Les Brown — The Pyramid: How to Build It, How to Use It — chapter index and summaries
Edition: Les Brown, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada, 1978 (also listed as Apex, 1975 in some catalogs). Working PDF: 2005 web facsimile with Craig / Emily Cragg wrapper (Fair Use), sourced from educate-yourself.org (Acrobat capture, 2016), 27 pages — includes Wayback chrome and editor notes.
Local mirror: ~/dev/wget/pyramids/Les Brown - The Pyramid (2005).pdf, les-brown-the-pyramid-2005.txt.
Front matter (2005 facsimile only)
| Section | Summary |
| Introduction to the current edition | “Total eco-system home”; pyramid as roof-farm, oxygen, escape from commuter life; roof farming area (~1800 sq ft in 30×60 plot) inside envelope. |
| Les Brown — Introduction | World hunger; global environment; von Däniken; pyramid experiments; 1974 Ontario Cheops-proportional pyramid greenhouse; Alfred Ward / Bruce Knapp lecture; call for logged experiments; outline of book. |
Chapters (Les Brown)
| # | Title | Summary |
| I | Observations | Demands for pyramid information; 36× yield claim vs conventional farming; media; political inertia. Editor: appends house + pyramid greenhouse integration (heat, garden, oxygen). |
| II | Why a Pyramid? | Magnetism as theme; ET / “Atlantian” / Cayce narrative; Great Pyramid as receiver–transmitter “computer”; Cheops proportions; orange-peel hemisphere construction analogy; 365.24 / precession inch claims; no mummies in pyramids; ~10,500 years builder note (editor). |
| III | The Source of Pyramid Energies | Magnetic, cosmic-ray, radio inputs; energies through apex and sides; Kirlian; 80% apex / 20% base release claim; insistence on geometric perfection. |
| IV | How the Energy Affects Living Cells | Magnetic boost to plants (fence, nails); cell enlargement; tomato yield comparisons; multi-story pyramid 36× arithmetic. |
| V | The Use of Pyramids for Production | Scaling pyramid agriculture; population/food economics; advocacy. |
| VI | Food Preservation | Spoilage statistics; mummification / dehydration; grain-from-Pyramid anecdote; egg preservation demo; energizer grids; Les died before industrial uptake (editor). |
| VII | How to Build a Pyramid | Materials; Cheops angle and size tables; Faraday cage foundation, ground, electrosmog (editor expansion); multi-floor loads; 1974 prototype cost; radio interference inside pyramid. |
| VIII | The Myriad Uses of Pyramids | Energizers, pyramid water, health anecdotes (migraine, neck), north/south orientation for mood, sleep, pets, cut flowers, cuts/insects. |
| Appendix | Experimental records and tips | Charts; planting (roots to north, metal in cans); controls; Noah’s Ark aphorisms; 2005 Emily Cragg copyright footer. |
Related investigations
- Pyramid energy — Kerrell & Goggin (1977) — U.S. handbook, same pyramid power culture.
- View Over Atlantis — John Michell — leys and landscape; Brown does not develop leys.
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