# 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`.

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## 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. |

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## 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. |

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## Related investigations

- [Pyramid energy — Kerrell & Goggin (1977)](./pyramid-energy-kerrell-goggin-1977-investigation.md) — U.S. handbook, same **pyramid power** culture.
- [View Over Atlantis — John Michell](./view-over-atlantis-michell-investigation.md) — **leys** and landscape; Brown does **not** develop leys.

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