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Chapter 23

           TheycallthemselvesthePrieurédeSionthePrioryofSion.They’rebasedhereinFranceandattractpowerfulmembersfromalloverEurope.Infact,theyareoneoftheoldestsurvivingsecretsocietiesonearth.»

           Sophiehadneverheardofthem.

           Langdonwastalkinginrapidburstsnow.«ThePriory’smembershiphasincludedsomeofhistory’smostculturedindividuals:menlikeBotticelli,SirIsaacNewton,VictorHugo.»Hepaused,hisvoicebrimmingnowwithacademiczeal.«And,LeonardoDaVinci.»Sophiestared.«DaVinciwasinasecretsociety?»

           «DaVincipresidedoverthePriorybetween1510and1519asthebrotherhood’sGrandMaster,whichmighthelpexplainyourgrandfather’spassionforLeonardo’swork.Thetwomenshareahistoricalfraternalbond.Anditallfitsperfectlywiththeirfascinationforgoddessiconology,paganism,femininedeities,andcontemptfortheChurch.ThePrioryhasawell-documentedhistoryofreverenceforthesacredfeminine.»

           «You’retellingmethisgroupisapagangoddessworshipcult?»

           «Morelikethepagangoddessworshipcult.Butmoreimportant,theyareknownastheguardiansofanancientsecret.Onethatmadethemimmeasurablypowerful.»

           DespitethetotalconvictioninLangdon’seyes,Sophie’sgutreactionwasoneofstarkdisbelief.Asecretpagancult?OnceheadedbyLeonardoDaVinci?Itallsoundedutterlyabsurd.Andyet,evenasshedismissedit,shefelthermindreelingbacktenyearstothenightshehadmistakenlysurprisedhergrandfatherandwitnessedwhatshestillcouldnotaccept

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