The release of the covers of Dan Brown's "The Lost Symbol" at last shows that the blockbuster book will indeed be about the Freemasons in Washington D.C. The U.S. and U.K. covers clearly depict symbols and imagery that point to the Freemasons, especially the 33rd degree Masons of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite. Brown will unquestionably use this organization as part of his story. Even the release date of his novel, 9/15/09, adds up to "33."
Before Brown's book lands in stores, get a jump on the truth behind the fiction. Click here by Christopher L. Hodapp (author of the bestselling "Freemasons For Dummies") transports you back to the birth of a radical new nation and tells how a secretive society influenced and inspired the formation of what would become the most powerful nation on earth.
"Solomon's Builders" follows George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and the other Founding Fathers who transformed the lessons of their Masonic lodge rooms into models for a new democracy. In the process, it pieces together the still-visible clues of the Freemasons as it uncovers the mystical Masonic symbolism hidden in the design of the city and in its monuments, statues and buildings.
From “all-seeing eyes,” pentagrams, and Egyptian-inspired obelisks, to the imposing and mysterious Masonic temples of the "Widow's Sons," Solomon’s Builders guides readers on a Freemason’s tour of Washington, D.C. as it separates fact from myth and reveals the background of Dan Brown's upcoming novel, The Lost Symbol, the sequel to The Da Vinci Code.
Chris Hodapp is the best-selling author of "Freemasons For Dummies," and co-author (with Alice Von Kannon) of "The Templar Code For Dummies" and "Conspiracy Theories and Secret Societies For Dummies." He is the editor of the Journal of the Masonic Society, and has appeared most recently on the History Channel in "Secrets of the Founding Fathers."
He can be contacted at hodapp.aol.com
Click here ($14.95, Ulysses Press, paperback. 280 pages.. ISBN 978-1569755792)
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