20-21 October 2007 (Saturday & Sunday)The next day (Sunday), we go to Lincoln (http://www.visitlincolnshire.com/). Not much places been visited, but at least we have the opportunity to see internal building structure of the Lincoln Cathedral (church). Normal day they will charge 4 pounds for admission except Sunday. Most of the shops also closed at 4.30pm on Sunday, that’s why we go back after this hour and reached hotel at 6.00pm.
When we go back to the company to tell the story in Lincoln Cathedral, our UK colleague who lived in Lincolnshire quite a number of years, do ask us wheather we have seen the little demon in the Cathedral. At first, we didn't know the articles he mentioned to us. After searching in the internet, I believed this is what he means:
"We can't leave the Cathedral behind without a word about the Masonic marker of its infamous Lincoln Imp, high up between two arches on the North side of the Angel Choir. This 13th century demon is said to have been blown into the Cathedral by the wind. Generally speaking, an imp is a small demon that has such a restricted power that it relishes in creating havoc by spreading untrue tales and lies amongst the gullible. The word originates from Old English 'impa' meaning 'shoot', 'offspring', 'graft'. In Masonic architecture a graft is 'the place of junction of stock and scion'...'scion' a word from Old French 'sion, scion', meaning a young member of a family, a descendant, an offshoot. Is this a reference to what Dan Brown in his novel refers to as the alleged fathered child of Jesus and Mary, and the Priory of Sion who keep the secret ?"
Inside the Lincoln Cathedral
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