But most Masonic symbols aren't unique to Freemasonry ... Also, many Masons are independent minded and tend to resist edicts from above, Kinney said. "There is no way that they could be run ...

Best-selling author Dan Brown's latest novel, The Lost Symbol, draws heavily on the lore and mystique of the Freemasons. A visit to one of the locations in the novel, a prominent Masonic building ...

6. There are NO secret Masonic symbols on the U.S. dollar bill. The back of the dollar bill features an incomplete pyramid with an eye on top of it. Many people -- including some Freemasons -- say ...

THE Consistory Court of the diocese of Carlisle has refused a faculty to per­mit a masonic symbol to be added to the churchyard ... a rose immediately above the words “Rest in peace”; and a rugby ball ...

Several Masonic signs have been found 'hidden' in paintings of Scotland's bard Robert Burns. Tiny letters and symbols have been painted in minute detail in a paintings by Alexander Nasmyth ...

a 33rd-degree grand commander of the Freemasons and author of the "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Freemasonry." Ground zero for "The Lost Symbol" is the Washington Monument, the enormous shrine ...

“The Lost Symbol,” author Dan Brown’s new, violent thriller, involves some strange findings at a Masonic temple near the White House. (Wine-filled skull and severed hand, anyone?) Brown ...

Update, October 8, 2009: Dan Brown's new novel The Lost Symbol takes readers on a spine-tingling tour of some of Washington, D.C.'s most famous buildings. With Masonic symbolism as its theme ...