fanaticisms, even if they remained rather murky; he had nothing to sell, and did not pretend to be the initiate of some ancient or fictitious secret society. He incorporated
the Tarot cards into his magical system, and as a result the Tarot has been an important part of the paraphernalia of Western magicians.
He had a deep impact on the magic of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and later on the ex-Golden Dawn member Aleister Crowley. He was also the
first to declare that a Pentagram or five-pointed star with one point down and two points up represents evil, while a Pentagram with one point up and two points down
represents good. It was largely through the occultists inspired by him that Lévi is remembered as one of the key founders of the 20th century revival of magic .And
this is original design by Levi.
4.2. Place Symbol
Place symbol symbolizes some places which has certain meaning values. It depends on context of the place and direct to another meaning and history behind
the place.
4.2.1 Altars Of Science
Altars of science symbolize about four churches of Illuminati. On page 179- 186. Brown explains about Illuminati and its churches by creating an event that
through by characters in the story. in this part, Robert Langdon and Vittoria went to the archive room to find some documents that can relate them to the Illuminati and
they study about the altars of science. Because it s important clue to find what they are looking for. Altars of science are not just about altar or something else. It stands
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for something else that needed to understand to get the real meaning of altars of science.
Altars of science are about Illuminati churches. They called the church of Illumination. A secret location to protect members of Illuminati from Vatican.
Because Vatican forces Illuminati because they do some satanic tradition in their beliefs. In this secret place, they discuss some things forbidden by the Vatican. They
are scientific who received the enlightenment. Many scientists from all around the world wanted to join Illuminati but the problem they didn t know where they could
find the location and members of Illuminati to speak more. Illuminati itself couldn t afford to risk their secrecy by reveal their location to
meet with others. They found a solution from the problem. The Illuminati created a map to direct scientists to their secret place. The map contains some symbolic
markers placed in around the city. One marker led to the next and eventually leading to the Illuminati lair. Altars of science are four churches that relates to four elements
in the world. Because early alchemists believed the entire universe was made up of only
four substances: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. Illuminati artist created four pieces of art that looked religious, but were actually tributes to Earth, Air, Fire, and Water
which located in certain churches in Rome. So altars of science symbolize four element churches that relates to four churches of Illuminati which tributes to Earth,
Air, Fire, and Water element.
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4.2.2 Obellisk
