DANBROWN’S LOST SYMBOL

Dan brown for many, is an artist; he creates recondite images in his reader’s minds. Though he writes about fictional situations and characters, there are those who perceive a secret reality within his Iliadic narratives, as they siege our 21^st century consciousness.

In Angels and Demons he depicts a lone character and only member of a defunct secret society, the illuminati, which, while they existed were enemies of the church in the story. But the twist this time was, … this lone member appeared to be a promising acolyte of the church.

Then he wrote Da Vinci code……………..

The lost symbol, tells a gripping story of a metamorphous character, who fancied himself as Moloch (Malachi or Maleck), an ancient priestly, daemonic and godly manifestation; a metaphor for Melchizedek (Melechi Zadeck) from occult lore and the book of Genesis, and who supposedly roamed the earth as a god or angel. In this character’s metamorphism, he tried to discover the lost symbol of Freemasonry.

Through this character we are able to explore a theoretical initiation into the secrets of masonry and the legendary masonic master plan of Washington DC. The journey leads us to the Washington monument, an Egyptian obelisk, reputed to posses certain masonic and alchemical secrets. Then to our surprise, the ‘lost symbol’ precipitates as ‘Al’ the chemical symbol of Aluminum, a metal placed at the tip of the obelisk with the Atomic number of 13, and an atomic weight of 26.97.

According to Chambers’s Encyclopedia, Aluminum was known to the Egyptian Greeks and Romans but was not isolated as a metal until the 19^th century. It occurs as the most abundant metal and widely distributed in nature i.e. in silicate rocks, clays, slate and bauxite as the oxide or alumina. It is then extracted through electrolysis, and electrolytic reduction.

A silvery white metal, Aluminum as the description explains , remains  unchanged in air , it is ductile and malleable with the following unique combination of properties; high thermal and electrical conductivity, light weight, high reflectivity, resistance to corrosion by chemicals, foodstuff, industrial atmospheres. The values for high purity aluminum include, m.p.660 degree C; b.p. approx 1,800 degree C; density 2.70 b/mi; coefficient of thermal expansion,0.0000238 per degree C (20-100 degree C), 0.0000287 (20-600 degree C); Thermal conductivity 0.52 cal/cm/cm2 degree C; electrical resisitivity,2.67 mohm/cm at20 degree C, specific heat 0.222 at0  degree C.

It can be alloyed with copper, silicon, magnesium, iron, nickel, manganese and zinc and also tin. Also, very high strengths can be achieved of these alloys and developed by heat treatment and mechanical working. It is easily workable with other metals and elements because of its trivalency and can be brushed into an attractive shining appearance when finished.

It has been used in fabrication: castings, extrusions and high strength forgings. It may be riveted, brazed; welded by fusion, pressure or electrical resistance. It proved invaluable during the world wars and its used was increased during peacetime in transportation, (air land and water).

Its compounds include alumina also used in making synthetic artificial precious stones; Aluminum silicates used in the manufacture of glass and ceramics; Aluminum Acetate used in waterproofing fabrics; aluminum chloride used in the fuel industry as a catalyst for organic reactions; aluminum fluoride; Aluminum sulfate , used in fire extinguishing and for precipitation in sewage and trade effluents.

No wonder Dan Brown’s lost symbol identifies it as an important occult trivalent metallic element with hitherto unknown valencies. Its valency bond can assist in developing high strength materials and advanced technology.

Remembering the supposed military ‘hot air’ balloon crash of Roswell, which has now been admitted by papers from ‘Area 51’ to be an alien craft crash. Eye witnesses were able to retrieve foil like flexible material that appeared stronger than steel and other metals, but bendable and foldable like aluminum foil.

 What is the significance of these’ revelations’? What exactly did a homo-fictus from the ‘lost symbol’ mean when he opined that ‘apocalypse’ means ‘a revelation’?

What is to be expected of the future?

Since the movie 2012 pundits speculated that the world would end last year, and when it didn’t happen they shifted ‘end time’ to this year being 2013. Many have used mirror figures like 12:12:2012 or 12:12:12, 12:21:12, 1:3:13, 31:1:13, 3:1:13, 3:3:13, 31:3:13 to set the date for this, but till date, nothing has happened.

Or has it? Have we gradually slipped through a paradigm shift without realization? Is the world still the same in the wake of tsunamis, street protest and riots stemming from economic hardship, ‘Ozone’ depletion, hurricanes and ‘supper storms? In a new age where American citizens are spied upon by their own government through the internet? Where wars not only kill soldiers but also civilians, including women and children, while we watch from our living rooms?

The mystery for me is that Dan Browns book holds a revelation in numbers and symbolism not readily seen… Firstly Al, the symbol used for Aluminum is also the name of ‘The Most High God’. It is also pronounced in Hebrew as El. In Arabic and Islam it is pronounced as Alla or Allah. Spelt in Hebrew with the letters Aleph and lamed, with values of 1 and 30 respectively. These add up to 31, which is a mirror of 13, the atomic number for Aluminum. This may remind us of the drama in ‘Shaveh’ the King’s Valley where ‘Melchixedek’ broke bread with wine saying “…Blessed be Abram of God most high…….” Gen 14 v 17-20.

Then again in reducing the atomic weight of the metal with a secret kabalistic gematric method we get 8.16(2+6=8:9+7=16), further separation and division will give is 8.88(8+8=16).

When you move the decimal one space or figure to the left you get .888, if you move the decimal a space to the right you get 88.8, and to the extreme right 888. When you figuratively express these numbers together you get .8.8.8. Now regular masons can see the symbolism therein.

Also the atomic weight expressed as a whole number, is 27. A number well known to represent Plato’s solution to the problem presented by the oracle in Delphi, and the solution to doubling the cube with 156 ‘Squares’.

I wonder what Dante Alighieri’s opus has in store for us.