This two-hour program inspired by The Lost Symbol "explores the fact in the fiction surrounding some of Washington, DC's most famous symbols, images, and legends."

HUNTING THE LOST SYMBOL

Discovery Channel TV Special
November 1, 2009

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In this one-hour program Dan Brown talks about some of the inspiration and research that led to his new book, The Lost Symbol. IONS President Marilyn Schlitz helps explain the "little known science" featured in the book - Noetic Science.

SECRETS OF THE LOST SYMBOL

Dateline NBC,
Matt Lauer interviews Dan Brown
October 16, 2009

[from the NBC promo] One of the world's most popular authors, Dan Brown, sat down for a rare and exclusive interview with NBC News' Matt Lauer to talk about his new book, "The Lost Symbol," the beliefs of the Freemasons, the power of the human mind, whether people can become gods and a little known science that may tie them all together.
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Listen to this National Public Radio interview with IONS President Marilyn Mandala Schlitz about the surprise of discovering that best-selling novelist Dan Brown's latest book features a female protagonist who is a noetic scientist!

WOMAN READS DAN BROWN NOVEL, DISCOVERS HERSELF

National Public Radio, All Things Considered,
by Barbara Bradley Hagerty
October 12, 2009

[Excerpt] Dan Brown's latest blockbuster, The Lost Symbol, is jam-packed with surprising twists and turns — especially for Marilyn Schlitz.

"Waking up one morning to find yourself a fictional character in a best-selling novel has taken a little adjusting to," she says, laughing.

The day before The Lost Symbol arrived in bookstores, Schlitz began to notice some unusual traffic on Twitter. Rumor had it that the heroine in the book was a woman at the Institute of Noetic Sciences — a real institute in California that conducts research on things like consciousness and healing .
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In her Psychology Today blog, Alison Rose Levy writes about why millions are now interested in intention, thanks to Dan Brown's new book.

THE LOST SYMBOL: INTENTION GOES MAINSTREAM, PART ONE

Psychology Today, Tribal Intelligence blog,
by Alison Rose Levy
October 12, 2009

[Excerpt] As it tops bestsellers' lists, Dan Brown's new book, The Lost Symbol, catapulted into the mainstream the frontier science he calls "Noetics," an area of active research for over twenty-five years, which he characterizes as humanity's best hope. Leading Noetic scientists report a concurrent boost in book sales and website inquiries. In this and succeeding blogs, I'll explore this frontier science with its leading proponents, mentioned in the book.
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