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Chapter 6

           Evenfewerpeopleknewthatthefive-pointedstarhadalmostbecometheofficialOlympicsealbutwasmodifiedatthelastmomentitsfivepointsexchangedforfiveintersectingringstobetterreflectthegames’spiritofinclusionandharmony.

           «Mr.Langdon,»Fachesaidabruptly.«Obviously,thepentaclemustalsorelatetothedevil.YourAmericanhorrormoviesmakethatpointclearly.»

           Langdonfrowned.Thankyou,Hollywood.Thefive-pointedstarwasnowavirtualclichéinSatanicserialkillermovies,usuallyscrawledonthewallofsomeSatanist’sapartmentalongwithotherallegeddemonicsymbology.Langdonwasalwaysfrustratedwhenhesawthesymbolinthiscontext;thepentacle’strueoriginswereactuallyquitegodly.

           «Iassureyou,»Langdonsaid,»despitewhatyouseeinthemovies,thepentacle’sdemonicinterpretationishistoricallyinaccurate.Theoriginalfemininemeaningiscorrect,butthesymbolismofthepentaclehasbeendistortedoverthemillennia.Inthiscase,throughbloodshed.»«I’mnotsureIfollow.»LangdonglancedatFache’scrucifix,uncertainhowtophrasehisnextpoint.«TheChurch,sir.Symbolsareveryresilient,butthepentaclewasalteredbytheearlyRomanCatholicChurch.AspartoftheVatican’scampaigntoeradicatepaganreligionsandconvertthemassestoChristianity,theChurchlaunchedasmearcampaignagainstthepagangodsandgoddesses,recastingtheirdivinesymbolsasevil.»

           «Goon.»

           «Thisisverycommonintimesofturmoil,»Langdoncontinued.

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