 Fictional map of Atlantis from Mundus Subterraneus by Athanasius Kircher, Amsterdam 1665. How do we know about Atlantis? Timaeus
and Critias, two of
Plato's dialogues, are the only existing written records which
specifically refer to Atlantis.
The dialogues are conversations
between Socrates, Hermocrates, Timaeus, and Critias. Apparently in
response to a prior talk by Socrates about ideal societies, Timaeus
and Critias agree to entertain Socrates with a tale that is
"not a fiction but a true story."
The story is about the conflict between the ancient Athenians and
the Atlantians 9000 years before Plato's time.
Knowledge of the
distant past apparently forgotten to the Athenians of Plato's day,
the story of Atlantis was conveyed to Solon by Egyptian priests.
Solon passed the tale to Dropides, the great-grandfather of Critias.
Critias learned of it from his grandfather also named Critias, son
of Dropides.
 Cast of Characters
All of the men, except for Timaeus, who take part in or are
mentioned in Timaeus and Critias are known to have actually existed
in ancient Greece. Records of their lives and deeds have been
recorded in other writings from the time period.
Note: There are 2 people named Critias related to the story of
Atlantis and this can lead to some confusion. There is the Critias
who actually takes part in the dialogues. He is the one who tells
the story of Atlantis to Socrates. Then there is Critias who was the
grandfather of the Critias of the dialogues. This elder Critias told
the story of Atlantis to his grandson, Critias, who then conveyed
the story to Socrates in the dialogues.
Those who actually take part in the dialogues:
Those mentioned in the dialogues:
Edgar Cayce - Atlantean Hall of Records Edgar Cayce
predicted the discovery of an Atlantean "Hall of Records"between the Sphinx and the Nile with a connecting entrance under the right, front paw of the Sphinx. The following segment was taken from Cayce, Edgar "On Atlantis" New York: Warner Books, 1968.
This excerpt was taken from Edgar
Cayce on Atlantis
New York: Warner Books, 1968. Alan Alford on Atlantis
Nearly
twenty-four hundred years ago, the Athenian philosopher Plato
penned one of the most controversial and tantalising stories ever
written. Once upon a time, he said, there had existed a
magnificent seafaring civilisation which had attempted to take
over the world, but had perished when its island sank into the sea
– the result of an unbearable cataclysm of earthquakes and
floods.
This civilisation had been called Atlantis, and it had heralded from the Atlantic Ocean, taking its name from the god Atlas who presided over the depths of the sea. Its main island had sunk some nine thousand years before the time of Solon, circa 9600 BC by our modern-day system of reckoning. The puzzle of Atlantis is this. On the one hand, Plato was adamant that the island had sunk in the Atlantic Ocean, and equally adamant that the story was absolutely true. And yet, on the other hand, modern scientists have mapped the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, using echo sounders, ‘Geosat’ radar and multibeam sonar, and found no trace whatsoever of any sunken island. The result is a deadlock on how to decipher the story. Some argue that it is a myth, of uncertain meaning. Others argue that it is a moral and political fable. And others, still, continue to argue that it is pure history, and that Plato simply got his geographical facts wrong.
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The Atlantis Syndrome
by Paul Jordan
Atlantis started with Plato and in his hands it was never a supercivilization of the sort conjectured by later authors; perhaps in strictly Greek terms it was no civilization at all but rather a fatally luxurious elaboration of an essentially barbarian way of life, for all its inception by a god. At all events, it was no seminal civilization: it wasn't the fons et origo of all later civilizations in the world, indeed Athens was its independent contemporary. Both Atlantis and old Athens were, for Plato, but episodes in the ever ongoing cycle of catastrophes and renewals that he saw as the most rational and scientific interpretation to which the world of human experience could be subjected. For him, science and religion were quite bound up together, so that the natural catastrophes were at the same time eras in which the divine light was withdrawn from the world and the equally natural renewals were times when it returned. So rational and obviously true was this scheme of things to Plato that the "problem" of the real historical location and fate of Atlantis that has exercised so many writers after him would have left him cold, or perhaps amused to think of what he had started. We quoted early in this book several passages of Plato to show how he handled stories in his works.
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http://mailbox.univie.ac.at/~muehleb9/atlantissyndrome.html 11,500 years ago…
by R. Vieni
Time and time again the vessel shattered against the fury of the “wandering stones”, and for as many times men stubbornly restarted weaving the thread of their everlasting wander. Obscure Penelopes of the knowledge, stimulated by an unequalled curiosity, they wanted to tear open the veil that divides the cave from the light, breaking the archaic code of prohibitions, whilst placing themselves as the sole part of becoming. Not by chance, the great Florentine Poet put on Odysseus’s lips, the hero per excellence set against the son of Peleus whose sole feature was strength, the immortal lines “fatti non foste a viver come bruti, ma per seguir virtute e canoscenza…”.(1) On one side strength, on the other the longing for knowledge. On one side the old world of Atlantis and of Dorian conquerors, on the other the innovation introduced by the fullness and dignity of the symbolic universe of Hellenics. So there are the Pillars of Hercules… and there is Odysseus. There is taboo… and there is the ancient dream of man. For us, today, the outermost frontier is represented by the cosmos… our ancestors found such frontier on the dark wave next to the farthest barrier of that which was in those times their sensible universe: at that time, an inviolate and inexplicable sea.
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Dr.Rosario Vieni - "11,500 years ago ... "
Evidence for Existence of Atlantis
Note:
The following 4 segments contain excerpts from the full length articles listed below.
"This is probably the greatest discovery in World history", was stated
by Maxine Asher, the co-director of a scientific expedition that found Atlantis
at the bottom of the ocean, reported United Press International and major
newspapers in the United States during the summer of 1973. UPI continued that
"Maxine Asher said that scuba divers found data to prove the existence of
the super-civilization which legend says sank beneath the sea thousands of years
ago". "The divers had found evidence of roads and large columns, some
with concentric spiral motifs, in the exact place described by the Greek
philosopher Plato".
"The group of some 70 scientists, teachers and adventurers was endorsed by Pepperdine University in Los Angeles, California." The document "History of the Golden Ages" reveals over 30 ruins including pyramids, domes, paved roads, rectangular buildings, columns, canals and artifacts that have been found on the ocean bottoms from the Bahamas to the nearby coasts of Europe and Africa, referencing the vast size of the lost continent. Dozens of historians and famous writers wrote about the Atlantis they believed existed, how the Myans and Aztecs had told their conquerors that they came from Atlantis and Mu, about ancient tablets photographed in Peru showing those two lost continents, Atlantis and Lemuria, and ancient maps clearly showing Atlantis. Just some of the ruins so far found include:
Many other examples of roads, buildings and columns are available, many of them
made with materials not available in their areas.
Many ancient maps are also known to have Atlantis on them, including the ancient Greek ones studied by Christopher Columbus before he set sail for America. Ancient writings from the Aztecs, Myans, Greeks, Egyptians, Spain, India, Tibet, and islands in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans all speak of ancient sunken continents and their connection to them. Human footprints and shoe prints, a perfectly engineered cube, jewelry, a prehistoric animal with a hole in its skull that scientists admit only a bullet could make, a remnant of a screw, and other modern artifacts have been found in layered rock strata geologists admit formed on these objects MILLIONS of years ago. All of these discoveries were printed in public daily newspapers when they occurred, and left out of history books simply because historians could not explain them with THEIR theories. Who Were the Atlanteans?
Firstly, it's important to point out that Atlantis was not the only continent
from ancient times that sank beneath the waves. There was the huge continent of
Lemuria which also incorporated other countries like Mu and Mar in the Pacific
Ocean, and Lumania in the Indian Ocean. Remnants of the lost continents may
still be seen as the peaks of their mountains make small islands in the middle
of vast oceans - Easter Island is thought to be a remnant of Lemuria and still
bears the great stone statues, though only their heads are showing above the
ground.
There were also the lands of Thule and Hyperborea in the north, which are believed to be sunk below what is now the north pole. There is also information about this land at the north pole continuing to exist today on a fourth dimensional level - but that's another story. Also the land which is now at the south pole was also thought to be once inhabited when it was a tropical land. The story of how these various continents became inhabited with highly advanced civilizations is a fascinating one, but after many thousands of years it all came to an end for the last time around 11,500 years ago with dramatic planetary events which sank and shifted continents and covered much of the earth with water. Clues to the history on earth before our own recently recorded history can be found in the Sumerian texts. So who were the Atlanteans and how did they live? The following information has been gathered from various sources for a very brief introduction. I recommend that you read the original documents for more in-depth information [linked at the bottom of the page]. The original Atlanteans were of extra-terrestrial origin and came to earth over 50 thousand years ago. They were of human shape, but not modern earth humans as we are. They were very tall and fair skinned and probably originated from the Lyrian star system. They are also known as the Elohim or Annunaki and their story is hidden in the texts of Genesis. They had life spans of around 800 years and are known in some texts as 'the tall ones'. Most all ancient civilizations believed in the Titans, the race of giant humans that inhabited Earth long ago. Different races knew them by different names. These 7 to 12 foot humanoids were thought to be legendary until the excavation of over a dozen skeletons 8 to 12 feet tall, around the world, shocked archaeologists. The Spanish Conquistadors left diaries of wild blond-haired, blue eyed 8 to 12 foot high men running around in the Andes during the conquest of the Incas. They, along with other groups working on the planet, eventually developed the smaller human being by genetic manipulation, originally for use as workers. The 'Adamu' (or man) were originally created to work in various projects around the world. Some of these were mining, food production, construction, etc. By giving man the ability to reproduce on his own (the original sin), the population began to multiply quite rapidly. The Annunaki began to clamor for more of the workers. Human females were further altered so that conception was possible not once per year, but every 28 days. This can be found in Genesis, Chapter 3, Verse 16. The Annunaki soldiers eventually started to reproduce with the earth human females: "When the sons of the Elohim came unto the daughters of man, and they bore them children". Technology on Atlantis
The Atlantean consciousness eventually evolved from a less material,
fourth-dimensional form toward the sensual, or physical. Far from being like the
other 'ancient' civilizations that we know about, the level of technology
reached when Atlantis was at its' peak was far superior to our own.
Among the accomplishments of the Atlanteans, for example, was 'perfect' wather control. Now the average immediate notion is of abundant fields of waving grain in endless summer alongside the most beautiful of beaches. They had that, and it bored them; too utilitarian to them, like we might look at a vineyard. They left such backlands to the serving creatures. The Atlanteans had come into the physical world essentially for the stimulation. They loved storms. Whole areas of their land were given over, like national parks, to violent displays of atmospheric turbulence. Their servants, of course, were less fond of these events, which could kn the equivalent of "artisitc licence" spill over and kill them, destroy their homes, etc. If the Atlanteans noticed and/or cared, they could restore all this damage at will. Some did, some didn't. They also had the ability to effect geological events for their experiential pleasure. Volcanic fountains were a favourite, but much was done with steam and mineral venting for artistic result. They had plenty of time. The earlier ones were still immortal. More than one volcanic seamount poking its head above the waters of the Atlantic Ocean started out this way. Later, of course, they lost control. The real core of Atlantean technology that can still be dug up around the earth was far beyond something as simple as weather control. What has attracted the military like carrion is the 'threshold' technology. Some hint of this floated up in the movie 'Stargate', except that the Atlantean version could be called 'Probability Gate'. It's a solid state device (with no selectable 'dial' like the stargate in the movie, for instance) that uses what we think of as time/space as an energy source. The threshold is a lens into probable existence streams, or continua. This area was delved into more deeply with research like the Philadelphia Experiment. Atlantean Crystals
The Atlanteans used crystals quite extensively, and mis-used them to such a
degree that they eventually led to the catastrophe which caused Atlantis to
disappear into the ocean.
The Atlanteans used the knowledge of the crystal refraction, amplification and storage. It is known that a beam of light directed intensley and focused specifically on certain series of facets in a gem will, when it exits from the reflective plane of the gem, be amplified rather than diminished. And further, these amplified energies were broken down into a wide and sophisticated spectrum. The Atlanteans used the spectrum of this energy so as to be more useable, and for a specific purpose, much as one would use petoleum in terms of its various spectrum limitations for specific purposes. Extracting this and that and other things from the same basic substance, they used certain divisions of the energy for growing things. Others for healing, others for knowledge or increasement of substance. Other phases of spectrum for dissassembling molecule structures, and yet other combinations of these strata for building, assembling structures, as in chains; or producing matter, transmutation of matter and that sort. Their basic technology is still available in the earth plane in various locations. Crystals have the ability to transfer energy, to retain it, to maintain its intensity, to focus and transmit it over great distance to similar receivers as are equal or comparable to the transmitter. Thus, from one pyramid to another the Atlanteans, in a sense, transmitted energy. That when the face of the earth was directed toward a certain point, one pyramid would function to intensify and transmit energies to other pyramids which would then act as receiving devices and would disperse energy as it was needed. The opposite would be true, when that pyramid was at unfocusable point to their celestial alignment the others would transmit to those. Very simple method, very effective method. Though it brought them many difficulties later. Atlantean crystals were natural forms, but their growths were speeded up. Some specimens of clear quartz were produced to almost 25 feet high and 10 feet in diameter, had 12 sides and were used for storing and transmitting power. Small crystals, four to five feet high were infused with different colours, and had a varied number of facets, to be used for different purposes, such as healing, meditation, psychic development, increasing mental capacity, communications, powering generators, dematerialisation, and transport of objects, magnetic force fields, and travel at speeds undreamed of by our culture today. A number of crystals were shaped into invered pyramids, with four to six sides, were infused with various shades of pink or rose, which created a light beam for surgery, by changing molecular structure, and for soothing pain, particularly in the delicate areas of the brain, the eyes, the heart and reproductive organs. Gold or yellow crystals changed colours to deeper hues in the presence of disease or bodily vibrational disorders. Ruby and purple stones helped cure emotional and spiritual problems; and black crystals, no longer in existence, were powerful protectors. For general rejuvenation and a return of vitality the ancient Atlanteans periodically meditated 15 to 20 minutes inside a circle of 6, 11, 22 or 24 stones of different types, holding a clear quartz in their hands, which acted as a control and focaliser. All these various crystals received their power from a variety of sources, including the Sun, the Earth's energy grid system, or from each other. The larger stones, called Fire Crystals, were the central receiving and broadcasting stations, while others acted as receivers for individual cities, buildings, vehicles and homes. On a higher spiritual level, rooms made of crystals were places where the Initiates left their bodies in the Final Transcendence, often never to return. In the modern Bermuda Triangle, on the ocean bottom where the ruins of Atlantis now exist, the energy build-up in the sunken and damaged Fire Crystals can periodically trigger dematerialisations of anything in the area. One of the most detailed descriptions of the Atlantean use of a mysterious instrument called the Great Crystal was given by Edgar Cayce, who mentioned it many times. The crystal, he said was housed in a special building oval in shape, with a dome that could be rolled back, exposing the Crystal to the light of the sun, moon and stars at the most favourable time. The interior of the building was lined with non-conducting metal or stone, similar to asbestos or bakelite, a thermosetting plastic. The Crystal itself, which Cayce also called the Tuaoi Stone, or Firestone, was huge in size, cylindrical in length, and prismatic in shape, cut with six sides. Atop the crystal was a moveable capstone, used to both concentrate incoming rays of energy, and to direct currents to various parts of the Atlantean countryside. It appears that the Crystal gathered solar, lunar, stellar, atmospheric and Earth energies as well as unknown elemental forces and concentrated these at a specific point, located between the top of the Crystal and the bottom of the capstone. The energy was used for various purposes. In the beginning it was used as purely a spiritual tool by initiates who could handle the great energy. The early Atlanteans were peaceful people. As they developed more physical material bodies, they used the crystal to rejuvenate their bodies and were able to live hundreds of years while maintaining a youthful appearance. Later the Crystal was put to other uses. Currents of energy were transmitted throughout the land, like radio waves, and powered by these, crafts and vehicles traversed the land, through the sky and under the sea at the speed of sound. By utilisation of other currents originating from the Crystal, the Atlanteans were also able to transmit over great distances the human voice, and pictures, like modern television. In the same manner, even heat and light could be directed to specific buildings or open arenas, giving illumination and warmth by seemingly invisible means. Toward the end of their existence, however, the Atlanteans became greedier for more power, the operation of the Crystal was taken over by those of less spiritual fortitude, and the energies of the Great Crystal were tuned to higher and more destructive frequencies. Finally the Crystal was tuned too high, activating volcanoes and melting mountains, ultimately causing the submergence of Atlantis, and perhaps even the axis shift of the Earth itself.
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The 4 segments above contain excerpts from the following full length
articles:
Atlantis in Mexico?
by Ed Ziomek
Gene D. Matlock deeply searches and analyses different
cultures also comparing with Vedic (vaydik, Sanskrit: वेद)) ancient
culture of Asia, quite common over India to Japan passing through
Tibet and China, finding outstanding curious similarities among all
cultures among the globe when all where in the mythical "golden
age". He compares linguistically the different languages he
analyses; western, eastern, ancient Native American and other
languages.
He says that with this method , used long before him by
others linguist, and exploring deep in etymology, he finds
impressive similarity between the myths from ethnies around the
world circa the copper age, bronze age or other ancient times he
refers to in his papers.
He finds links between Maya, Native American and Asian
ethnicities, oral tradition and ancient cultures.
Gene D. Matlock seems to have discovered many language
and culture similarities between many pre-Columbian civilizations and
people from Afghanistan to far east Asia. Also giving arguments that
support the idea of extensive commercial relations between
pre-Columbian America with the rest of the world, long before Christ,
has Matlock tries to find rather possible or not. He might be quite
convinced that ancient cities from Mexican gulf to Tenochtitlan are
related to some Atlántepec, Tolan, A-tolan and other TLAN like
cities:
Quote:_"Should we continue our fun guessing games about
Atlantis for another few millenniums? Or should we confidently begin
our search for the submerged half of Atlantis from Atlántepec's
(Mexico's) southeast coast? Will the ruins that we'll surely find be
those of the real Atlantis?"
He believes we should be conducting the search for
Atlantis in the Yucatan region of Mexico. Matlock cites place names
as one of the compelling proofs:
Atlán,
Autlán, Mazatlán, Cihuatlán, Cacatlán, Tecaltitlán, Tihuatlán, Atitlán,
Zapotlán, Minititlán, Ocotlán, Miahuatlán, Tecaltitlán, Tepatitlán,
Tihuatlán, Texiutlán,
and the like. Notice that the Nahuatl Tlán
root of these place names is exactly like the Tlan
in "Atlantis."
He also cites an ancient, spiral-shaped harbor with
high banks or dikes lining the channels that once existed near San
Lorenzo Tenochtitlán, Mexico. This layout is very much like that
described by Plato for Atlantis's great port city.
When Gene D. Matlock was seven years old, he became
deathly sick from pneumonia. His mother prayed that if he survived,
she would dedicate him to the study of theology. She never suspected
Gene's studies would lead him to "no-no" conclusions not welcome in
Sunday School, the mosque, and the synagogue.
Matlock says that the linguistic revelations comparing
different cultures are astonishing. That we are and always have been
a global community from the very beginning of civilization. He says:
"When I was a young college student in Mexico, I took a course in
linguistics. This course and my experiences in studying Spanish,
Portuguese, Malay, and Nahuatl, taught me that a word is much more
than a combination of strange sounds. Each one tells the history of
the people who use it." According to Matlock, the secret surrounding
the location of Atlantis -- and thus, proof that it really existed
-- can be traced back to the forbidden letter.
He then tries to link everything with the ancient roots
of "Panch" , Panis, Phoenicias and Hebrews, linking many things
according to his research, but many scholars don't agree with this.
Modern game fictional characters like Gill (Street
Fighter), and Urien (Street Fighter) are examples of the fantasy
Atlantis may arise in subconcient, has it has being for many years a
source of mystery and inventions.
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BOOKS ON ATLANTIS Book Description
More than 25,000 books, plus countless other articles
have been written about a fabled confederation of city-states known
as Atlantis. If it really did exist, where was it located? Does
anyone have valid evidence of its existence artifacts and other
remnants? According to historian, archaeologist, educator and
linguist Gene D. Matlock, both questions can easily be answered:
Only Mexico is named Atlan; Itlan; Otlan; Tlan; Tollan, etc. No
other nation on earth can make that claim. Since this is the case
and every nation on earth is what it is, Atlantis is Atlantis!
From the Publisher
The Last Atlantis Book You’ll Ever Read! reveals the
secret of “the forbidden letter ‘A’” and many more hidden nuggets of
information that “settle the matter once and for all,” declares
Matlock. His proof is convincing; his linguistic revelations are
astonishing. That we are and always have been a global community
from the very beginning of civilization is rapidly becoming evident.
According to Matlock, the secret surrounding the location of
Atlantis -- and thus, proof that it really existed -- can be traced
back to the “forbidden letter ‘A.’”
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