Page 0

Page 0 is the nickname for the inside front cover of the So Joana Book. It contains many drawings and coordinates and is considered one of the more important pages in the book.

The first thing on the first page is a signature that reads "G. B. Vanderbanman 1838"

In pen, a couple of ＋ symbols, a △ symbol, and a couple of lines that intersect with each other, usually taken to be a map of some sort.

On the next page a list of five coordinates:

33°25′21⅓″ 82°07′10⅓″ (Fort Gordon, Georgia)

32°22′31⅔″ 80°26′15″ ☥ (Hunting Island Lighthouse)

33°45′39⅔″ 84°23′32½″ (Quilt of Origins, Centennial Olympic Park, Atlanta, Georgia)

35°59′58⅓″ 78°54′38⅔″ (Durham, North Carolina)

35°05′09.13″ 84°02′22.55″ (The Murphy Pyramid)

The coordinates for the Murphy Pyramid also appear as the first card in the ZEBULON video (on the 3 of Diamonds card with Black-Eyed Susan pictured), this is also the only coordinate in the book or in the ZEBULON video that uses a decimalized coordinate instead of a fractional coordinate.)

A ⊠ symbol is taken to represent the Murphy Pyramid. An arrow with "50 JOANA" corresponds to a line a 50 degrees from the Pyramid, which intersects with Joanna Bald 18 miles to the north-east. "50 JOANA" was read as "SO JOANA" and gave the book it's popular name. In pencil two arrows are coming out of the symbol, and three arrows at the top edge of the page also seem to be centered on the symbol.

Two lines of code read written in pen:

NJKUZGJMVNUAGEWVOFXY

EFBXDMIEYHHAD

This is one of four codes in the book, none of which have been decyphered yet. These lines of code are 33 characters long.

A compass rose symbol is drawn at the bottom of the page in pen.

An eye, a hand, and 369 written in pen.