On the American Capital
Regardless of opinions, the philosophical basis for the foundation of the United States was not necessarily what would be termed "religious." The age of enlightenment and reason (read occultism) was one of the main influences on those engaged in that grand endeavour.
One indication of this fact is the research of David Ovason. In his book The Secret Architecture of Our Nation's Capital, he concludes:
Washington, D.C., which I had thought had only two or three zodiacs in its center, soon revealed itself as teeming with zodiac and zodiacal images -- many of them in official buildings where one would never have expected to find such symbols of the spiritual world. Now I know that there are 23 important zodiacs in the city, and at least 1,000 zodiacal and planetary symbols. These figures may beggar belief, but the story behind them is even more incredible. It was only after some considerable time that I began to see the thing which drew most of these zodiacs together -- the mystery of the zodiacal sign Virgo. ... the Christian Virgin Mother in a later guise, a representative of Isis and Minerva.
