Phelon William P - Our Story of Atlantis

OUR STORY OF

ATLANTIS. Written down for the

HERMETIC By W. Author of

P.

BROTHERHOOD PHELON,

"THREE SEVENS"; "

EFFECT";

LOVE, SEX,

M. D.

"HEALING,

CAUSES AND

IMMORTALITY,"

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. HERMETIC BOOK CONCERN. 1903.

Etc.

the year 1903, by

s, in

in the office of the Librarian

of

Congress

at

Washington, D. C.

Ail rights reserved.

LACK OAT PIMM,

4OC M ALLSTER

ST., 8.

F.

FOREWORD. It is

not necessary for an author in these

days, always to be

later

He may

a recognized fact.

another

s

reliability,

write from

whose honesty and

experience, in

he has as much, and sometimes

more confidence, than sense.

say, he

to

own knowledge. This has be

writes of his

come

able

This

own

in his

the .case with .this

is

personal

little

book,

treating of a subject of interest to the whole

For

world, to-day.

MSS. almost ready

six years I

have had the

for the printer.

Now,

with the encouragement and helping hand of

my

Dear Comrades

Brotherhood,

May

it

I

am

bid to

be a help to the

TIAN BORN,

of

the let

it

Hermetic go

ONCE ATLAN-

wherever they may

W.

P.

forth.

PHELON,

120215

be.

M. D.

CONTENTS CHAPTER

I.

Poem, "Lost Atlantis." Why is this book written? Authorities pointing to the existence of a former Continent and City. Definite assertions of destruc tion by deluge, of an island Continent, positively declared. Testimony of the whirling straws, the flotsam and jetsam of the day. Concurrent evidence of the existence and influence of these people on our civilization.

PAGE

I

CHAPTER

II.

Continued crossPoem, examination of witnesses, human and divine, con "Atlantian

Memories."

cerning the facts in evidence of the existence of Atlantis Island and City. Description of mountains, cities, caves, and other evidences of occupation by civilized and enlightened people. Speculations, and deductions of the Past, Present and Future. PAGE 25-

CHAPTER

III.

Beginning of a voyage. The attractive stranger. Acquaintance ripens rapidly. "Such a face as child hate." An eloquent and in Atlantian memories seem to the new friend, personal experiences. The wonderful cities of the Past that have disappeared. The little black-lettered manuscript in a strange language. History of Atlantis. "Your desire for information on these lines will be gratified." PAGE 41.

ren love structive

and scoundrels talker.

CHAPTER

IV.

The

student and master of the Cabala. The solving of the problem. The odd volume from the

Boston second-hand book

store.

The Fourth Con-

CONl^ENTS

viii

The wonderful play of visible form never equaled elsewhere in the whole world, before or since. Supremely dominant now, in the affairs of the world. PAGE 174. of Instruction.

and

color,

CHAPTER

XVI.

The Cellars of the Great Elemental Mint and Treasury, under the Temple. Their occupants, uses and the influences upon the State and world, then and now. Date of the opening of these Treasuries to the PAGE; 186. inspection of the Temple Inspector.

CHAPTER The Treasury PAGE 194.

of

-XVII.

the Temple;

its

contents and

uses.

CHAPTER

XVIII.

Concerning Convocations. The kinds and meth ods of calling and their uses and influence even upon the world of to-day. PAGE 197.

CHAPTER

XIX.

The Messiah that must come is a nation and not an individual. It was the stone cut out of the mountain without hands. For this work and wait. PAGE

203.

CHAPTER

XX.

We, as Atlantians, did not break the law but we made a mistake. For our ignorance, we suffered. The instrument cannot be superior to the Maker and User. PAGE 210. ;

CHAPTER Corroborating present day, as on the Walls,"

it

XXI.

evidence from the news of the conies to the ears of the "Watchers

Atlantis, Egypt, India.

PAGE

214.

OUR STORY OF ATLANTIS. CHAPTER

I.

THE LOST ATLANTIS. AIR

F

Atlantis, peerless country

Lulled within the Ocean

s

!

arms,

Lying beautiful and shining

Far beneath the storm

s

alarms;

Never has a plague come near thee In thy halls were love and ease

Now, above

thee

lost

;

;

Atlantis

!

Roll the ever restless seas.

In those histories, half tradition,

With

We

their mythical thread of gold,

shall find the

name and

story

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thy

cities,

fair

and old;

Dreaming bard has told

in

Wandering minstrel sung

Now, above

fancy

of thee,

thee, lost Atlantis,

Rolls the ever restless sea.

Every heart has such a country

Some

Atlantis loved, and lost

Where upon Once

;

the gleaming sand bars

life s fitful

Mighty

cities

ocean tost;

rose in splendor

Love was monarch

Now, above

of that clime

that lost Atlantis

Rolls the restless sea of Time.

Happy

From Deems His

he,

a

who

life

looking backward

of larger scope

a youthful idle fancy

lost continent of

Or by

light of love

Hope

;

and gladness,

Find the present home sublime

Glad that over

his Atlantis

Rolls the restless sea of Time.

Why is

this

book written ?

is

the most pertinent

OF ATLANTIS.

3

question asked an author at the outset of It

position.

echoed and re-echoed by

is

and reader upon

its

publication.

com critic

It certainly ap

pears to be a fair question whenever, the subjects

seem

much out

so

of the route of ordinary in

formation, as the present volume.

The

scattered records of the Past, within the

historical period,

enough material of any interest,

make

to to

yield scarcely

a short magazine article

say nothing of swelling in

the dignity of a book.

size, to

It

would apparently

now

is

scientists,

conceded, however, by our wisest

that

and corres

every configuration

ponding circumstance points to the

possibility of

the existence of an island continent in the neigh

borhood,

if

not directly over the great

West In

dian Archipelago, just as the whole configuration of the

North American Continent

tells

of the inland sea that broke through at

the

river,

Thousand and hurling

Islands in itself

the

St.

the story

its

barriers

Lawrence

over Niagara Falls,

left

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4 habitable

the

man

legacy to

The

valley

of

the

a

for future settlement.

sacred writings of

all

nations concur in the

same declaration and statement of portion of the earth,

disaster to

some

most generally including

In a late issue of Mind, appears an article

all.

headed: says

as

Mississippi,

"A

"A

:

Monument

to

which

Atlantis,"

notable discovery of more than ordinary

interest for historians, especially those

who have made

a leaning toward antiquities, has lately been

by the well-known archaeologist, Augustus Le

This discovery should particularly

Plongeon.

tract the attention of Americans, since

them

to lay claim to one of the

monuments the

of ancient times.

it

at

enables

most important

The

edifice in

ques

Pyramid of Xochicalo, standing 5,396

tion

is

feet

above the level of the

sea,

and situated

to the

south-southwest of Cuernavaca, 60 miles from the City of Mexico.

For more than a century the

pyramid has been occasionally guished

travelers,

visited

by

including the learned

distin

Hum-

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5

boldt; but none succeeded in discovering the pur

monument had been

pose for which the

nor

erected,

in deciphering the mysterious inscriptions

on

its sides.

As

far back as

1886, Dr.

lished his alphabetic key to the

Le Plongeon pub

Maya

hieroglyphs,

comparing

this

with the ancient Egyptian hieratic

alphabet.

He

has

the

now found

that the signs on

Pyramid of Xochicalo are both

Egyptian

;

Maya

and

and a careful study of these decorative

inscriptions has

made

it

him that the

plain to

pyramid was a monumental structure erected

commemorate the submergence and the great

Land

gether with

man

its

of

Mu

Atlantis), to

beings, about 11,500 years ago.

"Queen

then,

s

destruction of

population of 64,000,000 of hu

Dr. Le Plongeon,

four

(Plato

to

Moo

Maya is

in

his

remarkable work,

and the Egyptian

Sphinx,"

accounts of the same cataclysm.

the

fifth,

most important of

and, in his all

the

own

known

gives

This,

opinion, the

records in

Maya

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6

language of the appalling event that gave to the story of a universal in

Deluge that

is

rise

found

the sacred books of the Jews, the Christians

and the Mohammedans.

These

records, on stone, on sun-dried bricks, on

papyrus, all

know same

tell

the same story.

of the Aztecs fact.

is

The

also confirmatory of the

Whence came

the people of South

America, with their advanced civilization traditions of the Past?

cities

and

What mighty people built

the great cities and temples of the

covered

we

little

now

forest-

of Yucatain and Central America,

with their carved glyphs, and correspondencies

to

the hieroglyphs of the Valley of the Nile and the

East Indian entablatures; and moreover, on

most precisely similar those of

Egypt and India.

pose there

between

styles

all

Is

of architecture it

al

to

reasonable to sup

was no common bond of fellowship these?

The

Ancient Egyptian ideas

have dominated the world down to the present day.

Instead of a mummy-case,

we

use a coffin

OF ATLANTIS. for our dead.

The

idea

7

the same

is

the de

parted ghost was to be saved the trouble of

new

ing a

mak

body, perhaps at short notice, at the

great day of the resurrection.

The

trinity in unity of

God, now universally

received,

was an Egyptian

wrought

into the stone tablets

idea,

and the same

which La Plon-

geon and his amiable wife have unearthed forests of the

the

If

feeble

in the

Maias and Quiches.

nation,

of

which these are but the

remnants, had not disappeared by some

cataclysmal climax

some

is

we must

later, historical data.

present generation sirous of

is

more

certainly have

As

the

mind

had

of the

largely than ever, de

Truth, the idea of Astral presentation

and perception may not be without especially as the books of

Wisdom

its

weight,

of the Past

declare, that automatic books of record are kept

of all deeds and manifestation, It

may

upon the

be asked, why, those

into the rest of the

earth.

who have

Unseen should be

entered

at all con-

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8

cerned in the unfoldment and development of the

who

race,

are ever toiling over the rocky paths of

the planet?

If the doctrine of re-incarnation

true, then would

coming Egos,

it

is

not be to the interest of the

for all the race of

vanced just as far as

men

to be ad

possible, so that the re-in

carnated from time to time, might receive the

advantage attainable, from their touch

highest

with the earth, at any particular time.

who if

Those

are coming back into the present civilization,

they were of the advanced and cultured classes

of Atlantis and the most ancient Egypt,

more advantages

find

of

acquirement,

would

through

our leisure and experience, than when hurled into life

amid the horrors and darkness of the Stone

Age.

From

time to time, the material and data ob

tained as hereinafter described, from which this

book as

is

made, has been pressed upon

something that would be of

to all

who

are seeking to

use,

my

attention,

and

KNOW.

I

interest

do not

OF ATLANTIS. doubt the authenticity of

g

information, nor

my

the statements given as facts, by those so kind

and courteous

mouthpiece

in

this

as to

make

re-collection

who were

the writer their of

the ancient

memories. I

do not doubt, that

come

to

many

readers,

fleeting glimpses of these scenes, as

had been part of them.

It

is

if

will

they

a conceded fact,

there have never been, since the fall of Atlantis, so

many

at the

re-incarnated Atlantians upon the earth

same time,

as

now.

This accounts for the

almost universal demand out of the Astral records for the forgotten

knowledge

they there recorded. ness of the public

the doctrines of

This

mind

which

also explains the readi

to receive

Mental Healing,

Theosophy, and occultism Ignatius

of the occult,

knowledge of Spiritualism,

in all its branches.

Donnelly finds a supporter of

.Atlantis theory in Sir

of the University of

his

Daniel Wilson, president

Toronto,

who

a great deal of search, that the

declares after

lost Atlantis

was

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io

not a myth, but that

it

continent of America.

was

He

really a part of the

accounts for

its

dis

appearance from view in a different way, but that is

merely incidental.

Donnelly

s

theory was that the land was sub

merged by some great volcanic upheaval, and that from those

who

escaped to the continents of

Europe and Asia came the

tradition of the deluge.

Sir Daniel rejects this explanation as being dis

proved by the fact that there are no traces of such volcanic action either on the continent or in the

ocean bed. tians, the

He

believes that the ancient

Egyp

most progressive and adventurous people

of ancient times,

discovered the continent, but

that in the decline both of their learning and

power,

it

became

lost to

view and existed

at the

time our knowledge of Egypt begins merely as a

shadowy It

is

tradition.

his opinion that traces of the

Egyptians

of those days are to be sought in the ruined cities

of Central America,

whose

origin has never been

n

OF ATLANTIS.

determined nor even been made the basis of any reasonable

theory.

Such

a

would

discovery

furnish a substantial basis for the legend of tHe

won

lost Atlantis

and the theory

derful

with a new interest for the an

ruins

invests those

tiquarians.

The

Louis Republic said:

St.

was

"Atlantis

a continent supposed to have existed at a very early period in the Atlantic Ocean, over against

the Pillars of

Hercules,"

but which was subse

quently sunk in a cataclysm of which history gives

no record.

account of

it,

information

whom

Plato

and he

is

is

said to

"Atlantis

was

a

gives an

have obtained

from some Egyptian

he had come in contact.

says:

who

the first

priests

Plato

continent

s

with

account

larger

Asia and Africa put together, and that at

his

its

than

west

ern extremity were islands which afforded easy

passage to a large continent lying this last

to be

mentioned continent being

South

America."

still

now

beyond supposed

Nine thousand years

be-

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12

.

fore the time of Plato, according to the tradition,

Atlantis

was a powerful,

which extended portion of as the

its

what

way

Tyrrhenian

over Africa and the major

now

is

thickly settled-county

Europe,

Sea."

Greeks.

efforts

of

the

to as far

Further progress of the

was checked by

invasion of the Atl an tides

combined

"even

Athenians

and

the

other

Shortly after the invaders were driven

from the continents of Europe and Africa

a great

earthquake shook Atlantis from center

to

cumference.

First,

the

islands

outlying

cir

sank;

Waves

then great areas of the mainland.

ran

mountain high across hundreds of square miles of

what had

the day before been

Great temples were racked and affrighted

populace climbed

riven,

fields.

and the

upon the ruins

escape the encroaching waters. day, after a night of terrors

fertile

On

to

the second

which no pen could

possibly describe, the earthquake shocks

were of

greatly increased violence, ending only after the entire continent

had been engulfed.

There

is

no

OF ATLANTIS. in history or tradition that records a

page

more absorbing

interest than a

work

voted to giving an account of what

entirely de

known con

is

it.

cerning

To

more

and nothing would be of

frightful catastrophe,

who

the objector

urges that the explorers

world have never discovered any traces of

of the

whose

the great city and continent,

endeavored to give mit

13

me

to give a

in

few straws

may

I

have

the following pages; per

of current literature, \vhich

tory of past ages

story

floating

show

on our sea

that the his

yet be read in the Central

part of our continent: recent report that a citizen of the United

"The

States has discovered

Mexican tallies

among

the mountains of the

State of Sinaloa a long-forgotten city

with a curious local tradition of the region.

Adjoining the State of Sinaloa on the south the State of Jallisco, and of this State,

jara

is

the capital.

Jallisco,

part

of

Living the

great

in the

Sierra

is

Guadala

mountains of

Madre

or

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14 "Mother

and

Range"

thence

that extends through Sinaloa

the

are

northward,

unconquered

Yaquis, a brown-haired people with light eyes

and almost

fair

Guadalajara

complexions.

only civilized town that these Yaquis it

is

visit,

the

and

has long been believed there that the Yaquis

Madre

fastnesses of the Sierra

only rich mines of

the

mountain

but as well the

silver,

No

of the Aztec race.

lost city

one has hitherto pierced

wilderness,

Yaquis have an

range conceal not

because

the

naked

effective system of passive resist

ance that has hitherto successfully closed the sole line of approach.

The

only

human

beings other

than the Yaquis themselves admitted to the tains of Jallisco are a

moun

few renegade Apaches, mur

derous wretches, vastly more dangerous to wouldbe

explorers

than

the

peaceful

but

persistent

Yaquis."

There

is

no question

have given attention

in the

to

the

minds

of those

who

that

the

subject,

Aztecs are the lineal descendants of the mighty

OF ATLANTIS. who

nation

know beyond

to

sought

Of

governing the created. above mentioned,

15

we add

the

the

law

unknown

city

another description from

a different source: "During

Mexico,"

to

said a

to

mining engineer of Philadelphia

an Inquirer reporter,

tact

made

the frequent visits I have

"I

have come

in

con

with many of the Indians resident there and

have heard some very

which

all

stories.

the Indians unite in telling,

in the interior exists

visited

singular

an enormous

by white men.

It

is

is

city,

that far

never yet

described as peopled

by a race similar to the ancient Aztecs, sun worshipers and offer

One

human

who

are

sacrifices to their

deity. "The

race

civilization, full

of

is

said

to be

in

a high state of

and the Indians say that the

city

is

huge structures which are miracles of

quaint but beautiful architecture, and are situated

on broad paved

streets,

the City of Mexico.

far surpassing those of

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16 "One

had seen the

own

eyes,

and had but,

all

I

Indian,

assured

recollect,

and

city

me

that he

inhabitants with his

its

but had been afraid of being captured

Of

fled.

course,

the same,

it

the accounts of the

I

did not believe him,

not a

is

Mexican

little

strange that

Indians, relative to

the mysterious and magnificent, interior city agree perfectly."

These are but of many

of the allusions

ditions pointing to the fact,

the Southwest, there

is

that

and tra

somewhere

in

who undoubtedly

a people

hold a complete historical record of the chain of events from Atlantis in

While

present day. city

inhabited

and

world of to-day dom, we yet

its

there

is

down

prime,

to the

perhaps but a single

secluded

from the outside

as keepers of the

find ruins of such

Ancient

magnitude

Wis as to

impress us more strongly with the idea that the people

who

not have nent.

builded the original structures, could

w holly

The

r

disappeared

from

this

Conti

following from San Diego, Cal.,

we

OF ATLANTIS.

17

offer in proof, calling attention to the fact that

the dragon

sculptures "The

is

a favorite design in the East Indian

:

ruins of a prehistoric city have just been

Yurna

discovered by a party of prospectors from

the Colorado desert in search of the

when on

Pegleg mine.

The wind had

laid bare the walls

a distance

and the remains of the stone buildings of

420

feet

Gigantic

dragons

in

length

pillars,

heads

by 260

quaintly

and

carved

rattlesnakes,

width.

in

feet

to still

represent

stood

in

the sands of the desert, supporting on their tops slabs of granite

huge frieze

weighing many

The

tons.

ornamentation resembled Egyptian sculp

tures and exhibited a greater degree of skill than is

possessed by the Indian artisans of the present

day.

Fragments of pottery were found underneath

the debris, and together with the crumbled piece of frieze this

city.

were brought by one

One

of

his

of the party, to

associates

Diego and the others returned

to

came

Yuma,

to

San

nearly

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i8

two weeks

ago.

But the

story of their discovery

was

carefully guarded, in the hope that in

way

they might profit by

"The

discoverers, in

some

it.

company with four

others,

afterwards went to the desert to explore the ruins.

They were

driven back by a sand storm, reaching

this city to-day,

but will make a careful exam

ination of the ruins in the season ditions are favorable

From

the con

for extensive explorations.

the relics exhibited

important

when

it

archeaeological

is

evident that an

has

discovery

been

made."

In connection with the above, there liarity

be noticed

to

sand storm.

It has

in

to

always been

so.

A

storm or off all ef

reach these wonderful remains of the

prehistoric,

men

a pecu

the occurrence of the

some sudden natural event has warded forts

is

or even

the existing

cities.

shall be ready to seek them, desiring

edge and not treasure, there

is

When knowl

no doubt the keys

for the unlocking of the mysteries of the Past,

OF ATLANTIS. will be given into

19

worthy hands and what we

have herein written will receive ample corroboration.

We

add

another account of wonder

still

discovery in proof of the immense popula

ful

tion of the old Atlantian

This time,

it

center of the

is

kingdom

in its prime.

from the City of Mexico, the

modern Atlantian or Aztec

civiliza

tion: "What

appears to be the verification of an old

Aztec fable of a buried race of cave-dwellers and a hidden city in southwestern in

which the

present.

Mexico

scientists

local

are

is

a matter

interested

L. P. Leroyal, a French engineer,

at

who

has lived long in this republic, has just arrived

form the wilds of the Southwest and reported that he has discovered in the State of Guerrero a

huge natural

cave,

greatest in Mexico, it is

much

if

which he

believes to be the

not in the world.

He

says

larger than the famous cavern of Caca-

huamilpa, situated some distance south of Guernavaca, which has hitherto been supposed to be

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20

the largest natural cave in existence in Mexico.

Mr.

Leroyal, after penetrating a considerable dis

tance into the cave, determined to

ough investigation

of

it,

make

a thor

and accordingly a few

days ago furnished himself with food sufficient

provided himself with lanterns,

for a day,

and

set

out upon his task

etc.,

As he went

all alone.

along he made a thorough plan of the cave, but did

not

arduous

anticipate as

was

task

his

At

proved.

it

of the cave

that

the

would be

first,

so

the bottom

downward, then

a gradual slope

changed upward and afterward alternated for the

most part between descents and

and

there,

how ever,

was met.

r

The

a level

height

of

ascents.

Here

bottom of great width the

cave varied,

some places

as

might naturally be expected;

in

was

For some distance

several

hundred

feet high.

it

from the entrance no trace of human beings was found.

Occasionally magnificent stalactites and

stalagmites, the finest

were met with.

Mr. Leroyal had

ever seen,

OF ATLANTIS. "After

21

proceeding for some hours he came upon

what had evidently been an ancient cemetery, there were at least

400

with ancient

etc.

idols,

petrified bodies, together

There was

as

two or three

skulls,

Some

this

of the tools, as well

now

distance

his

was not

of

at

twenty-one

leagues that he thought

it

the distance

still

to

had traveled a

and

one-half

time to call a halt and

proceed on his return journey. see

shake

Mr. Leroyal con

until after he

least

to

while hour after hour

explorations

It

The

hundreds of years was grew-

the nerves of the explorer.

passed.

this city.

extreme and well calculated

in the

tinued

in

charnel house thus lighted up

for the first time for

some

foun

Mr. Leroyal brought away

with him, and they are appearance of

also a

water which was

tain of beautiful clear spring

found to be excellent.

as

So far as he could

be traversed might be

very considerable, with the chances for the cave

opening out, as the floor seemed by

human

feet.

to be well

trodden

Fie retraced his steps as speedily

OUR STORY

22 as possible,

and after being underground for up

ward

of twenty-four hours, found himself once

more

at the entrance of the cave.

promised to make further long.

It

Mr. Leroyal before

explorations

expected that a party fully equipped

is

for the exploration of this

wonderful cavern of

the dead, will soon be fitted out under the guid

ance of the discoverer, and the outcome of the investigations will be awaited with interest.

natives of the locality,

in

as,

The

the Indian

fact,

population in general, in Mexico, believe that at

some place near the southwestern coast there

Mexico

a great white city with countless

exists

treasure

of

which has never been seen by white men,

and the approach

to

which

is

so

intricate

and

cleverly concealed that a stranger has never en

tered

its

With

solitary all

precincts."

the increasing mass of information on

the subject, at collection

it

seems there should be some effort

under guidance, of what

about Atlantis the Mighty.

To make

is

known

a beginning

OF ATLANTIS. and thus

answer

call

attention in

the

to

question:

this

23

direction

"Why

this

my

is

book

is

written."

ATLANTIAN MEMORIES. Out

of the

dim

From where As

Past, old

memories come

the light in all

the people worshiped

its

to

me;

glory seemed to be,

near the Sun

s

resplendent

rays

And

lotus-crowned hailed with joy the festal days.

Golden

lyres,

sending forth

rich,

Sounding the key-note, which o

harmonious er

strains

the world

still

reigned.

High above

all,

the Vestal

s

song enchanting soars,

Mingling with the ripples on the wave-washed shores.

From

the

Temple

floats the bell s

So deep and mellow

melodious chimes,

in that old Atlantian time.

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24

Throughout the Ages, linger these old memories

And hover round me Still in

my

heart

is

with no effort of

my

still

will.

throbbing with the rythm of the

waves,

Those slumbering waves which,

became our

alas,

graves.

Again,

I

hear the glad hozannas to the Sun

Isis in the sanctuary, is veiled

Which

from human

arise.

eyes,

read no warning in the skies celestial hue

Nor heard

it

murmured

in the

;

Ocean calm and blue

Neither listened to the whispering wind so

;

free,

Telling of the doom, fair Atlantis was to see.

I

am

thankful that the gates of

memory

ope,

That great Angels weave the scattered threads of hope

And

clothe us freshly with

While on our

The

its

robes of

snowy white

altar shines again the mystic light,

radiant star, which once o er Egypt shone.

Glimmers once again, with a message

all its

Humble

is

The

tho the Temple, the melody

bell s

Amid

sweet chiming breaks upon the

own.

there, silent air,

the incense rising from our sacred Shrine,

Old Atlantian glories round our

spirits twine.

;

CHAPTER

is

and THERE

yet a little

II.

more

of the flotsam

jetsam upon the stormy waves of

human unfoldment which mental tailed

two old

to

supple

is

our opening chapter, and must be de

now

or put entirely to one side.

distinct sources,

Mexican

we

city that has

the foot of a white

From

give an account of an

never been entered by

man and which was known

to

be in existence long before the Spanish Conquest "Mr.

Juan Alvarez, who has

from an exploring expedition

:

just returned

in the southwestern

part of the republic, reports that he has found a

which has never been entered by a white

city

man, and which has evidently been for

existence

hundreds of years, going back before the time

of the conquest of the country It

in

is

an old Aztec

city,

by the Spaniards.

and the approaches to

it

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26

are so guarded by nature that to reach

an impossibility

it is

the inhabitants do not

it if

want a

trav

eler to get in.

The tains

city lies in the

almost inaccessible

the extreme southwestern

in

country and

is

so far

away from

few white men have ever been hood.

It

was by

tc

reach

city

and after he found it

part of the

civilization that in the

neighbor

the purest accident that Alvarez

became aware that a vicinity,

moun

was anywhere it,

all of his

the

in

endeavors

were unavailing on account of the

persistent opposition of the natives.

He

had been traveling over the mountains

search of an outlet to the Pacific

came

to the top of

in

Ocean when he

an elevated plateau and crossed

to the further edge.

He

had a magnificent view,

and while looking over the country, saw what he took to be houses in a far distant valley. inspection with a glass convinced

A

close

him that what

he saw was really a collection of houses, and he at once set about reaching the place to see

who

OF ATLANTIS.

27

lived in that part of the country.

After days of hard work climbing over

cliffs

and mountains, he reached a point from which he obtained a good view of the city and saw that it

was regularly

pled

The

r

flowers and shrubs.

shown by

and was peo

something about

houses were of stone and were

surrounded by yards,

of taste

in streets

w ho knew

with a race

civilization.

out

laid

which were growing

in

On

all sides

were evidences

the inhabitants, and

it

was

evi

dent that he had found a city which was not

known "A

to the outside

w orld. r

careful examination of the country

him that the

city

was

showed

located within a natural

amphitheater and was accessible from one side only.

He saw

that the only

through a long and narrow

of access

was

which led

into

means defile

the mountains from the Pacific coast side, and he started to reach the place, this entrance.

the city as

it

He made

where he could

find

an outline drawing of

appeared to him from the distant

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28

mountain there

is

for he

this

he has to show that

is all

a city within the heart of the mountains,

was never allowed this

"From

not

and

top,

drawing

to reach the spot.

it is

plain that the city has

than four thousand inhibitants.

less

The

all

of stone and are supplied with doors

and windows.

In the center was a large building,

houses are

which was undoubtedly the temple for

on

of worship,

walls could be seen sculptured designs

its

representing the Deity.

was

It

in the

shape of

the ancient teocalli, which are to be found in

many

parts of this country, and the people could

be seen passing in and out of

it

during

all

hours of

the day. "After

ten days

the

himself

at

western

slope,

arduous work Alvarez found of

foot

and

set

canyon leading to the

marked the

the

mountains on

about searching for the city.

He

had so well

lay of the land that he

culty in finding the entrance, but he

a band of Indians

who

the

refused to let

had no

diffi

was met by him proceed.

OF ATLANTIS. him no

offered

They

He

should return.

29

violence, but insisted that he

told

them that he had come

know how

over the mountains and did not find his

back.

way

"After

to

was

a consultation, he

would

told he

have to remain awhile as a prisoner, and two runners were sent into the mountains,

who

re

turned in a day with orders from some one in authority,

and

Alvarez

was

blindfolded

He

placed on the back of a mule. this

condition

for

three

bandage removed from

On

days,

traveled in

only having the

his eyes at night.

the fourth day, he

was

when

so,

bandage, and

and

he did

told to

remove

his

he found himself on

the borders of the Pacific Ocean.

The

Indians

had gone, leaving him with nothing to guide him back to the place where he had seen the

This of

city

is

America,"

the body,

We

described in full in

and has been

who have

city."

"Future

visited

Rulers

by persons

in

been permitted so to do.

conclude our extracts with the description

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30

of another mighty city, the

work

of the powerful

nation whose capital, located on the great island of Atlantis, exercised

its

power both East and

West, of which we are trying "The

to tell:

American archaeologists who went

the recently discovered city in the Sierra

Mountains have returned, and hidden city

The

city.

five

tell

of

Madre another

Spanish leagues north of the

leader of the party, C.

W.

first

Pantion,

were

of Philadelphia, says that these cities

to

evi

dently twin capitals of a wealthy district long before the Aztecs appeared.

The two

rock,

and

these passages

it

of

was while exploring one

of

that the second

was

discovered.

It lies in a deep basin of the mountains, exit

are

hewn out

connected by underground passages solid

cities

except the underground

tunnel.

with no

At

least

none has been found.

To

that

which we have thus drawn from

accessible sources in the visible,

I

now

all

desire to

add supplementary testimony from the Astral

OF ATLANTIS. which

Records,

believe

I

to

31

be

and

reliable

worthy of credence.

Does not in

this collated evidence of the similarity

nature and civilization west of the great

city,

which could not possibly have had commerce with the mother-country for centuries, prove conclu

even to the

sively,

a

common

realistic

and

scientific

mind,

origin for religious teachings, customs,

languages, both oral and written?

All the dis

coveries relative to this subject, confirm this con

We

clusion.

are indebted to those

who

and know.

pelled by an irresistible desire to learn

Who, selves;

are im

in this cause are willing to expatriate

them

endure danger and overcome obstructing

difficulties, if

they

may but by some chance

ance, bring again to the light of day,

some of the

various records, which were left

w hen

the manifested spiritual world

went down

r

guid

the sun of into

the shuddering earth?

To

the

Aryan

heart, there

is

people,

much

who

listen

with a willing

that can be given concerning

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32

this ancient city.

and Religion whether

It

matters

little

which

shall accept that

in a scientific

is

Science offered,

way, or from the unseen as Science and Religion have

true and of value.

new upon

never received anything of thought, until

how

untried lines

they have been forced to the

exception.

That

why

is

the priests, of all ages, are so con

servative and have withheld so

much more than

they should, even on their conservative line of

thought.

It has ever

been their rule, to hold fast

upon that of which they had become possessed; content and

satisfied

exertion of seeking the

admitting

without the trouble and

new

fields for themselves,

possibility

of

broadening

or

truth,

for others.

All that has ever been learned, to distinguish the savage from civilization

wise

men

upon the at

of Atlantis.

was known

Whenever

earth, a sufficient

number

to the

there has been of Atlantians,

one time to control a nation, or to form one by

OF

ATLAN9S$&^*

33

themselves, that nation or epoch has always ex

In the days

perienced a most wonderful growth. of the last Egyptian splendor,

school to which the Greeks and for instruction,

was

when

it

Romans

was

the

resorted

the last time noted in history

numbers

of such a re-appearance in sufficient

admit of a national control.

What

to

we

they did,

have the pyramids; the Temple of Karnac; and the mighty ruins of the Nile and the Euphrates

all

in evidence.

As soon were

the

sufficiently

Atlantians, the

as

Anglo-Saxon speaking races

developed out of savagery, the

commenced

whole world ever and anon, with

strides

startling

re-appearing,

their great

toward wisdom and knowledge,

as

they

slowly paved the

way by conquest and

for the settlement

and re-occupation of that which

discovery,

belonged to them; and for the utilization of their old resources,

under new conditions of added

strength and experience.

we

all

In no other

way can

account for the wilting and extermination of

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34

the red-skinned usurpers,

nor strength to maintain

who had title to

neither claim

that into

which

they had strayed by accident during the temporary

absence of the real owners.

Much

sympathy has been wasted on the red

He

son of the forest.

Who

cannot dominate the resources of the en

vironment must yield

much would our agricultural

ment,

has but obeyed the law:

if

title to

How

him who can.

vast storehouses of mineral and

wealth have helped

man

they had never been used?

s

unfold-

The

differ

ence between the American Indian and the Anglo-Saxon-Atlantian,

is

plain to the dullest intel

lect.

As

the city of Atlantis grew, her population

was drawn

off into colonies

abiding influence on the

which had deep and

whole of the Western

continent, but especially centering along the belt in

which Atlantis

itself

was

located.

Between the fading away civilization,

of the last Egyptian

and the concealment of the world

s

OF ATLANTIS. records at that time, there

which can be accounted

When

Atlantis

was

units in the world

were not so on

in the

is

for

a mysterious gap,

only in one way.

category of nations which

s

If Atlantis

even tenor of her way,

all

cut

they

off,

When

when

this

its

light,

own

and

stand

chance of development was

this

groped

class

had held

other nations

would have received the

been uplifted to something near point, but

were other

in its prime, there

far advanced.

of the world

35

in

comparative

of people incarnated

darkness.

again in

force of numbers, such scenes as the conquest of

Rome of

by the Goths and Vandals

;

the overrunning

Europe by the Huns, and the eruption of the

Tartars,

occurred.

times without number,

they disappeared from the mortal vision,

we

As can

but recognize their sameness of purpose, and the

most pertinent

fact that

this trouble for the

their

comrades and

the lesson that no

undone duty made

all

Atlantians of the Far Past, associates.

human

being

Have we is

learned

separate from

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36

A

ourselves? It

is

wrong once done must be

righted.

the eternal law of exact justice.

As

these misbegotten impedimenta to progress

pass out

put off

into

all

unseen, having overborne or

the

heads that towered above their own,

intellectually, Atlantian influence revives.

by

little

have these

"fellows

of

Little

ignorance,"

the uplifting of influence of the

"sons

of

felt

light"

and every generation increases the widening wave of educated and spiritualized people, which finally include within

people of the earth tants.

s

it

every nation, tongue, or

full

The American

must

complement of inhabi

nation has done a vast .

deal for the enlightenment of the whole world.

Thus

it is

easy to understand

ing power of

all

why

the extinguish

that holds the soul in chains

is

projected toward us.

In the ancient times, tion

when

the

lamp

burned at Rome, and Athens, or

Antioch and other

of civiliza later, as at

cities; single centers of learn

ing blazed out and lessened the darkness as do

OF ATLANTIS. beacon lights

set

on a

But with

hill.

pare the events of to-day. nationality, its

felt

felt

Yet

it

off

from easy ap

make

has been able to

Not only

it

American nation and

common

its

is

power

unites

the its

civilization

its

power

Although the

has this nation

everywhere, but

push the

com

compact, unified

throughout the whole world.

spected.

these

which resembles the old Atlantis, had

English name be detested,

to

A

beginning on an island, cut

proach.

37

is

always re

made

itself

founder of the force with that,

and thought cur

rents into every part of the globe.

The freedom

of

the

thought-body,

aptitude of the minds engendered

and the

thereby,

has

once more drawn to the American continent more Atlantians than were ever incarnated at one time, since the fall of that city. their inventions

It thus

happens that

and knowledge and wisdom and

the results of thought-force, modified fected by the assimilation of

devachanic

rest,

is

and per

hundreds of years

coming upon the nation

in

in a

OUR STORY

38 as

flood,

with outstretched hands they demand

from the Silence that which they themselves de posited in the Astral records long ages since.

We way

often

wonder

at events transpiring in the

of discoveries, or at the applications of prin

ciples

which are perfectly

We

upon another. and begun

logical,

and linked one

have surely reached a point

to guess about the uses

and methods of

application of that vehicle of force about

the Atlantians

knew much, and

which

know

desiring to

more, found there was a limit which barred their

We

further progress.

we

another, and

already have hold upon

desire only that they

essay to advance in this direction,

body, soul and

mind

who may

may do

so

with

so purified, they will not need

the reprimand of obstruction, that

came

the

to

original investigators of our nation on that line.

The

reason

why

this

others of the near past, stated.

We

age is

is

so celebrated above

due

to the facts thus

perceive in the near future, as has

been repeatedly foretold* the end of a cycle

is

at

OF ATLANTIS. hand. in

39

Cataclysmic results; the sinking of land

some places; and the

When

minent.

cities

rising in others,

peculiarly

crowded with inhabitants, who have

own

ception of everything but their

im

is

are

situated lost all

con

desires cen

tering in selfish purpose, their thought vibrations

become inharmonious with the universal thought vibrations.

enough

to

which the

If this

inharmony continues strong

communicate

the ground upon

itself to

city stands, this foundation being sub

ject also, to a set of vibrations

of

plane

Liquidity,

serious

upon the natural

consequences

may

occur.

Just what the outcome of the present period will be

none but the Council of the Seven Great

But

Builders know.

That within

much waves.

a

we

have gathered:

years,

and possibly a

this

hundred

shorter time, Atlantis will be above the

Whatever her monuments

whatever may be be investigated.

in her ruined

contain,

or

temple can then

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40

Within 500 years the bulk

of population will

be south of the equator; that which will

now

sea,

become dry land, and the old continent

Lamuria

will once

inhabitants. fixed

is

when

mined.

more

Scientists all

How

sustain

its

millions of

us that the time

tell

of

is

the gold, silver and coal will be short-sighted

!

Under

the sea

is

a

thousand-fold more than has ever been brought to light

by

man

s

busy hands.

CHAPTER

III.

the early seventies, having by constant and

IN severe

attention

when

point

sea voyage. of

mine

owner.

I

mentioned

New York

in

He

offered

this

City,

me

fact

"around

and occupation for the

My

a vessel

it

gave

sail for

I

Horn."

me

gladly

San ac

both motive

trip.

preparations were made

sailed out of

to a friend

the position of super

the

cepted the chance, for

to take a

who was

cargo in one of his vessels about to Francisco,

a

and change were imper

was advised by my physician

I

ative,

rest

reached

business

to

New York

rapidly.

Harbor on

We

the I5th of

June, 1872.

As

the last lighthouse sank slowly beneath the

waves, and the full

moon

rose in the heavens, I

stood watching the receding land marks,

little

OUR STORY

42

dreaming of the momentous events

to

happen

as

a part of the voyage, nor of the marvelous revealings to

come

my

to

should again touch

my

knowledge,

before

I

Of

all

upon land.

foot

these the following pages are but a feeble por

But

trayal.

part,

it

is

come and

always so

in life,

The

go.

we meet and the

consequence of

meeting and the pain of the parting may be expressible in spoken language

know? ly

Who

oncoming

will

tell,

or

future, with

;

but

warn its

how

in

we

shall

us, of the swift

burden of weal or

woe?

As our

vessel

was devoted

to freight, we, as I

knew, carried but a single passenger, who by pecial favor of the

owner had been permitted

occupy the one spare cabjn. space

was occupied by

cluding myself.

I

man, when he had ing in

at that

The

rest

of

to

the

the officers of the ship, in

had been introduced first

moment,

to

this

come on board, but be

much preconcerned about

hand

es

I

the business

I

had

had simply responded

OF ATLANTIS.

45

with the usual meaningless phrase of: to

make your

an

afterwards

But

acquaintance."

of

impression

I

"Happy

remembered

dignity

bear

of

on his part; ing; of sweetness of real courtesy

and that peculiar, indescribable

thrill

we

as

shook hands, which once or twice in a lifetime, it

be our good fortune to experience, as the

may

lines of

our

lives cross

sential to our highest

with those

who

are es

and best unfolding.

the Standing thus, leaning meditatively over tafrrail,

I

came back

name pronounced voice,

to

myself by hearing

distinctly,

with just the slightest

Looking around,

I

in

a low,

my

musical

foreign

accent.

acknowledged the address, as

he went on to say: "I

see

you are leaving part of yourself behind

you."

"Oh,

not a large

part,"

I replied,

"but

I

was

the thinking about the certainty of parting and

uncertainty of "Don t

meeting."

you think that

we

part forever from

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44

we have

our friends, only when or finished

that

all

we

accomplished

can do for each

we

So long as our work remains undone

meet

certainly "Yes,"

human

shall

again?"

I said,

"that

uncertainty that

Looking

other.

full at this

be

may

so,

but

it

is

the

saddens."

man,

whom, with

to

his

every word, I was most indescribably attracted, I

saw a

from that time

picture,

Eyes black, while

proportioned. narily

in

their ordi

kind expression, one might easily imag

ine their possibilities,

when

honest indignation or

righteous anger stirred their depths.

beard white, and worn a

tom

stamped

Tall, and almost perfectly

my memory.

upon

indelibly

prescribed.

little

Hair and

longer than cus

His bearing was majestic

in

strength; serene in harmony; attractive beyond

compare

in

others.

With

sion, in all if

its

he

unselfish all

said,

this,

desire for the

there

he could

tell

good of

was an impres very

much more

he only would, about any subject concerning

OF ATLANTIS.

45

which he might be conversing.

was such a

It

drels

hate,

face as children love

containing within

tenderness of a mother

s

the pitying

itself

love and a father

In

taining watchfulness.

and scoun

our

sus

s

I

interview,

passed from the outermost border of casual ac

confident

quaintance to the

sworn I

am

At

friendship.

this,

championship

too, I

of

marveled, for

slow to receive or offer friendship, but

come slowly be, in those

the

to

perception of

who honor me with

Although we

stood

some

what might

their

little

good

will.

time longer

gazing upon the ocean, as the night and waters

met

in closer

and

still

closer embrace,

we

lapsed

into silence, with that strange feeling of being

company and

said,

for each other, although finally

we

no word was

descended to our respective

cabins for the night.

As

my inal,

is

usual with the position which I held,

duties during the voyage

making up

were almost nom

for this leisure, however, during

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46

the receiving or discharging of the cargo or any

Consequently

part.

had

I

sufficient

time to im It

prove the acquaintance so curiously begun. did not take long to find out that

my

a zealous, unremitting student, and

we were

familiar with

there

terest,

lines of

others, in

which

of

versed,

were

many

was

friend

that while

common

in

which he was well

knew comparatively noth

I

ing.

He was

talker

and readily and gladly answered

a very eloquent and instructive

my

ques

tions.

Especially

was

this true of things in the past,

which the present generation has moved on and and a peculiarity of

forgotten,

was

that they

were given

ences of his own. first it

seemed that

and movement

As

Later it

I

as

if

his

descriptions

personal experi

knew why, but

was done

to give

at the

more

life

to the story.

a child I had always been fascinated with

whatever

I

had chanced upon,

either in reading

or conversation which related to Atlantis.

But

OF ATLANTIS. as

I

grew

older,

ideas of the

gard the

enveloped in the materialistic

modern that

little

47

schools,

had come

I

was known

mistress of the seas as largely

to re

of that ancient if

not

been out from port four or

five

fabulous,

wholly unworthy of credence.

we had

After days,

we

as

sat

chatting on

the quarter deck,

me

something was said which induced

to

ask

him the question squarely: you believe there ever was such a coun

"Do

try as

Atlantis?"

"Most

certainly,"

was

his

quiet,

decisive an

swer. "But

you do not think

it

possible that a

whole

continent could disappear so utterly beneath the

waves

more

as

that

trace of

the case with "And

why

is

its

said

to

have done, leaving no

former existence than has been

that?"

does this seem impossible to you?

know anything

Does

history

stood

under ancient Troy.

of

the

Who

city

that

knows who

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48

were the builders or what the design

Pyramids of Egypt?

Who

can

tell

the

of

of the cities

lying strata upon strata in the valley of the Nile?

own

In your

Mound

of the

know

country,

Builders?

who

can

What

tell

anything

does the world

of Palmyra, of Babylon, or of the great

cities in

But

for

would by

this

the Valley of the Euphrates?

the accessibility of their ruins, they

time have been as thoroughly forgotten as lantis

now

"And,"

ite

pity,

is."

here his face softened with an infin

"perhaps

we may have

within forty years from

to hear

now

another lesson in the opportunity

for denying the existence of the "But

At

maybe,"

he continued,

past."

"you

would

like

some of the actual records brought down

even to your day, of an event that concerns so intimately

every

living

person

now upon our

planet."

Upon my

eager assent he went into his cabin

and soon returned with a small black-letter

vol-

OF ATLANTIS. ume, written after the

style of the

parchment, from right to

left.

49 Far East, upon

Opening

it

he

read in his sweetly modulated tones, translating as he read, the following extract:

Facing the Pillars of Hercules was an island larger than Africa and side

this

main

island

smaller ones, so that

one

to

Europe put together. Be there it

were

was easy

many

other

to cross

from

another as far as the further continent.

This land was indeed a continent, and the sea

was Sea"

the real ocean in comparison to which of the Greeks

w as r

"The

but a bay with a narrow

mouth. "In

the Atlantic island a powerful federation

of Kings island

and

was formed, who subdued the larger

itself

and many of the smaller islands

also parts of the

further continent.

They

also reduced Africa within the Straits as far as

Egypt, and Europe as far as Tyrrhenia. ther

aggression,

Far

however, was stopped by the

heroic action of the then inhabitants of Attica,

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50

who, taking the lead of the oppressed

States,

who dwelt

within

finally secured liberty to

the

Hercules.

Pillars of

were destroyed

laces

all

mighty

by

which brought destruction night.

were

The

both

Subsequently,

in

cataclysms,

a single day and

natural features of the Attic land

changed and the Atlantic island

entirely

sank bodily beneath the waves. "In

fair

and beautiful

plain

a

and nearly

low range of

plain.

six miles

or Atlantis.

sons,

hood.

the

this

from

was

its

Here dwelt

hills.

the whole island and sea

the

In the center of confines

for

The

ruling Kings

succession

of

power

ever to

cure hereafter. all

their

younger sons going into the

They were

whom

were named Atlantic handed eldest priest

possessed of such wealth as

no dynasty ever yet obtained or will

from

many gen

renowned race of Atlan, from

erations the

down

was a

the center of the Atlantic Island

easily pro

This wealth was drawn both

foreign nations with

whom

the Atlan-

OF ATLANTIS. and from Atlantis

tians traded

rich

especially

only

in

minerals,

known mines

a mineral with

which was

itself,

and

possessed

the

of orichalcum in the world,

most wonderful and inexhaustible

a metal which

properties

51

was then second only

to gold in its value.

country was rich also

"The

pasturage.

timber and

Moreover, there were vast numbers

of elephants, spices,

every description tables

in

of all

gums and odorous

flowers, fruit trees

;

kinds,

plants of

and vege

and many other luxurious

ow

products which this wonderful Continent, ing to

its

beneficent

These were nite in

climate,

brought

sacred, beautiful, curious

number.

Nor were

forth.

and

infi

the inhabitants con

tent with simply the natural advantages of their

glorious country, but also displayed a marvelous

industry

and

structive arts.

skill

in

engineering and the con

For, in the center of the island

they built a royal palace, every succeeding trying to surpass his predecessor in

King

adorning and

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52

adding to the building, so that

it

struck

all

be

holders with the greatest admiration. "They

cut about the Royal Palace a series of

waterways or at

intervals,

canals.

These were bridged over

while an immense canal admitted

the largest vessels from the sea, giving at once

protection as a harbor, and

making

more con

it

venient for the transportation of freight to and

from the

streams they

where

left

docks cut out of the solid rock

their triremes could land their cargoes.

"The

colors,

In fashioning their interior

interior.

stone used in their building

was

white, black and red, so that

of three

many

the buildings presented a gay appearance.

of

Their

walls were covered witii brass (which they used like plaster),

tin

and orichalcum, which had a

glittering appearance. "Northeast

of

the center of the

stood the great Temple.

The

Continent,

interior

was cov

ered with silver, except the pediments and pin nacles,

which were

lined

with gold.

Within,

the roof

OF ATLANTIS.

53

was a magnificent mosaic

of gold, ivory

and orichalcum, and

all walls,

pillars

and pave

ments were covered with orichalcum. "By

tural

a system of aqueducts leading from na

springs of hot and cold water, they had

supplies for baths,

and for the irrigation of

their

beautiful plantations and gardens. "The

docks were

with

filled

naval stores of every description at

that time.

The whole

dense population.

city

The main

shipping

known

to

and

men

teemed with a

canal and largest

harbor were crowded with merchant shipping re turned from, or making ready to parts their

of

the

world.

The

commerce continued

night through as well.

sail

din and

all

Such

for,

all

tumult of

day long, and the is

a general sketch

of their wonderful city. "Now,

as regards the rest of the

country;

was very mountainous with exceedingly

it

precipi

tous coasts, and the plain surrounding the city

was

itself

environed by a mountain chain broken

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54

The

only at the sea entrance.

and

level

plain

was smooth

and of an oblong shape, lying North

The mountains were

and South.

said to be the

grandest in the world for their number, size and beauty.

The whole

country was a constant suc

cession of prosperous

there

and wealthy

was an abundance of

meadows and pasturage

rivers

for all

and quantities of timber.

villages,

and

for

lakes,

kinds of cattle

They surrounded

this

plain with an enormous canal or dike, 101

feet

deep,

By

it

606

feet

broad and 1,250 miles in length.

the water from the mountains

was con

ducted around the whole plain, and while a part flowed out to the

sea,

the rest

They were

for irrigation.

able,

was husbanded by raising two

crops a year, to double their productive capacity. "In

the polity

of

the Atlantians the Kings

maintained an autocracy and the priesthood were their council State,

until

of consultation in at

last

the

hands of the priesthood.

all

matters

power passed

into

of

the

OF ATLANTIS. "For

many

generations, the rulers,

For they possessed true and altogether

ditions.

and exercised mildness and practical

ideas

wisdom, both

in the

and

mutual

in

their

ordinary vicissitudes of relations.

above everything except virtue. ered

King and

remained obedient to their ancestral tra

priest

lofty

5$

things

present

of

small

life

They

looked

They

consid

importance,

and

contentedly bore their weight of riches as a bur

Nor were

den.

they

intoxicated

with luxury,

but clearly perceived that wealth and possessions are increased by mutual friendship and the prac tice

of true virtue

;

whereas, by a too anxious

pursuit of riches the possessions themselves are

corrupted and friendship also perishes therewith.

Thus

it

was they reached

prosperity "But

we have

when,

the great height

of

described.

at the last,

their mortal natures

began seeking to dominate and override the Di vine within to display

and about them, they commenced

unbecoming conduct, and

to degener-

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56 ate;

thus blighting and finally

fairest of their "This,"

said

most valuable

my

friend,

possessions."

"is

history, for

to son in

was

it

authentic an

as

account as that of any nation of

any

the

destroying

whom we

was handed down from

have

father

the ancient Atlantian writing, which

perfected

about 25,000

years

before

the

Christian era commenced.

Just then some duty claimed

immediate

my

attention and as he rose up to return to his cabin

he looked I

me

fully in the face

mistake not, the time

is

and remarked:

close at

hand when

your desire for information on these be more fully gratified.

"If

lines

will

CHAPTER

IV.

was a day or two before we had

IT any more conversation, very busy like

an ancient

in his

own

map and

along that verify

seemed to be

cabin with what looked

a

of cabalistic calculations, nized, for I

for he

a chance for

number

which

I

of diagrams fully

recog

had some experience with researches line,

and could,

to a certain extent,

some of the simpler rules of deductions

from the Caballa. ations

But, as

I

could

see,

the oper

upon which he was engaged were very

complex and far reaching and concerned some of the mightiest secrets of planetary creation. I

also noticed while the problems

seemed very

abstruse and complicated, he did not seem at a loss

in

any

sense,

or puzzled.

being the result rather of process.

the

His absorption length

of

the

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58

At able

last

he appeared to have reached a favor

and

conclusion

a

and memoranda

data

Once more he came upon

were put away. Although for

his

deck.

few days he apparently put aside

a continuation of his former talk about Atlantis,

was an

yet there

uplifted expression of content,

lending an added charm to the ever-restful dig nity of the perfect face.

While he had been thus busy to

me

I

had an odd volume

in

had occurred

it

my

picked up in a second-hand

stall

tending to examine

my

leisure.

I

brought

ing

my

interest

it

at

aroused

locker

in

I

had

Boston, in

Now, hav it

out and

found among much that was quite discursive, the following pertinent paragraphs: "The

fourth

Continent,

which

it

has

been

agreed to call Atlantis, was formed by the coal escence of

many

upheaved

in the

islands

and peninsulas that were

ordinary course of evolution and

became ultimately the true home of the great race

known

as the Atlantians,

a race developed

OF ATLANTIS.

59

from a nucleus of Northern Lemurians, generally speaking,

tered,

land

tis

in

what

is

now

towards

cen

a point

of

the mid-Atlantic Ocean.

"In

connection with the Continent of Atlan

we

should bear in mind that the account which

come down

has

us

to

Greek

through the old

writers contains a confusion of statements, some

them referring

of

to

the great Continent as a

whole, and others to the Posidonis.

Plato,

last,

for instance,

small island of

condensed

the

whole history of the Continent of Atlantis, cov ering several

millions

of

years

into

an event,

he located upon the island of Poseidonis (about as large as Ireland)

;

whereas, the priests spoke

always of Atlantis as a continent as large as

Europe and Africa put together. of the Atlantes

and their

island.

Homer

The

speaks

Atlantes

and the Atlantides of mythology are based upon history.

The

story of Atlas gives clearly to us the clue.

Atlas

the

is

Atlantes

and Atlantides of

the personification in a single symbol of the

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60

combined continents of Lemuria and Atlantis.

The

poets attribute to Atlas, as to Proteus, a su

wisdom and a

perior

especially

a

universal knowledge, and

thorough

with

acquaintance

the

depths of the ocean; because both continents hav ing borne races instructed

were each transferred

by

to the

where they now slumber

divine

masters,

bottom of the

until

the

seas,

appointed

time shall come to reappear above the waters.

And

as both

fires,

and Atlantis submerger by the waves, per

Lemuria, destroyed by submarine

ished in the ocean depths, Atlas

is

said to have

been compelled to leave the surface of the earth

and join

his father lapetus in the depths of

Tar

tarus. "Atlas

West, that

then personifies a

said to support

is,

the

feet

continent

in

the

heaven and earth at once;

of the

giants tread

the earth

while his shoulders support the sky, an allusion to the gigantic peaks of the ancient continents,

Mount

Atlas and the Teneriffe Peak.

These

OF ATLANTIS. two dwarfed were

relics

of

two

the

61 lost

continents

thrice as lofty during the day of

and twice

was an

as

high

in

Lemuria Atlas

that of Atlantis.

inaccessible island peak in the days

ol

had not Lemuria, when the African Continent yet been raised. "Lemuria

should no more be confounded with

the Atlantis Continent than ica.

Europe with Amer

Both sank and were drowned with

their

between the two high civilizations and gods, yet

two catastrophes a period

of about 700,000

yean

elapsed. "Why

in mind should not your geologists bear

that under the continents explored

by them,

in the

and fathomed

found bowels of which they have

the Eocene age, there

may

be hidden deep in the

other and far older unfathomable ocean beds, continents whose strata have never been geologi cally explored, set their

and that they may some day up

present

Amazed

theories."

at this singular corroboration of

what

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62

friend had previously read me,

my I

concluded

I

would ask him something more about

it,

at

the first opportunity, not dreaming that the op

portunity of lives

was

close at hand.

all this

time

we had

During

time toward the South.

been making good

Both

and men

officers

had been attracted toward our passenger, and

were ready

to give

make a stranger tion

this

feel at

we

fitful,

West

I

men

been brisk and favorable, but

approached the Spanish

Main

they grew

and when we had traversed a part of that Indian Archipelago, they

Our

a dead calm.

third

we were

away

into

ship drifted a little to

the

made no

South, but the

home anywhere.

little later.

The winds had as

which

attentions

little

explanatory of some events which

as

happened a

him the

all

day,

particular

moon

the

fell

headway.

fulled

tude and 42 degrees friend asked

me

if

I

noon and

at

lying in about 30 degrees

On

North

West

longitude,

would

like to

lati

when my

go with him

OF ATLANTIS.

about a couple

to visit a peculiar looking island,

of miles

to

westward.

the

63

my

Upon

rather

eager assent, the captain granted us the use of

yawl, and though he proffered us the help

his

of

some

of the crew, our friend declined, saying

he had been

We

much accustomed

pushed

steering.

I

off,

I

taking a pair of oars and he

had hardly taken a couple of strokes

with the oars, when pulsion of the boat

glanced

at

to the water.

my

felt

I

was not due

companion.

im

that the rapid

my

to

strength.

His face was

with a peculiar expression, of which

I

I

set

had be

fore had experience in other directions.

A

very short time sufficed to bring us to this

island,

which on

summit

of

closer inspection

some huge obelisk or

The

raised above the waves.

high,

seemed

were sheer and

to be the

pillar,

sides,

precipitous.

a

little

although not In the

still

waters they extended below the surface, as far as vision could penetrate.

How much

had no means of ascertaining.

We

farther, I

rowed slowly

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64 around

On

ence.

was about 150

It

it.

the side farthest from the vessel the

the rock

face of

feet in circumfer

The

weather.

was broken jaggedly by

projections gave opportunity for

fastening the yawl, and for climbing to the mit.

even

If there this

a sea of glass all about us

Having

impossible, but with it

was not a very

we might

To my

dif

securely knotted the boat s

painter to a stout protuberance, best

sum

had been any swell of the ocean

would have been

ficult task.

the

we scrambled

as

to the top.

utter surprise, instead of the

flat,

solid

mass, roughened by the weather, which I expected to find, filling

it

was cup-shaped

with water during storms,

out under the hot sun. bottom.

in the center, evidently

Looking

It

and drying

was now dry

closely at the sides I

at the

saw that

instead of being a mass of natural rock,

it

was

a structure built of masonry by cunning hands, so perfectly fierce action

and

solidly as to defy, thus far, the

of the most erosive forces of na-

OF ATLANTIS. The

ture.

floor

was

in

laid

65

regular

flagging.

Almost stunned by the

discovery,

my

exclamation of surprise

companion, but

was checked by

my

his actions.

I

turned to

Standing

the very center, with his face

erect,

the

to

North,

guiding himself by a small compass and a square

were

of

parchment,

which

upon

little

characters

inscribed, he turned 15 degrees to. the East

and stepped forward one pace. 15

in

degrees

pace.

He

due East. to dilate,

whole

more he stepped

Then

turning

forward

another

repeated this operation until he faced

There standing and

outline.

disc of stone

his face

erct, his

grew

All at once

had revolved

fixed I

and

to himself he

set in its

perceived a large

at his

feet,

a flight of stone steps leading into a

Coming back

form seemed

exposing

room below.

motioned

low him, and slowly we descended the

me

to fol

stairs into

an ante-room below, opening into a larger room.

As we

stepped upon this floor a light which came

from nowhere

in particular, lighted

up the whole

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66

Limitless age had laid his desecrating

interior.

hand upon everything.

But

as this

metically sealed by the waves,

the

would otherwise have accumulated air

was not

were

present.

My

companion,

As he

Power.

still

in the

upper

silent,

little

it

made one

was not

Then

to be unmistakable.

pile

stepped to

did so I thought

a suppressed sob of joy, but

enough

that

on each was a

the East, and facing the seats, signs of

dust

In the center of the room

five stone seats,

of dust.

had been her

of the

I

heard

distinct

going to the

exact opposite side of the wall, which

was par

titioned into a series of curious entablatures, he

touched

some

mechanism,

which,

preserved

through the ages, obeyed the will of this derful man.

we

into

passed

found seven little piles

made

A

door

back, through which

a chamber below.

seats.

of dust.

in the

slid

On

My

won

Here

we

each rested those curious friend repeated the sign

room above, and then a sound

like

the tremor of an Folian harp rose in volume un-

OF ATLANTIS. til

67

the vibration filling the room, shook the walls

Turn

which we were standing.

of the tower in

ing to the Eastern face of the wall, from a niche therein he

drew out

this carefully,

upper

air,

a little stone box.

he retraced his steps towards the

closely

enue, thus sealing once

more

him every av

for future unfold

whatever there might be of knowledge or

mystery here concealed. top had rolled into

was placed this

With

followed by myself.

the greatest care he closed behind

ing,

Holding

When

the disc at the

place, a roll of

its

hand by unseen

in his

pigment

helpers.

With

he traced upon the tightly joined edges a

character which burst into a silvery flame as

appeared upon the stone, and

mark behind

where the boat without any push

off,

a blood-red

proceeding to the side

lay waiting for us,

we managed

difficulty to seat ourselves in

it

and

he steering, as before.

Singular as certed

Then

it.

left

it

it

may

instruction

or

seem, without any precon

word

of

warning, not a

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68

word had been interchanged between us from

moment

the

of our landing until

On my

motion upon the water.

in

silence

was involuntary.

I

we were

I

part the

seemed to stand

vortex of recurring memory, coming

whelmingly upon me.

again

down

in a

over

was too busy within

myself in attempting to readjust the

past,

the

present and the promises of the future, to leave

any time for the not

resist

I

of speech.

knew

could

I

the feeling that these rock-ribbed

bers were, in self.

frivolity

cham

some peculiar way, a part of I

my

had been perfectly familiar with

the purposes of their erection, their use, and of

some

final issue, appalling

effect.

More

than that.

and benumbing

The

in its

five seats of the

upper chamber and the seven seats of the lower, to

my

inner vision, were

filled

with an occu

pant, shadowy, but so distinct I could recognize

the features, as one recalls the lineaments of a

long absent friend. I

Then came

the

names

had parted with them only yesterday.

as

if

Oh,

OF ATLANTIS. the Eternal!

Memory

was

sands of years ago since

it

yesterday, or thou

I

looked upon

feeling of present reality, of

er than friendship

friend

made

tie

strong

When my

the sign I mentioned, a burden of

my

shoulders, as

an expiation were finished, a terrible mistake

whose consequence

rectified

that hour, had

unfolding and

more held ly

some

overwhelmed me.

untold weight was lifted from if

these

and forms of comrades loving and true?

faces

The

69

that

me

my

its

my

utterly

friend did,

to do, taking

me

all

as

fail

to

to

my

much

All this and

energies.

words will

up

life,

cramped and restrained

silent as

came

all

portray,

what he evident

an involuntary ac

complice. Sitting in

the stern of the boat,

with the stone casket resting on looked at "My

me

facing me,

his knees,

with a grave smile, and said

brother: I see

my

he

:

confidence in thee

was

not founded in simple assumption, but in knowl edge.

Thou

hast learned well the lesson whose

OUR STORY

70 closing clause

is

to

keep

Thereby thou

silent.

hast proved also thy position in the

erhood,

whose

Atlantian Kings.

was

charter

first

I

greet

Great Broth issued

by the

Ancient Wise

thee,

One."

While saying if

from an inner

thetic exaltation

of

this his

words

The

fire.

face lighted

action of the

up

as

sympa

on myself was beyond the power

to describe.

denly come

whole

to a

was

It

as

perception of

if

one had sud

almost

infinite

power, and without a particle of arrogance in the possession. "I

I

feel that

could only reply:

we must

you do me great honor "Before

continued

have been brothers, but in

naming me

we

reach the ship I must

my

comrade,

"that

it

thus."

tell

you,"

has been per

mitted you for purpose, to revisit the tower of the Great

Temple

of Atlantis,

in

which were

gathered for concentration during the last awful cataclysm which sent the continent beneath the

waters

all

the living

members

of the

most po-

OF ATLANTIS.

71

tent Brotherhood that has ever existed. "You

five

entered the chambers of the three, the

and the seven.

ly rising once

The whole The

more.

which was 100

feet in

continent the

of

top

is

slow

tower,

diameter at the base, and

210

feet high,

The

transparent dome, which covered the

has again reached the upper

air.

cham

ber of the three has been destroyed by the ac tion of the waves.

the

We

masonry of the upper

know whether

do not

stories will

resist the erosion of fierce tropical

as little "It

rescue

by

little it

was thought this;"

"before it

be able

to

storms or not,

reaches the surface. best by the

Brotherhood to

here he touched the

little

casket,

might be overwhelmed and forever hid

den by the insatiable

maw

of the waters.

It

contains the fullest continuous record of the last years of our once glorious country,

at

present

accessible. "The

chambers which

we

entered were built

perfectly air and water-tight, and for that rea-

OUR STORY

72

son have preserved their contents to the pres ent time.

was

Below

the last chamber

that of the fifteen, and

chamber of the for I

I did

forty-five.

was warned

still

we

below

entered

that, the

not enter them,

that I might thereby afford

opportunity for the waters pressing up from be low, to wipe out

all vestiges

of the Brotherhood,

may

home

to later generations

be ocular demonstration of our existence.

"Obligation

five

which

of this ancient

rested heavily

and the seven.

entirely

from

as either the

its

They

on the

three,

the

could not be set free

responsibility

until

such time

bounds were destroyed, as

in

the

upper chamber, or one clothed with authority entering their resting place should their signal of release,

seven,

the

which

I did.

give

them

Below

the

the failure of conditions above absolved

members

of

the

remaining chambers,

and

they were set free in a very short time after the cataclysm. "You

are well

known

to

me

as to the rest of

OF ATLANTIS.

73

the Ancient Brotherhood, and have been chosen

again as in the long ago past, to be the spokes

man to

of our beloved Order, in

mankind, and

we

its

newest appeal

are sure that mistakes of

the intellect in the past will not be repeated in

But we

the present.

The most

are approaching the ship.

important object of our voyage, the

possession of these records,

which no person

liv

actual ing or dead could obtain without your

presence in the flesh

The

accomplished.

is

voy

for this pur age was planned and undertaken pose,

and will result

as

planned.

Our

vessel

has been lying over the entrance to the great port, at the tinent,

nificent

mouth draining the Atlantian Con

from which, before the overthrow, a

panorama of the

ever shone on, "We

could

was

fairest

land

mag

the sun

visible.

not accomplish our object until

near the full moon, so the calm has lasted until this time.

But to-night

as the sun goes

down

a

breeze will spring up, and by to-morrow our voy-

OUR STORY

74

age will be moving rapidly forward to

its

com

pletion."

It did not

occur to me, during

all this recital,

to object either to the facts stated or to the cer

quiet assumption of myself as one of the

tain,

willing accessories of the plan he had thus hastily sketched.

It

seemed quite a matter of course

that the sole object of

was

the accomplishment of

mortal I

my making

ears, for the first

felt a certain

what

this

I

time heard.

now, with Nay, more,

enthusiasm, a quiet joy in being

thus permitted to do the task, whatever be that

was

I

know

that this

at all the thing likely to happen,

deduction from what

we know

But

one of

as this story

it

might

me, as an integral factor of

set for

the whole, to complete.

we

voyage

is

of

facts

is

not

according to

human

nature.

on new

lines,

cannot be guided by precedents, or the work

ing of

known laws

;

as

we

seek rather in the fields

of the unexplained laws of nature, for a solution

of the

phenomena

presented.

OF ATLANTIS. But we were now

men were making As we reached

close to the ship

and the

ready to hoist the yawl aboard.

the deck

my

friend

showed

his

a curious souvenir of the stone pile

casket,

as

we had

visited.

After looking at

assented to the fact: looks a

75

trifle

"It

water-worn

was

it

casually they

a nice bit of rock,

though."

And

so,

knowledge of incalculable value passed beyond their reach, forever; or at the least, until the re finer

s

furnace of the ages shall have prepared

them more

may

at

fully for the perception of that

any time be offered them.

which

CHAPTER

the sun sank on the

AS

V.

Western horizon a

northeastern wind began to strain out

our

flapping

sails,"

moon

full

sat

to

him

Suddenly, as

my

if

moment

of

his hands,

;

"Yes,

once."

which

I

had

was put

into

after, the stone casket

coming about

as fast as a

walk, out of the companion way. else

various

some one had spoken

seen in his cabin just before sunset,

no one

friend and

reminder of some event, he said

in

certainly; at

A

the waters.

on the quarter-deck, chatting

matters.

good

of the tropics climbed out of

the great wastes of waters, and I

and the

more moved merrily over

ship once

The

"idly

was near us on

man would

At

that time

the deck, therefore no

remarks were made. In

my

peculiar state of

mind

this,

too,

seemed

OF ATLANTIS. what followed.

perfectly natural, as well as

me

out to

casket

the

Taking

several

hands he pointed

his

in

and symbols en

characters

Calling

my

form of the winged globe,

he

graved deeply in the stone. tion to a is

"That

77

most learned, Ancient Brother. contents of the casket in trust for

Let us

"Lay

the open

palm

see

of

said:

him who was our

the signet seal of

the password.

atten

him wEo hath

we may

if

your

the

holds

It

open

it.

hand on mine,

left

the fingers straight, and say as thou mayest re If

ceive out of the silence. I

have expected to meet,

well.

left

did so, a

an

hand upon

little

it,

palm

shock passed over

waiting."

Then

I

felt

I

placed

to palm.

As

I

my whole body

electric thrill, only a little

His eye shining with a piercing mine.

If not,, then

held out his left hand, palm up.

my own

like

is

only patience for further

it is still

He

it

whom

thou art he

more

brilliancy,

intense.

caught

another hand lying on the

back of mine, and a form shadowed out of the

OUR STORY

7$ thin air by

my

and simultaneously

side,

see the full, regal proportions of a

figure standing beside us.

the shadow, as

could

when one the

feel

distinctly

I

could

most majestic

Prominently out of feels the

sun

brightness

pair of eyes similar to those of

my

s rays,

I

of another

friend in the

body.

At

same moment

the

ing through the air to chant.

Instantly

where beneath me

my

position.

I

had

in

Without

its

many

leagues.

in the

same

my

intonation,

my

same cadence

friend

arrested

At s

this

any

dif

who

instant,

lips,

indescrib

my

attention.

lower consciousness, I

We

relative

three present,

every respect.

volition of

exactly the

the

in

a single syllable from able in

up-borne

lost all consciousness of

ference of condition

seemed equal

be

to

a vast city lay spread out, in

remained together

still

came ring

ears a low, musical

appeared

beauty and glory for

all its

three

I

of time there

in

uttered a syllable, and

then, like the soft, clear ringing of a silver bell,

OF ATLANTIS. from the

thrilled

all

of our bodyless brother,

lips

the third syllable of a

79

word whose awful powers

mystics concede.

As

the last note rang out into space the casket

came once more saw

it

my

fully into

consciousness.

I

open slowly, until the cover turned fully

back, and revealed a large roll of the finest papy clearly written

rus,

acters of

Egyptian

transi

civilization.

friend reverently raised the scroll from

resting place.

As he

and of bewildering

from

but minute char

plain

what we have supposed was a

tion period of

My

in

it.

did so a fragrance inimitable

upon the senses poured

effect this

Holding

its

precious

record

of

the

past in his hands he said: "For

over 29,000 years,

my

rus has not seen the light.

brother, this papy

When

inclosed in this casket and sealed, .

in

we

it

was

last

three, still

the body, looked forward to the accomplish

ment ited

of

much

that

was beyond

mortal potency.

I

am

the

power

of lim

glad to greet thee,

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8o

-

my companion

and brother.

in thee, for to

no power but the presence of the

three

would the casket have yielded

When in

was not mistaken

I

I shall

have read

it

to

you

your hands for safe keeping.

it

its

contents.

will be left

To-morrow we

will begin our work, giving six of the early hours

of the day to

it."

CHAPTER

VI.

we commenced

on the next morning

SO

of

tale

and

transfer

down

hand that which he thus gave me.

was slowly

ing a

little

recalled

my

given,

owing

rusty in

my

skill,

that

wonderful

many

country and involved

disaster, because they lacked

my

my

be I

But

I

country,

another seeking

have come

tact witfi impassible limitations

submit to

first

stenography, but as

that

leaders, like

out their designs.

the

to the fact of

to manifest unusual power,

their

At

a full and complete record of

concerned

whose daring

in short

our speed increased.

The MSS. was all

He

rescription.

translated while I wrote

it

our

in

con

and pulled down

all

in

irretrievable

omnipotence to carry

will not anticipate, but

readers the history of Atlantis and

OUR STORY

82

the story of the secret causes that led to the final

overthrow, as

have copied

I

it

from the notes

of that never-to-be-forgotten voyage.

It begins

with an invocation by the Scribe, as follows: Tlana, Scribe of the Mighty Three, to

"I,

whom

has been given strictly in charge so to

it

do, herein write the history of

This

try.

is

lightenment of off ages to

my

come

to recurring

my

beloved coun

to be for the instruction

people,

shall

when

and en

they, in the far

need more than bread, help

memory.

taking, the necessary

I

demand

for this

assistance

and

under

guidance

from the Brotherhood of both the Invisible and the Visible, so soon to become of the Invisible;

from the gods of Wisdom and Power, and from the

Supreme Ruler of

which

is

actions

best

may

say that

and most instructive concerning the

and conditions of our nation from

beginning "Our

All, that I

to

now.

its

(About 29,000 B. C.)

Continent follows the general outline

of all the others

now

in manifestation

upon the

OF ATLANTIS. Earth.

It

about 1,000 miles broad at

is

and 3,000 miles long

est point,

The

mension.

83

surface

at

mostly

is

But

ing of vast fertile plains.

wid

longest di

its

level,

to

its

consist

West,

the

North and East the country becomes mountain ous.

From

river

with

these mountains, as a water shed, a

branches drains nearly the whole

its

length of the Continent.

through an

artificial

Its

waters,

diverted

canal and locks, forms the

great port of the City of Atlantis, which extends

from

this canal, northeast of the central portion

of the continent, quite

to the foothills of the

up

Among

elevated portion of the country.

these

mountains has been built the Great Temple ded

OM., who

icated to "Our

records

the

fail to

of the beginning of is

is

man

ONE,

the All.

give us any information s

occupancy here, and

it

only through the power of perception of our

wise ning.

men It

that is

we

gain any idea of that begin

sufficient

to

Race men needed a home

say,

for

when their

the

Fifth

unfolding,

OUR STORY

84 they found

it

here.

Their unfolding has been

along the lines of the strongest development.

We

may

now

therefore simply describe the conditions

existing as the

outcome of the thought-forces of

the most powerful nation of the "The

fertility of

where upon the

our

soil

is

Our

earth.

known world.

unparalleled any difference of ele

vation above the sea level gives variety to our climate,

and whatever grows otherwhithers on

the globe, will

grow here

also,

We

luxuriance and perfection. to

in

the greatest

have no need

import anything grown out of the ground

from other nations. "Our

from the bosom of

supplies of minerals

the earth are incomparable in their

abundance.

We

have

where upon the surface

all

metals

amount and found

of the earth.

We

any also

have one, of which none has ever been discov ered in any other country. tility

iron.

It possesses the

duc

and color of copper and the strength of

We

have named

it

Orichalcum.

OF ATLANTIS. fauna holds every

"The

85 of

species

which from here has been carried of the earth, there

become of use

new

habitat and

men

either for

This was the center of

dis

it

on

who

to those

stood in need

In short, whatever mankind possesses

it.

we

any degree anywhere,

also

possess

in

in

vast

Never has any

abundance, far beyond our needs.

Nation or Potentate ever before concen

State,

trated so

much

of wealth

plies of all kinds, as "No

Temple

we

;

No

like ours,

residences

of

is,

surplus of sup

will truly describe our

nation has even dreamed of a

much

our

that

hold to-day.

word but immense,

public works.

less built one.

citizens,

even

of

The

private

the

poorer

outshine in beauty of design and suitable

ness of material the kings of

Do

parts

experience has given them, they have

line

freely passed

sort,

all

Whatever knowledge or wisdom on

tribution.

of

a

to the children of

labor or pleasure.

this

find

to

to

animal,

not consider that

I

am

many

other nations.

seeking to belittle

OUR STORY

86

others or to extol ourselves, but

and

as fully

I

am

as candidly as I can, that

really the fact, as I

now

stating

which

is

write.

mountains have springs of hot and cold

"The

water which act as natural

them the water

reservoirs.

From

conveyed by stone pipes to the

is

public baths and to the private residences of such citizens as choose to avail themselves of the priv ilege

under certain conditions.

"In

aces,

the center of the city are the royal pal

and these are protected by three immense

canals,

which are

built

entirely

around

with two intervening zones of land. nals are connected with the

them,

These ca

Great Sea by an

other canal 300 feet wide and 100 feet deep and six miles "The

long to connect with the port.

Great Temple

of the city.

Its lofty

is

in the northeast part

tower bearing upon

its

top,

the finest observatory ever yet built, occupies the

northeast quarter of the

and the Temple

itself

is

Temple grounds. This protected from attack

OF ATLANTIS.

87

on the North, East and West by the mountains,

which serve both as a defense and a foundation to

hold up the massive structures

built

upon

them. the mountains the city of cities extends

"From

in

a circular

form southward.

mense area occupied by the another, comprising miles,

city proper

upwards of 75,000

still

is

square

which has been cultivated from time im

memorial, and is

Beyond the im

is

in fact

liberally irrigated

This

one vast garden.

from the river and from a

canal 600 feet in width and 100 feet deep, ex

Not

tending through the country i,2OO miles. only are these waters used

for

irrigation,

but

through a system of locks at the port, galleys are raised

and lowered into the grand canal, where

they both

and distribute cargoes of

receive

all

kinds of products in the interests of commerce. "It

is

hardly necessary to mention

population

many

of

millions.

this

plain

Never

that

and the mountains will

there be so

the is

many

OUR STORY

88

people gathered in the same place at the same time, so say our prophets "Nor

must

forget to say that the

I

of our population

owing

to the

of the spirit, to

is

volume

increased by the fact that

dominance of the

life-giving

power

which has not been weakened yet

any great extent there are three or four gen

erations of all

and Magi.

men upon

the earth at the same time,

strong and vigorous.

plies for the

As

the necessary sup

maintenance of the body at

its

best,

are in the greatest profusion, nature in no sense retards the increase of population,

would

but

support to the utmost limit the most prolific in crease possible. "During

the day the myriad sounds of voice

and action that

arise over the

docks and the quar

ters of the city devoted to labor

is

like

the roar

of a tornado on the sea, hurling itself against the

embattled rocks. "The

Atlantian

galleys

have

reached

every

port and nation under the whole broad heaven.

OF ATLANTIS. They have

89 under

laid the entire surface of earth

tribute to our

We

commerce.

ask another nation

for

But they seek from us

have no need to

we have

anything

not.

the fruits of our soil

and

our incomparable bronze manufactures, in whose production our artizans have become very expert, especially in clubs, axes, knives "The

and swords.

barbarians of the Eastern world have

never been able to make these things for them

and

selves,

artizans are very fine,

can possibly

we

in

fail

mand

is

and tempering of our

as the material

we

The

offer.

find

market for

all

we

only article of which

making the supply equal

to the de

which

a bright yellow metal,

offers a

powerful resistance to the action of the elements. It

is

eagerly sought for purposes of decoration,

both of building and persons. of our

traders

own mines

is

total

product

thus appropriated, and our

have discovered that

parts of the world.

The

exists

it

So they seek

and when found offer our

own

it

in

other

everywhere,

products in ex-

OUR STORY

90 change for

it.

When

they bring

it

home

they

are offered certain immunities and privileges in

addition to the market value for it

with

us,

is

but with

Magi

that this peculiar con

through the foul greed of man, will grow

into a calamity for the

upon which

become

its

whole

gathering by us

irrepressible

The

race.

and destructive

in the

also true that

if

evil

shall be forced to

come, as

we

evil.

meet

it

in the

Thus

new

far, strained

intensity for acquisition has not acquired in

is

long ages yet

are again called to face in

enough to injure us

It

does come upon the race

bodies the lives allotted to us.

line.

how

tried to deal justly, they can hardly be

considered responsible for any such

to

As,

more

our nation has done no intentional wrong

and have

we

desire

founded will

is

physical nations in the years to come. ever,

a

the nations of the earth.

all

predicted by our

dition,

in

has become a measure of value, not only

way,

It

Thus,

it.

force

our development on any

OF ATLANTIS.

91

are not a nation of flesheasters, for the

"We

warmth

of our climate does not compel the con

centration of food sought in the use of flesh. is

because

efforts

we

to

we

are not

overcome the

much

can give so forces

real

bound

and

circle

our

of necessity that

time to the study of the of

facts

to the soil in

It

the universe, and

the

methods by which they could be made useful

to

themselves. "At

the

North are three high mountain

which have become landmarks men.

In the

written, permit

the highest

of

way

me

summit

for all seafaring

review of what

to take

my

peaks,

have

I

future readers to

of the great peak Alyhlo,

and

from thence point out the paradise of mountain

and

valley, hill

plateaux.

and

plain, interspersed

These are covered with

with broad

tropical vege

tation bearing all kinds of edible fruits

known

man throughout

the

the

Limped streams from

whole

circle of

to

year.

the mountain sides water

a large portion of this vast

district.

OUR STORY

92

this all, for the

"Nor is

thick with

towns.

substantial

But above

whole picture

dwellings, is

all,

dotted

is

hamlets

and

the capital as a center

of interest, and an exchange of thought, so wide, so far-reaching, that all the other centers in the

whole country seem but suburbs. "Notice

also the varied greens of the vegeta

and the blue of the

tion fect,

sky, so clear

as yet undisturbed in

and

so per

vibrations by the

its

shock of either offense or defense.

Beyond these

can be seen the canal leading to the land-locked sea

and the great port with

its fleets

of arriving

and departing galleys from every quarter of the globe. oar,

These

move

galleys

neither by sail nor

nor any impulsion of elemental

mounting

all

these our

Magi

wind nor

the fairest land that

tide

man

thus far has ever seen.

Sur

have imparted the

secret of etheric impulse born

against this,

force.

of

thought, and

have no power.

It

is

in all his generations

CHAPTER VII.

going forward with the descrip

BEFORE

tions of the

MSS.

comparing with as

we now know Continent

Ancient

Carribean

part

the

were

so raised as to

miles high,

Mexico.

seas

present

The

it.

must

have

make

in

of the

covered If

the

is

old

fertility

of

continent the

upon

broad wings, for the teeming population. there

land

Gulf

the

succession

winds, bringing moisture and

configuration,

in

have resulted two im

where now

constant

little

the highest peak six

Across these and the

would blow

a

situation,

location

Archipelago.

there must

mense inland

the

do

us

let

trade their

In

must have been a striking

resemblance to our upper lake country.

The

range of mountains to

the

West and

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94

North must have

whose peaks and

the Continent,

form a chain of

On

islands.

backbone of

the

constituted

table lands

now

the line of drainage

from the inland sea the Amazon must now be

The

located.

sult not so

fertility

much

must have been the

re

of a torrid temperature, as of

the absence of cold winds, which gave a peculiar, equable, tables

life-developing_climate,

and animals.

both for vege

Everything possible grew,

because there were no drawbacks to It

was always seedtime;

Bud, blossom and

it

tree.

What

of the orange and fruit-bearing trees.

condition of the of those

who

growth.

was always

harvest.

fruit in all their different stages

of maturity could be seen

the same

its

is

growing partially

at once

true

to-day

lemon was then true of So

soil,

fertile

and

so

on

all

was the

original

great the

wisdom

directed, that the matter of planting

seed and gathering harvest

became

sequence and not of season.

With

a matter of this

tion let us return to our manuscript:

explana

OF ATLANTIS. "The

is

change of condition from

95 life

to death

one accepted and welcomed by our people

not

;

any sense feared, because during their long

in

continued existence the monotony of physical is

fully satisfied

and the only inducement for ac

cepting prolongation

the increasing of the spir

is

force and potency, with

it s

life

which we are well

acquainted and fully educated as to

its

limitless

possibilities. "Our

many and

years

been

acknowledged.

On

seas

all

every port are the galleys that supply the

in

world

place as carriers for the world, has for

s

marts,

winged globe therefore

in

the

flying

Atlantian

flag

blue on a yellow ground.

happens

in

our

ample

harbor,

a It

the

myriad swarms of shipping, although loaded with the products of the whole earth are ours. "The

sailors of other nations dare not

move

out into the vast wastes of waters, separating the different countries one "Great

warehouses

lie

from another. along the water

s edge,

OUR STORY

96 which

bordered from the

is

sea,

for

many

miles

into the interior, by immense, solidly-built walls.

These are

raised high

enough

to be above

any

high-water mark of either flood from the interior or tide from the ocean.

But

the result of changes in the

snow on

for the melting of

amount

crease of

vapor,

from

was a thing

"The

kingdom by

were rather

amount

of drainage,

the mountains or in

suddenly

iron tramways,

moved by a motive

only our

Magi know.

it is

bidden by

wagons, "The

to

forth,

its

which

whole

parts of the

all

upon which enormous

loads are

moves back and

precipitated

of but slight importance.

connected with

is

capital

floods

But

force,

whose

secret

the obedient force

drawing and pushing,

as

controller, the heavily ladden

it is

city

harnessed.

is

built

of

a

pure

white

marble, taken from quarrries in the Northern Hills,

whose

supplies are used not only for build

ing at home, but also for export.

So

fine

is

the

grain and so elegant the polish that the blocks

OF ATLANTIS.

97

are used over and over in rebuilding in the cities

This stone cannot en

of the Mediterranean.

dure the extremes of temperature of the North ern climate, but

is

for all that

amply strong

may

be demanded under an Atlantian sky. "From

what

have already

I

will be plain, the city

is

"Broad

it

begin

other

forming the

radii of the circle,

which

King

s

There

palace.

ship of land, save in the

King

resentative of the nation.

It

labor,

man

can

own

the

s

is

anything

is

name

the

at

These are

mountains.

in the

crossed at regular intervals by

that no

with

fitted against the

is

avenues in semi-circle

the

it

Northern mountain ranges.

mountains and end

is

perhaps

laid out like a disc,

a segment wanting, where foothills of the

said,

avenues, center

of

no owner as the rep

held by our Magi, in

which

his

own

or some representative thereof, does not

constitute a

component

part.

All

articles

of

handiwork therefore can be claimed by the con tributors thereto, but

man

has not, and can never

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98

ownership

attain,

manifestation shall

attempt

in

the four great elements of

it,

disaster

tend the attempt.

If he ever

water, earth.

fire, air,

and degradation will at

If a

man

builds a house or

plants a tree, or cultives a crop, then the house

or tree or harvest belong to him, and he should

be protected in his right to enjoy fully,

can come from

lands are parceled out by

"All

improvements only, have a like his

bor

all

that

his labor.

neighbor

s

price.

lot,

and the

He who would

location must, with his neigh

consent, buy the improvements, but the land

s

has no

more value than

"The

comfort.

when

the air about

it.

houses are built for convenience

Every family owns

a young

man

its

and

own home, and

takes to himself a wife, he has

a portion of land assigned him, under conditions

which make equable

all

quality or surroundings.

inequalities

No

of

crowding

place, is

lowed, not even in the thickest part of the

The

al city.

buildings are of permanent material, fash-

OF ATLANTIS. ioned to let in the air and light. principle

rooms

The

underlying

a central open court, with the living

is

all

99

about

many ways

This plan

it.

modified

is

in

and needs

to suit the individualities

of the owners.

court

"The

is

ing easily on

its

entered by a broad gate, swing

ample

In the center

fittings.

a pool with an overflowing fountain to prevent stagnation, cools the air and helps modify the vi brations.

The water was

supplied by an acque-

This was

duct from the mountains.

so old that

no Atlantian of the present people can give

But there are records

age.

the

Temple concerning

in

erally

About two

this pool the

stories, so

form no obstruction "When

the

the archives of

the planning of the huge

undertaking and the manner of ment.

its

its

building stands, gen

supported on

to free

accomplish

pillars, as to

movement

young couple decide

of the air.

to locate

it

is

the custom to receive from the chief astrologer of the

Temple

a horoscope

definitely

naming the

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ioo

number

new

of the

For each

family to come.

one a room was built

allotment prevents crowding, and to the utmost, of progress

This

home.

in the

and

is

special

productive

growth on

all

lines. "Animals

ency.

At

herd,

man

individualizes in his tend

end of the

either

scale, acceptation of,

or rebellion against the herding, indicates where

he stands at any given time, as regards either his spiritual or his physical nature. to be brutish

matters not

it

with

his,

he

spiritually unfolded he

is

dip into the

himself.

This

is

to

if fifty

inclined

hands eating

would prefer

own way,

and prepared

not, as is

work which

takes

Ego

If

to ap

that which

especially for

might at the outset

it

appear, selfishness, but

the

is

same bowl of porridge.

propriate and use, in his

comes belonging

If he

the outcropping of the

upon

itself

during

the earth lives, the soul-building out of the in carnations. "The

rooms on the

first

story are larger and

OF ATLANTIS. mostly used for the

offices of living, in

family relations are concerned

Most

101

of their leisure time

is

and spent

which the perfected.

about

the

fountain in the court, where there are always

The

agreeable shadows, with the blue sky above.

courts are paved in colored patterns with a kind of glass,

and carpeted with rugs and mats woven

from vegetable

These goods are made sides

these

products of

s

earth, the richest

fancifully

dyed.

principally for export.

furnishings,

man

and

textiles

Be

there are side by side,

thought from every part of the

and the

best.

None

stained as the spoils of war, for our

dustrious and honorable has

made

are blood traffic,

in

us beyond per-

adventure the richest nation that ever existed

upon the "From

No

earth.

the

first,

we have

traded everywhere.

galley of ours has ever been seized by the

god of the

seas

and

left

lying upon the ocean

bottom whether bearing our

goods

forth

or

bringing back to us the merchandize of other

OUR STORY

102

This natural increase by labor and by

lands. trade,

without

sufficient to

loss,

should of

have enriched

have been

itself

us

without

other

means "Thus it is

selves,

each

perceived the families are by them

an

is

independent

Their houses and gardens are

dom

of that

ceived.

This

community is

as

community.

much

the king

as can possibly be con

the rule of the spiritual and not

of the physical. "But

I

must not forget

and roads of the

city

to speak of the streets

proper and the outlying

country.

These are

eral plan,

which once established has never been

changed.

Although they have been many years

in

construction

laid out

on a certain gen

and extension, every foot has

been added under the direction of a master mind in

conformity to a uniform plan adopted thou

sands of years ago. they are finished

So far as they are extended

and

used for the road beds

lasting. is

our

The

substance

secret, of the

whole

OF ATLANTIS. Our ways

world.

The

are

103

and

dustless

noiseless.

peculiar composition readily yields traction

to bodies

moving over them.

Never has there

been so perfect a system of easy transportation

upon the

earth.

public buildings are always large,

"The

and of varied

styles,

roomy

surmounted with domes,

pinnacles and minnarets statutes of artistic design

and ornamented with and workmanship.

material of which these are built

is

The

white marble.

Atlantis can well claim not only the honor of

being so created, but of remaining a white

There

is

city.

no darkening effluvium in the air nor

the climate to obscure the white walls set in the

Our Magi

great billows of surrounding green. say, that in

days to come, a nation on the

Medi

terranean Sea called the Greeks, will personify in their tiful

works of

woman

"The

art,

rising

our beloved city as a beau

from the

more important of

sea.

these buildings are

profusely decorated with gold, and

it

is

for this

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104

purpose that metal

is

so eagerly

Atlantian traders, a poetical

bought by the

name

the tears of

the sun,

has been adopted by our people, and by

this

most widely called here.

it is

Of

the palace

of the King; of the Great Temple, I will speak

more "In

cial

at length

by and by.

these public buildings are rooms for so

meetings, to discuss public topics and for the

convenience of classes studying things that do not

belong to the physical plane.

A

description of

one will be a description of the general plan of

all.

They

are elliptical in form, with a foun

tain in the center.

The

Atlantians are extrava

gantly fond of the presence of water. of the foci are a

number of

seats,

At one

arranged

like

an amphitheater, built of stone and rising one above another.

At

the other of the foci stands

a Tribune, upon which the speaker stands public addresses are made. also are seats,

About the fountain

where the auditors

converse one with another.

when

sit

easily

and

OF ATLANTIS. "In

of the

like

manner

105

are built the training schools

young; the central part of the structure

being open to the sunlight and the the

young Atlantians are educated

air.

in the things

that belong to the nation, the family

themselves. to

make

and

Our

fathers

a rule of living:

play, eight years to

physical things,

Here

had a saying

and

we

to

seek

Eight years to infancy

boyhood and training

eight years to

in

young manhood

and learning of the world outside of Atlantis, and one thousand years to learning of the visible

and

ly correct.

real.

It

in

proportions are very near

CHAPTER

VIII.

Atlantians of either sex are almost

THE

perfect in their physical organizations.

They

are nearly all equally trained by

the master of wisdom.

It

may

be asked

why

they

are not all on the same plane of development.

The

reply

and

times.

is

the conclusive answer of

Man

all

ercise his individual potency in exactly the

The

way. first,

how

is

little variation,

same

hardly perceptible at

increased by every increment, no matter

small, of each of the succeeding lives.

difference lectual

ages

never has and never will ex

is

This

increased also by the force of intel

power which comes

to

necessity to the individuals of

a nation and of the nation,

who

will seek to occupy the best bodies and positions, as the returning egos claim place in the lives.

OF ATLANTIS.

of the absolute equality of the sexes

"Because

the bodies of the

women

are just as strong and

vigorous as those of the men. that in other nations, with in

in

contact,

women

107

other parts

But we know

which we have come of

the

world,

are inferior in size and strength.

the

This

happens because the people of those nations have allowed themselves from generation to genera

and from age

tion,

sert

to age, to believe in

the inferiority of

women.

and as

This continued

thought has belittled and dwarfed her, not only in body,

but has also bound her aspirations and

her mental capacity with steel.

While

row and

loss,

bonds stronger than

the barbarian races,

have made

this

to

their sor

sad mistake, the

Atlantian nation, on the other hand, have con stantly held to the equality of the sexes. result

now

is,

physically, both sexes are

The models

which painter or sculptor are proud and eager to copy.

perfection

Each one is

beauty.

is

a specimen of beauty, for

The

action of the climate

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io8

and transmitted principles have brought lectual vigor

of perception

marvelous grasp

a

upon the laws of nature and Their

themselves.

pediments

and daring with

intel

bodies, instead of being

to spiritual

of

im

growth and advancement,

who

are helps indeed to the spirits

seek through

them experience, knowledge and

understanding.

Those who might be

common

the

called

class,

doing the necessary labor of the nation, are far

advanced beyond the literary

class

of the bar

barian nations in their perception of the truth

and

their

knowledge of nature

s

laws.

when men

The day mourn

will

come

this

knowledge forgotten, when the fatigue and

in the future

monotony of burden bearing

whelming "We

in its

will

will be almost over

crushing awfulness.

have schools for the development of the

physical and for the directing of the mental habits of thought.

orized

In these schools very

knowledge

is

imparted.

to so train the faculties that

if

little

The

mem

design

is

desired or needed

OF ATLANTIS.

109

the cipher of the Astral books could easily be read. "Sickness

is

deaf

blind,

halt,

We

unknown. nor

dumb,

have no lame,

nor

beggars

as

models for maternal pre-natal mind, to misform embryos,

and thus build monstrosities for the

public charge. of the nations

merce,

of

This of which

who

I

speak

is

are busy in the affairs of

agriculture,

or

who

are

true

com

builders

and decorators of houses and public buildings.

But

there are

some who from natural impulsion

have sought more and more of the truths which belong to the rest in

IT.

ONE,

invisible, of the

and those

who

These are willing and anxious

to

devote themselves and their powers constantly to obtaining and attaining, and youth.

The

the

only class distinction

teaching

we

have

of is

founded upon knowledge. has come to pass in a natural fashion that

"It

these thinkers have

other

;

gravitated

toward one an

that they have kept records of observation,

i

OUR STORY

io

experiment and experience; that they are wiser in speech; in in

seen;

mathematics as applied in

alchemy,

astrology,

specially wise in the physics

laws of the unseen.

At

and they are

which embrace the

first

buildings were set

apart for these students and their teachers. city

grew each body

of students had

ing,

now known

temples.

as

Later,

might be "In

tion,

ONE

build

were

in

order

is

ALL

perfect.

the teachings of our Magi, all manifesta

on

back to the

all planes, is referred

for everything obtained

mind dwelling on

make

bol of the

the Great

ONE.

Its

ONE,

and power

and obtainable. this

Thus

thought has striven

in design, in material, in finishing

ing to

the

all

who

as the single central source of strength

the

As

its

gathered into the one great Temple, that the symbolism of the

un

to the

Temple worship

and furnish

a perfected in all its

sym

imagery

and suggestion combines every element for the impressiveness of

mode and

subject,

under

dis-

in

OF ATLANTIS. upon the minds of the student.

cussion

Is

it

any wonder that there has come to us as a na tion a deep-seated veneration for the

name and "It

is

sion of

Omnipotent

laws.

also a fact that

our

Magi

most wonderful powers,

are in posses

in the control of

elemental forces

who

their tasks, not

under confinement, but because

obey their will, coming to

who

obedient to the will and behest of those singly or unitedly for their services.

known

that this

power never

It

is

call

also

will be held except

by Atlantian born people, regardless of the chang ing conditions of the globe. "It

is

also true that a far greater proportion

of our people have attained to the superior light

and knowledge than any other nation upon the earth either in the past or present. less

This

is

doubt

due to the fact that our incarnating egos,

having the right of choice, have again and again sought their

own

spot in which to

people as the most privileged

make advancement during

the

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ii2 lives. "When

these advanced egoes have found their

we

have the spectacle of children born old,

bodies

for the brightness of the last life

is

heavy

them, and the newness of the body does not

ways

act as a defense or shield

ous blaze.

It

is

from

not in each, but

ordinary, detailed development.

is

its

on al

imperi

a matter of

CHAPTER

WE

IX.

have but one basic law throughout called the

golden rule, or preference

the whole country and city. of another before

We

self.

have no

It

is

evils aris

ing out of the action of selfishness, for this con dition tution,

is

the primary result of the fear of desti

either for ourselves or others,

during the position or period of they

who

sometime

earth-life.

Even

are the least advanced understand from

our teaching the true idea of Brotherhood; that

no man, no

man

s

wife, no

man

s

children, can,

under the law, suffer from deprivation of the necessities of

than enough

life.

physical is

He who

has more

held to be always the steward in

trust for

him who temporarily

enough.

But

this does

has

less

than

not relieve from the ne-

OUR STORY cessity for labor, of every individual in the direct

of their ability,

ratio

they are best "In

whatever employment

at

fitted.

the building of our houses, the quarrying

of the stones, the transportation and the fitting all

is

done by elemental

tion of a master, It

is

his

who

force,

is

in

under the direc

charge of a section.

duty to educate them and to see that they

are duly provided for, out of the Astral store house, by the

power given

into his hands.

The

form of government has already been copied from us by a powerful nation in the Northern part of Asia, but because of their situation on the physical plane,

it

is

most

likely they will be

able to retain only the form, spiritual

power which

is

and will

lose the

the foundation and po

tent principle.

The whole

nation

is

linked together by the

master of the families, these are classes,

those

under instruction

who

and

in

groups and

direction

are most competent to teach.

from

These

OF ATLANTIS.

115

teachers are grouped under the masters or

These Magi

of the Temple.

are under the instruction of the

Magi

the

Temple

Most

Ancient,

of

the Seven, the Five and the Three.

So, in the

hands of the Three, mightiest of

human

tellects, rests

as directors

and

Karmic conditions

of

in

the destinies, the prosperity and the

happiness of the whole nation.

them

all

Moreover, upon

arbiters, the responsibility

rested,

as

they were en

gendered by the currents of potency issuing from themselves and returning upon their cycle bore

with thenij whatever had been impressed upon, or mingled with them during their revolvment

among "It

those to

whom

the currents

must be apparent,

to

whom

were

this

sent.

MSS. may

come, that the power of the Unseen, and their application to greatest tians.

man

interest

There

is

s

earth-life are matters of the

and importance

ing

organized

the Atlan-

no temporal power, save as a

symbol of the Manifested. to

to

effort

Everything pertain

originates with,

and

is

n6

OUR STORY

carried forward by the Priesthood of the

Temple, which

represents

over matter of the spirit at

They have

Great

the

dominant power

its

highest and best.

specially in charge the study

and de

velopment of all occult knowledge. "Every

house

independent of

is

Atlantians are Monogamists of one wife.

the one husband

This, experience has demonstrated

to be the best condition for the

We

a strong, spiritual race. races

polygamist

The

itself.

always

development of have

decrease

seen in

that

power,

strength and energy of purpose. "In

Atlantis,

to

be diseased

or crippled

in

body, or to be at the head of a family, in which is

such a member,

people.

Therefore

interest are ditions,

only

to

is

deemed a crime against the all

thought,

all

desire

and

brought to bear upon physical con

through occult and spiritual

make

forces,

not

the nation whole, but whole in

the highest and best sense. "Those

who

are

particularly

gifted

with

OF ATLANTIS. whose

psychic qualities, or

117 have attained

spirits

familiarity with the instrument intrusted to their

hands are trained for the

but in either

Masters or

they are persons to

case,

number

council, advice "For

of

These may or may not have

Guides.

certain

offices

families,

whom

a

of persons or families look for

and guidance.

thousands of years have the

Temple, who give

their

whole time

of the

Magi

to the study

of the Unseen, and lay aside their bodies at their

own

volition, really placed the welfare

and best

good of the people beyond any other consider ation

have no poor. necessary labor generation,

more

The

whatever.

like

nation

They have no is

honorable.

we have the gods

is

inferior class.

Generation

All after

been growing stronger and

come down

have perfect communication

world and each other.

We

to

with

know

the fairest city on this planet, and tent.

They

happy.

earth.

the

We

outside

Atlantis

we

is

are con

CHAPTER

X.

thus far advanced in the descrip

HAVING tion

of the most wonderful

known

to

man, permit me

to quote

words of one who saw what he

the

and graphically describes for you "To

from

so fluently

:

the Northeast of this island Continent

located the

Great Temple,

symbolism. tent,

ever

city

On

and

built both for use

a plateau of

where the gradually

many

rising

to break into the foothills, the

is

acres in ex

ground began

whole surface had

been leveled and paved with some soft material, of

which the Atlantians alone knew the

secret.

This hardened under the action of the sun and atmosphere, until

it

was

like

adamant.

To

the

East, a belt of country reaching to the seacoast,

but

not

on

a

level

with

it,

had

also

been

n9

OF ATLANTIS.

smoothed and paved, so that there was no ob struction to the eye, until

rested

it

on the

far-off

horizon. "Upon

enough

broad expanse of level space, close

this

mountains

to the

mighty arms, stood the ple,

to

be buttressed by their

great, white-walled

Tem

areas for facing the South, and the ample

assemblage.

The

closed courts

the cloisters of the

Temple

and

faced the mountains

Temple

of the North, and thus secured for the

Dwellers the privacy needed for

Masters

the

and student Brotherhoods of the Temple,

were seeking "The

the

first

to

know

and

offices,

who

out of the Silence.

Temple proper

consists of

two

stories,

one consisting of pillars springing from

the rocky foundations of the mountain and sup

porting arches, which in turn, held up immense slabs of stone, the floors of the second story.

the

first floor

there

is

little

On

or no inclosure, but

within the walls of the second story

it

ranged for privacy and quiet thought.

is all

ar

He who

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120

looks over the battlements of the upper story, looks

down about

On

paved court below. the

Temple

feet, into the beautifully

ninety

the East and

West

of

are gardens, groves of trees,

itself,

fountains, running streams of water, domesticated

animals, and flowers of every hue and fragrance.

These are sacred

to the

Temple, but open

to the

people under the surveillance of the caretakers,

except certain reserved spots close to the Temple,

which are for the teachers.

special use of the students

In the northeast section of the

ple building

was

Tem

the great tower and observa

tory, fifty feet in diameter,

landmark and

and

rising

light extending

210

feet,

a

hundreds of miles

and ever a joy-inspirer for the sea-tossed marin ers of the State. "Looking

from the plaza

interior of the ests of

white

ing roof

fills

Temple,

pillars

and

in front,

its

vast recesses,

its

high-lifted over-arch

the spectator with awe.

this feeling lessened

toward the

by the

its

for

Nor was

cleanliness, the con-

OF ATLANTIC

121

tinuous shifting of huge masses of sunlight and

new and

shadow, ever into

the

During

tesquerie.

indescribable

awful

the

services

grosol

emnity evoked was of a character that modified the

whole Atlantian thought and national pur

pose. "The

great tower

was commenced

The

below the surface.

fifteen feet

original trap rock

was

supplemented by a square block of concrete rock,

and upon

this

was

carried

to a total height of

teen.

Upon

a raised dais

.of Holies.

225

up the superstructure

the floor of the

was

the square of

feet,

the secret

Temple

on

at

High

and flashed the Veil of

Isis.

Above, on a level with the upper

chamber of the

resting

chamber of the Holy

Across and through

Festivals, blazed

fif

Forty-five,

and

this,

floor,

still

was

the

above that

the chambers of the Fifteen, the Seven, the Five

and the Three.

In the outer, the

smooth and unpenetrated on

tom

to top.

its

Tower was

surface from bot

It resembled a solid block, chiseled

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122

out of quarries and set on end, so deft was the

workmanship and

so

perfect the jointings and

finish.

the cloisters anJ

"In

the

of

story

rooms

Temple were

the

of

second

apartments for

private study and class instruction. also

the

There were

supplemental apartments, hollowed out of

the neighboring mountains and reached by secret

passages so arranged that whatever should be de

them

posited in held, even

if

as treasuries

would be

securely

buried beneath the surface of the

sea for ages. "Beyond

trees

up

the great plaza,

toward

the

city,

and fountains shaded and beautified clear

to the

This

naked edge of the vast

is

a faint portrayal of that which was

really the culmination

Nation

s

pavement."

and concentration of the

thousands of years of existence and un

folding. "In

all

our Temples, and more especially

in the

Great Temple, the outer courts were but the sim-

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123

from those who have no inspira

pie separation

tion for the inner

In the outermost

and higher.

court, or court of the people,

were always gath

thoughts of their own, and

ered those

who had

who were

undecided as to what direction they

dawn

should take in pursuit of the light slowly ing upon them.

those

court

inner

"The

who have

of

the

far perceived,

so

contained

people

that they are

willing to obligate themselves to carry out cer tain purposes, of

but

little,

whose

except that the farther end

the light of

life,

this court they

it

is

who

seek

must be

natural that they

striving to advance,

through their

is

know

lost in

and the halo of obligation. fitted

ing and preparation for that which

them, so

can

full intent they

who

In

by train

lies

before

linger there,

must do whatever they can

own power

of

assimilation,

by

themselves. "At

is

the

first,

if

the lesson

is

concentration,

their individual concentration.

it

If the lesson

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124 is

passivity,

It

is

it

own

their

is

when one

exactly as

beginning, the voice

is

when some

learning to sing, as a

trained to use

After

culiar function alone. tice,

is

individual passivity.

its

own

this solitary

pe

prac

aptitude has been attained and

a facility of use, then they are

massing of singles for a united

ready effort.

the

for It

must

follow then, that the outer court of the Broth

erhood cannot but lap over into the inner court of the

Temple.

"That

which

is

done singly and alone,

is

ab

solutely necessary for the next step in advance,

which

is

made

in

unison with another or

same way

as musical students are

to be

others, in the

trained by twos and fours for united efforts of action and harmony. "The

shall

question considered in

growth and attainment

plished? "In

What

music

tain key,

we

is

all

be

this

best

is,

how

accom

the basic principle?

say the sounds are set to a cer

and however prolonged the action of the

OF ATLANTIS.

and time will be the same, and

vibrations, the key all

It

the vibrations are aligned.

when

125

the students

come

is

exactly thus,

to act together

occult planes, the vibrations

on the

which they produce

will not, of course, be alike, but they

must chord

;

the parts of one vibration fitting and filling in

with the vibrations of another, so there shall be no jangle. "To

they

get the best results

who

it

is

always best that

are in the outer court of the Brother

hood should be watchful and careful forth

brations sent

lest

the vi

from themselves should be

hastened or intensified or even drag through the thoughtlessness of their "When

own

carelessness.

once unity of action

this matter,

it

is

that the key on

is

attempted in

absolutely necessary to success,

which they

start should

remain

the same. "It

is

easy to see

as anger, or

would

any of

how

intense passions, such

the

disturbing

interfere with the vibrations.

conditions It

would be

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126 like a

chord out of tune

in

a stringed

instru

ment, where, though the strings do not give out the same sounds,

This alignment "It

is

still

they must be in alignment.

the source of all music.

is

not needful that the most intense feel

ings of one

s

nature should be given rein, and

make

lowed

to

those

whom

he

al

disturbance, both for himself and is

contracting.

It

is

also,

on a

small scale, like the sharping and flatting at the

wrong

whereby

points,

changed,

the

the

vibrations

are

harmony broken and discord be

comes perceptible. "It

is

also absolutely necessary that all condi

tions in the outer

which can cause a disturbance

should be held in abeyance,

when one

desires to

concentrate, in order that during a united effort for concentration the

not be marred.

This

harmony and strength is

true of all

shall

work on any

occult line. "It

is

not to be supposed

when two

or

of the Brothers are concentrating, exactly

more the

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127

gone through within the mind

is

That would

The end

be impossible.

each working in sought for can be attained by

own way, with

his

A

not follow because

It does

same thought.

the

does not perform his task

B

exactly as B^does, that

should

set

up a

dis

turbance in the vibration as reflected from A, thus in a measure destroying the effect to be

and

"The

law

second, in

co-operation

produced.

of the

Temple

company with

then,

who

those

alone;

is first,

are seeking

as the Masters of by united force to accomplish,

Destiny, at plish.

fore

times, have been able to

all

Unity of action

we must guard

turb this unity.

is

most important, there

against anything that can dis

If vibrations,

in

their

conditions lay along side by side, and one ened, then the

harmony

tion of the impulse in

is

the length of their

when meeting

accom

is

normal is

hast

destroyed and the ac

to increase the vibrations

wave

force.

We

must,

for united effort, insist that each

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128

become

for themselves, shall ans.

Knowing

we must

cur,

them

guardi

be ever prepared, at once, to put this once,

Thus

stronger to continue. soul

own

that disagreeable things will oc

Having done

aside.

their

we

shall be

the music from our

action will not only affect ourselves, but

s

those about us. "Upon

built the

others

statement of principles has been

this

great

as

law of the Temple:

you would have

Do

unto

them do unto you.

All the teaching and training,

all

the ceremonies

and symbolism of the Temple are founded upon this

law

as the corner-stone of the religion of

Having given

people.

this brief

summary

our

of the

truths, our priesthood have in charge, let us pass

on

to a description

of the

Temple

will take the

more

of

some of the ceremonies

service, and, as

an illustration,

Great Feast of the

New

fully including the whole, than

"The

feast of the

March, consummated

New and

we

Year, as

any other.

Year, on the 2ist of

commemorated

the

OF ATLANTIS. Sun

s

re-birth,

when, out of

129 days

equal

new Spring and Summer began

nights a

and

for the

northern hemisphere, and the promise of seed time and harvest was renewed. "At

this celebration

it

is

expected that every

either family in the kingdom should be present,

personally or represented by

some member of the

All the going and coming of the year

family.

planned with privilege

this

for all

made welcome

in

the

view.

It

is

is

considered a

outlying population to be

in the capital at this time.

The

feast lasts seven days. "Let

me

attempt to describe at length, for no

pen can truly portray

all

the wonders of that

marvelous assemblage, one of the

last feasts

which

took place, ten years before the destruction of

The government and

the city.

people were at

that time in their most perfect unity. "About

three days before the set date of the

feast there could be noticed a little stir of prep

aration

all

over the country.

It

was

a

quiet

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130

movement toward

had

one

If

participation.

been lifted above, so he could have looked upon the continent as

upon a map, there would have

been perceived during these three days, long lines of travelers,

some on

foot,

and others by every

method of conveyance, moving upon the converging

As

lines.

extent of these lines close to the city

to overflowing.

and

the time

and

in all the

there

by

its

tents

in the city itself

who had

filled

When

were spread

from the

tents,

and some of cotton, but

white by a process

known

and never imparted

to

in

not some friend

in

was a new appearance given

of linen

were

the houses

the

gardens,

parks and places of assembly.

reflection

the

grew shorter and the ways

or relative in the city proper. filled,

grew shorter

There were but few people

the outlying country

were

city in

Thus

to the light

which were some all

bleached very

only to the Atlantians

any

other

nationality.

Only on the great plateau of the Temple and the areas of the outer courts, no tents were al-

OF ATLANTIS.

131

lowed, for that space was necessarily kept clear, that there might be

room

for the greater assem

bly. "As

the ceremonies

were

in

commemoration

of

the new-born sun, the hours of assembly were

morning and evening, and

On

meridian height. as the

dawn

the

at the first

moment

day of the

of the feast,

brightened in the East, out of the

early twilight, there could be heard throughout

the whole city a low, muffled sound like the pour

ing of a swift torrent through a smooth bed, and as soon as

it

was

light

enough

to see all the outer

courts and the great plateau of the

be perceived, crowded with those

Temple could

who had

ar

rived to take part in the inauguration ceremo nies.

Their

faces

were turned toward the East,

between whose far horizon and the eyes of the numberless watchers no obstruction intervened. "When

the

moment approaches

for the appear

ance of the Ruler of the Day, a low, sweet har

mony, sounding

in

rythmic change, welled out

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132

upon the

air in slow, restful time

ing tones, from the great

Temple

and far-reach

choir,

who were

gathered in one of the porches of the Temple, so raised as to be seen by all the vast multitude.

As

the sounds of the chant gradually swelled by the voices of the worshippers, in

power and heavier

titude seemed

to

in

volume,

to

who

one

pose.

The

cation

is

all

the vast

mul

sway, under the psychic spell

of this invocation to the

come

became more intense

Sun

;

this

returns to his

symbol of wel

work and pur

minutes move quickly on, the invo

finished, a blast of

trumpets accompany

ing the final note; the orb of day, with tropical

suddenness springs from his bed beneath the

As

his first

beams

tude, they drop

fall

upon

sea.

upon the countless multi their knees.

With bowed

heads, in silent adoration, they ascribe all glory, all

power,

all praise to

that which stands to

as the manifested source of

life,

of

health, of

strength, the ever sleepless eye of the One.

they separate.

The

them

Then

hours are spent in social con-

OF ATLANTIS. verse, or the it is

rest

and quiet until

high noon.

"As

streets

places

Sun approaches

the

and byways,

the meridian, all the

the

all

in

housetops,

all

where there may be a worshipper, behold

face

his

abandonment of

133

moment

At

turned towards the Temple.

the

of meridian altitude, above the highest

pinnacle, a crystal ball, almost as dazzling in brilliancy as the sun itself, shoots up,

few moments

its

and for a

receives the concentrated thought

of all the faithful throughout the city, as the re

minder of the good messenger of the One, the heighth of whose glory in the ple.

evening there

The

is

is

now

perceived.

Tem

ceremonies of the morning are re

peated, with the exception that the song

of farewell

Again,

a convocation at the

;

the multiude facing the

is

West

stead of the East, and the hushing sounds

stringed instruments attend his exit

from

one in

of

the

Western horizon. "These

ceremonies are continued for six days.

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134

There are various other ceremonies which take up the time of portions of the Convocation, between

whole.

assemblies of the

these

lines of

Temple

services,

of the sciences having

There

work and

are

who

are allied in

This em

the great Brotherhood of the Temple.

braced the whole people in

its

ramifications.

not necessary to describe these in

But during

minutiae.

these six days there

always having

The moving

and

talks

from those who were

from

all

after the

ness

waning

the courts of the

The hum

Temple.

so

well

full fountains to the

But

inner souls, eager to be fed.

more,

city,

guides or guards, lec

Temple

qualified to give forth

draws on

was

of a procession through the streets,

a convening of the tures

moving

force at the

It

their

all

continually something taking place in the its

Each

study.

appropriate place and

its

each being developed by those

is

also

as the evening

of the sixth day, once

Temple were thronged.

of conversation dies

grows more and more

away

intense.

as the

dark

OF ATLANTIS. when

"Now,

the

it

have become quite dark,

shall

Temple Choir opens of

song

invocation.

13$

the exercises with the

It

differs

from

all

the

music of the Convocation, hitherto, in key, rythm

and

time.

In this

sound vibrates

was

tians

As

the people join.

ef

perfectly indescribable, for the Atlan-

were

especially celebrated for being sweet

When

singers.

the

swelling cadence, rising and

amongst the echoing mountains, the

falling fect

in

all

the singing

was

finished the chief

upon a Tribune

instructor of the people stood

high raised, and there discoursed of the things

which concerned them most intimately physical life; of whatever they stood

need; of health,

how

the

Sun was

most

the in

and

life

and plenty and peace, the sign and repre

sentative of all good.

Then he

tention to the darkness,

upon them, enforcing

Then

them

to

in

his peroration

"The

darkness

is

rest

was

directed their at

which and

sat so uneasily

inability to

work.

after this fashion:

death and desolation, and

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136

when

thus, in the beginning, the Existent saw,

he said this

Let there

:

word

be,

and there was,

At

light.

millions of lights gleamed out all over

the Temple, inside, outside, even on the highest It stood forth

points.

was only one thing about

glory, for there tricity

one blaze of white marble

the Atlantians do not know, that

elec is

the

point where knowledge lays hold with potency

upon the One,

in its

inmost and supreme integ

rity of existence. "There

are other ceremonies of minor impor

tance, pertaining to the night, but this

most important.

There

are no

sacrifices,

shedding of the blood of animal or tims.

The

is

Atlantians do not believe

human it is

the

no vic

neces

sary to teach destruction or destructive action by

such

sacrifice, in

the burning or destroying of any

living thing, for they say

structive site.

So

and we ought all

man

is

to teach

naturally de

him the oppo

our ceremonies lacked the hideous

shadow of agony and

horror, that will be sure to

OF ATLANTIS. come

if

man

forgets our teachings.

137

But

the great

object lessons served well their purpose in ele

vating the whole people to the same level, and

cementing them into a

common

Brotherhood.

In

the next chapter I will describe as well as I may,

the last great day of the Feast.

CHAPTER XL

of

which

am now

to

speak

concerns the Atlantian nation

when

I

THAT

there

more

beyond,

am

I

edge.

was in

for

it

of

to write unguardedly, but lest there

prosperity

glory,

warned

come power

seemingly

the

with

nothing or knowl

Unseen

not

circumspection,

for mischief, to the

unob

ligated. "In

the olden days,

when

step

by step we had

painfully and laboriously climbed the mountain

heights into the broad blaze of the everlasting truth, the

world lay at our

intellectual

was

and physical

in the earth itself

feet.

status.

That was our Whatever

there

worth having or knowing

OF ATLANTIS. was

our possession

in

and ages of previous

as

the birthright of ages

existence.

we coming

"Furthermore,

139

into

clouded, as the generations to

are not

life

come

will be, by

which will grow thicker and

physical conditions

heavier all along the pathway of the unrolling It will be because,

centuries.

whatsoever there

we

may

having dominated

be of physical workings,

have sought also to master that which

shall

belongs only to the spiritual realm, that

be cut

can

off.

sit in

exist

There

but one God.

is

to explain that

Cause of "In

None

the seat of the uncreated.

by the thought of the Infinite

which

is

we

shall

created

None who

One

can hope

of itself the Existent, the

manifested or unmanifested.

all results

the first part of the development of the

Atlantian nation

all

communication was carried

on by outer sense vibration, even as now. haps the vibrations present.

But

in

were not

Per-

as intense as at the

the latter days they

who

are

instructed are taught by thought transference. "The

education of the young

is

not along the

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140 line of simple

memorizing.

Nor

is

only the

it

unfolding of partially physical senses.

It does

not appeal to material sense for the building of the soul. ditions

We

we

do not hope that out of bodily con

can bring any help to the spiritual.

For we know whatever belongs

to

the line of the physical, rising to

source within

itself

can

rise

and

lies

the

along

highest

no higher than that

point.

More

perfect

form begets weakness and death.

than that, the physical in

can there be anything beyond

this

its

most

How

but weakness

and death? "This

is

one of our axiomatic doctrines.

manifestation

we

In

simply see an exemplification

of that which occurred on the spiritual plane. "In

the days to

come

the professor of

mathe

matics will state an axiom or a proposition, and

then going to the blackboard, and upon

it,

ap

pealing to the sense of sight, will demonstrate in

manifestation the impression he seeks to make, of the secret workings of the force beyond.

If

OF ATLANTIS. he

is

141

a chemist he will bring before his hearers

and out of the unions of these

certain elements,

elements, out of the separation of the conditions,

there will tain,

grow up or manifest

themselves, cer

But

perhaps, startling conditions.

which then takes place ing to prove;

Nor

truth.

it is

is

is

not the truth he

that is

try

simply a demonstration of the

the professor of mathematics try

ing to show you the truth.

He

will simply be

trying to prove that to be true which

he

has

learned from the physical side. "Do

not confound that which

with the manifested.

The

cause, reaching

we

do not

tions,

unmanifested,

unmanifested

cause of everything manifested. exists because the

is

unmanifested

down through

The is

all

way

the

manifested its

primal

the ages.

in these days linger over

or in any

is

So

demonstra

try to prove by simple

festation the existence of the invisible

mani

and un

manifested. "But

the

first

course of training our students

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142 receive

a line of strengthening for their

is

who

If there are those

tality.

men

are so physically

constituted that the machinery of their thought,

the

power by which they could

force outside of themselves,

incompetent, they are of those

who

first

is

treated by the thought

into a healthful condition, as

one of

is

simply

harmony."

days, to us

who

itual conditions

science of

has

come

in these latter

have the pleasure of perusing

manuscript, variously

named

"the

mental science

knowing"

call it

clear-sighted idea, has

and who,

in the

science of truth

what you

will,

is

who was

development of the

manifested the bravery of the old soul.

only to these old souls are

works that of them.

this

science of spir

really a glimpse gotten hold of, by one

is

them up

termed, on the

it is

Really the condition

The knowledge which

It

the

any way unfit or

in

are about them, to bring

physical plane.

of

receive

will stir every It

is,

man

s

intrusted

the

heart that hears

however, by standing before the

OF ATLANTIS.

143

world and demonstrating for years and that

which

is

the germ-cell of a most wonderful

knowledge, the unfolding along spiritual lines

years,

and

invisible

can be accomplished.

But

must

I

not forget to state that the privilege of giving out these truths, so that they can be understood belongs to the Atlantian-born. If

these stand in their places to-day

clare their personal

that truth

is

and

afterwards.

it

thick

That

have put forth

So what

to be truth, until

recognized, they have done for

selves a service

clouds

knowledge

not

whether

darkness

may

inclose

w ill

we know

Those who united

them

stand forever and forever. as

an occasional matter

of

was a thing

Old

Atlantians.

for the purpose of increasing

mated themselves

knowledge belonging

those days.

the

portion of the truth which they r

of every-day occurrence with the

best

them

matters

healing after a miraculous fashion

the race

and de

Thus mated,

first,

to it

according to the

the astrologers of rarely happened as

144

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one of our poets hath sung: ished, sent before

my

time into

world, scarce half-made

one born of woman. this

kind appeared,

on the mental plane.

"Deformed,

up,"

was the

When it

was

this

unfin

breathing fate of

any

any unripeness of

treated

successfully

CHAPTER XII.

students

came together

in classes, or

THE

small assemblies to hear and the

learn of

The Wise Ones

Wise Ones.

did

not undertake to talk to the outer physical senses as I

am

talking to you

to-day,

but

through

more vigorous and per

thought-transference, that

meating condition, which some day, some of you will perceive and

know, and

so largely Atlantian, will session of. to be

this

come

Not only could

whole nation,

into the full pos

the subject intended

taught be fully and completely received, but

with more intensity and a broader wave action on the plane of

intellect,

than you

now

receive.

Suppose, as has been said to you, in this day,

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146

we

while

listened

sit

still

a

it

delightedly,

to give to a class of students,

were

possible

by asking them to

few moments, a demonstration of the

vibrations of color, sound or other sensed vibra tion, that lies just

and you to

you

:

If I, as a professor,

beyond.

as a class, sit listening eagerly, "Sit

for a

still

consciousness and

and

I say

moment, turn inward your

perceive,"

then I could by the

force of thought directed by

my own

mentality

make

visible to

mony

that always does, and must, attend the in

how much

ner vision

much

you the quiet, the peace, the har

better

which

I

it

would save; how

you would remember

when you have brains the

time

to

words

own

symbolyzing

the

vibrations

poorly convey to you, and which no two

This was our

alike.

exactly

intellectually exceptional

and

bril

mental training.

Whoever was

know

than now,

formulate within your

of you can conceive or perceive

liant

it,

of all

particularly bright, desirous to

truth,

whose eyes turning

to

the

OF ATLANTIS. white tower, lifting

great,

14?

itself aloft

shadow they might learn more

its

were always sure

these things,

When

portunity.

the gateway

some

that

Temple, wished within themselves day within

above our

this

to

of

have the op

eventful time

came and

was opened wide, there came

also

the obligation for fulfilling even as the obliga tions

come

to-day.

That which

a master of the later day said

new commandment one

another,"

was

the

the inspiration, the

There must be

Temple.

ten,

you

who

tice all the

this latter

taught

perfect unity,

another.

day had never forgot

have remembered and put

commandments

thought

who

perfect harmony, perfect love for one

Oh, that you of

"A

give I unto you, that ye love

and the most intense dictum of those in

:

of the

in

"dreadful

prac ten,"

concerning the physical, would only recall and practice the Eleventh.

Then

needed

would come.

in the visible life

Seek ye

first

all

that could be

the knowledge and potency of the

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148

Unseen

in

come

you knowledge of

to

the realm of

Truth and all

there

will

The knowl

else."

edge of the physical cannot be so very much. lies

few

along the contemplation of a

not so

foundamental

principles.

make gold

might be considered.

to

difficult

come

as

It

is

simple,

difficult to

It

is

not so

do various other things which have

to our knowledge.

Every

you have

step

climbed along the way, which seemed so cult at

its

It

first

contemplation, after

it

diffi

has been

accomplished, grew easier with the added knowl edge.

Our

records in stone, contained in the great

treasury of the waters, hold embodied tal principles as established truths,

fundamen

which many

earnest souls groping in search along the higher lines to

discover,

lives to

know.

will

come

would give years

Some

of their

of these, sooner or later,

into knowledge.

Those willing

vance, to expend the time necessary, to sacrifices

own

to

make

ad the

and take upon themselves the obliga-

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tion

who

rest

149

upon the consciences of

all

are admitted to participation in the truths

world-wide

in the scope of their action, are

didates for

knowing and understanding.

will certainly advance beyond

can

They

three-fold

the

gates into the great mysteries.

That which belonged

to the Atlantians as a

nation intellectually and morally of all knowledge, except that

the origin and

One

of

whom

I

life.

the control

which belonged

to

This concerns the

alone.

Some days, I

that

power

was

lies

of you

now

knew

perceive as

as

men

women.

behind each one of you

in the olden

But is

the spirit

the same; the

perception that looks out of the eyes

is

the same

perception that looked out of the body or dress

you wore then, thousands of years ago. you of

this

Oh,

if

day and generation could only un

derstand and perceive the treachery of the physi cal embrace, cal

is

how

the

enwrapping

into the physi

only a manifestation for the processes of ac-

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complishment.

If the experiences can

through the body of a man, object of the

coming back

it

come only

takes that.

into the lives can only

be accomplished through the body of a it

accepts that, with

rible

modicum

burdens of pain and

planes.

Ego

its

is

The body everything.

is

If the

mad

nothing!

of joy

agony

The

woman, and

on

ter all

soul of the

CHAPTER

was a doctrine

IT body

XIII.

of the Atlantians that the

of the physical

which enwraps

us,

adapted to the need of the Ego holding

is

it,

as a manifestation of the processes of accomplish

ment.

If the ego

not accomplish

its

coming back

own

unfolding, save through

some particular experience, ticular experience,

From

if

it

into the lives can

is

it

compasses that par

within

its possibilities.

age to age, from generation to generation,

that which stands behind

That which overshadows vine Existence,

is

all,

is

all is

one with the

ever the same.

a part of the

One

Di

a part of

the Divine Existence, indivisible and always the

same.

This was the primary knowledge, taught

first in

the forests, amid the rocks and mountains;

and afterwards

in the

these mountains.

It

Great Temple builded into

must be remembered that

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much

of the

work done

in the

Temple was

accomplished by the control of the elements or elemental forces, which the Brotherhood under stood and exercised even in those far off days, for the lightening of the toil

of

the

physical.

This, you in this day and generation have some

what

But

recovered.

instead of saying to the

force universal, do this,

of

it,

and bring

These

it

you chain some portion

under

limitations act for you,

day and night.

And

so,

of

form.

tirelessly

toiling

limitation

there does not

come out

of the surrounding conditions and vibrations the

reacting powers and forces which generally tend to the physical retarding of any great building

or other

work

made up

of the groans and

toil in

of importance, because they are

moans of those who

the physical body to accomplish.

When

elemental force builds,

cause of

its

retard.

In no sense

forcefulness,

or reparation.

is

There

builds

it

and there

is

be

nothing to

there anything for regret are no tears, there are no

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work.

It

It

clean.

is

man

set in

motion and

di

in the

po

which originates

rected by the force

tency of

is

the created,

who

whole

the

blood marks anywhere throughout

thus becomes a

connecting link with the potency of the

One who

manifested as the Universe.

In the northeastern part of the Continent was a group of

reached far the

soil.

down

These

mountains.

rocky

rocks

beneath the ordinary level of

They seem

to

have been buttressed up,

earth apparently from the very center of the self,

but that

future events.

enough

was

it

But

to hold tons

whatever shape So, first

it

in

not

so,

appeared by

it

the

any event they were strong

upon tons of

piled

up rock

in

might appear.

the rocks were cut

down

to a level,

and a huge plaza was thus cleared from

east to

the rising west, in such a fashion that both

and

the setting sun could be seen from any part there of.

Also, the

North Star and

the

Southern

be seen Cross, each low in the heavens could

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154

by anyone standing upon the Plaza.

The human

view was unobstructed from horizon so far as the

to horizon,

power of the eye could

This plaza was ample enough to hold fines every single

at It

one is

time.

It

wonderful

one acre,

if

member

penetrate. in its

con

of the Atlantian nation

was many

how many

acres in

extent.

people can stand on

they are only harmonious.

This great plaza was necessary for the Con vocations,

people

and the yearly ceremonies when

went up

to the

Temple

all

the

to receive guid

ance and instruction for the coming year.

This

Convocation was always at the time of the Ver nal Equinox

when renewed impetus comes both

to the vegetable

Thus

and the animal.

the mountains partly cut

space also for the facade which

of the

from the

this excavation additional structures

added from time

to time, to

Temple Colony.

left

was tunneled

for the interior of the building

and to

down,

meet the

That

is,

into

front,

were

necessities

wings were

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and additional

155

stories added,

all

The rooms

gard to the symmetry of the whole.

and colonnades

all

the whole, which ple Staff,

At

yielded to the unification of

was the education of the

Tem

and through them of the whole people.

the northeast corner, as I

have

mentioned, on the foundations of reaching far

down

into the earth,

story after story a tower,

was

with re

upon

already

solid

rock,

was builded tower

this

s

top

located the tallest observatory that has ever

known

been

in the world.

There, they

were wise, and who were considered

who

best, after

having passed triumphantly through the intrica cies,

the education and unfolding of the lower de

grees,

kept constant

this tower, at its

ward and watch.

lower part,

proceeded

over the great area, the wall of the closing the

Temple

Out

of

forth

Temple

in

Great Hall of Convocation, and the

proper, and from the

the bottom of the tower,

Holy

of Holies at

Light, Strength and

Force, at times of Convocation, streamed forth

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156

as the result of the united

of the Three,

power

But

Five, Seven, Fifteen and Forty-five.

let

us

turn to a fuller description of the tower. "The

tower was

22^

feet in

highest point of the coping.

hewn

It

was

of

built

stone in the shape of the trunk of a tree,

large at

its

ameter, half

growing a

base,

way

smaller in di

little

and then widening again.

up,

model from nature, was considered the

"This

strongest form. nicely cut in

diameter at the

and

The

stones, as I

have

laid in a peculiar cement,

the southern part of the Continent,

once hardened was as firm as the rock the tower bore itself aloft, as

if it

were

said,

found

which

itself.

were one

So

solid

stone.

Over

the top, at the distance of ten feet from

the floor at the coping

was

of glass, and

was a

more than

spherical dome. that,

it

It

was made

of a single piece, as transparent as water itself.

Through ies

this all the

motions of the heavenly bod

could be seen and minuted from convenient

OF ATLANTIS. chamber

points of observation, in the

The

and when

figures,

wise

was

floor of the hall

may

of mosaic,

shall reappear,

it

which

lar disc that

date, its object

its

was

it

At one edge

of

there

was

set in the

was movable

"holy

was another

of

holies,"

"holy

of

highest person of the the Superior

ferior

Wisdom.

spread to protect linen,

who

is

he

woven

and the pur

wall a circu

who knew to the

the secret

Three, one

constantly on duty, in attendance of this

was

it

There Hall

the symbol of the

"Superior Wisdom."

Wisdom and Over

Temple.

in the great

holies"

of Convocation, but that

was

in

at the time of the en

This was known only

whom was

on the

wrought

dedicated.

trance or departure, for him spring.

below.

read in this a history of the founding

of the temple,

poses to

157

the other the In

this floor so tasselated

from

was

injury, a carpet of heavy

so closely that

it

was almost im

pervious to impressions from without upon

The

One

it.

usual wear and tear of things earthly, did

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in the least.

it

upon the whole

surface of this

This was stretched

Upon

floor.

was drawn a

drawn

joined

each

other

at

per

which and

distant

Through

from the

these

were

the intersecting equilateral triangles and

the six-pointed star. scribed circles

of the Three.

the

this

their circumferences,

center of the great circle.

was a

Within

three other circles,

whose centers were each equally

drawn

whole

circle of the

circumference of the chamber. iphery were

the upper

In the center of these in

was placed a

seat,

one for each

In the center of the great

circle

tripod holding a censor, in which burned

Eternal Fire.

In their invocations, when

they were reaching out to conquer in the invisible,

it

new

territory

was absolutely necessary

that

the potency of the

Three should be embodied

the outer circle.

Co-ordinate with

the potency of each ticular circle, while sential should be

must guard

his

from the center

this

effort,

own it

in

was

par es

wafted into space, the potency

OF ATLANTIS. which could

call

These were

and conquer.

used upon especial occasions.

159

These

vigils

all

were

nightly and daily and the record of their observa

were carefully

tions

kept.

These three were

wise men, for they had risen step by step from

knowledge of earthly things and

the

vironments all

to a point

that could or

lantis,

but to

They had furnishings

all

their en

where they could perceive

would happen, not only

to

At

the remainder of this planet.

also attained the point

were not necessary

where other

for their assist

ance, for in the perception of the Divine Birth right, they declared themselves

one with the All

Potency, and so acted, so demanded and so per ceived.

This perception

of station,

was

finally

which conjoined

engendered pride

to their

the cause of their overthrow.

knowledge,

CHAPTER

XIV.

considering the remaining secret

IN

let us

remember that

all

Chambers

knowledge comes

from the home of the Great Gods

where everything

lence

Between the

was

Five,

of

which

that

si

is.

station of the

Three

and

the

a heavy floor of masonry, each stone fitted

into all the others, even as one

piece of solid rock

Had

rock.

is,

the

it

all

is

fitted into its

been one piece

surrounding it

could not

have been more lasting nor more compact.

The

arch of the lower chamber was like the arch of the

upper chamber.

From

the

highest

cavity of the lower ceiling to the floor of

con the

upper chamber was three and eight-tenths feet of solid

masonry.

rested

The

arch of the lower chamber

upon or sprang from

walls of the circular chamber.

five

pillars

in

the

Between each of

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161

was

these a single piece of marble

set,

polished

One was

to the highest possible point.

white,

one was black, one was white, one was black and

Between the two white ones

one was white.

of burnished gold, the art of pre

was a band

re paring which, after being lost for ages, was

covered again in Etruria, whose wondrous mas terpieces are the

time.

marvel and glory of the present

It glittered

and shone,

can respond to the artizan ble mirrors

as only that

These mar

hand.

s

were turned towards the

slight angle,

and

in

them could be

the pages of an open book,

all

metal

earth, at a seen,

as

in

things that were

happening, had happened or were about to hap pen.

That

these had

is

to say,

become

Whoever knew

know

by the art of the Wise Ones,

reflectors of the Astral Books.

the cipher could

the cipher they

must be able

and no person could be in

the Five,

fest this

who under

power

read,

eligible

to

but

to perceive,

membership

training did not

of perception.

When

to

mani

the love of

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1 62

learning and the desire for understanding had

given him the

rudiments of the cipher, he

first

was transferred

hither.

as

Then,

in a vision,

if

he was allowed to give proof whether he could see

and

whence he came

for further training,

was

peared the gift

It

to

him was

his as if

me

it

ap

he had

to say that the Five

were rapid and accurate readers their wills sought to

good was perceived

which was

evil

black mirrors. greatest

if

it.

not necessary for

is

returned

If not, then only that

his.

which had happened dreamed

was

If he failed he

read.

know.

in the

of

whatever

That which was

white mirrors.

or obstructive

was

seen in the

So long as Atlantis was

power and

ber maintained as

I

glory, so long

have described

That

was it.

the

in

its

num

But dur

ing the last twenty-five years of the existence of the

Temple

in the city, the

odd mirror

white had clouded over in a singular

in the

fashion,

growing darker and darker, until the final de-

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163

and to-day, under the waters there are

three black and

two white mirrors; but when

the hour of redemption shall have struck, stain will be

more there

and two black mir

In the records of the past, written on the

rors.

floor of the

ecy:

Once

wiped away from the white.

will be three white

the

upper chamber, there was

"When

struction

this

proph

the three are all black, swift de

cometh

to

the

Temple and

the

peo-

pie."

This had been well known by those whose bition should things,

have led to

higher

and although they wondered

tinuous change for the worse, their

minds become by

so

and

am

better

at the

con

clouded had

their selfish ambitions that

no notice was taken of the dreadful warning.

Although the chamber was

and

there

were neither windows nor doors,

there

were

means of ventilation by which fresh

air

veyed into and out of

this

solid

was con

apparent tomb.

means of entrance were the same

The

as those of the

1

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64

upper chamber.

Although no aperture communi

cated with the sunlight, yet apparently the light

from the great dome overhead, passed through the solid masonry, as though

it

were

ever could be seen by the light

chamber, with

its

magnificent

glass.

What

the

in

dome

upper

of crystal,

could just as easily be seen in the chamber of the

On

Five.

extremely

the floor of this

fine,

chamber

also

mosaic record of the nation, and of

Over

the occult happenings to the same.

was a carpet and a

circle

thirteen

of the

same material

this

this

as that above,

twenty-two and eight-tenths

Within

diameter.

was an

feet in

was drawn a pentagon,

and eight-tenths

feet

on a

From

side.

the center of each side of the pentagon

to

the

point of contact with the circle, a semi-circle

was

drawn. circle

In the center of the circle was a smaller

touching

all

the semi-circles,

eight-tenths feet in diameter. circles

intersected

resembling

elipses.

Where

four

and

these semi

each other were four figures

At

the point

corresponding

OF ATLANTIS.

the point farthest from the center,

to the focus

was

the station of

him who

when you draw

see

was

the sustaining

officiated.

these lines

power

of each

great circle of the environment. ited,

165

supported and sustained.

how

You

will

intimately

bounded by the All were lim

In the inner, the

smaller circle representing with the center,

power

of the

One was

semi-circle of each,

the

reached and held by the

and each was supported

in

turn by that of his brother, next to him, on the left,

cle

and by

his

own

power, until the whole

was completed.

Here

the

triangle has

become the pentagon

and the symbol of the intimate

who

are brothers

pletely.

day

cir

is

was

relations of those

carried out fully and

com

All the civilization the world boasts to the result of the vibrations set in motion

within this noted tower of the Atlantians.

Between the

divisions of the

Three and

Five were three feet of solid masonry.

was arched

as

The

the

roof

the heavens seem to be arched,

1

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66

and

this

arch was lined with an alloy of silver,

gold and copper, an alloy which the citizens of the world to-day

would give much

to be able to

imitate. It

was polished

but strange to

to the highest degree of finish,

say,

it

did not reflect a single thing

taking place in the chamber. in its place

by seven pilasters

one of gold, one of

silver,

:

It

was supported

One

of orichalcum,

one of lead, one of

tin,

one of copper and one of platinum.

This was used instead

of quicksilver, because

the quicksilver could not be retained in place nor

form, and the platinum plate of platinum at

was

its

its

base,

On

the

was engraved

the

opposite.

proportions of the alloy used in this great con cavity.

There were always sounds emanating from Sometimes they were

sweet

and

harmonious,

sometimes sonorous and turbulent; for reflect

anything within the chamber.

reflector of the nation s sounds,

it.

and of

it

did not

It all

was a those

OF ATLANTIS. with

whom

with

all

they had dealings.

the planets, and

it

make sound produce

that in one

So you

color also.

in the

fact

same vibrations

chamber attention was

working of the One

touch

in

also reflected the

colors of the sounds, because the

that

was

was a curious

it

that in reflecting the sounds

It

167

see

called to the

Heavens, and in the

next chamber could be perceived the operations of

man

s

chamber

thought on the Astral plane, and

scribe, the study in

its

we

of the Seven,

first

was

are

now

about to de

of the manifesting of thought

Thus

potency.

in

each

grade,

proaching nearer and nearer to those to

who

they ministered, and first

in the

ap

whom

should have been their

care always, and above everything else their

supreme concern.

This chamber meated by the

no obstruction.

also,

light

like the others,

was per

which knows and recognizes

The

light

quality and quantity as that

permost chamber, and

it

was of equal volume, which lighted the up

had the same peculiarity

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168

and giving

of penetrating

distinct view.

It per

vaded the whole chamber, without having any

Upon

visible source.

this floor also

in mosaic, as in the other

of the history

was written

chambers, a continuance

and progress of the nation and the

city.

Over

this,

too,

was

chambers, the carpet. circle of circle

spread, as in the

Upon

this carpet

other

was a

twenty-one feet in diameter. Within

was

described a heptagon, to the

were drawn

radii,

this

center

thus making each side of the

heptagon the base of a triangle of which the two radii

were the other two

these triangles

each of the

was

was

sides.

sides.

Within each

inscribed a circle,

The

of

touching

center of these circles

the station of one of the Seven.

In operat

ing they might look to the center or the circum ference, or to each alternately.

was done was always with

But whatever

the utmost

harmony

and unity of potency.

There

is still

one more chamber of potent

ef-

OF ATLANTIS. that

fort,

the

Chamber

of the fifteen.

of the

forty-five

was more

is

Chamber

169

school of training than a laboratory force.

The

was seven

In the center

rising above the roof of the

was

that of a

of

thickness of the separating

feet.

occult

masonry

presented a square

it

Within

Temple.

room with the

a square

The

it

sides facing each of

the points of the compass.

Circular windows,

one each, pierced the walls of the four

sides.

The

one on the east was red, the one on the west was blue, the south

The

floor

was yellow, and

was

of a material

and the

laid in tiles,

tiles

were

which generations of wear could

And upon

not destroy.

the north, white.

these

was a

lesson

which

contained absolutely, from beginning to end, the knowledge that

man would

ever need or could

The

expect to attain upon the earth.

might read standing,

if

it

partially.

To

all

wisest

those lacking under

they could decipher,

it

was

still

a

.mystery and foolishness.

This may seem impossible, but

it is

true never-

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170

when man

theless,

the One, find the

will not be such a difficult task to

it

way

to the source

and origin of

and perplexes him on the

mystifies

come from

learns that all rays

all

earth.

that It

is

because he believes there are many, and that the

shadows and changing

are of the es

illusions

sence and quality of the real, that he diffuses his

power and In seats,

arch. foci

this

baffles his

own

inquiries.

in a semi-elipse

Chamber,

were

fifteen

seven on each side of the keystone of the

The

was

roof

was

also square.

a crystal globe,

emanated.

In one of the

from which

In the hours of rest

it

light always

was

necessary.

In the hours of day, light from the outer per

The

meated the room.

way from port,

floor

to

crystal globe

ceiling

without

hung mid

visible sup

swaying gently with the movements of the

thought currents about

it.

In the other focus

of this semi-elipse three brazen

ported on their aloft in their

tails

serpents,

sup

and rearing upwards, held

mouths a censer

in

which burned

OF ATLANTIS. the perpetual

During

fire.

the time of sessions, incense and per

fumes fed by

invisible hands,

fects to those

ance.

It

171

was

brought peculiar

ef

waiting for instruction and guid

who were

here, those

fitted, after

training in the school of the forty-five and wait ing,

were

for admisssion

selected

and

tion for further training

under obliga If they

practice.

kept their obligation they then might sometime

hope for promotion. If they did not keep their obligation then they fell

back.

There

going on in

this

w as r

always more or

chamber

Seven, Five and Three.

know

change

From

Nor were

they allowed

of the powers beyond them, except they

occupied the chair of the Elder Brother,

was

their appointed leader

were considered

Temple

the people, and

as persons of authority

Dwellers.

who

and guide.

They came and went amongst

the

these

from the whole nation, came the

Fifteen, culled

to

of trial.

less

They

were but

amongst little

re-

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moved from

the forces lying below them, which

they utterly and entirely controlled for the pur

pose of massing and using them for concentrated

power.

This chamber rested upon the massive walls of the Forty-five by a ponderous spherical edges

met the

arch,

whose

solid rock, the buttressed

foundation of the world, seemingly uplifted for the very purpose of this support.

Beneath the five

floor of the

was hewn out

the

chamber

"Holy

Great Hall of Convocation,

of

of the Forty-

Holies"

of the

so that the mysteries

intended and desired to be communicated, could

be

made manifest

to the people at

times and seasons.

come

the

stated

This was the ultimate out

of all this interlinking of organization.

The chamber by twenty-five feet thick.

of the Forty-five feet,

Within

was twenty-five

and the walls were twelve this wall,

impervious to sound

or impression from without, the students of this

degree met.

The chamber was

so arranged,

with

OF ATLANTIS. its

lofty,

arched roof and solid floor

woods brought from

all

They who were

sitting,

pounded

finest

were

fully met.

sometimes for a shorter

time, sometimes for days that

seemed but hours,

was

enchantedly to that which to them.

of

quarters of the earth,

that the conditions of pure air

listened

173

There was no lack

pro

of under

standing from crudeness or from any disarrange

ment peace,

of the physical conditions of

which

all

men must

highest point of perception.

have,

harmony and to be at the

CHAPTER XV.

sitting, the Forty-five

THUS

in four

rows of

arranged

seats,

were arranged

eleven in each row,

eliptically, facing a raised dais,

on which sat the Elder Brother, during the hours of instruction.

The rows

of seats

were

raised

one behind the other, and thus gave perfect and unobstructed liberty of sight and perception to

who

the Brothers

sat

upon them

There was always

their ages.

in the

close to the seat

of the Elder Brother, another seat, to

empty always

Elder Brother from the Invisible, as

from

ing in touch

this,

who

filled

as

by an

a mentor

an influencer of the Elder Brother

of the visible, to receive either

and

personal sense; to those

could see on the psychic plane was

and guide,

order of

his

whatever might be given

own knowledge,

more

com

or by his

readily with the invisible

;

thus

OF ATLANTIS.

175

receiving out of the realms of the Invisible that

which was needed

for instruction

on any and

all

of the mortal-touched planes.

A wall,

narrow

staircase

which

led to the

was arranged

chamber of the

and a sliding door, opening of those

who knew,

This chamber was

in the thick

Forty-five,

touch

to the lightest

admitted into the chamber.

ceiled

and floored

top

sides,

and bottom, with wood they obtained from the country, to be

known

in the later days as

America, but then a large island.

It

South

was

of a

peculiar hardness, dark red in color, and suscep tible of the

most

was

so well

one

piece.

brilliant

fitted

together that

They who were

trolled the elemental force,

persistently

was

and

set to do.

appeared as there

and lasting

was no

if

it

It

polish.

seemed

like

the builders con

which was able

to

do

manner, whatever

it

So when the door was closed,

it

in the finest

they were in a shell from which

possible escape.

There was no dan

ger from any outer accident, except possibly an

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176

But

earthquake.

for

many hundred

no

years

For many years

earthquake had occurred.

come none was predicted by even the wisest trologers of the

to as

The doorway by which

Temple.

they entered was in the open end of the oval upon

which the

were placed.

seats

Within the whole

chamber, at distances far enough to protect the sight of those

who were

instruction,

receiving

from any bewilderment by the

light,

What

emanating brilliancy were placed. points of light

men

were composed

in the days to

of their lives to

of,

points of these

hundreds of

come, will give several years

know, and never be able

to find

out.

Before these facts shall have again come into the possession of men, there will have been those

who

have come to the place where their

will

hands have

laid,

and so covet. invisible

almost upon the thing they crave

These

torch-bearers,

lights,

held as

it

were by

could be perfectly

sta

tionary for any length of time, or they could be

OF ATLANTIS. moved

as there

diffusing that

At

177

necessity for concentrating or

was

which they gave

forth.

view of the whole number,

times, in full

would come up something acting

as a reflector of

thought action and picturing either the Past or

This great transparent blackboard,

the Future.

so to speak, so

am

you may understand just what

trying to say, held

to dissolve

under the will of those

and while one could

structing,

was an impermeable through stoutly

itself in place,

it;

barrier

see to

or seemed

who were through

any

While

there

such force that

though

invisible.

large enough to rising

up

as

it

it,

of

was

served as an obstruction,

Upon fill

the

it

more

was nothing

that appealed to the sense of sight, there

in

passage

no thick bar of brass could

resist.

I

it

still

al

this clear sheet, of size

whole twenty-five

feet,

might be necessary, for the accom

modation of whatever was thrown upon of the mental conditions of those

der the law set up by those

who

who

it,

out

taught un

in the highest

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178

Chamber

of the

Temple, watched and waited

through the Centuries.

So

the times of in

in

struction, the Elder Brother detailed whatsoever

should come to him out of his

own

mentality, or

should be given him out of the records of the Past, or out of that

which should be the

of sequence, in the Future.

demonstrated upon

this

At

the same time he

invisible screen,

as he described, both as to

result

exactly

what had already oc

curred, or might take place.

Did he

desire to

unfold a line of sequence, then as he talked of the sequence in a particular way, the

whole com

pany would

were

see that all the sequences

that everything

One

moved forward on

Creative Thought, in perfect harmony for

accomplishment of

The

alike;

the line of the

all

events in

manifestation.

things that seemed to happen

were due

to

the perception of the investigator, and to the non-

manifestation at the same time of the peculiari ties

appearing in the individual through which

cognizance was made.

S* But

179

Minute by

us describe one session:

let

minute, there have been persons coming through the door into the chamber, which

close

at

enough for perception, except

clear

range.

and without speaking, come

quietly

forward each

held in the

pleasant twilight, not

softness of a dim,

They have

is

to the seats,

where they have

evi

dently been assigned, then, sitting, have restfully

waited

have

all

tion

was

where the square

held, thus

showing

passed on, and

There was not a as

of defonstra-

came

as they

was nothing between them and

They have

they

in,

from the door of entrance

advanced

across the space

In coming

and peace.

in silence

in,

there

their seats.

all

are

now

seated.

Such a thing

single absentee.

absenteeism or tardiness in the workings of

the Great

knew

Temple was unknown.

the wonderful

power

of

BROKEN ACTION. The hour

Too

well they

CONTINUOUS,

strikes

UN

from a sonor

ously-toned bell, semingly in the center of the

room.

To

the personal sense, no bell

is

visible.

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i8o It

might seem strange that we Atlantians had

any idea of measuring time, but

membered

there

that will ever be

is

known nothing ;

those,

were not only eager

eager for knowledge,

We

had perceived and

human knowledge.

received all

the hour strikes in the

scribed,

re

that the world

was not received by

to understand, but to use.

As

must be

nothing not known; nothing

will ever receive, that

who,

it

the

forty-four

manner

I

have de

and the Elder Brother

looking up, perceived a form dim and misty in outline, has filled the chair of the presiding in

structor.

which their

Sitting in the position of meditation,

in the later times the

Temple work, and

their books of stone,

Egyptians copied in

left

us on record, on

they concentrate on

the

thought of unity.

There were

three points

upon which they con

centrated in succession: Unity,

Love,

for

these

fested, so they

Harmony

three constitute

who were

the

and

Unmani-

in the Forty-five

were

OF ATLANTIS. When

taught.

181

the quickening of the Invisible

within themselves had become exalted, at a sign

from the Elder Brother, they stood, and making a sign that

is

recognized by both the visible and

the invisible, repeated selves potency, force

bration.

them

words having of

and intense harmonious

vi

These words were reinforced by other

vibrations resembling the rolling sound of a great v

It

organ.

was a reverberation

partly

reflected

and partly responsive, out of the Invisible by

which they received answer, and thus

the sense and condition of desire,

into

unified

most perfect form for whatever might and

in its

could be given them. I

became

am

speaking,

On

this night of

the Elder Brother

which

commenced

describing the possibilities of unfolding in all

who

were present; of the unfolding of the Earth condition; of the things that in the

way

s

would bear down

of clouds and darkness; of limitation,

obstruction and opposition, and as he described, step

by

step,

that

which might come under

cer-

1

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82

tain circumstances, the screen of almost invisible

material quivered and

shimmmered

with

the

those

who

perceived with only the physical eye, there

was

lights

and shades passing over

only a dancing of lurid

come

into

more

sible to perceive,

To

it.

To

fires.

each

perfect condition,

it

who had was pos

not only the play of the light,

but the varying colors and forms which lay be hind the colors, not only upon the pictures of the scenes, but

upon the scenes themselves.

ture presented itself as the Eternal

The Fu

Now.

One

of the Forty-five, looking forward, not dreaming that all that seemed to occur, in

was about

to

come

the close Future, hardly attempting to esti

mate

time,

Wisdom,

saw

then,

for the Ages,

how

the Brotherhood of

might

find itself for a time

unrepresented upon the earth ligations

;

but,

under the ob

which make the members of the Broth

erhood acting, living members, whether living or dead, so the membership in the invisible sought, desired and brought about the

remanifestation

OF ATLANTIS. and rehabilitation.

made and trated

went

new

183

and

All the signs

were

desired to be emphasized,

upon our

on, in that

And

screen.

which was

recreation, so to speak,

points illus

thus, as the time

dawn

to be the

we

of a

perceived certain

gatherings of the far Future were also being pic

tured upon the scren. for

it

seemed, as the

I

remember

memory comes

it

to

all

me

well,

out of

was some responding condition

the Past, there

within myself, not only did

I see it

and

feel

it,

as

regarding myself, but that others would then

come

into

help

would

as

it

at

that time,

recall the

whose presence and

now, but

ancient days, and they

to be

would

known

testify

then

to the

truth of the then pictured.

cannot

I

tell

you fully of

all

the drapings and

decorations and precious metals this

chamber, but you

may imagine

nothing was spared to make in

that

it

a

adorned

for yourselves fit

place,

both

the conditions of the visible and in the po

tencies of the invisible,

drawn from

all

over the

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1 84

world for the inculcating

in

strongest, the truth of that

They who now

verified.

its

and

fullest

which will be

in life,

know

its

fully

not only

of the lower, but also of the higher, thus per ceive the apparently futile in

for

to fulfill in the

Thus

through the sense of

or by thought transference. used, the vibrations

plainly visible to the sense to

addressed.

made themselves which they were

which the thought was projected.

at all times,

during a sessison of the Forty-

there were shadows

more or

in outline, playing over this

the

Whichever

Their vividness depended upon the

intensity with

When

move on

the lessons given to the Forty-five were

method was

five,

All

to be accomplished.

either in voiced vibration,

But

it.

completed outline, whatever was

and designed

sight,

respects has

governing, impelling force, the strength

its

and power of the ages behind

set

many

instructions

Three the play

less

distinct

wonderful spectrum.

were being received from of forms

and colors

were

OF ATLANTIS.

18$

something that has never been seen elsewhere in the whole world.

The

reflections then obtained

have really so impinged upon the Great Astral

Record that the works accomplished have become mighty influences upon the Globe. of

what

Temple thought and

become supremely dominant

the world. will

record

these denizens of the secret chambers of

the Great to

The

As

did,

is

one day

in the affairs of

the cycle rises to completion,

it

He who

is

become more and more potent.

wise and able, has thus given some outline.

CHAPTER

XVI.

tried thus far to give

you a descrip

1HAVEof the Great Temple of Atlantis and tion

Tower

of the

of the world.

by any means after

its

that

was one

That which was all;

even as the

kind above the earth,

largest nor

of the

wonders

in sight

was not

tree, is

bearing fruit

by no means the

most important part of the organic

development.

The

organs of growth and trans

mutation are hidden from the curious eyes of the idle.

So

we

have in the mid-heavens the angels

and

spirits of light;

and

invisible; beneath the earth s surface are the

on earth mortals both

beings belonging to the lower races,

visible

who have

never been subjugated by the spiritual powers of such as held sway in the upper chambers.

These elemental beings later

day as Salamanders,

will be classed in the

Water

Spirits,

Ko~

OF ATLANTIS. and Dwarfs.

holds, Goblins in the Fire, the

It

was

Water and

187 are workers

They

the Earth or Rocks.

in the internal fires of unregisterable heat,

im

that during the latter days of Atlantis, the

mense ple

and jewels, which the

stores of gold

Treasury

held,

were

PRIMAL CONDITIONS.

under

In this also was illustrated

law of Transmutation.

the great

As

manufactured

Tem

the Great

Tower

toward the

itself

flung

mid-heavens, pointing everlastingly upwards,

man

indicated the constant search the extent of his ability,

The

tency.

part of the

is

making

it

to

for truth, light and po

Tower

that sank lower

and lower into the bowels of the Earth, pypied the material and physical uses of that which

capable of transmutation. the lesson of the

itself

man

s

environments.

concerned, Brains.

it

To

It

also

"Descent

So far

as

held within

into

man

Matter"

himself

held also the doctrine of the all

was

was

Three

the world, both Atlantian and

foreign the lesson was:

"In

the heavens above

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1 88

and the earth beneath, and the waters under the earth."

It has already

Atlantis

been said that the whole city of

was arrayed

was never

equaled.

whose glory

in a splendor,

Its buildings

surpassed, either in the

have never been their archi

symmetry of

tecture, in the material used, or in the tasteful-

ness of

was

its

also a

els, in

preparation and artistic designs.

There

marvelous exhibition of gold and jew

a profusness carried

up

to the

verge of the

barbaric.

These means also

used by

all

humble walks

of

for personal

the people, life, if

adornment,

were

even those in the

Atlantis could be said to

have had any such, the relations of poverty and riches long since

had ceased

tention of the nation. ter days that

ply

must be

lifted

It

to press

on the at

was evident

in the lat

some source of almost

easily accessible.

proudly

its

limitless sup

The Tower which

head on high, went

down

into

the mountains the same distance, and the cellars

OF ATLANTIS.

189

and sub-cellars were occupied by beings

who had

longed to the lower races,

jugated by the spiritual powers of those

sway

that

be

been sub

who

held

upper chambers.

in the

None

who

of the uninitiated

knew

for a certainty of

which was going on within the mountain.

Three was

Only

to the

fided

by the

Builders.

this

knowledge

To

fully con

them, long ago

all

material things which are deemed of any value

by mortals, or of any use or importance what ever,

had ceased

far as they

the

Temple

to be of consequence, only so

might adorn or make beautiful, either or the City.

Underneath the Sanctuary, entered by a door opening into the solid rock, at the flight of stairs leading

out of the rock.

down

Out

into a

rear,

was a

chamber hewn

of this another staircase

led into a similar chamber,

and

still

another, and

another, and yet another staircase and chamber.

Within

these

chambers were curious imple

of the ments, fashioned for use in the operations

OUR STORY

190

These operations required the use of

workers.

make

certain materials,

to

finishing of their

work more

jected spirit

the manifesting and easy.

power brought back the

Their pro results pro

duced by the various combinations. these implements

Many

of

and operations will come into

the hands of the re-incarnated Atlantians,

from

time to time, and more of them will not be given

out except into the hands of the most trusted few.

In the First Cellar, Spirits of the Air labored

and

toiled,

doing the will of the Masters.

In the Second Cellar, the Spirits of the Earth

moved

to

and

fro, intent

which they were

on carrying out that

to

set.

In the Third Cellar, Elementals whose forms

but thinly clothed the

fierce,

blazing

fires

within,

solved the varying problems of metallurgy.

In the Fourth Cellar, the lowest of Spirits of the great,

ever

man

all,

the

watery deep, fashioned what

needs and lays hold upon from their

realm, either for use or adornment.

ATLANTIS.

191

moun

Vast tunnels led into the interior of the tains

and the Continent, from each of these

The

lars.

spirits of the air

by a

cel

spiral course,

ascended to the highest points of the mountains,

and here communicated with their fellows

in the

outer world, receiving supplies.

The its

tunnel from the Cellar of the Earth Spir

opened into an inaccissible part of the

tain,

on a

little

plateau,

which was constantly

guarded by an impenetrable

The

moun

veil of fog.

tunnel of the Fire Spirits led under the

Continent, diagonally

down

to the volcanic fires

of the Earth.

The

tunnel of the

Water

Spirits

communi

cated directly with the seas by the shortest feasi ble route.

In the center of the mountain was a cave-like

room, which was the Treasury of the Temple.

This storehouse communicated with

all

four of

the tunnels, and by a secret entrance, with the

Temple

itself.

It

was not only the Treasury

of

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IQ2

the Temple, but of the nation as well.

He who knew would stand at the

the secret

of

in the rear of the

the

Treasury

Moly Holy

Place,

hour of high noon, on a certain day of

the year, and watch until by a peculiar arrange

ment

of the polished marbles, a single ray of sun

light

thrown from the chambers above would be

reflected

upon the wall

only be seen

when

ticular position,

minutes.

the observer

to

this,

the right, and

was

in

a par

he would turn

move seven

steps

a straight line, then turning to his original

position, he took five steps more,

one-quarter to the to

This could

and then but for a period of three

Having perceived

one quarter in

at the back.

left,

and then turning

three steps brought

him

an apparently blank wall, highly ornamented.

But

to

him who had the

key, a slight pressure

on a jewel of immense value, apparently placed there for ornamentation, opened a huge door of rock,

weighing

moved

easily

tons,

but so

and without

balanced

noise,

that

it

and was screened

OF ATLANTIS.

193

from view by the shrine which stood

front.

in

Entering boldly, as soon as he stepped upon the settled flagging inside the door, the great stone

back into

first

its

It could be

position.

opened

on the inside by pressing upon a slight projection Thirteen

at the back.

brought him again

to

times

thirteen

steps

a blank wall, through a

high, arched passage, lighted by the never-dying lights

produced by the action of positive and neg

ative earths

combined with the rock, which gave

out an electrical phosphorescent light, the secret of

which perished with the nation, but which

may

be recovered at a later day by the chemists,

as those

who

are expert in safes, recover the for

gotten combination of the locks thereof.

more, he

who knew

and pass within. to the

Temple

Once

the secret spring, might open

The Treasure Chamber opened

Inspector on the day of the Vernal

Equinox, when the sun went

down

in the

West.

CHAPTER XVII.

was a

IT

met

sight that

avarice-tainted soul

lowed gold, silver

would never

to contemplate.

Great

was

charged magnets of the

be very

when

heaps

al

of

the result of con

densed electrical power, acting

come

be

and aluminum, the method used by

us for obtaining which,

to

which an

his gaze,

through

finest steel.

sur

In the times

the forces of induction will, for a time, little

understood.

But

the day will

come

they will have the very best method of ex

tracting

aluminum from the

secret.

These stacked

original clay as their

up heaps of the noble

metals were in quantity sufficient to last for cen turies,

nor

had

their

continuous

production

ceased, but every day added to the increasing store.

Beside these, were heaps upon heaps of price-

OF ATLANTIS. less jewels, fires

some of them

still

of earth and water, in

warm from

tered and shone here in the light

and strong

Here

as

as in the passage-way.

the workers in the various cellars de

From

the civil rulers received whatever they

upon sudden

in the city their

of wealth.

here

needed,

pressure, in their traffic with all out

But

side nations of the earth.

own

there were also

storehouses and treasuries

This was only that which belonged

Temple, and was the

of the servants of the sity,

glit

which was

posited the results of their labors.

to the

the

which they were crys

Both the polished and the uncut

tallized.

full

195

Temple.

the civil rulers could

for reserves in

No human

result of the labors

In case of neces

draw upon

the

Temple

any amount. eye hath seen, nor any tongue de

scribed the immensity of the wealth lying to this

day, in that strong,

the waves.

There

is

mountain treasury beneath enough gold lying

destroy the value of the gold

now

in

in use

it

to

upon

OUR STORY

196 the earth. shall

come

But when it

ury

discovery

who

no karmic weight transferred from its

this

finders.

the inner door that opens into this treas

rests a seal.

inscription:

Upon

"The

Mighty holds

this seal

is

potent Will

of

the following

Most

the

this treasure safely, until the

The Angel

of the restoration shall come.

waters has charge of

and gold were

cupants of the

it."

all

cellars,

jew

manufactured by the oc

and that

tion out of the Astral light, clear-sighted, that

time

of the

It seems hardly necessary to say that the els

shall

from avarice that there

itself

treasure to the shoulders of

Upon

its

will belong to a nation,

have so purified shall be

the day of

made

so

it

was the

reflec

on the vision of the

many

earnest believ

ers in the transmutation of base metals into gold

and jewels.

CHAPTER

manner

THE

tion

was

XVIII.

of adjustment

and

Convoca

after the following fashion

:

As

has already been stated, the priesthood

had charge of the education of the people. There

were some better

fitted

for one thing than an

But those who

other, as even at the present day.

were

especially gifted

with understanding,

combined reverence with intense desire for

who the

knowledge of that which was unseen and hid den, wherever found,

temple

service,

and

separation of the

Those,

Temple

who

were transferred

this

was

chaff.

their training, as part of the

family, exhibited a

intelligence

the

the first step in the

wheat from the

in

to

still

higher degree of

and perception were again

for the Forty-five,

and again

for the Fifteen.

The

in the

selection

set aside

same manner

for the

higher

1

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98

Chambers followed

in

the

same

work

hose best developed and adapted to the

The

be done.

from

order,

training of the Forty-five

was

to

first,

submission to unseen guidance, in a more intense degree than as ordinary scholars of the Temple.

When

they had

reached

the

point where,

be

cause they were asked, they took pains to think

out along any line that ought or might be de sired,

tion

their

power

for broad, intense contempla

had increased until

come second

The

their meditations

had be

nature.

next step was concentration.

steps,

submission,

When

the thought

Notice the

concentration.

meditation,

was well massed and

the vi

brations were uniform and persistent, then they

were taught

to project the concentered

which had been the essence of

As

the absolute Unity,

vine Ideation,

Thought, dweller

meditates, as the

It concentrates,

It projects.

may

IT

thought

their meditations.

as

So nearly

follow this line of

Di

the Creative as the Earth-

procedure,

so

OF ATLANTIS.

199

nearly will he be able to lay hold of the

and make

force

it

Unseen

available for all good

pur

poses.

Years of discipline later in the Fifteen,

made each member

Seven ready and expert fection

was

carried

the Forty-five and

in

farther

in

of the

The

in these labors.

still

still

the

per

Five,

where they practiced the attracting of the vibra tions of unseen force, of

alignment with their trolling the It

was

any kind whatever into

own

projection, thus con

powers of the great names.

as

if

workmen

taking a ball of soft

metal from the crucible or furnace, should whirl it

until

it

had assumed a cer

and then launch

it

forth to

rapidly in the

tain form,

air,

fulfill their

will.

But

to the Three, belonged the directing of all

the force thus gathered.

Nor was

there allowed

to be any chance for mistake, not even a clash

ing thought in the minds of the Three.

always determined by the casting of

It

lots,

was

who

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200

should control the outward moving of the vibra tions at

any Convocation, and

the one of the Three, the other potency.

The

the Full

Moon

power of

to the

two added

their

regular Convocations were under of each month.

But

the special

Convocations were under the will of the Three.

When

special

Convocation was desired, the word

given at the last Convocation

WAS

whispered to

each, out of the Invisible, in such a manner, that all

could recognize and understand the

At

the close of the Convocation,

call.

the Elder

Brother of each Section received from the Elder Brother of the highest Section, a word "Myld."

like this:

This the Elder Brother communicated

to the inner sense of the instructed (it never being

spoken aloud), as the closing password of the session.

If there

was a

special Convocation, then,

to

Word

to

each one, came out of the Silence, the the inner ear, and thereby not only

named, but the hour was

fixed,

was

the day

being always at a

OF ATLANTIS. certain distance

was no

from the Sun

s

201

setting.

If there

special Convocation, then at the nxt regu

lar meeting, each one present at the opening, in

low breath, pronounced the given

succession, in

word, so that which had been given out, was again recalled.

The work was Chamber by

the Three.

vocation, the flashed,

ranged

formally opened in the upper

"Center

At of

the

first

word

of in

glowed

Fire"

and

and whatever had been planned or ar for,

was

needing potency

amongst the lower chambers.

apportioned

In the chamber

of the Five, the polished marble slabs reflected

the orders.

In the chamber of the Seven, the

notes of the bell v like the tones of

mony,

told the story.

But

some sweet har

to the trained inner

ear of the Elder Brother, in the Fifteen, as by inspiration,

came

that

which was necessary to be

done.

There was no

hesitation

in

compliance,

timidity in obedience, and no delay in

no

action.

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202

The

gathered force of the whole nation, in charge

were sent forward

of the Forty-five teen,

and

there, as intensified

the Seven, where,

bound

was passed on

together, solidified

shaped, the projected potency

on to the Five,

to the Fif to

and

was again handed

who harmonized

the activity of

the potent vibrations with the vibrations of the

Universe.

Thus

the Universal,

Three,

who

it

changed, from the Special to

was placed

this

hands of the

uniting their force in the One, stood

ready to hurl into space, in

power,

in the

all

the awfulness of

projection of the concentrated po

tency of a nation, by which they could really ex pect to hold and keep everything they had seized

upon.

The

matter of training cannot be understood

from mere description.

Only when students

at

tempt of themselves to bring their mental condi tions

under subjugation, can be understood, how

long

it

takes to accomplish the wonderful things

done by our Ancient Brothers.

CHAPTER

who

XIX.

ruled in Atlantis, as the priest

THEY

hood, were successful

ship of State wisely

in

guiding

the

and fortunately, so

long as they considered the interests of the whole

As long

nation as one.

as they put aside the sense

of separateness, while they only sought for wis

dom, that the benfit growing out of utilized in

for light

As long

common by

all

the nation,

and guidance from them, as the

it

might be

who

looked

was

all

well.

Three, Five and Seven, with the

Fifteen and Forty-five were separate and yet one, the only distinction being, to see

work with

could best

the highest potency in the position

where he was placed, perfect

who

satisfied that the

well and

doing and the acquiring of knowledge

from experience, would bring the reward that comes always

to attainment.

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204

They

looked to the perfect doing, and not to

the result, and out of this desire

grew the con

centration of potency in their hands, which

them the one nation

made

of the earth exceeding all

others in the unravelling of the hidden myster

But

ies.

it

was not a

sometimes of

mains of the

fierce,

task of idle floating, but

desperate warfare in the do

As one

Invisible.

point after an

other unfolded to their perceptions, those

who

held guard over the hidden truths, or those

who

wrought ignorantly or malevolently

to

confuse

mortal understanding, used every effort to up set,

and

if it

were

possible, to cut off the keys of

the Universal principles. years,

And

it

was

many

aye centuries, before they had compassed

the fact that

numbers harmoniously united and

agreed upon a certain, single point, on spiritual lines,

were just

as

powerful as the combinations

on the physical plane, spiritual conditions

w ith T

the difference that

if

were once perfectly trained

and harmonized, there could be no defection nor

OF ATLANTIS. sudden weakness, for weakness

205 no sense a

in

is

While an army, or other mass

spiritual attribute.

of physical conditions might at any time be stam

peded. in

Therefore,

all

none were ad

the work,

mitted to the separate and secret assemblies until the overcoming of the body and

its

was

desires

far advanced, thus leaving the Spirit a clear field in

which

to operate.

Another

point, so soon as the occult ideas

thoughts were strongly developed, a

magnet

lines of

for those

also

served as

who w ere

in or

on the same

from

the

incarnating

r

thought, both

spheres, and

it

and

from other points upon

the

earth,

where lamps lighted from the Atlantian

torch,

by

those

its

inspiring reflection,

who came

more vigorous they gravitated

within

its

search. thither,

had stimulated

reach, to a higher

Knowing and here

of

and

Atlantis,

they

would

have remained and shared with Atlantis the fate that overtook her, blotting out for a time

from

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206 the earth,

had not

the knowledge that

all

those,

who

went

in the Silence of the

before,

Unseen,

watched and foreseen the cataclysm (but not cause),

worked

enough

to

to scatter

its

abroad upon the earth,

become the seed and

salt of salvation

for the generations that have followed.

In

all

the

movements

of the earlier day, the

segregation and massing unavoidably led to the pressing forward to the front, upon the develop

ment, along the

new

lines,

of

some

one

could become, under inspiration, a leader.

was

all well,

and

resists the aggressiveness of

the knife,

who This

excpt as the world always resents

new

ideas,

with

the fagot, the scaffold, and in later

days with the subtiler force of mind, thus crush ing, torturing

and destroying the instruments or

leaders.

They who were

the depositaries of

for the time being, thus

death.

The knowledge

suffered itself

knowledge

ignominious

has been in great

danger from the machinations of secret enemies,

OF ATLANTIS.

from the earth and the per

of total eradication

ceptions of

happen before

its

likely to

firm establishment could be ac

This

complished.

This was

inhabitants.

its

20?

fact

was well known and un

derstood by the malign forces.

Upon

this

knowl

edge they acted, again and again, seeking to have the leaders in occult

movements

either bring de

struction

upon themselves or have others

cut them

off.

entirely

Therefore, those having this matter in charge,

have resolved instead of teaching

men through

the tongue and brain of a Brahma, or a Jesus,

His place should be supplied by a sodality of

many welded

But even her they stand

into one.

face to face with another obstacle.

an

essential, that if the truth

viduality reality,

fronted people,

must

and

in

the

intense

been

be preserved, indi its

perception

in the latter days they will

with

who

increase

It has

individuality

and

be con of

the

are confused and overcome by the

sense of separateness.

They who*

seek to study

OUR STORY

208 on these

lines,

and

wisdom, must as

to gain

were, train the units,

made up

of

it

members, into

a oneness or individuality of the whole and thus shall be

The

born a new

Christos of

union of

many

MESSIAH,

that Great

or a

Cycle,

individuals, or a nation

stand as the representatives of the

ment

new Truth.

who

new

be a shall

unfold-

of Truth.

In the Record of the Adepts, there described as seen by one of the of an image

made up of

will

a vision

Mighty Ones

;

whose head, body and limbs were

of different metals,

iron and

is

and the

feet

were

Each of these metals

aluminum.

represented a Messianic age, a

new Truth, and

an Empire directly relatinfg to some manifesta tion

of

that

leaders of

truth.

These will represent the

the previous dispensations,

and then

follows the vision, a stone cut out of the tain

moun

without hands, which represents a nation

fashioning

itself,

MESSIAHSHIP,

until

it

shall

have obtained

and thus more powerful,

it

OF ATLANTIS. overshadow

shall

pensation

its

manifestation and

that has

come

before.

toward the

light,

ALL

all

are looking

in

209 dis

ALL who

who

are seek

ing unselfishly for wisdom, must, as constituent parts of that nation, attain such light, such wis

dom like

;

and drawing closer and closer together,

drops of mercury

become

as one.

For

when this

they touch, they shall

we work and

wait.

CHAPTER XX.

the

archives

AMONG

country has our

prophecy "And

come

present

of

to

that

time

and

the knowledge of

generation,

the

following

:

shall

it

come

to pass in those days,

in

which the highest knowledge that has ever been given to the world, shall be seized upon by the few, and

if

rightfully

many, will bring

upon the

earth,

But there must

to

and truthfully held for the all

those

who

shall

come

wisdom, blessing and growth. also

be an overcoming of the

natural and physical, which will bring disturb

ance and sore

distress,

because the physical yields

not to the rule of the Spirit, without ance.

All progress in the soul

s

much

career

is

resist

stim

ulated by the instinct of the Spirit to return to the

condition of

its first

powers and

estate, before it

OF ATLANTIS. should have individualized It

the

no

is

power of the

the

or undertake.

Nor

such attempts.

On

or later, enter into

the contrary,

all

resent as sin,

IT

intends that

individualized, shall sooner

all

perfect attainment. fits

ONE.

Spirit to grasp

ONE

does the

who have become

ever

from the

nor crime to seek to know, by

sin,

means within

they

itself

211

knowledge.

come

It shall

That

the

is

to pass,

who

the self for knowledge, shall receive

it,

but whoever attempts to grasp potency without fitted to

being

handle

serious consequences will

and the thing already attained, may be

ensue,

There can be no

taken away.

have knowledge,

shall

it,

in the

that

which

is

of potency,

law of the sults,

or

so far

who

grasping of the very

highest in their pursuit; but

before they have

sin for those

if

they shall seek,

made themselves ready

withheld, simply by their

to grasp

own

force

disregarding the consenting, or the

ONE,

if it

so

then there will come dire re

happen that the nation

shall

have

advanced that their knowledge would be

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212

dangerous to the other nations of the world, use, then will it

its

true, that the physical

an agent

as

upon the

in the

man

is

this

is

of no value, only

computation of the happenings

While

earth.

But

be withdrawn.

in

it

might seem

to

man an

awful thing that millions of bodies should cease to exist, there

was nothing

in that issue that

That was some

be charged against the leaders.

thing distinct, by filled

The

the law.

suffered

itself,

and something that

of the law,

to the created the forceful taking

any

ful

thing for which the leaders

was disobedience

knowledge, for

could

which denied

from the

which the taker

is

ONE,

not pre

pared.

When

limited

there can

t

desire,

lawful, the

now under

be but one

issue.

was no

but simply the outcome

stand, there

of the

power meets Universal potency,

sin,

law of the Universe. which might seem a

sin,

So

Even was

the intense in

one sense

and the result of causes implanted by

Creative

Thought

itself.

They were

not

OF ATLANTIS. responsible, but they

was necessary

that the

213

were the instruments.

It

law should be proved.

It

has always been a saying of the

Wise Ones,

that

those things which seem to be great disasters to the earth-dwellers,

must come

to pass,

and

struments must be used for that purpose. these instruments standing suffer for that

As

in

the

front,

in

But must

which they have provoked.

to the outlook

The

for accomplishment.

instruments of the mighty forces of the Unseen evidently have not desire,

nor that

culmination.

is

developed necessary,

the

strength

for

the

we

perfect

Until further training can develope

proper concentration, they seek to bridge over and to hold

as

much

as possible of that

already been gained.

which has

CHAPTER XXI.

show

of addenda, and to

By way

has authoritative substance for information,

we

assertions

and

give our readers a couple of

from the mass of newspaper flotsam

clippings

and jetsam, of the

The

its

that this book

following

last years. is

the

Maya

account of the

destruction of Atlantis, from Dr. Augustus

Plongeon

s

rendering

of

Troano

the

Le

manu

script : "The

in the

year six Kan, on the eleventh Muluc,

month Zac,

quakes,

which continued without intermission Chuen.

The

mud, the land of

Muj

until the thirteenth hills of

there occurred terrible earth

Being twice upheaved,

it

during the night,

basin

the

shaken by volcanic forces.

country of the

was

sacrificed.

suddenly disappeared being continually

Being confined, these

OF ATLANTIS.

215

caused the land to sink and rise several times and

At

in various places.

last,

the surface gave way,

and the ten countries were torn asunder and scattered into fragments

;

unable to withstand the

force of the seismic convulsions, they sank with sixty-four millions of inhabitants, eight thousand

years before the writing of this

The

other extract

is

book."

of one of the buildings

which reincarnated Atlantians put up, when they held sway in the land of the Nile, centuries after the destruction of their

beloved country:

months ago, while workmen were en

"Some

gaged

own

an attempt to restore the partly fallen

in

Hypnostyle Hall of the great Temple of Karnac, in

Egypt,

eleven

columns gave way and

This was some months ago. had fallen

in ancient times,

and

arations for their restoration that the others

fell,

fell.

Thirteen columns it

was while prep

were being made,

and three others were so

shaken as to compel removal. "Our

archaeological readers will be delighted

OUR STORY

216 to learn that

hundreds of Arab laborers, under

the direction of able engineers, are

now engaged and

in restoring those ancient ruins, the largest

best

preserved

of any

in

Egypt

which

have

reached these times. of these twenty-seven columns will be

"All

reconstructed and placed in their original posi

The uppermost member

tion.

weighs 1242 tons.

The

of each

architraves

column

weigh 25

tons each. "Modern

engineering processes are not equal to

the task of reconstructing this work, so a huge inclined

plane,

requiring

of earth, after the

manner of the ancient arch

will be constructed and

itects,

work

ioo,OOO cubic meters

is

finished,

pleted by "In

which

May of

December

the work,

it is

removed when the

expected will be

com

1904. last

M.

Legran, in charge of

came upon a wonderfully beautiful bust

of one of Egypt

s

olden gods.

of the statue have subsequently

Other portions

come

to light,

and

OF ATLANTIS. it is

to

217

hoped the residue may be found and restored

its

entirety,

save,

complete one of the

Khonsu pieced

in

of Thebes,

the

possibly, legs.

God

a small piece to

This of

statue,

labeled

the Day, will be

reconstructed Temple,

and

it

is

expected other treasures of ancient art will be

unearthed in the farther removal of the debris of ages

which has accumulated

FINIS

in these

ruins."