Eye of Providence

The Eye of Providence or All-Seeing Eye is a symbol depicting an eye, often enclosed in a triangle and surrounded by a ray of light or a halo, intended to represent Providence, as the eye watches over the workers of mankind.^[1]^[2]^[3] A well-known example of the Eye of Providence appears on the reverse of the Great Seal of the United States, which is depicted on the United States one-dollar bill.

For the album, see Eye of Providence (album). For the type of Orthodox icon, see Eye of Providence (icon).

The

Seal of Colorado

The of Kenosha, Wisconsin

city seal

's Information Awareness Office

DARPA

The in Mannheim, Germany

Mannheim Jesuit Church

The in Saint Petersburg, Russia

Kazan Cathedral

The in Mtskheta, Georgia

Shio-Mgvime Monastery

The in Salt Lake City, Utah

Salt Lake Temple

Alchemical woodcut, which reads quo modo deum (lit. 'This is the way of God'), with the All-Seeing Eye floating in the sky

All-Seeing Eye in a Cape Dutch gable in Stellenbosch, South Africa

Original seal of the DARPA Information Awareness Office

All-Seeing Eye on the pedestal decorations of Alexander Column

All-Seeing Eye on the top of the Declaration of Human Rights (1789) from the French Revolution

A Christian version of the Eye of Providence, emphasizing the triangle that represents the Trinity

All-Seeing Eye in a pediment of an Esoteric Christian temple in Mount Ecclesia, California

All-Seeing Eye on the gate of Aachen Cathedral

Eye of Providence on the exterior of a cathedral in Salta, Argentina

Eye of Providence depicted on altar equipment, now in a museum in Pala, Kerala, India

Eye of Providence depicted in a stained glass window in the St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Fifield, Wisconsin

God Eye in West Ukraine (Ukrainian Carpathians) near Mykulychyn village. The inscription on the stone, written in an old Ukrainian dialect, translates to "All will pass but God's eye does not pass you."