Over at the Junior Skeptic wing of Skeptic.com, we've just published several key resources for the topic of "pyramid power." These are offered as "Further Reading" material relating to Junior Skeptic #23: Pyramid Power:
http://www.skeptic.com/junior_skeptic/issue23/further_reading/
For general readers, the most interesting item may be a previously unpublished 2006 interview with MythBuster Kari Byron, in which she speaks about the MythBusters tests of pyramid power, and about her experiences as part of the cast.
Researchers looking into this niche topic be interested in several items relating to the origin story for pyramid power, which are otherwise unavailable in the literature. According to the often-repeated canonical origin tale, a Frenchman named Antoine Bovis stumbled upon the secret sometime near the 1930s while standing inside the Great Pyramid in Egypt. Here, we present Bovis's own description of his "discovery" in both the original French and in English translation — a description that falsifies the legendary yarn, and which was lost to history until now.
Also included are detailed sources and bibliography for Junior Skeptic #23, a key Danish source on the legendary Bovis story (translated into English), and an extensive unpublished interview with 1970s (pro-paranormal) pyramid power author Max Toth, in which he reminisces about the history (and business!) of the paranormal fad he helped to pioneer.
http://www.skeptic.com/junior_skeptic/issue23/further_reading/
For general readers, the most interesting item may be a previously unpublished 2006 interview with MythBuster Kari Byron, in which she speaks about the MythBusters tests of pyramid power, and about her experiences as part of the cast.
Researchers looking into this niche topic be interested in several items relating to the origin story for pyramid power, which are otherwise unavailable in the literature. According to the often-repeated canonical origin tale, a Frenchman named Antoine Bovis stumbled upon the secret sometime near the 1930s while standing inside the Great Pyramid in Egypt. Here, we present Bovis's own description of his "discovery" in both the original French and in English translation — a description that falsifies the legendary yarn, and which was lost to history until now.
Also included are detailed sources and bibliography for Junior Skeptic #23, a key Danish source on the legendary Bovis story (translated into English), and an extensive unpublished interview with 1970s (pro-paranormal) pyramid power author Max Toth, in which he reminisces about the history (and business!) of the paranormal fad he helped to pioneer.
