Journal of Geomancy vol. 1 no. 4, July 1977
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Anything that will stimulate thought in this age of mediocrity can’t be bad: in the case of ‘Pyramid–Mars connection: true or false?’ there is plenty to encourage those of us engaged in geomantic research. Published by Downs Books of Caterham, Surrey in leaflet form at 40p, 22 page booklet at 75p and a 64 page booklet for £1·00, it suggests by means of diagrams, data, etc. that there is a relationship between the fundamental dimensions of the Great Pyramid and the fundamental parameters of the planet Mars.
Many interesting theories are introduced and the alignments of the Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacán are related to the Great Pyramid at Giza and its resultant intersection of the equatorial plane of the Earth at a height of 20 884·2 km above the equator is shown to have a close relationship with the orbit of Mars, especially when Earth and Mars are in conjunction.
A number of tests to prove or disprove the theories are suggested and this in itself should encourage further research into a hitherto neglected sector of pyramidology. We are left wondering why the early scientists of Ancient Egypt and Mexico should have taken such an interest in relating the movements of the planet Mars to their colossal constructions, and whether they were in a position to determine all the factors involved without the aid of optical instruments. The theory, however, is well explained and the booklets are a mine of information to seekers after truth.
Rupert Pennick.
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I can think of far better ways of spending sixty pence (the Journal of Geomancy is one) than buying this highly inaccurate and utterly misrepresentative book, but simply for interest’s sake I decided to read it.
One can immediately tell what the book holds in store simply by looking at the cover. There, above the caption ‘Stones of Evil’ stands a picture of a stone circle looking remarkably like Stonehenge, obviously to captivate the gullible members of the public. Once inside the book, my every fear was confirmed. Druids, bronze traders, iron makers are all mixed up together in an England ruled by a nasty autocrat named Varden and this totalitarian state is one of total suppression. The place where the stones are mined is like a Hell-on-Earth with the peoples pictured as being in total subjection to the whims and fancies of a fanatical Druid overlord. Meanwhile, the stone circle which is presumably ‘somewhere in Britain’ seems to be representative of Stonehenge again, although it is named, and again the whole picture looks really grim, the purpose of the circle being to conjure up evil.
Karil and Brand, the heroes of the story, seem just as unbelievable. The whole story is so vague and the time scale is practically nonexistent, for it just seems that all this happened ‘before the Romans came.’ {78}
Obviously the author researched his facts well! It seems as though all the good work published by Thom etc. can be totally wasted when inconsistent nonsense such as this can be far more accessible in paperback on practically every bookstall in the country to a public largely ignorant of these matters.
This is just the kind of rubbish so many publishers seem to turn out: sheer fantasy instead of less sensational but far more controversial truth. It should be utterly condemned in my opinion for the misleading nature of the material and the fact that others will be misled into thinking that prehistoric man was a barbarian whose way of life was subject to the harsh fancies of a corrupt Druidical priesthood that built stone circles for purely evil intention.
Alan Bullion