![]() ![]() The pentagram, for example, is much older than Freemasonry and acquired its occult overtones only in the 19th and 20th centuries, hundreds of years after the Masons had adopted the symbol. "Masonry employs them in its own fashion." "I view the Masonic use of symbols as a grab bag taken from here, there, and everywhere," he said. (See "LOST SYMBOL PICTURES: Masonic Symbols Decoded.")įreemasonry is rich in symbols, and many are ubiquitious-think of the pentagram, or five-pointed star, or the "all-seeing eye" in the Great Seal of the United States.īut most Masonic symbols aren't unique to Freemasonry, Kinney said. It's true that Masonic symbols are anything but lost, said Freemason and historian Jay Kinney, author of the newly released Masonic Myth. To separate Freemason fact from Lost Symbol-style myth, National Geographic News went inside the centuries-old order with two Masons and a historian of the ancient Christian order from which some claim the Masons sprang in the 17th or 18th century. Released today, The Lost Symbol isn't likely to squelch any rumors, beginning as it does with a wine-filled skull, bejeweled power brokers, and a dark Masonic temple steps away from the White House.īut what if Freemasons-the world's largest international secret society-are just a bunch of guys into socializing, non-satanic rituals, self-improvement, and community service? ![]() Detractors include global conspiracy theorists and religious organizations, including the Catholic Church. The 57 letters, written between 15 and previously believed lost, include her thoughts about her ailing health, her conditions as a captive in a series of English castles and her failed attempts to secure her freedom.Since long before The Lost Symbol, Freemasons have been accused of everything from conspiring with extraterrestrials to practicing sexual deviancy to engaging in occult rituals to running the world-or trying to end it. After 19 years as a prisoner, she was eventually executed in 1587, at age 44, accused of involvement in a Catholic plot to assassinate the Protestant Elizabeth. She escaped to England, only to be jailed again by her cousin Queen Elizabeth I as a threat to her own rule. Mary became the queen of Scotland when she was just 6 days old, in 1542, but was imprisoned and forced to give up her throne in 1567. “We found treasure lying in plain sight,” said George Lasry, the Israeli computer scientist who led the yearlong project, which was released to the public on Wednesday, the 436th anniversary of Mary’s death. One leading biographer of Mary described the discovery as the most significant in the study of her life for more than a century. Instead, they were part of the secret prison correspondence of Mary, Queen of Scots, whose tragic life and tangled role in the lethal dynastic and religious politics of 16th-century Europe have long fascinated writers and historians. They were, they found, not Italian texts at all. ![]() But when three code breakers - a German pianist, an Israeli computer scientist and a Japanese physicist - stumbled upon them, they discovered something remarkable. Deep in the archives of France’s national library, an assortment of coded letters listed as Italian texts lay untouched for more than 400 years. ![]()
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