Statue of Liberty, American Icon or Ancient Pagan Goddess?By Mike Barnes

September 12, 2012

The Statue of Liberty stands as a proud symbol of American freedom. Millions have looked at her as the spirit of freedom, who rises above the despotic regimes of this world to offer her gift of Liberty. She was a welcome site to those arriving by ship for the first time to the land of the free.

She is called “Lady Liberty” on Ellis Island in New York harbor. She is the spirit of the Americas and one of the chief icons of our country, but her real name is Columbia, goddess of protection and freedom.

From her lofty position atop the Capitol building she is called “Lady Freedom.” An official US Government release describes her as follows: “The bronze “Statue of Freedom” by Thomas Crawford is the crowning feature of the dome of the United States Capitol. The statue is a classical female figure of freedom wearing flowing draperies. Her right hand rests upon the hilt of a sheathed sword; her left holds a laurel wreath of victory and the shield of the United States with thirteen stripes.”

Her statue also stands behind the Speaker’s chair in the House of Representatives as “Liberty and the Eagle.” When one knows where to look, she is virtually everywhere…on coins, memorabilia, books, paintings and official documents.

Actually, Columbia or “Lady Liberty” is not only an American icon, she is a religious icon of old. She is draped in a Roman toga and carries the ancient Greaco-Roman symbols of victory in battle. She stands atop a globe on the Capitol building emblazoned with the slogan, “Out of Many, One.” The fasces beneath the globe are symbols of the ancient Roman Senate. There is no doubt she is the ever-evolving goddess who began her journey so long ago as Ishtar that depicts divine protection.

The goddess of the ancients adopted new identities as quickly as new cultures and new cities sprang up. She was thought indispensable to life and growth of a local population. Statues of her adorned the streets, public concourses, halls and temples of the ancient world.

It is easy to believe that there was a multiplicity of different goddesses. Actually, there is only one, she usually was renamed and quickly adaptable to the needs of the local culture.

Columbia’s linage is long, starting with Nimrod, the great grandson of Noah. The ancient historian, Flavius Josephus put it this way: “Now it was Nimrod who was a bold and mighty man of great strength of hand. Who was a hater of God, a skilled hunter and trapper of the souls of men, as he turned them away from the Lord, into idolatry.” (Antiquities, 1,iv.2)

It is well known, and has been long established that the religious system founded and promoted by Nimrod was built around the figure of a lady, originally called Semiramis. In the book of Ezekiel, we learn that even ancient Israel had turned to the worship of this false goddess founded by Nimrod two thousand years earlier, (Ezek. 8:12)

In Chaldea this same goddess became Astarte, the Assyrian Ishtar. She was the Egyptian Isis. In India she was called Isi. In Asia Minor she was Cybele and in Rome, Fortuna and Diana. In Greece she was known by Ceres, Athena and Diana of the Ephesians. The goddess Neith later evolved to become the Greek Athena and the Roman Minerva. She is alive and well today, as the universal “Queen of Heaven.”

Diana of the Ephesians, mentioned in the book of Acts, (Acts 19: 23-28) was also called Artemis in the Greek language, is the self-fertile goddess of power. She is historically connected to the ancient goddess Semiramis, but endowed with characteristics specific to Asia Minor.

In North America, the goddess has been perpetuated as Columbia. Her name is said to originate from Christopher Columbus, who is credited with discovering the new world. She is known to be the spirit of the Americas.

In many ways, the name of the goddess queen is irrelevant. Her adherents have given her different names at different times, and in different places to fit their needs. For example, Europe takes its name from Europa, the ancient Mycenean goddess who was abducted by Zeus in the form of a bull. The ancient god and goddess in a struggle for power is the symbol of a new order. Europa and the bull are now the symbol of the European Union.

Thousands of years after Nimrod his goddess arrived in the United States under the name Columbia. She is still thought to be the protector of the masses, when in reality she is the symbol of a corrupt world false religion. At present the goddess stands benignly dormant. As Lady Liberty, she is universally viewed as the image of democracy…even of salvation. But her promise of safe harbor fails in the most important way; she can only offer solace, not redemption.

Columbia is actually a synthesis of several ancient goddess figures, but her history is clear, and her meaning is plain. She is a lady whose esoteric power lies beneath the many false religions and cults of history.

The goddess who quietly stands atop the shrines of world power will one day awaken in a burst of power that will astonish the world. The ancient Ishtar will reveal herself, not as the beneficent and merciful lady, but the destroyer of men’s souls.

This brings up the question, do we really have separation of church and state with a religious statue adorning our government’s Capitol building.

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We cannot allow a few degenerate people in our government to insist and even try to make it law that our religious symbols must be removed from public buildings and public parks, and let them leave their pagan religion icons in place. They are taking down our crosses and Ten Commandments in the name of separation of church and state. So, if they really want a complete separation, doesn’t the goddess have go.

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