Yeoman's in the Fork Blog

I recently completed Dan Brown’s latest novel, “The Lost Symbol,” and I thought I would ramble on for a little while about my reaction to it. By now I have picked up on the Dan Brown MO: write a novel about something mysterious and full of esoteric, historical tidbits….a subject that, the true meaning of which, has alluded man for millennia, add to it a series of ciphers that must be solved and that build upon one another like a series of falling dominoes, and then after all of the chips have fallen, the die have been cast and it is time for our hero Robert Langdon to ride off to his Harvard classroom for a lecture on the symbolism of the esoteric nature of Gnostic Christianity as it relates to the Hindu Vedas, we find that the ultimate question that was being posed and in which was being unraveled throughout the novel is mostly unanswered. As if Dan Brown himself is telling us, “These mysteries are beautiful enough: they don’t need to be solved.”

Before I go any further, I want to state that I loved the novel and in no way is the above paragraph to be read as “making fun” of Dan Brown or the novel. I was just trying to be clever and humorous, so if I failed, then well…damn. I will say that the novel made me want to know more about Noetic Science and I am now praying to the Supreme Architect of the Universe every night that it is truly real and that it will really happen! I did enjoy the Masonic twist the novel had and I appreciate Mr. Brown for portraying the Masons in a good light. He also featured our favorite friend and American Patriot, Ben Franklin, in his novel as well, so that is always appreciated. I think, in all seriousness, that Dan Brown is a genius. He can take subject matter that is extremely controversial or hard to grasp and makes it very simple and for the most part accepted by the masses. That is what has made him the biggest thing in books since, perhaps J.K. Rowling. His bank account probably also rivals hers as well. Can we say BILLION folks? So now I am wondering...how long until the next one, Dan? Don’t keep us waiting!!!! I want more symbols and stuff!