Dan Brown’s "Secret of Secrets" and the Hidden Mathematical Truth of Reality
Dan Brown has a talent for introducing his millions of readers to hidden knowledge, secret societies, and revolutionary ideas, weaving them into high-stakes thrillers that leave us readers wondering how much of the fiction is actually real. His newest book, Secret of Secrets, is set to release soon, and I’m especially looking forward to it because of its core premise—an explosive manuscript that threatens to rewrite what we believe about consciousness itself.
That premise hits close to home!
The Power of Many Minds as One
In The Lost Symbol, which precedes Secret of Secrets, Mr. Brown introduces noetic science, the study of consciousness as an active force in reality. At the very end of the book, his main character, Katherine Solomon, makes a claim that stands out from the rest of the book: the power of thought grows exponentially when multiple minds focus on the same idea. She even suggests that this is the single most astonishing aspect of her research, something that—if truly understood—could change the world overnight.
Then, in a moment that seems almost scripted for those of us studying Ontological Mathematics, she nudges the protagonist Robert Langdon to recognize that Elohim, the Hebrew word for God, is plural. Langdon immediately connects this to the original motto of the United States, present on the Great Seal: E Pluribus Unum—Out of Many, One.
It’s a poetic moment. But it’s also mathematically true.
The Illuminati’s system of Ontological Mathematics provides a precise, rational explanation for why thought becomes more powerful when minds align—and why the ultimate purpose of existence is to evolve toward synchronization. The mind of God is not singular; it is a hive mind. The universe is not a solitary entity but an infinite structure of individual minds, learning to operate in unison.
But what if this principle applies not just at the universal level, but within each of us? What if our own minds—not just reality itself—are plural by nature, fragmented pieces striving for unity?
The Pythagorean Illuminati and the Logos Approach to Consciousness
The Illuminati that Mr. Brown writes about is fiction, but it’s inspired by something real. The actual Pythagorean Illuminati is a philosophical, mathematical, and intellectual tradition that has existed for thousands of years, dedicated to understanding reality through pure reason and mathematical deduction. Unlike Mr. Brown’s portrayal of a shadowy secret society, the real Illuminati isn’t just obsessed with secrecy for secrecy’s sake.
Throughout history, their ideas have been persecuted by religious and political powers, forcing them underground. Their secrecy has also been necessary because the material they study requires immense intellectual care to understand properly. Unlike modern conspiracy theories that claim the Illuminati is a controlling force, the truth is that they are liberators, and champions of human potential. Their goal is to help humanity understand the fundamental nature of reality, and to guide us from ignorance to enlightenment.
The Illuminati has two paths within it: Mythos and Logos. Mythos uses symbolism, ritual, and narrative to encode truths, while Logos follows logic, mathematics, and reason to deduce them. The deepest study happens on the Logos path, where Ontological Mathematics provides the key to reality itself.
While I’ve long been drawn to Pythagorean philosophy, my first encounter with the Illuminati came just a few years ago—through their own published works. You read that right. Around 15 years ago, a small communications cell of the actual Illuminati began releasing a series of books, designed to introduce the world to the first six non-mystery degrees of their secret society.
These books reveal Ontological Mathematics, not just as a theory of everything, but as something far more radical—a proof of everything. Unlike speculative empiricist physics, Ontological Mathematics is built from first principles, using reason and logic alone. It doesn’t just theorize about reality—it deduces how it works. It is, frankly, the most elegant logical deduction that I’ve ever seen.
Ontological Mathematics shows that the universe is not made of physical particles but of thought, structured as sinusoidal waves. Reality is not emergent from the brain but is instead a self-structured mathematical system that is made up of mind, thinking it into—and out of—existence.
If this is true, then Mr. Brown’s revelation in The Lost Symbol—that thought becomes exponentially more powerful when minds align—isn’t just an inspiring idea. It’s a quantifiable fact, embedded in the very laws of existence.
A core thesis of my book, The Dream of Matter, is that we can catch a glimpse of these “mind waves” when we measure brain waves, and my intention is to propose a means by which we may quantify the mind—or soul—itself, and explore the implications of this idea.
But to understand this further, we need to first explore the Mathematical Unus Mundus—the fundamental interconnectedness of all minds.
The Mind of God is Plural—The Mathematical Unus Mundus
The idea of Unus Mundus—Latin for "One World”—was originally introduced by the alchemists, and used by Carl Jung to describe a unified underlying reality that connects all seemingly separate things. He saw evidence of this in synchronicities and deep psychological patterns. But what Jung intuited, Ontological Mathematics actually proves—not in vague symbolic terms, but in precise, mathematical detail.
Every mind is a mathematical frequency domain, a structured pattern of sinusoidal waves. Thought itself is a mathematical wave function, and just like waves in physics:
When minds align their thoughts constructively, their power increases exponentially. Imagine trying to launch a new initiative—if one person works on it, they can only get so far. But if ten people synchronize their vision, their impact is far greater than just ten times one person’s effort. Their skills, energy, and ideas don’t just add together—they amplify each other.
When minds are out of sync, they interfere destructively. If those same ten people work against each other—with conflicting visions, egos, and directions—their combined impact is not ten times stronger. It is far weaker than even one person working alone. The effort collapses under its own incoherence.
This isn’t mystical—it’s pure mathematical wave mechanics. Coherence is a function of phase relationships—if multiple waves are out of phase, they cancel out. If they are in phase, they amplify and reinforce. This is why synchronized thought is exponentially more powerful than scattered thought.
The Founding Fathers clearly understood this principle. E Pluribus Unum is more than just a national motto—it’s a formula for collective power. It’s possible that some of them were Illuminatus, encoding this knowledge into America’s foundational ideals—not just as a reflection of the nation’s birth, but as a vision, a goal, a challenge.
But look at where we are now. A nation more divided than ever.
Perhaps the solution doesn’t start at the level of policy or politics. Perhaps it starts within us.
Before we can unify as a society, we have to ask: Are our own minds unified?
Because if the universe itself is a hive mind, if the General Will is the ultimate form of synchronization, then the first step isn’t changing the world.
It’s learning to think as one, within ourselves.
The Pattern Repeats—As Above, So Below
The plural nature of mind doesn’t just apply to the universe as a whole. It also describes individual consciousness itself.
You are not a singular, unified self. You are a complex interference pattern of thoughts, experiences, and unconscious processes.
The Ontological Self, as I describe in my book and in further substack articles, is itself an interference pattern of thought, a highly complex wavefunction made up of infinite frequencies. When parts of your mind are out of sync, you experience internal conflict, doubt, and irrationality. This is why we sometimes struggle with decision-making—different parts of the mind are operating differently, pulling in different directions.
In other words, just as individual minds form an interference pattern to create the collective mind of the universe, each of us is composed of our own interference patterns. Some thoughts, emotions, and impulses are constructively aligned, reinforcing and strengthening one another. Others are destructively interfering, leading to confusion, internal conflict, and mental stagnation.
Dissociative Identity Disorder: An Extreme Example of a Plural Mind
The degree to which our minds are synchronized determines our mental health, clarity, and ability to function as an integrated whole.
Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) is an extreme case of a plural mind, where different identities—sometimes called "alters,” or “parts”—exist in separate phase spaces. These personalities do not communicate easily because their frequencies are too misaligned to resonate.
For an individual with DID, each identity functions as a separate entity, complete with distinct memories, behaviors, and even physical responses. The core self has been split into multiple, out-of-phase subsystems, preventing integration. This isn’t just a psychological metaphor—t’s a literal breakdown in the coherence of the mind’s interference pattern.
But this isn’t unique to extreme cases like DID. All of us experience some degree of internal fragmentation. The “you” who wants to exercise and eat healthy is often at odds with the “you” that wants to relax on the couch. The “you” who wants to take risks and explore new horizons is sometimes drowned out by the “you” that is paralyzed by fear.
Achieving Internal Coherence
When you bring these different parts of yourself into greater phase synchronization, your mind becomes more coherent, more powerful, and more capable of making clear, rational decisions.
Meditation, deep introspection, and even advanced neurotherapy techniques work because they help synchronize brainwave activity, aligning different aspects of thought into a more harmonious structure.
And this brings us back to E Pluribus Unum.
The same process that determines mental clarity within an individual also determines how well a society can function as a collective.
A fragmented individual struggles to act decisively.
A fragmented society struggles to act in unison.
Which brings us to the General Will.
Overcoming Barriers to the General Will
Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s concept of the General Will may be one of the most misunderstood ideas in political philosophy. Many mistakenly equate it with majority rule, believing it to be nothing more than the will of the people as expressed through democratic voting. But Rousseau made a critical distinction: the General Will is not the “will of all”—it is not the aggregate of individual interests. It is something fundamentally different, something emergent.
The General Will is a synthesis of wills, a state of alignment where individuals are not simply compromising but genuinely converging upon what is best for the collective. This isn’t about tallying up votes and going with the most popular option; it’s about creating a system where individual wills naturally harmonize into a greater whole.
This concept has been misused throughout history, often by authoritarian regimes that claim to enforce the General Will through coercion. But Rousseau never intended it to be imposed from the top down. True General Will emerges, not as a decree, but as a spontaneous alignment—a self-organizing principle of rationality.
The challenge has always been: How do we create the conditions for this to happen?
The problem?
No one knew how to achieve it.
For centuries, the General Will has remained a theoretical ideal rather than a practical reality.
The reason? Mental fragmentation.
At its core, the General Will is a problem of phase alignment. Just as a well-tuned orchestra produces a unified symphony rather than discordant noise, a society must bring its individuals into harmony with one another. This is not about silencing disagreement or forcing unity. It’s about cultivating a state where personal and collective interests are no longer in conflict.
This is why Rousseau emphasized the importance of education and moral development. He understood that people will only naturally align with the General Will when they are capable of clear, rational thinking—when they are freed from irrational biases, unconscious distortions, and conditioned self-interest.
The barriers to this alignment are immense.
Mental Synchronization and the General Will
If we fail to achieve coherence within ourselves, how can we be expected to synchronize with others? A society composed of highly fragmented individuals cannot form a coherent General Will—just as a room full of out-of-sync instruments can never produce a symphony.
Ontological Mathematics suggests that the key to achieving the General Will is synchronization—not just political or ideological, but mental and mathematical.
When we achieve greater coherence within our own minds, we are better able to align with others in meaningful ways:
This alignment leads to constructive interference, reinforcing shared goals, shared truths, and shared purpose.
Instead of individual desires clashing, we begin to naturally integrate into a larger, rational framework.
This is why dictatorships, forced collectivism, and authoritarianism always fail—they try to impose an artificial form of unity rather than allowing it to naturally emerge from synchronization.
The General Will cannot be imposed. It must emerge as a product of collective mental coherence.
And right now, we are nowhere near achieving it.
Barriers to the General Will
The greatest obstacles to a truly functional, synchronized society are:
Unconscious Programming: Conditioned beliefs, inherited prejudices, and irrational ideologies prevent individuals from thinking clearly and objectively. A fragmented mind cannot contribute to a rational General Will.
Self-Interest Over Collective Interest: Many assume that personal freedom and collective well-being are opposed, but this is a false dichotomy. True freedom is only possible within a coherent society.
Lack of a Shared Rational Framework: In today’s world, there is no agreed-upon rational structure that serves as the foundation for collective decision-making. People are trapped in competing narratives rather than objective mathematical truths.
Emotional and Psychological Fragmentation: Fear, trauma, and emotional instability create disruptions in the mental coherence of individuals, preventing alignment at the collective level.
The solution?
A society built on mental synchronization, rational alignment, and mathematical clarity.
This is where my newly chosen field of neurotherapy becomes essential. Neurotherapy provides a direct way to quantify thought itself, identifying distortions in mental function that lead to suffering, confusion, and irrational behavior.
At its core, an overarching theory of neurotherapy is that all neuropsychiatric disorders are disorders of phase. Whether it’s depression, anxiety, ADHD, PTSD, or even schizophrenia, these conditions can all be understood as states where the brain’s neural networks are either too synchronized or too desynchronized. Some networks become rigidly locked in phase, preventing cognitive flexibility, while others fall into chaotic phase incoherence, leading to fragmentation and dysfunction.
This is more than just theory—it’s something that can be measured. EEG and neurotherapy techniques allow us to see these phase relationships in real time, identifying where a person’s thinking has become distorted. Once we pinpoint these distortions, we can train the brain to function more optimally, restoring balance between synchronization and flexibility.
This aligns perfectly with Dr. James Fadiman’s insights in Your Symphony of Selves. Fadiman argues that mental health isn’t about having a single, fixed self, but about being in the “right self at the right time.” He’s absolutely right. What he describes in psychological terms, we can now quantify mathematically.
A well-functioning mind isn’t static. It’s a dynamic interplay of different mental states, shifting in and out of phase as needed. Just as a great orchestra doesn’t play a single note continuously but shifts fluidly between movements, a healthy mind shifts between mental states in a coordinated, harmonious way.
This is the same principle at play in the General Will.
A society that functions well doesn’t force every individual into rigid conformity. Instead, it allows for flexibility and differentiation, while still maintaining a higher-order synchronization.
Neurotherapy may provide the missing key to understanding both individual and collective synchronization. It allows us to see, in real data, where a person is locked into rigid phase patterns (dogmatic thinking, obsessive patterns, cognitive distortions) or where they are too fragmented and incoherent to function (erratic thinking, emotional instability, dissociation).
The better we understand these patterns within ourselves, the better we can understand how society itself must be structured. A truly meritocratic, rational society would actively work toward optimizing mental synchronization—not through coercion, but through education, personal growth, and the advancement of cognitive self-mastery.
This is the future.
A world where mental optimization leads to collective optimization.
A world where the General Will is no longer a utopian abstraction, but a structured, mathematical reality.
The Evolution of Collective Consciousness
Dan Brown’s books capture an important truth: human consciousness is evolving, and thought is not just passive—it is a force. But the real revolution isn’t found in fiction.
E Pluribus Unum isn’t just our national motto. It’s the formula for the next phase of evolution.
The General Will isn’t an impossible utopian dream—it’s a mathematical inevitability, if we can learn to synchronize our minds properly.
When we become mentally coherent, we naturally synchronize with others, creating a society that operates as a rational, organized whole.
The universe itself is evolving toward greater synchronization, and humanity is part of that evolutionary process.
And here’s the beauty of it: once enough of us align, the momentum will be unstoppable. The more minds that achieve coherence, the stronger the interference pattern, the greater the pull. Eventually, all minds will be drawn into phase, not by force, but by the undeniable gravitational pull of truth, clarity, and reason.
The future belongs to all of us.
Some will take the first steps, but in the end, no one is left behind.
More to Come
I’ve long admired Dan Brown’s ability to weave history, philosophy, and science into thrilling narratives, introducing so many readers to ideas that challenge the way we see the world. His books don’t just entertain—they inspire curiosity, and the drive to dig deeper.
As I’m re-reading his Robert Langdon series now, and with fresh eyes and a new perspective, I plan to write about more of the ideas he touches on, linking the Mythos of the secret societies he writes about to the Logos of mathematical truth—the hidden structure of reality. But more than that, I want to connect these ideas to something even more tangible: the relationship between brain and mind, and how understanding this connection might be the missing key to the next evolution of human thought.
There’s more to uncover, and I intend to follow every thread.