Atlantis Part 4 - The Destruction of Atlantis and the Great Exodus

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The destruction of Atlantis is not presented as one sudden catastrophe in which an entire continent simply disappeared overnight. Instead, the accounts describe a long period of upheaval involving several stages of destruction, separation and migration. There are references to a first destruction, a second period of upheaval and finally a third destruction. One account specifically places an individual “before the third destruction” (339-1), while another speaks of conditions “before the second of the turmoils that separated the islands or broke up the land into islands” (390-2). Atlantis therefore appears to have gradually changed from a great landmass into separate islands before the remaining centres were finally destroyed.

The first destruction was closely connected with the dangerous use of the forces that Atlantean science had discovered. The accounts speak of people preparing “explosives, or those things that set in motion the fires of the inner portions of the earth.” These forces became destructive, apparently without everyone involved fully understanding what they were unleashing (621-1). This connects directly with the technology described earlier: humanity had discovered how to reach into powerful natural forces, but the consequences of manipulating them were greater than expected.

The destruction was therefore not portrayed simply as an unavoidable natural disaster. Human activity was deeply involved. One account describes the destruction coming through “the inundations of the lands,” and then makes the striking statement that these were “brought on by the people themselves.” (303-1) Atlantis had reached a point where the misuse of human knowledge could affect the physical environment on a tremendous scale.

The spiritual conflict within Atlantis also contributed to this destruction. The accounts repeatedly connect the destructive period with the struggle between the Law of One and the Sons of Belial. There were “destructive forces being sent out and used by the sons of Belial,” and some of these forces had previously been applied for other purposes before being turned destructively (587-3). What had once been knowledge capable of helping civilization was increasingly becoming an instrument of conflict.

Yet the consequences did not fall only upon those responsible. The destruction affected everyone. One account describes “the second of the destructive forces” as bringing destruction upon both “those of the ONE FAITH and those of Baalilal.” The physical consequences of the misuse of natural forces did not distinguish between spiritual groups. Once those forces had been released, the whole civilization suffered.

The readings also describe the second period as a time when the land itself became increasingly fragmented. One account refers to “the second upheavals” occurring before “the lands were divided into the isles” (444-1). Another describes “the second breaking up, when the islands - or Poseida - became the main portion of the activities.” (958-3) Atlantis therefore seems to have survived its earlier catastrophes, but in a greatly reduced and divided form.

Poseidia became particularly important during this later period. It appears repeatedly as one of the principal remaining centres of Atlantean civilization. Life continued there after earlier upheavals, along with temples, rulers, technology and the conflict between the Law of One and the Belial influence. The civilization had survived the warnings of the earlier catastrophes, yet the deeper problems that had produced them had not completely disappeared.

This is perhaps one of the saddest aspects of the Atlantis story. The first destruction did not completely end the civilization. Humanity was given another opportunity. Yet the same struggles over power, self-indulgence and the proper use of knowledge continued.

There were, however, people who recognized what was happening. The final destruction was apparently not entirely unexpected. Leaders, teachers and ministers associated with the Law of One received warnings, and preparations began among those “who knew that destruction was nigh.” (366-5)

Other accounts use similarly urgent language. Those of the Law of One saw that destructive influences “must shatter, must destroy the land, the peoples.” (832-1) The coming catastrophe was therefore understood by at least some groups before the final events occurred.

This knowledge led to preparations for a great migration. People began leaving Atlantis while escape was still possible. Some possessed advanced craft and knowledge that enabled them to travel considerable distances. During the period when “calamitous activities were imminent,” preparations were made for escape to the Pyrenees, Yucatan and Egypt (815-2).

At a later stage, the situation became even more urgent. One account says that when “the breaking up of the isles” was taking place, instructions had been given that “those who would or were to be saved must journey forth to the various centers.” (621-1) Some of these refugees first travelled to the Pyrenees and later became involved with activities in Egypt.

Egypt became one of the most important destinations. During “the breaking up of that land now known as the Atlantean,” people journeyed from Poseidia and Atlantis into Egypt (615-1). A leader associated with the Law of One gathered and protected “those records of the Atlanteans” concerning their knowledge of the unseen forces and their application to material life (615-1).

This preservation of knowledge appears to have been deliberate. Those fleeing Atlantis were not simply attempting to save themselves. Some were trying to save the accumulated wisdom and records of their civilization. Followers of the Law of One joined those travelling to Egypt “for the aiding of preserving the records of those lands.” (640-1)

Thus, while Atlantis itself was being destroyed, an effort was being made to prevent everything that had been learned there from disappearing with it.

Some refugees did not travel directly to Egypt. One group “set sail for the Egyptian land” but instead entered the Pyrenees and regions identified with present-day Portuguese, French and Spanish lands (315-4). There they attempted to establish temple activities connected with the Law of One before later associations developed with Egypt.

Other Atlanteans travelled westward toward the Americas. Yucatan appears repeatedly as an important destination. One account simply describes “sojourners from Atlantis who came to what is now known as Yucatan” and participated in temple worship there (314-1). Another describes people gathering knowledge of the destructive forces that were soon to come and then journeying to “the central portion of America, or Yucatan.” (568-1)

The migrations extended even farther into Central and South America. After the first breaking up, some Atlanteans travelled to the “Incal land,” and from there connections were later established with Yucatan and Central America (832-1). Another account describes members of the Law of One preparing to become emissaries or sojourners in “the Incal land, or the Peruvian land,” and later travelling into Central America where they helped establish teachings and forms of worship (832-1).

The destruction of Atlantis therefore becomes not only a story of disappearance but also a story of dispersion. Its people and traditions were scattered into different parts of the world. The accounts connect Atlantean refugees with Egypt, the Pyrenees and parts of Europe, Yucatan, Central America and the regions associated with the Inca. One account summarizes the movement particularly clearly by describing escape to “the Pyrenees,” “Yucatan,” and “the Egyptian land,” while connecting these migrations with later influences associated with the Aztecs, Egypt and the Incal peoples (815-2).

The refugees apparently carried more than memories. They carried spiritual teachings, technological knowledge, records, healing methods and an understanding of natural forces. One Atlantean group entering Egypt brought knowledge described as “electron music,” in which colour, vibration and sound could influence human emotions and physical conditions (824-1). The migration therefore becomes one explanation within the readings for why similar ideas and traditions might later appear in civilizations separated by great distances.

The final disappearance of Atlantis was thus the end of the civilization as a unified centre, but not necessarily the end of Atlantean influence. Its survivors became teachers, priests, leaders, healers, builders and keepers of records in other lands. Some attempted to preserve the Law of One. Others carried technological or cultural knowledge. The civilization disappeared, but parts of its heritage continued through the people who escaped.

Yet the deepest meaning of the destruction is not simply geographical. Atlantis had been given extraordinary knowledge and tremendous power. That knowledge could heal, communicate, transport and build. But when the same powers became entangled with selfishness, conflict and domination, they became destructive. Eventually the forces released were powerful enough to affect the earth itself.

The tragedy is made greater by the fact that warnings had been given. Some understood that “destruction was nigh” (366-5). Others recognized that the destructive influences would “shatter” the land and its people (832-1). Some listened and prepared. Others continued along the same path.

The destruction of Atlantis therefore becomes the final consequence of the lesson that has been developing through the first three parts of the story. Knowledge without wisdom becomes dangerous. Power without spiritual responsibility becomes destructive. And a civilization cannot indefinitely misuse the forces of nature without eventually experiencing the consequences.

Yet even within destruction there was preservation. Those who escaped carried records, teachings and knowledge into other lands. The Law of One survived the land that had once taught it. The physical civilization disappeared, but its spiritual lesson remained.

Atlantis therefore leaves humanity with both a warning and a hope.

The warning is that civilization can become technologically brilliant while spiritually losing its direction.

The hope is that even after failure, truth can be preserved, carried forward and applied again.

The land was broken apart, its people scattered and its great centres destroyed, but according to the readings, the story of Atlantis did not end beneath the waters. It continued through the civilizations and peoples who received those who escaped.

Atlantis Part 3 - Atlantean Technology and the Great Crystal

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One of the most fascinating themes in the Atlantis accounts is the extraordinary level of technology the civilization is said to have developed. The Atlanteans did not appear to think of science, nature and spiritual forces as completely separate subjects. Instead, they studied the underlying forces of nature and learned ways of concentrating, directing and applying those forces to everyday life. Their knowledge included electricity, vibration, light, sound, communication, transportation and forces within the earth itself. Yet the same knowledge that helped Atlantis reach such an advanced state eventually became part of its destruction.

Central to this technology was the mysterious use of crystals. One account describes preparations involving electrical forces, transportation, distant observation and even the overcoming of gravity, all connected with “the crystal, the mighty, the terrible crystal.” (519-1) The description is important because the crystal was not presented simply as a decorative or mystical object. It appears to have functioned as an instrument through which powerful natural energies could be concentrated and directed.

The Atlanteans apparently discovered ways of using light and other forms of energy through these crystals. One account describes “the crystallizing of the influences of the sun through the crystal” and says that this power controlled “the motivative forces” being used at the time. (877-1) This suggests that solar energy or some related natural force was gathered, concentrated and converted into usable power.

Another description gives an even broader picture. Great crystals are said to have stored or concentrated “the MOTIVATIVE forces in nature” and to have “condensed the lights” in ways that allowed these forces to perform many different functions. They were used to guide “the ship upon the bosom of the sea” as well as craft travelling through the air. (813-1) The implication is that a common source of energy could be adapted to transportation, communication and other technologies.

Transportation in Atlantis is described in remarkable terms. One account speaks of “various crafts” that carried individuals from place to place and describes the overcoming of what would now be called “the forces of nature or gravity itself.” (519-1) Whether these descriptions should be understood literally or spiritually, the picture presented is of a civilization that believed it had discovered principles of nature far beyond ordinary mechanical power.

The same passage describes abilities that sound surprisingly similar to later technologies. It refers to something comparable to “photographing from a distance” and even the ability to read inscriptions through walls and across distances (519-1). Atlantis is therefore portrayed as possessing sophisticated methods for obtaining and transmitting information.

Communication was particularly important. Some individuals were responsible for communications between Atlantis and other lands. One account describes communication “under the sea, the wires, the air currents, or what not.” (587-3) This suggests a civilization experimenting with several different ways of transmitting information rather than relying upon a single method.

Even more striking is the description of technology involving the “transmission of the voice” and the recording of activities through vibrations in a manner compared with what would later become “television.” (813-1) The terminology is naturally expressed through concepts familiar at the time the readings were given, but the central idea is clear: Atlantis was portrayed as possessing methods for transmitting sound and images across distance.

The study of consciousness also seems to have been connected with Atlantean science. One individual is described as a teacher in psychological thought and especially in “the transmission of thought through ether.” (187-1) The Atlanteans therefore appear to have explored not only physical communication but also the possibility that thought itself could be transmitted or received.

This relationship between mind and technology is important because the Atlantean understanding of nature seems to have included consciousness as part of the universe rather than something completely separate from it. Mind, vibration, matter and energy were viewed as interconnected. This opened possibilities for healing and communication, but it also created the danger that knowledge of mental forces could be used to influence or control other people.

Healing was another area in which vibration and energy were applied. Some of those serving in the temples were described as both priestesses and physicians. One account speaks of a priestess of the Law of One serving where “the universal forces gave expression” through influences affecting body and mind. She is described, in modern terms, as “the physician, the doctor” of the people. (823-1)

Another fascinating account describes knowledge later carried from Atlantis into Egypt involving what was called “electron music.” Colour, vibration and sound were said to influence the emotions and temperament of individuals and could also be used beneficially with certain physical conditions (824-1). Healing in Atlantis was therefore portrayed as involving not merely physical substances but the manipulation of vibration, sound, colour and energy.

The Atlanteans also studied forces beneath the surface of the earth. One account connects Atlantean experience with continuing interests in “electrical forces,” communications and “the innermost portions of the earth.” (615-1) This knowledge would eventually become particularly dangerous because Atlantis apparently learned ways of directing tremendous amounts of energy into the earth itself.

The great technological achievement of Atlantis therefore carried a serious responsibility. The same civilization that could concentrate sunlight, manipulate electrical forces, communicate across great distances, work with vibration and overcome ordinary limitations of transportation was also discovering forces capable of tremendous destruction.

This is where the story of the Great Crystal becomes darker.

The readings describe destructive forces created when “the high influences of the radial activity from the rays of the sun” were turned through crystals into areas connected with “the internal influences of the earth.” (263-4) Something that had originally represented an extraordinary understanding of natural energy was being applied in a way that disturbed forces deep within the planet.

Another account describes the preparation of explosives or powerful forces that “set in motion the fires of the inner portions of the earth.” (621-1) The consequences were apparently not fully understood by everyone involved. The technology had reached a point where human actions could trigger forces far greater than the people themselves could control.

This is an important distinction. The readings do not suggest that crystals themselves destroyed Atlantis. Nor do they present technology as something inherently dangerous. The danger came from the misapplication of knowledge.

One account speaks directly of both “destructive forces and constructive forces” existing within the same Atlantean technological experience (519-1). The same understanding of nature could therefore produce very different results depending upon the purpose behind its use.

This connects Part 3 directly with the struggle between the Law of One and the Sons of Belial. Those following the Law of One sought to place knowledge within a spiritual purpose. Technology could improve life, heal the sick, connect distant peoples and help humanity understand the Creative Forces expressed through nature. But when the same powers became instruments of self-interest, domination and destruction, the technology magnified those motives enormously.

One Atlantean who believed in the One nevertheless used inventive abilities toward things that “brought bodily destruction.” The lesson given from that experience was that such abilities should be judged according to a “spiritually ideal” rather than according to material ideals (608-7). Possessing the ability to do something was therefore not sufficient reason to do it.

That may be one of the most important lessons contained in the Atlantean technology accounts.

The question was not simply:

Can we do this?

The greater question was:

Should we do this, and whom will it serve?

Atlantis had developed tremendous knowledge of the forces of nature. Yet technological ability was advancing beyond the spiritual wisdom required to govern it. The more powerful the technology became, the greater the consequences of selfish or careless decisions became.

The Great Crystal therefore becomes almost a symbol of Atlantis itself. It represented the extraordinary potential of human knowledge. Through understanding natural forces, humanity could communicate, travel, heal and accomplish things that once seemed impossible. Yet that same concentrated power could become terrible when separated from wisdom and spiritual responsibility.

Atlantis did not fall because knowledge was evil. Its tragedy was that knowledge became more powerful than the wisdom of those controlling it.

The civilization had learned how to reach into the forces of nature, concentrate them and direct them. Eventually those forces were turned toward destructive purposes and even toward the internal forces of the earth.

Once that happened, the consequences could no longer be contained.

The technology that had helped make Atlantis one of the most advanced civilizations described in the readings would now become involved in the upheavals that began tearing the land apart.

This leads directly into Part 4 — The Destruction of Atlantis and the Great Exodus.