{"id":3101,"date":"2009-09-17T13:17:29","date_gmt":"2009-09-17T13:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2009\/09\/in-response-to-dan-browns-new.html"},"modified":"2009-09-17T13:17:29","modified_gmt":"2009-09-17T13:17:29","slug":"in-response-to-dan-browns-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2009\/09\/in-response-to-dan-browns-new.html","title":{"rendered":"Inspired by Dan Brown&#8217;s &#8216;The Lost Symbol&#8217;: 10 Myths About Freemasonry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Lost Symbol \" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/import\/imgs\/thelostsymbolbookcoverIC.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"227\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right;margin: 0 0 20px 20px\" \/><\/span>In the new book &#8220;The Lost Symbol,&#8221; by Dan Brown (&#8220;The Da Vinci Code,&#8221; &#8220;Angels &amp; Demons&#8221;), Freemasonry plays a prominent role in the storyline&#8211;symbologist Robert Langdon is asked to help find a Masonic treasure.<br \/>\nAs expected, the book has stirred up curiosity about the mysterious organization. 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