Secret Architecture of Our Nation's Capital: The Masons and the Building of Washington, D.C. Book

Very disappointing. This book would have benefited from being half as long with twice as many applicable illustrations. Many illustrations are kind of pointless and don't help move the book along, and many important points are not illustrated at all. Not very much info on Masonry, aside from basic esoteric wisdom gained easily by studying astrology and the occult in general. The book skips around from topic to topic and building to building, and I can't count how many times the author starts to cover something fairly interesting and then says "more on that later". It's written in a circular style, hard to get a grasp on any one issue and follow the thread all the way through. Seems as if this was largely written simply to justify his meanderings around D.C., looking at every zodiac and statue possible to support his theory that the city is oriented toward Virgo both architecturally as well as symbolically. His theory is sound, and I agree that D.C. is designed to highlight Virgo and bring its energies in, but he could have "proved" this much more succinctly. Unless you are fascinated by D.C., this book won't hold your interest long. As an astrologer, I found it boring and it took forever to get through because it kept putting me to sleep! And as someone fascinated by the Masons, the book has almost no valuable information on them and is not worth reading to try to learn more. Many people are mentioned whose influence seems slight, and many stories are told that don't seem to tie in to the main gist of the book. It veers all over the place with anecdotes and history, but much of it is beside the point and just not interesting at all.