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Derek Gilbert interviews Tom Horn about his book 'Apollyon Rising 2012' and its implications regarding esoteric societies and prophecies.

It’s Wayback Wednesday, with another interview from our archives. This week, we present a discussion from 2009 with the late Dr. Tom Horn about his groundbreaking book Apollyon Rising 2012. First released December 14, 2009 THE UNITED STATES was founded by esoteric societies to bring forth the resurrected Apollo. So says Tom Horn in his new book, Apollyon Rising 2012 , a remarkable piece of research and analysis in which he makes the case that 18th century Freemasons knowingly established a New Atlantis to welcome the return of “Saturn’s reign, With a new breed of men sent down from heaven.” What happens then? The birth -- or rebirth -- of a boy: [I]n whom The iron shall cease, the golden age arise. . . [...] He shall receive the life of gods, and see Heroes with gods commingling, and himself Be seen of them, and with his father’s worth Reign o’er a world at peace. — Virgil, Eclogue IV The poem cited above is by the Roman poet Virgil, and it is the source of the phrase Novus Ordo Seclorum, which is featured on the reverse of the Great Seal of the United States. As Saturn is one aspect of Satan/Lucifer, this prophesied boy -- Apollo/Apollyon/Abaddon/Osiris/Marduk/Nimrod -- is the…

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