13 THE MYSTERY OF THE AMERICAS by Dennis B. Ardinger For several centuries the origin and migration routes of the Ameri- can Indians have intrigued scientists. The current theory is that early nomadic hunting tribes crossed into Alaska from Siberia during the last Ice Age around 10,000 years ago. This area, geologists tell us, was dry land at that time because so much water was locked on the con- tinents in the form of ice. These early hunters, following no known road to a new home but merely tracking wandering herds of game animals, eventually populated the entire North and South American continents, The time span between the initial arrivals in the north to the first settlements made in southern South America are not very definite but are generally agreed to have taken several thousand years. However, differences between Indian tribes are often found to be greater than the northern diffusion theory can explain, Usually the Indians are thought to be of a common race although they vary in language quite extensively. There are more than five hundred Indian languages in North America alone. Comparing them in some instances is like comparing Chinese with English. Socially, the Indians vary from wandering families of scavengers to tribes with elaborate class structures. Perhaps the answer lies not in the Alaskan-Siberian migration theory but in the possibility of migrations coming also from the east, acrossus ARE, JOURNAL the Atlantic, and from the west, across the Pacific. These migrations would have come not as small wandering tribes, families or lone hunters but as organized groups for colonization. With them, they ‘would have brought skill in the arts and crafts, a written language and astrong cultural heritage, These new waves of immigrants would have settled in widely separated places on the continents. Eventually, they would have come in contact with other groups, and for some, trade and a regular exchange of information and goods would have developed. The result, over a long period of time, would be a fusion into new cultures ‘The Edgar Cayce readings provide us with the key {0 solving the mystery of the population of the Americas, That information states that the Americas were visited many times by many different peoples for various reasons. Wave after wave of Atlanteans emigrated to various parts of the world before the final break-up of their continent about 10,500 B.C. Long before that, the Lemurians of the South Pacific also were forced to migrate. The readings suggest that the first inhabitants of America arrived from Lemuria before it was destroyed in violent geographical up- heavals: ‘Then, with that portion, shen the South Pacific, or Lemuria [Mu] began its disappearance — even before Atlantis, for the changes were brought about in the latter portion of that period, or what would be termed ten thousand seven hundred (10,700) light years, or earth yeats, oF present setting of those, as set by Amilius, or Adam, 364-4 Peru, Mus nearest neighbor, was also rocked by the holocuust. Survivors of the motherland took refuge in colonies which Lemurians hhad set up prior to the inundation. They were a skilled people, as can be seen in the following excerpt the entity was among those in the Peruvian country, when the Aymras {2] were in charge ofthe rule as pertaining to religious rites, and the entity, th the Priestess to the High Aymara [2] . .. gained much; yet there were those conditions that were ever as burdens to the entity, and the urge as is seen in the entity from this is love of music, of art, of art treasures of every thing pertain- ing, especially, to braided or beaded works, for the entity was in that position as of the gver of these to all peoples 2486-1 Long after the disappearance of Lemuria, the highly advanced culture of Atlantis met a similar fate. However, the people had been warned and many did leave the country and traveled to Peru, Central America, North America, Spain and Egypt. With them they took a portion of their science, which eventually, through the centuries, was Tost.AMERICAS us Hence we find the entity making for the establishments in the Yucatan in what became the Inca, in the North American land, and in what later became the land of the Mound Builders in Ohio; also the establishments of those activ ities in the upper portion of what is now the eastern portion of the land, ‘The entity was then not only one skilled in aircraft and in watercraft, as an or and navigator, but made great strides in keeping in touch with other lands through the forces of nature in the experience Hence those things of nature that have to do with communication become a part of the entity’s experience, 12154 ‘There were other influences besides those from Atlantis, Lemuria and their colonies. The Lost Tribes of Israel are mentioned several times in the readings as having left their influence on the American seene: the entity was a priestess in those interpretations of what later became ‘known as the Incals Incas, the Lost Tribes, the peoples from the Atlantean land, the peoples... from the activities in the Lemurian land, 1159-1 three thousand years before the Prince of Peace came, those peoples that were of the Lost Tribes, a portion came into this land; infusing their activities ‘upon the peoples feom Mu in the southernmost part of that called America, oF ‘the United States, and then moved on to the activities in Mexico, Yucata centralizing about the spots where the central of Mexico now stands, or Mexico City. Hence there arose through the age, a different civilization, a mixture again, 3750-1 The mention of sireraft and communications in remote antiquity challenges our modern concept of the evolution of civilizations from primitive stages, which gradually increased in complexity, up to the present, For many, it is difficult to accept the idea of super civiliza- tions rising and falling in the remote past because of the lack of evi: dence to support the belief that any advanced science ever previously existed, Certainly no skyscrapers, automobiles or televisions have ever been found. However, this is assuming their science and tech= nology progressed along the same lines as in the present. The following excerpt indicates that in many cases the civilization of Atlantis was, in some ways, equivalent to or possibly surpassing our own: [As indicated, the entity was associated with those who dealt with mechanical appliances and their application, during the experience, And as we find, it was a period when there was much that has not even been thought of as yet in the present experience, 4405 Certainly, if a material science existed which enabled flight and mass transportation, migration to any, or all, parts of the world ‘would have been possible. It is probable, however, that most of such116 A.RE, JOURNAL travel would have been to the more advanced parts of the world, just as it is today, Therefore, such cities and colonies would necessarily develop to the highest degree and there should be archaeological evidence. Discoveries in Egypt, Peru, Yucatan, Mexico and parts of the United States indicate early civilizations. If the North American continent were suddenly submerged, how long would the world’s industries carry on without supplies? Some would continue for a while, reproducing worn-out parts from what- ever was available, Eventually, however, as machines would break or parts wear out, those machines, along with the goods they pro- duced, would be no more. Radios would continue until a transistor which could not be replaced failed, Lights would continue until the filaments of all the spare bulbs were broken. But eventually, after perhaps a few centuries, the last glimmer of a once magnificent era would flicker and die. Long before the breakdown of the last machine, however, the survivors would have begun to adapt themselves to getting along without it, Man is a tenacious animal and life would continue to exist with or without the convenience of complex machines. Only legends and myths would continue down through time as man returned to a simpler form of living. After many thousands of years, the myths would be only a whisper on the lips of a wise man, Three A.R.E, Press booklets which deal with this subject in detail are Atlantis — Fact or Fiction? by Edgar Evans Cayce, The Great Migra- tion, by Vada F. Carlson, and The Maya, by Carolyn Hatt, Editor