Atlantis Theme in History, Science and Literature. Open Preview See a Problem? However, Churchward may have the last laugh yet. Community Saloon bar To do list What is going on? Fragmented skeletal remains of mastodons, ancient horses and tapirs were found here too. Hutton has recently Nov. Some of his reasoning makes sense like the remnants of South Pacific ancient civilizations while some of his ideas seem a bit of continnet reach like the fact that most ancient civilizations used imagery of the sun, which proved that they were connected to Mu…I mean, really?
It is logical that most records and traditions refer to the most recent flood or destruction; inscripted histories of extreme antiquity churchwrd doubtless destroyed with the next set of earth changes, down the line.
This page contains too many unsourced statements and needs to be improved. How did enormous sheets of ice travel over mountain ranges? According to Churchward, Mu was a lost continent in the Pacific Ocean, which was destroyed in a global cataclysm tens of thousands of years ago; Mu was the original home of mankind, and all subsequent civilizations descended from it.
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But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience. Logically, fleeing Atlanteans could not bring their sophisticated technology with them, only the memory of it. Then there are some hilarious attempts at explaining the geological background chuechward the cataclysmic disappearance of Mu. Records there are, with more coming to light every day. His knowledge remained incomplete, as the available tablets conyinent mere fragments of a larger text, but Churchward conrinent to have found verification and further information in the records of other ancient peoples.
Menzies, from the research ship Anton Bruun, stated that the find suggested evidence of a sunken city, as reported in the New York TimesApril 17, So, does traditional science leap at the chance to correct arbitrary age-fixing of antiquities now proved wrong?
However, Churchward may have the last laugh yet. Motherland of Manwhich he claimed proved the existence of a lost continentcalled Muin the Pacific Ocean. Cayce puts its eastern boundary up near California, and adjoining the coast of Peru. Professor William Orr from U. Refresh and try again. Even now, some of his ideas, especially that civilization predates the ancient Near East, are still not fully accepted, despite their having been supported by recent archaeological finds.
Despite lot fundamental scientific flaws, I was left with some lingering questions: Too many unsupported assertions and farfetched assumptions. He also claimed that he was able to discern writing from Mu on a mysterious set of tablets discovered in Mexico by an explorer named William Niven.
Robert Oppenheimer quoted, on watching his first atomic test in the s. The Rishi taught Churchward how to read this language, Naacal. Fragmented skeletal remains of mastodons, ancient horses and tapirs were found here too.
Some of his reasoning makes sense like the remnants of South Pacific ancient civilizations while some of his ideas seem a bit of a reach like the fact that most ancient civilizations used imagery of the sun, which proved that they were connected to Mu…I mean, really? Churchward is notable primarily for his hatred of Darwinian evolutionary theory humans could not have evolved naturally, they were obviously CREATED on Mu to conquer the world!!! People like Churchward with his imaginary lost continent of Mu or that dipstick on the history channel with his ancient aliens irritate me to no end.
As if the vast, amazing epic of human history and development or of life in general! But the truth is more amazing than the fictions invented by pseuodoscientists and mystical crazies and their insistence to the contrary merely shows their base ignorance of the subject. Oct 28, Ah Bei rated it did not like it. As said by someone else elsewhere, the arguments put forward by the author of this book amount to 'It's true because I said so".
Sad that people would still read this and take it seriously. Interesting to read exactly what the Dunning-Kruger effect looks like in book form. Sep 17, Nina Foster rated it really liked it Shelves: read-in This book is filled with intricate details and facts that support claims a vast continent existed , years ago; a continent covered by what is now the pacific ocean. This author shows the symbolic drawings of the ancient people, drawings that explain with great scientific detail how our planet and humanity came into existence.
He explains how all languages stem from their language and how every religion has drawn from the story their sacred symbols tell and use their own variations. These a This book is filled with intricate details and facts that support claims a vast continent existed , years ago; a continent covered by what is now the pacific ocean. These ancient people were the first civilization on this planet. There is scientific proof of their existence and geographical proof of the calamities that destroyed them throughout the book.
View 1 comment. It's pseudoscience at its s best, really. It also includes offensive gems such as "The bushman of Northern Australia are probably the lowest type of humanity on earth, lower than the ordinary forest beasts.
All the while concocting an absurd theory that white civilisation came from an immense continent in the middle of the pacific ocean, that just vanished in a disaster leaving only the pacific islands behind. As for why there's no tangible evidence of such?
People devolved he claimed, and only the dregs really survived to begin with. As far as absurd early 20th century books go, you're on a winner with this if that's what you're after, but for actual factual information you'll be looking in the wrong place if you pick this up, it belongs in the fiction category more than it does non fiction.
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. Churchward relentlessly pursues a recurring pattern of presenting a vague description of an interesting unsolved archeological mystery, then insisting that this therefore proves that there was an ancient continent located in the Pacific Ocean which was the motherland of all humanity and which sunk 15, years ago. By a Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. If James Churchward was alive today he'd be working for the History channel.
This is his theory for a lost continent in the pacific and how all the ancient peoples of the world are linked to this lost country. One of his great excuses is that the symbolic name for Mu is represented by 3 of something So he goes around the world looking at ancient drawings and writing and whenever he sees 3 of something says 'see they were talking about Mu arn If James Churchward was alive today he'd be working for the History channel.
So he goes around the world looking at ancient drawings and writing and whenever he sees 3 of something says 'see they were talking about Mu arn't i a genius! Its like Ancient Aliens but too boring to laugh at.
Apr 28, Jaime Enrique rated it it was amazing. Overall I think he was accurate in that there was an ancient civilization. However, I think more research needs to be done in order to assert some of his claims. Like for example, his explanation of why the earth changed so rapidly into a mountainous region in South America doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
But I think in a lot of everything else, he is pretty much right and is a very compelling argument. Oct 29, Chak rated it did not like it Shelves: did-not-finish , ymca-share-a-book.
I was more than pages into it, and realized I'm not remembering anything I read, and I was not engaged at all. I hate to give up on books, but just couldn't do it with this one. This was my second reading of the book, probably 50 years apart.
As this was originally written in the 's you have to take some of his theories with a grain of salt. However, I think that the whole Alaskan Land Bridge that 'science' tries to shove down our throats is pure fantasy. The original Americans, Central, South, and North, came here many, many years ago - from the west and by sea. Jul 20, Ian Giesbrecht rated it it was ok. No mentions of ice cream vans or being Justified. Sep 04, Anne rated it liked it. It is clear that Churchward has done numerous years of research, even if his theory never quite seems able to hold water.
Some of his reasoning makes sense like the remnants of South Pacific ancient civilizations while some of his ideas seem a bit of a reach like the fact that most ancient civilizations used imagery of the sun, which proved that they were connected to Mu…I mean, really?
Jun 09, Christa Clark rated it it was amazing. Straight fuckin banger. Oct 27, Eric rated it it was amazing. After second thought, I'm giving this five out of five stars, based on when it was written. Even though much of Churchward's work would be considered New Age mysticism by today's standards, his thinking on the origins and ancientness of civilization was revolutionary for its times.
Keep in mind that when he was writing this, the antiquity of the human species itself, let alone that of civilization, was considered by many to be much less than what is commonly accepted today. Even now, some of his After second thought, I'm giving this five out of five stars, based on when it was written. Even now, some of his ideas, especially that civilization predates the ancient Near East, are still not fully accepted, despite their having been supported by recent archaeological finds.
An interesting topic: the author asserts the existence of an ancient, advanced civilization, which sank into the Pacific, leaving small traces of its existence, such as Easter Island.
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