"This is the place, he knew.
The Masonic Pyramid had shown the way...
The message could not have been more clear...
The Lost Word is here...somewhere.
Although Mal`akh did not know precisely how to locate it, he was confident that the answer lay in the remaining symbols on the grid. Conveniently, when it came to unlocking the secrets of the Masonic Pyramid and of this building, no one was more qualified to help than Peter Solomon. The Worshipful Master himself...
For Mal`akh, the end felt like it had arrived very suddenly. after all the years of pain and planning, waiting and searching...the moment had now arrived"
(TLS 423).
"He won't find anything." Langdon said, still feeling groggy and disorientated as he followed Sato and the up the ramp out of the basement. "There is no actual Word. It is a metaphor~ a symbol of the Ancient Mysteries...It is said, "Langdon concluded, "that if you can possess and understand the Lost Word...then the Ancient Mysteries will become clear to you...and from Katherine's desription of the untattooed flesh on his head..."I'd say he's hoping to find the Lost Word and inscribe it on his body...Sato moved the group towards the dining room. Outside, the helicopter was warming up, its blades thundering louder and louder"
(TLS 424).
Next stop!
1733 Sixteenth Street NW
Washington D.C.
Down Meridan Hill~
South~ on 16 th Street NW
Towards~ The White House
Sits the House of the Temple
