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Secrets of The Lost Symbol
The Unauthorized Guide to the Mysteries Behind "The Da Vinci Code" Sequel
by
Dan Burstein and Arne de Keijzer
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Intellectual Alchemy
Exploring the Complex Cosmos of The Lost Symbol by Dan Burstein
Chapter 2: History, Mystery, and Masons
Dan Brown's Freemansonry by Arturo de Hoyos
A Mason Reveals His "Journey to Light" by Mark Koltko-Rivera
Defining Freemasonry by Mark A. Tabbert
Albert Pike: The Ghost in The Lost Symbol Machine? by Warren Getler, author, Rebel Gold
Mozart and Ellington, Tolstoy and Kipling, Will and Roy Rogers: Inside the Brotherhood of Famous Masons by David D. Burstein
Searching for Masons in the Corridors of Power by Eamon Javers
Chapter 3: Secret Knowledge
The Ancient Mysteries and The Lost Symbol by Glenn W. Erickson
A Quick Guide to the Philosophers of The Lost Symbol by Glenn W. Erickson
Secret Knowledge: Hiding in Plain Sight in the Infinite Universe an interview with Ingrid Rowland
Isaac Newton: Physics, Alchemy, and the ... "Mind of God" an interview with Thomas Levenson
Chapter 4: Science, Faith, and the Birth of a Nation
From the Ground Up: Kindred Spirits Invent the Modern World an interview with Steven Johnson
Franklin, Freemasonry, and American Destiny an interview with Jack Fruchtman Jr.
Masons, Skulls, and Secret Chambers: The Postrevolutionary Fraternity by Steven C. Bullock
Finding Himself in The Lost Symbol by James Wasserman
Occult America an interview with Mitch Horowitz
Chapter 5: Man Meets God, and God Meets Man
What's Been Lost and What Needs to Be Found in Our Times a dialogue with Rabbi Irwin Kula
Dan Brown's Religion: Is It Me or We? an interview with Deirdre Good
Science and Religion Face the Beyond by Marcelo Gleiser
And Never the Twain Shall Meet? by Karen Armstrong by Richard Dawkins
Science Requires That You Step Outside the Mental Cocoon an interview with George Johnson
Chapter 6: Ye Are New Age Gods
The Energy That Connects the Universe an interview with Lynne McTaggart
Noetics: The Link Between Modern Science and Ancient Mysticism? by Lou Aronica
On Becoming a Character in a Dan Brown Novel by Marilyn Mandela Schlitz
Bending Minds, Not Spoons an interview with William Arntz
"Ye Are Gods" by the Editors
Chapter 7: Mystery City on the Hill
A Masonic Pilgrimage to Washington, D.C., by David A. Shugarts
The Lost Smithsonian an interview with Heather Ewing
Danger in the Wet Pod: Fact and Fiction about the Smithsonian by Lou Aronica
Hiding Out in Jefferson's Palace of the Book: Why Robert Langdon's Adventure
Takes Him Inside the Library of Congress by Lou Aronica
What Does The Lost Symbol Get Wrong About Washington? Everything! by David Plotz
Chapter 8: Into the Kryptic . . . Art, Symbols, and Codes
The Clues Hidden in Circles and Squares: The Art and Symbology of The Lost Symbol by Diane Apostolos-Capadonna
Venus, the Three Graces, and a Portal to a Divine World a dialogue with Michael Parkes
Art, Encryption, and the Preservation of Secrets an interview with James Sanborn
The Summer of the Clues by David A. Shugarts
William Wirt's Skull, Albrecht Dürer's Magic Square: The Doubleday Clues and The Lost Symbol by Mark E. Koltko-Rivera
"I Am Nola Kaye" by Elonka Dunin
Chapter 9: Divining Dan Brown
The Pursuit of Dan Brown: From Secrets of the Widow's Son to The Lost Symbol by David A. Shugarts
Caught Between Dan Brown and Umberto Eco: Mysteries of Science and Religion, Secret Societies, and the Battle for Priority Over New Literary Genres by Amir D. Aczel
Chapter 10: Brownian Logic
Not All Is Hope: Reading the Novel's Dark Side by Michael Barkun
The Politics of The Lost Symbol by Paul Berger
Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power an interview with Jeff Sharlet, author of The Family
Geography, Holography, Anatomy: Plot Flaws in The Lost Symbol by David A. Shugarts
Dan Brown's Great Work: An Exercise in Maybe Logic by Ron Hogan
The Critics Speak - Loudly by Hannah de Keijzer
What's Up with That . . . ? by the Editors
Acknowledgments
Contributors