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  • noun The study of pyramids, but from a supernatural or new-age perspective, rather than the historical or archaeological viewpoint.

Etymologies

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Evidently coined by Charles Piazzi Smyth in 1870.

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Examples

  • The batch of reissues starts out with Pyramid, which was inspired by the 70s rage of pyramidology spearheaded by Patrick Flanagan's book

    Audiophile Audition Headlines 2009

  • The batch of reissues starts out with Pyramid, which was inspired by the 70s rage of pyramidology spearheaded by Patrick Flanagan's book

    Audiophile Audition Headlines 2009

  • This cult seems to locate Satan in every subject and object in order to implant fear anf fobias; They have made heavy use of pyramidology, predicted the end of the world (about 7 times), teach that the United Nations is “The Beast of Revelations” that must be repelled, (but secretly signed up as a NGO at the United Nations for more than 10 years) and freely give ridiculous and often lethal medical advice to its followers.

    Jehovah’s Witnesses v Cdn site 2005

  • This cult seems to locate Satan in every subject and object in order to implant fear anf fobias; They have made heavy use of pyramidology, predicted the end of the world (about 7 times), teach that the United Nations is “The Beast of Revelations” that must be repelled, (but secretly signed up as a NGO at the United Nations for more than 10 years) and freely give ridiculous and often lethal medical advice to its followers.

    Jehovah’s Witnesses v Cdn site 2005

  • © 2002 by the Archaeological Institute of America www. archaeology.org/0207/reviews/pyramidology. html

    Multimedia: Pyramidology 2002

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