Title Page : * "Selestor's Men of Atlantis", by Clara Iza von Ravn, [1937], SELESTOR'S MEN OF ATLANTIS By CLARA IZA VON RAVN The Christopher Publishing House Boston, U. S. A. [1937] Scanned, proofed and formatted by John Bruno Hare , Dec. 2008. This text is in the public domain in the US because its copyright...
Chapter Xvi. The First Mongolian City. Menti : * "Selestor's Men of Atlantis", by Clara Iza von Ravn, [1937], p. 120 CHAPTER XVI "The first Mongolian city. Mention of Yucatan". I tell no tale of flight across the waste and waters. Of death struck beasts who fell a prey to creeping things that love the night. Of famine-threatened creatures...
Chapter Xxii. Death Of The King Of Atlantis : * "Selestor's Men of Atlantis", by Clara Iza von Ravn, [1937], p. 161 CHAPTER XXII "Death of the king of Atlantis on the day of the great sea-fight". Thou asketh of the fate of him, the king who reigned when the great nations met in war upon the day that followed fte? Aye, thus I speak as through...
Chapter Xiv. The Death Of Prince Osiris' : * "Selestor's Men of Atlantis", by Clara Iza von Ravn, [1937], p. 103 CHAPTER XIV "The death of Prince Osiris' bride--Albirothisis". Osiris sought that farther border from the fear of swift and stern pursuit. A thousand galleys did comprise Atlantis' fleet; and so had he no hope to reach that l...
Chapter Xii. The Crime Of Old King Osiris : * "Selestor's Men of Atlantis", by Clara Iza von Ravn, [1937], p. 89 CHAPTER XII "The crime of old King Osiris and the king Atlantis gave to Egypt". The Priestess springeth to the thought of temples old and kings who are but dust, save that their souls died not. Yea, thus I speak. The king who...
Chapter Xiii. The Flight Of Prince Osiris : * "Selestor's Men of Atlantis", by Clara Iza von Ravn, [1937], p. 94 CHAPTER XIII "The flight of Prince Osiris. His Egyptian court". Dark was the night and still, Osiris sailed. One star alone peeped out from somber clouds. "A star of destiny we follow; guarding eye of god," spake she, the virg...
Chapter Vi. Atlantian Knowledge Of Creation's : * "Selestor's Men of Atlantis", by Clara Iza von Ravn, [1937], p. 52 CHAPTER VI "Atlantian knowledge of creation's laws. Origin of the priesthood. Authority of the priests". Atlantis knew the secret of the past, as ye today know language writ on page familiar. Thus were read the stars through eyes...
Chapter Iii. The Origin Of Wheat. Marriage : * "Selestor's Men of Atlantis", by Clara Iza von Ravn, [1937], p. 30 CHAPTER III "The origin of wheat. Marriage customs. Laws regarding children born. Cremation of the dead. Some industries. Music". Thou asketh of the origin of "wheat," the golden corn that rustled at the breath of eve and drank...
Chapter Xix. The Great Sea Fight Of Atlantis : * "Selestor's Men of Atlantis", by Clara Iza von Ravn, [1937], p. 136 CHAPTER XIX "The great sea-fight of Atlantis. Setting out of the Northmen for plunder". Thy mood is ill, my scribe, for learning all of that great sea fight of the centuries gone--a thousand years before Atlantis sank. Yea, thus...
Chapter Ix. An Ancestress Of The Assyrians : * "Selestor's Men of Atlantis", by Clara Iza von Ravn, [1937], p. 68 CHAPTER IX "An ancestress of the Assyrians". To barter power was deemed a sudden freak of madness. Seldom was the mood so turned, but if, perchance, this did occur the one so smitten with greed and vile deceit was cast...
Chapter Viii. Punishment : * "Selestor's Men of Atlantis", by Clara Iza von Ravn, [1937], p. 64 CHAPTER VIII "Punishment by the priesthood for murder. Punishment of women for children's death". Punishment for murder meant the tightening of a cord about the source of life, and this mode have men of today learned through...
Chapter Xx. Warning Of The Sage And Setting : * "Selestor's Men of Atlantis", by Clara Iza von Ravn, [1937], p. 143 CHAPTER XX "Warning of the sage and setting out of the Atlantian navy to meet the foe". The blue waves dimpled in the morning light and all Atlantis met in fte, nor thought that nearer, nearer drawing yet were barques by...
Chapter Vii. Weakening Of Priestly Power : * "Selestor's Men of Atlantis", by Clara Iza von Ravn, [1937], p. 60 CHAPTER VII "Weakening of priestly power. The punishment for certain crimes". The state succumbed to the assertive power of priests until at last aroused by deeds of blood, they bade the priesthood pray to gods, and fix the mind...
Chapter Xviii. Battle On Mars As Described : * "Selestor's Men of Atlantis", by Clara Iza von Ravn, [1937], p. 130 CHAPTER XVIII "Battle on Mars as described by the watching sage. The army of shadows". "Aye, I will finish now the tale of Mars men on that day when sage--Atlantian--peered with eye--sense, heightened by tradition's flow...
Chapter V. Other Inventions Of The Atlantians : * "Selestor's Men of Atlantis", by Clara Iza von Ravn, [1937], p. 46 CHAPTER V "Other inventions of the Atlantians. The science of Ellipse of Sound". They measured grains of metal by the weight of rule and caught the secret of another metal still; 'twas made by so compounding several metals, th...
Untitled : * This is a novel of Atlantis, written as a channeled message from a disembodied sage named 'Selestor.' Selestor recounts the history of Atlantis, from its rise to its destruction, thousands of years ago. The author does not use the usual framing story as many of these books do. Instead she dives...
Chapter X. The Navy Of Atlantis. Minerals : * "Selestor's Men of Atlantis", by Clara Iza von Ravn, [1937], p. 73 CHAPTER X "The navy of Atlantis. Minerals of the island and theories regarding them held by the mineralogists of that day and country". The boat which bore the fishermen and maids unto the isle which smiled from out the sea w...
Chapter Xxiii. The Destruction Of Atlantis : * "Selestor's Men of Atlantis", by Clara Iza von Ravn, [1937], p. 165 CHAPTER XXIII "The destruction of Atlantis. Activities of the inhabitants on the morning the island sank into the ocean". I thus explain the destruction of Atlantis--land of the beautiful, land of gold, of knowledge, of science...
Chapter Xxi. Arrival Of The Northmen : * "Selestor's Men of Atlantis", by Clara Iza von Ravn, [1937], p. 150 CHAPTER XXI "Arrival of the Northmen and their allies. Morning and the sea-fight". Swift came the foemen's galleys ere the night fell down upon the sea. They danced upon the waves and boded ill if supple, smiting hand of th...
Chapter Xi. Mining And Minerals Of Atlantis : * "Selestor's Men of Atlantis", by Clara Iza von Ravn, [1937], p. 81 CHAPTER XI "Mining and minerals of Atlantis. The man who came to Atlantis from "Spain" to study its minerals". Atlantis was athirst for gold which lay within her soil, and also for that ruddy metal which abounds in strongest...
Chapter Xv. Origin Of The Mongolian Race : * "Selestor's Men of Atlantis", by Clara Iza von Ravn, [1937], p. 110 CHAPTER XV "Origin of the Mongolian race. Kling, from Atlantis, tempted". Atlantis held no kings who warred upon the land thou names, * for they were wise and as allies held the people near and far nor yet desired war where...
Chapter Xvii. An Atlantian Tradition : * "Selestor's Men of Atlantis", by Clara Iza von Ravn, [1937], p. 124 CHAPTER XVII "An Atlantian tradition". The fight on Mars? An old Atlantian tale, learned from one who read the planets with a lens of lightest glass made double, treble, full one hundred thick by process learned in that gre...
Chapter Ii. The Government Of Atlantis. Educational : * "Selestor's Men of Atlantis", by Clara Iza von Ravn, [1937], p. 18 CHAPTER II "The government of Atlantis. Educational methods. Peopling and customs". The government was modeled from that of sons of Mars; at first a war-like monarchy whose head descended from the house of one lone shepherd, who...
Chapter I. Growth Of An Island. Its Locati : * "Selestor's Men of Atlantis", by Clara Iza von Ravn, [1937], p. 11 SELESTOR'S MEN OF ATLANTIS CHAPTER I "Growth of an island. Its location. Physical features and peopling". Atlantis was once a speck blown on the ocean's waves, a spot upon the foam, a floating nut that gathered to itself still...
Foreword : * "Selestor's Men of Atlantis", by Clara Iza von Ravn, [1937], p. 7 FOREWORD Atlantis, "the submerged island," some speak of it as a continent, which for unnumbered generations has been considered a myth, must now be accepted by fair-minded archeologists and other scientists as a proven fact th...
Chapter Iv. Institutions For The Training : * "Selestor's Men of Atlantis", by Clara Iza von Ravn, [1937], p. 38 CHAPTER IV "Institutions for the training of youth. Music. Arts. Industries. Some customs. Food". Institutions for the training of the mind of youth were builded in a circle, neither high nor grand; and cubes of glass in bars...
