Irish Wisdom Preserved in Bible and Pyramids
Irish Wisdom Preserved in Bible and Pyramids
Irish Wisdom Preserved in Bible and Pyramids (1923) is an intriguing early-twentieth-century work of comparative history, theology, and speculative scholarship. Drawing on biblical texts, ancient monuments, and Irish tradition, Conor MacDari explores the idea that profound spiritual and symbolic knowledge was preserved across civilizations, finding expression both in Scripture and in the great pyramids of Egypt.
Written in the confident, expansive style of its era, the book reflects a period when archaeology, theology, and national tradition were often read together in the search for universal truths. MacDari’s work offers modern readers insight into how earlier generations understood sacred history, symbolism, and the transmission of wisdom through monumental architecture and religious texts.
Today, Irish Wisdom Preserved in Bible and Pyramids is best read as a historical document: a window into early twentieth-century religious thought, speculative archaeology, and the cultural imagination that sought harmony between faith, history, and ancient mystery. This edition is presented for readers interested in religious history, alternative interpretations of antiquity, and the intellectual currents of the period.
Originally published 1923. This reprint first published in 2026.CONTENTS:
Preface
I. The Problem of the Pyramids
II. An Elucidation of History
III. Struggle Between Rome and Eire
IV. The Compact of Rome and England for the Conquest of Ireland
V. The Bible—An Irish Book Altered and Adapted by British-Roman Transcribers
VI. The Irish Pope-Kings Formerly the Rulers of Britain
VII. Coming of St. Patrick to Ireland
VIII. Rome and the "Pagans"
IX. The Fiction in Roman History
X. Hebrew—A Sacerdotal Dialect Improvised from the Irish Language for the Secret Use of the Priests
XI. The Irish—The First Cultural Nation, The Earliest Missionary Teachers, And the Great Temple Builders of the Ancient World
XII. The Going into Egypt
XIII. The Four-Pyramid Group and Sphinx, Designed and Erected to Symbolise Man
XIV. The Mystery of the Sphinx: The Problem Solved
XV. The Pyramid of Asycus
XVI. The Pyramid of Mycerenes
XVII. The Pyramid of Chefren
XVII. The Great Pyramid of Iesa
XIX. Conclusion
Notes