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Chapter 104

           Langdonhadtoadmit,thereexistedanintriguingsymmetryintheideaoftheTemplarsbuildingamodernGrailrepositorythatechoedtheGrail’soriginalhidingplace.RosslynChapel’sentrancewasmoremodestthanLangdonexpected.Thesmallwoodendoorhadtwoironhingesandasimple,oaksign.

           ROSLIN

           Thisancientspelling,LangdonexplainedtoSophie,derivedfromtheRoseLinemeridianonwhichthechapelsat;or,asGrailacademicspreferredtobelieve,fromthe»LineofRose»theancestrallineageofMaryMagdalene.

           Thechapelwouldbeclosingsoon,andasLangdonpulledopenthedoor,awarmpuffofairescaped,asiftheancientedificewereheavingawearysighattheendofalongday.Herentryarchesburgeonedwithcarvedcinquefoils.

           Roses.Thewombofthegoddess.

           EnteringwithSophie,Langdonfelthiseyesreachingacrossthefamoussanctuaryandtakingitallin.AlthoughhehadreadaccountsofRosslyn’sarrestinglyintricatestonework,seeingitinpersonwasanoverwhelmingencounter.

           Symbologyheaven,oneofLangdon’scolleagueshadcalledit.

           EverysurfaceinthechapelhadbeencarvedwithsymbolsChristiancruciforms,Jewishstars,Masonicseals,Templarcrosses,cornucopias,pyramids,astrologicalsigns,plants,vegetables,pentacles,androses.TheKnightsTemplarhadbeenmasterstonemasons,erectingTemplarchurchesalloverEurope,butRosslynwasconsideredtheirmostsublimelaborofloveandveneration.Themastermasonshadleftnostoneuncarved.RosslynChapelwasashrinetoallfaiths…toalltraditions…and,aboveall,tonatureandthegoddess.

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