OUR STORY

OF

ATLANTIS.
Written down for the

HERMETIC
By W.
Author of
"

BROTHERHOOD
PHELON,
M. D.
CAUSES AND
Etc.

P.

"THREE SEVENS";

"HEALING,

EFFECT";

LOVE, SEX,

IMMORTALITY,"

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. HERMETIC BOOK CONCERN.

1903.

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the year 1903, by

in the office of the Librarian

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FOREWORD.
It is

not necessary for an author in these

able
to say, he

later

days, always to be

writes of his

own knowledge. This has be

come

a recognized fact.
s

He may

write from

another

experience, in

whose honesty and

reliability,

he has as much, and sometimes

in his

more confidence, than

sense.

own

personal

This

is

the .case with .this

little

book,

treating of a subject of interest to the whole

world, to-day.

For

six years I

have had the

MSS. almost ready

of

for the printer.

Now,

with the encouragement and helping hand

my
it

Dear Comrades
I

of

the
let
it

Hermetic go
forth.

Brotherhood,

am

bid to

May

be a help to the

ONCE ATLANbe.

TIAN BORN,

wherever they may

W.

P.

PHELON,

M. D.

120215

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

CHAPTER
"Atlantian

II.

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

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
ren love structive

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.

and scoundrels
talker.

CHAPTER
The
Boston second-hand book

IV.

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

The Fourth Con-

viii

CONl^ENTS
color,

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

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
uses.

-XVII.
its

The Treasury PAGE 194.

of

the Temple;

contents and

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
Atlantis, peerless country
s
!

Lulled within the Ocean

arms,

Lying beautiful and shining

Far beneath the storm

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

their mythical thread of gold,

We

shall find the

name and

story

OUR STORY
Of
thy
cities,

fair

and old;
in

Dreaming bard has told

fancy

Wandering minstrel sung

of thee,

Now, above

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

ocean tost;

Mighty

cities

rose in splendor
of that clime

Love was monarch

Now, above

that lost Atlantis

Rolls the restless sea of Time.

Happy

he,

who

looking backward

From
Deems
His

life

of larger scope

a youthful idle fancy

lost continent of

Hope

Or by

light of love

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.
question asked an author at the outset of
position.
It
is

com
critic

echoed and re-echoed by

its

and reader upon

publication.

It certainly ap

pears to be a fair question whenever, the subjects

seem

so

much out

of the route of ordinary in

formation, as the present volume.

The

scattered records of the Past, within the

historical period,

would apparently
to
to

yield scarcely

enough material
of any interest,
size, to

make

a short magazine article

say nothing of swelling in

the dignity of a book.

It

is

now

conceded, however, by our wisest

scientists,

that

every configuration

and corres
possibility of

ponding circumstance points to the

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

the story
barriers

of the inland sea that broke through

at

its

the

Thousand
and hurling

Islands in
itself

the

St.

Lawrence
left

river,

over Niagara Falls,

4
the

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habitable
valley
of
the
Mississippi,
as

legacy to

man

for future settlement.

all

The

sacred writings of

nations concur in the

disaster to

same declaration and statement of

portion of the earth,
all.

some

most generally including

In a late issue of Mind, appears an article

"A

headed:
says
:

Monument

to

Atlantis,"

which

"A

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

Plongeon.

This discovery should particularly

it

at

tract the attention of Americans, since

enables

them

to lay claim to one of the

most important
edifice in

monuments
tion
feet
is

of ancient times.

The

ques

the

Pyramid of Xochicalo, standing 5,396

sea,

above the level of the

and situated

to the

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

For more than a century the

visited

pyramid has been occasionally

guished
travelers,

by

distin

including the learned

Hum-

OF ATLANTIS.
pose for which the

boldt; but none succeeded in discovering the pur

monument had been

erected,

nor

in deciphering the mysterious inscriptions

on

its sides.

As

far back as

1886, Dr.

Le Plongeon pub

lished his alphabetic key to the

Maya

hieroglyphs,

comparing
alphabet.

this

with the ancient Egyptian hieratic

has

He

now found

that the signs on

the

Pyramid of Xochicalo are both

;

Maya

and

Egyptian

and a careful study of these decorative

inscriptions has

made

it

plain to

him that the

to

pyramid was a monumental structure erected

commemorate the submergence and

the great

destruction of

Land
its

of

Mu

(Plato

Atlantis), to

gether with

population of 64,000,000 of hu

man

beings, about 11,500 years ago.

in

Dr. Le Plongeon,
"Queen

his

remarkable work,
Sphinx,"

Moo

and the Egyptian

gives

four
then,

Maya
is

accounts of the same cataclysm.

fifth,

This,

the

and, in his
all

own

opinion, the

most important of

the

known

records in

Maya

OUR STORY
rise

language of the appalling event that gave

to the story of a universal
in

Deluge that

is

found

the sacred books of the Jews, the Christians

and the Mohammedans.

These

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

tell

papyrus, all

the same story.

is

The

little

we

know
same

of the Aztecs
fact.

also confirmatory of the

Whence came

the people of South

America, with their advanced civilization

traditions of the Past?

and

What mighty people built

now
forest-

the great cities and temples of the

covered

cities

of Yucatain and Central America,

to

with their carved glyphs, and correspondencies

the hieroglyphs of the Valley of the Nile and the

East Indian entablatures; and moreover, on

al

most precisely similar

those of

styles

of architecture
it

to

Egypt and India.

Is

reasonable to sup

pose there

was no common bond of fellowship

these?

between

all

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.

7
the de

The

idea

is

the same

parted ghost was to be saved the trouble of

ing a

mak

new

body, perhaps at short notice, at the

great day of the resurrection.

The

trinity in unity of

God, now universally

idea,

received,

was an Egyptian

and the same

is

wrought

into the stone tablets

which La Plonin the

geon and his amiable wife have unearthed

forests of the

Maias and Quiches.

of

If

the

nation,

which these are but the

feeble

remnants, had not disappeared by some

cataclysmal climax

we must

certainly have

had

some

later, historical data.

is

As

the

mind

of the

present generation
sirous of

more

largely than ever, de

Truth, the idea of Astral presentation

its

and perception may not be without

especially as the books of

weight,

Wisdom

of the Past

declare, that automatic books of record are kept

of all deeds and manifestation,

It

upon the

earth.

may

be asked, why, those

who have

entered

into the rest of the

Unseen should be

at all con-

OUR STORY
who
are ever toiling over the rocky paths of
If the doctrine of re-incarnation
it
is

cerned in the unfoldment and development of the

race,

the planet?

true, then would

not be to the interest of the

coming Egos,

for all the race of

men

to be ad

vanced just as far as

possible, so that the re-in

carnated from time to time, might receive the

highest

advantage attainable, from their touch

with the earth, at any particular time.

Those

who
if

are coming back into the present civilization,

they were of the advanced and cultured classes

of Atlantis and the most ancient Egypt,

find

would

more advantages

of

acquirement,

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

use,

my

attention,
interest

something that would be of

and
I

to all

who

are seeking to

KNOW.

do not

OF ATLANTIS.
doubt the authenticity of

my

information, nor

the statements given as facts, by those

so kind

who were

and courteous
in

as to

make

the writer their of

mouthpiece
memories.
I

this

re-collection

the ancient

do not doubt, that

to

many

readers,
if

will

come

fleeting glimpses of these scenes, as

It
is

they

had been part of them.

a conceded fact,

there have never been, since the fall of Atlantis,

so

many

re-incarnated Atlantians upon the earth

as

at the

same time,

now.

This accounts for the

almost universal demand out of the Astral records

for the forgotten

knowledge

of the occult,

which

they there recorded.

ness of the public

This

also explains the readi

mind

to receive

knowledge of
Spiritualism,

the doctrines of

Mental Healing,

Theosophy, and occultism

Ignatius

in all its branches.

Donnelly finds a supporter of

his

.Atlantis theory in Sir

Daniel Wilson, president

of the University of

Toronto,

who

declares after

a great deal of search, that the

lost Atlantis

was

io

OUR STORY
it

not a myth, but that

continent of America.

was

really a part of the

He

accounts for

its

dis

appearance from view in a different way, but that

is

merely incidental.

Donnelly

theory was that the land was sub

merged by some great volcanic upheaval, and

that from those

who

escaped to the continents of

tradition of the deluge.

Europe and Asia came the

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

discovered the continent, but

of ancient times,

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

OF ATLANTIS.

n
would

determined nor even been made the basis of any

reasonable
theory.

Such

discovery

furnish a substantial basis for the legend of tHe

lost Atlantis

and the theory

invests those

won

derful

ruins

with a new interest for the an

tiquarians.

The

St.

Louis Republic said:

"Atlantis

was

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.
it,

Plato
is

is

the first

who

gives an
his

account of

and he

said to

have obtained
priests
s

information

from some Egyptian

with

whom
says:

he had come in contact.

"Atlantis

Plato

account

was

continent

larger
its

than

Asia and Africa put together, and that at

west

ern extremity were islands which afforded easy

passage to a large continent lying

this last

still

beyond
supposed
be-

mentioned continent being

America."

now

to be

South

Nine thousand years

12

OUR STORY
was a powerful,
its

fore the time of Plato, according to the tradition,

Atlantis

thickly settled-county

which extended
portion of
as the

way

over Africa and the major

what

is

now
Sea."

Europe,

"even

to as far

Tyrrhenian

Further progress of the

invasion of the Atl an tides

was checked by
Athenians

the

combined
Greeks.

efforts

of

the

and

other

Shortly after the invaders were driven

a great
to
cir

from the continents of Europe and Africa

earthquake shook Atlantis from center
cumference.
First,

the

outlying

islands

sank;
ran

then great areas of the mainland.

Waves

mountain high across hundreds of square miles

of

what had

the day before been

fertile

fields.

Great temples were racked and

affrighted

riven,

and the
to

populace climbed

upon the ruins

escape the encroaching waters.

day, after a night of terrors

On

the second

which no pen could

were of

possibly describe, the earthquake shocks

greatly increased violence, ending only after the

entire continent

had been engulfed.

There

is

no

OF ATLANTIS.
page
in history or tradition that records a

13

more

frightful catastrophe,

and nothing would be of

more absorbing

interest than a

work
is

entirely de

voted to giving an account of what

known con

cerning

it.

To
of the

the objector

who

urges that the explorers

world have never discovered any traces of

the great city and continent,

whose

story

have

endeavored to give
mit

in

the following pages; per

floating

me

to give a

few straws

on our sea

of current literature, \vhich

show

that the his

tory of past ages

may

yet be read in the Central

part of our continent:

"The

recent report that a citizen of the United

States has discovered

among

the mountains of the

Mexican
tallies

State of Sinaloa a long-forgotten city

with a curious local tradition of the region.

is

Adjoining the State of Sinaloa on the south

the State of Jallisco, and of this State,

Guadala

jara

is

the capital.

Living
the

in the

mountains of

Jallisco,

part

of

great

Sierra

Madre

or

14
"Mother

OUR STORY
Range"

that extends through Sinaloa

and

thence

northward,

are

the

unconquered

Yaquis, a brown-haired people with light eyes

and almost

fair

complexions.

Guadalajara

is

the

only civilized town that these Yaquis

it

visit,

and

has long been believed there that the Yaquis

fastnesses of the Sierra

Madre

range conceal not

lost city

only rich mines of

of the Aztec race.

silver,

but as well the

No

one has hitherto pierced

because
the

the

mountain

wilderness,

naked

Yaquis have an

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

in the

minds

of those

who
the

have given attention

to

the

subject,

that

Aztecs are the lineal descendants of the mighty

OF ATLANTIS.
nation

15
the

who

sought

to

know beyond

law
city

governing the created.

above mentioned,

Of

the

unknown

we add

another description from

a different source:
"During

the frequent visits I have

made

to

Mexico,"

said a

mining engineer of Philadelphia

"I

to

an Inquirer reporter,

have come

in

con

tact

with many of the Indians resident there and

singular
stories.
is

have heard some very

One

which

all

the Indians unite in telling,

that far

in the interior exists

an enormous
It
is

city,

never yet

visited

by white men.

described as peopled

by a race similar to the ancient Aztecs,

sun worshipers and offer
deity.
"The

who

are

human

sacrifices to their

race

is

said

to be

in

a high state of
city
is

civilization,
full

and the Indians say that the

of

huge structures which are miracles of

quaint but beautiful architecture, and are situated

on broad paved

streets,

far surpassing those of

the City of Mexico.

16
"One

OUR STORY
Indian,
I

recollect,

assured

me

that he

had seen the

city

and

its

inhabitants with his

own

eyes,

but had been afraid of being captured

and had
but,
all

fled.

Of

course,
it
is

did not believe him,

little

the same,

not a

strange that

the accounts of the

Mexican

Indians, relative to

the mysterious and magnificent, interior city agree

perfectly."

These are but of many

of the allusions

and tra
in

ditions pointing to the fact,

that

somewhere

the Southwest, there

is

a people

who undoubtedly

hold a complete historical record of the chain of

events from Atlantis in
present day.
city
its

prime,

down

to the

While
and

there

is

perhaps but a single

inhabited

secluded

from the outside

Ancient

world of to-day
dom, we yet

as keepers of the

Wis
as to

find ruins of such

magnitude

impress us more strongly with the idea that the

people

who

builded the original structures, could

r

not have
nent.

w holly

disappeared

from

this

Conti

The

following from San Diego, Cal.,

we

OF ATLANTIS.

17

offer in proof, calling attention to the fact that

the dragon

is

a favorite design in the East Indian

sculptures
"The

ruins of a prehistoric city have just been

discovered by a party of prospectors from

Yurna

when on

the Colorado desert in search of the

Pegleg mine.

The wind had

laid bare the walls

and the remains of the stone buildings

of

a distance
in

420

feet

in

length

by 260

feet

width.

Gigantic

pillars,

quaintly

carved

to
still

represent

dragons

heads

and

rattlesnakes,

stood

in

the sands of the desert, supporting on their tops

huge
frieze

slabs of granite

weighing many

tons.

The

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

of the party, to

One

of

his

associates
to

came

to

San

Diego and the others returned

Yuma,

nearly

i8

OUR STORY
ago.

two weeks

But the

story of their discovery

was

carefully guarded, in the hope that in

some

way

they might profit by

discoverers, in

it.

"The

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

when

the con

for extensive explorations.

it
is

From

the relics exhibited

evident that an

important
made."

archeaeological

discovery

has

been

In connection with the above, there

liarity

is

a pecu

to

be noticed
It has

in

the occurrence of the

so.

sand storm.

always been

storm or
off all ef

some sudden natural event has warded

forts

to

reach these wonderful remains of the

or even
the existing
cities.

prehistoric,

When
knowl

men

shall be ready to seek them, desiring

is

edge and not treasure, there

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.

ful

We

add

still

another account of wonder

discovery in proof of the immense popula

tion of the old Atlantian

kingdom

in its prime.

This time,

it

is

from the City of Mexico, the

civiliza

center of the
tion:
"What

modern Atlantian or Aztec

appears to be the verification of an old

Aztec fable of a buried race of cave-dwellers and

a hidden city in southwestern
in

Mexico
are

is

a matter
at

which the

local

scientists

interested

present.

L. P. Leroyal, a French engineer,

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,
if

which he

believes to be the

greatest in Mexico,
it is

not in the world.

He

says

much

larger than the famous cavern of Caca-

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

20

OUR STORY
Leroyal, after penetrating a considerable dis

the largest natural cave in existence in Mexico.

Mr.

tance into the cave, determined to

make

a thor

ough investigation

of

it,

and accordingly a few

days ago furnished himself with food sufficient

for a day,

provided himself with lanterns,

all alone.

etc.,

and

set

out upon his task

As he went

along he made a thorough plan of the cave, but

did

not

anticipate
as
it

that

his

task

would be

so

arduous

proved.

At

the

first,

the bottom

of the cave

was

a gradual slope

downward, then

changed upward and afterward alternated for the

most part between descents and

ascents.

Here

and

there,

how ever,
r

a level

bottom of great width

the
in

was met.

The

height

of

cave varied,

as
it

might naturally be expected;

some places

was

several

hundred

feet high.

For some distance

from the entrance no trace of human beings was

found.

Occasionally magnificent stalactites and

stalagmites, the finest

Mr. Leroyal had

ever seen,

were met with.

OF ATLANTIS.
"After

21

proceeding for some hours he came upon

as

what had evidently been an ancient cemetery,

there were at least

400
etc.

petrified bodies, together

with ancient

idols,

There was

also a

foun

tain of beautiful clear spring

water which was

found to be excellent.
as

Some

of the tools, as well

two or three

skulls,

Mr. Leroyal brought away

with him, and they are

appearance of
this

now

in

this city.

The

charnel house thus lighted up

for the first time for

hundreds of years was grewto

some

in the

extreme and well calculated

shake

the nerves of the explorer.

Mr. Leroyal con

tinued
passed.

his It

explorations

while hour after hour

was not
at

until after he

had traveled a

distance

of

least

twenty-one
it

and

one-half

leagues that he thought

time to call a halt and

proceed on his return journey.

see

So far as he could

the distance

still

to

be traversed might be

very considerable, with the chances for the cave

opening out, as the floor seemed

by

to be well

trodden

human

feet.

Fie retraced his steps as speedily

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as possible,

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and after being underground for up
of twenty-four hours, found himself once
at the entrance of the cave.

ward
more

Mr. Leroyal
before

promised to make further

long.
It
is

explorations

expected that a party fully equipped

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.

The

natives of the locality,

as,

in

fact,

the Indian

population in general, in Mexico, believe that at

some place near the southwestern coast

there
exists

of

Mexico

a great white city with countless

treasure

which has never been seen by white men,

to

and the approach

which

is

so

intricate

and

cleverly concealed that a stranger has never en

tered

its

solitary
all

precincts."

With

the increasing mass of information on

it

the subject,
at collection

seems there should be some effort

is

under guidance, of what

known

about Atlantis the Mighty.

To make

a beginning

OF ATLANTIS.
and thus
call

23
is

attention in

this

direction
this

my
is

answer

to

the

question:

"Why

book

written."

ATLANTIAN MEMORIES.
Out
of the

dim

Past, old

memories come
its

to

me;

From where
As

the light in all

glory seemed to be,

s

the people worshiped

near the Sun

resplendent

rays

And

lotus-crowned hailed with joy the festal days.

lyres,

Golden

sending forth

rich,

harmonious
er

strains
still

Sounding the key-note, which o

reigned.

the world

High above

all,

the Vestal

song enchanting soars,

Mingling with the ripples on the wave-washed shores.

From

the

Temple

floats the bell s

melodious chimes,

So deep and mellow

in that old Atlantian time.

24

OUR STORY
still

Throughout the Ages, linger these old memories

And hover round me

Still in

with no effort of

my

will.

my

heart

is

throbbing with the rythm of the

waves,

Those slumbering waves which,

graves.

alas,

became our

Again,

hear the glad hozannas to the Sun

arise.

Isis in the sanctuary, is veiled

from human

eyes,
;

Which

read no warning in the skies celestial hue

it

Nor heard

murmured

in the

Ocean calm and blue

free,

Neither listened to the whispering wind so

Telling of the doom, fair Atlantis was to see.

am

thankful that the gates of

memory

ope,

That great Angels weave the scattered threads of

hope

And

clothe us freshly with

its

robes of

snowy white

While on our

altar shines again the mystic light,

The

radiant star, which once o er Egypt shone.

all its
is

Glimmers once again, with a message

own.

Humble
The

tho the Temple, the melody

there,
silent air,

bell s

sweet chiming breaks upon the

Amid

the incense rising from our sacred Shrine,

spirits twine.

Old Atlantian glories round our

CHAPTER

II.

is

yet a little

more

of the flotsam

and THERE

jetsam upon the stormy waves of

is

human unfoldment which

mental
tailed
to

supple

our opening chapter, and must be de

or put entirely to one side.

now

From

two
old

distinct sources,

we

give an account of an

Mexican

city that has

never been entered by

to
:

the foot of a white

man and which was known

be in existence long before the Spanish Conquest

"Mr.

Juan Alvarez, who has

just returned

from an exploring expedition

in the southwestern

part of the republic, reports that he has found a

city

which has never been entered by a white

in

man, and which has evidently been

for

existence

hundreds of years, going back before the time

of the conquest of the country

It
is

by the Spaniards.
it

an old Aztec

city,

and the approaches to

26

OUR STORY
it is

are so guarded by nature that

to reach
it if

an impossibility

the inhabitants do not

want a

trav

eler to get in.

The
tains

city lies in the

almost inaccessible

moun

in

the extreme southwestern

is

part of the

country and

so far

away from

civilization that
in the

few white men have ever been

hood.
It

neighbor

was by

the purest accident that Alvarez

city

became aware that a

vicinity,
tc

was anywhere
it,

in

the

and after he found

it

all of his

endeavors

reach

were unavailing on account of the

persistent opposition of the natives.

He

had been traveling over the mountains

in

search of an outlet to the Pacific

Ocean when he

came

to the top of

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

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.
lived in that part of the country.

27

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

laid
r

out

in streets

and was peo

pled

with a race

w ho knew

something about

civilization.

The

houses were of stone and were

in

surrounded by yards,
flowers and shrubs.
of taste

which were growing

all sides

On

were evidences
it

shown by

the inhabitants, and

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

city

showed

him that the

was

located within a natural

amphitheater and was accessible from one side

only.

He saw

that the only

means
defile

of access

was
into

through a long and narrow

which led

the mountains from the Pacific coast side, and he

started to reach the place,
this entrance.

where he could

find

He made

an outline drawing of

the city as

it

appeared to him from the distant

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OUR STORY
top,

mountain
there
for he
is

and

this

is all

he has to show that

a city within the heart of the mountains,

to reach the spot.

was never allowed

this

"From

drawing

it is

plain that the city has

not

less

than four thousand inhibitants.

all

The

houses are

of stone and are supplied with doors

and windows.

In the center was a large building,

of worship,

which was undoubtedly the temple

for

on

its

walls could be seen sculptured designs

It

representing the Deity.

was

in the

shape of

the ancient teocalli, which are to be found in

many

parts of this country, and the people could

it

be seen passing in and out of

the day.
"After

during

all

hours of

ten days

arduous work Alvarez found

of
set

himself

at

the

foot

the

mountains on

the

western

slope,

and

about searching for the

city.

canyon leading to the

He

had so well had no

diffi

marked the

lay of the land that he

culty in finding the entrance, but he

was met by him proceed.

a band of Indians

who

refused to let

OF ATLANTIS.
They
offered

29

him no

violence, but insisted that he

should return.

He

told

them that he had come

over the mountains and did not

find his

know how

to

way

back.

"After

a consultation, he

was

told he

would

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

and

placed on the back of a mule.

this

He

traveled in

condition

for

three

days,

only having the

bandage removed from

his eyes at night.

On

the fourth day, he

was
so,

told to

remove

his

bandage, and

when

he did

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
city."

This
of

city

is

described in full in

"Future

Rulers
in

America,"

and has been

visited

by persons

the body,

who have

been permitted so to do.

We

conclude our extracts with the description

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OUR STORY
work
of the powerful

of another mighty city, the

nation whose capital, located on the great island

of Atlantis, exercised
its

power both East and

to tell:
to

West, of which we are trying

"The

American archaeologists who went

the recently discovered city in the Sierra

Madre
another
first

Mountains have returned, and

hidden city
city.

tell

of

five

Spanish leagues north of the

The

leader of the party, C.

W.

Pantion,

of Philadelphia, says that these cities

were

evi

dently twin capitals of a wealthy district long

before the Aztecs appeared.

The two

cities

are
of
of

connected by underground passages

solid

hewn out

rock,

and

it

was while exploring one

was

these passages

that the second

discovered.

It lies in a deep basin of the mountains,

exit

with no

except the underground

tunnel.

At

least

none has been found.

To

that

which we have thus drawn from

I

all

accessible sources in the visible,

now

desire to

add supplementary testimony from the Astral

OF ATLANTIS.
Records,

31
reliable

which

believe

to

be

and

worthy of credence.

Does not
in

this collated evidence of the similarity

city,

nature and civilization west of the great

which could not possibly have had commerce with

the mother-country for centuries, prove conclu
sively,

even to the

realistic

and

scientific

mind,

common

origin for religious teachings, customs,

languages, both oral and written?

All the dis

coveries relative to this subject, confirm this con

clusion.

We

are indebted to those

who

are im

pelled by an irresistible desire to learn

and know.

Who,
selves;

in this cause are willing to expatriate

them

endure danger and overcome obstructing

they

difficulties, if

may but by some chance

guid

ance, bring again to the light of day,

some of the
the sun of
into

various records, which were left

the manifested spiritual world

w hen
r

went down

the shuddering earth?

To

the

Aryan
is

people,

who

listen

with a willing

heart, there

much

that can be given concerning

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OUR STORY
It

this ancient city.

matters

little

how
is

Science
offered,

and Religion
whether

shall accept that

which

in a scientific

way, or from the unseen as

Science and Religion have

true and of value.

never received anything

of thought, until

new upon

untried lines

they have been forced to the

exception.

That

is

why

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

without the trouble and

fields for themselves,

exertion of seeking

new

or

admitting
for others.

the

possibility

of

broadening

truth,

All that has ever been learned, to distinguish

the savage from civilization

was known

to the

wise

men

of Atlantis.

Whenever
number

there has been

of Atlantians,

upon the
at

earth, a sufficient

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

OF

ATLAN9S$&^*

33

themselves, that nation or epoch has always ex

perienced a most wonderful growth.

of the last Egyptian splendor,

In the days
it

when

was

the

school to which the Greeks and

for instruction,

Romans

resorted

was

the last time noted in history

of such a re-appearance in sufficient

numbers
they did,

to

admit of a national control.

What

we

have the pyramids; the Temple of Karnac; and

all

the mighty ruins of the Nile and the Euphrates

in evidence.

As soon
were

as

the

Anglo-Saxon speaking races

sufficiently

developed out of savagery, the

re-appearing,
startling
their great
as

Atlantians,
the

commenced

whole world ever and anon, with

strides

toward wisdom and knowledge,

they

slowly paved the

for the settlement

way by conquest and

discovery,

and re-occupation of that which

all

belonged to them; and for the utilization of

their old resources,

under new conditions of added

In no other

strength and experience.

way can

we

account for the wilting and extermination of

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OUR STORY
who had
title to

the red-skinned usurpers,

neither claim

nor strength to maintain

that into

which

they had strayed by accident during the temporary

absence of the real owners.

Much

sympathy has been wasted on the red

son of the forest.

He

has but obeyed the law:

Who

cannot dominate the resources of the en

title to

vironment must yield

him who can.

How
unfolddiffer

much would our

agricultural

vast storehouses of mineral and

wealth have helped

man

ment,

if

they had never been used?

The

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

lect.
is

plain to the dullest intel

As

the city of Atlantis grew, her population

off into colonies

was drawn

which had deep and

abiding influence on the

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

s

and the concealment of the world

OF ATLANTIS.
records at that time, there
is

35

a mysterious gap,

which can be accounted

for

only in one way.

When

Atlantis

was

in its prime, there

s

were other

units in the world

category of nations which

If Atlantis
all

were not so
on
in the

far advanced.

had held

even tenor of her way,

other nations
light,

of the world

would have received the

its

and

been uplifted to something near

point, but

own

stand

when

this

chance of development was

in

cut

off,

they
this

groped

comparative

darkness.

When
Rome
of

class

of people incarnated

again in

force of numbers, such scenes as the conquest of

by the Goths and Vandals

the overrunning

Europe by the Huns, and the eruption of the

times without number,

Tartars,

occurred.

As
can

they disappeared from the mortal vision,

we

but recognize their sameness of purpose, and the

most pertinent

fact that

undone duty made

all

this trouble for the

Atlantians of the Far Past,

associates.

their

comrades and

Have we
is

learned

the lesson that no

human

being

separate from

36
ourselves?
It
is

OUR STORY
A
wrong once done must be
righted.

the eternal law of exact justice.

these misbegotten impedimenta to progress
into

As

pass out

the

unseen, having overborne or

put off

all

heads that towered above their own,

Little
felt

intellectually, Atlantian influence revives.

by

little

have these

"fellows

of

ignorance,"
"sons

the uplifting of influence of the

of

light"

and every generation increases the widening wave

of educated and spiritualized people, which
finally include within
it

must

every nation, tongue, or

people of the earth

tants.

full

complement of inhabi
.

The American

nation has done a vast

deal for the enlightenment of the whole world.

Thus

it is

easy to understand
all

why

the extinguish
is

ing power of

that holds the soul in chains

projected toward us.

In the ancient times,

tion

when

the

lamp

of civiliza
later, as at

burned at Rome, and Athens, or

Antioch and other

cities; single centers of learn

ing blazed out and lessened the darkness as do

OF ATLANTIS.
beacon lights
set

37
these

on a

hill.

But with

com

pare the events of to-day.

nationality,
its

compact, unified

which resembles the old Atlantis, had

off

beginning on an island, cut

from easy ap
its

proach.
felt

Yet

it

has been able to

make

power

throughout the whole world.

its

Although the
is

English name be detested,

spected.
felt

power

always re
itself

Not only

has this nation

it is

made

everywhere, but

the
its

founder of the
force with that,

American nation and

to

unites

push the

common

civilization

and thought cur

rents into every part of the globe.

The freedom

of

the

thought-body,

and the
has

aptitude of the minds engendered

thereby,

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

and per
in

hundreds of years

devachanic

rest,

is

coming upon the nation

in a

38
flood,

OUR STORY
as

with outstretched hands they demand

from the Silence that which they themselves de

posited in the Astral records long ages since.

We
way
ciples

often

wonder

at events transpiring in the

of discoveries, or at the applications of prin

which are perfectly

logical,

and linked one

upon another.
and begun

We

have surely reached a point

to guess about the uses

and methods of

application of that vehicle of force about

which

the Atlantians

knew much, and

desiring to

know

more, found there was a limit which barred their

further progress.
another, and

We

already have hold upon

we

desire only that they

who may
so

essay to advance in this direction,

may do

with

body, soul and

mind

so purified, they will not need

the reprimand of obstruction, that

came

to

the

original investigators of our nation on that line.

The

reason

why

this

age
is

is

so celebrated above
to the facts thus

others of the near past,

stated.

due

We

perceive in the near future, as has

is

been repeatedly foretold* the end of a cycle

at

OF ATLANTIS.
hand.
in

39

Cataclysmic results; the sinking of land

rising in others,
is

some places; and the

im
are

minent.

When

cities

peculiarly

situated
lost all

crowded with inhabitants, who have

ception of everything but their

con

own

desires cen

tering in selfish purpose, their thought vibrations

become inharmonious with the universal thought

vibrations.
If this

inharmony continues strong

itself to

enough

to

communicate

the ground upon

which the

city stands, this foundation being sub

ject also, to a set of vibrations

upon the natural

plane
occur.

of

Liquidity,

serious

consequences

may

Just what the outcome of the present period

will be

none but the Council of the Seven Great

Builders know.

But

this

we

have gathered:

That within

hundred

years,

and possibly a

much
waves.

shorter time, Atlantis will be above the

Whatever her monuments

in her ruined

contain,

or

whatever may be
be investigated.

temple can then

40

OUR STORY
Within 500 years the bulk
of population will
is

be south of the equator; that which

will

now

sea,

become dry land, and the old continent

will once

of

Lamuria

more

sustain

its

millions of
is

inhabitants.
fixed

Scientists
all

tell

us that the time

when

the gold, silver and coal will be

short-sighted
!

mined.

How
man
s

Under

the sea

is

thousand-fold more than has ever been brought to

light

by

busy hands.

CHAPTER

III.

the early seventies, having by constant and

IN severe
point
ative,
I

attention

to

business

reached

when

rest

and change were imper

to take a

was advised by my physician

I

sea voyage.
of

mentioned

this

fact

to a friend

mine

in

New York
offered

City,

who was

a vessel

owner.

He

me

the position of super

sail for

cargo in one of his vessels about to

Francisco,
"around

San
ac

the
it

Horn."

gladly

cepted the chance, for

gave

me

both motive

and occupation for the

trip.

My

preparations were made

rapidly.

We

sailed out of

New York

Harbor on

the I5th of

June, 1872.

As

the last lighthouse sank slowly beneath the

waves, and the full

moon

rose in the heavens, I

little

stood watching the receding land marks,

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OUR STORY
to

dreaming of the momentous events

happen

as

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

come

to

my my

knowledge,

before

should again touch

foot

upon land.

Of

all

these the following pages are but a feeble por

trayal.

But

it

is

always so
go.

in life,

we meet and
the
in

part,

come and

The

consequence of

meeting and the pain of the parting may be

expressible in spoken language
;

but

how

shall

we

know?
ly

Who

will

tell,

or

warn
its

us, of the swift

oncoming

future, with

burden of weal or

woe?

As our

vessel

was devoted

to freight, we, as I
es

knew, carried but a single passenger, who by

pecial favor of the

owner had been permitted

to

occupy the one spare cabjn.

space

The

rest

of

the

was occupied by
I

the officers of the ship, in

to
this

cluding myself.

had been introduced

first

man, when he had

ing
in

come on board, but be

the business
I

much preconcerned about

at that

had

hand

moment,

had simply responded

OF ATLANTIS.
with the usual meaningless phrase of:
to

45
"Happy

make your

acquaintance."

But
of

remembered
of

afterwards

an

impression

dignity

bear

on his part; ing; of sweetness of real courtesy

and that peculiar, indescribable

thrill

as

we

shook hands, which once or twice in a lifetime,

it

may

be our good fortune to experience, as the

lines of

our

lives cross

with those

who

are es

sential to our highest

and best unfolding.

the Standing thus, leaning meditatively over

tafrrail,
I

came back

to

myself by hearing
in

my

name pronounced
voice,

distinctly,

a low,
foreign

musical
accent.

with just the slightest

I

Looking around,

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

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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OUR STORY
we have
accomplished
other.
shall
all

our friends, only when

or finished
that

we

can do for each

So long as our work remains undone

certainly
"Yes,"

we

meet

again?"

I said,

"that

may

be

so,

but

it

is

the

human

uncertainty that
full at this

saddens."

Looking

man,

to

whom, with

his

every word, I was most indescribably attracted,

I

saw a

picture,

from that time

indelibly

stamped

upon

my memory.

Tall, and almost perfectly

in

proportioned.
narily

Eyes black, while

their ordi

kind expression, one might easily imag

ine their possibilities,

when

honest indignation or

righteous anger stirred their depths.

Hair and

beard white, and worn a

little

longer than cus

in

tom

prescribed.

His bearing was majestic

strength; serene in harmony; attractive beyond

compare
others.

in

its

unselfish
all
this,

desire for the

good of

With
he

there
tell

was an impres
very

sion, in all
if

said,

he could

much more

he only would, about any subject concerning

OF ATLANTIS.
which he might be conversing.
It

45

was such a
hate,

face as children love

itself

and scoun
the pitying
s

drels

containing within
s

tenderness of a mother
taining watchfulness.

love and a father

sus
I

In

our

interview,

passed from the outermost border of casual ac

quaintance to the

confident

championship

of

sworn
I

friendship.

At

this,

too, I

marveled, for

am

slow to receive or offer friendship, but

to

come slowly
be, in those

the

perception of

what might
good
will.

who honor me with

stood

their

Although we

some

little

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
said,

for each other, although

finally

no word was

and

we

descended to our respective

cabins for the night.

As

is

usual with the position which I held,

my
inal,

duties during the voyage

were almost nom

making up

for this leisure, however, during

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OUR STORY
had
time to im
It

the receiving or discharging of the cargo or any

part.

Consequently

sufficient

prove the acquaintance so curiously begun.

did not take long to find out that

my

friend

was

a zealous, unremitting student, and

that while

we were
terest,

familiar with

many

lines of

common

in

there
of

were

others, in
I

which he was well

versed,
ing.

which

knew comparatively noth

He was

a very eloquent and instructive

talker
tions.

and readily and gladly answered

my

ques

Especially

was

this true of things in the past,

which the present generation has moved on and

forgotten,

and a peculiarity of

his

descriptions

was

that they

were given
Later
it

as

if

personal experi
at the
life

ences of his own.

first it

knew why, but

to give

seemed that

was done

more

and movement

to the story.

As

a child I had always been fascinated with

I

whatever

had chanced upon,

either in reading

or conversation which related to Atlantis.

But

OF ATLANTIS.
as
I

47

grew

older,

enveloped in the materialistic

schools,
I

ideas of the

modern
that

had come

to re

gard the

little

was known

of that ancient

mistress of the seas as largely

fabulous,

if

not

wholly unworthy of credence.

After
days,
as

we had
we
sat

been out from port four or

chatting on

five

the quarter deck,

something was said which induced

me

to

ask

him the question squarely:

"Do

you believe there ever was such a coun

Atlantis?"

try as

"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

as

that

is

said

to

have done, leaving no

more

trace of

its

former existence than has been

the case with

"And

that?"

why

does this seem impossible to you?

Does
stood

history

know anything

of

the

city

that

under ancient Troy.

Who

knows who

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OUR STORY
of

were the builders or what the design

the

Pyramids of Egypt?

Who

can

tell

of the cities

lying strata upon strata in the valley of the Nile?

In your
of the

own

country,

who

can

tell

anything

Mound

Builders?

What

does the world

know

of Palmyra, of Babylon, or of the great

cities in

the Valley of the Euphrates?

But

for
this

the accessibility of their ruins, they

would by

time have been as thoroughly forgotten as

lantis

At

now

is."

"And,"

here his face softened with an infin

ite

pity,

"perhaps

within forty years from

now

we may have

another lesson in the opportunity

past."

for denying the existence of the

"But

maybe,"

he continued,

"you

would

like

to hear

some of the actual records brought down

even to your day, of an event that concerns so

intimately
planet."

every

living

person

now upon our

Upon my

eager assent he went into his cabin

vol-

and soon returned with a small black-letter

OF ATLANTIS.
ume, written after the
style of the
left.

49
Far East, upon

parchment, from right to

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

Europe put together. Be

there
it

main

island

were

many
to cross

other

smaller ones, so that

was easy

from

one

to

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

"The

w as
r

but a bay with a narrow

mouth.
"In

the Atlantic island a powerful federation

of Kings
island

was formed, who subdued the larger

and many of the smaller islands
further continent.

itself

and

also parts of the

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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OUR STORY
States,
all

who, taking the lead of the oppressed

finally secured liberty to

who dwelt

within

the

Pillars of

Hercules.

Subsequently,

both

laces

were destroyed

by

mighty
in

cataclysms,

which brought destruction

night.

a single day and

The
entirely

natural features of the Attic land

were

changed and the Atlantic island

sank bodily beneath the waves.

"In

the center of the Atlantic Island

plain.

was a
this

fair

and beautiful

In the center of

plain

and nearly

six miles

from

its

confines

was

low range of

hills.

Here dwelt

for

many gen

erations the

renowned race of Atlan, from

whom

the whole island and sea

were named Atlantic

ever
to

or Atlantis.

The

ruling Kings
of

handed
eldest
priest

down
sons,

the the

succession

power

their

younger sons going into the

hood.

They were

possessed of such wealth as

easily pro

no dynasty ever yet obtained or will

cure hereafter.

This wealth was drawn both

from

all

foreign nations with

whom

the Atlan-

OF ATLANTIS.
tians traded

51

and from Atlantis

in

itself,

which was
the

especially

rich

minerals,

and

possessed

only

known mines

of orichalcum in the world,

a mineral with

most wonderful and inexhaustible

properties

a metal which

was then second only

to gold in its value.

"The

country was rich also

in

timber and

pasturage.

Moreover, there were vast numbers

of elephants, spices,

gums and odorous

plants of

every description
tables

flowers, fruit trees

and vege

of all

kinds,

and many other luxurious

products which this wonderful Continent,

ing to
its

ow
forth.
infi

beneficent

climate,

brought

These were
nite in

sacred, beautiful, curious

and

number.

Nor were

the inhabitants con

tent with simply the natural advantages of their

glorious country, but also displayed a marvelous

industry

and

skill

in

engineering and the con

structive arts.

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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it

adding to the building, so that

struck

all

be

holders with the greatest admiration.

"They

cut about the Royal Palace a series of

canals.

waterways or
at

These were bridged over

intervals,

while an immense canal admitted

the largest vessels from the sea, giving at once

protection as a harbor, and

making

it

more con

venient for the transportation of freight to and

from the

interior.
left

In fashioning their interior

streams they

docks cut out of the solid rock

where

their triremes could land their cargoes.

"The

stone used in their building

was

of three

colors,

white, black and red, so that

many

of

the buildings presented a gay appearance.

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

Continent,

stood the great Temple.

The

interior

was cov

ered with silver, except the pediments and pin

nacles,

which were

lined

with gold.

Within,

OF ATLANTIS.
the roof

53
of gold, ivory

was a magnificent mosaic

all walls,

and orichalcum, and

pillars

and pave

ments were covered with orichalcum.

"By

a system of aqueducts leading from na

tural

springs of hot and cold water, they had

supplies for baths,

and for the irrigation of

their

beautiful plantations and gardens.

"The

docks were

filled

with

shipping

and

naval stores of every description

at

known

to

men

that time.

The whole

city

teemed with a

dense population.

The main

canal and largest

harbor were crowded with merchant shipping re

turned from, or making ready to
parts
their
sail

for,

all

of

the

world.

The

din and

tumult of

commerce continued

all

day long, and the

is

night through as well.

of their wonderful city.
"Now,

Such

a general sketch

as regards the rest of the

country;

it

was very mountainous with exceedingly

precipi

tous coasts, and the plain surrounding the city

was

itself

environed by a mountain chain broken

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OUR STORY
The
plain

only at the sea entrance.

was smooth

and

level

and of an oblong shape, lying North

and South.

The mountains were

said to be the

grandest in the world for their number, size and

beauty.

The whole

country was a constant suc

cession of prosperous

and wealthy
rivers

villages,

for

there

was an abundance of

and

lakes,

meadows and pasturage

and quantities of timber.

for all

kinds of cattle
this

They surrounded

plain with an enormous canal or dike, 101

feet

deep,

606

feet

broad and 1,250 miles in length.

By

it

the water from the mountains

was con

ducted around the whole plain, and while a part

flowed out to the
for irrigation.
sea,

the rest
able,

was husbanded
by raising two

They were

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,

of consultation in
at
last

all

matters
into

of

until

the

power passed

the

hands of the priesthood.

OF ATLANTIS.
"For

5$

many

generations, the rulers,

King and

priest

remained obedient to their ancestral tra

ditions.

For they possessed true and altogether

and exercised mildness and practical
in the

lofty

ideas

wisdom, both

ordinary vicissitudes of
relations.

life

and

in

their

mutual

They
They

looked
consid

above everything except virtue.

ered
things

present

of

small

importance,

and

contentedly bore their weight of riches as a bur

den.

Nor were

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

the great height

of

prosperity
"But

we have

described.
their mortal natures

when,

at the last,

began seeking to dominate and override the Di

vine within
to display

and about them, they commenced

to degener-

unbecoming conduct, and

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ate;

OUR STORY
thus blighting and finally
destroying
the

fairest of their
"This,"

most valuable

possessions."

said

my

friend,

"is

as

authentic an

account as that of any nation of

whom we

have

any

history, for

it

was handed down from

father

to son in

the ancient Atlantian writing, which

was

perfected

about 25,000

years

before

the

Christian era commenced.

Just then some duty claimed

my

immediate

attention and as he rose up to return to his cabin

he looked
I

me

fully in the face

is

and remarked:

"If

mistake not, the time

close at

hand when
lines

your desire for information on these

be more fully gratified.

will

CHAPTER

IV.

was a day or two before we had

a chance for

IT any more conversation,

very busy
like

for he

seemed to be

in his

own

cabin with what looked

an ancient

map and

number
I

of diagrams
fully

of cabalistic calculations,
nized, for I

which

recog

had some experience with researches

line,

along that
verify

and could,

to a certain extent,

some of the simpler rules of deductions

But, as
I

from the Caballa.

ations

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.
the

His absorption
length
of

being the result rather of

process.

the

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OUR STORY
At
last

he appeared to have reached a favor

able

conclusion

and

his

data

and memoranda
deck.

were put away.

Although for
a

Once more he came upon

few days he apparently put aside

a continuation of his former talk about Atlantis,

yet there

was an

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

it

had occurred
locker
I

me

had an odd volume

in

my

had

picked up in a second-hand

stall

in

Boston, in

tending to examine
ing

it

at

my
I

leisure.

Now, hav
it

my

interest

aroused

brought

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
in the

islands

and peninsulas that were

upheaved

ordinary course of evolution and

became ultimately the true home of the great

race

known

as the Atlantians,

a race developed

OF ATLANTIS.
from a nucleus of Northern Lemurians,
tered,

59
cen
of

generally speaking,

towards

a point

land

in

what

is

now

the mid-Atlantic Ocean.

"In

connection with the Continent of Atlan

tis

we

should bear in mind that the account which

to

has

come down

us

through the old

Greek

writers contains a confusion of statements, some

of

them referring

to

the great Continent as a

last,

whole, and others to the

Posidonis.
Plato,

small island of

for instance,

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

Homer

speaks

and their

island.

The

Atlantes

and the Atlantides of mythology are based upon

the

Atlantes

and Atlantides of

history.

The
Atlas

story of Atlas gives clearly to us the clue.

is

the personification in a single symbol of the

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OUR STORY
poets attribute to Atlas, as to Proteus, a su

combined continents of Lemuria and Atlantis.

The

perior

wisdom and a
a

universal knowledge, and

especially

thorough

acquaintance

with

the

depths of the ocean; because both continents hav

ing borne races instructed

by

divine

masters,
seas,

were each transferred

to the

bottom of the
the

where they now slumber

until

appointed

time shall come to reappear above the waters.

And
fires,

as both

Lemuria, destroyed by submarine

and Atlantis submerger by the waves, per

is

ished in the ocean depths, Atlas

said to have

been compelled to leave the surface of the earth

and join
tarus.
"Atlas

his father lapetus in the depths of

Tar

then personifies a

continent

in

the

West,
that

said to support

heaven and earth at once;

giants tread

is,

the

feet

of the

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

61
lost

of

the

two

continents

thrice as lofty during the day of

as

Lemuria
Atlas
ol

and twice

high

in

that of Atlantis.

was an

inaccessible island peak in the days

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

their

Both sank and were drowned with

between the two high civilizations and gods, yet

two catastrophes a period

elapsed.
"Why

of about 700,000

yean

in mind should not your geologists bear

that under the continents explored

and fathomed

by them,

in the

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

theories."

present

Amazed

at this singular corroboration of

what

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friend had previously read me,
I

my
I

concluded
it,

would ask him something more about

at

the first opportunity, not dreaming that the op

portunity of lives

was
time

close at hand.

During

all this

we had
Both

been making good

officers

time toward the South.

and men
all

had been attracted toward our passenger, and

were ready

to give

him the

little

attentions
I

which

make a stranger
tion
this

feel at

home anywhere.

men

as

explanatory of some events which

little later.

happened a

The winds had

as

been brisk and favorable, but

we

approached the Spanish

Main

they grew

fitful,

and when we had traversed a part of that

Indian Archipelago, they
fell

West

away

into

a dead calm.
South, but
the
third

Our

ship drifted a little to

the

made no
day,

particular

headway.
at

On

the

moon

fulled

noon and

we were

lying in about 30 degrees

North

lati

tude and 42 degrees

friend asked

West
would

longitude,
like to

when my

me

if

go with him

OF ATLANTIS.
to visit a peculiar looking island,

63
about a couple

of miles

to

the

westward.

Upon

my

rather

eager assent, the captain granted us the use of

his

yawl, and though he proffered us the help

of

some

of the crew, our friend declined, saying

he had been

much accustomed
off,
I

to the water.

We

pushed
I

taking a pair of oars and he

steering.

had hardly taken a couple of strokes

I

with the oars, when

pulsion of the boat

felt

that the rapid

to

im
I

was not due

my

strength.

glanced

at

my

companion.

His face was

I

set

with a peculiar expression, of which

fore had experience in other directions.

had be

very short time sufficed to bring us to this

island,

which on
of

closer inspection

seemed
pillar,

to be the

summit

some huge obelisk or

little

raised above the waves.

The

sides,

although not
In the
still

high,

were sheer and

precipitous.

waters they extended below the surface, as far

as vision could penetrate.

How much

farther, I

had no means of ascertaining.

We

rowed slowly

64
around
ence.
it.

OUR STORY
It

was about 150

feet in circumfer

On

the side farthest from the vessel the

face of

the rock

was broken jaggedly by

the

weather.

The

projections gave opportunity for

fastening the yawl, and for climbing to the

mit.
If there
this

sum

had been any swell of the ocean

impossible, but with
it

even

would have been

a sea of glass all about us

ficult task.

was not a very

dif

Having

securely knotted the boat s

painter to a stout protuberance,

best

we scrambled

as

we might

to the top.
flat,

To my
to find,
filling
it

utter surprise, instead of the

solid

mass, roughened by the weather, which I expected

was cup-shaped

in the center, evidently

with water during storms,

It

and drying
at the

out under the hot sun.

bottom.

was now dry

Looking

closely at the sides I

saw that
it

instead of being a mass of natural rock,

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.
ture.

65
flagging.

The

floor

was

laid

in

regular
I

Almost stunned by the

discovery,

turned to

my

companion, but

my

exclamation of surprise

was checked by

his actions.

Standing
to

erect,

in

the very center, with his face

the

North,
little

guiding himself by a small compass and a

square
of

parchment,

upon

which

characters

were

inscribed, he turned 15 degrees to. the East

and stepped forward one pace.

15

Then

turning
another

degrees

more he stepped

forward

pace.

He

repeated this operation until he faced

due East.
to dilate,

There standing
and
his face

erct, his

form seemed
set in its

grew

fixed
I

and

whole

outline.

All at once

perceived a large
feet,

disc of stone

had revolved

at his

exposing

a flight of stone steps leading into a

room below.

Coming back

to himself he

motioned

me

to fol

low him, and slowly we descended the

stairs into

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

As we

stepped upon this floor a light which came

in particular, lighted

from nowhere

up the whole

66
interior.

OUR STORY
Limitless age had laid his desecrating

hand upon everything.

But

as this

had been her

dust
in the

metically sealed by the waves,

the

that

would otherwise have accumulated

air

upper

was not

present.

In the center of the room

were

five stone seats,

on each was a
still

little

pile

of dust.

My

companion,

silent,

stepped to
of the

the East, and facing the seats,

signs of

made one
I

Power.

As he

did so I thought
it

heard

a suppressed sob of joy, but

was not

distinct

enough

to be unmistakable.

Then

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.

won

door

slid

back, through which

we

passed

into

a chamber below.

Here

we

found seven
little piles

seats.

On

each rested those curious

friend repeated the sign
like

of dust.

My

made

in the

room above, and then a sound

the tremor of an Folian harp rose in volume un-

OF ATLANTIS.
til

67

the vibration filling the room, shook the walls

of the tower in

which we were standing.

Turn

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

therein he

drew out

a little stone box.

Holding

this carefully,

he retraced his steps towards the

upper

air,

closely

followed by myself.

With

the greatest care he closed behind

him every av

enue, thus sealing once

ing,

more

for future unfold

whatever there might be of knowledge or

mystery here concealed.

top had rolled into
its

When

the disc at the

place, a roll of

pigment

was placed
this

in his

hand by unseen

helpers.

With

he traced upon the tightly joined edges a

it

character which burst into a silvery flame as

appeared upon the stone, and

left

a blood-red

mark behind

it.

Then

proceeding to the side

where the boat

without any push
off,

lay waiting for us,

we managed
it

difficulty to seat ourselves in

and

he steering, as before.
it

Singular as
certed

may
or

seem, without any precon

instruction

word

of

warning, not a

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moment
of our landing until

word had been interchanged between us from

the
in

we were

again

motion upon the water.

On my

part the
in a

silence

was involuntary.

seemed to stand

vortex of recurring memory, coming

down

over

whelmingly upon me.

was too busy within

past,

myself in attempting to readjust the

the

present and the promises of the future, to leave

any time for the

not
resist

frivolity

of speech.

could

the feeling that these rock-ribbed

cham

bers were, in
self.

some peculiar way, a part of

I

my

knew

had been perfectly familiar with

the purposes of their erection, their use, and of

some
effect.

final issue, appalling

and benumbing

in its

More

than that.

The

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

as

if

had parted with them only yesterday.

Oh,

OF ATLANTIS.
Memory
the Eternal!

69

was

it

yesterday, or thou

sands of years ago since

faces

looked upon

these

and forms of comrades loving and true?

feeling of present reality, of

The

some

tie

strong

er than friendship

overwhelmed me.

When my
shoulders, as

friend

made

the sign I mentioned, a burden of

untold weight was lifted from

if

my

an expiation were finished, a terrible mistake

rectified

whose consequence

all

my

life,

up
all

to

that hour, had

cramped and restrained

its

my

unfolding and

energies.

All this and

fail

much

more
held
ly

that

words will

utterly

to

portray,

me

silent as

my

friend did,

what he evident

came

to do, taking

me

as

an involuntary ac

complice.
Sitting in

the stern of the boat,

facing me,

with the stone casket resting on

looked at
"My

his knees,
:

he

me

with a grave smile, and said

brother: I see

my

confidence in thee

was

not founded in simple assumption, but in knowl

edge.

Thou

hast learned well the lesson whose

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closing clause
is

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to

keep

silent.

Thereby thou
Great Broth
issued

hast proved also thy position in the

erhood,

whose

first

charter
I

was
thee,

by the

Atlantian Kings.
One."

greet

Ancient Wise

While saying
if

this his
fire.

whole

face lighted

up

as

from an inner

The

action of the

sympa

thetic exaltation

on myself was beyond the power

It

of

words

to describe.

was

as

if

one had sud

infinite

denly come

to a

perception of

almost

power, and without a particle of arrogance in the

possession.
"I

could only reply:

feel that

we must

have been brothers, but

in

you do me great honor

"Before

naming me

thus."

we

reach the ship I must

tell

you,"

continued

my

comrade,

"that

it

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.
tent Brotherhood that has ever existed.
"You

71

entered the chambers of the three, the

five

and the seven.

more.

The whole
The
top

continent
of

is

slow

ly rising once

the

tower,

which was 100

feet in

diameter at the base, and

air.

210

feet high,

has again reached the upper

The

transparent dome, which covered the

cham

ber of the three has been destroyed by the ac

tion of the waves.

We

do not

know whether
be able
to

the

masonry of the upper

stories will

resist the erosion of fierce tropical

storms or not,

as little
"It

by

little it

reaches the surface.

best by the

was thought
this;"

Brotherhood to
little

rescue

here he touched the

casket,

"before it

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,
accessible.
"The

at

present

chambers which

we

entered were built

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

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Below
the last chamber
still

son have preserved their contents to the pres

ent time.

we

entered

was

that of the fifteen, and

forty-five.

below

that, the

chamber of the
for I

I did

not enter them,

was warned

that I might thereby afford

opportunity for the waters pressing up from be

low, to wipe out
all vestiges

of this ancient

home

of the Brotherhood,

which

to later generations

may

be ocular demonstration of our existence.

rested heavily

"Obligation

on the

three,

the

five

and the seven.

They

could not be set free

until

entirely

from

its

responsibility

such time
in

as either the

bounds were destroyed, as

the

upper chamber, or one clothed with authority

entering their resting place should
their signal of release,

give

them
the

which

I did.

Below

seven,

the failure of conditions above absolved

of

the

members

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

its

newest appeal

mankind, and

we

are sure that mistakes of

the intellect in the past will not be repeated in

the present.

But we

are approaching the ship.

The most

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

is

accomplished.

The

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,

mouth draining the Atlantian Con

from which, before the overthrow, a

mag

nificent

panorama of the

fairest

land

the sun

ever shone on,

"We

was

visible.

could

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

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

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its

age will be moving rapidly forward to

pletion."

com

It did not

occur to me, during

all this recital,

to object either to the facts stated or to the cer

tain,

quiet assumption of myself as one of the

willing accessories of the plan he had thus hastily

sketched.
It

seemed quite a matter of course

that the sole object of

my making
what
I

this

voyage

was

the accomplishment of
ears, for the first

now, with Nay, more,

mortal
I

time heard.

felt a certain

enthusiasm, a quiet joy in being

it

thus permitted to do the task, whatever be that

might

was

set for

me, as an integral factor of

I

the whole, to complete.

know

that this

is

not

at all the thing likely to happen,

according to
nature.
lines,

deduction from what

we know
one of

of

human

But

as this story

is

facts

on new

we

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
close to the ship

75

and the

men were making

As we reached
casket,
as

ready to hoist the yawl aboard.

the deck

my

friend

showed

his

a curious souvenir of the stone pile

we had

visited.

After looking at
"It

it

casually they

assented to the fact:

looks a
trifle

was

a nice bit of rock,

water-worn

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

fully for the perception of that

them more

which

may

at

any time be offered them.

CHAPTER

V.

the sun sank on the

Western horizon a

AS
The

northeastern wind began to strain out

our
ship once

"idly

flapping

sails,"

and the

good

more moved merrily over

the waters.

full

moon

of the tropics climbed out of

the great wastes of waters, and

I

my

friend and
of

sat

on the quarter-deck, chatting

Suddenly, as
if

various

matters.
to

some one had spoken

;

him

in

reminder of some event, he said

once."

"Yes,

certainly; at

moment

after, the stone casket

which

had
into

seen in his cabin just before sunset,

his hands,

was put

coming about

as fast as a

man would
that time

walk, out of the companion way.

At

no one

else

was near us on

the deck, therefore no

remarks were made.

In

my

peculiar state of

mind

this,

too,

seemed

OF ATLANTIS.
perfectly natural, as well as

77

what followed.
hands he pointed

Taking
out to

the

casket

in

his

me

several

characters

and symbols en
Calling

graved deeply in the stone.

tion to a
"That

my
he

atten
said:

form of the winged globe,

the signet seal of

is

him who was our

It

most learned, Ancient Brother.

contents of the casket in trust for
the password.
"Lay

holds

the

him wEo hath

open
it.

Let us

see

if

we may
left

the open

palm

of

your

hand on mine,

the fingers straight, and say as thou mayest re

ceive out of the silence.
I

If
it is

thou art he
well.

whom

have expected to meet,

If not,, then

it is still

only patience for further

waiting."

He

held out his left hand, palm up.

left

placed

my own
did so, a
like

hand upon

it,

palm

to palm.

As

little

shock passed over

my whole body
more
intense.

an

electric thrill, only a little

His eye shining with a piercing

mine.

brilliancy,

caught

Then

felt

another hand lying on the

back of mine, and a form shadowed out of the

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thin air by

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my
side,

and simultaneously

could

see the full, regal proportions of a

most majestic

figure standing beside us.

Prominently out of
feels the

the shadow, as

when one
feel

sun

s rays,

could

distinctly

the

brightness

of another

pair of eyes similar to those of

my

friend in the

body.

At

the

same moment

of time there

came ring

ing through the air to

chant.

my

ears a low, musical

to

Instantly

appeared

be

up-borne

where beneath me
all its

a vast city lay spread out, in

beauty and glory for

still

many
in the

leagues.

We
dif

three

remained together
I

same

relative

position.

had

lost all consciousness of

in

any

ference of condition

the

three present,

who

seemed equal

in

every respect.

At
s

this

instant,

a single syllable from

able in
its

my

friend

lips,

indescrib
attention.
in

intonation,

arrested

my

Without

volition of

my

lower consciousness,
I

exactly the

same cadence

uttered a syllable, and

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

OF ATLANTIS.
thrilled

79

from the

lips

of our bodyless brother,

the third syllable of a

all

word whose awful powers

mystics concede.

As

the last note rang out into space the casket

fully into

came once more

saw
it

my

consciousness.

open slowly, until the cover turned fully

back, and revealed a large roll of the finest papy

rus,

clearly written

in

plain

but minute char

transi

acters of

what we have supposed was a

Egyptian
civilization.

tion period of

My

friend reverently raised the scroll from

its

resting place.

As he

did so a fragrance inimitable

and of bewildering

effect
this

upon the senses poured

precious

from

it.

Holding

record

of

the

past in his hands he said:

"For

over 29,000 years,

my

brother, this papy

rus has not seen the light.

When
we

it

was

last

inclosed in this casket and sealed,

.

three, still

in

the body, looked forward to the accomplish of

ment
ited

much

that

was beyond
I

the

power

of lim

mortal potency.

am

glad to greet thee,

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OUR STORY
-

my companion
in thee, for to

and brother.

was not mistaken

no power but the presence of the

its

three

would the casket have yielded

I shall

contents.

When
in

have read

it

to

you

it

will be left

your hands for safe keeping.

To-morrow we

will begin our work, giving six of the early hours

of the day to

it."

CHAPTER

VI.

on the next morning

we commenced
rescription.

our

SO
it

tale

of

transfer

and

He

translated while I wrote

down
At

in short

hand that which he thus gave me.

the

first

was slowly
little

given,

owing

to the fact of

my

be
I

ing a

rusty in
skill,

my

stenography, but as

recalled

my

our speed increased.

a full and complete record of

The MSS. was

all

that

concerned

that

wonderful

country,

whose daring

leaders, like

many

another seeking
in

to manifest unusual power,

have come

con

tact witfi impassible limitations

and pulled down

in

their

country and involved

all

irretrievable

disaster, because they lacked

omnipotence to carry

out their designs.

But

will not anticipate, but

submit to

my

readers the history of Atlantis and

82

OUR STORY
I

the story of the secret causes that led to the final

overthrow, as

have copied

it

from the notes

It begins

of that never-to-be-forgotten voyage.

with an invocation by the Scribe, as follows:

"I,

Tlana, Scribe of the Mighty Three, to

it

whom

has been given strictly in charge so to

do, herein write the history of

try.

my

beloved coun

This

is

to be for the instruction

and en

lightenment of
off ages to

my

people,

when

they, in the far

come

shall

need more than bread, help

I

to recurring

memory.

demand

for this

under

taking, the necessary

assistance

and

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
is

All, that I

may

say that

which
actions

best

and most instructive concerning the

its

and conditions of our nation from

to

beginning
"Our

now.

(About 29,000 B. C.)

Continent follows the general outline

of all the others

now

in manifestation

upon the

OF ATLANTIS.
Earth.
It
is

83
its

about 1,000 miles broad at

at
its

wid

est point,

and 3,000 miles long

longest di
consist

mension.

The

surface

is

mostly

level,

ing of vast fertile plains.

But

to

the

West,

North and East the country becomes mountain

ous.

From
with

these mountains, as a water shed, a

its

river

branches drains nearly the whole

Its

length of the Continent.

waters,

diverted

through an

artificial

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

up

to the foothills of the

elevated portion of the country.

Among

these

mountains has been built the Great Temple ded

icated to
"Our

OM., who
records

is

the

ONE,

the All.

fail to

give us any information

s

of the beginning of
is

man

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

to
say,

sufficient

when
their

the

Fifth

Race men needed a home

for

unfolding,

84
they found
it

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here.

Their unfolding has been

along the lines of the strongest development.

We
now

may

therefore simply describe the conditions

existing as the

outcome of the thought-forces of

the most powerful nation of the

"The

known world.

fertility of

our

soil

is

unparalleled any
difference of ele

where upon the

earth.

Our

vation above the sea level gives variety to our

climate,

and whatever grows otherwhithers on

the globe, will

grow here

also,

in

the greatest

luxuriance and perfection.

to

We

have no need

import anything grown out of the ground

from other nations.

"Our

supplies of minerals

from the bosom of

the earth are incomparable in their

amount and
found

abundance.

We

have

all

metals

any
also

where upon the surface

of the earth.

We

have one, of which none has ever been discov

ered in any other country.
tility

It possesses the

duc

and color of copper and the strength of

iron.

We

have named

it

Orichalcum.

OF ATLANTIS.
"The

85
of
to

fauna holds every

species

animal,
all

which from here has been carried

of the earth, there
to

parts

find

new

habitat and
either for
dis

become of use

to the children of

men

labor or pleasure.
tribution.
this

This was the center of

Whatever knowledge or wisdom on

experience has given them, they have
it

line

freely passed

on

to those

who

stood in need
in

of

it.

In short, whatever mankind possesses

any degree anywhere,

we

also

possess

in

vast

abundance, far beyond our needs.

State,

Never has any

Nation or Potentate ever before concen

trated so

much

of wealth

that

is,

surplus of sup

plies of all kinds, as

"No

we

hold to-day.
will truly describe our

word but immense,

public works.

No

nation has even dreamed of a

less built one.

Temple

like ours,

much

The
the

private

residences
sort,

of

our

citizens,

even

of

poorer

outshine in beauty of design and suitable

ness of material the kings of

many

other nations.

Do

not consider that

am

seeking to belittle

86

OUR STORY
I

others or to extol ourselves, but

as fully

am

stating
is

and

as candidly as I can, that

which

really the fact, as I

"The

now

write.

mountains have springs of hot and cold

reservoirs.

water which act as natural

From

them the water

is

conveyed by stone pipes to the

public baths and to the private residences of such

citizens as choose to avail themselves of the priv
ilege

under certain conditions.

the center of the city are the royal pal

"In

aces,

and these are protected by three immense

canals,

which are

built

entirely

around

them,

with two intervening zones of land.

nals are connected with the

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
Its lofty

is

in the northeast part

its

of the city.

tower bearing upon

top,

the finest observatory ever yet built, occupies the

northeast quarter of the

Temple grounds. This

protected from attack

and the Temple

itself

is

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.
"From

the mountains the city of cities extends

in

a circular

form southward.

Beyond the im
is

mense area occupied by the

another, comprising
miles,

city proper

still

upwards of 75,000

square

which has been cultivated from time im

is

memorial, and
is

in fact

one vast garden.

This

liberally irrigated

from the river and from a

canal 600 feet in width and 100 feet deep, ex

tending through the country i,2OO miles.

only are these waters used
for
irrigation,

Not
but

through a system of locks at the port, galleys are

raised

and lowered into the grand canal, where

receive

they both

and distribute cargoes of

all

kinds of products in the interests of commerce.

"It

is

hardly necessary to mention

of
this

that

the
is

population

plain

and the mountains

will

many

millions.

Never

there be so

many

88

OUR STORY
and Magi.

people gathered in the same place at the same

time, so say our prophets
"Nor

must

forget to say that the

is

volume

of our population

increased by the fact that

life-giving

owing

to the

dominance of the

power

of the spirit,
to

which has not been weakened yet

any great extent there are three or four gen

erations of
all

men upon

the earth at the same time,

strong and vigorous.

As

the necessary sup

its

plies for the

maintenance of the body at

best,

are in the greatest profusion, nature in no sense

retards the increase of population,

but

would

support to the utmost limit the most prolific in

crease possible.
"During

the day the myriad sounds of voice

arise over the

and action that

docks and the quar

is

ters of the city devoted to labor

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
laid the entire surface of earth

89
under

tribute to our

commerce.
for

We

have no need to

ask another nation

anything

we have

not.

But they seek from us

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

selves,

and

as the material

and tempering of our

find

artizans are very fine,

we

market for

all

we

can possibly

offer.

The

only article of which

to the de
offers a

we

fail
is

in

making the supply equal

mand

a bright yellow metal,

which

powerful resistance to the action of the elements.

It
is

eagerly sought for purposes of decoration,

both of building and persons.

of our

The

total

product

own mines

is

thus appropriated, and our

it

traders

have discovered that

exists
it

in

other

parts of the world.

So they seek

everywhere,

and when found offer our

own

products in ex-

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change for
it.

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When
they bring
it

home

they

are offered certain immunities and privileges in

addition to the market value for

it.

Thus,

in

way,
with
It
is

it

has become a measure of value, not only

us,

but with

all

the nations of the earth.

that this peculiar con

predicted by our

Magi

dition,

through the foul greed of man, will grow

into a calamity for the

whole

race.
is

The

desire

upon which

its

gathering by us

founded will
in the

become

irrepressible

and destructive

more

physical nations in the years to come.

ever,

As,

how

our nation has done no intentional wrong

tried to deal justly, they can hardly be
evil.

and have

considered responsible for any such

also true that
if

It

is

evil

does come upon the race

it

we
to

shall be forced to

meet

in the

long ages yet

come, as

we

are again called to face in

new

bodies the lives allotted to us.

Thus

far, strained

intensity for acquisition has not acquired

force

enough to injure us
line.

in

our development on any

OF ATLANTIS.
"We

91

are not a nation of flesheasters, for the

of our climate does not compel the con

warmth

centration of food sought in the use of flesh.

is

It

because
to

we

are not

bound
circle

to the soil in

our

efforts

overcome the

of necessity that

we
real

can give so
forces

much
facts

time to the study of the

of

and

the universe, and

the
to

methods by which they could be made useful

themselves.
"At

the

North are three high mountain

peaks,

which have become landmarks

men.
In the

for all seafaring

I

way

of

review of what

have

written, permit

me

to take

my

future readers to

the highest

summit

of the great peak Alyhlo,

and

from thence point out the paradise of mountain

and

valley, hill

and

plain, interspersed

with broad

plateaux.

These are covered with

tropical vege

tation bearing all kinds of edible fruits

known
the

to

man throughout

the

whole

circle of

year.

Limped streams from

the mountain sides water

district.

a large portion of this vast

92
"Nor is

OUR STORY
this all, for the

whole picture

is

dotted

thick with

substantial
all,

dwellings,
is

hamlets

and

towns.

But above

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

sky, so clear
its

tion
fect,

and the blue of the

and

so per

as yet undisturbed in

vibrations by the

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

galleys

move

neither by sail nor

force.

nor any impulsion of elemental

all

Sur

mounting

these our

Magi

have imparted the

of

secret of etheric impulse born

thought, and
It
is

against this,

wind nor

tide

have no power.

the fairest land that

man

in all his generations

thus far has ever seen.

CHAPTER VII.

going forward with the descrip

BEFORE
as

tions of the

MSS.
the

let

us

do

little

comparing with

present

situation,

we now know
Continent
Carribean

it.

The

location

of the
in

Ancient
part
the

must

have

covered
If

Archipelago.

the

land

were

so raised as to

make

the highest peak six

miles high,

there must
seas

have resulted two im

is

mense inland
Mexico.

where now

the
old

Gulf

of

Across these and the

in

continent
the

would blow

constant

succession
fertility

trade
their

winds, bringing moisture and

upon

broad wings, for the teeming population.

configuration,

In

there

must have been a striking

resemblance to our upper lake country.

The

range of mountains to

the

West and

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constituted

North must have

the Continent,

the

backbone of

whose peaks and

islands.

table lands

now

form a chain of

On

the line of drainage

from the inland sea the Amazon must now be

located.

The

fertility

must have been the

re

sult not so

much

of a torrid temperature, as of

the absence of cold winds, which gave a peculiar,

equable,
tables

life-developing_climate,

both for vege

and animals.

Everything possible grew,

its

because there were no drawbacks to

It

growth.
harvest.

was always seedtime;

it

was always

Bud, blossom and

fruit in all their different stages

of maturity could be seen

growing
partially

at once

on

the same

tree.

What

is

true

to-day
all

of the orange and

fruit-bearing trees.

lemon was then true of

So
fertile

was the
great the

original

condition of the
of those

soil,

and

so

wisdom

who

directed, that the matter of planting

seed and gathering harvest

became

a matter of
this

sequence and not of season.

With

explana

tion let us return to our manuscript:

OF ATLANTIS.
"The

95
life

change of condition from

to death
;

is

one accepted and welcomed by our people

not

in

any sense feared, because during their long

life

continued existence the monotony of physical

is

fully satisfied

and the only inducement for ac

is

cepting prolongation
it s

the increasing of the spir

force and potency, with

which we are well

its

acquainted and fully educated as to

possibilities.
"Our

limitless

place as carriers for the world, has for

many
and
in

years

been

acknowledged.

On

all

seas

every port are the galleys that supply the

s

world

marts,
in

flying

the

Atlantian

flag

a
It

winged globe
therefore

blue on a yellow ground.

in

happens

our

ample

harbor,

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

from another.
along the water
s edge,

warehouses

lie

96
which
is

OUR STORY
bordered from the
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

floods

were rather
of drainage,

the result of changes in the

for the melting of

amount

snow on
from

the mountains or in
precipitated

crease of

amount

suddenly

vapor,

was a thing
capital
is

of but slight importance.

all

"The

connected with

parts of the

kingdom by
loads are

iron tramways,

upon which enormous

force,

moved by a motive

whose

secret

only our

Magi know.
forth,

But

the obedient force

as

moves back and

it is

drawing and pushing,

bidden by
to

its

controller, the heavily ladden

wagons,
"The

which

it is

harnessed.
built

whole

city

is

of

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 of the Mediterranean.

This stone cannot en

dure the extremes of temperature of the North

ern climate, but
is

amply strong

for all that

may

be demanded under an Atlantian sky.

"From

what

have already
is

said,

perhaps

it

will be plain, the city

laid out like a disc,

it

with

a segment wanting, where

foothills of the
"Broad

is

fitted against the

Northern mountain ranges.

begin
at

avenues in semi-circle
in the

the

mountains and end

mountains.
other
the
is

These are
avenues, center
of

crossed at regular intervals by

forming the

radii of the circle,

which

is

the

King

palace.

There
s

no owner
as the rep

ship of land, save in the

King
It
is

name

resentative of the nation.

held by our Magi,

in

that no
labor,

man

can

own

anything

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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attain,

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ownership
in

the four great elements of

manifestation
shall

fire, air,
it,

water, earth.

If he ever

attempt

disaster
If a

and degradation will at

tend the attempt.

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,

all

that

can come from

"All

his labor.
lot,

lands are parceled out by

price.

and the

improvements only, have a

like his

He who would

neighbor

location must, with his neigh

bor

consent, buy the improvements, but the land

has no

more value than

the air about

it.

"The

houses are built for convenience

and

comfort.

Every family owns

its

own home, and

when

a young

man

takes to himself a wife, he has

a portion of land assigned him, under conditions

which make equable

all

inequalities

of

place,
is

quality or surroundings.

No

crowding

al
city.

lowed, not even in the thickest part of the

The

buildings are of permanent material, fash-

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

99
underlying

The

a central open court, with the living

rooms

all

about

it.

This plan

is

modified

in

many ways

to suit the individualities

and needs

of the owners.
"The

court

is

entered by a broad gate, swing

ing easily on

its

ample

fittings.

In the center

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-

duct from the mountains.

This was

so old that
its

no Atlantian of the present people can give

age.

But there are records

in

the archives of

the

Temple concerning

the planning of the huge

its

undertaking and the manner of

ment.
erally

accomplish

About
two

this pool the

building stands, gen

pillars, as to

stories, so

supported on

form no obstruction
"When

to free

movement

of the air.
it is

the

young couple decide

to locate

the custom to receive from the chief astrologer of the

Temple

a horoscope

definitely

naming the

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of the

number

new

family to come.
in the

For each
special

one a room was built

home.

This
is

allotment prevents crowding, and

to the utmost, of progress
lines.
"Animals

productive
all

and

growth on

herd,

man

individualizes in his tend

scale, acceptation of,

ency.

At

either

end of the

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
it

If he

is

inclined

matters not

if fifty

hands eating
If

with
he
is

his,

dip into the

same bowl of porridge.

spiritually unfolded he

would prefer

to ap

propriate and use, in his

own way,

that which

comes belonging
himself.

to

and prepared
it

especially for

This

is

not, as
is

might at the outset

appear, selfishness, but

the outcropping of the

work which

the

Ego

takes

upon

itself

during

the earth lives, the soul-building out of the in

carnations.
"The

rooms on the

first

story are larger and

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mostly used for the
offices of living, in

101

which the
perfected.

family relations are concerned

and
spent

Most

of their leisure time

is

about

the

fountain in the court, where there are always

agreeable shadows, with the blue sky above.

The

courts are paved in colored patterns with a kind

of glass,

and carpeted with rugs and mats woven

textiles

from vegetable

and

fancifully

dyed.

These goods are made

sides

principally for export.

Be

these

furnishings,

there are side by side,

products of

man

thought from every part of the

earth, the richest

and the

best.

None

are blood
traffic,

stained as the spoils of war, for our

in

dustrious and honorable has

made

us beyond per-

adventure the richest nation that ever existed

upon the
"From

earth.

the

first,

we have

traded everywhere.

No

galley of ours has ever been seized by the

seas

god of the

and

left

lying upon the ocean

bottom whether bearing our

goods

forth

or

bringing back to us the merchandize of other

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lands.
trade,

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This natural increase by labor and by
without
loss,

should of
us

itself

have been
other

sufficient to

have enriched

without

means
"Thus it is

perceived the families are by them

is

selves,

each

an

independent
as

community.
the king

Their houses and gardens are

much

dom

of that

community
is

as can possibly be con

ceived.

This

the rule of the spiritual and not

of the physical.
"But

must not forget

city

to speak of the streets

and roads of the

country.
eral plan,

proper and the outlying

These are

laid out

on a certain gen

which once established has never been

changed.
in

Although they have been many years

and extension, every foot has

construction

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

lasting.
is

The

substance

used for the road beds

our

secret, of the

whole

OF ATLANTIS.
world.

103

Our ways

are

dustless

and

noiseless.

The

peculiar composition readily yields traction

to bodies

moving over them.

Never has there

been so perfect a system of easy transportation

upon the
"The

earth.

public buildings are always large,

styles,

roomy

and of varied

surmounted with domes,

and ornamented with and workmanship.
is

pinnacles and minnarets

statutes of artistic design

The

material of which these are built

white marble.

Atlantis can well claim not only the honor of

being so created, but of remaining a white

city.

There

is

no darkening effluvium in the air nor

the climate to obscure the white walls set in the

great billows of surrounding green.

say, that in

Our Magi
Medi

days to come, a nation on the

terranean Sea called the Greeks, will personify

in their
tiful

works of

art,

our beloved city as a beau

sea.

woman

rising

from the

"The

more important of

these buildings are

it
is

profusely decorated with gold, and

for this

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is

purpose that metal

so eagerly

bought by the
the tears of

Atlantian traders, a poetical

the sun,
this
it is

name

has been adopted by our people, and by

most widely called here.

Of

the palace

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

more
"In

at length

by and by.

these public buildings are rooms for so

cial

meetings, to discuss public topics and for the

convenience of classes studying things that do not

belong to the physical plane.

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

At one
like

number of

seats,

arranged

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,

when

About the fountain

sit

where the auditors

easily

and

converse one with another.

OF ATLANTIS.
"In

105

like

manner

are built the training schools

of the

young; the central part of the structure

air.

being open to the sunlight and the

the

Here

young Atlantians are educated

in the things

that belong to the nation, the family

and

to

themselves.
to

Our

fathers

had a saying

we

seek

make

a rule of living:

Eight years to infancy

in

and

play, eight years to

boyhood and training

physical things,

eight years to

young manhood

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

in

and

real.

It

proportions are very near

ly correct.

CHAPTER

VIII.

THE
The
and
reply
times.

Atlantians of either sex are almost

perfect in their physical organizations.

They

are nearly all equally trained by

It

the master of wisdom.

may

be asked

why

they

are not all on the same plane of development.

is

the conclusive answer of

all

ages

Man

never has and never will ex

ercise his individual potency in exactly the

same

way.
first,

The
is

little variation,

hardly perceptible at

increased by every increment, no matter

how

small, of each of the succeeding lives.

is

This

difference
lectual

increased also by the force of intel

to

power which comes

a nation and of
the nation,

necessity to the individuals of

who

will seek to occupy the best bodies and positions,

as the returning egos claim place in the lives.

OF ATLANTIS.
"Because

107

of the absolute equality of the sexes

the bodies of the

women

are just as strong and

vigorous as those of the men.

that in other nations, with
in

But we know

which we have come

of

contact,

in

other parts

the

world,

the

women

are inferior in size and strength.

This

happens because the people of those nations have

allowed themselves from generation to genera
tion,

and from age

to age, to believe in

and as

sert

the inferiority of

women.

This continued

thought has belittled and dwarfed her, not only

in body,

but has also bound her aspirations and

her mental capacity with

steel.

bonds stronger than

to

While
loss,

the barbarian races,

their sor

row and

have made

this

sad mistake, the

Atlantian nation, on the other hand, have con

stantly held to the equality of the sexes.
result

The
models

now

is,

physically, both sexes are

which painter or sculptor are proud and eager

to copy.

Each one
is

is

a specimen of beauty, for

perfection

beauty.

The

action of the climate

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intel

and transmitted principles have brought

lectual vigor

and daring with

marvelous grasp
of

of perception

upon the laws of nature and

Their
bodies, instead of being

themselves.

im

pediments

to spiritual

growth and advancement,

are helps indeed to the spirits

who

seek through

them experience, knowledge and

understanding.

Those who might be

called

the

common

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
will
this

their

knowledge of nature
in the future

laws.

The day
mourn

come

when men

will

knowledge forgotten, when the fatigue and

will be almost over

monotony of burden bearing

whelming
"We

in its

crushing awfulness.

have schools for the development of the

physical and for the directing of the mental habits

of thought.

In these schools very

is

little

mem
is

orized

knowledge

imparted.
if

The

design

to so train the faculties that

desired or needed

OF ATLANTIS.

109

the cipher of the Astral books could easily be

read.
"Sickness

is

unknown.
nor

We

have no lame,

halt,

blind,

deaf

dumb,

nor

beggars

as

models for maternal pre-natal mind, to misform

embryos,

and thus build monstrosities for the

public charge.
of the nations

This of which

speak

is

true

who

are busy in the affairs of

com

merce,

of

agriculture,

or

who

are

builders

and decorators of houses and public buildings.

But

there are

some who from natural impulsion

invisible, of the

have sought more and more of the

truths which belong to the
rest in

ONE,

and those

who
to

IT.

These are willing and anxious

devote themselves and their powers constantly to

obtaining and attaining, and
youth.
the

teaching

of
is

The

only class distinction

we

have

founded upon knowledge.

"It

has come to pass in a natural fashion that

gravitated

these thinkers have

toward one an

other

that they have kept records of observation,

io

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mathematics as applied
in to the

experiment and experience; that they are wiser

in speech; in

un

seen;

in

alchemy,

astrology,

and they are

specially wise in the physics

which embrace the

buildings were set

laws of the unseen.

At

first

apart for these students and their teachers.

city

As

the

grew each body

of students had

its

build

ing,

now known

as

temples.

Later,

all

were
order

gathered into the one great Temple,

that the symbolism of the

in
is

ONE

who

ALL

might be
"In

perfect.

the teachings of our Magi, all manifesta

all planes, is referred

tion,

on

back to the

ONE,
Thus

as the single central source of strength

and power

for everything obtained

and obtainable.
this

the

mind dwelling on

thought has striven

in design, in material, in finishing

and furnish

ing to

make

the Great
Its

Temple
worship

a perfected
in all its

sym

bol of the

ONE.

imagery

and suggestion combines every element for the

impressiveness of

mode and

subject,

under

dis-

OF ATLANTIS.
cussion

in
Is
it

upon the minds of the student.

any wonder that there has come to us as a na

tion a deep-seated veneration for the

Omnipotent

name and
"It

laws.

is

also a fact that

our

Magi

are in posses

sion of

most wonderful powers,

in the control of

elemental forces
their tasks, not

who

obey their will, coming to

under confinement, but because

obedient to the will and behest of those

singly or unitedly for their services.

who
It
is

call

also

known

that this

power never

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

people as the most privileged

spot in which to

make advancement during

the

ii2
lives.
"When

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these advanced egoes have found their

bodies

we

have the spectacle of children born old,

is

for the brightness of the last life

heavy

on
al

them, and the newness of the body does not

ways

act as a defense or shield

It
is

from
is

its

imperi

ous blaze.

not in each, but

a matter of

ordinary, detailed development.

CHAPTER

IX.

WE
dition
tution,
is

have but one basic law throughout

called the

golden rule, or preference

It
is

the whole country and city.

of another before
self.

We

have no

evils aris

ing out of the action of selfishness, for this con

the primary result of the fear of desti

either for ourselves or others,

sometime

during the position or period of

they

earth-life.

Even

who

are the least advanced understand from

our teaching the true idea of Brotherhood; that

no man, no

man

wife, no

man

children, can,

under the law, suffer from deprivation of the

necessities of

physical
is

life.

He who

has more

than enough
trust for

held to be always the steward in

him who temporarily

But
this does

has

less

than

enough.

not relieve from the ne-

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cessity for labor, of every individual in the direct

ratio

of their ability,
fitted.

at

whatever employment

they are best

"In

the building of our houses, the quarrying

of the stones, the transportation and the fitting

is

all

done by elemental

force,

under the direc

tion of a master,
It
is

who

is

in

charge of a section.

his

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

and will

lose the

power which

is

the foundation and po

tent principle.

The whole

nation

is

linked together by the

in

master of the families, these are

classes,

groups and

under instruction

and

direction

from

those

who

are most competent to teach.

These

OF ATLANTIS.
teachers are grouped under the masters or

115

Magi

of the Temple.

These Magi

of

the

Temple
Ancient,

are under the instruction of the

Most

the Seven, the Five and the Three.

So, in the

hands of the Three, mightiest of

tellects, rests

all

human

in

the destinies, the prosperity and the

happiness of the whole nation.

Moreover, upon

them
of

as directors

and

arbiters, the responsibility

Karmic conditions

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
to

were

sent.

must be apparent,

whom

this

MSS. may

come, that the power of the Unseen, and their

application to
greatest
tians.

man

earth-life are matters of the

to

interest

and importance

the Atlan-

There

is

no temporal power, save as a

symbol of the Manifested.

ing
to

Everything pertain

organized

effort

originates with,

and

is

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OUR STORY
Great
represents
the
its

carried forward by the Priesthood of the

Temple, which

dominant power
highest and best.

over matter of the spirit at

They have

specially in charge the study

and de

velopment of all occult knowledge.

"Every

house

is

independent of

itself.

The

Atlantians are Monogamists

of one wife.

the one husband

This, experience has demonstrated

to be the best condition for the

development of
have
seen
in

a strong, spiritual race.

We

that

polygamist

races

always

decrease

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,

is

deemed a crime against the

all

people.

Therefore

thought,

all

desire

and

interest are
ditions,

brought to bear upon physical con

forces,

through occult and spiritual

not

only

to

make

the nation whole, but whole in

the highest and best sense.

"Those

who

are

particularly

gifted

with

OF ATLANTIS.
psychic qualities, or

117
have attained

whose

spirits

familiarity with the instrument intrusted to their

hands are trained for the

Guides.

offices

of

Masters or
families,

These may or may not have

case,

but in either
certain

they are persons to

whom

number

of persons or families look for

council, advice
"For

and guidance.

thousands of years have the

their

Magi

of the

Temple, who give

whole time

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

whatever.

The

nation

is

happy.

They
All
after

have no poor.
necessary labor
generation,

They have no
is

inferior class.

honorable.

Generation

we have
the gods

been growing stronger and

more

like

come down

to

earth.

We
is

have perfect communication

with

the

outside

world and each other.

We

know

Atlantis

the fairest city on this planet, and

tent.

we

are con

CHAPTER

X.

thus far advanced in the descrip

HAVING
tion

of the most wonderful

to

city

ever

known
the

man, permit me

to quote

from

words of one who saw what he

:

so fluently

and graphically describes for you

"To

the Northeast of this island Continent

is

located the

Great Temple,

built both for use

and

symbolism.
tent,

On

a plateau of

many

acres in ex

where the gradually

rising

ground began

to break into the foothills, the

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

level

with

it,

had

also

been

OF ATLANTIS.
on the

n9

smoothed and paved, so that there was no ob

struction to the eye, until
it

rested

far-off

horizon.
"Upon

this

broad expanse of level space, close

enough

to the

mountains

to

be buttressed by their

mighty arms, stood the

ple,

great, white-walled

Tem
and

areas for facing the South, and the ample

assemblage.

The

closed courts

and

offices,

the cloisters of the

Temple

faced the mountains

of the North, and thus secured for the

Temple
Masters

Dwellers the privacy needed for

the

and student Brotherhoods of the Temple,

who

were seeking
"The

to

know

out of the Silence.

consists of

Temple proper

two

stories,

the

first

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.

On
ar

the

first floor

there

is

little

or no inclosure, but
it

within the walls of the second story

is all

ranged for privacy and quiet thought.

He who

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down about
feet, into the beautifully

looks over the battlements of the upper story, looks

ninety

paved court below.

the

On

the East and

West

of

Temple

itself,

are gardens, groves of trees,

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

and

In the northeast section of the

Tem
a

ple building

was

the great tower and observa

rising

tory, fifty feet in diameter,

210

feet,

landmark and

light extending

hundreds of miles

and ever a joy-inspirer for the sea-tossed marin

ers of the State.
"Looking

from the plaza

in front,

toward the
its

interior of the
ests of

Temple,
and

its

vast recesses,

for

white
fills

pillars

its

high-lifted over-arch

ing roof

the spectator with awe.

Nor was

this feeling lessened

by the

cleanliness, the con-

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new and
the

121

tinuous shifting of huge masses of sunlight and

shadow, ever into

tesquerie.

indescribable
the

grosol

During

services

awful

emnity evoked was of a character that modified

the

whole Atlantian thought and national pur

pose.
"The

great tower

was commenced

fifteen feet

below the surface.

The

original trap rock

was

supplemented by a square block of concrete rock,

and upon

this

was

carried

up the superstructure
the square of
fif

to a total height of

225

feet,

teen.

Upon

the floor of the

Temple

resting

on

a raised dais

was

the secret

chamber of the Holy

this,

.of Holies.

Across and through

at

High
Isis.

Festivals, blazed

and flashed the Veil of

floor,

Above, on a level with the upper

was

the

chamber of the

Forty-five,

and

still

above that

the chambers of the Fifteen, the Seven, the Five

and the Three.

In the outer, the

its

Tower was

smooth and unpenetrated on

surface from bot

tom

to top.

It resembled a solid block, chiseled

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OUR STORY
so

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

workmanship and
finish.
"In

perfect the jointings and

the cloisters anJ

of

rooms
the

of

the

second

story

the

Temple were

apartments for

private study and class instruction.

also

There were

supplemental apartments, hollowed out of

the neighboring mountains and reached by secret

passages so arranged that whatever should be de

posited in
held, even

them
if

as treasuries

would be

securely

buried beneath the surface of the

sea for ages.

"Beyond

the great plaza,

toward

the

city,

trees

and fountains shaded and beautified clear

naked edge of the vast
pavement."

up

to the

This

is

a faint portrayal of that which was

really the culmination

and concentration of the

Nation
folding.
"In

thousands of years of existence and un

all

our Temples, and more especially

in the

Great Temple, the outer courts were but the sim-

OF ATLANTIS.
pie separation

123

from those who have no inspira

and higher.
In the outermost

tion for the inner

court, or court of the people,

were always gath

ered those

who had

thoughts of their own, and

who were

undecided as to what direction they

should take in pursuit of the light slowly

ing upon them.
"The

dawn

inner

court
so

of

the

people

contained

those

who have

far perceived,

that they are

willing to obligate themselves to carry out cer

tain purposes, of

whose

full intent they

can
is

know

but

little,

except that the farther end

life,

lost in

the light of

and the halo of obligation.

seek

In

this court they

who

must be

fitted

by train
before

ing and preparation for that which

lies

them, so

it

is

natural that they

who

linger there,

striving to advance,

must do whatever they can

of
assimilation,

through their
themselves.
"At

own power

by

the

first,

if

the lesson

is

concentration,

it

is

their individual concentration.

If the lesson

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it
is

passivity,
is

their

own
is

individual passivity.

It

exactly as

when one
is

learning to sing, as a
its

beginning, the voice

trained to use

own

pe

culiar function alone.

tice,

After

this solitary

prac

when some

aptitude has been attained and

a facility of use, then they are

ready
effort.

for
It

the

massing of singles for a united

must

follow then, that the outer court of the Broth

erhood cannot but lap over into the inner court

of the

Temple.
which
is

"That

done singly and alone,

is

ab

solutely necessary for the next step in advance,

which

is

to be

made

in

unison with another or

as musical students are

others, in the

same way

trained by twos and fours for united efforts of

action and harmony.
"The

question considered in

all

this

is,

how

shall

growth and attainment

be

best

accom

plished?
"In

What
we

is

the basic principle?

music

say the sounds are set to a cer

tain key,

and however prolonged the action of the

OF ATLANTIS.
vibrations, the key
all

125

and time will be the same, and

It
is

the vibrations are aligned. the students

exactly thus,

when

come

to act together

on the

occult planes, the vibrations

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

get the best results

it

is

always best that

they

who

are in the outer court of the Brother

lest

hood should be watchful and careful

brations sent
forth

the vi

from themselves should be

hastened or intensified or even drag through the

thoughtlessness of their
"When

own

carelessness.
is

once unity of action

it is

attempted in

this matter,

absolutely necessary to success,

that the key on

which they

start should

remain

the same.
"It

is

easy to see

how
the

intense passions, such

as anger, or

any of

disturbing
It

conditions

would

interfere with the vibrations.

would be

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like a

OUR STORY
chord out of tune
in

a stringed

instru

ment, where, though the strings do not give out

the same sounds,
still

they must be in alignment.

This alignment
"It

is

the source of all music.

is

not needful that the most intense feel

s

ings of one

nature should be given rein, and

al

lowed
those

to

make
he

disturbance, both for himself and

is

whom

contracting.

It

is

also,

on a

small scale, like the sharping and flatting at the

wrong
changed,

points,

whereby

the

vibrations

are

the

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

harmony and strength

is

shall

not be marred.
occult line.
"It

This

true of all

work on any

is

not to be supposed

when two

or

more
the

of the Brothers are concentrating, exactly

OF ATLANTIS.
same process
of each.
is

127

gone through within the mind

be impossible.

That would

The end

each working in sought for can be attained by

his

own way, with

the

same thought.

It does

not follow because

does not perform his task

exactly as B^does, that

should

set

up a

dis

turbance in the vibration as reflected from A,

thus in a measure destroying the
co-operation

and

effect to be

produced.

"The

law

of the

Temple

then,

is first,

alone;

second, in

company with

those

who

are seeking

as the Masters of by united force to accomplish,

Destiny, at
plish.

all

times, have been able to

is

accom

Unity of action

most important, there

fore

we must guard

against anything that can dis

in

turb this unity.

If vibrations,

their

normal
is

conditions lay along side by side, and one

ened, then the

hast

harmony
is

is

destroyed and the ac

tion of the impulse

in

to increase the vibrations

the length of their

wave

force.

We

must,

when meeting

for united effort, insist that each

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OUR STORY
become
their

for themselves, shall

ans.

own

guardi

Knowing

that disagreeable things will oc

cur,

we must
aside.

be ever prepared, at once, to put

this once,

them

Having done

we

shall be

stronger to continue.
soul
s

Thus

the music from our

action will not only affect ourselves, but

those about us.

"Upon

this

statement of principles has been

built the

great

law of the Temple:

Do

unto

others

as

you would have

them do unto you.

all

All the teaching and training,

the ceremonies

and symbolism of the Temple are founded upon

this

law

as the corner-stone of the religion of

our

people.

Having given

this brief

summary

of the

truths, our priesthood have in charge, let us pass

on

to a description

of

some of the ceremonies

an illustration,

of the

Temple

service, and, as

we

will take the

Great Feast of the

New

Year, as

more

fully including the whole, than

feast of the

any other.

"The

New
and

Year, on the 2ist of

March, consummated

commemorated

the

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Sun
s

129
days

re-birth,

when, out of

equal

and

nights a

new Spring and Summer began

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
family.

some member of the

is

All the going and coming of the year

this

planned with
privilege

in

view.

It

is

considered a

for all

the

outlying population to be

made welcome

in the capital at this time.

The

feast lasts seven days.

"Let

me

attempt to describe at length, for no

all

pen can truly portray

the wonders of that

last feasts

marvelous assemblage, one of the

which

took place, ten years before the destruction of

the city.

The government and

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

quiet

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OUR STORY
participation.

movement toward

If

one

had

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

city in

method of conveyance, moving upon the

converging
lines.

As

the time

grew shorter

the

extent of these lines

close to the city

grew shorter and the ways

in the city itself

and

were

filled

to overflowing.

There were but few people

in

the outlying country

who had

not some friend

or relative in the city proper.

When
in

the houses

were
and

filled,

tents

were spread

the

gardens,

in all the

parks and places of assembly.

Thus

there

was a new appearance given

reflection

to the light

by

its

from the

tents,

which were some

all

of linen

and some of cotton, but

bleached very

white by a process

known
to

only to the Atlantians

other
nationality.

and never imparted

any

Only on the great plateau of the Temple and

the areas of the outer courts, no tents were al-

OF ATLANTIS.
room

131

lowed, for that space was necessarily kept clear,

that there might be
bly.
"As

for the greater assem

the ceremonies

were

in

commemoration

of

the new-born sun, the hours of assembly were

morning and evening, and

meridian height.
as the

at the
first

moment

of the
feast,

On

the

day of the

dawn

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

Temple could

be perceived, crowded with those

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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OUR STORY
air in slow, restful time

upon the

and far-reach

ing tones, from the great

Temple

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

became more intense

all

power and heavier

to

in

volume,

the vast

mul

titude seemed

sway, under the psychic spell

of this invocation to the

Sun

this

symbol of wel

come
pose.

to

one

who

returns to his

work and pur

The
is

minutes move quickly on, the invo

trumpets accompany

cation

finished, a blast of

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

suddenness springs from his bed beneath the

sea.

As

his first

beams

fall

upon the countless multi

their knees.

tude, they drop

upon

With bowed

heads, in silent adoration, they ascribe all glory,

all

power,

all praise to

that which stands to

life,

them

as the manifested source of

of

health, of

strength, the ever sleepless eye of the One.

Then

they separate.

The

hours are spent in social con-

OF ATLANTIS.
verse, or the
it is

133 and quiet until

abandonment of

rest

high noon.
the

"As

Sun approaches
all

the meridian, all the

streets

and byways,

the

housetops,

in

all

places
his

where there may be a worshipper, behold

turned towards the Temple.

face

At

the

moment

of meridian altitude, above the highest

its

pinnacle, a crystal ball, almost as dazzling in

brilliancy as the sun itself, shoots up,

and for a

few moments

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.
is

now

perceived.

Again,

evening there

is

a convocation at the

Tem
one
in

The

ceremonies of the morning are re

is

peated, with the exception that the song

of farewell

the multiude facing the

West

stead of the East, and the hushing sounds

of

stringed instruments attend his exit

from

the

Western horizon.
"These

ceremonies are continued for six days.

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There are various other ceremonies which take up

the time of portions of the Convocation, between
these

assemblies of the

whole.

There

are

also

lines of

Temple

services,

work and

study.

Each

of the sciences having

its

appropriate place and

each being developed by those

who

are allied in

the great Brotherhood of the Temple.

This em
It

braced the whole people in

is

its

ramifications.
all

not necessary to describe these in

their

minutiae.

But during

these six days there

was
city,

continually something taking place in the

always having

its

moving

force at the

Temple.

The moving

of a procession through the streets,

a convening of the
tures

Temple

guides or guards, lec

so

and

talks

from those who were

well

qualified to give forth

from

full fountains to the

inner souls, eager to be fed.

But

as the evening

draws on
more,
all

after the

waning

of the sixth day, once

the courts of the

Temple were thronged.

away
as the

The hum
ness

of conversation dies

dark

grows more and more

intense.

OF ATLANTIS.
"Now,

13$

when

it

shall

have become quite dark,

the exercises with the
differs

the

Temple Choir opens

of
invocation.
It

song

from

all

the

music of the Convocation, hitherto, in key, rythm

and

time.

In this
in

all

the people join.

As

the

sound vibrates
falling
fect

swelling cadence, rising and

ef

amongst the echoing mountains, the

was

perfectly indescribable, for the Atlanespecially celebrated for being sweet

tians

were

singers.

When

the singing

was

finished the chief

instructor of the people stood

upon a Tribune

high raised, and there discoursed of the things

which concerned them most intimately

physical life; of whatever they stood

in

the
in

most
life

need; of
health,

how

the

Sun was

to

them

and

and plenty and peace, the sign and repre

sentative of all good.

Then he
which
and

directed their at
sat so uneasily

tention to the darkness,

upon them, enforcing

rest

inability to

work.

Then

his peroration

was

after this fashion:

"The

darkness

is

death and desolation, and

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OUR STORY
when
Let there

thus, in the beginning, the Existent saw,

he said
this

be,

and there was,

light.

At

word

millions of lights gleamed out all over

the Temple, inside, outside, even on the highest

points.
It stood forth

one blaze of white marble

elec
is

glory, for there

tricity

was only one thing about

the Atlantians do not know, that

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

is

tance, pertaining to the night, but this

the

most important.

There

are no

sacrifices,

no
vic

shedding of the blood of animal or

tims.

human
it is

The

Atlantians do not believe

neces

sary to teach destruction or destructive action by

such

sacrifice, in

the burning or destroying of any

living thing, for they say

man

is

naturally de

structive
site.

and we ought
all

to teach

him the oppo

So

our ceremonies lacked the hideous

horror, that will be sure to

shadow of agony and

OF ATLANTIS.
come
if

137

man

forgets our teachings.

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

THAT
more
edge.

concerns the Atlantian nation

there

when

was
in

for

it

seemingly
prosperity

nothing
or knowl

beyond,
I

glory,

am

warned

of

the

Unseen

not

to write unguardedly, but

lest there

with

circumspection,

come power

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

and physical

feet.

That was our

Whatever
there

intellectual

status.

was

in the earth itself

worth having or knowing

OF ATLANTIS.
was
in

139

our possession

as

the birthright of ages

and ages of previous

"Furthermore,

existence.

we coming

into

life

are not

clouded, as the generations to

physical conditions

come

will be, by

which will grow thicker and

heavier all along the pathway of the unrolling

centuries.
It will be because,

having dominated

whatsoever there

may

be of physical workings,

we

shall

have sought also to master that which

belongs only to the spiritual realm, that

we

shall

be cut

off.

There

is

but one God.

None

created

can

sit in

the seat of the uncreated.

None who
can hope

exist

by the thought of the Infinite

One

to explain that

which

is

of itself the Existent, the

Cause of
"In

all results

manifested or unmanifested.

the first part of the development of the

all

Atlantian nation

communication was carried

Per-

on by outer sense vibration, even as now.

haps the vibrations
present.

were not

as intense as at the

But

in

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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line of simple

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memorizing.

Nor

is

it

only the
It does

unfolding of partially physical senses.

not appeal to material sense for the building of

the soul.
ditions

We

do not hope that out of bodily con

we

can bring any help to the spiritual.

to

For we know whatever belongs

and
the

lies

along

the line of the physical, rising to

highest

source within
point.

itself

can

rise

no higher than that

its

More

than that, the physical in

most

perfect

form begets weakness and death.

this

How

can there be anything beyond

but weakness

and death?
"This

is

one of our axiomatic doctrines.

In

manifestation

we

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

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he
is

141

a chemist he will bring before his hearers

certain elements,

and out of the unions of these

elements, out of the separation of the conditions,

there will
tain,

grow up or manifest

themselves, cer

perhaps, startling conditions.

is

But
is

that
try

which then takes place

ing to prove;
truth.
it is

not the truth he

simply a demonstration of the

Nor

is

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

is

unmanifested,
is

with the manifested.

The

unmanifested

the

cause of everything manifested.

exists because the

The
is

manifested
its

unmanifested

primal

cause, reaching

down through

all

the ages.

So

we

do not

in these days linger over

demonstra

tions,

or in any

way

try to prove by simple

mani

festation the existence of the invisible

and un

manifested.
"But

the

first

course of training our students

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receive
tality.
is

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a line of strengthening for their

men

If there are those

who

are so physically

constituted that the machinery of their thought,

the

power by which they could

is

receive

of

the

force outside of themselves,

in

any way unfit or

incompetent, they are

of those

first

treated by the thought

who

are about them, to bring

it is

them up

into a healthful condition, as

termed, on the
is

physical plane.

Really the condition

simply

one of

harmony."

The knowledge which

days, to us

has

come

in these latter this

who

have the pleasure of perusing

manuscript, variously
itual conditions

named

"the

science of spir science of truth

mental science
call it

science of

knowing"

what you

will,

is

really a glimpse gotten hold of, by one

who was

clear-sighted
idea, has

and who,

in the

development of the

manifested the bravery of the old soul.

intrusted
the

It

is

only to these old souls are

will stir every
It
is,

works that
of them.

man

heart that hears

however, by standing before the

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world and demonstrating for years and
that

143
years,

which

is

the germ-cell of a most wonderful

invisible

knowledge, the unfolding along

spiritual lines

and

can be accomplished.

But

must

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

and de

clare their personal

knowledge

to be truth, until

that truth

is

recognized, they have done for

it

them
the

selves a service

matters
darkness

not

whether
inclose

clouds

and

thick

may

them

afterwards.

That
r

portion of the truth which they

have put forth

w ill

stand forever and forever.

as

So what

we know

an occasional matter

of

healing after a miraculous fashion

of every-day occurrence with the

was a thing
Atlantians.

Old

Those who united

the race
best

for the purpose of increasing

first,

mated themselves

according to the

knowledge belonging

to
it

the astrologers of
rarely happened as

those days.

Thus mated,

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"Deformed,

one of our poets hath sung:

ished, sent before

unfin

my

time into
up,"

this

breathing
fate of

world, scarce half-made

was the

any

one born of woman.

this

When
it

any unripeness of
successfully

kind appeared,

was

treated

on the mental plane.

CHAPTER XII.

students

came together

in classes, or

THE
as I

small assemblies to hear and

the

learn of

Wise Ones.

The Wise Ones

did

not undertake to talk to the outer physical senses

am

talking to you

to-day,

but

through

thought-transference, that

more vigorous and per

meating condition, which some day, some of you

will perceive and

know, and

this

whole nation,

so largely Atlantian, will

session of.
to be

come

into the full pos

Not only could

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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while

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we
listened

delightedly,

it

were

possible

to give to a class of students,

sit
still

by asking them to

few moments, a demonstration of the

vibrations of color, sound or other sensed vibra

tion, that lies just

beyond.

If I, as a professor,

and you
to

as a class, sit listening eagerly,

"Sit

and

I say

you

still

for a

moment, turn inward your

then I could by the

consciousness and

perceive,"

force of thought directed by

my own

mentality

make

visible to

you the quiet, the peace, the har

mony

that always does, and must, attend the in

ner vision

how much

time

it

would save; how

it,

much

better

you would remember

to

than now,

when you have

brains the

formulate within your

own

words

symbolyzing

the

vibrations

which

poorly convey to you, and which no two

exactly
alike.

of you can conceive or perceive

This was our

liant

intellectually exceptional

and

bril

mental training.
particularly bright, desirous to

Whoever was

know

of all

truth,

whose eyes turning

to

the

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great,

14?
above our

white tower, lifting

itself aloft

Temple, wished within themselves

day within
its

that

some
of

shadow they might learn more

to

these things,

were always sure

this

have the op

portunity.

When

eventful time

came and
also

the gateway

was opened wide, there came

the obligation for fulfilling even as the obliga

tions

come

to-day.

That which

a master of the later day said

"A

new commandment
one
another,"

give I unto you, that ye love

was

the inspiration, the

thought
taught

and the most intense dictum of those

in

who

the

Temple.

There must be

perfect unity,

perfect harmony, perfect love for one

another.

Oh, that you of

ten,

this latter

day had never forgot

in

you

who

have remembered and put

of the

prac
ten,"

tice all the

commandments

"dreadful

concerning the physical, would only recall and

practice the Eleventh.

Then

all

that could be

needed

in the visible life

first

would come.

Seek ye

the knowledge and potency of the

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in

Unseen

the realm of

Truth and
all
else."

there

will

come

to

you knowledge of

The knowl
It

edge of the physical cannot be so very much.

lies

along the contemplation of a

principles.
It
is

few

simple,

foundamental

not so

difficult to
is

make gold
difficult

as

might be considered.

It

not so

to

do various other things which have

come

to our knowledge.

Every

step

you have
diffi

climbed along the way, which seemed so

cult at
its

first

contemplation, after

it

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
lives to

discover,

would give years

of their

own

know.

Some

of these, sooner or later,

will

come

into knowledge.

Those willing

to

ad
the

vance, to expend the time necessary, to

sacrifices

make

and take upon themselves the obliga-

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tion

149
all

which must

rest

upon the consciences of

who

are admitted to participation in the truths

in the scope of their action, are

world-wide
didates for

can

knowing and understanding.

the

They

will certainly advance beyond gates into the great mysteries.

three-fold

That which belonged

to the Atlantians as a

nation intellectually and morally

of all knowledge, except that

was

the control
to

which belonged

the origin and

power

of

life.

This concerns the

One

alone.

Some
days, I

of you

whom

knew

as

men

in the olden

now

perceive as

women.
is

But

the spirit

that

lies

behind each one of you

the same; the

is

perception that looks out of the eyes

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.

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If the experiences can
it

come only
If the

through the body of a man,

object of the

takes that.

coming back

into the lives can only

be accomplished through the body of a

it

woman,
and
ter
all

accepts that, with

its

modicum

of joy

rible

burdens of pain and

mad

agony

on

planes.

The body
everything.

is

nothing!

The

soul of the

Ego

is

CHAPTER

XIII.

was a doctrine

of the Atlantians that the

IT body
ment.

of the physical

which enwraps

us,

is

adapted to the need of the Ego holding

it,

as a manifestation of the processes of accomplish

If the ego
its

coming back

into the lives can

not accomplish

own

unfolding, save through

it

some particular experience,

ticular experience,
if it
is

compasses that par

its possibilities.

within

From

age to age, from generation to generation,

all,
is

that which stands behind

ever the same.

That which overshadows

vine Existence,
is

all is

a part of the

Di

one with the

One

a part of

the Divine Existence, indivisible and always the

same.
first in

This was the primary knowledge, taught

the forests, amid the rocks and mountains;
in the

and afterwards

Great Temple builded into

these mountains.

It

must be remembered that

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very

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

recovered.

But

instead of saying to the

force universal, do this,

you chain some portion

limitation

of

it,

and bring

it

under

of

form.
toiling

These

limitations act for you,

tirelessly

day and night.

And

so,

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

of importance, because they are

made up
toil in

of the groans and

moans of those who

the physical body to accomplish.

When
cause of
retard.

elemental force builds,

its

it

builds
is

be

forcefulness,
is

and there

nothing to

In no sense

there anything for regret

are no tears, there are no

or reparation.

There

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blood marks anywhere throughout
the

153

whole
di

work.

It

is

clean.

It

is

set in

motion and
in the

rected by the force

which originates

po

tency of

man

the created,

who

thus becomes a

connecting link with the potency of the

manifested as the Universe.

One who

In the northeastern part of the Continent was

a group of

rocky

mountains.

These

rocks

reached far
the
soil.

down

beneath the ordinary level of

to

They seem

have been buttressed up,

it

earth apparently from the very center of the

self,

but that

it

was
in

not

so,

appeared by

the

future events.

But

any event they were strong

piled

enough

to hold tons
it

upon tons of

up rock

in

whatever shape
So, first

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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The human
to horizon,

by anyone standing upon the Plaza.

view was unobstructed from horizon

so far as the

power of the eye could

penetrate.
in its

This plaza was ample enough to hold

fines every single

con

member

of the Atlantian nation

acres in
extent.

at
It

one
is

time.

It

was many

wonderful
if

how many

people can stand on

one acre,

they are only harmonious.

This great plaza was necessary for the Con

vocations,

and the yearly ceremonies when

to the

all

the

people

went up

Temple

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

and the animal.

to the vegetable

Thus

the mountains partly cut

down,

left

space also for the facade which

was tunneled
from the

into

for the interior of the building

front,

and to

this excavation additional structures

were

added from time

of the

to time, to

meet the
is,

necessities

Temple Colony.

That

wings were

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built,

155
all

and additional

stories added,

with re

gard to the symmetry of the whole.

The rooms

and colonnades

all

yielded to the unification of

the whole, which

ple Staff,

was the education of the

Tem

and through them of the whole people.

have
solid

At

the northeast corner, as I

already
rock,

mentioned, on the foundations of

reaching far

down

into the earth,

was builded
tower
s

story after story a tower,

upon

this

top

was
been

located the tallest observatory that has ever

known

in the world.

There, they

who

were wise, and who were considered

best, after

having passed triumphantly through the intrica

cies,

the education and unfolding of the lower de

grees,

kept constant

ward and watch.

proceeded

Out

of

this tower, at its

lower part,

forth
in

over the great area, the wall of the

closing the

Temple

Great Hall of Convocation, and the

Temple

proper, and from the

Holy

of Holies at

the bottom of the tower,

Light, Strength and

Force, at times of Convocation, streamed forth

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power
of the Three,

as the result of the united

Five, Seven, Fifteen and Forty-five.

But

let

us

turn to a fuller description of the tower.

"The

tower was

22^

feet in

diameter at the

highest point of the coping.

It

was

built

of

hewn

stone in the shape of the trunk of a tree,

its

large at

base,

growing a
up,

little

smaller in di

ameter, half
"This

way

and then widening again.

model from nature, was considered the

strongest form.
nicely cut
in

The

stones, as I

have

said,

were
found

and

laid in a peculiar cement,

the southern part of the Continent,

which
So

once hardened was as firm as the rock

the tower bore itself aloft, as
stone.
if it

itself.

were one

solid

Over

the top, at the distance of ten feet from

the floor at the coping

was a

spherical dome.
that,
it

It

was

of glass, and

more than

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

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points of observation, in the

157
below.
in
is

chamber

The

floor of the hall

was

of mosaic,

wrought
he

figures,

and when

it

shall reappear,

who

wise

may

read in this a history of the founding

its

of the temple,

date, its object

and the pur

poses to

which

it

was

dedicated.

At one edge
lar disc that

there

was

set in the

wall a circu

was movable

at the time of the en

trance or departure, for him

spring.

who knew
to the

the secret

This was known only

Three, one

of

whom was
"holy

constantly on duty, in attendance

holies,"

on the

of

of this

Temple.

There
Hall

was another

"holy

of

holies"

in the great

of Convocation, but that

was

the symbol of the

highest person of the

"Superior Wisdom."

One

was

the Superior

Wisdom and
Over
it

the other the In

ferior

Wisdom.

this floor so tasselated

was

spread to protect
linen,

from

injury, a carpet of heavy

it

woven

so closely that

was almost im
it.

pervious to impressions from without upon

The

usual wear and tear of things earthly, did

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not affect
tightly
it

in the least.

This was stretched

upon the whole

floor.

Upon

the upper

surface of this

was drawn a

circle of the

whole
per

circumference of the chamber.

iphery were
joined

Within

this

drawn
other

three other circles,

at

which
and

each

their circumferences,

whose centers were each equally

center of the great circle.

distant

from the

Through

these

were

drawn

the intersecting equilateral triangles and

the six-pointed star.

scribed circles

In the center of these in

seat,

was placed a

one for each

circle

of the Three.

In the center of the great

was a
the

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
in

the potency of the

Three should be embodied

Co-ordinate with
this

the outer circle.

effort,

the potency of each

ticular circle, while
sential should be

must guard

his

own
it

par
es

from the center

was

wafted into space, the potency

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which could
call

159
all

and conquer.

These were
These
vigils

used upon especial occasions.

were

nightly and daily and the record of their observa

tions

were carefully

kept.

These three were

wise men, for they had risen step by step from

the

knowledge of earthly things and

to a point

their en

vironments
all

where they could perceive

to

that could or

would happen, not only

At

lantis,

but to

all

the remainder of this planet.

They had
furnishings

also attained the point

where other

were not necessary

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

finally

engendered pride
knowledge,

of station,

which conjoined

to their

was

the cause of their overthrow.

CHAPTER

XIV.

considering the remaining secret

Chambers

IN
lence

let us

remember that

all

knowledge comes
the
si

from the home of the Great Gods

where everything

is,

that

is.

Between the
Five,

station of the

Three

and

the

was

a heavy floor of masonry, each stone

fitted

of

which

into all the others, even as one

is

piece of solid rock rock.

fitted into its

surrounding
it

Had

it

all

been one piece

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

con
the

cavity of the lower ceiling to the floor of

upper chamber was three and eight-tenths feet of

solid

masonry.

The

arch of the lower chamber

five

rested

upon or sprang from

pillars

in

the

walls of the circular chamber.

Between each of

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these a single piece of marble
to the highest possible point.

161
set,

was

polished

One was

white,

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

Between the two white ones

was a band

of burnished gold, the art of pre

re paring which, after being lost for ages, was

covered again in Etruria, whose wondrous mas

terpieces are the

marvel and glory of the present

time.

It glittered

and shone,
s

as only that

metal

can respond to the artizan

ble mirrors

hand.

These mar
earth, at a
seen,
as
in

were turned towards the

and
in

slight angle,

them could be
all

the pages of an open book,

things that were

happening, had happened or were about to hap

pen.

That

is

to say,

by the art of the Wise Ones,

these had

become

reflectors of the Astral Books.

Whoever knew

the cipher could

read,

but

to

know

the cipher they

must be able
eligible

to perceive,

and no person could be

in

to

membership

the Five,

who under

training did not

mani

fest this

power

of perception.

When

the love of

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first

learning and the desire for understanding had

given him the

rudiments of the cipher, he

was transferred

hither.

Then,

as

if

in a vision,

he was allowed to give proof whether he could

see

and

read.

If he failed he

was

returned
if
it

whence he came
peared the gift

for further training,

his.

ap

was

If not, then only that

which had happened

dreamed
It
is
it.

to

him was

his as if

he had

not necessary for

me

to say that the Five

were rapid and accurate readers

their wills sought to

of

whatever

know.

That which was That

good was perceived

in the

white mirrors.

which was

evil

or obstructive

was

seen in the
in
its

black mirrors.
greatest

So long as Atlantis was

glory, so long

power and
I

was
it.

the

num

ber maintained as

have described

But dur

ing the last twenty-five years of the existence

of the

Temple

in the city, the

odd mirror

in the

white had clouded over in a singular

fashion,

growing darker and darker, until the final de-

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struction,

163

and to-day, under the waters there are

three black and

two white mirrors; but when

the

the hour of redemption shall have struck,

stain will be

wiped away from the white.

Once

more there
rors.

will be three white

and two black mir

In the records of the past, written on the

floor of the

upper chamber, there was

this

proph

ecy:

"When

the three are all black, swift de

to

struction
pie."

cometh

the

Temple and

the

peo-

This had been well known by those whose

bition should
things,

am

have led to

higher

and

better

and although they wondered

so

at the

con

tinuous change for the worse,

their

clouded had

minds become by

their selfish ambitions that

no notice was taken of the dreadful warning.

Although the chamber was

solid

and
there
air

there

were neither windows nor doors,

were

means of ventilation by which fresh

veyed into and out of
this

was con

apparent tomb.

The

means of entrance were the same

as those of the

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Although no aperture communi

upper chamber.

cated with the sunlight, yet apparently the light

from the great dome overhead, passed through

the solid masonry, as though
it

were
in

glass.

What
upper

ever could be seen by the light

the

chamber, with

its

magnificent

dome

of crystal,

could just as easily be seen in the chamber of the

Five.

On

the floor of this

chamber

also

was an

extremely

fine,

mosaic record of the nation, and of

the occult happenings to the same.

Over

this

was a carpet
and a
circle

of the

same material

as that above,
feet in

twenty-two and eight-tenths

this

diameter.
thirteen

Within

was drawn a pentagon,

feet

and eight-tenths

on a

side.

From
to

the center of each side of the pentagon

the

point of contact with the circle, a semi-circle

was

drawn.
circle

In the center of the circle was a smaller

all

touching

the semi-circles,

four

and

eight-tenths feet in diameter.

circles

Where

these semi

intersected
elipses.

each other were four figures

resembling

At

the point

corresponding

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165

the point farthest from the center,

was
see

the station of

him who

officiated.

You

will

when you draw

the sustaining

these lines
of each

how

intimately

was

power

bounded by the
All were lim

great circle of the environment.

ited,

supported and sustained.

In the inner, the

the

smaller circle representing with the center,

power

of the

One was

reached and held by the

in

semi-circle of each,

and each was supported

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

left,

and by

his

own

power, until the whole

cir

cle

was completed.
the
triangle has

Here

become the pentagon

relations of those

and the symbol of the intimate

who

are brothers

was

carried out fully and

com

pletely.

All the civilization the world boasts to

the result of the vibrations set in motion

day

is

within this noted tower of the Atlantians.

Between the

divisions of the

Three and

the

Five were three feet of solid masonry.

The

roof

was arched

as

the heavens seem to be arched,

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this

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arch was lined with an alloy of silver,

and

gold and copper, an alloy which the citizens of

the world to-day
imitate.
It

would give much

to be able to

was polished
say,

to the highest degree of finish,

it

but strange to

did not reflect a single thing

It

taking place in the chamber.

in its place

was supported
of orichalcum,
tin,

by seven pilasters
silver,

One

one of gold, one of

one of lead, one of

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

opposite.

On

the

its

base,

was engraved

the

proportions of the alloy used in this great con

cavity.

There were always sounds emanating from

Sometimes they were
sweet

it.

and

harmonious,
it

sometimes sonorous and turbulent; for

reflect

did not

anything within the chamber.

It
all

was a
those

reflector of the nation s sounds,

and of

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167

whom
all

they had dealings.

it

It

was

in

touch
fact

the planets, and

was a curious
it

that in reflecting the sounds

also reflected the

colors of the sounds, because the

same vibrations
So you
see

that

make sound produce

color also.

that in one

chamber attention was

in the

called to the

working of the One

Heavens, and in the

next chamber could be perceived the operations

of

man

thought on the Astral plane, and

of the Seven,

in the

chamber

we

are

now

about to de

scribe, the study

in
its

was

of the manifesting of thought

first

potency.

Thus

in

each

grade,

ap

proaching nearer and nearer to those to

they ministered, and
first

whom

who

should have been their

care always, and above everything else their

supreme concern.

This chamber
meated by the

also,

like the others,

was per

light

which knows and recognizes

light

no obstruction.

The

was of equal volume,

which lighted the up

quality and quantity as that

permost chamber, and

it

had the same peculiarity

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of penetrating

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and giving
distinct view.
It per

vaded the whole chamber, without having any

visible source.

Upon

this floor also

was written

in mosaic, as in the other

chambers, a continuance

of the history
city.

and progress of the nation and the

Over

this,

too,

was

spread, as in the

other

chambers, the carpet.

circle of
circle

Upon

this carpet

was a
this

twenty-one feet in diameter. Within

described a heptagon, to the
radii,

was

center

were drawn

thus making each side of the

heptagon the base of a triangle of which the two

radii

were the other two

sides.

Within each

of

these triangles

was

inscribed a circle,

touching

each of the

sides.

The

center of these circles

was

the station of one of the Seven.

In operat

ing they might look to the center or the circum

ference, or to each alternately.

But whatever
harmony

was done was always with

and unity of potency.

the utmost

There

is still

one more chamber of potent

ef-

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169

that

is

the

Chamber
forty-five

of the fifteen.

The

Chamber

of the

was more

that of a

school of training than a laboratory

force.

of

occult

The

thickness of the separating

masonry

was seven

feet.

In the center

it

presented a square

rising above the roof of the

Temple.

Within

it

was

a square

room with the

sides facing each of

the points of the compass.

Circular windows,
sides.

one each, pierced the walls of the four

The

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

was yellow, and

laid in tiles,

the north, white.

tiles

The

floor

was

and the

were

of a material

which generations of wear could

not destroy.

And upon

these

was a

lesson

which
all

contained absolutely, from beginning to end,

the knowledge that

man would

ever need or could

expect to attain upon the earth.

The

wisest

might read
standing,
if

it

partially.

To

those lacking under

it

they could decipher,

was

still

.mystery and foolishness.

This may seem impossible, but

it is

true never-

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theless,

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when man
it

learns that all rays

come from

the One,
find the

will not be such a difficult task to

to the source

way

and origin of

all

that
It
is

mystifies

and perplexes him on the

earth.

because he believes there are many, and that the

shadows and changing

illusions

are of the es

sence and quality of the real, that he diffuses his

power and
In
seats,

baffles his

own

inquiries.

this

Chamber,

in a semi-elipse

were

fifteen

seven on each side of the keystone of the

arch.
foci

The

roof

was

also square.

In one of the
light always

was

a crystal globe,

from which
it

emanated.

In the hours of rest

was

necessary.

In the hours of day, light from the outer per

meated the room.

The
to

crystal globe

hung mid

way from
port,

floor

ceiling

without

visible sup

swaying gently with the movements of the

it.

thought currents about

In the other focus

serpents,

of this semi-elipse three brazen

sup

ported on their
aloft in their

tails

and rearing upwards, held

in

mouths a censer

which burned

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fire.

171

During

the time of sessions, incense and per

invisible hands,

fumes fed by
fects to those

brought peculiar

ef

waiting for instruction and guid

here, those

ance.

It

was

who were

fitted, after

training in the school of the forty-five and wait

ing,

were

selected

for admisssion

under obliga
If they

tion for further training

and

practice.

kept their obligation they then might sometime

hope for promotion.

If they did not keep their obligation then they
fell

back.

There
this

w as
r

always more or
of trial.

less

change
these

going on in

chamber

From

Fifteen, culled

from the whole nation, came the

Seven, Five and Three.

to

Nor were

they allowed

know

of the powers beyond them, except they

occupied the chair of the Elder Brother,

who

was

their appointed leader

and guide.
the people, and

They came and went amongst

were considered
the

as persons of authority

amongst
little

Temple

Dwellers.

They

were but

re-

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the forces lying below them, which

moved from

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
arch,

whose

met the

solid rock, the buttressed

foundation of the world, seemingly uplifted for

the very purpose of this support.

Beneath the
five

floor of the

chamber
of

of the Fortyof the

was hewn out

the

"Holy

Holies"

Great Hall of Convocation,

so that the mysteries

intended and desired to be communicated, could

be

made manifest

to the people at

the

stated

times and seasons.

This was the ultimate out

come

of all this interlinking of organization.

The chamber
by twenty-five
feet thick.

of the Forty-five
feet,

was twenty-five

and the walls were twelve

this wall,

Within

impervious to sound

or impression from without, the students of this

degree met.

The chamber was

so arranged,

with

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173
of
finest

lofty,

arched roof and solid floor

all

woods brought from

quarters of the earth,

that the conditions of pure air

were

fully met.

They who were

sitting,

sometimes for a shorter

time, sometimes for days that

listened

seemed but hours,

enchantedly to that which

to them.

was

pro

pounded

There was no lack

of under

standing from crudeness or from any disarrange

ment
peace,

of the physical conditions of

harmony and
to be at the

which

all

men must

have,

highest point of perception.

CHAPTER XV.

sitting, the Forty-five

were arranged

THUS

in four

rows of

seats,

eleven in each row,

arranged

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
the Brothers
their ages.

who

sat

upon them

in the

order of

There was always

close to the seat

of the Elder Brother, another seat,

and

this,

empty always

to

personal sense; to those

filled

who

could see on the psychic plane was

by an

Elder Brother from the Invisible,

as

a mentor

and guide,

as

an influencer of the Elder Brother

of the visible, to receive

either

whatever might be given

or by his
;

from

his

own knowledge,

com
thus

ing in touch

more

readily with the invisible

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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
which

staircase

was arranged

in the thick

led to the

chamber of the

Forty-five,

and a sliding door, opening

of those

to the lightest

touch

who knew,

admitted into the chamber.

This chamber was

ceiled

and floored

sides,

top

and bottom, with wood they obtained from the

country, to be

known

in the later days as It

South
of a

America, but then a large island.

was

peculiar hardness, dark red in color, and suscep

tible of the

most

brilliant

and lasting
it

polish.

It
like

was
one

so well
piece.

fitted

together that

seemed

They who were

the builders con

to

trolled the elemental force,

which was able

do
it

persistently

and

in the finest

manner, whatever

was

set to do.
if

So when the door was closed,

it

appeared as
there

they were in a shell from which

was no

possible escape.

There was no dan

ger from any outer accident, except possibly an

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earthquake.

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But
for

many hundred

years

no
to as

earthquake had occurred.

For many years

come none was predicted by even the wisest

trologers of the

Temple.

The doorway by which

they entered was in the open end of the oval upon

which the

seats

were placed.

Within the whole

chamber, at distances far enough to protect the

sight of those

who were

receiving

instruction,

from any bewilderment by the

light,

points of
these

emanating brilliancy were placed.

points of light

What

were composed

of,

hundreds of

men

in the days to

come, will give several years

to find

of their lives to
out.

know, and never be able

Before these facts shall have again come into

the possession of men, there will have been those

who

will

have come to the place where their

laid,

hands have

almost upon the thing they crave

and so covet.
invisible

These

lights,

held as

it

were by
sta

torch-bearers,

could be perfectly

tionary for any length of time, or they could be

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moved
as there

177

was

necessity for concentrating or

forth.

diffusing that

which they gave

At

times, in full

view of the whole number,

as a reflector of

would come up something acting

thought action and picturing either the Past or

the Future.

This great transparent blackboard,

you may understand just what
itself in place,
I

so to speak, so

am

trying to say, held

or seemed
in
it

to dissolve

under the will of those

who were
through
it,

structing,

and while one could

barrier

see to

was an impermeable
through
stoutly
it;

any

passage

no thick bar of brass could

more
of
it

resist.

While

there

was nothing

that appealed to the sense of sight, there

was

still

such force that

it

served as an obstruction,

al

though

invisible.

Upon
fill

this clear sheet, of size

large enough to
rising

the

whole twenty-five

feet,

up

as

might be necessary, for the accom

it,

modation of whatever was thrown upon

of the mental conditions of those

out

who

taught un

der the law set up by those

who

in the highest

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of the

Chamber

Temple, watched and waited

So
in

through the Centuries.

the times of 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

result

of sequence, in the Future.

At

the same time he

exactly

demonstrated upon

this

invisible screen,

as he described, both as to

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

see that all the sequences

were

alike;

that everything

moved forward on

the line of the

One

Creative Thought, in perfect harmony for

all

accomplishment of

events in

manifestation.

The

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
let

179

us describe one session:

Minute by

minute, there have been persons coming through

the door into the chamber, which
softness of a dim,
is

held in the
clear

pleasant twilight, not

at

enough for perception, except

close

range.

They have

quietly

and without speaking, come

forward each

to the seats,

where they have

evi

dently been assigned, then, sitting, have restfully

waited

in silence

and peace.

In coming

in,

they

have

all

advanced

from the door of entrance

of defonstra-

across the space

tion

where the square

showing
as they

was

held, thus

came

in,

there

was nothing between them and

their seats.

They have

passed on, and

all

are

now

seated.

There was not a

as

single absentee.

Such a thing

absenteeism or tardiness in the workings of

the Great

Temple was unknown.

power
of

Too

well they

knew

the wonderful

CONTINUOUS,

UN

BROKEN ACTION. The hour

strikes

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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It

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must be
re

might seem strange that we Atlantians had

it

any idea of measuring time, but

membered

there

is

nothing not known; nothing

;

that will ever be

known nothing

that the world

those,

will ever receive, that

was not received by

who,

eager for knowledge,

were not only eager

had perceived and

to understand, but to use.

We

received all

human knowledge.
manner
I

As

the hour strikes in the

the

have de

scribed,

forty-four

and the Elder Brother

looking up, perceived a form dim and misty in

outline, has filled the chair of the presiding in

structor.

Sitting in the position of meditation,

which
their

in the later times the

Egyptians copied in
us on record, on
the

Temple work, and

left

their books of stone,

they concentrate on

thought of unity.

There were

three points

upon which they con

centrated in succession: Unity,

Harmony
the

and

Love,

for

these

three constitute

Unmaniwere

fested, so they

who were

in the Forty-five

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181

When

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

words having of

them
vi

and intense harmonious

bration.

These words were reinforced by other

v

vibrations resembling the rolling sound of a great

organ.

It

was a reverberation

partly

reflected

and partly responsive, out of the Invisible by

which they received answer, and thus

unified
in its

became

into

the sense and condition of desire,

most perfect form for whatever might and

could be given them.

I

On

this night of

which

am

speaking,

the Elder Brother

commenced

describing the possibilities of unfolding in all

who
s

were present; of the unfolding of the Earth

condition; of the things that
in the

would bear down

way

of clouds and darkness; of limitation,

obstruction and opposition, and as he described,

step

by

step,

that

which might come under

cer-

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shimmmered
it.

tain circumstances, the screen of almost invisible

material quivered and

lights

with
those

the

and shades passing over

To

who
was

perceived with only the physical eye, there

only a dancing of lurid

fires.

To

each
it

who had
was pos

come

into

more

perfect condition,

sible to perceive,

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.

The Fu

ture presented itself as the Eternal

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

time,

mate

saw

then,

how
might

the Brotherhood of
find itself for a time
;

Wisdom,

for the Ages,

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

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and rehabilitation.
All the signs

183

and

points
illus

made and
trated

desired to be emphasized,
screen.

were

upon our

And

thus, as the time

went

on, in that

which was

to be the

dawn

of a

new

recreation, so to speak,

we

perceived certain

gatherings of the far Future were also being pic

tured upon the scren.

for
it

remember

it

all

well,

seemed, as the

memory comes

to

me

out of

the Past, there

was some responding condition

I see it

within myself, not only did

and

feel

it,

as

regarding myself, but that others would then

come
help
as

into

it

at

that time,

whose presence and

to be

would

recall the

now, but

known

then

ancient days, and they

would

testify

to the

truth of the then pictured.

I

cannot

tell

you fully of

all

the drapings and

that

decorations and precious metals

this

adorned

chamber, but you

may imagine
it

for yourselves
fit

nothing was spared to make

in

place,

both

the conditions of the visible and in the po

tencies of the invisible,

drawn from

all

over the

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in
its

world for the inculcating

fullest

and

its

strongest, the truth of that

verified.

which will be

fully

They who now

in life,

know

not only

of the lower, but also of the higher, thus per

ceive the apparently futile in

many

respects has

for

its

governing, impelling force, the strength

it.

and power of the ages behind

to fulfill in the
set

All

move on

completed outline, whatever was

to be accomplished.

and designed

Thus

the lessons given to the Forty-five were

either in voiced vibration,

sight,

through the sense of

or by thought transference.
used, the vibrations

Whichever

method was

made themselves
which they were

plainly visible to the sense to

addressed.

Their vividness depended upon the

intensity with

which the thought was projected.

during a sessison of the Forty-

But
five,

at all times,

there were shadows

more or

less

distinct

in outline, playing over this

wonderful spectrum.

When
the

instructions

were being received from

of forms

Three the play

and colors

were

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The

18$

something that has never been seen elsewhere in

the whole world.
reflections then obtained

have really so impinged upon the Great Astral

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

The

record

what

these denizens of the secret chambers of

the Great
to

Temple thought and

did,

is

one day

become supremely dominant

in the affairs of
it

the world.
will

As

the cycle rises to completion,

become more and more potent.

He who

is

wise and able, has thus given some outline.

CHAPTER

XVI.

tried thus far to give

you a descrip

of the Great Temple of Atlantis and 1HAVE

tion

of the

Tower

that

was one

of the

wonders

of the world.

That which was

all;

in sight

was not

by any means
after
its

even as the

tree,
is

bearing fruit

kind above the earth,

by no means the

largest nor

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 and

spirits of light;

on earth mortals both

visible

invisible; beneath the earth s surface are the

beings belonging to the lower races,

who have

never been subjugated by the spiritual powers of

such as held sway in the upper chambers.

These elemental beings

later

will be classed in the

day as Salamanders,

Water

Spirits,

Ko~

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holds, Goblins
in the Fire, the

187
are workers

and Dwarfs.

They

Water and

the Earth or Rocks.

It

was

in the internal fires of unregisterable heat,

that during the latter days of Atlantis, the

im

mense
ple

stores of gold
held,

and jewels, which the

Tem
under

Treasury

were

manufactured

PRIMAL CONDITIONS.
the great

In this also was illustrated

law of Transmutation.

As

the Great

Tower

flung

itself

toward the
it

mid-heavens, pointing everlastingly upwards,

indicated the constant search the extent of his ability,
tency.

man

is

making

to

for truth, light and po

The

part of the

Tower

that sank lower

and lower into the bowels of the Earth, pypied

the material and physical uses of that which

was

capable of transmutation.
itself

It

also

held within
Matter"

the lesson of the

s

"Descent

into

man

environments.
it

So far

as

man

himself

was

concerned,
Brains.

held also the doctrine of the

all

Three

To

the world, both Atlantian and

"In

foreign the lesson was:

the heavens above

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and the earth beneath, and the waters under the

earth."

It has already

been said that the whole city of

in a splendor,

Atlantis

was arrayed
equaled.

whose glory

was never

Its buildings

have never been

their archi

surpassed, either in the

symmetry of

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

ness of

its

preparation and artistic designs.

There

was

also a

marvelous exhibition of gold and jew

els, in

a profusness carried

up

to the

verge of the

barbaric.

These means
also

for personal

adornment,

were

used by

all

the people,
life, if

even those in the

humble walks

of

Atlantis could be said to

have had any such, the relations of poverty and

riches long since

had ceased
It

to press

on the at
in the lat

tention of the nation.

ter days that

was evident

some source of almost

limitless sup

ply

must be

easily accessible.
its

The Tower which

down
into

lifted

proudly

head on high, went

the mountains the same distance, and the cellars

OF ATLANTIS.
and sub-cellars were occupied by beings
longed to the lower races,

189

who

be

who had

been sub

jugated by the spiritual powers of those

who

held

sway

in the

upper chambers.

None
that

of the uninitiated

knew

for a certainty of

which was going on within the mountain.

to the

Only
fided

Three was
Builders.

this

knowledge

fully con
all

by the

To

them, long ago

material things which are deemed of any value

by mortals, or of any use or importance what

ever,

had ceased

to be of consequence, only so

far as they

might adorn or make beautiful, either

or the City.

the

Temple

Underneath the Sanctuary, entered by a door

opening into the solid rock, at the
flight of stairs leading

rear,

was a

down

into a

chamber hewn

out of the rock.

Out

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

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workers.

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These operations required the use of
to

certain materials,
finishing of their

make

the manifesting and

easy.

work more

Their pro
results pro

jected spirit

power brought back the

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
set.

on carrying out that

to

which they were

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,

all,

the

watery deep, fashioned what

ever

man

needs and lays hold upon from their

realm, either for use or adornment.

ATLANTIS.
Vast tunnels led into the interior of the
tains
lars.

191

moun
cel

and the Continent, from each of these

The

spirits of the air

by a

spiral course,

ascended to the highest points of the mountains,

and here communicated with their fellows

outer world, receiving supplies.

in the

The
its

tunnel from the Cellar of the Earth Spir

opened into an inaccissible part of the

moun

tain,

on a

little

plateau,

which was constantly

veil of fog.

guarded by an impenetrable

The

tunnel of the Fire Spirits led under the

Continent, diagonally
of the Earth.

down

to the volcanic fires

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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the secret
of

the Temple, but of the nation as well.

He who knew
would stand
at the

the

Treasury
Place,

in the rear of the

Moly Holy

hour of high noon, on a certain day of

the year, and watch until by a peculiar arrange

ment
light

of the polished marbles, a single ray of sun

thrown from the chambers above would be

upon the wall
at the back.

reflected

This could
in

only be seen

when

the observer

was

a par

ticular position,

and then but for a period of three

this,

minutes.

Having perceived
to

he would turn
steps

one quarter
in

the right, and

move seven

a straight line, then turning to his original

position, he took five steps more,

and then turning

one-quarter to the
to

left,

three steps brought

him

an apparently blank wall, highly ornamented.

to

But

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
easily

tons,

but so

balanced

that

it

moved

and without

noise,

and was screened

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from view by the shrine which stood
in

193
front.

Entering boldly, as soon as he stepped upon the

settled flagging inside the door, the great stone

back into

its

first

position.

It could be

opened

on the inside by pressing upon a slight projection

at the back.

Thirteen
to

times

thirteen

steps

brought him again

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

be recovered at a later day by the chemists,

may

as those

who

are expert in safes, recover the for

gotten combination of the locks thereof.

Once

more, he

who knew

the secret spring, might open

and pass within.

to the

The Treasure Chamber opened

Temple

Inspector on the day of the Vernal

Equinox, when the sun went

down

in the

West.

CHAPTER XVII.

was a

sight that

met

his gaze,

which an
be
al

IT

avarice-tainted soul

would never
Great

lowed
gold, silver

to contemplate.

heaps

of

and aluminum, the method used by

us for obtaining which,

was

the result of con

densed electrical power, acting

through

sur

charged magnets of the

to

finest steel.

In the times

come

the forces of induction will, for a time,

little

be very

understood.

But

the day will

come

when

they will have the very best method of ex

tracting
secret.

aluminum from the

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

195
the

some of them

still

warm from

of earth and water, in

which they were crys

glit

tallized.

Both the polished and the uncut

tered and shone here in the light

full

which was

as

and strong

as in the passage-way.

Here

the workers in the various cellars de

posited the results of their labors.

From

here

the civil rulers received whatever they

needed,

upon sudden

pressure, in their traffic with all out

side nations of the earth.

in the city their

But

there were also

own

storehouses and treasuries

of wealth.
to the

This was only that which belonged

result of the labors

Temple, and was the

of the servants of the

sity,

Temple.

In case of neces
the

the civil rulers could

draw upon

Temple

for reserves in

any amount.
eye hath seen, nor any tongue de

No human

scribed the immensity of the wealth lying to this

day, in that strong,

mountain treasury beneath enough gold lying

in
it

the waves.

There

is

to

destroy the value of the gold

now

in use

upon

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the earth.
shall

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But when
it

the day of

its

discovery

come

will belong to a nation,

itself

who

shall

have so purified
shall be

from avarice that there

this

no karmic weight transferred from

its

treasure to the shoulders of

finders.

Upon
ury

the inner door that opens into this treas

rests a seal.
"The

Upon

this seal

is

the following

inscription:

potent Will

of

the

Most
time

Mighty holds

this treasure safely, until the

of the restoration shall come.

The Angel

of the

waters has charge of

it."

It seems hardly necessary to say that the

els

jew

and gold were

all

manufactured by the oc

cupants of the

cellars,

and that

it

was the

reflec

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

on the vision of the

made

so

many

earnest believ

ers in the transmutation of base metals into gold

and jewels.

CHAPTER

XVIII.

manner

of adjustment

and

Convoca
:

THE

tion

was

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

other, as even at the present day.

But those who

were

especially gifted

with understanding,

who
the

combined reverence with intense desire for

knowledge of that which was unseen and hid

den, wherever found,

were transferred

to

the

temple

service,

and

this

was

the first step in the

chaff.

separation of the

wheat from the

Those,

who

in

their training, as part of the

still

Temple

family, exhibited a

higher degree of
set aside

intelligence

and perception were again

for the Forty-five,

and again

in the

same manner
higher

for the Fifteen.

The

selection

for the

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in

Chambers followed

the

same

order,

from
to

hose best developed and adapted to the

work
was

be done.

The

training of the Forty-five

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,

their

power

for broad, intense contempla

their meditations

tion

had increased until

nature.

had be

come second

The
steps,

next step was concentration.

submission,
the thought

Notice the

meditation,

concentration.
the vi

When

was well massed and

brations were uniform and persistent, then they

were taught

to project the concentered

thought

which had been the essence of

their meditations.

As

the absolute Unity,

IT

meditates, as the
as

Di

vine Ideation,

It concentrates,

the Creative
as the Earth-

Thought,
dweller

It projects.

So nearly

may

follow this line of

procedure,

so

OF ATLANTIS.
nearly will he be able to lay hold of the
force
poses.

199

Unseen
pur

and make

it

available for all good

Years of discipline
later in the Fifteen,

in

the Forty-five and

still

made each member

in these labors.

of the

Seven ready and expert

fection

The
the

per

was

carried

still

farther

in

Five,

where they practiced the attracting of the vibra

tions of unseen force, of

any kind whatever into

projection, thus con

alignment with their

trolling the
It

own

powers of the great names.

if

was

as

workmen

taking a ball of soft

metal from the crucible or furnace, should whirl

it

rapidly in the

air,

until

it

had assumed a cer

forth to
fulfill their

tain form,
will.

and then launch

it

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.

It

was

always determined by the casting of

lots,

who

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any Convocation, and
to the

should control the outward moving of the vibra

tions at

power of
their

the one of the Three, the other potency.

two added

The

regular Convocations were under

of each month.

the Full

Moon

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

call.

At

the close of the Convocation,

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 to

each one, came out of the Silence, the

the inner ear, and thereby not only

Word

was

the day

named, but the hour was

fixed,

being always at a

OF ATLANTIS.
certain distance

201
If there

from the Sun

setting.

was no

special Convocation, then at the nxt regu

lar meeting, each one present at the opening, in

succession, in

low breath, pronounced the given

word, so that which had been given out, was

again recalled.

The work was

Chamber by
vocation, the
flashed,

formally opened in the upper

the Three.
"Center

At
of

the

first

word

of in

Fire"

glowed

and

and whatever had been planned or ar

for,

ranged

needing potency

was

apportioned

amongst the lower chambers.

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

some sweet har

mony,

told the story.

But

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,

no

timidity in obedience, and no delay in

action.

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gathered force of the whole nation, in charge

The

of the Forty-five
teen,

were sent forward

to the Fif
to

and

there, as intensified

was passed on

the Seven, where,

bound

together, solidified

and

shaped, the projected potency

was again handed

the activity of

on to the Five,

who harmonized

the potent vibrations with the vibrations of the

Universe.

Thus
it

changed, from the Special to

the Universal,

was placed

in the

hands of the

Three,

who

uniting their force in the One, stood

all

ready to hurl into space, in

the awfulness of

power,

this

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

it

long

takes to accomplish the wonderful things

done by our Ancient Brothers.

CHAPTER

XIX.

who

ruled in Atlantis, as the priest

in

THEY

hood, were successful

guiding

the

ship of State wisely

and fortunately, so

long as they considered the interests of the whole

nation as one.

As long

as they put aside the sense

of separateness, while they only sought for wis

dom, that the benfit growing out of

utilized in

it

might be
looked
well.

common by

all

the nation,

who

for light

and guidance from them,

as the

all

was

As long

Three, Five and Seven, with the

Fifteen and Forty-five were separate and yet one,

the only distinction being, to see

who

could best

work with

the highest potency in the position

satisfied that the

where he was placed,

perfect

well and

doing and the acquiring of knowledge

from experience, would bring the reward that

comes always
to attainment.

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looked to the perfect doing, and not to

They

the result, and out of this desire

grew the con

centration of potency in their hands, which

made

them the one nation

of the earth exceeding all

others in the unravelling of the hidden myster

ies.

But

it

was not a
fierce,

task of idle floating, but

sometimes of

desperate warfare in the do

mains of the

Invisible.

As one

point after an

other unfolded to their perceptions, those

held guard over the hidden truths, or those

who
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
spiritual attribute.
is

205
in

no sense a

While an army, or other mass

of physical conditions might at any time be stam

peded.

Therefore,

in

all

the work,

none were ad

mitted to the separate and secret assemblies until

the overcoming of the body and
its

desires

was

far advanced, thus leaving the Spirit a clear field

in

which

to operate.
point, so soon as the occult ideas
it

Another

and

thoughts were strongly developed,

a

served as

magnet

for those

who w ere
r

in or

on the same
incarnating
the

lines of

thought, both
also

from

the

spheres, and
earth,

from other points upon

where lamps lighted from the Atlantian

by
its

torch,

inspiring reflection,

had stimulated and

those

who came

within
search.

its

reach, to a higher

more vigorous
they gravitated

Knowing
and here

of

Atlantis,

thither,

they

would

have remained and shared with Atlantis the fate

that overtook her, blotting out for a time

from

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the earth,
all

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the knowledge that

went

before,

had not

those,

who

in the Silence of the

Unseen,
its

watched and foreseen the cataclysm (but not

cause),

worked
to

to scatter

abroad upon the earth,

salt of salvation

enough

become the seed and

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

who
This

could become, under inspiration, a leader.

was
and

all well,

excpt as the world always resents

resists the aggressiveness of

new

ideas,

with

the knife,

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 suffered

itself

knowledge

for the time being, thus

ignominious

death.

The knowledge

has been in great

danger from the machinations of secret enemies,

OF ATLANTIS.
of total eradication

20?

from the earth and the per

ceptions of

its

inhabitants.
its

This was

likely to

happen before
complished.

firm establishment could be ac

fact

This

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
struction

movements

either bring de

upon themselves or have others

off.

entirely

cut them

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

into one.

But even her they stand

It has

face to face with another obstacle.

been

an

essential, that if the truth

be preserved, indi
its

viduality
reality,

must

increase

in

perception

and

and

in the latter days they will

be con
of
the

fronted
people,

with

the

intense

individuality

who

are confused and overcome by the

sense of separateness.

They who*

seek to study

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on these
lines,

OUR STORY
and
to gain

wisdom, must as
of

it

were, train the units,

made up

members, into

a oneness or individuality of the whole and thus

shall be

born a new

MESSIAH,

or a

new Truth.
will

The

Christos of

that Great

Cycle,

be a
shall

union of

many

individuals, or a nation

who

stand as the representatives of the

new

unfold-

ment

of Truth.
is

In the Record of the Adepts, there

described as seen by one of the
of an image

a vision
;

Mighty Ones

whose head, body and limbs were

and the
feet

made up
of

of different metals,

were

iron and

aluminum.

Each of these metals

represented a Messianic age, a

new Truth, and

an Empire directly relatinfg to some manifesta

tion

of

that

truth.

These will represent the

and then

leaders of

the previous dispensations,

follows the vision, a stone cut out of the

tain

moun

without hands, which represents a nation

itself,

fashioning

until

it

shall

have obtained
it

MESSIAHSHIP,

and thus more powerful,

OF ATLANTIS.
shall

209
dis

overshadow
all

in

its

manifestation and
before.

pensation

that has

come
light,

ALL who
are seek

are looking

toward the

ALL

who

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
as one.

when
this

they touch, they shall

wait.

become

For

we work and

CHAPTER XX.

the

archives

of

that

time

and

AMONG
our

country has
present

come

to

the knowledge of
the

generation,

following

prophecy
"And

it

shall

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
to

and truthfully held for the

all

many, will bring

those

who

shall

come

upon the

earth,

wisdom, blessing and growth.

also

But there must

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.

much
is

resist

All progress in the soul

career

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
is

211

itself

from the

ONE.
all

no

sin,

nor crime to seek to know, by

the

the

means within

power of the
does the

Spirit to grasp

or undertake.

Nor

ONE

resent as sin,

such attempts.
they

On

the contrary,

IT

intends that

who have become

individualized, shall sooner

or later, enter into

perfect attainment.

all

knowledge.

That
to pass,

is

the

It shall

come

who
it,

ever

fits

the self for knowledge, shall receive

but whoever attempts to grasp potency without

being
ensue,
fitted to

handle

it,

serious consequences will

and the thing already attained, may be

taken away.
shall

There can be no
in the

sin for those

who

have knowledge,

grasping of the very

if

highest in their pursuit; but

they shall seek,

to grasp

before they have

that

made themselves ready

which

is

withheld, simply by their

own

force

of potency,

disregarding the consenting, or the

law of the
sults,

ONE,
so

then there will come dire re

shall

or

if it

happen that the nation

have

so far

advanced that their knowledge would be

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in
is

dangerous to the other nations of the world,

its

use, then will it

be withdrawn.

But

this

true, that the physical as

man

is

of no value, only

an agent

in the

computation of the happenings

it

upon the

earth.

While

might seem

to

man an

awful thing that millions of bodies should cease

to exist, there

was nothing

in that issue that

could

be charged against the leaders.

That was some

ful

thing distinct, by
filled

itself,

and something that

the law.

The

thing for which the leaders

of the law,

suffered

was disobedience

which denied

to the created the forceful taking

from the
is

ONE,

any

knowledge, for

which the taker

not pre

pared.

When

limited
t

power meets Universal potency,

issue.

there can

be but one

So

now under

stand, there

was no

sin,

but simply the outcome

of the
desire,

law of the Universe.

which might seem a
sin,

Even
was

the intense
in

one sense

lawful,
the

and the result of causes implanted by

Creative

Thought

itself.

They were

not

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responsible, but they

213
It It

were the instruments.

was necessary

that the

law should be proved.

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

in

struments must be used for that purpose.

these instruments standing
suffer for that
in

But
must

the

front,

which they have provoked.

for accomplishment.

As

to the outlook

The

instruments of the mighty forces of the Unseen

evidently have not
desire,

developed
necessary,

the
for

strength
the

we

nor that

is

perfect

culmination.

Until further training can develope

proper concentration, they seek to bridge over and

to hold
as

much

as possible of that

which has

already been gained.

CHAPTER XXI.

By way

of addenda, and to

show
its

that this book

assertions

has authoritative substance for

information,
clippings

and

we

give our readers a couple of

from the mass of newspaper flotsam

last years.
is

and jetsam, of the

The

following

the

Maya

account of the

destruction of Atlantis, from Dr. Augustus

Le

Plongeon
script :
"The

rendering

of

the

Troano

manu

year six Kan, on the eleventh Muluc,

there occurred terrible earth

in the

month Zac,

quakes,

which continued without intermission

Chuen.

until the thirteenth

hills of

The

country of the

mud, the land of

it

Muj

was

sacrificed.

Being twice upheaved,

during the night,
the

suddenly disappeared
being continually

basin

shaken by volcanic forces.

Being confined, these

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At

215

caused the land to sink and rise several times and

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

book."

The

other extract

is

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
"Some

own

beloved country:

months ago, while workmen were en

an attempt to restore the partly fallen

gaged

in

Hypnostyle Hall of the great Temple of Karnac,

in

Egypt,

eleven

columns gave way and

fell.

This was some months ago.

had fallen
in ancient times,

Thirteen columns
it

and

was while prep

arations for their restoration that the others

fell,

were being made,

and three others were so

shaken as to compel removal.

"Our

archaeological readers will be delighted

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to learn that

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hundreds of Arab laborers, under

the direction of able engineers, are

now engaged
and
have

in restoring those ancient ruins, the largest

best

preserved

of any

in

Egypt

which

reached these times.

"All

of these twenty-seven columns will be

reconstructed and placed in their original posi

tion.

The uppermost member

of each

column

weighs 1242 tons.

tons each.
"Modern

The

architraves

weigh 25

engineering processes are not equal to

the task of reconstructing this work, so a huge

inclined
plane,

requiring

ioo,OOO cubic meters

of earth, after the

itects,

manner of the ancient arch

removed when the

will be constructed and

is

work

finished,

which
1904.
last

it is

expected will be

com

pleted by
"In

May of

December

M.

Legran, in charge of

the work,

came upon a wonderfully beautiful bust

s

of one of Egypt

olden gods.

Other portions
to light,

of the statue have subsequently

come

and

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it is

217

hoped the residue may be found and restored

entirety,
save,
possibly,
legs.

to

its

a small piece to
statue,

complete one of the

This
of

labeled

Khonsu
pieced
in

of Thebes,

God

the Day, will be

the

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

in these

ruins."

FINIS