Americas

Edgar Cayce

Atlantis’ Readings

There had been the upheavals also from the land of Mu, or Lemuria, and these had their part in the changing, or there was the injection of their tenets in the varied portions of the land - which was much greater in extent until the final upheaval of Atlantis, or the islands that were later upheaved, when much of the contour of the land in Central America and Mexico was changed to that similar in outline to that which may be seen in the present.

With the final destruction on Atlantis, the physical contour of what is now Central America was changed as that land also experienced upheavals.

Those in Yucatan, those in the adjoining lands as begun by Iltar, gradually lost in their activities; and came to be that people termed, in other portions of America, the Mound Builders.

Ignatius Donnelly

The origin of our alphabet

According to the Phoenicians, the art of writing was invented by Taautus, known to the Egyptians as Thoth, or "the first Hermes." This figure is associated with Maia, a daughter of Atlas, and the Maya of Central America (Baldwin's "Prehistoric Nations," p.

Surprisingly, Central America had its own phonetic alphabet, as demonstrated by the Maya alphabet.

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Three Ages of European Development

Evidence points to a Copper Age in America, particularly around Lake Superior, where ancient mines suggest extensive copper extraction long before the development of bronze.

Cultural and Technological Connections: Many European Bronze Age artifacts share designs and motifs with those found in America, such as the spiral patterns and specific forms of tools and weapons.

Its geographical position and described capabilities in trade and metallurgy align with the archaeological findings in Europe and the Americas.

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The Aryan Colonies from Atlantis

The civilization and influence of Atlantis extended to Europe, Africa, and America.

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Atlantis reconstructed

The Atlanteans resided on a large island surrounded by smaller islands, forming a network towards Europe, Africa, the West Indies, and America.

For instance, the Western world's use of domestic cattle and major cereals, which were not indigenous to America, implies a closer historical connection between Atlantis and Europe.

The Atlantean civilization's influence extended to Europe, Africa, and America, shaping the development of subsequent cultures.

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The antiquity of some of our great inventions

The Iron Age in America also predates European contact.

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The Colonies of Atlantis

The traditions of Central America and Mexico indicate a connection to a distant eastern land across the sea.

He questioned whether the Greeks brought their dialect to America or the Mayas took theirs to Greece.

The civilization of Central America, including Mexico, was highly advanced and populous.

He found ruins in Central America as vast and impressive as those in Egypt, with some cities covering areas up to six miles in diameter.

They extensively used the sign of the Cross and depicted animals like the elephant and the lion, which were not native to America.

Historical Movement: The retreat of the Mound Builders southward toward Mexico, coinciding with historical events, suggests a movement back to kindred races in Central America, paralleling other historical migrations following major disruptions.

Examining the map of Atlantis as revealed by deep-sea soundings, one finds that it once approached closely to the shore of South America, near the mouth of the Amazon.

This connection suggests that Atlantis may have influenced or even established colonies in South America.

This pattern mirrors their expansion in other regions, such as the Mississippi Valley in North America and across the Mediterranean to the Black Sea and Caspian regions.

Africa, like Europe and America, showcases a diverse mix of ethnicities and races.

The round-towers, similar to structures in America, Sardinia, and India, suggest a widespread architectural influence originating from Atlantis.

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The Pyramid, the cross and the Garden of Eden

in the great temple at Mitzla, 'the City of the Moon,' in Ojaaca, Central America.

When the Spanish missionaries first set foot upon the soil of America, in the fifteenth century, they were amazed to find the Cross was as devoutly worshipped by the red Indians as by themselves, and were in doubt whether to ascribe the fact to the pious labors of St.

well as that of the rain-deities respectively of the mixed population in America.

"In Egypt, Assyria, and Britain it was emblematical of creative power and eternity; in India, China, and Scandinavia, of heaven and immortality; in the two Americas, of rejuvenescence and freedom from physical suffering; while in both hemispheres it was the common symbol of the resurrection, or 'the sign of the life to come;' and, finally, in all heathen communities, without exception, it was the emphatic type, the sole enduring evidence, of the Divine Unity.

And not only do we find this tradition of the Garden of Eden in the Old World, but it meets us also among the civilized races of America.

Squier, in his "Notes on Central America," p.

Were not the pyramids of Egypt and America imitations of similar structures in Atlantis?

Why should these extraordinary structures crop out on the banks of the Nile, and amid the forests and plains of America?

There is also some reason to believe that perfect pyramids have been found in America.

In both America and Egypt the pyramids were used as places of sepulture; and it is a remarkable fact that the system of earthworks and mounds, kindred to the pyramids, is found even in England.

There can be no doubt that the pyramid was a developed and perfected mound, and that the parent form of these curious structures is to be found in Silsbury Hill, and in the mounds of earth of Central America and the Mississippi Valley.

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The God Odin, Woden, or Wotan

The Chiapenese of Central America, whose language shows remarkable resemblances to Hebrew, claim to have been the first people of the New World.

The Lord commanded him to populate America, and he arrived from the East, bringing seven families with him.

Votan built a great city in America called "Nachan" (City of the Serpents), named after his own race, Chan, which means serpent.

Humboldt remarks on the connection between Votan (or Wodan) of America and the Wods or Odins of the Goths and Celtic people.

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Ad-, Atl-, At-, Atlantis

In the Americas, particularly among the people of Guatemala and Mexico, we find traditions hinting at a common origin:

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Artificial Deformation of the Skull

The custom of skull deformation was not limited to the Americas:

Central American Skulls: Heads from Palenque monuments indicate a natural receding forehead characteristic among the ancient people of Central America.

Lund discovered ancient human skulls with excessive deformation, indicating a long-standing practice in South America.

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American Evidences of Intercourse with Europe or Atlantis

After his time in the Americas, he supposedly returned to the East by sea.

These images could indicate either that the monuments date back to when mammoths roamed North America or that there was contact with civilizations familiar with elephants.

The existence of an Atlan city in Darien, Central America, supports this connection, and Plato's account names Atlas, the son of Poseidon, as the namesake of Atlantis and the Atlantic Ocean.

Plato's description of the Atlantic geography, including the islands beyond Atlantis and the surrounding continent, suggests knowledge of the Americas.

The idea of a "real sea" contrasting with the Mediterranean aligns with the vast Atlantic Ocean and the surrounding landmasses of the Americas, knowledge that seems unlikely for Plato to have guessed without some historical basis.

The Carians, ancient navigators and pirates of the Mediterranean, share a name and cultural similarities with the Caribs of the West Indies and Central America.

In America, the notion that all Indians are "red men" of the same hue is incorrect.

In America, the original population included red, white, black, and yellow men.

Guatemala

The Annals of the CakchiQuels

Désiré Charnay, and others, this unreal people continue to be set forth as the civilizers of Central America.

Besides the bow and arrow, ha, they used a lance, achcayupil, and especially the blow-pipe, pub, a potent weapon in the hands of an expert, the knowledge of which was widely extended over tropical America.

The most esteemed precious stones were the ual, translated “diamond,” and the xit, which was the impure jade or green stone, so much the favorite with the nations of Mexico and Central America.

I propose, in a future work, to discuss the methods of reckoning time in use in Central America; but a brief explanation of that adopted by the Cakchiquels is essential to a comprehension of their Annals.

In the first volume of this series I have discussed their appearance in the legends of Central America, and need not refer to them here more than to say that those who have founded on these names theories of the derivation of the Maya tribes or their ruling families from the Toltecs, a purely imaginary people, have perpetrated the common error of mistaking myth for history.

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The Identity of the Civilizations of the Old World and the New

In both Egypt and the Americas (Peru, Mexico, Central America), architectural structures share striking similarities.

Obelisks covered with hieroglyphics in Egypt find their counterparts in the round columns of Central America, both possibly originating from phallic worship.

Similarities extend to burial practices, with mounds constructed in Europe and Asia for burial purposes mirroring those in America.

Homer, Herodotus, and accounts of Alexander the Great describe symmetrical mounds over graves, paralleling the burial rites of the Mound Builders in America.

The age of bronze in America, preceded by an age of copper, suggests the working of metals may have originated there.

Traditions

Couvade

Similar rituals are found in cultural groups in Thailand, Albania, Russia, China, India, and among many indigenous groups in South America.

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Conclusions of the Great Flood story

If neither China, Japan, America, Northern Europe, nor Australia were depopulated by the Deluge, the Deluge could not have been universal.

But as it is alleged that it did destroy a country, and drowned all the people thereof except Noah and his family, the country so destroyed could not have been Europe, Asia, Africa, America, or Australia, for there has been no universal destruction of the people of those regions; or, if there had been, how can we account for the existence to-day of people on all of those continents whose descent Genesis does not trace back to Noah, and, in fact, about whom the writer of Genesis seems to have known nothing?

Deluge legends of America

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The Deluge Legends of America

Atlantis had longstanding interactions with the Americas, with its colonies spread across the continent.

These flood legends from the Americas show remarkable similarities to those from the Old World, indicating a possible common origin from the lost civilization of Atlantis.

Ancient religious ceremonies in various cultures, such as the monthly Izcalli in Central America and similar observances in Athens and Syria, commemorated these catastrophic events, suggesting a widespread recognition of such disasters.

Man: Whence, How and Whither

The Fourth Root Race

C., which left as remnants of the great continent which had joined Europe and Africa to America the huge islands of Kuta and Daitya.

Man: Whence, How and Whither

The Civilisation of Atlantis

Places like Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, and the Americas experienced their presence and the empires they created.

Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, North and South America, knew them, and the Empires they raised endured for long, and reached a point of glory that the Aryan Race has not yet overtopped.

Ignatius L. Donnelly

Babel Story of Cholula

Their mental superiority and command of the arts gave them the character of giants who arrived from the East; who had divided into two great emigrations, one moving eastward (toward Europe), the other westward (toward America).

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The Destruction of Atlantis

The city Atlan in Central America and Plato's mention of Atlas support this.

Navajo

Legend of the Grand Canyon

The Spanish expeditions came up from the south after they had looted Central and South America.

Darryl Anka | Bashar

Atlantis – Taurid meteor shower

The migration of indigenous peoples from what you call North and South America across the continents from west to east eventually created the colony of Atlantis in the islands now recognized as the Bahamas and Cuba.

However, remember that in those days, great ice shelves came down from the north, covering much of North America, and the oceans were much lower, revealing the outlines of islands as they used to be.

The Atlanteans spread into North, Central, and South America, and even crossed the oceans into Europe, the Mediterranean, and northern and western Africa.

Despite their vast empire, the main islands were off the coasts of North, Central, and South America.

Many people on your planet today imagine Atlantis with Grecian architecture due to ancient stories from Egypt passed to Greece, but the closest representation of Atlantean architecture is Aztec architecture: large stone blocks and pyramids like those in Central and South America.

A greater chunk of the comet eventually struck the Atlantic Ocean, causing massive tsunamis and the final obliteration of Atlantean culture on the eastern seaboards of the Americas, Europe, and Africa.

Before the final destruction, the Atlanteans, observing the comet and understanding their time was running out, migrated to preserve their culture, knowledge, and civilization in South America, Africa, Europe, and eventually Egypt.

Though the island has sunk, Atlantis may rise again in a new form in the Americas.

Listen to the preserved knowledge of the indigenous tribes of the Americas, for they hold the information of Atlantis rising once more.

The Ahnenerbe

Seventh Sub-Race: Future race evolving in the Americas

Half male, half female

Adam Stories

The Caribs of South America relate that Luoguo, the first man and god, created the earth and the sea, and made the earth as fair as the beautiful garden in the heaven where dwell the gods.

Manna

The people of Southern America suppose it was the banana, whose fibres form the cross, and they say that thus, in it, Adam discovered the mystery of the Redemption.

Bird Pin of Spatula

The ritual use of coca leaves, to which powdered lime is added with a spoon or spatula, has been a tradition in Andean South America for thousands of years.

Chili

Monte Verde

Most of the area exposed in the initial excavations, directed by University of Kentucky archaeologist Tom Dillehay, dates to about 12,500 years ago, making Monte Verde the earliest known site in the Americas by some 1,300 years.

Radiocarbon determinations suggest the material is about 33,000 years old (32,840 and 33,900 years), far older than any reliably dated site in the Americas.

Edgar Cayce

Edgar Cayce (1877–1945)

Ancient America: Cayce's readings included references to ancient civilizations in the Americas, particularly those that predated the known Native American cult