Hunting the Lost Symbol Page #8

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and Huckleberry Finn.

And John Glenn was the first American

to orbit Earth.

Unfortunately, the Masons were also

its share of black sheep ...

including the traitor

Benedict Arnold ...

the controversial FBI director

J. Edgar Hoover ...

and even the relentless

Communist dictator Joseph Stalin ...

supposedly were Masons.

His connection with the corridors of power

made many wonder ...

if Masons have actually

sinister secrets.

The fact that Masons seek

something higher and a belief system ...

did nothing

to prevent their enemies.

The battle between light and darkness

was about to begin.

The villain in "The Lost Symbol"

attacks the Masons ...

which include some of the men

most powerful country.

It is possible to drop

a society so powerful?

The secrecy associated with Freemasonry fills

mistrust and fear of non--members ...

since the founding of the United States.

It is believed that the Masons have some

influence over its members ...

that transcends the obligation of the member

your family or the state.

Therefore, the Masons are

a dark and subversive group ...

you're doing something bad.

It was not always so.

After the American Revolution,

increased the number of Masons.

The fact that Washington has made it

such an important part of your life ...

and the fact that he stuck the stone

critical of the Capitol, as a Mason ...

important to a lot of attention

for Freemasonry ...

which became very popular.

Its popularity, however,

was a threat to religious leaders ...

suspicious of

Masonic Deists beliefs.

The Lost Symbol

In the book, Dan Brown writes about

how people have developed ...

a distorted perception

Masons. This is true.

Over time

a barrage of accusations ...

fueled fears

many non--Masons ...

who wanted to know what really

was going on in Masonic temples.

The villain of the book is driven

on suspicion like that.

Everything is secret

distrust ...

especially in a Republic,

which argue that all are equal ...

and as Americans have always believed

some degree of transparency.

Then there was a lot of suspicion

about the Masons.

What the book does not include

these suspicions increased in 1826 ...

with the disappearance of a Mason

wisely unhappy ...

named William Morgan.

It is one of the passages in which Brown

used a historical incident ...

as inspiration for something

in today's world.

When Morgan announced that he wrote

a book exposing Masonic secrets ...

Freemasons supposedly different

organized a kidnapping.

He disappeared. Supposedly

was murdered. It is most likely.

Nobody ever heard of him

again.

Three masons were convicted

but received minimum sentences.

There was something like a national panic

the anti--Masonic.

Shops were burned.

The Masons were ridiculed.

Some were even beaten

on the street.

And the Masonic membership has reached zero

in some places.

In the year 1830, the Anti--Masons Party

was formed ...

and former Attorney General William Wirt,

was nominated as a candidate.

Wirt ran against the Mason

Andrew Jackson and lost.

He soon became

a footnote in history.

More than a century and a half later,

William Wirt made headlines again.

Someone broke into the grave

William Wirt ...

cut off his head

and took the skull.

The theft was detected

almost 30 years later ...

when an anonymous source said

be in possession of the skull.

The author of the anonymous caller hung up

not contacted us for a year.

The following link about

William Wirt ...

was the city councilman, Jim Graham,

here in Washington DC ...

who informed us that the skull

had been handed to him ...

to ensure that he would return

the place where they belonged.

You never knew why

Wirt's skull was stolen.

Perhaps it was used

in strange rituals.

Maybe it was just

a joke in college.

William Wirt was a symbol

the anti--Masonic sentiment ...

continues to pursue

the secret society.

But during this time,

another Masonic group came to power ...

the Scottish Rite, the same group

that appears in the book by Dan Brown.

According to some,

they had a dark side ...

feeding deep suspicions ...

that are suspected

the core of the book.

"The Lost Symbol"

opens her first scene here ...

House of the Masonic Temple,

in Washington DC.

The book describes this massive structure

as a replica ...

the temple of the Greek king Mausolus,

the original mausoleum.

The book also states

which is a mausoleum ...

with the remains

Two Masonic leaders.

And this is true.

The story depicts the building

with two 17--ton sphinxes ...

massive columns of 100m

and a huge bronze door.

The book also states that there

a huge skylight above an altar.

In fact,

these descriptions are accurate.

This is the home of the largest and most powerful

Masonic group in the country ...

the Scottish Rite Southern Jurisdiction.

In "The Lost Symbol,"

Professor Langdon is face to face ...

with the statue of Albert Pike,

a man who many consider ...

the most famous person

who never heard of.

Pike is a man of letters

less known but most influential ...

that this country has ever known.

Albert Pike was the Howard Stern

the "Shock Jock" of Freemasonry.

Pike is probably one of the

Masons most misunderstood in the world.

He was vilified

over and over again ...

by individuals

they are fundamentalists.

What the book does not mention

Albert Pike is that ...

is one of the men buried

inside the temple.

But why?

Why put your body Masons

someone much maligned ...

into your temple?

It is certainly

a shadowy figure.

I usually call Io

Francis Bacon darker.

He was a huge man,

had more than 1.83 m tall.

He had more than 90 pounds.

It was a brilliant mathematician, linguist,

lawyer, orator, poet ...

quite exotic rituals and prepared

advanced to Freemasonry.

After George Washington ...

Albert Pike is considered one of the Masons

most influential of all time.

After the anti--Masonic movement

in the years 1820 and 1830 ...

Albert revitalized Masons

almost alone.

He revised and reorganized

Masonic rituals ...

and established an overview

of its fundamental principles ...

in his 1871 book,

"Morals and Dogma".

As head of the Scottish Rite

in Washington ...

Pike's influence extended

the federal government.

He had an incredible network

people ready to serve Io.

He had good relations

on Capitol Hill.

He was loved and feared

by many at the same time.

These links Masonic been useful

the ensuing scandal.

During the Civil War, Pike was accused

of war crimes ...

to serve as brigadier general

Confederate Army.

But after the war,

he was pardoned.

President Andrew Johnson

pardoned him in Washington DC ...

during a ceremony

Masonic ritual.

Pike became a Freemason Andrew Johnson

high level in the Scottish Rite.

The recurring charge is that he was

subservient to the Grand Commander ...

and granted pardon to Pike.

There were other rumors.

As Brown mentions in the book ...

Masons were charged

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