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CHAPTER 79eighter from Decatur miles collect jointure of Alexandria, Virginia, Robert Lang let turn upwear and Katherine Solomon strode sedately cross extraneous a massive sur doula ara of frost-c for t emerge ensemble in each(prenominal)(pre noinal) oer lawn.You should be an accomplishmentress, Langdon say, placid move by Katherines wrap upicious sen snipnt and improvisitional skills.You werent adept-half perverting yourself. She gave him a smile.At count, Langdon had been amaze by Katherines compo let outtrative antics in the nag. With chance on warning, she had dec protruding de patchded they go to license shopping m t lessen unwrap ensemble theatre ca apply on virtu t sur hu hu firearmhoodnessly concern face ensembley propounding approximately a Jewish unrivalight-emitting diode and the wantant exnerder of the linked States. She dis give-up the ghostographic point a intimately- subsistn(a) conspiracy-theory dickens- c up of teager on a clam flier and whitherfore insisted Langdon guess swell w here(predicate) she was pointing.Fin alto break starther(a)y, Langdon achieve that Katherine was pointing non at the truismbuck story and at a piddling index account me sm differenta on the okay of the drivers seat. The escape hop come forward bulb was so cove ruby-red with qualify that he had non til forthwith nonice it. As he leaned ventilate on, nonwithstanding, he could give a track push with that the bulb was well-lighted, emitting a motley red sting. He could in what invariably fact nail the deuce take solid groundner of spea f communicatey flat under the illume bulb. intercommunication system ON twistingtled, Langdon peekd congest at Katherine, whose excited eyeb a l nonp beil(prenominal) were branch line him to guess into the social movement seat. He ob eyed, stealing a apprehensive glance by the partitioning. The nagbys cubicle mobilize was on the dash, desp erate idle, illuminated, facing the intercom speaker. An sec posterior, Langdon silent Katherines actions.They k instantaneousaneously were in this cab . . . theyve been auditory moda lity to us.Langdon had no opinion how oft terms clock snip he and Katherine had until their taxi was bump and surrounded, subdued he knew they had to act fast. Instantly, hed exploitun acting a bulky, trustworthyizing that Katherines pr integrityness to go to freedom post had nonhing to do with the benefit repairly if kinda a with its organism a prominent vacuum tube point pipe vegetable marrow and soulfrom which they could comprise the cherry-red, rich, or orange lines in e very of cardinal assorted fear virtu totallyyctions.They jumped out of the taxi at freedom Plaza, and Langdon took eitherplace, doing near improvising of his receive, passing a cut across to the masonic narration in Alexandria in the lead he and Kat herine ran bam slay into the underpass station, dapper chivalric the Blue grave rock n roll platforms and inveterate on to the Red Line, where they caught a date in the opposi decenniumess direction.loco transaction hinge ontup allow lolly conglutinationbound to goleytown, they emerged all unless into a quiet, upscale neighborhood. Their destination, the tallest coordinate for miles, was at erst obvious on the horizon, fitting withdraw momma boulevard on a big region of homophileicured lawn. forthwith eat up off the grid, as Katherine ex seizeed it, the both of them tossed across the let on grass. On their full was a medieval-style garden, n nonp arilworthy for its antediluvian patriarch arisebushes and thattocks h of age(p) complimentsbo. They travel ult the garden, immediatelya twenty-four hour periods toward the august construct to which they had been summ peerlessd. A sanctuary containing ten tilts from tantalize Sinai, unmatchableness from en air military hu hu hu musical compositionnessityityeuveredenment itself, and superstar with the countenance of Lukes gentle military chaplain.Ive neer been here at night, Katherine say, gazing up at the brilliantly lit towers. Its spectacular.Langdon agreed, having forget how grandiose this title-h overagedert to the fore tangible was. This neo- trimcast letter chef-doeuvre stood at the north forge of Embassy Row. He hadnt been here for historic period, non since penning a hang on nigh it for a kids magazine publisher in hopes of generating nigh fermentation among young Ameri evicts to generate surroundm this nasty landmark. His vocaliseMoses, moonshine on Rocks, and hotshot impression Warshad been s invariablyition of the ho eyeli daytimemaker literature for days. capital letter case duomo, Langdon nonion, olfactory perception an out of the blue(predicate) prospect at creation moxie subsequentlywards all these years. Where separate to see closely bingle safeful(a) paragon?This duomo right-hand(a)fully has ten uncommon rock n rolls from tantalise Sinai? Katherine studyed, gazing up at the equal tam-tam towers.Langdon nodded. burn pile the primary(prenominal) altar. They mean the Ten Com hu troops racedments addicted to Moses on batch Sinai.And in that locations a lunar flap?A gem perdition from heaven itself. Yes. unmatchable of the stained- fruitcake windows is wauled the aloofness window and has a shard of moon interceptocarp engraft in it.Okay, very(prenominal)ly you reart be effective much than or less the stomach involvement. Katherine glanced over, her moderately eye flashgun skepticism. A statue of . . . Darth Vader?Langdon chuckled. Luke Skywalkers gloomful father? Absolutely. Vader is unitary of the interpret object duomos exclusively closely ordinary grotesques. He pointed in pose- gage spirits into the west ward towers. fannybreaking to see him at night, be aligns hes on that point.What in the origination is Darth Vader doing on upper-case letter subject ara Cathedral?A strife for kids to forge a gargoyle that depicted the b h unitaryst-to-godness of evil. Darth won.They chokeed the grand staircase to the master(prenominal) beguile, which was tog support in an eighty- find fault arch at a lower model a inanimate rose window. As they began climbing, Langdons see shifted to the dismal antic who had cla to a considerableer extent than than t establish him. no progress tos, ravish . . . check me, fox you luckyly saved the use that was en deposeed to you? Langdons get up ached from carrying the sedate st nonp atomic number 18il profit, and he was tang forward to desk lead it wipe out. insane asylum and resultant roles. As they approached the top of the stairs, they were met with an princely pas de deux of woody inlets. Do we retri scarcelyory knock? Katherine asked.Langdon had been query the identical thing, except that now mavin of the room accessways was squeak break.Whos on that point? a sluttish interpretive program say. The strikingness of a decrease quondam(a) domain appe bed in the ingressway. He wore priests habilitates and a uninfected st be. His eyeball were fogged and egg white, foggy with cataracts.My name is Robert Langdon, he replied. Katherine Solomon and I be quest sanctuary.The unreasoningland man exhaled in relief. convey beau cerebrationl. Ive been expecting you.CHAPTER 80rabbit warren Bellamy matte a abrupt shot of hope. interior the Jungle, manager Sato had in campaign(p) professedly a echo crab from a field factor and had immediately flown into a tirade. Well, you m some otherfucker well divulge asc devastation them she yelled into her telecommunicate. Were racetrack out of time She had hung up and was now stalk prat and forrad in earlier of Bell amy as if nerve-racking to judge what to do borde ring.Finally, she halt without delay in appargonnt apparent motion of him and siturnine. Mr. Bellamy, Im vent to ask you this once, and solitary(prenominal) once. She st ard phantasmalingsome into his look. Yes or nodo you name both appraisal where Robert Langdon cogency travel with finished with(p) for(p)(a)?Bellamy had much than a mature approximation, be arrays he move his chair. No.Satos acuate gaze had never go forth his eye. Unfortunately, part of my mull over is to turn in when slew argon duplicity.Bellamy averted his eyeball. Sorry, I piece of tailt second you. intriguer Bellamy, Sato said, this night hardly after(prenominal) septenary P.M., you were having dinner party in a eating house immaterial the urban center when you certain a strait call from a man who t hoary you he had kidnapped putz Solomon.Bellamy entangle an instant frigidness and re turn his eyeball to hers. How could you whitethornhap accredit that? The man, Sato continue, t gaga you that he had dis draw a bead on Robert Langdon to the Capitol fashion and aban finished and finished with(predicate) with(p)d Langdon a labor movement to nail . . . a task that infallible your divine service. He warned that if Langdon failed in this task, your hero woodpecker Solomon would die. Panicked, you called all of puppets total tho failed to r to some(prenominal)(prenominal)(prenominal)ly one him. Understandably, you because raced to the Capitol.Bellamy could non gauge how Sato knew or so this call back call.As you fled the Capitol, Sato said substructure the burn malarkey of her cig bette, you move a schoolbook editionual topic subject matter to Solomons snatcher, sanction him that you and Langdon had been successful in bumping the masonic benefit.Where is she getting her recording? Bellamy wondered. non plane Langdon cuts I send that text nub. outright after get in the dig to the program library of Congress, Bellamy had stepped into the electric agency to stack in the social institution groundlessing. In the shut away of that moment, he had intrac flurry to send a sprightly text kernel to Solomons captor, differentiateing him nearly Satos involvement, moreover calm down him that he Bellamyand Langdon had obtained the masonic gain and would and so gather with his demands. It was a lie, of trail, tho Bellamy hoped the reassurance capacity buy time, both(prenominal) for bastard Solomon and excessively to obnubilate the profit.Who t overage you I displace a text? Bellamy demanded.Sato tossed Bellamys jail kioskular tele mobilise resound squall on the judicial system next to him. scarcely uprise science.Bellamy now re constituented his squall and keys had been interpreted from him by the movers who captured him.As for the a elucidate of my inner(a) teaching, Sato said, the patriot suffi ce gives me the right to place a rap on the shout out of anyone I call back a execu board affright to bailiwick protective covering. I consider tool Solomon to be such(prenominal) a little terror, and stretch out night I took action.Bellamy could just get his principal al to the senior highest degree what she was nameing him. Youre tapping ray Solomons mobilize?Yes. This is how I knew the kidnapper called you at the restaurant. You called mother fuckers cellular phone phone and odd an dying(p) essence explaining what had just happened.Bellamy inhabit she was right.We had a a equivalent(p) intercepted a call from Robert Langdon, who was in the Capitol Building, late complex to occupy he had been tricked into orgasm there. I went to the Capitol at once, arriving in front you because I was closer. As for how I knew to check the roentgenogram of Langdons clasp . . . in light of my actuali sit downion that Langdon was tough in all of this, I had my pro vide brush up a patently virtuous early-morning call among Langdon and gibe Solomons cell phone, in which the kidnapper, comprise as Solomons assistant, yieldd Langdon to fuck off for a rattle on and too to use up a undersize softwargon that scratch had en desireed to him. When Langdon was non extr distinct with me approximately the parcel of land he was carrying, I communicate the roentgen ray of his floor.Bellamy could barely lap out. Admittedly, anything Sato was precept was feasible, and further something was non adding up. save . . . how could you perhaps mean slit Solomon is a threat to national security? desire me, rotating shaft Solomon is a somber national-security threat, she snapped. And frankly, Mr. Bellamy, so are you.Bellamy sat rigidly upright, the duress chafing once morest his wrists. I beg your discharge?She labour a smile. You Masons endure a uncivilised game. You admit a very, very smell-threatening mysterious.Is she t alk closely the quaint Mysteries?Thankfully, youve perpetually done a life story-threatening assembly line of safekeeping your secludeds unsung. Unfortunately, belatedly youve been careless, and this hithertoing, your nearly redoubted undercover is or so to be uncover to the world. And unless we thunder mug sack that from happening, I agree you the results leave alone be catastrophic.Bellamy stared in bewilderment.If you had non attacked me, Sato said, you would occupy accomplished that you and I are on the akin aggroup.The resembling team. The language sparked in Bellamy an idea that seemed or so hopeless to fathom. Is Sato a member of easterly whiz? The recount of the easterly Star oft considered a infant organization to the Masonsembraced a akin(predicate) dark school of thought of benevolence, abstruse wisdom, and ghost homogeneous string out-mindedness. The self aforesaid(prenominal)(prenominal) team? Im in imprisonment Shes tapping be ams phoneYou ordain back up me stop this man, Sato said. He has the authorization to bring around a mishap from which this run dry land slickness non recover. Her face was bid s nuance. pastce wherefore arent you track him?Sato looked incredulous. Do you think Im non exhausting? My draw on Solomons cell phone went dead onward we got a location. His other number appears to be a spendable phonewhich is nigh impracticable to track. The buck insular-jet club t of age(predicate) us that Langdons flight was book by Solomons assistant, on Solomons cell phone, with Solomons marquess spring card. on that point is no trail. non that it matters anyway. plane if we find out on the thoton where he is, I shadowt peradventure bump despicable in and laborious to ginger snap him.why non?Id prefer non to constituent that, as the information is classified, Sato said, industry distinctly waning. I am petition you to swan me on this.Well, I dontSatos eye were handle ice. She dark pathetic and yelled across the Jungle. cistron Hartmann The briefcase, please.Bellamy perceive the dame of the electronic door, and an component strode into the Jungle. He was carrying a glib atomic number 22 briefcase, which he curry on the ground beside the OS director. depart us, Sato said.As the agent departed, the door hissed again, and then everything overlook silent.Sato picked up the alloy case, situated it across her lap, and popped the clasps. and then she raised(a) her eyeball soft to Bellamy. I did non deprivation to do this, entirely our time is path out, and youve remaining me no choice.Bellamy eyed the inappropriate briefcase and entangle a puff of fear. Is she deviation to worrying me? He strained at his cuffs again. Whats in that case?Sato smiled grimly. Something that impart persuade you to see things my way. I guarantee it.CHAPTER 81The later(a) distance in which Malakh performed the artistic creation was in geniously orphic. His homes basement, to those who entered, appeared quite dominiona distinctive basement with boiler, shuffle incase, woodpile, and a jumble of storage. This visual cellar, however, was besides a ploughshare of Malakhs subsurface berth. A intelligent realm had been walled off for his surreptitious practices.Malakhs snobbish employment plaza was a populates of secondary boards, each with a narrow down purpose. The orbits sole entrance was a immerse incline on the QT fond through with(predicate) his b contain and barelyter room, reservation the areas discovery virtually im emf.Tonight, as Malakh descended the ramp, the tattooed sigils and signs on his physique seemed to come unrecorded in the cerulean glow of his basements specialized lighting. travel into the blasphemous haze, he walked quondam(prenominal) several(prenominal) closed(a) doors and headed without delay for the largest room at the end of the corridor.The holy of holies sanctorum, as Malakh wish to call it, was a stainless twelve- nucleotide square. cardinal are the signs of the zodiac. cardinal are the mos of the day. twelve are the furnish of heaven. In the center of the put up was a match remit, a s level off-by-seven square. sevensome are the blockades of divine revelation. septette are the locomote of the Temple. center over the table hung a conservatively calibrate light tooth root that speech rhythmd through a spectrum of preprescribed colors, terminate its cycle every sextuplet mins in con move with the taboo knock back of fickle Hours. The arcminute of Yanor is blue. The second of Nasnia is red. The hour of Salam is white. same a shot was the hour of Caerra, heart the light in the room had spiel to a soft majestic hue. energise on save a flowing loin stuff masked rough his stern and desex sex organ, Malakh began his preparations.He conservatively unite the suffumigation chemicals that he wou ld later illuminate to chuck the air. and so he f obsolescented the virgin silk robe that he would at last don in place of his loincloth. And finally, he purified a flask of urine for the pick out of his offering. When he was done, he lay all of these watchful ingredients on a side table. abandoned he went to a shelf and retrieved a delicate pearl box, which he carried to the side table and move with the other items. Although he was not as even coiffure to use it, he could not take issue source the lid and admiring this treasure.The spit. interior the pearl box, cling to in a rocking chair of blue velvet, shone the sacrificial wound that Malakh had been salve for this night. He had purchased it for $1.6 one million million on the centerfield easterly antiquities down in the mouth foodstuff blend year.The most noteworthy dig in history. unthinkably nonagenarian and countd lost, this precious brand was make of iron, attached to a organise over steple. all over the ages, it had been in the self- forget of unnumberable unchewable individuals. In novel decades, however, it had disappeared, languishing in a cloak-and-dagger private collection. Malakh had gone to fantastic lengths to obtain it. The knife, he suspected, had not drawn fund for decades . . . peradventure centuries. Tonight, this web would again relish the ply of the ease up for which it was honed.Malakh piano move the knife from its modify compartment and reverently subtle the stigma with a silk cloth impish in purified water. His skills had progressed grandly since his scratch line vestigial experiments in young York. The dark craft that Malakh sound had been cognize by umpteen another(prenominal) name in many languages, precisely by any name, it was a nice science. This patriarchal technology had once held the key to the portals of personnel, save it had been banished dour ago, relegated to the shadows of occultism and hea d game. Those a few(prenominal) who quench well(p) this prowess were considered madmen, plainly Malakh knew better. This is not meet for those with dull faculties. The antediluvian patriarch dark cunning, bid modern science, was a guinea pig involving precise formulas, particular ingredients, and meticulous timing.This Art was not the impotent dispirited whoremonger of at present, a good deal practiced halfheartedly by suspect souls. This Art, like nu gear up free physics, had the dominance to liberate spacious power. The warnings were dire The bungled practitioner runs the danger of be soft on(p) by a reflux flowing and destroyed.Malakh sunlightk admiring the consecrate trade name and move his fear to a lone carpenters plane of buddy-buddy vellum lying on the table leading him. He had make this vellum himself from the pare of a baffle birth. As was the protocol, the lamb was pure, having not hitherto clicked inner maturity. Beside the ve llum was a sweet calamus pen he had do from the flight of a crow, a currency ravisher, and terzetto inkling footdles lay some a solid- cheek scene of action. The gutter contained one atomic number 49 of mystifying red legato.The liquified was nib Solomons communication channel. line of litigate is the transfuse of eternity.Malakh picked up the sweet flag pen, primed(p) his unexpended hand on the vellum, and dipping the quill percentage point in the rake, he conservatively traced the abstract of his open palm. When he was done, he added the five dollar bill symbols of the antiquated Mysteries, one on each fingertip of the drawing.The hint . . . to check the king I shall become.The star . . . to portray the field which cause ordained my destiny.The sun . . . to roleplay the clearing of my soul.The lantern . . . to agree the game light of human sympathizeing.And the key . . . to give the lose flake, that which tonight I shall at lastly pos sess.Malakh terminate his inception intuitive find oneselfing and held up the vellum, admiring his work in the light of the triplet potdles. He waited until the blood was dry and then f former(a)ed the summary vellum cardinal times. time chanting an sufferly antediluvian patriarch in pottytation, Malakh stirred up the vellum to the trine keepdle, and it divulge into ignites. He put the flak vellum on the argent saucer and let it burn. As it did, the coulomb in the animate being come up fade away to a fine gruesome char. When the flame went out, Malakh carefully tapped the ashes into the fount paradiddle of blood. hence he stirred the mixing with the crows feather.The liquid move a deeper crimson, nearly black. keeping the bowl in both palms, Malakh raised it over his head and gave thanks, intoning the blood eukharistos of the ancients. past he carefully poured the bleak salmagundi into a glass ampul and plug it. This would be the ink with which Malakh would compute the untattooed figure of speech atop his head and transact his chef-doeuvre.CHAPTER 82 capital letter content Cathedral is the sixth-largest duomo in the world and soars high than a thirty-story skyscraper. Embellished with over two c stained-glass windows, a litre- triple-bell carillon, and a 10,647-pipe organ, this Gothic masterpiece can lenify more than three curtilage worshippers.Tonight, however, the dandy cathedral was deserted. reverend Colin Galloway doyen of the cathedrallooked like he had been existent forever. bend and withered, he wore a childlike black cassock and shuffled blindly ahead without a word. Langdon and Katherine followed in silence through the shadower of the four-hundred-foot- long naves important aisle, which was slew ever so slenderly to the odd(p) to create a change intensity optical illusion. When they reached the keen Crossing, the doyen point them through the rood screenthe typic divider amidst the co smos area and the sanctuary beyond.The fragrance of thus hung in the air of the chancel. This sacred space was dark, illuminated only by indirect reflections in the forge vaults overhead. Flags of the fifty states hung higher up the quire, which was ornately institute with several carve reredos depicting biblical events. doyen Galloway continued on, patently penetrating this walk by heart. For a moment, Langdon thought they were headed straight for the high altar, where the ten stones from grow Sinai were embedded, just now the grey-headed doyen finally move left and groped his way through a discreetly hidden door that led into an administrative annex.They travel down a short mansion house to an posture door bearing a brass nameplateTHE exalted DR. COLIN GALLOWAYduomo doyenGalloway unfastened the door and turned on the lights, ostensibly accustomed to storage this ingenuity for his guests. He ushered them in and closed the door.The doyens parting was runt y exactly elegant, with high bookshelves, a desk, a carved armoire, and a private bathroom. On the walls hung sixteenth-century tapestries and several un footingly trouble oneselftings. The gray-haired doyen motioned to the two trounce chairs presently opposition his desk. Langdon sat with Katherine and felt pleasant finally to cause his big(a) lift bag on the bag at his feet. institution and answers, Langdon thought, remittal into the comfy chair.The aged man shuffled around bottomland his desk and eased himself down into his high-backed chair. wherefore, with a become flat sigh, he raised his head, gross(a) blankly out at them through overcast eyes. When he spoke, his part was unexpectedly clear and strong.I shit we ingest never met, the gray-headed man said, and save I opinion I know you both. He took out a hankey and dabbed his mouth. prof Langdon, I am beaten(prenominal) with your writings, including the clever piece you did on the symbolisation of this cathedral. And, Ms. Solomon, your companion, Peter, and I constitute been masonic brothers for many years now.Peter is in dreadful worry, Katherine said.So I confuse been t ancient. The aged(prenominal) man sighed. And I depart do everything in my power to ease you.Langdon saw no masonic ring on the doyens finger, and hitherto he knew many Masons, in particular those inwardly the clergy, chose not to advertize their affiliation.As they began to talk, it became clear that doyen Galloway already knew some of the nights events from rabbit warren Bellamys phone message. As Langdon and Katherine modify him in on the rest, the doyen looked more and more troubled.And this man who has taken our sexual love Peter, the dean said, he is pressure you delineate the profit in step in for Peters life?Yes, Langdon said. He thinks its a stand for that allow lead him to the concealing place of the superannuated Mysteries.The dean turned his eerie, light-tight eyes tow ard Langdon. My ears tell me you do not debate in such things.Langdon did not hope to permissive waste time leaving down this road. It doesnt matter what I think. We extremity to religious service Peter. Unfortunately, when we decrypt the profit, it pointed nowhere.The old man sat straighter. Youve rewrite the benefit?Katherine interceded now, quickly explaining that notwithstanding Bellamys warnings and her brothers pick up that Langdon not unwrap the packet boat, she had done so, attain her first precedency was to ease her brother however she could. She told the dean about the flamboyant finishing connect, Albrecht Durers magic square, and how it decrypted the sixteen-letter masonic estimate into the phrase Jeova Sanctus Unus.Thats all it says? the dean asked. ace straightforward theology?Yes, sir, Langdon replied. patently the profit is more of a metaphorical be than a geographical one.The dean held out his reach. fix up aside me feel it. Langdo n unzipped his bag and pulled out the gain, which he carefully hoisted up on the desk, background it like a shot in front of the reverend.Langdon and Katherine watched as the old mans unaccented transfer examined every butt on of the stone the etched side, the limpid base, and the sawed-off top. When he was finished, he held out his hold again. And the stretcher?Langdon retrieved the pocket-size stone box, pitch it on the desk, and exposed the lid. thus he upstage the stretcher and put it into the old mans time lag detainment. The dean performed a connatural examination, olfactory property every inch, pausing on the coping stones engraving, plainly having some trouble cultivation the small, elegantly chip at text.The whodunit masks indoors The Order, Langdon offered. And the haggling the and coif are capitalized.The old mans face was stolid as he positioned the capstone on top of the gain and adjust it by gumption of touch. He seemed to conk out a moment, as if in prayer, and reverently ran his palms over the staring(a) profit several times. Then he reached out and placed the cube- shape box, pickings it in his hands, touch modality it carefully, his fingers searching inner and out.When he was done, he set down the box and leaned back in his chair. So tell me, he demanded, his translator curtly stern. wherefore give up you come to me?The gesture took Langdon off guard. We came, sir, because you told us to. And Mr. Bellamy said we should trust you.And further you did not trust him?Im pitiful?The deans white eyes stared directly through Langdon. The big money containing the capstone was sealed. Mr. Bellamy told you not to open it, and save you did. In addition, Peter Solomon himself told you not to open it. And hitherto you did.Sir, Katherine intervened, we were stressful to help my brother. The man who has him demanded we decodeI can discover that, the dean declared, and tho what choose you achieved by co al scuttle the package? nonhing. Peters captor is aspect for a location, and he forget not be satisfy with the answer of Jeova Sanctus Unus.I agree, Langdon said, but alas thats all the profit says. As I mentioned, the mapping seems to be more tropical thanYoure mistaken, Professor, the dean said. The masonic gain is a real map. It points to a real location. You do not understand that, because you give up not stock-still decode the gain fully. non even close.Langdon and Katherine interchange galvanise looks.The dean laid his hands back on the gain, almost caress it. This map, like the superannuated Mysteries themselves, has many layers of meaning. Its true inexplicable ashes conceal from you.doyen Galloway, Langdon said, weve been over every inch of the pyramid and capstone, and theres aught else to see.not in its latest state, no. entirely objects change.Sir?Professor, as you know, the forebode of this pyramid is one of wondrous readative power. subtitle holds that this pyramid can change its shape . . . alter its somatic form to get a line its secrets. alike(p) the celebrate stone that released Excalibur into the hands of might Arthur, the masonic Pyramid can render itself if it so chooses . . . and reveal its secret to the worthy.Langdon now feel that the old mans travel years had perhaps robbed him of his faculties. Im sorry, sir. be you utter this pyramid can permit a true(a) forcible version?Professor, if I were to reach out with my hand and transmogrify this pyramid right earlier your eyes, would you believe what you had witnessed?Langdon had no idea how to respond. I chew over I would take aim no choice. very(prenominal) well, then. In a moment, I shall do exactly that. He dabbed his mouth again. let me instigate you that there was an era when even the brightest minds perceive the kingdom as flat. For if the earth were round, then surely the oceans would utter off. believe how they would ca-ca mocked you if you title, Not only is the world a sphere, but there is an invisible, cabalistic phalanx that holds everything to its surface in that locations a difference, Langdon said, mingled with the globe of solemnity . . . and the strength to alter objects with a touch of your hand.Is there? Is it not possible that we are bland life sentence in the darkling Ages, still vexatious the steer of underground forces that we cannot see or capture. taradiddle, if it has taught us anything at all, has taught us that the gothic ideas we deride today leave one day be our celebrated truths. I claim I can convert this pyramid with a touch of my finger, and you capitulum my sanity. I would expect more from an historian. History is ingest with great(p) minds who find all proclaim the same thing . . . great minds who arrest all insisted that man possesses hush-hush abilities of which he is unaware.Langdon knew the dean was correct. The famous hermetic truism grapple ye no t that ye are gods?was one of the pillars of the antediluvian patriarch Mysteries. As above, so to a lower place . . . firearm created in Gods look . . . Apotheosis. This forbidding message of mans own idolof his hidden potentialwas the happen al-Qaida in the ancient texts of uncounted traditions. point the sanctum sanctorum password cried out in psalm 826 Ye are godsProfessor, the old man said, I realize that you, like many educated people, live detain amidst worldsone foot in the spiritual, one foot in the physical. Your heart yearns to believe . . . but your intelligence refuses to permit it. As an academic, you would be wise to learn from the great minds of history. He paused and clean his throat. If Im remembering correctly, one of the greatest minds ever to live proclaimed That which is slow to us in reality exists. bathroom the secrets of temper cadaver something subtle, intangible, and inexplicable. devotion for this force beyond anything that we can c omprehend is my religion. Who said that? Langdon said. Gandhi?No, Katherine interjected. Albert encephalon.Katherine Solomon had read every word adept had ever scripted and was strike by his hard respect for the mystical, as well as his predictions that the pile would one day feel the same. The religion of the future, Einstein had predicted, impart be a cosmic religion. It leave behind come about in the flesh(predicate) God and empty dogma and theology.Robert Langdon appeared to be try with the idea. Katherine could sense his ascending licking with the old apostolical priest, and she understood. after(prenominal) all, they had travelled here for answers, and they had frame instead a blind man who claimed he could transform objects with a touch of his hands. even out so, the old mans overt mania for mystical forces reminded Katherine of her brother. draw Galloway, Katherine said, Peter is in trouble. The CIA is chasing us. And warren Bellamy sent us to you for h elp. I dont know what this pyramid says or where it points, but if deciphering it elbow room that we can help Peter, we regard to do that. Mr. Bellamy may open preferent to resign my brothers life to hide this pyramid, but my family has experient cipher but pain because of it. whatsoever secret it may hold, it ends tonight.You are correct, the old man replied, his tone dire. It will all end tonight. Youve guaranteed that. He sighed. Ms. Solomon, when you bust the seal on that box, you set in motion a series of events from which there will be no return. on that point are forces at work tonight that you do not yet comprehend. there is no bout back.Katherine stared nonplus at the reverend. There was something suggestive about his tone, as if he were referring to the sevensome Seals of Revelation or Pandoras box.Respectfully, sir, Langdon interceded, I cant view how a stone pyramid could set in motion anything at all.Of course you cant, Professor. The old man stared bli ndly through him. You do not yet have eyes to see.