The Lost Symbol

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The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown. Books by Dan Brown fascinate me. They are so full of twists and turns, and packed full of interesting facts and amazing history. The Lost Symbol takes place in Washington D.C., and all within about a 12 hour span. It is so interesting to learn about D.C., and our founding fathers. This book also has a ton about Freemasons. I really don't know how he writes this stuff, and keeps it all straight so the reader can understand it. The Lost Symbol was also full of things about "spirituality", which was so interesting from my LDS prospective. About how it has been scientifically proven that we have a separate "soul" and that it is made of matter. About how our "thoughts" (i.e. faith) can change the world around us. And the more people are thinking the same "thoughts", the bigger the difference in the world. One really interesting thing was that there are things in the scientific world called Random Events generators, and after September 11th 4 scientists discovered that the outputs of 37 different Random Event Generators became significantly LESS random. As all the world focused on this one event it affected the randomizing function of the machines, and organized and brought order to the output. Brought order from chaos. Isn't that fascinating? Another one was a type of adult scale, made like a coffin that was airtight and measured down to the minuscule. A man within minutes of passing away was placed in the box, and as he died it showed how his body got lighter, just seconds after his passing. Thus, it showed the weight of his spirit leaving the airtight, totally contained box. Amazing huh? Dan Brown books are chock full of this kind of information. All the science, art, organizations and monuments in his books are real, and somehow he spins them altogether into a fascinating book. Loved it!