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Description Lillith, the first angel, is seen bearing "The Seven Eyes of God" - SEELE's logo and the triangle symbol that decorates Lilith's mask.

German for "Soul," this secret organization of as few as 5 or as many as 15 manipulate humanity into its own agendas, the "Instrumentality of Man." The origins of SEELE are unknown, but their motives and actions are guided through the Dead Sea Scrolls - important early Jewish historical and theological documents dating from circa 250BC to circa 135AD - it's said that the history of man and the ultimate has been written in these enigmatic documents.

The symbolic seven eyes represent different things, but here's some facts about what they are in different aspects:

Jesus has the seven Spirits of God and they are connected with His insight into the activities of the church at Sardis (Rev. 3:1). Again, we see the omniscient piercing gaze provided by the seven spirits. This gaze takes in all sin--nothing escapes the purview of the spirits.

They are described as seven lamps of fire burning before the throne. Fire generally represents judgment, such as John the Baptist mentions in connection with baptism by fire which nonbelievers will undergo (Mtt. 3:11; Luke 3:16). The spirits are associated with fire because their omniscient gaze uncovers even the darkest, deepest, "hidden" sins and lays them bare ready for eventual judgment.

The seven spirits are said to be seven eyes possessed by Jesus, the slain Lamb (Rev. 5:6). I believe this to be another reference to the omniscience of Jesus--His ability to see everything that transpires in the world and down through history. Thus, His ability to perfectly judge all sin.

Jewish sources of the Greco-Roman period expand on the traditions of angels found in the Hebrew Scriptures. We especially see the first systematic organization of Biblical hosts of heaven into a hierarchy of different castes of angels governing and serving on different levels of heaven. Zechariah's reference to the seven eyes of God (4:10) is understood to refer to either seven archangels, or the seven angel hosts in the seven heavens (I Enoch 61; Testament of the Patriarchs, Levi).

The seven spirits resting upon Messiah Jesus (Messiah meaning "anointed one") are associated with His task of the Righteous Judge: He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, nor decide by the hearing of His ears. I believe this is a reference to what John is shown in the Book of Revelation, His eyes like a flame of fire . . . These things says the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, . . . (Rev. 1:14; 2:18). His eyes are piercing eyes of judgment which see by virtue of the seven spirits, the fullness of the attributes of the Holy Spirit.

Note that seven is the number of completeness or fullness, even when referring to spirits (Mtt. 12:45; Luke 8:2; 11:26).

Interesting how all this fits in, eh?
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ninjakingofhearts [2015-04-18 19:26:13 +0000 UTC]

They have no right to destroy humanity.

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BossOfNOD [2009-12-03 13:28:25 +0000 UTC]

I remember another symbol meaning. YHWH have 7 eyes, and 3 of them are look "inside", and 4 "outside". EVA-00 and 01 together have 3 eyes and piloted by introverts, and EVA-02, which have 4 eyes, is piloted by extravert

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ShadowRunner27 In reply to BossOfNOD [2009-12-07 03:27:03 +0000 UTC]

YHWH?

Dude, that's a awesome observation!

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BossOfNOD In reply to ShadowRunner27 [2009-12-07 10:16:29 +0000 UTC]

YHWH is the name of God in Hebrew.YHWH also known as Yahweh

You're welcome!

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ShadowRunner27 In reply to BossOfNOD [2009-12-27 03:31:31 +0000 UTC]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH, so that's where I've heard of Yahweh.

Awesome fact.

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esrever619 [2006-12-05 19:31:17 +0000 UTC]

Would it be a safe bet to compare Unit 01 to Azrael, the angel of death? I was just thinking of how sometimes Unit 01 reminds me of the supposed image of Azrael. Get back to me on my page please.

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ShadowRunner27 In reply to esrever619 [2006-12-06 02:17:07 +0000 UTC]

Hmmm...

Actually, yeah, that would be a good anthology to describe it.

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Dii-chan [2006-09-29 03:32:46 +0000 UTC]

There sure are a lot of sevens in the Bible. I've been looking up random things myself and that number is everywere. Popular in stories, too.

But my story's supposed to revolve around ten!

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ShadowRunner27 In reply to Dii-chan [2006-09-29 03:36:09 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, seven is considered a divine number with most religions. Three is also another holy number now that I think about it...

The number six is considered demonic.

What story?

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meiser20 In reply to ShadowRunner27 [2007-08-07 03:49:05 +0000 UTC]

Six is actually saying incomplete, not demonic. It's the number of humanity. 666 is Nero's number from roman times, it stood for the Ceaser's then and it was a sort of pun as it meant both incomplete/incomplete/incomplete but also the paganisim of the Ceaser's. However take it as you want it.

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ShadowRunner27 In reply to meiser20 [2007-08-07 03:55:42 +0000 UTC]

Good points there. :>

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meiser20 In reply to ShadowRunner27 [2007-08-07 04:50:40 +0000 UTC]

Thankee.

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Dii-chan In reply to ShadowRunner27 [2006-09-29 03:57:49 +0000 UTC]

Poor little six. What did it ever do?

Oh, I have this big crazy story I've been writing with these ten high-ranking angels and stuff. Um, yeah. One of these days I'll post art from it.

I do have two characters based off of the numbers 666 and 777 though.

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ShadowRunner27 In reply to Dii-chan [2006-09-29 05:16:58 +0000 UTC]

It was a little bastard, that's what!

Hmm, ten archangels?

Hehe, you always need characters based off of 666 and 777.

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Dii-chan In reply to ShadowRunner27 [2006-09-29 17:14:48 +0000 UTC]

Heh heh... It kind of gets into that anime cliche of different 'elements' per character. So I made ten angels, five male, five female, with different colors and powers 'n stuff.

Of course, there's ten EEEEVIL angels to offset them.

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ShadowRunner27 In reply to Dii-chan [2006-09-29 20:28:14 +0000 UTC]

Anime chliches sometimes work!

But didja know that all great demons were once greater angels? But at the same accord, sometimes evil isn't always what you perceive it as - the villan's the hero of their own story.

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Dii-chan In reply to ShadowRunner27 [2006-09-30 21:34:39 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, my dark angels were all once originally angels of light. But then they went and screwed it up for everyone.

Aaaand... Someone has to come in and clean up after them. Not a very cushy job.

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ShadowRunner27 In reply to Dii-chan [2006-10-01 01:01:21 +0000 UTC]

Hehe, but sometimes clean up's a fun job.

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Dii-chan In reply to ShadowRunner27 [2006-10-01 18:26:45 +0000 UTC]

True.

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Elaine-sensei [2006-09-26 04:45:54 +0000 UTC]

Evangelion really is an AMAZING series. It has so much symbolism and hidden things to find, not to mention INSANE character development and stuff. My friend and I have spent hours at a time analyzing the characters of Eva. It is a work of GENIOUS!

I know barely anything about religion or the Bible or anything, but I definitely understand someof these connections. SEELE really is mysterious....

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ShadowRunner27 In reply to Elaine-sensei [2006-09-26 05:51:27 +0000 UTC]

Hehe, reason why I'm such a infatuated fan.

I've read the bible and other texts that my elders would see as... blasphemy. It's interesting reading some of these "edited" scripters and stuff; really makes some of this stuff unerving at times is whether something like a Seele organization in real life isn't too far fetched....

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Elaine-sensei In reply to ShadowRunner27 [2006-09-26 22:19:46 +0000 UTC]

Hmm.... it actually WOULDN'T bee too surprising if there were some kind of SEELE in the world now, what with everything being as screwed up as it is....

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ShadowRunner27 In reply to Elaine-sensei [2006-09-27 00:47:54 +0000 UTC]

Indeed.

Makes you wonder how some of these wars gain momentum, huh?

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EVA-Kirby [2006-09-25 19:24:14 +0000 UTC]

Whoa, I had no idea about how ANY of this stuff related to EVA. Nice find!

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ShadowRunner27 In reply to EVA-Kirby [2006-09-25 20:46:07 +0000 UTC]

Hehe.

There's ENCYCLOPEDIAS of stuff behind EVA. But yeah, I'll reiterate stuff that's mentioned when I finally get around to making the 3 Barons Of Hell.

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MilkToothCuts [2006-09-25 16:05:16 +0000 UTC]

eee you posted everything about it that can already be posted lol.
I havent seen that seal before, its super cool ^ ^

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ShadowRunner27 In reply to MilkToothCuts [2006-09-25 20:52:55 +0000 UTC]

Hehe, I like to be thorough.

I remember seeing a crude drawing of this in the bible - I remember the name of it the first time I saw it but never realized what exactly it symbolized.

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MilkToothCuts In reply to ShadowRunner27 [2006-09-26 04:23:44 +0000 UTC]

wow, i wish the copies we had came with drawings, lol that would rule. ^ ^

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ShadowRunner27 In reply to MilkToothCuts [2006-09-26 05:52:42 +0000 UTC]

Picture books always rule.

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Glahardt [2006-09-25 12:15:23 +0000 UTC]

Fits in? What do you mean?

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ShadowRunner27 In reply to Glahardt [2006-09-25 21:00:15 +0000 UTC]

There's a lot of symbolism behind not only the mask but in the actions SEELE does in Evangelion to enforce these different facts behind it [there's a lot of "oh crap it makes sense now" moments if you pay close attention throughout the series and movies]. Like, for example: Seele is trying to complete the "Human Instrumentality Project." This "reunitement" of mankind to make it whole again sybolizes the seven eyes [to make whole or complete] along with the fact that their "piercing eyes of judgment which see by virtue of the seven spirits" enforces how they try to run the world but also manipulate it to how they see fit.

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Glahardt In reply to ShadowRunner27 [2006-09-25 23:35:25 +0000 UTC]

Oh, that one. You know, I really never paid any attention to that kind of detail before I watch Death and Rebirth of Evangelion.

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ShadowRunner27 In reply to Glahardt [2006-09-26 05:55:17 +0000 UTC]

Really? I have a knack for catching those weird details.

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Glahardt In reply to ShadowRunner27 [2006-09-26 08:34:17 +0000 UTC]

The truth is, I started paying attention to that stuff when I saw the Tree of Life aka Kabbalah(or... whatever) in Satan 666. Then, it connects to many, many things.

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ShadowRunner27 In reply to Glahardt [2006-09-26 08:40:17 +0000 UTC]

Ah.

I just had curiosities of this stuff since I saw it and began looking it up.

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Starmann [2006-09-25 12:14:12 +0000 UTC]

Very interresting.

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ShadowRunner27 In reply to Starmann [2006-09-25 21:00:37 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.

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