Angels and Demons

Went to see Angels and Demons last night at the cinema. It will be interesting to see what happens when Dan Brown publishes The Lost Symbol in September. The plot is supposed to involve Freemasonry. If so, we may see a renewed interest in Freemasonry from those outside the Craft.

I took the following information from Google Trends which could act as an indicator of interest. It is interesting to note the general trend of the graph appears to be going down.



The points correlate to the following news stories. The correlations may not be accurate:

A QC Elias vetoed for Freemason and hunt links
ic Wales - Mar 10 2004
Freemason History: Secret Handshakes, Passwords, FDR, Franklin
Bloomberg - May 12 2006
B Thieving freemason stripped of liberty
ic Newcastle.co.uk - Aug 3 2007
C The Son of Man, Prince of France PBH Announces His Book at The Freemason Publishing in France
Biloxi Sun Herald - Jan 31 2008
D Idaho State Historical Museum to feature Freemason exhibit
KTVB - May 15 2008
E Renovation of the historical Freemason Lodge initiated
Daily Times - Jan 3