The Origin and Significance of the Great Pyramid, by C.
Staniland Wake, , at sacred-texts.com The subject treated of in
the following pages has during the last few years attracted much
attention, thanks to the influence of Prof. C. Piazzi Smyth's
important work, "Life and Work at the Great Pyramid." It was to
test, by the light of history, the conclusion accepted by that
writer as to the inspired origin of the Great Pyramid that I
entered upon a consideration of the subject. That such an origin
was required by the facts, I did not suppose, but the conviction
was forced on me that the structure had much more importance,
viewed as a scientific and religious monument, than was
generally conceded. I found nothing, however, to show that
either its design or its construction necessitated Divine
intervention. I was led to the conclusion, nevertheless, that
the builders of the Great Pyramid intended to perpetuate certain
scientific ideas, and, moreover, that they had a religious
motive in its erection. There is littl