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The advanced technology of the Atlanteans

The legend of an extraordinary civilization in Atlantis is intrinsically a part of the esoteric legend of that lost continent. In their narrations, the occultists speak of various new, allegently unkown forms of power which Atlanteans had discovered and used for technical purposes. A close analysis of all these "new" forms of power shows that they are a grotesque hybrid between the notions of a "living force", rejecting by science long ago, and notions of atomic energy and so on.
In this field Rudolf Steiner (died in 1925), founder of anthroposophy, exerted himself more than anybody else. He declared that Atlantean physics differed from modern physics because as he stated "in those days the laws of nature were different from what they are today!"

To build up his occultist teaching he introduced elements borrowed from the scientific achievements of the 1920s, refurbished them to suit his purposes and presenting them as occultist "revelations". That explains why such obscure terms as "living force", "embryonic force of things", "growth force", "living force of seeds" etc. contained in the works of occultists of various tendencies. In some cases the authors of these "powers" had only a vague idea of exactly what they were talking about. Scott-Eliot was obviously influenced by some of the fantastic novels written at the end of the 19th century, in which the authors had discovered new forces of nature.

Scott Elliot wrote that towards the end of the Atlantean Golden Age the emphasis was on jet aircraft which replaced marine navigation for military purposes. At first glance this seems to be a daring prevision. The first project for a jet engine was developed by the celebrated Russian revolutionary Kibalchich who was executed in 1881.

The use of jet propulsion was suggested by a number of inventors at the end of the 19th century, and from 1881 the first designs of such a machine had already been developed, which were still kept closed in the archives of the ministries. For thart reason, at the time Scott-Elliott wrote his book (1896), there was already knowledge of such machines which he somehow acquired, probably through Blavatsky. So, at that time, this "revelation" could not be characterized as an absolute novelty.

The rescued Atlanteans

Mention must also be made of the occultist legend that when Atlantis sank some of the Atlanteans saved themselves by fleeing to America and Africa in flying machines, and that others went to a number of planets in space rockets. This, and other esoteric myths were used by Alexei Tolstoi for some of the chapters in his fantastic novel "Aelia"

Some atlantologists who subscribe to the belief that the Atlantean civilization was highly developed, link that civilization up with the myth of tha ancient Egyptian divinity Thoth  [or otherwise "Hermes Τrismegistus"]. They assume that Thoth came to Egypt from submerged Atlantis, where he had been a high-ranking scholar-priest. Before he died he was said to have desired to pass on his vast knowledge to mankid, which was still in a state of savagery, and set forth his knowledge in so-called Emerald Tables, a legendary text of unestablished origin reported by Medieval alchemists.

These Tables were written in symbolic and highly figurative language. Supportes of this theory of Thoth believe that Thoth and the higher caste of Atlanteans knew of many concepts which have been evolved by modern civilization, namely, the unity and indestructibility of matter and energy, the identity of structure between the macrocosmos and the microcosmos, and so forth. This interpretation, given in the French magazine "Atlantis" in 1959, is so interesting that it would be worth while citing it.

Because the Emerald Table is a very interesting text, it is worthwhile to give an English translation of it, of the many that exist, which was published in a French magazine, Atlantis, in 1959, and to interpret it.

A version of the Emerald Table (published in the French magazine "Atlantis", 1959)

Published text  Interpretation

This is true without lying, certain most true.

 

That which is below like that which is above, and that which is above like that which is below exist to perform miracles of one and the same thing

This is a brief exposition of the idea of the unity and structure similarity  of microcosmos (That which is below) and the macrocosmos (that which is above)

And in the same way as all objects came from one and the same thing and by the concept of one, all of them sprang from this matter through its application

This is an exact reproduction of modern views on the unity of matter and elementary particles, of which all matter consists. The first part of this phrase enlarges upon the idea of the development of all dead and living mature; the growth of crystals, the division of cells and so forth may serve as examples.

The Sun is its father, the moon its mother.

The wind carried it in its belly, its nurse is the earth.

It is ommited by the Sun (atomic particles, Photons), reflected on the moon, carried by the wind and reach the earth nourishing every being that exist on it (without the sun there is no life)

It is the father of all perfection in the Universe. His power is boundless on earth.

This is a figurative allution to the mighty forces concealed in primary matter. 

Separate the earth from fire, the fine from the crude, care­fully, with great skill. This matter rises from the earth to the sky and at once again descends back to the earth. It collects the strength of both upper and lower things. And you will win the glory of the world, and all darkness will move away from you.

This is the most interesting part of Emerald Tables telling of the principles of mastering the inner energy of master. First there is a reference to the necesity of separating inner energy of matter ("fire") from the material substratum ("earth"), the bearer of this energy, which is linked up with the fine stracture of matter, with the elementary paricles ("the fine from the crude"). This is an extremely dangerous process ("carefully") and reguires great knowledge and special apparatus ("with great skills"). The released energy consists of a torrent of particles ("rises from the earth") and is connected with similar energy coming from outer space, cosmic radiation ("again descends back to the earth"). The link with cosmic energy and the unity of processes on Earth and in the Universe ara implied by the phrase:
"Collects the strength of both the upper and the lower things."

Control over this process would be the greatest  boon for mankid, because it would be deliver it from  want, misfortune and darkness

This is the mightiest of all forces, it traps all that is elusive and penetrates into all that is impenetrable because that is how the world is created.

This text figuratively re-emphasizes the primary nature of the inner forces of matter, which are the most power forces in nature and the source of all forms of energy,  both in minute particles ("elusive") and in vast masses of matter (" impenetrable"). The Universe is arranged on the basis of this community and unity 

 

To return to the subject of the highly developed Atlantean civilization. If it was indeed highly developed, then it is strange why no material evidence has been found. The usual answer given by the advocates of the wise Atlantean culture is that the ruling castes lived in seclusion in order to appear as emissaries of the "gods" in the eyes of the masses whom they kept at a low level of culture. Moreover all scientific and technical knowledge and all practical experience and skill were in the hands of a numerically small caste. No one else was allowed to practice work related to the production of machines. Giving the world only the necessary knowledge for a rudimentary way of life, the ruling caste took all the higher knowledge with them when they passed away. The attempts of the surviving atlanteans to impart the general principles of higher knowledge failed because in those times the level of intelligence of the masses was too poor to allow them to understand what they were being told.

Some of the above is reasonable and there is a high probability of finding these material evidences that show the existence of a great civilization.


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