Smithsonian Magazine

The Lost Symbol’s Masonic Temple

Update, October 8, 2009: Dan Brown's new novel The Lost Symbol takes readers on a spine-tingling tour of some of Washington, D.C.'s most famous buildings. With Masonic symbolism as its theme, the book ...
heraldscotland

Masonic apron once owned by Robert Burns could fetch £25,000 at auction

The white chamois leather and blue silk apron features the characteristic Masonic symbols, including a compass and square, chequered floor, three candles, an open book, arch and pillars and a sun and ...
The Montana Standard

Masonic rift caused by explorer's apron leaving for traveling bicentennial exhibition

HELENA — The two columns painted on the white apron symbolize the pillars of King Solomon's Temple, and the single eye represents an omniscient god. The apron's strings are gone, and specks of blood — ...
NPR

Secret Of The Masons: It's Not So Secret

Best-selling author Dan Brown's latest novel, The Lost Symbol, draws heavily on the lore and mystique of the Freemasons. A visit to one of the locations in the novel, a prominent Masonic building in ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Lost Symbol’s Masonic Temple

Update, October 8, 2009: Dan Brown's new novel The Lost Symbol takes readers on a spine-tingling tour of some of Washington, D.C.'s most famous buildings. With Masonic symbolism as its theme, the book ...