Editing Pyramid power (section)

== Popularisation ==
The conjectures of pyramid power convinced the Onan Family, hotel and condo developers in [[Gurnee, Illinois]], to build the "Pyramid House" in 1977.<ref>[http://www.goldpyramid.com/new/html/about_load.html Pyramid House website]</ref><ref>[https://maps.google.com/maps?t=k&ie=UTF8&ll=42.413239,-87.941313&spn=0.001531,0.002494&om=1 (Satellite via Google)]</ref>

[[Summerhill Pyramid Winery]] in [[Kelowna, British Columbia]] built a four-story replica of the Great Pyramid, alleged by the winery to improve the quality of wine aged within it.<ref>[http://www.summerhill.bc.ca/Story/The-Pyramid (Summerhill Winery Pyramid Story)]</ref>

A religion founded in 1975, called [[Summum]], completed the construction of a pyramid called the [[Summum Pyramid]] in [[Salt Lake City, Utah]] in 1979.

Pyramid power was used by the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] and their coach [[Red Kelly]] during the [[1975–76 NHL season|1975–76]] quarter-final series, to counter the [[Philadelphia Flyers]]' use of [[Kate Smith]]'s rendering of "[[God Bless America]]". Kelly hung a plastic model of a [[pyramid]] in the team's clubhouse after a pair of away defeats at the start of the series, and each player took turns standing under it for exactly four minutes. The Maple Leafs managed to win all three of their home matches before losing the series' decisive game seven.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19760424&id=VHJIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=S10DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6601,211598&hl=en "Leafs employ 'pyramid power,'" ''The Associated Press'', Saturday, April 24, 1976.]</ref>

It is common in [[New Age]] magazines to see advertisements for open metal-poled pyramids large enough to [[Meditation|meditate]] under. The New Age group [[Share International]], founded by [[Benjamin Creme]], practices a form of meditation called 'Transmission Meditation' using an open metal-poled [[tetrahedron]], which according to their beliefs tunes into the [[Spiritual energy|cosmic energy]] of [[Maitreya (Theosophy)|Maitreya]] and other spiritual masters.