There is a lot more to the Manitoba Legislative Building than meets the eye. I
t's a building most Winnipeggers have driven by countless times, perhaps glancing up to catch a glimpse of the Golden Boy perched proudly atop the dome. Te Manitoba Legislative Building seems so similar
to other provincial buildings of government that it barely warrants another look – or does it? What caused Dr. Frank Albo, then a graduate student at the University of Winnipeg majoring in religion and an- thropology, to suddenly stop his car one day and take a clos- er look at this seemingly innocuous building? While trying to decide what he would write for his final paper on magic in modern culture, he happened to see something he had never really noticed before − sphinxes on either side of the front pediment. Te sphinxes were appropriately facing east and west, each facing either the rising or setting sun. Which led him to ask the obvious question: why?
Curious about the sphinxes, he immediately pulled over and upon entering was greeted by two massive bison, which he immediately recognized as the sacred bulls used to pro- tect the entrances of the ancient temples. Statues of bronze bison in the entrance of a Prairie Legislature may not have hidden meaning in and of itself, but after taking a glance about, his suspicions were confirmed. Te Manitoba Legis- lative Building was built as a temple. But a temple to who, by whom, and why? With his first question leading to another, he embarked
on one of the greatest treasure hunts of his life. His quest would be a decade long journey into the mysteries of sacred architecture, religious mythology, occult history, numerol- ogy, and the Freemasons. Remarkably, he found all of it – hidden in plain view – in the most interesting and scandal- ous building in Manitoba.
Find out who the Golden Boy really is.
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The Ark of the Covenant, flanked by statues of a First Nations chief in full headdress and a soldier wearing a plumed helmet.
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