#Deus ex statue of liberty series#

As well as losing its head and arm, substantial structural damage occurred. The statue itself, copper on an iron frame, was heavily damaged in a terrorist attack on a date that, perhaps surprisingly, no-one ever mentions. The design, a truncated pyramid, features a combination of classical elements, such as Doric columns, and more modern ones, such as the choice of poured concrete as a construction material and the four identical doorways, each of which is guarded by a symbolic proximity mine that welcomes visitors with a cloud of noxious gas. The plinth on which the Statue stands was paid for by public subscription. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, вЂњKeep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!вЂќ cries she The Statue hosts a plaque bearing the text of Emma LazarusвЂ™ poem, The New Colossus: It was at this time that premillenial air ducts, large enough to allow a man in an overcoat to pass through while crouched down, were installed. On the construction of the Statue the base was refitted, and it currently houses a museum. During the Civil War it was used to house Confederate prisoners.

#Deus ex statue of liberty series#

The StatueвЂ™s base began life as Fort Wood, one of a series of defensive fortifications built to defend New York harbour in advance of the War of 1812. At the time of writing, nobody had told Geller about the numberвЂ™s link to the Statue of Liberty. Rather than go delving into the rabbit-hole of numerology, I prefer to allow an expert, the spoon bender and soi-disant former CIA psi-op, Uri Geller to puzzle it out. The base on which the Statue of Liberty stands is in the shape of an irregular eleven-pointed star that must surely have some occult or numerological significance even if it seems impossible to say what that significance might be.