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Some of the numerous sites and symbols mentioned in The Lost Symbol ~


Dulles International Airport~ just outside Washington in nearby Virginna.



Smithsonian Museum Support Center (SMSC)
the Smithsonian's Institutes Silver Hill Maryland storage facility.

"This is the world's largest and most technologically advanced museums and also one of the world's best-kept secrets. It houses more pieces than the Hermitage, the Vatican Museum, and the New York Metropolitan...combined. Yet despite its magnificant collection, few members of the public are ever invited inside its heavily guarded walls." from the Lost Symbol


Early grid-map of the Federal Triangle area in DC
The White House- U S Capitol Building- The Washington Monument


Note entirely underground below> the US Capitol Visitor Center while under construction.



This statue is a copy of the one that stands a-top the Capitol Dome below.






Vistor Center's Main Hall






inside angle view of Visitor Center's Main Entrance Hall


National Statuary Hall~ first assembly place~ of the US Congress~
Inside US Capitol, just off to the right of The Capitol Rotunda~
where (in the book) Robert Langdon is scheduled
to give his lecture on symbolism~
too the masonic elite.


George (in his masonry best)
Laying the Cornerstone to the Capitol Building



The George Washington Masonic Temple~ in near by Alexandria Virginna

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Noetic Science~
What Are Noetic Sciences?
The word "noetic" is derived from the Greek word "nous," meaning mind, intelligence or ways of knowing, There is no exact equivalent in English. It refers to "inner knowing," a kind of intuitive consciousnessódirect and immediate access to knowledge beyond what is available to our normal senses or the power of reason.

Noetic sciences are explorations into the nature and potentials of consciousness using multiple ways of knowing -- including intuition, feeling, reason, and the senses. Noetic sciences explore the "inner cosmos" of the mind/consciousness/soul/spirit, and how it relates to the "outer cosmos" of the physical world.

The goal of our work is to support individuals in the transformation of their own consciousness, developing their innate human potentials and creative capacities, as the foundation for a collective transformation towards a global wisdom society.

FIONS strives towards this goal through talks and presentations on subjects related to these ideas, through ongoing groups exploring such topics as dreams, the New Physics, and through active communication among members.


The Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) was co-founded in 1973 by former astronaut Edgar Mitchell and industrialist Paul N. Temple to encourage and conduct research on human potentials. Institute programs include "extended human capacities," "integral health and healing," and "emerging worldviews." This includes research into topics such as spontaneous remission, meditation, consciousness, alternative healing practices, spirituality, human potential, psychic abilities and survival of consciousness after bodily death, among others. The institute's name is derived from the Greek word nous, meaning mind.



Its Symbol and forums of study.

"Perhaps the only limits to the human mind
are those we believe in" Willis Harman



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