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Released September 15, 2009, The Lost Symbol, novelist Dan Brown’s sequel to The Da Vinci Code, is a puzzle-packed fantasy. But its settings are real, and rife with history, science, and yes, symbols—right from the prologue, set in Washington, D.C.’s House of the Temple, headquarters of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry’s Southern Jurisdiction.

Yes, George Washington was a Freemason. Yes, we know you are reading Dan Brown’s recently released “The Lost Symbol” and are now looking for hidden Masonic symbols. We, hate to disappoint but you won’t find them here. But here are some historical facts about George Washington and freemasonry:

The all seeing eye and pyramid are not the “Lost Symbol”. Details of The Eye of Providence and the All Seeing Eye of Masonry are there for anyone who’s willing to rely on historical fact, rather than hysterical fiction.

The square and compasses are not the Lost Symbol. Masonic Symbols and Meanings: Masonic symbols provide a visual means of attaining the beginnings of Masonic Education. These Masonic images are used to teach morals and lessons…much as we use “visuals”, today, to import meaning to an embodiment of picture images and data within a specific …