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Atlantis

Poseidon

Poseidon divides Atlantis into ten portions, each ruled by one of his sons, with the eldest son, Atlas, ruling the central and most important part.

Atlantis

Mummification

Mummification is depicted as a highly religious practice, often performed by an organized and influential priesthood. This custom was perpetuated over generations due to its deep spiritual significance.

Edgar Cayce

Atlantis’ Readings

Thus I recreated in Greece all the best from the culture of Atlantis — hoping to preserve it in the memory of people on the Earth for many centuries.

Atlantis: The Book of the Angels

Tekthah – The sacred symbol of Atlantis

the four-armed Cross is a sacred symbol that holds significant religious and cultural importance for the Atlanteans.

Noah’s condemnation of the idolatrous practices and his prophetic warnings about the destruction of Atlantis highlight the tension between the worship of Jehovah and the idolatry of the Fish-god.

Ignatius Donnelly

The origin of our alphabet

The Mayas, who claim their civilization came from across the sea from the east (Atlantis)

Plato describes Atlantis as a highly civilized society skilled in metalworking and possessing vast fleets, which could explain the widespread distribution of bronze artifacts in Europe.

Genesis mentions that the descendants of Japheth include the Ionians, Moreans, Cilicians, Cyprians, Dodoneans of Macedonia, Iberians, and Thracians, all of which are recognized as Aryans, except the Iberians.

Ignatius Donnelly

Atlantis reconstructed

The Atlanteans built aquaducts, practiced irrigation, were skilled architects, sculptors, and engravers, and had a system of writing.

In ancient Sanskrit, the magnet was known as “the precious stone beloved of Iron,” and early Hebrew texts refer to it as Kalamitah.

Ignatius Donnelly

The oldest son of Noah

Dr. Max Müller, in his “Lectures on the Science of Religion,” identifies three major linguistic and religious centers in ancient history: Turanian, Aryan, and Semitic.

Ignatius Donnelly

The Colonies of Atlantis

Atlantean trading posts evolved into settlements, spreading into the interior regions and the highlands

The sacred status of gold and silver contributed to their use as currency. The Atlanteans’ demand for these metals likely spread their value across cultures

The pervasive reverence for the Cross, the myth of the Garden of Eden, and the construction of pyramids across ancient civilizations point to a shared cultural memory and religious symbolism

Ignatius Donnelly

The God Odin, Woden, or Wotan

It is plausible that the Scandinavian Olympus was Atlantis. Odin is depicted as a grave, elderly man with a long beard, carrying a spear, and accompanied by two dogs and two ravens

Not only were the gods of the Greeks the deified kings of Atlantis, but we also find that the mythology of the Phoenicians was drawn from the same source.

The Greeks converted the kings of Atlantis into their gods and depicted Atlantis as the heaven of the human race.

Ignatius Donnelly

Ad-, Atl-, At-, Atlantis

In exploring the mythologies of ancient civilizations, we find recurrent references to a mysterious and ancient civilization, often interpreted as Atlantis.

The practice of artificially deforming the skull was prevalent among various ancient civilizations on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

the story of the Deluge plainly refers to the destruction of Atlantis and that it agrees in many important particulars with the account given by Plato.

Given that the indigenous American populations are generally beardless, the depiction of bearded individuals raises questions about their origin.

The city of the sun god, Tulan or Tonatlan, as the place of their origin, of the land Zuiva and of the Nonoalcos

Simularities in architecture, metallurgy, sculpture and painting, engraving, agriculture, navigation, manufactures, music, weapons, religion and beliefs.

Traditions

Couvade

Couvade ([kuvad]) is a term coined by anthropologist Edward Burnett Tylor in 1865. It refers to rituals in various cultures that fathers adopt during pregnancy.

The land destroyed by water was the country in which the civilization of the human race originated.

Material civilization is defined as the culmination of inventions and discoveries that allow humans to improve their condition and control nature for their benefit.

Ignatius Donnelly

The Deluge Legends of America

Alfred Maury noted that American flood legends closely resemble those of the Bible and Chaldean records, suggesting a common origin from Atlantis rather than migration from Asia.

Dream Interpretation

Louis Ferdinand Alfred Maury

Louis Ferdinand Alfred Maury (1817 1892) was a scholar and physician known for his early ideas on dream interpretation and the impact of external stimuli on dreams

Ignatius Donnelly

The Deluge Legends (I)

Chaldean, Syrian, Indian, Iranian, Greek, Welsh, Scandinavian and Persian Great Flood Stories

Ignatius Donnelly

The Chaldean Deluge

Berosus describes how Xisuthros (Khasisatra) was warned by the god Cronos (Ea) of a coming flood and instructed to build a vessel to save his family, friends, and animals.