The Lost Symbol

I just finished reading Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol. It was a really good book, full of action and suspense, just the kind of book I like. It was truly a page turner. I didn't want to put it down and even stayed up till 1 AM one day, hoping I could finish it, but couldn't keep my eyes open any longer. I told Charles that I almost turned to the back to see how it ended--which is what I usually end up doing with whatever book I am reading. But this time I didn't. Except that I did read a couple of pages ahead just to be sure the hero wasn't dead :-) The theme of the book is that the Masons have hidden a "lost symbol" beneath the earth and this evil person was trying to get to it so he would become the most powerful. If you haven't read the book and are planning on doing it, check out now because I'm going to write about this lost symbol and where one might find it.


The leaders of our country back in it's infancy were members of the Freemasons or Masons. It is the Masons who are responsible for the laying of cornerstones. I didn't know this but all cornerstones are always located on the northeast corner of a building and at first the cornerstone was actually a part of the foundation of a building and was underground. Anyway, as the Washington Monument was being built, a "word" was sealed in the cornerstone which is actually underground. This is the basis for the lost symbol. This "word" was what the evil person wanted. Well, it turns out that what supposedly is in the cornerstone is a Bible. And if you think about it, the Bible is the Word of God and our country has indeed "lost" the value of the Word. If we would use the Word and apply it to our lives, the world would be a much better place. At least that's what I took from the book. I didn't really care about the masonic rites it described or the scientific experiments that one of the characters was conducting. For me, Mr. Brown was telling his readers to take the "lost symbol" out of it's hiding place (or off the shelf) and study the Word.