Research Catalog

Title

Secrets of the Lost Symbol : the unauthorized guide to the mysteries behind the Da Vinci Code sequel / by Dan Burnstein and Arne de Keijzer.

Author

Burstein, Daniel.

Publication

New York, NY : William Morrow, c2010.

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Additional Authors

De Keijzer, Arne J.

Description

xxii, 410 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Summary

Dan Burstein and Arne de Keijzer delve into the real history, science, and hidden meanings behind Dan Brown's latest novel, The Lost Symbol. As in their previous books, they 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 relevance while separating truth from fantasy.--From publisher description.

Subject

• Brown, Dan, 1964-
• Secret societies in literature
• Freemasonry in literature
• Symbolism in literature

Genre/Form

Handbooks and manuals

Note

• Maps on end papers.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Exploring the complex cosmos of The last symbol / by Dan Burstein -- Dan Brown's freemasonry / by Arturo de Hoyos -- A mason reveals his "journey to light" / by Mark E. Koltko-Rivera -- Defining freemasonry / by Mark A. Tabbert -- Albert Pike : the ghost in The lost symbol machine? / by Warren Getler -- Mozart and Ellington, Tolstoy and Kipling : inside the brotherhood of famous masons / by David D. Burstein -- Searching the masons in the corridors of power / by Eamon Javers -- The ancient mysteries and The lost symbol / by Glenn W. Erickson -- A quick guide to the philosophers in 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 search to understand the "mind of God" : an interview with Thomas Levenson -- 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. -- Masonic 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 -- What's been lost and what needs to be found in our times : an interview 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 Mercelo Gleiser -- And never the twain shall meet? / commentary by Karen Armstrong and Richard Dawkins -- Science requires that you step outside the mental cocoon : an interview with George Johnson -- 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 fictional character in a Dan Brown novel / by Marilyn Mandala Schlitz -- Bending minds, not spoons : an interview with William Arntz -- "Ye are gods" / by the editors -- A masonic pilgrimage around 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 the editors -- Hiding out in Jefferson's palace of the book : why Robert Landon's adventure takes him inside the Library of Congress / by the editors -- What does The lost symbol get wrong about the nation's capital? : everything / by David Plotz -- The clues hidden in circles and squares : the art and symbology of The lost symbol / by Diane Apostolos-Cappadona -- Venus, the three Graces, and a portal to a divine world : an interview with Jim Sanborn -- The summer of the clues / by David A. Shugarts -- Wlliam Wirt's skull, Albrecht Dürer's magic square : the Doubleday clues and The lost symbol / by Mark E. Koltko-Rivera -- Kryptos : the unsolved enigma / by Elonka Dunin -- 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, secrets societies, and the battle for priority over new literary genres / by Amir D. Aczel -- Not all is hope : reading the novel's dark side : an interview with Michael Barkun -- The politics of The lost symbol / by Paul Berger -- Secret fundamentalism at the heart of American power : an interview with Jeff Sharlet -- Geography, holography, anatomy : plot flaws in The last 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.

ISBN

• 9780061964954
• 0061964956

OCLC

• 422763820
• SCSB-11824687

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library