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Segue to the present: Additional research by our research team reveals to us that there is a curious New Age/Science cross-over organization called the Axiom Visiting Faculty.

Here we find the following:

Drunvalo Melchizedek,
Mitchell (NIDS,Sarfatti),
Castaneda followers,
Deepak Chopra,
Fred Alan Wolfe,
Greg Braden,
Joe Firmage (Sarfatti/ He's also on the Institute of Noetic Sciences board),
John Mack (Rockefeller sponsored NDE and Alien abduction hypnosis researcher),
Laurie Monroe (Monroe Institute),
Rabbi Michael Lerner
Peter Russel (Institute of Noetic Science/Mitchell's(NIDS) private organization),
Russel Targ (Remote Viewing pioneer along with Puthoff and Ingo Swan at SRI in the 70's and 80s),
Steven Greer(Rockefeller funded UFO researcher),
Zecharia Sitchin."

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Originally posted by Raksha:

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Originally posted by JohnT:

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I'm sorry, John, but I think it's you. The book is incredible. BUT...if you can do better...please start writing and send me an advance copy. Please!

Don't be so quick to assume that I was putting down the book!
It was great. Dan Brown is maybe, the most thought provoking author of our time.
And I recommend it to everyone.
He just lost me with the holy books at the very end. If that makes me a mental midget in your estimation, so be it.

John and HB,

Okay, you guys have accomplished at least one constructive thing with your bickering--you've made me desperately curious to read The Lost Symbol! I want to know what all this stuff about the holy books is about, and I want to know it RIGHT NOW!!! It happens that I have a pretty solid background in this area because of my long involvement in the Gnostic Society, and my interest in the Nag Hammadi Library and other Gnostic documents. I want to know what Dan Brown has to say about them or any similar ancient texts.

The book of Enoch, for example...I understand that for centuries the Masons had the only copy of it--except for the one stashed away in the Vatican basement? Until the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1948(?), the one the Masons had was the only known copy of it. It's assumed that it was found by the original nine Templars when they were excavating at the site of the Temple in Jerusalem.

What else they found is still unknown--maybe some actual writings of Jesus? It's believed that Jesus only taught orally and never wrote anything down, and that could very well be true. But if he did write any books, it's for damn sure the Church would have hidden or destroyed every copy they could find.

--Linda

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You are very smart, Linda. You'll love The Lost Symbol. If for nothing else, read it to enjoy his imagings of the villain, Ma'lakh...the best villain I've ever encountered in a book.

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The book of Enoch, for example...I understand that for centuries the Masons had the only copy of it--[...]

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...here's a website that mentions and has downloads for a couple of the "holy books". http://www.thelostsymbol-noeti...he-ancient-mysteries—Bluelamp

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Originally posted by Stephen:

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The book of Enoch, for example...I understand that for centuries the Masons had the only copy of it--[...]

The book commonly called the "Book of Enoch" has been part of Ethiopian Orthodox scripture all along. There is also a different one in Slavonic, and yet a third one in Hebrew, none of which as far as I can tell have been missing for centuries.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Enoch
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Stephen

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Originally posted by Raksha:

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Originally posted by Stephen:

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The book of Enoch, for example...I understand that for centuries the Masons had the only copy of it--[...]

The book commonly called the "Book of Enoch" has been part of Ethiopian Orthodox scripture all along. There is also a different one in Slavonic, and yet a third one in Hebrew, none of which as far as I can tell have been missing for centuries.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Enoch
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Stephen

Stephen,

Thanks for the Wikipedia link...you are right and I stand corrected. I guess I was just flying on automatic pilot. I repeated the last thing I read about the Book of Enoch, without checking to make sure it was accurate. I am NOT an expert on that particular text and I've only read about it. I haven't actually read the Book of Enoch itself. But even from reading about it, I should have remembered that the Book of Enoch is part of the Bruce Codex. That's something I already knew but completely forgot about. The Scottish Explorer Bruce discovered the codex that is named for him in 1799.

Sorry about the error. But like I said, I don't know everything...and sometimes I forget what I do know!

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I guess where I come from, is my belief that the Christian Bible came out of the Council of Nicea in 325 AD with a specific agenda, which may or may not reflect any ancient wisdom.

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Originally posted by JohnT:
Resurrecting this old thread. Interested to see if anyone else has read The Lost Symbol. The book has not raised the controversy of Da Vinci but is still into some pretty heavy stuff.
Like Noetic Science which I had never heard of until I read the book.
Anyone else?

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Originally posted by Stephen:
I received a used copy around Thanksgiving and read it. It was okay; not as engaging as The Davinci Code. (I haven't read Angels & Demons or anything else of his, so I can't compare beyond these two.) Story-wise, the twist at the end with the identity of Mal'akh and how his part concludes was kinda weak, imo. Maybe it works better on film with the visuals. The (alleged) secrets of the Masons didn't have the same oompf as the (alleged) secrets of the church. And the "noetic science" aspect was underdeveloped and unconvincing.
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Stephen

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Pfffttt! BTW, Angels and Demons was definitely his best book.