Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 46

           Beyondthat,though,thereexistedliterallydozensofsymbolicoccurrencesofEarth,Air,Fire,andWaterthroughouthistory—thePythagoreancyclesoflife,theChineseHong-Fan,theJungianmaleandfemalerudiments,thequadrantsoftheZodiac,eventheMuslimsreveredthefourancientelements…althoughinIslamtheywereknownas"squares,clouds,lightning,andwaves."ForLangdon,though,itwasamoremodernusagethatalwaysgavehimchills—theMason’sfourmysticgradesofAbsoluteInitiation:Earth,Air,Fire,andWater.

           Vittoriaseemedmystified."SothisIlluminatiartistcreatedfourpiecesofartthatlookedreligious,butwereactuallytributestoEarth,Air,Fire,andWater?"

           "Exactly,"Langdonsaid,quicklyturningupViaSentineltowardthearchives."ThepiecesblendedintotheseaofreligiousartworkalloverRome.Bydonatingtheartworkanonymouslytospecificchurchesandthenusingtheirpoliticalinfluence,thebrotherhoodfacilitatedplacementofthesefourpiecesincarefullychosenchurchesinRome.Eachpieceofcoursewasamarker…subtlypointingtothenextchurch…wherethenextmarkerawaited.Itfunctionedasatrailofcluesdisguisedasreligiousart.IfanIlluminaticandidatecouldfindthefirstchurchandthemarkerforEarth,hecouldfollowittoAir…andthentoFire…andthentoWater…andfinallytotheChurchofIllumination."

           Vittoriawaslookinglessandlessclear."AndthishassomethingtodowithcatchingtheIlluminatiassassin?"

           Langdonsmiledasheplayedhisace."Oh,yes.TheIlluminaticalledthesefourchurchesbyaveryspecialname.

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