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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 355
Not much has been written concerning the pyramids
of Central America, but Piazzi Smith and Eichard Proc-
tor, both professional astronomers, have written consid-
erable concerning the pyramids of Egypt, and have en-
deavored to find out what their use was. From the meas-
urements of the pyramids, Piazzi Smith deduces the theory
that they were built by divine architects, a theory which
Professor Proctor ridicules, although he finds the measure-
ments support the theories of Professor Smith, but he
attributes it to coincidence. When the base of the pyramid
measures as many hundreds of inches as there are days in
a year; when the diagonals of the base show the same num-
ber of inches as there are years in the great sidereal world
year, it merely happened so, in the estimation of Professor
Proctor. These coincidences are so numerous, however,
that to an unbiased mind they appear to be an embodiment
of a definite design. Professor Proctor, being an unwill-
ing witness for the theory that the Pyramid was designed
for astrological purposes, gives augmented value to his
testimony
when he admits that of all the theories advanced
concerning the use of the pyramids, the theory that they
were built for astrological purposes, is the only one that
can withstand the weight of the contrary evidence. There-
fore, though he characterizes it as a wild theory, it is the
only tenable one, according to evidence.
As a matter of fact, the pyramids were temples of initia-
tion, built by the Hierophants of the lesser mysteries, and
as initiation of candidates is founded upon the passage of
the heavenly bodies, the stars, through the twelve signs
of the zodiac, so naturally, these temples of initiation
embodied all the cosmic measurements. Only the pyramid
of Cheops among the Egyptian group was thus used. The
other? were simply imitations built at later times by some