Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 9

           "

           "Soyouranawebsearchforit?"

           "Yes."

           "Andthewordreturnedhundredsofreferences,nodoubt."

           "Thousands,"Kohlersaid."Yours,however,containedreferencestoHarvard,Oxford,areputablepublisher,aswellasalistofrelatedpublications.AsascientistIhavecometolearnthatinformationisonlyasvaluableasitssource.Yourcredentialsseemedauthentic."

           Langdon’seyeswerestillrivetedonthebody.

           Kohlersaidnothingmore.Hesimplystared,apparentlywaitingforLangdontoshedsomelightonthescenebeforethem.

           Langdonlookedup,glancingaroundthefrozenflat."Perhapsweshoulddiscussthisinawarmerplace?"

           "Thisroomisfine."Kohlerseemedoblivioustothecold."We’lltalkhere."

           Langdonfrowned.TheIlluminatihistorywasbynomeansasimpleone.I’llfreezetodeathtryingtoexplainit.Hegazedagainatthebrand,feelingarenewedsenseofawe.

           AlthoughaccountsoftheIlluminatiemblemwerelegendaryinmodernsymbology,noacademichadeveractuallyseenit.Ancientdocumentsdescribedthesymbolasanambigram—ambimeaning"both"—signifyingitwaslegiblebothways.Andalthoughambigramswerecommoninsymbology—swastikas,yinyang,Jewishstars,simplecrosses—theideathatawordcouldbecraftedintoanambigramseemedutterlyimpossible.Modernsymbologistshadtriedforyearstoforgetheword"Illuminati"intoaperfectlysymmetricalstyle,buttheyhadfailedmiserably.Mostacademicshadnowdecidedthesymbol’sexistencewasamyth.

           "SowhoaretheIlluminati?"Kohlerdemanded.

           Yes,Langdonthought,whoindeed?Hebeganhistale.

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