Isaac Newton’s Notes On The Great Pyramids Reportedly Predicted The Apocalypse

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Sir Isaac Newton is known for many things including the law of gravity, the “Principia Mathematica” and it’s three laws of motion, as well as a number of theories on light and calculus. He is considered one of the greatest minds that ever lived, and like many other scientists and mathematicians during his time, he also had a ton of studies that were never actually published or shared with the rest of humanity, even after he died.


But just a few months ago, some of Newton’s unpublished work was auctioned off at London’s auction giant, Sotheby’s, and they contained some of his most thought provoking and wildest theories yet. Newton spoke about such topics as alchemy, the occult, and even the biblical apocalypse theory in his notes. But while it wasn’t a surprise for him to look into these darker and more obscure types of studies, he didn’t have that many written notes on these deep and mysterious themes.

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That was until some of his unpublished manuscripts were actually set up for auction. The notes, which look like they have seen better days, have very raw edges that were obviously burnt off. According to the auctioneers, they claim that the notes were damaged in a fire that was supposedly just an accident. Apparently, Newton had a dog named Diamond who had unintentionally knocked the candle over when he jumped on Newton’s table, which caused the edges of the pages to burn off.

The auction listing goes on to say, ”These notes are part of Newton’s astonishingly complex web of interlinking studies – natural philosophy, alchemy, theology – only parts of which he ever believed were appropriate for publication. It is not surprising that he did not publish on alchemy, since secrecy was a widely-held tenet of alchemical research, and Newton’s theological beliefs, if made public, would have cost him (at least) his career.”

At the time of their first release, the notes were priced at a whopping £280,000, which is equivalent to around $375,000. Despite the fire damage causing some of the text to be lost forever, Sotheby’s claims that the papers were “expertly conserved.”

In the notes that were left behind, Newton talks about some of the most outlandish topics, at least during the time that he was alive. In fact, one note in particular talks about a theory of Newton on Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza, and how it actually predicted the apocalypse. But what no one can seem to find in his notes is what thought process he had used to surmise such a theory. What is notable is that his theory came about from studying how the ancient Egyptians designed the pyramids according to their unit of measurement, which they refer to as the royal cubit.

When he studied the cubit measurement and the pyramids, Newton thought that he was able to gain insight into some sort of sacred geometry. He then believed that this was somehow aligned to the predictions in the bible about the future apocalypse.

Sotheby’s manuscript specialist, Gabriel Heaton, told The Guardian, “He was trying to find proof for his theory of gravitation, but in addition the ancient Egyptians were thought to have held the secrets of alchemy that have since been lost. Today, these seem disparate areas of study – but they didn’t seem that way to Newton in the 17th century.”


He added, “It’s a wonderful confluence of bringing together Newton and these great objects from classical antiquity which have fascinated people for thousands of years. The papers take you remarkably quickly straight to the heart of a number of the deepest questions Newton was investigating,” 

Back when Newton was alive, a number of scholars were quite interested and invested in such studies that involved mysticism and alchemy. As a matter of fact, it was even considered a justifiable field of scientific study for any scholar that wanted to study it.

Heaton also shared, “The idea of science being an alternative to religion is a modern set of thoughts. Newton would not have believed that his scientific work could undermine religious belief. He was not trying to disprove Christianity – this is a man who spent a long time trying to establish the likely time period for the biblical apocalypse. That’s why he was so interested in the pyramids.”

The notes were eventually sold in early December of 2020 for an exceptional price of £378,000, which is roughly equivalent to $511,000. The auction house went on to share, “The private papers reveal a side of the scientist that was kept quiet until centuries after his death, his fascination for alchemy.”

 

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