Secrets of the Lost Symbol by Burstein, Dan -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Dedication Contents Editor's Note Introduction Intellectual Alchemy

History, Mystery, and Masons

Secret Knowledge

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

Into the Kryptic . . . Art, Symbols, and Codes

Divining Dan Brown

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