The Great Pyramid

*Theosophy holds that as our solar system orbits the centre of the galaxy, it also revolves around a 'central sun' or 'raja-sun' (just as the moon orbits the earth while both of them orbit our own sun). The central sun is located in the constellation Hercules (H.P. Blavatsky: Collected Writings, TPH, 1950, 5:162-3; letter from Mahatma KH, in: H.P. Blavatsky & Daniel H. Caldwell, The Esoteric Papers of Madame Blavatsky, Kessinger, 2004, p. 660). This is consistent with modern astronomical data, which indicate that at the same time as the solar system moves towards the Lyre at a velocity of about 20 km/s with respect to the local stars, the group of stars to which the sun belongs orbits the centre of the Milky Way at a velocity of about 220 km/s.
Far from being an 'idle and silly display of royal wealth' [13], as Pliny called it, or 'a dead end in massive stone construction' [14], the Great Pyramid was a majestic temple of initiation and stands as an enduring monument to the wisdom of the initiated adepts who designed it and supervised its construction. The pyramid shape symbolizes the emanation of matter from spirit; it 'conveys the idea that all things had their origin in spirit -- evolution having originally begun from above and proceeded downward' [15]. It is interesting to note that the Great Pyramid was never entirely completed. Pyramids were generally crowned with a granite or basalt capstone, sometimes gilded to represent the sun. The capstone of the Great Pyramid, however, is missing, and there is evidence to suggest that it was never added. Another novel feature of the Pyramid is the existence of four corner sockets cut into the bedrock a little outside the original corners; the Pyramid was therefore built slightly smaller than the full design. The unfinished Pyramid can be regarded as a symbol of our unfinished evolution.