The Fall of Atlantis: misuse of power and abuse of advanced technologies

Edgar Cayce indentifies 3 Cyles of destruction

1. 1st destruction (~50,000 BC): Major breakup of the original large landmass into islands; strong emphasis on misuse of advanced technology (especially the firestone/crystals) by the Sons of Belial, conflict with the Children of the Law of One, earthquakes, and volcanic activity.
2. 2nd destruction (~28,000 BC): Further cataclysms and land loss; continued misuse of powers/technology, more volcanic/earthquake upheaval; only three main islands remain afterward.
3. 3rd (final) destruction (~10,000 BC): Final sinking of the remaining islands (Poseidia etc.); massive inundations/flooding; often linked by Cayce to the time of the Biblical Flood/Noah.

Plato

Over time, Atlantis’ divine nature weakened, and human greed corrupted its kings, leading to lawlessness and ambition. Zeus, seeing Atlantis’ decline, assembled the gods to punish it, though the narrative cuts off before the punishment is detailed.

“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. For which reason the sea in those parts is impassable and impenetrable, because there is a shoal of mud in the way; and this was caused by the subsidence of the island.”

Timaeus (25d) – Benjamin Jowett Translation (1871)

“[A]nd 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; wherefore also the ocean at that spot has now become impassable and unsearchable, being blocked up by the shoal mud which the island created as it settled down.”

Timaeus (25d) – Harold N. Fowler Translation (1925)

The word “depths” appears in some translations (e.g., by Benjamin Jowett) but is absent from the original Greek and other versions, such as “swallowed up by the sea and vanished” (Henry Desmond Lee) or “sank below the sea and disappeared” (Donald J. Zeyl). The key detail is the resulting “shoal of mud,” which indicates shallow, impassable remnants rather than a complete descent to the deep seabed.

Destruction	Relevance	Notes
1st (~50k BC)	Low	Earthquakes occur, but the sudden single-day/night total disappearance and resulting mud shoal do not match the initial breakup.
2nd (~28k BC)	Low	Some flooding possible, but the complete vanishing and impassable sea description is too final.
3rd (~10k BC)	High	Classic match for the final destruction: sudden cataclysmic earthquakes + floods, island swallowed by the sea in one day and night, leaving shallow mud shoals.

George V. Golokhvastoff

George V. Golokhvastoff’s motif from The Fall of Atlantis; the high priest’s failed experiment to create an androgynous being from royal twins, symbolizing a fusion of masculine and feminine energies that triggers a cataclysmic fall. The poem’s 250-page scope suggests a gradual descent into chaos, not a sudden collapse. The continent sinks amid “earthquakes, floods, and a darkening of the skies”, a triple cataclysm evoking volcanic eruption or divine wrath. Yet, Golokhvastoff frames it as a consequence of human action.

Destruction	Relevance	Notes
1st (~50k BC)	High	Human-driven spiritual/technological experiment gone wrong triggering cataclysm fits the misuse of power and factional conflict leading to first breakup.
2nd (~28k BC)	Medium	Continued human-caused chaos and volcanic/flood elements possible in the second phase.
3rd (~10k BC)	Medium	Earthquakes + floods match final inundation, though the gradual descent feels less “sudden final sinking.”

Vladimir Antonov

According to Vladimir Antonov Atlantis was an archipelago consisting of two large islands situated in the Atlantic Ocean near the Mediterranean Sea. There existed a highly developed civilization of the Atlanteans. The most important point about this civilization is that it possessed the true religious-philosophical knowledge, which allowed many people to advance quickly in their development — up to the Divine level — and accomplish thus their personal human evolution.

However, with time, Atlantis’ spiritual culture degraded, and as a result, the country’s power was taken over by aggressive people who preferred black magic and domination over others rather than the principle of true spiritual development. Then God made the islands of Atlantis sink into the ocean.

However, some Atlanteans who achieved divinity preserved higher spiritual knowledge. They brought it into Egypt and other countries, where this knowledge existed for some time, providing a basis for the local spiritual culture.

Destruction	Relevance	Notes
1st (~50k BC)	Medium	Moral/spiritual degradation and rise of aggressive factions strongly echo the Law of One vs. Sons of Belial conflict.
2nd (~28k BC)	Medium	Continued decline leading to further sinking fits.
3rd (~10k BC)	High	Direct divine act causing the islands to sink matches the final destruction.

Clara Iza von Ravn

The quivering mountain sank, an inch, the measure of a man’s broad palm, a fathom! Then a quiver and a roar marked moment when the land that mocked the sun went down! Atlantis, thou hast sunk, but shall arise, a slimy thing of Ocean, still to bear much beauty, offering riches to the world which hath not known thy fate. Selestor’s Men of Atlantis

Destruction	Relevance	Notes
1st (~50k BC)	High	Volcanic roar + sudden sinking strongly matches the volcanic activity and land breakup of the first destruction.
2nd (~28k BC)	Medium	Volcanic/earthquake elements continue into the second phase.
3rd (~10k BC)	Low	Less emphasis on massive flooding or total final inundation.

Patricia Cori

Alien forces were involved in the destruction of Atlantis and they, too, are now faced with the karmic pay-off resulting from their actions. Yet, in many ways, they are still in denial. Here we are referring specifically to the Annunaki warriors of Nebiru, rulers of a technologically advanced, subterranean civilization which exists within a three-dimensional planet body that moves in and out of your solar system every 3,600 years. Patricia Cori

Destruction	Relevance	Notes
1st (~50k BC)	Medium	External advanced technological involvement and karmic fallout from misuse fit the tech-abuse theme of the first period.
2nd (~28k BC)	Medium	Continued consequences of earlier tech/spiritual misuse possible.
3rd (~10k BC)	Low	Less focus on the final flooding/sinking mechanism.

The Prism of Lyra

The fall of Atlantis and Lemuria all occurred during a period of time when there was a tremendous amount of Earth changes — what you might call a polar shift. So this actually facilitated the ending of those eras. But there were still areas on Earth engaging in genetic experiments to create the perfect human. The Prism of Lyra

Destruction	Relevance	Notes
1st (~50k BC)	Medium	Genetic experiments were part of the broader Atlantean technological/spiritual activity that led to the first cataclysm.
2nd (~28k BC)	Medium	Earth changes continue.
3rd (~10k BC)	High	Polar shift + major Earth changes are frequently associated with the final destruction period.

Annie Besant

“The immense growth of wealth and of luxury gradually undermined the most splendid civilization that the world has yet seen. Knowledge was prostituted to individual gain, and control over the powers of nature was turned from service to oppression. Hence Atlantis fell, despite the glory of its achievements and the might of its Empires.”

Annie Besant

Destruction	Relevance	Notes
1st (~50k BC)	High	Classic description of moral decline + misuse of advanced powers/technology leading directly into the first major cataclysm and factional conflict.
2nd (~28k BC)	Medium	The pattern of abuse continues and contributes to further destruction.
3rd (~10k BC)	Low	Less specific to the final flooding event itself.

Troano MS/Madrid Codex – Le Plongeon’s translation

”In the year 6 Kan, on the 11th Muluc in the month Zac, there occurred terrible earthquakes, which continued without interruption until the 13th Chuen. The country of the hills of mud, the land of Mu was sacrificed: being twice upheaved it suddenly disappeared during the night, the basin being continually shaken by volcanic forces. Being confined, these caused the land to sink and to rise several times and in various places. At last the surface gave way and ten countries were torn asunder and scattered. Unable to stand the force of the convulsions, they sank with their 64,000,000 of inhabitants 8060 years before the writing of this book.”

The Troano MS. appears to have been written about 3,500 years ago, among the Mayas of Yucatan

Destruction	Relevance	Notes
1st (~50k BC)	Low	Multi-day volcanic/earthquake sequence and mass sinking better match later stages.
2nd (~28k BC)	Medium	Prolonged convulsions and partial sinking possible.
3rd (~10k BC)	High	Date close to 10k BC, repeated upheavals + volcanic forces + final night-time disappearance and sinking strongly match the final destruction.

Lieut.-Colonel Arthur E. Powell

The servants of the Great Four warned their people, and many escaped. Their Kings reached them in their Vimânas (aeroplanes) and led them on to the lands of fire and metal (i.e., east and north). Explosions of gas, floods and earthquakes destroyed Ruta and Daitya, and only Poseidonis remained. This was the catastrophe of 75,025 B.C.

Destruction	Relevance	Notes
1st (~50k BC)	High	“Explosions of gas” + earthquakes + floods + breakup leaving only one island remaining matches Cayce’s description of crystal/firestone misuse causing gas disintegration and the initial continental breakup (even though the date is earlier).
2nd (~28k BC)	Low	Too early and too complete for the second phase.
3rd (~10k BC)	Low	The survival of Poseidonis points to pre-final stage.

Samael Aun Weor

Continental destruction was attributed to cosmic events, including the influence of Ercolubus, a massive planet said to be many times larger than Jupiter. Its electromagnetic field is described as capable of producing cataclysmic volcanic, seismic, and climatic upheavals on Earth. Glorian.org

Destruction	Relevance	Notes
1st (~50k BC)	Medium	Cosmic-triggered volcanic/seismic activity fits the mechanism of the first cataclysm.
2nd (~28k BC)	Medium	Continued natural upheavals.
3rd (~10k BC)	High	Major planetary/cosmic influence producing widespread cataclysm aligns well with final destruction timing and scale.

Dr. Paul Schliemann

“You shall die together with your slaves and your riches and from your ashes will arise new nations. If they forget they are superior, not because of what they put on [materialism], but of what they put out [generosity, serving others], the same lot will befall them!” How I Found the Lost Atlantis

Destruction	Relevance	Notes
1st (~50k BC)	Medium	Moral/spiritual warning about materialism vs. service echoes the ethical decline that precipitated the first destruction.
2nd (~28k BC)	Low	Very little descriptive mechanism.
3rd (~10k BC)	Low	Purely ethical warning, not tied to specific cataclysm details.

Patricia Cori

When the great antediluvian civilization of Atlantis reached such a state of disharmony that it short-circuited the energy networks of the planet, and life was nearly obliterated at many corners of the Earth. The power structure of the time (the omnipotent forces of the Dark Priesthood of Atlán) believed, in their blind arrogance, that they could own even the forces of Gaia, harnessing her like a beast of burden. Atlantis Rising

Destruction	Relevance	Notes
1st (~50k BC)	High	Misuse of planetary energy networks and arrogant control over natural forces directly parallels the crystal/firestone abuse and spiritual conflict of the first destruction.
2nd (~28k BC)	Medium	Pattern of energy/tech misuse continues.
3rd (~10k BC)	Low	Less emphasis on the final flooding/sinking.

Sarah Breskman Cosme

The Destruction of the lost city of Atlantis

S: What was your mission?

J: I was going to blow the entire civilization up.

S: How were you going to do that? 

J: I told the leaders that I was ready to die, and I was ready to pass on the information. So, I simply gave them the wrong information, and with this misinformation, their crystals misfired and caused the most beautiful explosion. It blew the entire civilization off the map.  S: Where did this civilization go?

J: It blew into the sea; it shook and burned.  They let me watch it from above.

A Hypnothist Journey to Atlantis

Destruction	Relevance	Notes
1st (~50k BC)	High	Crystal misfire causing explosion and destruction is an extremely close match to Cayce’s firestone/crystal technology misused for destructive purposes in the first cataclysm.
2nd (~28k BC)	Medium	Continued tech-misuse consequences possible.
3rd (~10k BC)	Low	The explosion + burning + sinking feels more like the initial tech-driven cataclysm than the final flood.

K:The trees are ancient, powerful beings. They are the true teachers of this world. Long ago, we lived in harmony with them, until something changed. Negative energy came with technology, and it upset the balance. The trees were forced into sleep.

S:What happened?

K:Negative energy took over a place you call Atlantis, but in the legends passed down from Mother’s family we called it something else.  The legends were that these people went too far with their technology, and it hurt the land. They disconnected from nature and turned to science, seeking power and control. They cut down trees, tore apart the earth. My ancestors —our ancestors —suffered greatly.

S:Why did the Atlanteans do this?

K:They were driven by fear. They wanted to control everything, to bend nature to their will. My ancestors were different. They lived with nature, used only what was needed. But the Atlanteans thought our ancestors were primitive. They didn’t understand them. They saw them as something to experiment on, something to destroy. Eventually, my ancestors had to protect themselves. They put a mist of protection around their lands to keep the negative people out. That is the history Mother told me.

A hypnotist’s journey to Avalon

Destruction	Relevance	Notes
1st (~50k BC)	High	Technology-driven harm to the land, disconnection from nature, and experimentation strongly align with the misuse of advanced powers that triggered the first destruction and factional split.
2nd (~28k BC)	Medium	Ongoing consequences of tech abuse.
3rd (~10k BC)	Low	Less focus on flooding or final sinking.

Edgar Cayce

Cayce states that the continent of Atlantis had three periods of self-destruction and that it was the third that caused the sinking of the land into the seas. The first destruction had been the setting off of volcanic activity due to the weaponry the Atlanteans were using, the second destruction had been of fire caused by misuse of the technology.

In relation to the history of Atlantis as presented, at what period did the flood as recorded in the Bible in which Noah took part, occur? (A) In the second of the eruptions, or—as is seen—two thousand—two-two thousand and six [22,006?]—before the Prince of Peace (Jesus), as time is counted now, or light years—day and night years. Not light years as the akashic records, or as the esoteric records, or as counted by astrology or astronomy, in the speed or the reflection of a ray of light; for, as records are made, the akashic records are as these:

Certain individuals sought to revive humanity’s awareness of forces arising from the integration of mental, spiritual, and soul energies, which manifested as personal and individual entities. They applied these forces—combined with gases and the ability to transform into elements—to enable construction or spatial travel. This involved harnessing solar energy to produce rays that disintegrated atoms in gaseous forms, ultimately causing destruction in a region now known as the Sargasso Sea.

(Q) Describe in more detail the causes and effects of the destruction of the part of Atlantis now the Sargasso sea.

(A) As there were those individuals that attempted to bring again to the mind of man more of those forces that are manifest by the closer association of the mental and spiritual, or the soul forces that were more and more as individual and personal forms in the world, the use of the these elements—as for the building up, or the passage of individuals through space—brought the uses of the gases then (in the existent forces), and the individuals being able to become the elements, and elementals themselves, added to that used in the form of what is at present known as the raising of the powers from the sun itself, to the ray that makes for disintegration of the atom, in the gaseous forces formed, and brought about the destruction in that portion of the land now presented, or represented, or called, Sargasso sea.

Destruction	Relevance	Notes
1st (~50k BC)	High	Explicitly describes first destruction as volcanic activity triggered by weaponry (matches crystal/firestone misuse).
2nd (~28k BC)	High	Explicitly describes second destruction as fire caused by misuse of technology; also links Biblical Flood/Noah timing here.
3rd (~10k BC)	High	Explicitly states the third destruction caused the final sinking of the land into the seas.

Dolores Cannon

From the Book A Convoluted Universe Book II:

There were very highly advanced cities. And also very primitive places during the time of Atlantis. I’m seeing the outside world now. And I see gates into a city that is surrounded by mountains, but it’s sitting on the water. This is above the ground. The other one was already there under the ground.

D: Was the one above ground built by humans?

M: Humans who were more evolved than humans that we know of now. That city was more populated. The underground city was in a sparsely populated area. Human and extraterrestrials did live and co-exist here. There were those who were here to help, and there were those who came to conquer. Part of the humans had become much more evolved. Other humans were very, very primitive. More animal-like. And there is a place where humans were treated very, very badly. Very poorly. Mutations.

D: Was this at the time of Atlantis? If we can get a time sequence.

Of course, I was thinking of the mutations of half-human/half-animal that occurred during the time of Atlantis. I didn’t know if this was the time period she was speaking of.

M: One is a little before the other, but close.(Long pause) Council! There’s a council. There is a meeting to decide to stop the evil ones. A large meeting. Galaxies. More galaxies. More peoples.

D: They want to stop some of the ones who were doing mutations?

M: Yes, they were being destructive. They were controlling. Cruel deeds. The time between these two is so close, it is hard to give specific – ten years maybe. One area of the world was largely evolved and thriving. Another area very primitive, being plundered, being mined. Mined for gold. They were warrior-like. They were trying to keep their deeds hidden. They were close, but not in the same area. They were discovered. And there is a council in a high place discussing this. They don’t like what this group is doing. A large table. A lot of discussion.

D: Do they make a decision?

M: Yes. They decide they must protect, must stop. (Long pause) They ask them to leave. To cease, to leave. This leader, this spokesperson, dressed in a lot of metal. Almost seems as though he has a bird-like headdress. They don’t think this council is a true threat. And they say they have every right to this planet also, and refuse to leave. They have been bringing weapons. There is the space-port. There are weapons on the ground. They want this space. They had been preparing for any attack. Their consciousness is warlike, therefore they keep many defenses.

Destruction	Relevance	Notes
1st (~50k BC)	High	Genetic experiments, misuse of power, and factional/council intervention over destructive technology use fit the period of rising conflict and tech abuse leading to first cataclysm.
2nd (~28k BC)	Medium	Continued experiments and power struggles possible.
3rd (~10k BC)	Low	Less emphasis on final flooding.

Frederik Oliver

In A Dweller on Two Planets a book ‘channeled‘ by Frederick S. Oliver, writes:

Despite their technological advancements, the Atlanteans eventually fell into moral and spiritual decline. Their misuse of power, particularly the abuse of their advanced technologies, led to their downfall.

Destruction	Relevance	Notes
1st (~50k BC)	High	Direct statement of moral decline + abuse of advanced technologies as the cause of downfall matches the core driver of the first destruction.
2nd (~28k BC)	Medium	The pattern of abuse continues into later phases.
3rd (~10k BC)	Low	Less tied to the specific final inundation.

Telos Vol I

At the same time Lemuria was going down, Atlantis started shaking and loosing pieces of its continent. This continued for over 200 years until the final stage when it sank completely. For 2,000 years following the Lemurian and the Atlantean catastrophes, the planet continued to shake. Within 1,200 years the Earth lost two major land masses, a major setback and trauma which required several thousand years of recovery to restore balance. For hundreds of years after the destruction of both continents, so much debris was thrown into the atmosphere that the Earth did not experience bright daylight. The temperature dropped due to lack of sunlight and a large percentage of the animals and plants perished.

The cities that did not sink were reduced to rubble, or were wiped out by earthquakes or huge tidal waves that often flooded 1,000 miles (1609 kilometers) inland, destroying most cities and habitation in their paths. Living conditions for the civilizations that survived those cataclysms was so harsh that people became frightened and the quality of life deteriorated quickly. For those who survived these calamities, hunger, poverty, and disease were their legacy.

Destruction	Relevance	Notes
1st (~50k BC)	Medium	Initial shaking and land loss fits the first breakup phase.
2nd (~28k BC)	High	Prolonged shaking and loss of land over centuries, with only fragments remaining, matches the second destruction period.
3rd (~10k BC)	High	Final complete sinking + massive tidal waves and atmospheric effects strongly match the third destruction.

Raphael Ogwuda-Zernoff

The Golden Age of Atlantis did not end abruptly. It shifted, almost imperceptibly at first, through small fractures that widened over generations until they became unmistakable divides.

Some began to explore how crystalline technology could be used to enhance personal abilities rather than collective harmony. Many genuinely believed they were advancing Atlantean knowledge. But they began to experiment with focused beams of energy that amplified the mind more than the heart, sharpening intellect while narrowing intuitive access.

For most of the Golden Age, Atlantis existed in harmony not only within its own borders but also within the wider network of worlds and civilisations that formed its extended family. Their relationships with off-world allies were based on resonance, mutual respect and shared exploration.

Some groups of off-world allies withdrew slowly, not out of rejection but out of respect. They understood that a civilisation undergoing inner imbalance needed to rediscover alignment on its own. Their absence was a gesture of trust, not abandonment. But to some Atlanteans, especially the mental ones, this withdrawal felt like a loss of support. They interpreted it as a sign that Atlantis had outgrown certain cosmic relationships or that these beings were no longer necessary for the civilisation’s progress.

The intuitive Atlanteans sensed the danger immediately. Arrogance was the shadow side of intellect. It narrowed perception, hardened emotion and distorted energy.

The first faction to take shape was led by the mental Atlanteans, those who believed that the future of the civilisation depended on structure, precision and mastery of the grid. They saw themselves as guardians of progress, protectors of the continent’s infrastructure, and inheritors of a long legacy of crystalline knowledge. They valued clarity, efficiency and the refinement of technique. Their leaders were architects, crystalline engineers, and scholars who believed that intellect alone, sharpened through discipline, enhanced through technology and directed through governance, could stabilise Atlantis during its period of subtle decline. They called themselves the Order of the Shining Mind, a name that reflected both their commitment and their growing sense of distinction.

The intuitive Atlanteans, concerned by the rising imbalance, formed their own loose alignment. They were healers, dream-travellers, resonance teachers and guardians of the inner temples. They sensed the emotional shifts in the population.

Atlantis had entered the Age of Division, and the rise of the factions marked the moment when the civilisation lost its singular identity. What followed would shape the final chapters of its history. For the first time in its long existence, Atlantis no longer moved as one consciousness. It moved as two.

Plants that had long thrived in stable resonance fields grew unevenly. Flowers opened on days when they normally closed, or closed when they should have bloomed. To most Atlanteans, these changes were perplexing but not alarming.

Destruction	Relevance	Notes
1st (~50k BC)	High	Factional split (mental/intuitive), misuse of crystalline technology for personal power instead of harmony, and growing arrogance directly parallel the Law of One vs. Sons of Belial conflict and crystal abuse that triggered the first destruction.
2nd (~28k BC)	Medium	The division and tech misuse would have ongoing consequences.
3rd (~10k BC)	Low	Describes the lead-up and early fractures more than the final sinking event.

Diana Cooper

We no longer understand the exact make-up of these bombs, but in 52,000 BC they were detonated underground resulting in massive earthquakes, the repercussions of which caused the creatures to perish. However, it also upset the balance of nature and the people could not survive either. So the inhabitants of Earth died and their spirits returned to their home planets. As a consequence of this disruption, in 50,000 BC the Earth shifted on its axis and Atlantis became five islands.

We no longer understand the exact make-up of these bombs, but in 52,000 BC they were detonated underground resulting in massive earthquakes, the repercussions of which caused the creatures to perish. However, it also upset the balance of nature and the people could not survive either. So the inhabitants of Earth died and their spirits returned to their home planets. As a consequence of this disruption, in 50,000 BC the Earth shifted on its axis and Atlantis became five islands.

In approximately 10,000 BC, Poseidon, High Priest of Atlantis and God of the Seas, declared that Atlantis must be flooded, an event recorded in the Bible and other literature of the world. The great continent finally disappeared under the waves. Some spirits returned to their homes but those who caused the destruction were inevitably tied to Earth until they redeemed their karma. The High Priests and Priestesses, who later became mythical Gods in Egypt and Greece, led those members of their tribes who were pure and willing, to various parts of the world that had been specially prepared for them. We discuss this later in the book. By breeding with local people in their new areas they were to maintain the genetic wisdom of Atlantis on Earth.