in religious terms, what does a pyramid represent?

Question

i know the freemasons use this symbol quite a bit, as well as other groups, but what do pyramids represent?

i don't know if any of you have ever watched the series, ''a haunting'' on the discovery channel, but i watched it the other day, and this woman drew a picture of three 'spirits' around a pyramid that was emitting light from the top. supposedly she was posessed while drawing this. i've been curious ever since.

toadaly- if you wouldn't have answered, i would have never figured out what that was in your avatar. i finally see it now.

and i feel a little bit dumb for missing it before...

yes, smarty pants. clearly.

Answer 1

It clearly represents this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IKFBkOJciw

Answer 2

Sounds like a question for a follower of Isis and Osiris, hehe.
The shape of Egyptian pyramids is thought to represent the primordial mound from which the Egyptians believed the earth was created. The shape is also thought to be representative of the descending rays of the sun, and most pyramids were faced with polished, highly reflective white limestone, in order to give them a brilliant appearance when viewed from a distance. Pyramids were often also named in ways that made reference to solar luminescence. For example, the formal name of the Bent Pyramid at Dahshur was The Southern Shining Pyramid, and that of Senwosret at el-Lahun was Senwosret is Shining. All Egyptian pyramids were built, without exception, on the west bank of the Nile, which as the site of the setting sun was associated with the realm of the dead in Egyptian mythology. The Pharaohs burried there we all seen as living Gods, so their souls were seen as needing to be sent into the reallm of the Gods, or the Sky. The Egyptians believed the dark area of the night sky around which the stars appear to revolve was the physical gateway into the heavens, and co-incidentally, one of the narrow shafts that extends from the main burial chamber through the entire body of the Great Pyramid points directly towards the center of this part of the sky. This suggests the pyramid may have been designed to serve as a means to magically launch the deceased pharaoh's soul directly into the abode of the gods.

EDIT: OMG, stop with that slave crap, please. Those theories are so old...modern Egyptologists have found writings of the people that worked on the pyramids. They suggest that the people that built the pyramids were in fact skilled labor, not slave labor. If you go to the King Tut exibit, which I have, there are tablets upon tablets listing the names of the people that worked on the pyramid, day by day. It shows that on any particular day, people were excused from work for birthdays, weddings, births of children, being ill, etc. just like workers today. Just because your religion says so, doesn't make it true.

Answer 3

It could be, if that's what you want. The "all seeing eye" has been around in other parts of the world also. To say that Horus is the only conclusion is not correct. If you are inferring that Freemasons worship Horus, that would be false. Religion is a personal matter, and members come from many different religions and have many different beliefs. The "eye on the pyramid" is part of the United States Seal. Have a nice day.

Answer 4

The pyramid isn't really a very common symbol in Freemasonry. But pyramids usually represent the path of descent and ascent of the soul from the Pleroma, through the spheres governed by the seven planets.

Answer 5

A pyramid represents 50% of the Star of David - Judaism (which is two pyramids).

Answer 6

I believe it represents strength. After all once constructed, you could put a megaton on the top point, in a hurricane and it won't blow over or be crushed. You have all 4 walls coming to a point.

Answer 7

I read somewhere that humans build pyramids because that shape is easier, and more natural to produce, than a sphere (for example). It's a stable and simple design. It evokes mountains, strength, etc...
We probably don't have to look any further than that.

Answer 8

the Pyramid is the works of Hebrew slaves that Africa made to build the pyramids, I think they ought to destroy the one dollar bill with the pyramids, like when a black person has to be reminded about slavery with a noose, I am Hebrew and everytime I see a pyramid it reminds me of when Africa had my people in slavery :)

Answer 9

They represent the pillars used to support giant toads with glowing eyes.

Answer 10

Like the one on the dollar bill? with the weird eye? lol

cr 20 > yep