PREFACE.To him who is profoundly interested in religious thought there is no subject more interesting 01 more illuminating than a study of the origin and the inner meaning of the great faiths that have dominated mankind throughout the ages, and dominate it today as fully as in any previous period of the world's history.Particularly is this true of the faith in which one has been brought up, and to which he is bound by all the ties of tradition, of family and of race, as are all the inhabitants of the Western world with that religion denominated Christian in honor of that divine principle of love which animates and ensouls it.To attain to a full understanding of that faith (in fact of any faith that has profoundly touched the inner consciousness of man and shaped his destiny during long periods of his evolution); to acquire a ripened comprehension of its origin, its history, and its sublime meaning is the work of a lifetime-of the conjoined labors of many men in many life-periodsTable of Contents THE GREAT PYRAMID 5; INDEX; Page; Invocation 6; Preface 7; Introduction 9; History of Great Pyramid 19; Location and Dimensions of Great Pyramid 25; Summary of Striking Facts Eegarding Great Pyramid 35; SYMBOLISM OF GREAT PYRAMID; Page; Proem 38; Preliminary Eemarks 39; The Pyramid as Fire 40; The Pyramid as the Decad 43; The Number of the Imperfect 45; The Sacred Number 45; The Pyramid as the Four Elements 46; A Mystery in Numbers 47; INDEX TO PLATES; Page; Map of Lower Egypt 11; Pyramid at Center of Earth's Land Surface 13; All the Pyramid's at Gizeh 15; Sectional Views of King's Chamber 17; Pyramid as in 822 A D 18; Vertical Section of King's Chamber 21; Section of Grand Gallery 23; Equality of Boundaries and Areas 27; Vertical Section of Great Pyramid 29; Chamber and Passage System 31; Heavens at Time of Building of Great Pyramid 36About the Publisher<