Manners And Custom : MANNERS AND CUSTOM There was doubtless as much variety in the manners and customs of the Atlanteans at different epochs of their history, as there has been among the various nations which compose our Aryan race. With the fluctuating fashion of the centuries we are not concerned. The following...
Architecture : ARCHITECTURE Architecture, however, was naturally the most widely practised of the arts. Their buildings were massive structures of gigantic proportions. The dwelling houses in the cities were not, as ours are, closely crowded together in streets. Like their country houses some stood in their own...
Education : EDUCATION A few words on the subject of language will fitly prelude a consideration of the training in the schools and colleges of Atlantis. During the first map period Toltec was the universal language, not only throughout the continent but in the western islands and that part of the eastern...
Deep Sea Soundings : DEEP-SEA SOUNDINGS In the first place, then, the testimony of the deep-sea soundings may be summarized in a few words. Thanks chiefly to the expeditions of the British and American gun boats, "Challenger" and "Dolphin" (though Germany also was associated in this scientific exploration) the bed...
Testimony Of Ancient Writers : TESTIMONY OF ANCIENT WRITERS It only remains now to summarize some of the evidence obtainable from ancient writers, from early race traditions, and from archaic flood-legends. Aelian in his "Varia Historia", states that Theopompus (400 B.C.) recorded an interview between the King of Phrygi...
Similarity Of Language : SIMILARITY OF LANGUAGE The Basque language stands alone amongst European tongues, having affinity with none of them. According to Farrar, "there never has been any doubt that this isolated language, preserving its identity in a western corner of Europe, between two mighty kingdoms, resembles in its...
The Original Semite Race : THE ORIGINAL SEMITE RACE As regards the original Semite or 5th sub-race ethnologists have been somewhat confused, as indeed it is extremely natural they should be considering the very insufficient data they have to go upon. This sub-race had its origin in the mountainous country which formed...
Sorcery Versus The Good Law : SORCERY VERSUS THE GOOD LAW After about 100,000 years of this golden age the degeneracy and decay of the race set in. Many of the tributary kings, and large numbers of the priests and people ceased to use their faculties and powers in accordance with the laws made by their Divine rulers, whose...
The Toltec Race : THE TOLTEC RACE We now come to the Toltec or 3rd sub-race. This was a magnificent development. It ruled the whole continent of Atlantis for thousands of years in great material power and glory. Indeed so dominant and so endowed with vitality was this race that intermarriages with the following...
Similarity Of Ethnological Types : SIMILARITY OF ETHNOLOGICAL TYPES Atlantis as we shall see is said to have been inhabited by red, yellow, white and black races. It is now proved by the researches of Le Plongeon, De Quatrefages, Bancroft and others that black populations of negroid type existed even up to recent times in Americ...
The First Turanian Race : THE FIRST TURANIAN RACE The Turanian or 4th sub-race had their origin on the eastern side of the continent, south of the mountainous district inhabited by the Tlavatli people. This spot is marked 4 on Map No. 1. The Turanians were colonists from the earliest days, and great numbers migrated...
The Occult Records : THE OCCULT RECORDS But enough space has now been devoted to the fragments of evidence--all more or less convincing--which the world so far has been in possession of. Those interested in pursuing any special line of investigation are referred to the various works above named or quoted. The subject...
Arts And Sciences : ARTS AND SCIENCES It must primarily be recognized that our own Aryan race has naturally achieved far greater results in almost every direction than did the Atlanteans, but even where they failed to reach our level, the records of what they accomplished are of interest as representing the high water...
The Manus : THE MANUS Some reference to the very mystical subject of the Manus is a necessary preliminary to the consideration of the origin of a Root Race. In Transaction No. 26, of the London Lodge, reference was made to the work done by these very exalted Beings, which embraces not only the planning...
Title Page : THE STORY OF ATLANTIS A GEOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL AND ETHNOLOGICAL SKETCH BY W. SCOTT-ELLIOT [1896]
Distribution Of Fauna And Flora : DISTRIBUTION OF FAUNA AND FLORA The proved existence on continents separated by great oceans of similar or identical species of fauna and flora is the standing puzzle to biologists and botanists alike. But if a link between these continents once existed allowing for the natural migration of such...
Maps : THEOSOPHICAL MAPS OF ATLANTIS Map 1: Atlantis at its Prime Map 2: Atlantis in its Decadence Map 3: Ruta and Daitya Map 4: Poseidonis
Similarity Of Religious Belief, Ritual : SIMILARITY OF RELIGIOUS BELIEF, RITUAL AND ARCHITECTURE Nothing seems to have surprised the first Spanish adventurers in Mexico and Peru more than the extraordinary similarity to those of the old world, of the religious beliefs, rites, and emblems which they found established in the new...
Stonehenge : STONEHENGE A reference to the early inhabitants of our own islands may appropriately be made here, for it was in the early Akkadian days, about 100,000 years ago, that the colony of Initiates who founded Stonehenge landed on these shores--"these shores" being, of course, the shores...
Religion : RELIGION The only subject that now remains to be dealt with is the evolution of religious ideas. Between the spiritual aspiration of a rude but simple race and the degraded ritual of an intellectually cultured but spiritually dead people, lies a gulf which only the term religion, used in its widest...
Land Tenure : LAND TENURE But the system of land tenure is the most important subject under this heading. Among the Rmoahal and Tlavatli, who lived chiefly by hunting and fishing, the question naturally did not arise, though some system of village cultivation was recognized in the Tlavatli days. It was with...
Second Map Period : SECOND MAP PERIOD As will be seen from the second map the catastrophe of 800,000 years ago caused very great changes in the land distribution of the globe. The great continent is now shorn of its northern regions, and its remaining portion has been still further rent. The now growing Americ...
Agriculture : AGRICULTURE In such an empire as the Toltec, agriculture naturally received much attention. Not only were the labourers taught their duties in technical schools, but colleges were established in which the knowledge necessary for carrying out experiments in the crossing both of animals and plants...
First Settlement In Egypt : FIRST SETTLEMENT IN EGYPT Egypt must now be referred to, and the consideration of this subject should let in a flood of light upon its early history. Although the first settlement in that country was not in the strict sense of the term a colony , it was from the Toltec race that was subsequently...
The Mongolian Race : THE MONGOLIAN RACE The Mongolian or 7th sub-race seems to be the only one that had absolutely no touch with the mother-continent. Having its origin on the plains of Tartary (marked No. 7 on the second map) at about latitude 63 North and longitude 140 East, it was directly developed from descendants...
The Akkadian Race : THE AKKADIAN RACE The birthplace of the Akkadian or 6th sub-race will be found on Map No. 2 (marked there with the figure 6), for it was after the great catastrophe of 800,000 years ago that this race first came into existence. It took its rise in the land east of Atlantis, about the middle...
First Map Period : FIRST MAP PERIOD Before beginning the history of the race, however, a few remarks may be made about the geography of the four different epochs. The first map represents the land surface of the earth as it existed about a million years ago, when the Atlantean Race was at its height, and before...
Food : FOOD A custom which differs considerably from our own must be instanced next, in their choice of food. It is an unpleasant subject, but can scarcely be passed over. The flesh of the animals they usually discarded, while the parts which among us are avoided as food, were by them devoured. The blood...
The Rmoahal Race : THE RMOAHAL RACE Now the period represented by Map No. 1 shows the land surface of the earth as it existed about one million years ago, but the Rmoahal race came into existence between four and five million years ago, at which period large portions of the great southern continent of Lemuria still...
Air Ships : AIR-SHIPS If the system of water supply in the "City of the Golden Gates" was wonderful, the Atlantean methods of locomotion must be recognised as still more marvellous, for the air-ship or flying-machine which Keely in America, and Maxim in this country are now attempting to produce, was then...
Weapons : WEAPONS The weapons of warfare and the chase differed considerably at different epochs. Swords and spears, bows and arrows sufficed as a rule for the Rmoahals and the Tlavatli. The beasts which they hunted at that very early period were mammoths with long woolly hair, elephants and hippopotami...
The Story Of Atlantis : THE STORY OF ATLANTIS A GEOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL AND ETHNOLOGICAL SKETCH THE GENERAL scope of the subject before us will best be realized by considering the amount of information that is obtainable about the various nations who compose our great Fifth or Aryan Race. From the time of the Greeks...
The Tlavatli Race : THE TLAVATLI RACE The place of origin of the Tlavatli or 2nd sub-race was an island off the west coast of Atlantis. The spot is marked on the 1st map with the figure 2. Thence they spread into Atlantis proper, chiefly across the middle of the continent, gradually however tending northwards towards...
Political Institutions : POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS In such a summary as this it would be impossible to describe how each sub-race was further sub-divided into nations, each having its distinct type and characteristics. All that can be here attempted is to sketch in broad outline the varying political institutions throughout...
City Of The Golden Gates : CITY OF THE GOLDEN GATES The "City of the Golden Gates" and its surroundings must be described before we come to consider the remarkable system by which its inhabitants were supplied with water. It lay, as we have seen, on the east coast of the continent close to the sea, and about 15 north...
Money : MONEY The monetary system must now be considered. During the first three sub-races at all events, such a thing as a State coinage was unknown. Small pieces of metal or leather stamped with some given value were, it is true, used as tokens. Having a perforation in the centre they were strung...
Fourth Map Period : FOURTH MAP PERIOD The stupendous character of the natural convulsion that took place about 80,000 years ago, will be apparent from the fourth map. Daitya, the smaller and more southerly of the islands, has almost entirely disappeared, while of Ruta there only remains the relatively small isl...
The Sub Races : THE SUB-RACES The names of the different sub-races must first be given-- 1. Rmoahal. 2. Tlavatli. 3. Toltec. 4. First Turanian. 5. Original Semite. 6. Akkadian. 7. Mongolian. Some explanation is necessary as to the principle on which these names are chosen. Wherever modern ethnologists have...
Emigrations : EMIGRATIONS Three causes contributed to produce emigrations. The Turanian race, as we have seen, was from its very start imbued with the spirit of colonizing, which it carried out on a considerable scale. The Semites and Akkadians were also to a certain extent colonizing races. Then, as time went...
Preface : PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION by A. P. SINNETT For readers unacquainted with the progress that has been made in recent years by earnest students of occultism attached to the Theosophical Society, the significance of the statement embodied in the following pages would be misapprehended without some...
Third Map Period : THIRD MAP PERIOD The third map shows the results of the catastrophe which took place about 200,000 years ago. With the exception of the rents in the continents both of Atlantis and America, and the submergence of Egypt, it will be seen how relatively unimportant were the subsidences and upheavals...