I am running away from reality, as fast as i could.
and trying not to look back, so as to prevent my eye from tearing.
The lost symbol
Saturday, October 3, 2009
I did not like "The Lost Symbol". Simply because it has way too many loose ends and information which is arguable. There is a point when I just wanted to stuff something into Ms. Solomon's mouth because her talking is irritating at some point. The novel from my point of view lacked the severe direction which was present in Angels and Demons. It just clicks for Langdon under sheer stress. OK, I will give that to the "thrill" part of the novel but the esoteric significance that Brown claims to have been poignant is missing or I completely missed it. I expected something else entirely and may be from thats where my disappointment stems from. I heard about this novel covering Noetics which for me is taken care by Fringe science. Here are a few:
She, Katherine, has some sort of apparatus which weighs the soul.
Katherine's theory - An idea or a thought has mass. So a collective thought can create enough gravity to materialize the idea or the thought to reality. Simply put - mind over matter becomes reality.
A genetic constant in our DNA which makes every mystic theory in respective religion and culture to be almost similar. This is also called convergence of the minds. (I think I have written something on this before.)
The Masons' part of the novel is pretty cool. Its connecting mysticism with science where the novel loses its charm. If the explanations are detailed enough, then there would be some ground to argue on or at least understand the supposedly esoteric concepts of Free Masons but its completely missing.
I think I will read "Tao of Physics" once again to purge my mind of silliness called "Lost Symbol". What a waste of time.