The Lost Symbol (Dan Brown)
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Author: Dan BrownEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-09-15
ISBN: 0385504225
Number of pages: 528
Publisher: Doubleday Books
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- The Lost Symbol
- English
- First Edition
- Paperback
- gelatine plate paper
Book Reviews of The Lost Symbol (Dan Brown)
Book Review: Suspenseful, violent, evil villian, and historical
Summary: 5 Stars
1. Robert Langdon is taken under the influence of Peter Solomon. Peter Solomon is a historian, rich, and philanthropist. Solomon is a billionaire
2. Langdon receives and invitation from Solomon to meeting him in Washington DC. However, Malakh mastermind the meeting. Malakh needs Langdon to help him unlock the lost symbol.
3. Malakh kidnaps Peter Solomon and using him to gain Langdon cooperation.
4. Peter has built his sister Kathern a lab in the Smithsonian, Pod 5
5. Malakh cuts Peters right hand off and points it towards the Capital Rotunda, the hand of mysteries. Peter had has an tatoo, SBB13, a secret mortality room.
6. Director Sato, Anderson, and Langdon discover SBB13, Peter's reflection room and his map pyramid. Malakh has invited Langdon to unlock the mystery of the map pyramid. The 33 degree mason fraternity protects the secret stair case leading to a hidden treasure. The treasure was never revealed. The greatest treasure for all Masons on earth is the Ark and Covenant, the sign and seal of God.
7. Malakh is using the Architect, William Bellamy to misled Langdon to escape away from CIA Director Sato. Belmany attacks Sato, incapacitating her, and leads Langdon away and directs him to escape to Washington National Cathedral and brother Collin Galloway. Malakh kills Katherine assistant Trish and nearly captures her. Katherine escapes and joins Langdon at the Cathedral. Langdon discovers the pyramid unfolds in to Rose cross. Langdon explains the cross symbolizes the union of man and celestial realm. Hence Washington becoming Zeus or God. The engravings on the pyramid reference Isaac Newton's signature "Jeova Sanctus Unus", "the One and True God".
8. Solomon had a son name Zachery. Zachery was sent to prison because of drugs. In jail Zachary faked his death and sought revenge against his father by attempting to steal the map pyramid. The attempted theft resulted in his grandmothers death and himself being shot by Peter. The theft was assumed to have died after falling into icy water, but the assumption was false.
9. Malakh tricks Katherine and Langdon to his home, kills the CIA agent (violently), and drowns Langdon (liquid air). Katherine is being bled to death. Malakh hatred towards Katherine has murderous intent.
10. The story has a prodigal son element almost. Malakh reveals himself to Peter, as Zackary. Zack wants his father to sacrifice him. Peter tells Zach that he is loved where every he goes. A fathers forgiveness of a wayward son. You sense the pain, in Peter, and his love for his fallen son. A son, who wants to die and become part of an evil kingdom. CIA helicopters accidentally break glass on the ceiling and probably kill Zack.
11. Langdon realizes that man is a temple. Man can become God. God is understandable and close. The invisible God is dispelled and the anthropomorphic God is disclosed. The mythical story follows the Pharaoh like journey to the afterlife and journey to the stars.
Questions (send me the answers):
1. What caused Zack to become evil? The implication was Zackery chose Wealth over Wisdom and caused many deaths and much suffering.
2. Why did Zack want the pyramid? Zack thought he could become a God of evil
* The pyramid provided a map to a hidden treasure. The hidden treasure was never disclosed. However, the greatest treasure would have been the Ark (stone in the holy grail)
* The hidden treasure could be a key.
3. Did the story have a "What factor"?
* Yes. When Langdon drowned I had to look at the last chapters to see if he lived. That was an amazing twist.
4. Is Dan Brown a great story teller? Yes
5. What obelisk locations are exactly 555 feet tall? The Obelisk in Washington DC.
6. What is the significance of the capstone on a pyramid?
* The capstone is the transformation to a God. George Washington to Zeus with thirteen virgins implying a perfect sphere of power.
* It references BenBen in the temple of the Phoenix.
7. Who built the Obelisk near the Vatican?
* Egyptian Pharaoh Mencares in 1835 B.C. in honor of the Sun (Solar Sun - Saturn).
* 10 B.C. the Roman Emperor, Augustus, conquered Egypt and moved the Obelisk to the Julian Forum on the Egyptian city port of Alexandria.
* In 37 AD the Obelisk was moved to Rome
* The light beacons create a triangle: Washington DC, Rome, and Giza and the Pharaoh launched to Orion.
8. Who was Robert Boyle?
* Robert Hooke, built the Boylean Machine or Pneumatic Vacuum Pump in 1659
* Boyles laws of pressure and temperature
9. What are the symbols of Rosslyn Chapel?
* Mason symbols
* The spread of light and truth.
10. What does the Obelisk symbolize?
* Aspiration to perfection and completeness
* Upward view to heaven
* The mythical and false religion version of creation.
11. What is the meaning of the Rose Cross?
* humanity joined with celestial realm
* A knights templar order
12. Who signed his name "Jeova Sanctus Unus"?
* Isaac Newton
13. Who are the Shiners?
* The oldest fraternity of Masons
14. How Isaac Newton determine water boils at 33 units?
* He immersed a liquid filled bulb in boiling water and marked the height to which the liquid rose, a value of 33.
15. How was George Washington Memorial Designed?
* Like A masonic temple: Altar, a eternal flame, Mose with the ten commandments, entry from the east, and a rose in the paintings.
16. What is the rarest or most interesting exhibit in the Smithsonian?
* A giant squid
17. What does the latin words on the Dollar mean?
* God has favored our undertaking
* A new order of ages
* The Great Seal of the Treasury of North America
* One from Many
18. How does Cathedral College compare with Oxfords philosophy of education?
* Both had mason founders
19. What image is painted on the Rotunda of the Capital?
* George Washington circled with thirteen virgins
* The Egyptians were astronomers and the symbolism could be referencing some astronomical event or structure.
20. Where did the Greeks obtain the myth of Zeus?
* Zeus is an astronomical figure. Zeus represents the sun. The one God that rules/oversees over many Gods. Ying and Yang, the Tao.
21. Is an Obelisk a cultural symbol or a religious symbol?
* Religious symbolism to explain secular astronomy.
* Kings used obelisk as markers
22. Is thought a form of matter?
* Thought affects patterns of matter
23. What were the Greek mythical figures painting in art around the Capital?
* War, with Armed Freedom and the eagle defeating Tyranny and Kingly Power
* Science, with Minerva teaching Benjamin Franklin, Robert Fulton, and Samuel F.B. Morse
* Marine, with Neptune holding his trident and Venus holding the transatlantic cable, which was being laid at the time the fresco was painted
* Commerce, with Mercury handing a bag of money to Robert Morris, financier of the American Revolution
* Mechanics, with Vulcan at the anvil and forge, producing a cannon and a steam engine;
* Agriculture, with Ceres seated on the McCormick Reaper, accompanied by America in a red liberty cap and Flora picking flowers.
24. Compare King Tut journey to the after life with George Washington.
* Both believed the journey to the underworld required symbolic artifacts.
Summary of The Lost Symbol (Dan Brown)
In this stunning follow-up to the global phenomenon The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown demonstrates once again why he is the world?s most popular thriller writer. The Lost Symbol is a masterstroke of storytelling--a deadly race through a real-world labyrinth of codes, secrets, and unseen truths . . . all under the watchful eye of Brown?s most terrifying villain to date. Set within the hidden chambers, tunnels, and temples of Washington, D.C., The Lost Symbol accelerates through a startling landscape toward an unthinkable finale.
As the story opens, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned unexpectedly to deliver an evening lecture in the U.S. Capitol Building. Within minutes of his arrival, however, the night takes a bizarre turn. A disturbing object--artfully encoded with five symbols--is discovered in the Capitol Building. Langdon recognizes the object as an ancient invitation . . . one meant to usher its recipient into a long-lost world of esoteric wisdom.
When Langdon?s beloved mentor, Peter Solomon--a prominent Mason and philanthropist--is brutally kidnapped, Langdon realizes his only hope of saving Peter is to accept this mystical invitation and follow wherever it leads him. Langdon is instantly plunged into a clandestine world of Masonic secrets, hidden history, and never-before-seen locations--all of which seem to be dragging him toward a single, inconceivable truth.
As the world discovered in The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons, Dan Brown?s novels are brilliant tapestries of veiled histories, arcane symbols, and enigmatic codes. In this new novel, he again challenges readers with an intelligent, lightning-paced story that offers surprises at every turn. The Lost Symbol is exactly what Brown?s fans have been waiting for . . . his most thrilling novel yet.
Let's start with the question every Dan Brown fan wants answered: Is The Lost Symbol as good as The Da Vinci Code? Simply put, yes. Brown has mastered the art of blending nail-biting suspense with random arcana (from pop science to religion), and The Lost Symbol is an enthralling mix. And what a dazzling accomplishment that is, considering that rabid fans and skeptics alike are scrutinizing every word.
The Lost Symbol begins with an ancient ritual, a shadowy enclave, and of course, a secret. Readers know they are in Dan Brown territory when, by the end of the first chapter, a secret within a secret is revealed. To tell too much would ruin the fun of reading this delicious thriller, so you will find no spoilers here. Suffice it to say that as with many series featuring a recurring character, there is a bit of a formula at work (one that fans will love). Again, brilliant Harvard professor Robert Langdon finds himself in a predicament that requires his vast knowledge of symbology and superior problem-solving skills to save the day. The setting, unlike other Robert Langdon novels, is stateside, and in Brown's hands Washington D.C. is as fascinating as Paris or Vatican City (note to the D.C. tourism board: get your "Lost Symbol" tour in order). And, as with other Dan Brown books, the pace is relentless, the revelations many, and there is an endless parade of intriguing factoids that will make you feel like you are spending the afternoon with Robert Langdon and the guys from Mythbusters.
Nothing is as it seems in a Robert Langdon novel, and The Lost Symbol itself is no exception--a page-turner to be sure, but Brown also challenges his fans to open their minds to new information. Skeptical? Imagine how many other thrillers would spawn millions of Google searches for noetic science, superstring theory, and Apotheosis of Washington. The Lost Symbol is brain candy of the best sort--just make sure to set aside time to enjoy your meal. --Daphne Durham
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