The secret teachings of all ages by Manley P hall brought to you by Masonic audiobook Library part four Atlantis and the gods of antiquity Atlantis is the subject of a short but important article appearing in the annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution for the year ending June 30th
1915 the author Mur Pierre termier a member of the Academy of Sciences and director of service of the geologic chart of France in 1912 delivered a lecture on the atlantian hypothesis before the Institute oceanograph it is the translated notes of this remarkable lecture that are published it in the Smithsonian
Report after a long period of disdainful indifference writes M termier observe how in the last few years science is returning to the study of Atlantis how many naturalists geologists zoologists or botanists are asking one another today whether Plato has not transmitted to us with slight amplification a page
From the actual history of mankind no affirmation is yet permissible but it seems more and more evident that a vast region Continental or made up of great islands has collapsed west of the pillars of Hercules otherwise called the straight of Gibralter and that its collapse occurred in the not far distant
Past in any event the question of Atlantis is placed a new before men of Science and since I do not believe that it can ever be solved without the aid of oceanography I have thought it natural to discuss it here win this Temple of Maritime science and to call to such a
Problem long scorned but now being revived the attention of oceanographers as well as the attention of those who though immersed in the tumult of cities lend an ear to the distant murmur of the sea in his lecture M terier presents geologic Geographic and and zoologic data in substantiation of the Atlantis
Theory figuratively draining the entire bed of the Atlantic Ocean he considers the inequalities of its Basin and sites locations on a line from the azors to Iceland where dredging has brought lava to the surface from a depth of 3,000 M the volcanic nature of the islands now existing in the Atlantic Ocean
Corroborates plateau’s statement that the atlantian continent was destroyed by volcanic cataclysms M terier also advances the conclusions of a young French zoologist Mur Luis German who admitted the existence of an Atlantic continent connected with the Iberian Peninsula and with morania and prolonged toward the South so as to include some
Regions of desert climate Mr termier concludes his lecture with a graphic picture of the engulfment of that continent the description of the atlantian civilization given by Plato in the crus may be summarized as follows in the First Ages the gods divided the Earth among themselves proportioning it according to their resp respective
Dignities each became the peculiar deity of his own allotment and established therein temples to himself ordained a priestcraft and instituted a system of sacrifice to Poseidon was given the Sea and the island continent of Atlantis in the midst of the island was a mountain which was the dwelling place
Of three earthborn primitive human beings evanor his wife Lucie and their only daughter cleto the maiden was very beautiful and after the sudden death of her parents she was wooed by posidon who begat by her five pairs of male children posidon apportioned his continent among these 10 and Atlas the eldest he made
Overlord of the other nine Poseidon further called the country Atlantis and the surrounding sea the Atlantic in honor of Atlas before the birth of his 10 Sons Poseidon divided the continent and the coastwise Sea into concentric zones of land and water which were as perfect as though turned upon a lathe
Two zones of land and three of water surrounded the central island which Poseidon caused to be irrigated with two Springs of water one warm and the other cold the descendants of Atlas continued as rulers of Atlantis and with wise government and Industry elevated the country to a position of surpassing
Dignity the natural resources of Atlantis were apparently Limitless precious metals were mined wild animals domesticated and perfumes distilled from its fragrant flowers while enjoying the abundance natural to their semitropic location the atlantans employed themselves also in the erection of palaces temples and docks they bridged
The zones of sea and later dug a deep Canal to connect the outer ocean with the central island where stood the Palaces and Temple of Poseidon which excelled all other structures in magnificence a network of bridges and canals was created by the atlanteans to unite the various parts of their Kingdom
Plato then describes the white black and red stones which they quarried from beneath their continent and used in the construction of public buildings and docks they circumscribed each of the land zones with a wall the outer wall being covered with brass the Middle with tin and the inner which Encompass The Citadel with
Oracul the Citadel on the central island contained the pal Aces temples and other public buildings in its Center surrounded by a wall of gold was a sanctuary dedicated to cleto and Poseidon here the first 10 princes of the island were were born and here each year their descendants brought offerings
Poseidon’s own Temple its exterior entirely covered with silver and its Pinnacles with gold also stood within the Citadel the interior of the temple was of ivory Gold Silver and orical even to the pillars and floor the temple contained a colossal statue of Poseidon standing in a chariot drawn by
Six-winged horses about him a 100 nades riding on dolphins arranged outside the building were golden St statues of the first 10 Kings and their wives in the Groves and Gardens were hot and cold springs there were numerous temples to various deities places of exercise for men and for beasts public baths and a
Great racecourse for horses at various Vantage points on the zones were fortifications and to the great Harbor came vessels from every Maritime Nation the zones were so thickly populated that the sound of human voices was ever in the air that part of Atlantis facing the sea was described as lofty and
Precipitous but about the central city was a plane sheltered by mountains renowned for their size number and Beauty the plane yielded two crops each year in the winter being watered by rains and in the summer by immense irrigation canals which were also used for transportation the plane was divided
Into sections and in time of War each section supplied its quota of fighting men and chariots the 10 governments differed from each other in details concerning military requirements each each of the kings of Atlantis had complete control over his own kingdom but their Mutual relationships were
Governed by a code engraved by the first 10 Kings on a column of oracal standing in the temple of Poseidon at alternate intervals of five and six years a pilgrimage was made to this Temple that equal honor might be conferred upon both the odd and the even numbers here with
Appropriate sacrifice each King renewed his by ascending successively through the fiery sphere of Hades the Spheres of water Earth and air and the heavens of the Moon the plane of mercury is reached above Mercury are the plains of Venus the sun Mars Jupiter and Saturn the latter containing the symbols of the zodiacal
Constellations above the arch of the heavens Saturn is the dwelling place of the different powers controlling the universe the Supreme Council of the Gods is composed of 12 deities six male and six female which correspond to the positive and negative signs of the zodiac the six gods are Jupiter Vulcan
Apollo Mars Neptune and Mercury the six goddesses are Juno siries Vesta minurva Venus and Diana Jupiter rides his Eagle as the symbol of his sovereignty over the world and Juno is seated upon a peacock the proper symbol of her haughtiness and Glory oath of loyalty upon the sacred inscription here also
The Kings dawned Azure robes and sat in judg M at Daybreak they wrote their sentences upon a golden tablet and deposited them with their robes as memorials the chief laws of the Atlantean kings were that they should not take up arms against each other and that they should come to the assistance
Of any of their number who was attacked in matters of war and great moment the final decision was in the hands of the direct descendants of the family of Atlas no King had the power of life and death over his Kinsmen without the ascent of a majority of the 10 Plato
Concludes his description by declaring that it was this great Empire which attacked the helenic states this did not occur however until their power and Glory had lured the Atlantean Kings from the pathway of wisdom and virtue filled with false ambition the rulers of Atlantis determined to conquer the entire world Zeus perceiving the
Wickedness of the atlanteans gathered the gods into his holy habitation and address them here Plato’s narrative comes to an abrupt end for the Creed was never finished in the timus is a further description of Atlantis supposedly given to Solen by an Egyptian priest and which concludes as follows but afterwards there occurred violent
Earthquakes and floods and in a single day and night of rain all your warlike men in a body sank into the Earth and the island of Atlantis in like manner disappeared and was sunk Beneath the Sea and that is the reason why the sea in those parts is impassible and
Impenetrable because there is such a quantity of shallow mud in the way and this was caused by the subsidence of the island in the introduction to his translation of the timus Thomas Taylor quotes from a history of Ethiopia written by marcelus which contains the following reference to Atlantis for they
Relate that in their time there were seven islands in the Atlantic Sea sacred to prer Pine and besides these three others of an immense magnitude one of which was sacred to Pluto another to Ammon and another which is the middle of these and is of a thousand stadia to
Neptune Craner commenting upon Plato asserted that the Egyptian priests declared the story of Atlantis to be written upon pillars which were still preserved Circa 300 BC see Beginnings or glimpses of vanished civilizations ignacius Donnelly who gave the subject of Atlantis profound study believed that horses were first domesticated by the atlanteans for which
Reason they have always been considered peculiarly sacred to Poseidon see Atlantis from a careful consideration of Plato’s description of Atlantis it is evident that the story should not be regarded as wholly historical but rather as both allegorical and historical origin poery procus iamus and sianis realized that the story concealed a
Profound philosophical mystery but they disagreed as to the actual interpretation Plato’s Atlantis symbolizes the three-fold nature of both the universe and the human body the Kings of Atlantis are the tetres or numbers which are born as five pairs of opposites consult Theon of smirna for the Pythagorean doctrine of
Opposites the numbers 1 to 10 rule every creature and the numbers in turn are under the control of the monad or one the eldest among them with the Trident scepter of Poseidon these Kings held sway over the inhabitants of the seven small and three great Islands comprising Atlantis philosophically the 10 Islands
Symbolize the Triune powers of the superior deity and the Seven Regents who bow before his eternal Throne if Atlantis be considered as the archetypal sphere then its immersion signifies The Descent of rational organized Consciousness into the illusionary impermanent realm of irrational mortal ignorance both the sinking of Atlantis
And the biblical story of the fall of Man signify spiritual involution a prerequisite to conscious evolution either the initiated Plato used the Atlantis allegory to achieve two widely different ends or else the accounts preserved by the Egyptian priests were tampered with to perpetuate the secret Doctrine this does not mean to imply
That Atlantis is purely mythological but it overcomes the most serious obstacle to acceptance of the Atlantis Theory namely the Fantastic accounts of its origin size appearance and date of Destruction 9600 BC in the midst of the central Cal island of Atlantis was a lofty Mountain which cast a shadow 5,000 stadia in
Extent and whose Summit touched the sphere of ether this is the axle mountain of the world sacred among many races and symbolic of the human head which Rises out of the four elements of the body this sacred Mountain upon whose Summit stood the Temple of the Gods gave
Rise to the stories of Olympus meu and Asgard the city of the golden gates the capital of Atlantis is the one now preserved among numerous relig as the city of the gods or the holy city remember to subscribe to Masonic audiobook Library like and leave a comment so help promote the content to
Like-minded Seekers here is the archetype of the New Jerusalem with its streets paved with gold and its 12 gates shining with precious stones the history of Atlantis writes ignacius Donnelly is the key of the Greek mythology there can be no question that these gods of Greece were human beings the tendency to attach
Divine attri attributes to Great Earthly rulers is one deeply implanted in human nature the same author sustains his views by noting that the deities of the Greek pantheon were nor looked upon as creators of the universe but rather as Regents set over it by its more ancient original
Fabricators the Garden of Eden from which Humanity was driven by a flaming sword is perhaps an illusion to the Earthly Paradise supposedly located west of the pillars of Hercules and destroyed by volcanic cataclysms the deluge Legend may be traced also to the atlantian inundation during which a world was destroyed by
Water was the religious philosophic and scientific knowledge possessed by the priest crafts of antiquity secured from Atlantis whose submergence obliterated every vesage of its part in the drama of world progress Atlantean Sun worship has been perpetuated in the ritualism and ceremonialism of both Christianity and Pagan both the cross and the serpent
Were Atlantean emblems of divine wisdom the Divine Atlantean progenitors of the Mayas and kishes of Central America coexisted within the green and Azure Radiance of gucumatz the plumed Serpent
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