Atlantean Wars

The Final Atlantean War: Lords of the Dark Face vs. Lords of the Dazzling Face

In The Secret Doctrine: The Synthesis of Science, Religion and Philosophy, Vol. II (1888), Helena Petrovna Blavatsky presents a dramatic account drawn from the ancient Stanzas of Dzyan. It describes the final days of a doomed land (widely interpreted as Atlantis) and a war between two factions of adepts: the “Lords of the Dark Face” (sorcerers who had fallen into abusing their powers) and the “Lords of the Dazzling Face” (white magicians/adepts who remained pure).

Before this war began, those who had not fallen into abusing their powers were saved by the Adepts of the time. The Secret Doctrine narrates it as follows:

He sent his air-vehicles (Viwan) to all his brother-chiefs (chiefs of other nations and tribes) with pious men within, saying: ‘Prepare. Arise ye men of the good law, and cross the land while (yet) dry.’
‘The Lords of the storm are approaching. Their chariots are nearing the land. One night and two days only shall the Lords of the Dark Face (the Sorcerers) live on this patient land. She is doomed, and they have to descend with her.

The nether Lords of the Fires (the Gnomes and fire Elementals) are preparing their magic Agneyastra (fire-weapons worked by magic). But the Lords of the Dark Eye (‘Evil Eye’) are stronger than they (the Elementals) and they are the slaves of the mighty ones. They are versed in Ashtar (Vidya, the highest magical knowledge). Come and use yours (i.e., your magic powers, in order to counteract those of the Sorcerers). Let every lord of the Dazzling Face (an adept of the White Magic) cause the Viwan of every lord of the Dark Face to come into his hands (or possession), lest any (of the Sorcerers) should by its means escape from the waters, avoid the rod of the Four, (Karmic deities) and save his wicked‘ (followers, or people).

The Secret Doctrine: The Synthesis of Science, Religion and Philosophy. Vol II

Children of the Law of One vs. Sons of Belial

Cayce described two main opposing groups within Atlantis:

• The Children (or Sons) of the Law of One: A spiritual faction aligned with unity, ethical/spiritual use of knowledge, service to others, and higher consciousness. They sought to use advanced technology and spiritual powers responsibly.
• The Sons of Belial: A materialistic, ego-driven faction focused on self-aggrandization, power, pleasure, and exploitation. They misused advanced knowledge for control, domination, and personal gain.

The central dispute involved:

• The ethical treatment and use of “things” (engineered beings, automatons, or slave-like entities created or used for labor).
• The application of powerful technologies — especially the “terrible mighty crystal” (also called the firestone), sun/earth rays, explosives, and forces drawn from the elements or inner earth.

The Sons of Belial increasingly turned these technologies into destructive channels (weapons, tools of enslavement/mind control, and forces that disrupted the earth’s balance). This misuse, combined with moral/spiritual corruption, triggered or accelerated geological cataclysms.

How the Conflict Led to Destruction (According to Cayce)

Cayce described Atlantis undergoing multiple staged destructions over tens of thousands of years, with the internal conflict playing a key role:

• First major destruction (~50,700 BC): Misuse of crystals, rays, and explosives (including attempts to weaponize inner-earth forces) contributed to volcanic upheavals and the breaking of the continent into islands. Some readings link this period to disputes over the “things” and the application of infinite powers for destructive ends.
• Second destruction (~28,000 BC): Renewed corruption and experiments by the Sons of Belial led to further land loss and climatic changes.
• Final destruction (~10,500–10,000 BC): The Sons of Belial’s continued use of destructive energies is described as instigating the terminal cataclysm. Warnings were given; many from the Law of One group escaped or preserved records (e.g., in Egypt, Yucatan, and under the Sphinx). The land ultimately sank.

Cayce emphasized that much of the technology had dual uses, beneficial when applied ethically (power, transportation, healing, communication), but devastating when weaponized or misused out of greed and power-seeking.

The Atlantean Invasion of the Mediterranean (War with Ancient Athens)

The most famous and detailed classical description comes from the Greek philosopher Plato (c. 428–348 BCE) in his dialogues Timaeus and Critias. Plato presents the story as genuine history preserved by Egyptian priests at Sais. The Athenian lawgiver Solon allegedly learned it during a visit around 590 BCE and passed it down through his family (including the Critias who appears in the dialogue).

Plato describes how the Atlantean empire, after expanding its power, launched a massive and unprovoked war of conquest against the peoples of the Mediterranean. Atlantean forces advanced deep into Europe and North Africa, as far as Tyrrhenia (Etruria) and Egypt, before being decisively halted by the heroic resistance of prehistoric Athens. In the aftermath of this war, both the victorious ancient Athenians and the island of Atlantis itself were destroyed in a single day and night of catastrophic earthquakes and floods.

Here is how Plato describes the invasion and its aftermath:

“For it is related in our records how once upon a time your State stayed the course of a mighty host, which, starting from a distant point in the Atlantic ocean, was insolently advancing to attack the whole of Europe, and Asia to boot. […] At a later time there occurred portentous earthquakes and floods, and one grievous day and night befell them, when the whole body of your warriors was swallowed up by the earth, and the island of Atlantis in like manner was swallowed up by the sea and vanished.” — Plato, Critias

Plato, Critias

He further clarifies the opposing sides:

“Of the combatants on the one side the city of Athens was reported to have been the ruler, and to have directed the contest; the combatants on the other side were led by the kings of the islands of Atlantis.”

Plato, Critias

This remains the foundational Western account of Atlantean militarism and imperial overreach.

“But afterwards there occurred violent earthquakes and floods; and in a single day and night of misfortune all your warlike men in a body sank into the earth, and the island of Atlantis in like manner disappeared in the depths of the sea.”

Plato, Critias

The Warlike City of Machimus (Theopompus via Claudius Aelian)

A more enigmatic reference appears in the Varia Historia (Various History) of the Roman author Claudius Aelian (c. 175–235 CE), Book III, Chapter 18. Aelian preserves material from the earlier Greek historian Theopompus of Chios (4th century BCE). The story is told as a revelation by the satyr Silenus to King Midas about distant lands beyond the known world.

This source describes a vast and formidable distant city called Machimus (“the Warlike”). Its inhabitants are perpetually armed and fighting, subduing their neighbors so that this single city dominates many others. They number in the millions, are extremely wealthy in gold and silver (valuing iron more than gold), and are said to be nearly invulnerable to steel weapons, most commonly dying in battle from stones or wood, or rarely from sickness.

Here is Aelian’s description (drawing on Theopompus):

The inhabitants of the city Machimus are very warlike, continually armed and fighting: they subdue their neighbours, and this one city predominates over many. The inhabitants are not fewer than two hundred myriads: they die sometimes of sickness, but this happens very rarely, for most commonly they are killed in the wars by stones or wood, for they are invulnerable by steel. They have vast plenty of gold and silver, insomuch that gold is of less value with them than iron with us.

The Amazon War Against the Atlantioi (Diodorus Siculus)

The Greek historian Diodorus Siculus (c. 90–30 BCE) records this conflict in Book III of his Library of History. Writing a universal history, Diodorus synthesized earlier Greek sources and presented events in the western Mediterranean and Atlantic regions (near Mount Atlas) in a rationalized historical framework. He locates the Atlantioi as a civilized people dwelling along the Atlantic shores in a prosperous land associated with the birth of gods in mythology.

Under Queen Myrina, the Amazons, a nation of warrior women from western Libya, based on an island in the ancient marsh of Lake Tritonis — invaded the territory of the Atlantioi. They defeated the inhabitants of the city of Kernê (Cerne) in a pitched battle, entered the city with the fleeing enemy, and treated the captives with extreme severity to terrorize neighboring peoples: killing the men from youth upward, enslaving the women and children, and razing the city. When news of Kernê’s fate spread, the remaining Atlantioi surrendered in terror. Queen Myrina then showed clemency, established friendship and alliance with them, and founded a new city named Myrina on the site of the destroyed Kernê, settling both captives and willing locals there.

This account portrays the Atlantioi as a sophisticated but militarily vulnerable people living in the Atlantic coastal region during this period. It also notes that the marsh Tritonis later disappeared after an earthquake.

War Against the Atlantioi

Atlantean-Lumerian War

Atlantean-Lumerian War: The Atlantean-Lemurian War occurred around 11,000 BC and caused a global flood. Lemurians focused on emotion, empathy, and shamanic practices, while Atlanteans emphasized intellect and science. Atlanteans formed an alliance with Alpha Draconians and Grays, who promised power and healing but betrayed them by claiming Lemurians were overly emotional and needed scientific control. This led to conflict, destruction, and widespread flood myths in cultures worldwide.

Telos Volume I: As a result of wars, great devastation took place on Lemuria and Atlantis. 25,000 years ago, Atlantis and Lemuria, the two highest civilizations of the time, battled each other over the direction of other civilizations on the planet.

• The Lemurians believed that less evolved cultures should be left alone to continue their evolution at their own pace, in accordance with their own understanding.
• The Atlanteans believed the less evolved cultures should be controlled by the two more evolved civilizations.

This dissension caused a series of thermo-nuclear wars between them. When the wars were over and the dust had settled, there were no winners. During these devastating wars, highly civilized people resorted to low levels of behavior, eventually realizing the futility of their actions. Ultimately, Atlantis and Lemuria

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