I just finished Dan Brown's Angels & Demons last night - it is very unusual for me. I don't like fiction, especially the bestselling science and mystery fictions. The story of Angels & Demons is NOT particularly interesting. However as I was reading the book, I found myself "tracing" the "Earth, Air, Fire, and Water" theory throughout the book. I just cannot put it down once I started reading it. The theory reminds me the ancient Chinese "Five Elements" 五行 - Metal (金), Wood (木), Water (水), Fire (火), and Earth (土). The Five Elements were understood as different types of energy, rather than the Western notion of different kinds of material. The Chinese Five Elements play a significant role in Chinese astrology and as well as Chinese geomancy known as feng shui (風水).
This book also makes me very curious about the Vatican Secret Archive Collection. I surfed the web. Voila! It is actually NOT as "secrecy" as you thought. Surprise! Surprise! - Here is the link:
http://www.vatican.va/phome_en.htm
I also found out that the Vatican Library currently is being rebuilt and will be reopened in September 2010.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6901606.stm
http://www.vaticanlibrary.va/home.php?pag=newsletter_art_00024&ling=eng
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