it. The fact that Illuminati does link to Eye of Providence but this page does not feels like an oversight to me. ShadowSWilliam (talk) 12:29, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
