The Pyramid is 321 feet tall, or 32 stories -- the third largest pyramid in the world.
The Memphis, Tennessee pyramid is a 60 percent replica of the Great Pyramid of Cheops in Egypt.
A 20 foot statue of Ramses the Great stands guard at the Pyramid's entrance.
Purpleaura had a dream last night that at first doesn’t seem too freaky but upon further investigation has turned up a few interesting items.
My mum’s best friend (also a family friend) went to a travel agency to look into a vacation. For some reason Spain comes to mind. The friend couldn’t afford much but wanted to look into it anyway, and she didn’t want a hotel any further than 9 miles away from the airport. The travel agent said the flight would cost $149 which she thought was a bit pricey. The travel agent mentioned a hotel called the Peabody so I looked on the computer to check the distance between it and the airport and found it was a little over 9 miles. The friend said it looked bigger on the map (blue and white with a scale in miles underneath), and appeared to be within the 9-mile radius. I knew this wouldn’t do because she had to get around without a car, then I woke up.
U.S. Airways flight 149 departs today from Phoenix and arrives in Columbus Ohio at 4:44pm. If you measure the distance between Phoenix and Columbus on Google Earth you will find it takes you directly through Memphis. Maybe the flight path is different but that’s the most efficient route by ground. If you want to fly from Atlanta to Memphis you can find a good deal at this site,
where you can get a flight for $149.
Another thing not so freaky but more peculiar was walking into work yesterday behind a co-worker. Along the way another girl joined the parade and stated “It’s the march of the ladies”, where I immediately began walking like a penguin. The first thing I did this morning is check out the Peabody in Memphis and the introducktory paragraph at Wikipedia is:
The Peabody Hotel is a luxury hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. The hotel is well known for the famous "Peabody Ducks" that live on the hotel rooftop, but which make daily treks to the hotel's lobby in a daily "March of Ducks" celebration.
That jogged my memory because my mom and sisters were in Memphis not too long ago and made a trek to the Peabody specifically to watch the March of the Ducks. Before that I had never heard of the place or the duck attraction but mom was pretty hepped up about it. Interesting to note my mother is crazy about penguins (at last count there were well over 300 in her collection), so that connection was kind of weird. Then again maybe march is referring to something else like say a month of the year. If so then also weird that Purpleaura saw 149 in her dream and today is March 14th, 2009.
Also relating to the Peabody and March 14th is Joe Biden’s speaking engagement at the Little Rock Peabody tonight:
America's second-in-command is scheduled to make a stop in Little Rock. Vice President Joe Biden is expected to visit Arkansas Saturday evening at the Peabody hotel.
It should also be noted that the Mississippi River was allegedly discovered by Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto, just south of Memphis.
Now a bit about the man for which the Peabody was named, George Peabody:
George Peabody (February 18, 1795 – November 4, 1869) was an entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded the Peabody Institute. He was born in what was then South Danvers, Massachusetts (now Peabody, Massachusetts), to a family with Puritan antecedents in the state, but that was solidly middle class. His birthplace at 205 Washington Street in Peabody is now the George Peabody House Museum, a museum dedicated to preserving his life and legacy. One of George Peabody's longtime business associates and friends was renowned banker and art patron William Wilson Corcoran.
In 1816, Peabody moved to Baltimore, where he would live for the next 20 years. And in 1837, Peabody settled in London, where he would spend the rest of his life.
George Peabody never married. He died in London on November 4, 1869, aged 74. At the request of the Dean of Westminster and with the approval of the Queen, Peabody was given a temporary burial in Westminster Abbey.
His will provided that he be buried in the town of his birth, Danvers, Massachusetts, and Prime Minister Gladstone arranged for Peabody's remains to be returned to America on HMS Monarch (interesting name), the newest and largest ship in Her Majesty's Navy. He is buried in Salem, Massachusetts, at Harmony Grove Cemetery. Peabody's death and the pair of funerals were international news, with hundreds of people participating in the ceremonies and thousands attending.
The town of South Danvers, Massachusetts, changed its name to The City of Peabody, Massachusetts in honor of its favorite son. Peabody is a member of the Hall of Fame for Great Americans located at the Bronx Community College, at the former site of New York University.
A statue of him stands next to the Royal Exchange in the City of London, unveiled in 1869 shortly before his death. There is a similar statue of him next to the Peabody Institute, in Mount Vernon Park, part of the Mount Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland.
In 1851 he founded George Peabody and Company to meet the increasing demand for securities issued by the American railroads and three years later went into partnership with Junius Spencer Morgan (father of J. P. Morgan) to form Peabody, Morgan and Co., where the two financiers worked together until Peabody’s retirement in 1864. On his retirement, the firm was renamed J. S. Morgan & Co. The former UK merchant bank Morgan Grenfell (now part of Deutsche Bank), international universal bank JPMorgan Chase and investment bank Morgan Stanley can all trace their roots to Peabody's bank.
February 18 is a big date for us so this looks like it might be a head’s up.
Seems Mr. Peabody was quite an influential figure in the U.S. (and the one who maybe started this whole mess?) Considering Purpleaura’s dreams are often multilayered, I have to wonder if this is stock market related. Can we look for wheels to completely fall off in 9 days? She’s had some pretty hinky vibes for a major event this month. Could be personal or maybe not. Also kind of weird is her mum lives in the UK as did Mr Peabody.
Purpleaura did some snooping around for Peabody and Freemasons and came up with a few interesting things.
Their main funding came from the British Freemasonic banker and Rothschild frontman called George Peabody and he appointed J. P. Morgan senior to handle the funds in America. Morgan, you’ll recall, was a stooge for Daniel Payseur. See how the same names keep coming up wherever you look.
That’s interesting since the other Spain-related Peabody thing I found today is a gun called the M1868 Spanish Peabody:
A Brief Introduction to the Ancient and Primitive Rite of Memphis and Mizraim or Egyptian Masonry
at the following link:
http://users.erols.com/solequis/secret_societies/aprite.htm
As far as General DeWitt goes, he sure doesn’t sound like a very nice guy:
John Lesesne DeWitt was an American Army general, best known for his role in the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. In the course of carrying out policy, he issued military proclamations that applied to American men, women and children who happened to have Japanese ancestry, restricting their civil rights and directing that they be moved from their homes and to government-operated detention camps.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_L._DeWitt
I’m sure if he were alive today he’s be the head of FEMA, what with all the rumoured camps just waiting for occupants:
In April 1984, President Reagan signed Presidential Directorate Number 54 that allowed FEMA to engage in a secret national "readiness exercise" under the code name of REX 84. The exercise was to test FEMA's readiness to assume military authority in the event of a "State of Domestic National Emergency" concurrent with the launching of a direct United States military operation in Central America. The plan called for the deputation of U.S. military and National Guard units so that they could legally be used for domestic law enforcement. These units would be assigned to conduct sweeps and take into custody an estimated 400,000 undocumented Central American immigrants in the United States. The immigrants would be interned at 10 detention centers to be set up at military bases throughout the country. REX 84 was so highly guarded that special metal security doors were placed on the fifth floor of the FEMA building in Washington, D.C. Even long-standing employees of the Civil Defense of the Federal Executive Department possessing the highest possible security clearances were not being allowed through the newly installed metal security doors. Only personnel wearing a special red Christian cross or crucifix lapel pin were allowed into the premises. Lt. Col. North was responsible for drawing up the emergency plan, which U.S. Attorney General William French Smith opposed vehemently.
There’s a bunch more to read about at the link below but I found this of particular interest:
The camps all have railroad facilities as well as roads leading to and from the detention facilities. Many also have an airport nearby.
http://uweb.txstate.edu/~lf14/conspire/rex84.html
As far as 149 in symbology goes:
14:9 • A basic element in Western ideography, the clockwise spiral (starting from the middle) is strongly associated with water, power, independent movement, and migrations of tribes. The sign's association with water may rather focus recurring rainy seasons, than water in general.
Well in accordance with the law of the polarity of meanings of elementary graphs also often seems to denote the sun. But maybe not the ordinary sun, but the eclipsed sun.
As isolated ideograms on rock carvings most probably means the sun, but it might also have been used for recurring migrations or tribal wanderings.
http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/14/149.html
I don’t think the Egyptians had much to do with the sun did they? And what the heck was the name of the label Elvis recorded with?
I think that’s it for now. Here’s hoping flight 149 (and all other flights) make it to their destination safely and without incident. And maybe it’s time to get all our ducks in a row.
