Alan Butler is a writer, researcher, and recognized expert in ancient cosmology and astronomy with many books to his credit, including Hiram Key Revisited, Civilization One, and City of the Goddess. He has appeared on Ancient Aliens, The Mystery of History, and America Unearthed. He lives in Yorkshire, England. Janet Wolter is a writer and historical investigator. Married to Scott F. Wolter, the host of H2’s America Unearthed, she lives outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

• Foreword by Scott F. Wolter Introduction: A Single Word Part One Freemasons, Goddesses, and Grange Halls 1 The Patrons of Husbandry 2 The Need for Diversion and Theater The Play’s the Thing 3 Not a Secret Society but a Society with Secrets A Brief History of the Craft 4 The Champagne Fairs and Internationalism 5 The Names in the Talpiot Tomb 6 The Templar-Freemason Connection 7 The Knights Templar and the Venus Families 8 The Kensington Rune Stone 9 Sir Francis Bacon’s New Atlantis Part Two Washington, D.C.:The City of Isis 10 Washington, D.C., and the Megalithic Yard 11 The Washington Monument The Stone Sentinel 12 Demeter and Constitution Week 13 Independence Day and the Winter Solstice 14 Sun and Shadow on the U.S. Capitol Part Three New York: The City of Osiris 15 St. Paul’s Chapel A Miraculous Survivor 16 More Suns and Obelisks 17 The French Connection L’Enfante Terrible 18 Orion’s Belt in New York City 19 Freemasonic Symbolism in Baseball 20 Threshing Floors and Henges Potent Places for Magic 21 Venus Families at Work Postscript: The Significance of the Two Pillars Bibliography Acknowledgments Index

“. . . A scholarly yet fun to read book packed with revelations about America’s greatest secrets. Readers will never be able to look at the nation’s capital or New York City the same way again.”

Alan Butler is a writer, researcher, and recognized expert in ancient cosmology and astronomy with many books to his credit, including Hiram Key Revisited, Civilization One, and City of the Goddess. He has appeared on Ancient Aliens, The Mystery of History, and America Unearthed. He lives in Yorkshire, England. Janet Wolter is a writer and historical investigator. Married to Scott F. Wolter, the host of H2’s America Unearthed, she lives outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

• Foreword by Scott F. Wolter Introduction: A Single Word Part One Freemasons, Goddesses, and Grange Halls 1 The Patrons of Husbandry 2 The Need for Diversion and Theater The Play’s the Thing 3 Not a Secret Society but a Society with Secrets A Brief History of the Craft 4 The Champagne Fairs and Internationalism 5 The Names in the Talpiot Tomb 6 The Templar-Freemason Connection 7 The Knights Templar and the Venus Families 8 The Kensington Rune Stone 9 Sir Francis Bacon’s New Atlantis Part Two Washington, D.C.:The City of Isis 10 Washington, D.C., and the Megalithic Yard 11 The Washington Monument The Stone Sentinel 12 Demeter and Constitution Week 13 Independence Day and the Winter Solstice 14 Sun and Shadow on the U.S. Capitol Part Three New York: The City of Osiris 15 St. Paul’s Chapel A Miraculous Survivor 16 More Suns and Obelisks 17 The French Connection L’Enfante Terrible 18 Orion’s Belt in New York City 19 Freemasonic Symbolism in Baseball 20 Threshing Floors and Henges Potent Places for Magic 21 Venus Families at Work Postscript: The Significance of the Two Pillars Bibliography Acknowledgments Index

“. . . A scholarly yet fun to read book packed with revelations about America’s greatest secrets. Readers will never be able to look at the nation’s capital or New York City the same way again.”

Alan Butler is a writer, researcher, and recognized expert in ancient cosmology and astronomy with many books to his credit, including Hiram Key Revisited, Civilization One, and City of the Goddess. He has appeared on Ancient Aliens, The Mystery of History, and America Unearthed. He lives in Yorkshire, England. Janet Wolter is a writer and historical investigator. Married to Scott F. Wolter, the host of H2’s America Unearthed, she lives outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

• Foreword by Scott F. Wolter Introduction: A Single Word Part One Freemasons, Goddesses, and Grange Halls 1 The Patrons of Husbandry 2 The Need for Diversion and Theater The Play’s the Thing 3 Not a Secret Society but a Society with Secrets A Brief History of the Craft 4 The Champagne Fairs and Internationalism 5 The Names in the Talpiot Tomb 6 The Templar-Freemason Connection 7 The Knights Templar and the Venus Families 8 The Kensington Rune Stone 9 Sir Francis Bacon’s New Atlantis Part Two Washington, D.C.:The City of Isis 10 Washington, D.C., and the Megalithic Yard 11 The Washington Monument The Stone Sentinel 12 Demeter and Constitution Week 13 Independence Day and the Winter Solstice 14 Sun and Shadow on the U.S. Capitol Part Three New York: The City of Osiris 15 St. Paul’s Chapel A Miraculous Survivor 16 More Suns and Obelisks 17 The French Connection L’Enfante Terrible 18 Orion’s Belt in New York City 19 Freemasonic Symbolism in Baseball 20 Threshing Floors and Henges Potent Places for Magic 21 Venus Families at Work Postscript: The Significance of the Two Pillars Bibliography Acknowledgments Index

“. . . A scholarly yet fun to read book packed with revelations about America’s greatest secrets. Readers will never be able to look at the nation’s capital or New York City the same way again.”