SPOILER WARNING! If you are looking for hints, then this is not the site.
I have finally completed the Lost Symbol Quest from the Dan Brown Website. We’ll it took me about 3 hours before i was able to finish it using mostly by plain guess.
The book is not as exciting as the Angels and Demons but I’m not going to let it pass anyway so I started reading it and hopefully will finish it before the week ends.
Below is the complete answer to the online puzzle The Lost Symbol Quest. I have arranged them in alphabetical order so it would be easy for you to find it.
| Symbol | Hint |
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Alpha’s antithesis – omega symbol |
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An age in the hair of Broadway |
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Anagram of “Madras Pen” |
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Casanova, Mozart and Houdini had this in common |
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Centaur archer |
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Circle’s circumference divided by its diameter |
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Demisemiquaver |
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Fourth rock from the sunl |
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French Monarch’s lily |
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Greek Goddess of Triumph |
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Hieroglyph of seven body parts in one |
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Hood ornament for Emil Jellinek’s daughter |
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IESOUS CHRISTOS THEOU YIOS SOTER |
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Kafka, Poe, or Khepri embodied |
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Latin “recipe” offered by doctors/td> |
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Leo’s chaste neighbour |
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Meditative chant |
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Octothorpe |
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One eyed man + two ravens |
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Opposing, yet unified |
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Quicksilver |
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Proofreaders mark from latin “delere” |
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Robert Langdon’s favourite symbol |
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Scribe of Sidereus Nuncius was the first to see rings around it |
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Silence for Berlioz, Bizet and Bartok |
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Sounds like a resident in the Garden of Eden |
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The “S” in Mozart’s D.S |
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The cross of Bogart’s Falcon |
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The fork of Zeus’ younger brother |
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The Golden Ratio |
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Venus’ Hand Mirror |
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Who uses this symbol |
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without end |
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Zeus’ Games |
Here is the complete transcription of the recorded message after completing the symbol quest. You will need to solve the quest with the perfect score before this page is displayed.
This is Dan Brown.
Congratulations on completing the symbol quest, in reaching the 33rd degree with no errors.
As you may have noticed the book jacket in the US is covered with symbols and icons.
Encoded within them, are five hidden messages for you to find and decrypt.
Best of luck and i hope you enjoyed the novel.
Solving for the symbol quest on the book covers. here is a link for the The Lost Symbol book covers in high resolution just in case you don’t have the book with you.
Not bad! Congrats
Regards from Berlin, DE
Johannes
I envy you! I haven’t read a good book lately.
I envy you. I haven’t read a good book lately.
ALL GREAT TRUTHS Begin as BLASPHEMIES
thanks for the help,.. and if you don’t know what that above means… sorry
I also solved the Quest few weeks ago and if I remember correctly the Dan Brown’s message than said something about signed copies of books…or?
PS. Is there any info on these 5 hidden messages?
Cheers
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I have seen a symbol very similar to Turkish Flag. Just a rotated version. What does it mean? It didnt ask it.
my list above has all the symbols needed for the quest. what you saw might be an extra used to make the quest more difficult.
On the american dustcover, there are at least 4 puzzles to solve as follows:
1. A ten-digit US phone number is found in Single Letter / Single Number pairs placed randomly throughout. Place the letters alphabetically and get the phone number.
2. On the Back Cover, there is a 4×4 grid containing letters. Use the perfect square from the novel to solve.
3. On the Back Cover, there is a code vertically in the Masonic Cipher (again from the novel). Use the key on page 197 to solve. Hint, turn the book clockwise 90degrees.
4. On the Front Cover, there is a series of numbers along the edge of circle of symbols… use the first letter from the chapter with that number to get the message.
5. ??? Haven’t been able to discover the fifth hidden message. Would love to hear any ideas. Maybe it’s the lost one?
congratulations!!and thanks for the answers..im reading his book ” the lost symbol” and i must say its really good, three thumbs up.. =D
well, excitng? i think all of his books are excitng and superb, once you read them all..=D thanks a lot..
If you look closely on the back cover it says in the same red ink as the other codes…as above so below
(above the words “critical raves for”
it says “as above” and upside down below the barcode it says “so below”.)
Not a clue if that means anything or if that is indeed the fifth puzzle, but thought I should mention it. If anyone has any more ideas I would love to know. Thanks.
you are a really thoughtful guy，good job！
hi there everybody,
this is a great site and very nice book.
I’m from Belgium and i have all the books of Dan brown.
Sometimes our covers are different from the ones they use in tyhe UK or US, but it’s great to reveale some secrets in the covers.
for Hilary, i believe “as above, so below” refers to the symbol for infinity. It is a know sentence in Hermeticism.
i hope to learn to know new people here and stay in touch
Actually, I am not quite sure what the fifth code is, but the “As above, So below” quote is a reference to purgatory. Read what Dan Brown is told by Mal’Akh on page 39,
-Peter? “I thought you said Peter was in ‘purgatory’.”
“As above, so below,” the man said.
Langdon felt a deepening chill. This strange response was an ancient Hermetic adage that proclaimed a belief in the **physical connection between heaven and earth. As above, so below.**
You were right about the Hermetic part, but I believe it is more a hint towards purgatory, perhaps the code is about how we are somewhere between heaven and hell until the day of judgment, but I do not believe it has anything to do with the sign of infinity.
i may say that the lost symbol is the most astounding masterpiece. i hope that Dan brown wont stop on l.s. does anyone had the last answer to the code???????
Dan Brown is pure class, just a quick note to Michael, the 5th puzzle is complex yet simple, the best tip i can give you is to look for verisimilitude on the covers and inner sanctums. Hope this helps if not blog back and ill help again or tell you. Best of luck all solving the hardest sudoku of all time. Stuart
I’ m Brazilian and I didn’t found any one of the puzzles
Maybe the covers are different in each Country, but, anyway it’s a great book and i’m glad to read it
Dan Brown it’s a great writer
I have a question for you, fellow symbol-loving ppl. There is this symbol that appears also on the quest (but it isn’t the answer to any riddle) and for a long time I wanted to find what it means: http://i47.tinypic.com/mbqw6p.png
I would love your help if you know the meaning of this symbol!
Sincerely,
A Dan Brown fan and symbol lover
Remus
It’s the artist formerly known as Prince
Looking through these symbols was really quite fun.
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender. Vince Lombardi
As above so below could mean alot of things. lots of symbols are the same when viewed upside down. It could also possibly be an ambigram, anagran, etc… I’d like to crack the code but it’s really tough!
As above , so below, belongs to chapter 9 of the book. “This strange response was an ancient Hermetic adage that proclaimed a belief in the physical connection between heaven and earth” Hope this helps.
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Hi guys, these are the codes I have found so far.
1.The pigpen cipher on the back, which can be deciphered on pg.197.
2.The string of numbers and letters which are somehow a phone number.
3.’As above, So below’ if that is a code.
4.The series of paired numbers on the circle at the front.
5.And the 4×4 letter grid on the back of the book.
Hope you found this helpful!
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