I for Illuminati

Posting the A-Z of Dan Brown's books through his words, characters, places and more. Welcome to the A-Z April 2015 challenge...

I is for Illuminati

""If you don't mind my asking, Robert, how did you get involved with the Illuminati?"

Langdon thought back. "Actually, it was money."

Vittoria looked disappointed. "Money? Consulting, you mean?"

Langdon laughed, realizing how it must have sounded. "No, money as in currency." He reached in his pants pocket and pulled out some money. He found a one-dollar bill. "I became fascinated with the cult when I first learned that U.S. currency is covered with Illuminati symbology.""

- from Angels and Demons, chapter 31

A U.S. one-dollar bill featuring the Illuminati pyramid and all-seeing eye

A for Ambigram

Posting the A-Z of Dan Brown's books through his words, characters, places and more. Welcome to the A-Z April 2015 challenge...

A is for Ambigram

The word 'Illuminati' in this ambigram can be read right-side up as well as upside down

"Although accounts of the Illuminati emblem were legendary in modern symbology, no academic had ever actually seen it. Ancient documents described the symbol as an ambigram - ambi meaning 'both' - signifying it was legible both ways. And although ambigrams were common in symbology - swastikas, yin yang, Jewish stars, simple crosses - the idea that a word could be crafted into an ambigram seemed utterly impossible. Modern symbologists had tried for years to forge the word 'Illuminati' into a perfectly symmetrical style, but they had failed miserably. Most academics had now decided the symbol's existence was a myth."

- from Angels and Demons, chapter 9

Another ambigram featuring the words 'earth', 'air', 'fire' and 'water'

Dan Brown

Dan Brown fans, this is the place for you! I will be posting a host of items about topics and controversial issues which are found between the covers of Dan Brown's famous works. There are a plethora of ideas to be discussed, so stay tuned. From secretive groups such as the Illuminati, the Priory of Sion and the Masons, to famous works of art by Da Vinci and Bernini, to scientific theories like the Entanglement theory, antimatter, and Noetic Science which either threaten religious faith, or justify it. Come and do your extra research and study here.