I was perusing my local bookstore, and I found this magazine called A Companion Guide to Dan Brown's then-latest book, "The Lost Symbol". Well, between that and the big Square and Compasses on the cover, I had to get it. Some of you who know me know that I'm a bit of an armchair symbologist myself from prior postings (certainly not in the league of the fictional Robert Langdon, but I can hold my own), and I wanted to get this in particular. While browsing through its pages, I noticed that it covers not only the Masons, but a bunch of other rather esoteric subject matter, conspiracies and secret societies - all in all, a well-rounded read and I highly recommend it to anyone interested in the subject. Here's the cover (not very subtle, of course):
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We have been led to believe for the longest time that these cubit designs were made up by the props folks because the symbols look like "G" and "L" for Glen Larson, the show's creator. Some have also claimed the existence of a small and super-rare set of "A" cubits for Mr. Larson's middle name, Albert, but none has ever been found that I'm aware of, nor is there anything in this alphabet that comes close to resembling an "A", which makes me doubt the claim's provenance. These symbols may look like G and L, but most certainly are more than just random lines and squiggles thrown together. Somebody did their homework, just as they did for the Blue Squadron patch, which is a representation of an ancient Indian Sri Yantra Mandala:
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