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My question is when is this novel even coming out?! I tried to look it up on Amazon or B&N, and I found several books on the forthcoming book, but no actual book, or indication of release date.
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We were discussing this over on Nauvoo, but it became a discussion of Dan Brown in general. There is lots of scholarship on Mormons and Masons.
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Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, John Taylor, and many of the other early Church leaders were Masons, as were a lot of judges, politicians, lawyers, newspaper editors, and other prominent men in the 1800s.
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I knew lots of prominent men were in it, just hadn't heard the Mormon connection before.
I can recommend this book, The Secret Architecture of Our Nation's Capital: The Masons and the Building of Washington, D.C. IF you have a serious interest in Masons and/or American history. It's a well-researched and exhaustive account of Masonic influence on DC and it's founding and buildings. I read about 1/2 before losing interest, then skimmed the rest. It has great photos. Before reading it, I hadn't realized the Masons were so into astrology.
Given that people are speculating the new book by Brown might be about Masons and set in DC, it might be worth a look, though I wouldn't recommend buying it unless you have a serious interest in the subject. My local library had a copy.
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Of course those of you familiar with my posts know I already pointed out the similarity betweeen the Mormons and the Cathers and the link through the Masons to the Teplars to the Cathers.
I wonder if I can get Dan Brown to give me credit?
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However, if we can expect the same gross inaccuracies we learned to love in The Da Vinci Code . . .
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Hm. What recipes for baby do Mormons normally use? I mean, I hear y'all have some wicked potlucks.
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quote:Of course those of you familiar with my posts know I already pointed out the similarity betweeen the Mormons and the Cathers and the link through the Masons to the Teplars to the Cathers.
I hadn't realized Willa's family was that closely related to the LDS church.
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Everytime I see that title, the song “My Sherona” starts playing in my head. Now it’s in yours, too.
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A bit off topic but am I the only one who in addition to thinking that the big deal "revelation" in "DaVinci Code" was nothing new, also thought that the protagonists were really stupid?
Spoiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I mean once the clue was her own name for heaven's sake and it took them twelve chapters to come up with it!
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I thought his next book was going to be The Michelangelo Code, in which he uncovers the secret hidden in Michelangelo's painting "Dogs Playing Poker". Spoiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . John the Baptist wasn't really Baptist. He was in fact Jewish. Posts: 1794 | Registered: Jul 2002
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