Secrets of The Lost Symbol
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?If anyone can divine the contents of The Lost Symbol, it's Dan Burstein.?
?New York magazine
With Secrets of the Lost Symbol, co-authors Dan Burstein and Arne de Keijzer delve into the real history, science, and hidden meanings behind Dan Brown's latest blockbuster novel, The Lost Symbol. As they have done previously with their extraordinary New York Times bestsellers Secrets of the Code and Secrets of Angels & Demons, Burstein and de Keijzer explore the themes, conspiracies, mythologies, codes, encrypted signs, and alternate histories?from the birth of Knights Templar to the present day?popularized by the acclaimed creator of The Da Vinci Code, giving them fresh and fascinating relevance while separating truth from fantasy.
This unauthorized guide answers the biggest questions from Dan Brown's novel:
- Fact vs. Fiction: Uncover the real history, science, and hidden meanings behind The Lost Symbol, separating verifiable truths from Dan Brown's creative license.
- The Ancient Mysteries: Explore the esoteric traditions and secret knowledge, from Rosicrucianism to Noetics, that fuel the novel's plot.
- Washington, D.C. Symbolism: Join a tour of the nation's capital, from the House of the Temple to the Capitol Rotunda, to decode the symbols hidden in plain sight.
- The Knights Templar: Delve into the conspiracies, mythologies, and alternate histories of legendary orders, from their medieval origins to their role in Dan Brown's world.
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Dan Burstein is the world's leading expert on the fiction of Dan Brown. Burstein is also the founder of Millennium Technology Ventures, a New York-based venture capital firm that invests in innovative new technology companies. He is an award-winning journalist and author of thirteen books on global economics, technology, and popular culture.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Editor's Note
- Introduction
- Intellectual Alchemy
- Exploring the Complex Cosmos of "The Lost Symbol"
- History, Mystery, and Masons
- Dan Brown's Freemasonry
- A Mason Reveals His "Journey to Light"
- Defining Freemasonry
- Albert Pike: The Ghost in "The Lost Symbol" Machine?
- Mozart and Ellington, Tolstoy and Kipling, Will Rogers and Roy Rogers: Inside the Brotherhood of Famous Masons
- Searching for Masons in the Corridors of Power
- Secret Knowledge
- The Ancient Mysteries and "The Lost Symbol"
- A Quick Guide to the Philosophers in "The Lost Symbol"
- Secret Knowledge: Hiding in Plain Sight in the Infinite Universe
- Isaac Newton: Physics, Alchemy, and the Search to Understand the "Mind of God"
- Science, Faith, and the Birth of a Nation From the Ground Up
- From the Ground Up: Kindred Spirits Invent the Modern World
- Franklin, Freemasonry, and American Destiny
- Masons, Skulls, and Secret Chambers: The Postrevolutionary Fraternity
- Finding Himself in "The Lost Symbol"
- Occult America
- Man Meets God, and God Meets Man
- What's Been Lost and What Needs to Be Found in Our Times
- Dan Brown's Religion: Is It Me Or We?
- Science and Religion Face the Beyond
- And Never the Twain Shall Meet?
- Science Requires That You Step Outside the Mental Cocoon
- Ye Are New Age Gods
- The Energy That Connects the Universe
- Noetics: The Link Between Modern Science and Ancient Mysticism?
- On Becoming a Fictional Character in a Dan Brown Novel
- Bending Minds, Not Spoons
- "Ye Are Gods"
- Mystery City on the Hill
- A Masonic Pilgrimage to Washington, D.C.
- The Lost Smithsonian
- Danger in the Wet Pod: Fact and Fiction about the Smithsonian
- Hiding Out in Jefferson's Palace of the Book: Why Robert Langdon's Adventure Takes Him Inside the Library of Congress
- What does "The Lost Symbol" Get Wrong About the Nations Capital? Everything!
- Into the Kryptic . . . Art, Symbols, and Codes
- The Clues Hidden in Circles and Squares: The Art and Symbology of "The Lost Symbol"
- Venus, the Three Graces, and a Portal to a Divine World
- Art, Encryption, and the Preservation of Secrets
- The Summer of the Clues
- William Wirt's Skull, Albrecht Dürer's Magic Square: The Doubleday Clues and "The Lost Symbol"
- "I Am Nola Kaye"
- Divining Dan Brown
- The Pursuit of Dan Brown: From "Secrets of the Widow's Son" to "The Lost Symbol"
- Caught Between Dan Brown and Umberto Eco: Mysteries of Science and Religion, Secret Societies, and the Battle for Priority Over New Literary Genres
- Brownian Logic
- Not All Is Hope: Reading the Novel's Dark Side
- The Politics of "The Lost Symbol"
- Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power
- Geography, Holography, Anatomy: Plot Flaws in "The Lost Symbol"
- Dan Brown's Great Work: An Exercise in Maybe Logic
- The Critics Speak - Loudly
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- About the Authors
- Other Books by the Authors
- Credits
- Copyright
- About the Publisher
