51/49's Rad Pyramid

[Steppingfeet]

This post was taken from here.

similar to what everyone has already posted ...

i will from time to time sit in a pyramid that i built (after reading descriptions from Ra ) I find that it works very well.




it has been temporarily dismantled for the past month though, for some fine tuning.

51/49, *what* in the world!? What sort of photo enhancement is this?

And as to the pyramid, out of what did you construct it and how did you build it to fit together if you don't mind my asking?

I have been hankering for a pyramid to meditate in for some time now.

[51/49]

haha , thank you .. it is a very simple design..and i will edit this post later today to explain in detail .

to start with , the effect asked about is "Glowing Edges" from CCS5


I don't come from a building background , so i have no real training in the area.. I am learning to better articulate myself when speaking or writing about technical things in general .. so bare with me.


okay...... first i went over the specifications in Ra and searched a few threads on this forum an others to see how people were making them.
I then decided to go to my local major hardware outlet "bunnings" .. and picked 9(so i had room for error) 180cm long pieces of tasmanian oak , (about 2cm thick) a pack of "bullet head nails" (pretty small).. and a bit of copper wire.. all up it cost me about 70 dollars.

at first the pyramid sat on my bed and i slept in it .. later on i moved it , as it was not sitting correctly on the bed surface , and fell down a few times while i moved in my sleep.. so i made adjustments.

I measured the wood decided how high it was going to be , then used this website to determine the type of angle i needed to cut , so i could achieve the desired apex.. http://www.1728.org/volpyrmd.htm

Once everything was written down , i began to make cuts on the wood with what ibelieve is called a "miter saw jig"


though the one i used was rusty , and would not hold certain angles correctly .. it was a little difficult to use .... i found it at the place i am renting ..there are loads of tools in storage (another story).

the base was assembled in an overlapping pattern (not sure of the name) .. looked like this


I placed one nail in each side to give them a soft connection .. the frame will flex very easily without the sides. I designed it this way so i could dis assemble when needed.


Now .. how i got the sides to hold ... before i bought the pieces i thought that i could glue or use a nail.. but this option was difficult with the steep angle cut into the pieces.. so i thought i might try and bind each side to the a corner with copper wire..


I just wrapped it around the corners which helped make the frame more solid .. i ended up with a kind of opening or pocket that i could slide one of the sides into.



looks a bit out of shape now , i might end up re wrapping it when i put it back up ..


when a corner fit in , this is what it looked like



Once you got each side in , they would make a neat fit as they came together in the middle

example of 2 sides coming together



The top of the pyramid was then bound with the remaining copper wire .. with loops around each part of the frame to strengthen it.


And that is pretty much how it was made... may of left a few small details out .. feel free to ask.

this is the original pic i took unedited

[Daydreamin]

So come on.........give us some feedback!? I'm beyond curious if you've noticed anything?


For some reason the last few weeks I've been all about Pyramids. Yesterday I couldn't take it anymore and so I went to my local mystic shop called, "Pathways" and picked myself up a Lapis Lazuli pyramid.

And so I've cleared it and charged it and have begun my experimenting.

[Steppingfeet]

51/49, thanks for the detailed response! No time for me to dive into your response today, but really looking forward to see if there's anything I can glean regarding constructing my own, and will reply when I have a moment. Like Daydreamin, I'd love to hear if there are any discernible differences when meditating in a pyramid versus meditating elsewhere.

And Daydreamin, love to hear if you feel any effects from the under-the-head pyramid!

[Oceania]

i already feel the power by looking at the little gem pyramid.

if you build a pyramid does it have to be really well made? i'm kind of bad at wood work. are there bad effects if it's not perfect?

[Liet]

As were waiting to hear more details as to the effect of this wooden pyramid skeleton..

Someone who has experienced pyramid and non-pyramid shape of the same gemstone...
How amplified is the effect? (given that the size is equal, if that matters)

[51/49]

We may say that the pyramid shape is but one which focuses the in-streamings of energy for use by entities which may become aware of these in-streamings

The pyramid was great , and i enjoyed using it for very still meditation. Originally the angle was at about 67 when it sat on my bed , and i fit inside it quite easy.. it was very effortless to feel energy flowing . I spent a few times doing a sitting qi gong type exercise inside it , and played around with the energy sensations going around the body. I spent time in great reflection inside the pyramid (especially if i was stressed out), and made a few good connections with the inner self/ higher self .

Once i moved it to the floor , it was much smaller and the angle was reduced to about 61/62 . everything was similar , but there was little room to move .. it just fit me inside with my head almost touching the top. I started to place crystals in the pyramid, water ,and then a plant ,which responded well. Spent most of the time just focusing on energy , questions , and connecting with the higher self.... One thing i noticed, i did not use the pyramid as much as i thought i would .. as not too long from first using it , i was able to feel those states/connections more fluently,even when not inside it. I did not spend a great time focusing on all the energy centers etc .. though i would like to rebuild and use the techniques i am developing now.

I always felt comfortable & natural when sitting inside ... almost like i had used one before .. maybe even as a mode of transport.


oh and some final notes.. i had one corner of the pyramid facing as close as i could to magnetic north .

if you build a pyramid does it have to be really well made? i'm kind of bad at wood work. are there bad effects if it's not perfect?

From what i found , the main concern is the pyramid with an apex angle of 76+ that produces the "Kings chamber" affect ... there is a bit more information on it under section 57

The dangerous pyramid shape for use today would be a four-sided pyramid that was large enough to create the King’s Chamber effect. Is that statement correct?

I am Ra. This statement is correct with the additional understanding that the 76° apex angle is that characteristic of the powerful shape.

again , the pyramid was not too difficult to build , and i have no background in building... it was probably not exact with every measurement, and in that way it might of been a bit crude , still good though

[Oceania]

i remember i was inside a church, and this was after learning about the pyramids, and i could recognie the energy was different. i also feel different downstairs where the living room ceiling slants upward.

thanks, that makes a lot of sense

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btw if you guys wanna read a book, check out Agnes Cecilia, book by a swedish author Maria Gripe, in it they talk about the shape of a room affecting you in a positive way. i read it as a child and i always remember that part. it stuck with me as truth.

[Daydreamin]

So far w/ my gemstone pyramid I can certainly 'feel' it doing something. As anyone who can 'feel' energy then you know the buzzing/ringing/flowing feeling you get. Or the feeling you get when holding a piece of orgone or other crystals. Well, so far I have to say that I can feel the energy running through my body or on the surface sort of (it's hard to explain) when holding it or sitting above it.

I also have an awesome piece I bought from a fellow in London that's more of a cone shaped but almost as soon as I hold it I can begin to feel the energy. Also, it seems as if my breathing seems to slow down maybe a bit or I just seem to breath a little more easily? I also feel as if my thoughts are a bit clearer or purer I guess you could say.


One thing I was wondering was if using a gemstone pyramid what type of different effect would it have? To me it's obvious so far that the shape gives it more power. It's funny b/c I was going to buy a clear quartz crystal about the same size as the one in the pic but the top of the point was chipped pretty bad and my 'gut' told me that one wasn't for me. My mind wanted the clear quartz one but for some reason I was pulled to the Lapis Lazuli? Seems as if more and more I'm learning how to listen to my higher self which is why I even went to go buy a pyramid in the first place.

[Steppingfeet]

51/49, finally had some time to sit down with your pyramid post today, and I'm happy to report that with your aid I've made some breakthroughs in moving closer to creating an equilateral pyramid with a square base.

Let's begin.

You used this link to determine the angle of your cuts:
http://www.1728.org/volpyrmd.htm.

(The description says that "The diagram... depicts a right regular pyramid - a solid geometric figure whose base is a regular polygon , whose faces are all congruent isosceles triangles, and whose vertex is perpendicular to the center of base." This matches the definition of an equilateral pyramid on a square base as well, as equilaterals are a type of isosceles triangles, I've learned.)

The calculator asks for three inputs:
1) number of sides
2) height of apex
3) base length.

I could determine 1, obviously four sides, and 3, which I arbitrarily set at 72 inches (6 feet), but didn't know what the height of an equilateral pyramid would be.

So I found this formula for determining the height of an equilateral pyramid using the length of any one side, "a":


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(If this image isn't coming through, the formula is: Height equals 1 over the square root of 2 times "a".)

Using the formula, I was able to determine that an equilateral pyramid with a base length of 72" has a height of 50.91". Subsequently I could enter in the three needed inputs to determine angle cuts!

After entering the three inputs, both the "vertex angle" and the "base angle face" come out to 60 degrees! As they should in an equilateral where all three interior angles are 60 degrees and, as with all triangles, total 180 degrees.

But I've known all along that the interior angles should be sixty degrees. I just haven't known how to cut the wood to achieve that specification, especially considering that all four of the triangles lean inward to meet above the center of the base.

How were you able to determine at what angle to cut the wood in order to produce your desired specifications? Does one of the fields in the pyramid calculator indicate that?

And how do you make the apex cuts so that they come together to form the apex? The ends of each piece of wood would need two cuts in order to conjoin with the pieces to its left and right.

I won't reach for NASA-level precision in achieving interior angles of 60.00001 degrees, but I want to get as close as possible.

Any help that you or any other can give would be much appreciated! Just figuring out how to cut the wood pieces to accurately form an equilateral pyramid is most of the battle for me. The only other remain question after that is how best to fit them together.

With love, GLB


PS: If you were interested in knowing, Ra advised against using base metals in the construction of a meditation pyramid.

Copper (the material you've used to secure your pieces together) is a base metal it seems: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal#Base_metal.

[Patrick]

Mine is like that, but is white quartz. It works quite well.

[51/49]

51/49, finally had some time to sit down with your pyramid post today, and I'm happy to report that with your aid I've made some breakthroughs in moving closer to creating an equilateral pyramid with a square base.

congrats!

but didn't know what the height of an equilateral pyramid would be.

So I found this formula for determining the height of an equilateral pyramid using the length of any one side, "a":

nice .. i used a more crude method that consisted of actually measuring what i wanted the height to be by standing in the pyramid base with one. ( worked well enough ) but this would not make it as exact as your proposed model.

How were you able to determine at what angle to cut the wood in order to produce your desired specifications? Does one of the fields in the pyramid calculator indicate that?

And how do you make the apex cuts so that they come together to form the apex? The ends of each piece of wood would need two cuts in order to conjoin with the pieces to its left and right.

okay .. this is a bit confusing .. you mention that the calculator gave you the angles for the base and apex? I may be completely wrong .. but this is what i used to determine the cuts for each side .. my base and apex where at slightly different angles ( cannot recall how different they were) .. but this was due to my custom made height i think.

so i used the jig which has pre set angles on it .. then cut the ends to match.. you may need to use a protractor and ruler to mark out ( as a guide) where you need to cut on each end. (this is what i did)

I have not really held a great interest in maths with geometry(from school days anyway) but i will attempt to explain .

when you place the cut angle on the base it should (once it is leaned on the angle) come together , right in the middle of the pyramid. you might try placing the sides together without the base to see how it will work.

one last thing ... you may need to adjust two of the sides , because the thickness of the material at the "apex" needs to be considered .. example ,if each side 100cm in length and 2cm in width .. then when the sides meet in the middle , two will touch each other , but the remaining two will touch against the first two .. and they will leave a 2cm difference in space .

I won't reach for NASA-level precision in achieving interior angles of 60.00001 degrees, but I want to get as close as possible.

this is your first one .. just build it!

PS: If you were interested in knowing, Ra advised against using base metals in the construction of a meditation pyramid.

yes i understand .. i used as little as i could .. though we do not know why Ra stated that base metals should not be used ?

from what we know

In chemistry, the term base metal is used informally to refer to a metal that oxidizes or corrodes relatively easily, and reacts variably with diluted hydrochloric acid (HCl) to form hydrogen. Examples include iron, nickel, lead and zinc. Copper is considered a base metal as it oxidizes relatively easily, although it does not react with HCl.

Base is used in the sense of low-born, in opposition to noble or precious metal.[1] In alchemy, a base metal was a common and inexpensive metal, as opposed to precious metals, mainly gold and silver. A long-time goal of the alchemists was the transmutation of base metal into precious metal.

it might be that building a pyramid with these metals and placing it outside , would make it susceptible to corrosion & oxidization .. which in turn may affect the flow of energy/EMF?

it might also be that the metals themselves affect the flow .. i am not 100% sure .. but the little amount of copper i use seems fine to me ... at least for now . Though this is the first one i have built ( at least in this life haha ) .


anyway ... all the best with building your first pyramid .. i am looking forward to seeing pics !

[Steppingfeet]

How were you able to determine at what angle to cut the wood in order to produce your desired specifications? Does one of the fields in the pyramid calculator indicate that?

And how do you make the apex cuts so that they come together to form the apex? The ends of each piece of wood would need two cuts in order to conjoin with the pieces to its left and right.

okay .. this is a bit confusing .. you mention that the calculator gave you the angles for the base and apex? I may be completely wrong .. but this is what i used to determine the cuts for each side .. my base and apex where at slightly different angles ( cannot recall how different they were) .. but this was due to my custom made height i think.

so i used the jig which has pre set angles on it .. then cut the ends to match.. you may need to use a protractor and ruler to mark out ( as a guide) where you need to cut on each end. (this is what i did)

Thanks for hooking it up with the information, 51/49! My apologies for the slow reply. Such is my lot.

About determining the angles of the cuts to produce the desired interior angle, I ask because, as far as I understand (using what very little I understand), the desired angle does not translate directly to the angle of the cut.

For instance, if you wanted to produce a right angle of 90 degrees with two pieces of wood, you would cut both ends to 45 degrees in order to form that 90 degrees.

So I'm wondering how to cut the wood to achieve the 60 degrees. Especially with two added complications:

1. The four pieces connecting to the base will be turned inward to meet above the center of the pyramid. I don't know what this does to the angle.

2. If they are to fit perfectly and uniformly so as to create four 60 degree angles, the ends of the four pieces that meet at the apex need two cuts each.

It seems that you just let two of the pieces meet, and the other two connecting on the outside of the original two.

this is your first one .. just build it!

Ahaha. This is an excellent piece of advice.

Every so often I put some effort in trying to solve the damned puzzle, but having limited cognitive and time resources, I come to a halt and then forgot about it for months on end, then resume some effort.

I roped a neighbor into helping me a couple years ago. I had all the wood, he (being a carpenter) had the tools, and we discussed the project, determining that we'd connect the pieces with wooden dowels so as to be able to be dis- and reassembled when needed.

He had a miter saw to cut the wood at specific angles. We started putting it together but couldn't figure out firstly how to cut the four pieces rising to the apex.

PS: If you were interested in knowing, Ra advised against using base metals in the construction of a meditation pyramid.

yes i understand .. i used as little as i could .. though we do not know why Ra stated that base metals should not be used ?

from what we know

In chemistry, the term base metal is used informally to refer to a metal that oxidizes or corrodes relatively easily, and reacts variably with diluted hydrochloric acid (HCl) to form hydrogen. Examples include iron, nickel, lead and zinc. Copper is considered a base metal as it oxidizes relatively easily, although it does not react with HCl.

Base is used in the sense of low-born, in opposition to noble or precious metal.[1] In alchemy, a base metal was a common and inexpensive metal, as opposed to precious metals, mainly gold and silver. A long-time goal of the alchemists was the transmutation of base metal into precious metal.

it might be that building a pyramid with these metals and placing it outside , would make it susceptible to corrosion & oxidization .. which in turn may affect the flow of energy/EMF?

it might also be that the metals themselves affect the flow .. i am not 100% sure .. but the little amount of copper i use seems fine to me ... at least for now . Though this is the first one i have built ( at least in this life haha ) .

My assumption is that it's less of an environmental concern (i.e. oxidization and corrosion), and more of a metaphysical concern. I've always presumed that base metals contain certain properties that inhibit the funneling of energy the pyramid is said to facilitate.

anyway ... all the best with building your first pyramid .. i am looking forward to seeing pics !

Thanks man! Keep you posted. : )

[βαθμιαίος]

So I'm wondering how to cut the wood to achieve the 60 degrees. Especially with two added complications:

1. The four pieces connecting to the base will be turned inward to meet above the center of the pyramid. I don't know what this does to the angle.

2. If they are to fit perfectly and uniformly so as to create four 60 degree angles, the ends of the four pieces that meet at the apex need two cuts each.

It seems that you just let two of the pieces meet, and the other two connecting on the outside of the original two.

I posted this link before, but what about doing something like this? http://www.precisionpyramids.com/cornerskit.htm

[Steppingfeet]

I posted this link before, but what about doing something like this? http://www.precisionpyramids.com/cornerskit.htm

Thanks βαθμιαίος. : ) I have perused that website but the pyramids he offers are absurdly expensive. I'm sure his work is of a type that merits the cost, but it's just outside of my price range.

However when you shared the link in this thread, it occurred to me that perhaps he might be interested in custom-making one to equilateral specifications with super-cheap material at a reduced rate. It's on my To-Do list to drop this pyramid-building entity a line.

Muchos love, GLB

[βαθμιαίος]

Yeah, I agree about the cost. I was wondering if you could rig something up based on the pictures on his site.

[Steppingfeet]

Yeah, I agree about the cost. I was wondering if you could rig something up based on the pictures on his site.

I wish! No insight gained from looking at the pictures though.

He sells a manual for to create the same pyramids he creates:
http://www.precisionpyramids.com/pyramidplans.htm.

It's 37 pages long and requires a paragraph of tools, none of which I own.

[βαθμιαίος]

Hmm. Didn't you mention a buddy who was a carpenter (and might have those tools)?

[Steppingfeet]

Hmm. Didn't you mention a buddy who was a carpenter (and might have those tools)?

An old neighbor. No real further contact unfortunately.

[BrownEye]

You can change the efficiency and effect of these when you pay attention and align each part with its polarity taken into account. This goes for wood or metal. It would appear that all blocks of the great pyramid would have polarities aligned up/down. The negative polarity appears to point up, in the same way as trees. I seem to remember reading somewhere that trees are antennas. Sounds like both anchor energies of the universe.

As for the "base metal" idea, I asked what would work for this purpose and got a negative on my use of gold, and a positive for silver or copper. This made me look up the metals and this is the first link I happened to check out.

In physics, the definition of a noble metal is even more strict. It is required that the d-bands of the electronic structure are filled. Taking this into account, only copper, silver and gold are noble metals, as all d-like bands are filled and do not cross the Fermi level.

Personally I consider metal like lead or tin to be a "base" metal.

[βαθμιαίος]

An old neighbor. No real further contact unfortunately.

Too bad. In that case, let me channel Ra for you.

The procedure of the building will be one for testing your ingenuity but there are several ways to construct the structure and it is well to do so.

[Steppingfeet]

An old neighbor. No real further contact unfortunately.

Too bad. In that case, let me channel Ra for you.

The procedure of the building will be one for testing your ingenuity but there are several ways to construct the structure and it is well to do so.

LOL!! Thanks, Ra.

(Though rather than testing my ingenuity, it's rather showing me my lack of it.)

[51/49]

About determining the angles of the cuts to produce the desired interior angle, I ask because, as far as I understand (using what very little I understand), the desired angle does not translate directly to the angle of the cut.

I am not sure how correct the information is ( have not looked into it) .. but i relied on the cut of the angle at the base to determine the desired angle at the apex. It seems to of worked well enough (for me) .. though as you know my methods were far from the precision of an engineer.

2. If they are to fit perfectly and uniformly so as to create four 60 degree angles, the ends of the four pieces that meet at the apex need two cuts each.

for this to happen i believe they would probably have to be cut multiple times .. but i am not sure about what formula you would use.

It seems that you just let two of the pieces meet, and the other two connecting on the outside of the original two.

correct

Every so often I put some effort in trying to solve the damned puzzle, but having limited cognitive and time resources, I come to a halt and then forgot about it for months on end, then resume some effort.

was the same .. then i just decided to build ..


I recall that unity mentioned (in an older thread) just putting together a bunch of poles to form a tipi like structure in his living room .
so long as it works , it works lol