Penns Grove-Excelsior Lodge #54
Worshipful Master's Message
The name of Dan Brown is widely known as the author of such bestselling novels as The DiVinci Code. Last year, Mr. Brown sent a letter to the Southern Jurisdiction Scottish Rite on the occasion of their 2009 Supreme Council Session. Mr. Brown had been invited to address the guests attending but, was unable to attend due to events connected to the release of his most recent book. Those of you who receive communication from the Masonic Service Association of North America will have to excuse me for repeating what you have already read from that organization’s newsletter (Focus, volume 16, issue 4/ December 2009). Mr. Brown sent the following letter:
Guests of the Southern Jurisdiction,
It is my great honor to be invited to greet you via this letter. I had hoped I might be able to join you in person tonight, but the launch of my novel The Lost Symbol has me far from Washington.
In the past few weeks, as you might imagine, I have been repeatedly asked what attracted me to the Masons so strongly as to make it a central point of my new book. My reply is always the same: “In a world where men do battle over whose definition of God is most accurate, I cannot adequately express the deep respect and admiration I feel toward an organization in which men of differing faiths are able to ‘break bread together’ in a bond of brotherhood, friendship, and camaraderie.”
Please accept my humble thanks for the noble example you set for humankind. It is my sincere hope that the Masonic community recognizes The Lost Symbol for what it truly is…an earnest attempt to reverentially explore the history and beauty of Masonic Philosophy.
The letter is signed “Yours sincerely, Dan Brown.”
Sincerely and Fraternally,
Ronald D. Miller
Worshipful Master
PENNS GROVE-EXCELSIOR LODGE NO. 54, F.&A.M.
P.O. BOX 361 • PENNS GROVE, NJ 08069-0361
PHONE: (856) 299-1323
P.O. BOX 361 • PENNS GROVE, NJ 08069-0361
PHONE: (856) 299-1323
