The discovery of Atlantis the Lost Continent, after two millennia
 

BY MIHINDUKULASURIYA Susantha Fernando

WORLD history records the fall of many a great civilization due to invasions, internal dissentions, power struggles, economic mismanagements or natural disasters.

Yet there were few ancient civilizations which vanished from the face of the earth, leaving behind no archeo logical or epigraphical records on land, but only legends, myths and timeless escapist fantasies. Atlantis was one such example.

One of humankind's greatest and most enduring mysteries has been the location of the "Lost City" of Atlantis.

More than 2,350 years ago Plato (427-347 BC) wrote of the fabulous island empire of Atlantis, which ruled the ocean as well as parts of the "opposite continent" - what we know today as the Americas - until the single "terrible day and night" that destroyed it in a storm of earthquakes and floods. For two millennia the fate of Atlantis has fascinated historians, philosophers, and explorers who have debated its reality and searched in vain for a kingdom shrouded in myth and legend.

There is something in Atlantis that captures the human imagination in a way no other story of a lost civilization ever has. Since Plato's time, an estimated 2,000-10,000 books have been written about Atlantis (Ramage 30). This fact alone stands testament to the incredible pull of the Atlantis story.

Timaeus and Critias, two of Plato's dialogues, are the only existing written records which specifically refer to Atlantis. The story is about the conflict between the ancient Athenians and the Atlantians 9,000 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.

Scientific expedition

Atlantis started with Plato, and later conjectured by various authors as a super-civilization, was finally located by a scientific expedition at the bottom of the ocean, according to news reports released by the United Press International and major newspapers in the United States during the summer of 1973.

"This is probably the greatest discovery in World History", was stated by Maxine Asher, the co-director of a scientific expedition. 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 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 Mayans 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.

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, Mayans, Greeks, Egyptians, Spainish, Indian, Tibetan, and islands in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans all speak of ancient sunken continents and their connection to them. Firstly, it is 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 one 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. The original Atlanteans were of extraterrestrial 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'.

Almost 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 clamour 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".

Among the accomplishments of the Atlanteans, for example, was 'perfect' weather control. 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.

The atlanteans used crystals quite extensively, and misused 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.

Bermuda Triangle

In the modern Bermuda Triangle, on the ocean bottom where the ruins of Atlantis now exist, the energy buildup in the sunken and damaged Fire Crystals can periodically trigger dematerialisations of anything in the area, such as the mysterious disappearance of ships and aircraft.

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.

Toward the end of their existence, however, the Atlantieans 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.

What the historians and scientists now know is that Atlantis did indeed exist and also that remnants of it survive, today, proving that Plato was after all right.

(This article is written by the author of Alien Mysteries in Sri Lanka and Egypt, The New Version, which was launched recently in Colombo)

For further reading: 1) From the Ashes of Angels: The Forbidden Legacy of a Fallen Race by Andrew Collins, and Richard Ward; 2) When the Sky Fell: In Search of Atlantis by Rand Flem-Ath, Rose Flem-Ath; 3)

In Search of the Cradle of Civilization by Feuerstein, Kak and Frawley; 4) Atlantis: Insights from a Lost Civilization by Shirly Andrews; 5) Atlantis by Edgar Evans Cayce, Hugh L. Cayce (Editor): 6) Vimana Aircraft of Ancient India and Atlantis (Lost Science Series) by David Hatcher Childress and Ivan T. Sanderson