Presence

Like all good culture sheep, I started reading The Da Vinci Code over the holiday. I'm about 200 pages in, and so far I'm having a good time. The writing is so-so; this guy is no Stephen King, but he does a good job. I like the book's mingling of fact and fiction; in some ways, it reminds me of the AI web game, only much less interactive. I checked out the website of Opus Dei (actually, I went to the ODAN website, a watchdog group), as well as a few sites about the Priory of Sion.

Here's a question: anyone notice the similarity in the knotting of the Discipline and Sephardi tzitzit? I can't find a picture, but the tying process is described here: "A Sephardic tying adds another dimension to the pattern: each time the shammash is brought around, take it under the previous wind before winding it further. This will produce a curving ridge around the tzitzit." Where is Babani when you need him?

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