Claim: In Masters of Atlantis  Lamar opens two Gnomon Temples in America and humbles Auston restricting him to menial work, which does not stop Sydney.
Evidence: Masters of Atlantis is a 1985 novel by Charles Portis. Lamar opens several Gnomon Temples in America, which attracts conman, Austin Popper. In 1940, Lamar formally "humbles" Austin, restricting him to menial work. This does not stop Sydney, who after a dramatic return, attempts to delegitimize the American branch of Gnomonism, in response to out of control "Popperism".