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Atlantis

Atlantis - according to the ancient Greek legend preserved by Plato, a once-existent huge fertile densely populated island in the Atlantic Ocean west of Gibraltar, which sank to the bottom due to an earthquake. Questions about the existence and causes of the death of Atlantis remain controversial in science. (BES).

The search for Atlantis began in 50 AD and has actually continued for two millennia. During this time, a huge number of versions were expressed, but then scientists agreed to count only 40-50 points on the map of the Earth that corresponded to the legend with the greatest degree of plausibility. It has been suggested that similar events could have occurred in different time, in different places and a chronology of alleged events is built. Presumably the events could have developed in the following order:

south of the islands Cape Verde, opposite the city of Conakry (Africa);

- near the southern part of the Mendeleev Ridge, but north of the island. Wrangel (Arctic Ocean);

- in the Caribbean Sea, west of the island. Haiti;

– in the northeast of Taimyr;

– north of the island. Crete;

– in the center of Bolivia (South America);

– in the South China Sea;

– in Novorossiysk Bay (Krasnodar Territory).

The ancient Greek philosopher Plato (427-347 BC) in his two works “Timaeus” and “Critias” described the glorious history and tragic end of the island state of Atlantis. The plot is based on a story in the form of a dialogue conducted by Plato's great-grandfather Critias with his grandfather, who heard the story of Atlantis from his contemporary Solon, an Athenian legislator and poet, who, in turn, heard the story from an Egyptian priest. This Island state was, according to Plato, beyond the Pillars of Hercules, as the Strait of Gibraltar was previously called.

Plato gives enough detailed description the island itself, its capital. In the center of the island there was a hill on which stood temples and royal palace Acropolis. The upper city was protected by two rows of earthen embankments and three water rings-canals. The outer ring was connected to the sea by a 500-meter canal through which ships entered the inner port. The harbor could accommodate up to 1,200 ships, which could wait out any bad weather here.

The central part of the island was surrounded by stone walls. Molten copper was applied to the stone walls around the outer earthen ring of the Atlantean Canal, and the inside of the wall was covered with cast tin. The wall of the Acropolis was covered with orichalcum (an alloy of copper and zinc), which gave off a “fiery glow.” The floors of the temple of the main deity of the Atlanteans, Poseidon, were lined with gold, silver and orichalcum. Another temple dedicated to Poseidon and his wife Cleito, the ancestor of all Atlanteans, was also surrounded by a golden wall.

In the dialogue “Timaeus,” Plato explains some of the political structure of the island state: “On this island, called Atlantis, arose a great and amazing alliance of kings, whose power extended over the entire island, over many other islands and over part of the mainland, and beyond that , on this side of the strait they captured Libya as far as Egypt and part of Europe as far as Tyrrhenia...”

If you do not take into account a number of late geographical names(Europe, Tyrrhenia, Libya, Egypt), which can be attributed to translators, the narrative looks quite convincing, and Plato himself repeatedly repeats that he writes the true truth. There is some doubt about the information that underground passages led to the African and American continents.

The Olympian gods, angry at the greed of the islanders and Athens, who fought with them, decided to punish them for greed and violence. A monstrous earthquake and flood “in one terrible day and one night” destroyed the Athenian army and the entire Atlantis, which sank under the ocean waters.

Such is the legend. Many researchers were attracted by the treasures of Atlantis; everyone wanted to take possession of them. Most of the signs described by Plato pointed to the existence of something sunken in the vastness of the Atlantic Ocean; some believed that they had misinterpreted the main landmark and tried to look in the Mediterranean Sea, which in the old days could be compared to the ocean. New versions also appeared that the ancient philosopher did not know about: Brazil and the sea coasts of Siberia.

Interest arose with renewed vigor after the First World War in connection with the development of new underwater technology. This prompted adventurers to organize search companies in several countries at once. The companies failed one after another, but the interest did not wane; each new one believed that it was closer to the goal of the previous search engines. In the Soviet Union, the search for the sunken island began several decades ago. “The Russians found Atlantis!” - such sensational headlines circulated all the world's newspapers in 1979 and were accompanied by photographs of the seabed. In the photographs, longitudinal ridges were clearly visible under the layer of sand, reminiscent of the walls of a destroyed city. The impression of ancient city ruins was enhanced by the fact that other ridges ran along the bottom at right angles to the first. The underwater images were taken by scientists from the Moscow University research vessel Akademik Petrovsky. The place itself fit perfectly with Plato’s version and was located “beyond the Pillars of Hercules” in the area of ​​the shallows near the underwater volcano Ampere. Scientists were able to establish that the volcano once protruded above the water and was an island.

Three years later, the better-equipped Soviet vessel Rift launched the Argus submersible submersible at this location. A message from the commander of the Argus, V. Bulyga, was sent to the Institute of Oceanology of the USSR Academy of Sciences: “We were presented with a panorama of the ruins of the city, since the walls very much imitated the remains of rooms, streets, and squares.” Unfortunately, such encouraging impressions of the aquanaut were not confirmed by the subsequent expedition of the Vityaz, which took place in the summer of 1984. Two stones of regular shape were raised to the surface from one of the walls, but their analysis showed that these were the creations of human hands, but volcanic rock. The commander of the Argus crew, Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences A. Gorodnitsky, will write in his report: “Most likely, the stone is solidified lava that once poured out through the cracks of the volcano.”

This expedition examined another seamount, Josephine, an equally ancient volcano, and previously an island. A. Gorodnitsky proposed his vision of a geological catastrophe of the distant past: it occurred as a result of a sharp shift in the northern direction of the African tectonic plate. Its collision with the European plate caused the eruption of the Santorini volcano in the east, and in the west - the immersion of the named volcanic islands into the ocean. This hypothesis does not contradict the geological and geophysical data of modern science. Meanwhile, once again, the version of Atlantis turned out to be just another myth and scientists did not find traces of material culture.

The most plausible version of the study is worthy of attention by the Swiss archaeologist Eberhard Zangger, who, having compared some data relating to Troy and Atlantis, considered them identical. Quite close and important matches (the number of ships is “twelve hundred”, strong north winds, interfering rowing boats when passing into the Black Sea).

Not long ago, the wealthy English athlete T. Severin decided to follow the path of the Argonauts in a galley built according to an ancient model. Before entering the Sea of ​​Marmara, the rowers at the latitude of Troy were exhausted several times, struggling with the oncoming northern current coming from the Dardanelles Strait. Such a natural obstacle could allow Troy to firmly hold an important trade artery in its hands and levy tolls on merchant ships. The information we have confirms that the maritime tax was an important source of income for the Trojans. This also explains the presence of a large fleet and a spacious harbor. Currently, scientists using aviation and other equipment are looking for traces of the proposed canal to the inland port, 500 meters long.

An article by E. Milanovsky was published in one of the collections of Moscow State University, in which the author quite convincingly gives his version: “Many facts and details reported by Plato make it possible to identify the ancient metropolis of Atlantis, consisting of several rounded rings, as if “nested” into each other and horseshoe-shaped in terms of mountainous islands and polygenic straits, that is, for a long time and repeatedly active volcano central type". Each volcanic eruption was accompanied by partial subsidence of the central volcanic structure, which turned into a caldera - a basin left after the eruption. Repeated ejections of the volcano have piled up the calderas, like bowls of different diameters inserted into each other. The gaps between the edges of the bowls are those ring channels, if we talk about the structure of the port of Atlantis. From the standpoint of geology, we can reasonably assume that the island or archipelago described by Plato with a concentric relief structure and thermal springs and its sudden collapse into the depths of the sea, accompanied by an earthquake, tsunami and the appearance of a sinkhole at the site large masses floating "fossilized mud" (pumice) are quite consistent with what has become known to geologists in the last 100-150 years."

In his works, E. Milanovsky sets out arguments in favor of the complete correspondence of geological events on the island of Thira to what Plato wrote about the catastrophe of Atlantis. He gives a detailed description of the ongoing excavations of the Tyrian city of Akrotiri, much like modern cities. The version of E. Milanovsky was recently confirmed by the Greek seismologist G. Galanopoulos. While studying the caldera on the island of Thira, he became convinced that a volcanic explosion of incredible force had occurred here, causing a tsunami up to 100 meters high. This wave washed away everything on the shores of the eastern Mediterranean.

The materials obtained by the famous underwater explorer J. Cousteau gave him the opportunity to build his own hypothesis: “The power of the Minoan empire rested on its seaside towns, conducting trade. Therefore, even if the palaces and cities located in the center of the island (Crete) were not damaged, if not all Cretans died (as well as the inhabitants of the Cretan colonies in Greece, the Cyclades or Asia Minor), if not all the fields were covered with ashes, the greatest civilization of King Minos was ended. They began to forget about Crete. From real life The Cretans entered the realm of myth. They were turned into a semi-legendary people and expelled from history. In Egypt they became Atlanteans. Solon or Plato had already forgotten about the greatness of Crete when the story of the greatness and fall of Atlantis was written down from the lips of the priest of the goddess Neith. There is other evidence that speaks in favor of identifying Crete with Atlantis.” Further, the scientist refers to the Bible, which contains the parables “about the ten plagues of Egypt” set out in the book “Exodus”. The parables can be interpreted as describing the consequences of a grandiose catastrophe in the eastern Mediterranean.

The hypotheses of the Russian and French scientists, as much as possible, complement each other and work in the same direction. The question inevitably arises: what is the point in continuing the search for Atlantis in other places? I think it’s worth it, at least for science to gain new information about the life of our ancestors.

In 2000, the August issue of the Megapolis Express newspaper published a sensational article by Yevgeny Surkov, “But a piece of Atlantis has surfaced!” Due to its small volume and solid information content, I present it without abbreviations.

“echoes of strong underground tremors were recently recorded by seismological stations in Russia and Canada. They did not cause any particular concern: the epicenter of the earthquake was in a remote corner of the Arctic Ocean. In photographs taken from space, in the zone of natural disaster, the outlines of some unknown land were clearly visible.

However, this did not cause any surprise. As they explained to the correspondent of the Exotic News Agency at the Institute of Physics of the Earth, unexpected rises and falls of the planet's surface under the influence of underground forces often occur. In general, it is one thing when the earth sinks into the abyss of water, carrying entire cities with it, and another when a small section of the bottom rises. What could be interesting here? But this time nature brought a surprise. An ancient civilization “surfaced” along with the “earth”.

Such an unusual event was witnessed by the crews of several ships sailing in a caravan from Murmansk to Pevek, accompanied by the icebreaker Ob. The sight of rising ice and “boiling” water plunged the crews into a state of mild shock.

- Look, Atlantis! – the watchman on the icebreaker suddenly shouted. In fact, right before the eyes of the sailors, an island with ruins emerged from the water. Massive columns in the Egyptian style were interspersed with gigantic buildings made of huge blocks. Piles of stone fragments stuck out from under the broken ice floes. The “streets” of the ancient city were filled with silty slurry that flowed into the ocean. Above all this chaos reigned a huge structure of regular geometric shape.

The captains of the ships gave the command “stop”. But even approaching the newborn island was out of the question: sometimes such “babies” behave too insidiously. Indeed, the sailors did not have to admire the fabulous spectacle for long. A few minutes later, shuddering, the island also suddenly began to slowly sink into the ocean.

About what happened in International Association for the study of the Arctic Ocean basin (with headquarters in London) were found out only after the caravan returned to its home port. However, scientists interviewed eyewitnesses.

“It is reliably known,” commented the vice-president of the Russian branch of the association, Mikhail Buynov, “that it was in those latitudes that one and a half ten thousand years ago one of the highly developed cultures existed.” This is the so-called Arctida. Once, as a result of a global catastrophe, it was gradually flooded by the waters of the Arctic Ocean. However, evidence of it has been preserved in the myths of various peoples. Now, by a lucky coincidence, exactly that section of the bottom that archaeologists and historians have dreamed of for so long has risen from the deep.

By the way, seismologists are predicting a number of serious tectonic upheavals in the bottom of the Arctic Ocean in the near future. Therefore, the emergence of new islands with traces of Arctida between Spitsbergen and Franz Josef Land may resume.

The news of such an unusual find excited the scientific world. Any archaeologist dreams of finding the treasury of the ancient Aryans who inhabited Arctida. After all, according to legend, sacred knowledge written on gold sheets is stored in it. The Golden Library of the Aryans was located, according to the ancient traveler Pytheas, on the island of Thule, somewhere in the Spitsbergen region. According to Harry Smith, a doctor at the Illinois Archaeological Institute, this is nothing more than a bank of high technologies developed by one of the first civilizations on the planet. For those who master them, magic will become a simple routine.

A similar hypothesis is confirmed by another find. In 1935, Norwegian fishermen fishing in the Barents Sea discovered three “golden papyri” with unknown inscriptions among crabs and fish in their trawl. They disappeared during the occupation of Norway: apparently, the Germans tried to use them in their secret developments.

That is why the observation of Russian sailors interested not only scientists, but also the Russian General Staff. According to some reports, it was at his instigation that military experts are urgently calculating where the ruins of prehistoric cities may surface in the near future. And the research ship “Georgy Sedov”, without wasting any time, set off to “patrol” the harsh waters of the Arctic.”

I cannot ignore one more version regarding the location of the legendary Atlantis. It is so customary in science that versions that belong exclusively to scientists are considered. Even the finds in Troy of Heinrich Schliemann were repeatedly called into question due to the “lack of learning” of the self-taught archaeologist. Despite this, Schliemann rendered an invaluable service to science by finding Troy and conducting excavations in Mycenae and other cities of antiquity. These circumstances forced the world of science to recognize the significance of his work.

In the port city of Novorossiysk lives our modest compatriot, who found his Troy and his Atlantis without leaving the city. V. Vladykin, having carried out a comparative analysis of all the above sources, came to the conclusion that in ancient times these objects were located on the territory of modern Novorossiysk. His analysis is striking in the depth of his research using the length measures of that time and the correspondence of the values ​​given in the works of ancient authors. It is impossible to argue with the logic and accuracy of the author. He found absolutely all signs of disappeared cities within and around Novorossiysk, including existing ones. thermal springs. In other countries such a person would be carried in their arms, but historical places They would have erected buildings from the corresponding period and turned the city into a tourist Mecca, but things are still there...

The reluctance of the state to deal with such objects involuntarily leads to reflection: these facts do not fit into the plans of the Global Predictor, which determined our life according to the biblical concept. For the same reason, they continue to impose on us the history of Rus', limited by a thousand-year framework. I have always been outraged by the loose use of the words “prehistoric” and “antediluvian.” In S.I. Ozhegov’s dictionary, the first means “Belonging to the most ancient period, about which there is no written evidence,” and the second means “Outdated, old-fashioned, backward (lit.: existing before the mythical flood).” Thus, the Cretan-Minoan civilization, with its multi-story buildings equipped with water supply and sewerage on all floors of the buildings, corresponds to the prehistoric period. All the “incomprehensible” objects of antiquity that could not fit into the consciousness of the nomadic Arabian people also belong to this period. You can’t help but believe in the meaning of the word “history”, which is interpreted as “from the Torah” and fits perfectly into the biblical concept.

Concluding our excursion to the possible locations of Atlantis, I would like to draw your attention to the presence of “Russian” components of this name “from lan ida” meaning “land cut off from the mainland” or sea and ocean islands, in contrast to the small river islands-sich. That is why globalizers are afraid to conduct serious searches for ancient civilizations, because they belong exclusively to the Russian people. The descendants of the “earth men” cannot, even in their wildest fantasies, “fly away” beyond five and a half thousand years of their history, and here are tens and hundreds of thousands of years of flourishing civilizations...

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Loss of ancient knowledge. Most of the works of ancient authors are irretrievably lost or destroyed. However, it is not only time that is responsible for the irreparable loss of information about the past, especially in relation to the knowledge of the ancients. Knowledge gives a person a huge advantage over the people around him, and not all rulers like it.

This can be seen in the fate that befell the Mayan manuscripts and texts. In the 16th century Spanish monk Diego de Landa arrived in conquered Mexico with the goal of “turning the hearts of the pagans to the true God.” In one of the Mayan temples, he discovered a huge library with ancient manuscripts. All the books were burned by him. Of all the Mayan libraries, only three manuscripts have survived to this day.

What happened to the Inca writing? Her fate turned out to be no less regrettable. During the time of one of the Inca rulers, an epidemic began, and according to the custom of those times, they turned to the oracle for help. The answer was cruel: to save the country, “writing must be banned.” By order of the Supreme Inca, all written monuments were destroyed, and the use of writing was prohibited. Only in the Temple of the Sun several paintings describing the history of the Incas have been preserved. These handwritten panels already in the 16th century. The Spaniards sent it to Madrid, but the ship sank, and the manuscripts - the only monument of Inca writing - were forever lost to humanity.

The destruction of manuscripts and written monuments has a history as ancient as writing itself.

All the works of the Greek philosopher Protogor (5th century BC) were burned. And how much has been lost: Sophocles wrote 100 dramas, and 71 have reached us. Of the 100 dramas of Euripides, only 19 have survived. Of Aristotle’s works, only one has survived. From the “history of Rome” by Titus Livy, out of 142 books, only 35 remain. Of the 40 books of Polybius, only five remain. And out of 30 books of Tacitus - four. Pliny the Elder wrote 20 books on history - all are lost. It is known that nothing remains of the 200 thousand unique volumes and scrolls of the library of Priam (Asia Minor), taken out by the Roman Emperor Anthony and presented to Cleopatra.

Also irretrievably lost were the libraries of the Temple of Iga in Memphis and the Temple of the Goddess Neith, where in the 6th century. BC e. Solon visited. An irreparable loss for humanity was the destroyed libraries of the Ptolemies and, of course, the Library of Alexandria in Egypt, founded in the 4th century. BC e. This library contained more than half a million ancient papyri. Most of them were unique.

The manuscripts about Atlantis were also irretrievably lost or burned in the fire of the library of the temple of the Goddess Neith. Until the 16th century. The question of Atlantis, thanks to the slander of Aristotle, who accused his teacher Plato of lying, was closed. True, despite the dark years of the Middle Ages, sailors went out into the Atlantic Ocean in search of Atlantis. This contributed to the discovery of many islands of the Atlantic Ocean: Madeira, Azores, Canaries. They were considered the remnants of the once existing Atlantis. And the monk Brandan, who left Ireland and lived on some amazing island. Brandan Island and the legend about it prompted many sailors to look for the “promised lands.”

The time of the great is coming geographical discoveries. Christopher Columbus carefully studies ancient maps and the Toscanelli map (XV century), on which the islands of Brandan, O'Brasil and even Antilia were plotted. X. Columbus, having discovered a new continent, did not know about it. After all, he went to China and India and, once on the mainland, was sure that he had arrived on the islands east coast Asia.

And only 200 years after the discovery of America by Columbus, it appears on geographical maps, and Brazil is considered the legendary Atlantis. In the 18th century A geographical atlas is being published, on which Atlantis has already been mapped.

The first scientist to believe that America was Atlantis was Francisco Lopez de Gomara. He already had the map of the Flemish Mercator. Gomara opened a new era in Atlantology, confirming Plato’s words about the American continent. And after this, the science of Atlantis came to life again. As reports began to emerge about the common cultures of the Old and New Worlds, more and more people discovered Atlantis. At first, Atlantis was placed only in the Atlantic Ocean behind the “Pillars of Hercules”, changing only places (Africa, America, Ireland, Azores, Canary Islands etc.).

In 1665, A. Kircher’s book “ Underworld”, where Atlantis was located on the map in the Atlantic Ocean between Europe and North America. Many atlantologists are surprised by A. Kircher's map because the outlines of Atlantis correspond to the depths of the ocean, although they were not yet known.

In the 19th century I. Donnelly writes the book “Atlantis, antediluvian world”, considered the “bible” of atlantologists. Donnelly, relying on the achievements of oceanography and ethnography and knowing the depths of the Atlantic Ocean, places his Atlantis in the same place as A. Kircher. but significantly reduces in size. For I. Donnelly, Atlantis was a biblical paradise, with the residence of the Greek gods and, of course, the country of the cult of the Sun. In his opinion, the cult of the Sun from Atlantis moved to Egypt and Mexico. Peru.


Atlantis! One word is enough to evoke images of mermaids, underwater cities, sunken ruins. But that's not all: the main image that this word evokes is an ancient, technologically advanced civilization that perished at the whim of unkind gods or due to its own carelessness.

Where did the idea of ​​Atlantis come from? Was this a real place, or just an old fairy tale?

The story of Atlantis begins with ancient Greek philosophy, then finds its way into a literary movement inspired by Christopher Columbus, before its popularity soars again when a Minnesota congressman decides to try his hand at science and linguistics. Add to this considerable interest on the part of the leaders of the Third Reich and countless pseudoscientific theories. And yet, today there are a huge number of people who are still hunting for the lost continent.

Get ready for deep dive into the story of the sunken city of Atlantis.

To understand the origins of Atlantis, you need to know a little about the Greek philosopher Plato. He lived in Greece in the 5th century BC, and it was on his work that Socrates built his philosophy. He is without a doubt the most famous and influential philosopher of all time.

Plato introduced the idea of ​​a lost continent called Atlantis in his writings. Plato describes Atlantis as a large continent. According to him, Atlantis was originally a rather bizarre place that Poseidon himself loved.

The state was headed by kings who worked in alliance with each other, making the state a powerful formation. However, 9000 years before the time of Plato, the Atlanteans became too warlike, which angered the gods. And they, as Plato assures, sent the state to the bottom.

Etymology and mythology

According to the myth presented by Plato, the Greek gods at the dawn of time divided the lands among themselves, and Poseidon got Atlantis. There he fell in love with the girl Clito, whom he “protected” by taking her to a cave surrounded by ring-shaped mountains and the sea.

Presumably, this “care” protected Clito from escaping. And she, it is worth noting, had something to run from: she gave birth to Poseidon 5 pairs of twins, and they were just huge children. The eldest of them, Atlas, was appointed the rightful king of this place. The entire island nation was named after him. Plato claims that the Atlantic Ocean was named in honor of this ancient king (however, modern science has a different version and connects the name of the ocean with the Atlas Mountains).

Allegory

The story of Atlantis is an allegory, a kind of extended metaphor, whose hidden meaning reveals a deeper philosophical point. Plato uses this move quite often, and perhaps his most famous example is the "Myth of the Cave", which he uses to explain his theory of forms.

In this case, Plato's allegory is associated with the idea of ​​an ideal state. Atlantis appears as the anti-Athena. Her ambitious war plans end in failure.

Utopian literature

Plato's works have had big influence on medieval philosophy, but it is sometimes difficult for scientists to understand where the ancient thinker is serious and where he uses artistic techniques.

The discovery by Europeans of land west of Gibraltar opened up completely new world, expanded the boundaries of what was possible. Utopian literature established the existence of previously unknown worlds whose cultures and morals were presented as different from "normal" European ones. The idea of ​​Atlantis received a new twist.

One such work, Francis Bacon's New Atlantis, revived interest in the lost continent. At the time, European settlers were trying to learn more about the origins and mysteries of the Indian peoples, and Bacon's work helped spark the idea that the Mayans were descendants of the Atlanteans.

Proposed locations

The next significant event is the 1882 book “Atlantis: The Antediluvian World” by Ignatius Donnelly.

Donnelly uses some really sophisticated linguistics combined with the racist theories of Mayanism to suggest that not only was Atlantis real, it was also the ancestral home of all humanity.

His ideas became extremely popular and people soon began searching for the real location of Atlantis. Even real-life islands – Sardinia and Crete – were included in the list of “suspects”. Plato left a too vague definition: “west of Gibraltar.” Therefore, the geography of the search was quite extensive.

In art and literature

Since Donnelly's book, Atlantis has been referenced throughout popular culture and art. At that time, science fiction was beginning to emerge as a genre. Thanks to this, we got Captain Nemo, who found a sunken continent 20,000 leagues under the sea. The plot was addressed in their works by Edgar Burroughs (“The Lost Continent”), Alexey Tolstoy (“Aelita”), Arthur Conan Doyle (“Marakot’s Abyss”), Kir Bulychev (“The End of Atlantis”), Andrea Norton (“Operation Search in time"") and many others.

Dozens of films have depicted life on the mysterious continent, including Disney's 2001 Atlantis: The Lost Empire.

The most chilling example is the opera "Emperor of Atlantis", which alludes to Hitler, and was written by a prisoner in a concentration camp.

Occultism

One of the main works of Theosophy is the “Secret Doctrine” of H. P. Blavatsky, which, according to Helena herself, was dictated to her in Atlantis.

Blavatsky's Atlantis differs from Plato's. To her, the Atlanteans were heroic figures who existed a million years ago and were destroyed for their careless use of magic.

Nazis

The 1985 book The Occult Roots of Nazism describes how Nazi philosophy had connections to Ariosophy, a white nationalist occult philosophy. According to The Independent, SS chief Heinrich Himmler sought the Holy Grail to prove Christ's Aryan origins.

The seminal works of Nazi philosophy include Alfred Rosenberg's Myth of the Twentieth Century, based on a racial theory that posits that modern white Europeans are descended from Hyperboreans who emerged from Atlantis.

Reliable data on research into the Third Reich is extremely scarce. But it is reliably known that they were carried out.

Other Lost and Sunken Lands

Atlantis is called the most famous lost continent. But she is not the only one of her kind. In fact, there are some pretty shocking facts about other landmass. To paraphrase Oscar Wilde, we can say that the loss of one continent is a misfortune; and the loss of a dozen is just a statistic.

One of the most famous continents that was lost is Lemuria. This version was first put forward by British zoologist Philip Lutley Sclater to explain why the ranges of lemur-like animals are separated by oceans. This idea never received any real scientific treatment, but thanks to the mention of Blavatsky, it became firmly established in popular culture.

The Lost Continent of Mu was an attempt to explain the similarities between distant cultures (such as the pyramids in Egypt and Central America) before aliens were brought into the story.

An ancient legend said that off the coast of Ireland there was an island called Hy-Brasil, which mysteriously appeared once every seven years before one day sank into the abyss forever. Note that, despite the similarity in names, this is not at all connected with real Brazil.

Bad news

Let's remember the fact that there is no historical evidence of the existence of the mysterious continent. And thousands of researchers returned from expeditions with nothing. In truth, scientists have more facts to refute the myth than to prove it. Modern science has absolutely no reliable facts that could reassure those who are fascinated by Atlantis.

But this is not enough. Man continues to believe that one day the secret of the depths will be revealed, and the ancient continent will appear in all its glory.

ATLANTIS OR ANTER FLOOD CIVILIZATION?

ABOUT THE ANTERFLIDUS SATANIC PROJECTAND ITS MODERN “REMAKE”

Research experience

In this study we will try, to the best of our ability and with hope in God’s help, to reveal a number of important but little-studied issues concerning the history and causes of the death of the antediluvian world, or, more precisely, perhaps, to say, the antediluvian civilization. In our opinion, there is every reason to consider this topic extremely relevant for modern people.

Author group

Preface

1. Pyramids

2. A single pre-flood civilization

3. Global energy information system?

4. About the project of creating a religion of Satan

5. Babylonian pyramid

6. Beast from the Sea

7. About the collider, HAARP and “parallel worlds”

8. Logic of darkness

9. Technotronic magic

Conclusion

And I looked at the age, and behold, there was danger from the plans that appeared in it

(3 Rides 9, 20.)

PREFACE

In this study we will try, to the best of our ability and with hope in God’s help, to reveal a number of important but little-studied issues concerning the history and causes of the death of the antediluvian world, or, more precisely, perhaps, to say, the antediluvian civilization. In our opinion, there is every reason to consider this topic extremely relevant for modern people.

By the will of the Lord, today, to the extent necessary for us, the essence of the antediluvian civilization is revealed to us, that is, that civilization that was created on earth before the Flood, during which, as follows from the Bible, all humanity perished, except for the family of the righteous Noah. And the main thing that is revealed to us today is that the pre-Flood civilization was not just opposed to God, but downright anti-God, that it began the construction of a global occult-Satanic system aimed at the implementation of some kind of God-fighting, Satanic project. That is why the Lord God destroyed this civilization, causing a flood of water to cover the entire earth, so that almost the entire territory in which the objects built by that civilization were located still remains under water. After all, before the flood, as stated in the Third Book of Ezra, water occupied only one seventh of earth's surface, and now - two thirds.

Why right now do we need to know the essence of the civilization that perished during the Flood and about the projects that were implemented in it? Because in our time, when the end of the world is near, active implementation of the same satanic program has begun, the same atheistic plans and projects that existed before the flood - only, naturally, with the addition of the use of modern methods and means. And the general, strategic plan is a plan to create a global satanic religion, i.e. by the “reign” of Satan over humanity, universal worship of him and recognition of him as the “god of the Earth”.

But God will give us more details about this, let’s say later, towards the end of our study. Let's start our research with this - with the pyramids.

1. PYRAMIDS

We know from school that there are pyramids in Egypt. They stretch for tens of kilometers south of Cairo. The highest and most famous - “ great pyramid» Cheops, its height is 146 meters (before construction in 1889 Eiffel Tower The Cheops Pyramid was considered the tallest structure on earth). Of the so-called “seven wonders of the world,” this pyramid is the oldest and only “miracle” that has survived to this day. School textbooks say that the Egyptian pyramids were built by slaves and are nothing more than places of worship- tombs intended for the burial of pharaohs. Actually this is not true.

As studies conducted by Egyptologists and other scientists show, even many thousands of slaves could not erect such structures. In addition, no one found not only mummies in the pyramids, but nothing at all confirming the theory of tombs and only tombs[i]. Indeed, it is difficult to imagine that such huge structures were erected just to bury one person (even a pharaoh). Many modern scientists, categorically disagreeing with the theory of tombs, put forward other versions, which, in their opinion, can fundamentally shake the generally accepted ideas about the history of mankind.

Careful measurements of the spatial position and parameters of the pyramids, carried out by many researchers, have provided amazing information. Thus, in pyramids, the ratio of the length of the side of the base to the height is the proportion of the “golden ratio” (which provides the pyramids with a powerful energy effect, recognized by all researchers). The perimeter of the pyramid divided by twice the height gives the number pi. Various inexplicable phenomena have been repeatedly observed near the pyramids and inside them. Inside the pyramids, during experiments, points were found that were favorable for health, or vice versa - depressing living organisms.

It should be noted that currently there is a general increase in interest in pyramids - this “gift ancient civilizations" Behind Lately Many books and articles have appeared in the foreign and domestic press on the extraordinary properties of ancient and modern pyramids (see, for example: Yu. O. Lipovsky, “Pyramids Heal and Protect”; “Pyramids and the Pendulum to Guard Your Health: A Practical Guide to application").

Office and residential buildings and other structures (gazebos, etc.) of a pyramidal shape are built, pyramids and pyramids of different sizes are made from various materials (glass, plastic, plywood, metals, natural stone). Someone places blades in pyramids made like Egyptian ones (i.e., maintaining the same proportions), and they sharpen themselves (scientific publications have written about this phenomenon), someone germinates seeds in pyramids, hoping for O germination and yield are higher than usual, some preserve perishable products in the same way, others “charge” water, creams and other cosmetics. It is believed that the pyramids bring healing to the physical body and increase the level of human spirituality, protect against geopathogenic radiation (for example, from harmful radiation from computers and cell phones), protect, remove “damage” and other negative influences, and develop “clairvoyance.” But in most publications on this topic, a (very appropriate) disclaimer is made that if the pyramids are used “incorrectly,” harm to health can be caused, etc.

But let's return to the Egyptian pyramids. Everything suggests that they were not built by primitive manual labor, but thanks to the use of very developed, fantastic (in the words of modern experts) construction technologies: almost ideal right angles, incredible symmetry of four huge faces, amazing technologies for creating and processing a huge number of stone blocks weighing from 2.5 to 15 tons or more. Some stones are made from very hard rocks (granite, quartzite, basalt, etc.).

There are monoliths in Egypt, carved from solid rock and processed, weighing 800 and even 1000 tons (these are gigantic weights). The dimensions of the blocks from which the pyramids are made are maintained with an accuracy of about 0.2 mm, the blocks are smoothly polished on all sides, and the joints are adjusted (without the use of any cementing material) so that it is impossible to insert a needle into them.

Research conducted by modern professional builders has shown that the pyramid builders had some unimaginable tools. Thus, examining holes in granite blocks, experts came to the conclusion that the drills of the pyramid builders were 500 times more powerful than the most powerful modern drills. The builders of the pyramids could, with amazing speed and ease, not only carve out huge stone blocks, but also cut into solid rocks like butter (researchers even coined the expression: “plasticine technology”). Some are inclined to believe that the builders of the pyramids were able to move and lift enormous weights to heights because they had at their disposal levitation technology, which the myths and traditions of many peoples of the world allegedly speak of.

Some researchers believe that the builders of the pyramids were able to influence the wave nature of the stone, counteracting gravity.

Modern science is forced to admit not only that it does not know what technologies the pyramid builders used to achieve such results, but also that it is now impossible to achieve such results using even the most advanced scientific developments. How did the ancient Egyptians, who did not have cranes, trucks, other construction equipment and special equipment, extracted huge stone blocks, transported them over long distances, processed them at a higher level than the modern technical level, raised them to great heights? What force - spiritual, political or economic - pushed the ancient Egyptians to such monumental work? And if not the Egyptians, then who created the pyramids? And what is their true purpose? All this is still considered " greatest mystery» humanity. Let us try, with God's help, to make this secret clear to some extent.

2. UNITED PREDFLOOD CIVILIZATION

First of all, it is important for us to know that Egypt is not the only place where pyramids remain. Similar structures have been found in many other places on the planet.: in Mexico, in South America, in China, in India, in countries South-East Asia, at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, Sea of ​​Japan... All this suggests that it was a single, global civilization.

Almost every culture has legends about sunken cities and continents, about ancient developed civilizations lying on the ocean floor, about supermen, “cities of the gods,” about a global catastrophe (flood) that our planet experienced several thousand years ago. " When the gods were angry with the people they created, the land in which these people lived sank under water,” it is said, for example, in one ancient Egyptian papyrus (dating back to the end of the second millennium BC) . In fact, almost all of these legends (myths, tales, traditions) speak of one civilization - antediluvian.Numerous finds, theories and assumptions of “atlantologists” - seekers of the lost Atlantis, as well as Lemuria, Mu, etc., speak about it. Remains of antediluvian civilization are scattered around the world. These are not only grandiose pyramids, but also other inexplicable objects: numerous monuments, obelisks, megaliths and other structures, undeciphered writings, ancient maps, giant ground-based geometric figures and lines, amazing images and objects. Among the most famous mysterious objects: statues on Easter Island, Stonehenge in England.

To create Stonehenge, stone blocks of 5 and 25 tons and several slabs of 50 tons (with a processed, polished surface) were used. And these huge builders not only brought them from afar (it is believed that they were more than two hundred kilometers away, because the building material that was used in the construction of Stonehenge cannot be found closer), but also dug huge long stones into the soil, installing them vertically. Stonehenge translated from Old English means “hanging stones.” In ancient times it was also called “The Dance of the Giants” and its creation was attributed to the sorcerer Merlin, a mythological character in British legends.

According to legends, the stones of Stonehenge were transported through the air - this may be an indication of some ancient levitation technology. In the 60s of the last century, astronomer Gerald Hopkins put forward a hypothesis and substantiated it very convincingly: he suggested that Stonehenge is an ancient astronomical observatory. Some believe it was a computer center. Megalithic structures similar to Stonehenge exist in many other places in the world (“Stonehenges” in Egypt, America, Yemen, Russia and other countries).

On Easter Island, located in the eastern part Pacific Ocean, there are more than a thousand giant stone statues- some of them reach the height of a five-story building and weigh more than 100 tons. Researchers are perplexed: how could the ancient islanders create and move such massive works? And the legends of the Indian tribe living on the island say: the statues themselves came from the quarry in which they were carved, they were moved by some mysterious force - manu. Also in legends there are many references to strange bird people who descended from the sky; From these legends it follows that the bird people had advanced flight technology.

At the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in the very center of the Bermuda Triangle in the early 1990s, a giant pyramid was discovered - it is three times larger famous pyramid Cheops. Perhaps this underwater object is the key to solving the “mystery of the Bermuda Triangle,” that is, the inexplicable phenomenon of disappearance in this “ anomalous zone» ships and aircraft. The edges of the pyramid are made of a material similar to glass or polished ceramics (it can hardly be a coincidence that this is exactly how the Egyptian pyramid of Cheops was described in Arabic sources, the cladding of which sparkled in the sun). The famous American atlantologist Charles Berlitz writes in his books: the pyramid in Bermuda Triangle has existed since the times of Atlantis, and in the frame of this pyramid there is some kind of very powerful energy installation.

It turns out that China also has huge pyramids. Several dozen of these ancient structures are located in the middle of agricultural fields several kilometers away. west of the city Xianyanga. Their height is greater than that of the Egyptian pyramids, the highest is 300 m (i.e., twice as high as the Cheops pyramid).

Why don’t the Chinese loudly announce to the whole world about the existence in China of such grandiose objects, which seem to expressly testify to how great and developed the ancient Chinese culture was? Yes, because, first of all, they know that it was not the Chinese who built the pyramids located in China - just like not the Egyptians in Egypt, not the Mayans and Aztecs in Mexico, not the Incas in Peru, etc. For many years, the Chinese authorities deliberately concealed the existence of a large number of pyramids in China. Only in 1997, the German archaeologist Hartwig Hausdorff managed to obtain the consent of the authorities and visit the Chinese “Valley of the Pyramids”. One of China's leading archaeologists, Professor Khia Nai, believes that these pyramids are not being explored today because “this is work for future generations.” Some researchers believe that Chinese scientists are afraid to invade the pyramids for fear of finding something there that could change all our ideas about life on Earth. Chinese archaeologist Wong Shiping claims that the pyramids are located in accordance with astronomical aspects and are an example of the incredible knowledge of geometry and mathematics that ancient people had.

From here it is clear how weak the “traditional” explanation of the purpose of the pyramids, proposed by “Egyptologists with Chinese characteristics,” looks - as “the tombs of Chinese emperors.” According to more serious researchers, pyramids are just part of a giant system“holy lines”, known in China as “feng shui”[v]. In ancient scrolls five thousand years old, researchers find information according to which the authors grandiose project of which the pyramids are part, there were the so-called “sons of heaven”, who several thousand years ago descended to earth on their metallic “fire-breathing dragons”.

The “Sons of Heaven” (like the “bird people” from the legends of the Indian tribe living on Easter Island) are, presumably, either antediluvian pyramid builders who could have had flying machines (there are archaeological finds indicating this), or simply demons, which, as stated in the Holy Scriptures, can appear to people in the form of “angels of light”, for more convenient seduction.

There are pyramids in the region of Tibet and the Himalayas. Doctor of Medical Sciences Ernst Muldashev, who studied Tibet, believes that Mount Kailash, similar to a 7-kilometer artificial super-pyramid, was once the North Pole, and Easter Island was located at the opposite end of the planet. If you mentally connect Mount Kailash with one line Egyptian pyramids and go further along the meridian, then the straight line will go straight to Easter Island. If we connect Easter Island with Mexican pyramids, then the straight line will lead to Mount Kailash. In 1996, E. Muldashev organized an international trans-Himalayan expedition, which collected unique material confirming the existence of the “Atlantean civilization,” or more correctly, antediluvian civilization. The main books of E. Muldashev: “From whom we came,” “In search of the city of the gods.”

“Every educated person has heard legends about the powerful Atlanteans who lived on earth in time immemorial,” writes E. Muldasheva in the book “From Who We Came From.” - Special literature (H.P. Blavatsky, Eastern religions, etc.) says that before us there were several civilizations on Earth, the level of development of which was significantly higher than ours... Nostradamus wrote (1555) that the people of the previous civilization, whom He called the Atlanteans, who, through their “third eye,” had a bioenergetic effect on gravity. Therefore, they could easily carry huge stone blocks in space, build pyramids and other stone monuments from them... It is difficult to say who built the pyramids. But it cannot be ruled out that they were built by the Atlanteans even before the era of modern people. Let the Egyptians and Mexicans not be offended, but it is quite possible that they did not build the pyramids - their ancestors simply came to the land of the pyramids and began to live next to the stone colossi... I read from the same Nostradamus that as a result of a global catastrophe(i.e. the Flood. - Auto.), which destroyed the Atlanteans, the Earth’s rotation axis changed and the poles shifted.”

This last statement seems to be consistent with what Christian creation scientists say about the consequences of the Flood. However, we, of course, must not forget that the revelations of such “great initiates and clairvoyants” as Nostradamus, Blavatsky, Vanga (who, it seems, also spoke about an ancient highly developed civilization) should always be treated critically, because, as warns us Orthodox Church, these “prophets” are not from God.

In Mexico, one of the places where pyramids were discovered is ancient city Aztec Teotihuacan. Czech archaeologist Miroslav Stingl in his book “Secrets of the Indian Pyramids” talks about his impressions of visiting Teotihuacan: “The local pyramids literally stunned me with their gigantic size. No wonder according to the Aztecs who lived in these places a thousand years after their construction, Atlanteans built the pyramids- kiname". The substantiation of the hypothesis according to which the builders of the Indian pyramids were not Indians, but the “legendary Atlanteans” (i.e., antediluvian pyramid builders), can be found in other studies. For example, in the notes of Paul Stonehill (USA) “ Egyptian secrets Mexico."

Teotihuacan translated into Russian means: “the place where the gods touched the earth.” It seems that the explanation for this name is simple: the Indians (pagans) once came to this place (to know exactly when this happened is not of great importance to us; the main thing is that it was, of course, many years after the Flood) , saw grandiose miraculous structures, made a “logical” (from the point of view of a primitive pagan) conclusion that all these buildings were built and “gods” lived here, and they began to use these structures for religious purposes, for which they built superstructures (temples, altars, etc.) and set up idols - to honor the “deities”, i.e. demons.

The Bible says that the gods of the pagans are demons. Among the Mayan peoples, the main deity and mythical creator of civilization is the flying serpent Quetzalcoatl, that is, presumably, Satan. In general, the Mayans were a rude and cruel people, and their culture was primitive. They practiced human sacrifices, during which the priests removed the still beating heart from the victim’s chest and showed it to the cheering crowd. Not all experts agree that the ancient Indians are related to astronomical measurements. The Indians' homes were simple wigwams. And scientists are still wondering: why and where did the Indians leave their cities in which they built such monumental structures (pyramids, etc.)? But the fact of the matter is that it was not the Indians who erected them. According to Indian legends, the pyramids were built by people who had magical powers. From the ruins of Indian religious and other structures built on ancient powerful foundations, it is clear that these superstructures were built from unprocessed or primitively processed small stones, held together with clay mortar.

That’s the whole “secret” of the “great ancient civilizations” of the Aztecs, Mayans and Incas.

3. GLOBAL ENERGY INFORMATION SYSTEM?

All of the above (and many more) amazing information about the pyramids gave rise to many researchers to put forward the following explanation. Since it is clear that the pyramids were not built by the ancient Egyptians, Indians, Chinese, etc., it should be concluded that they were created by some ancient highly developed civilization; and the pyramids did not serve a funeral function, but were built as energy-information structures, forming in their totality a certain global system, an energy information network.

According to some, this civilization is extraterrestrial. This opinion underlies the so-called theory of paleovisits, or visits of ancient astronauts. Back in the late 19th - early 20th centuries, C. Ford (USA), K. E. Tsiolkovsky and N. A. Rynin (Russia) expressed the idea: traces of the visit and creation of space aliens should remain in the monuments of the most ancient culture of mankind. Adherents of this theory claim that aliens, like the true builders of the pyramids, encrypted some valuable information in their creations. In general, fantasies on the topic of the extraterrestrial origin of the pyramids are diverse. For example, according to one version: aliens flew to Earth, built pyramids and other mysterious objects, and then either went home or were destroyed by “earthlings.” But there is this option: aliens destroyed the civilization of earthlings that built the pyramids, and all of today’s humanity allegedly descended from those aliens.

Modern researchers have not yet managed to fully reveal all the hidden secrets of the existence of Atlantis. However, thanks to the many studies carried out in this area, there are still a number of assumptions and hypotheses regarding the existence of the described ancient civilization.

Official science, of course, does not recognize the existence in the past of this mysterious - perhaps, really only mythical - civilization.

The achievements of the Atlantean civilization are impressive.

There is an opinion among scientists that the Atlanteans achieved a very high level of progress in all spheres of life. They could plan their lives in completely different ways. For example, telepathic communication with family and friends was not alien to the people who once inhabited this sunken continent. They also loved to have long conversations on the topic of what role they occupy in the Universe.

According to theosophists, the Atlanteans were the fourth race on earth. They appeared after the death of the Lemurian civilization, having absorbed some of its achievements, and existed until the appearance of the fifth race, the Aryans. The Atlanteans, compared to the Lemurians, were much more godlike. Beautiful, smart and ambitious.

They worshiped the sun and quickly developed their technology, just as we do today.

Description of Atlandita by Plato

In four hundred and twenty-first BC, Plato in his writings spoke about the disappeared civilization of the Atlanteans.

According to him, it was big Island, located in the middle of the ocean, beyond Gibraltar. In the center of the city there was a hill with temples and the palace of the kings. The upper city was protected by two earth mounds and three water ring canals. The outer ring was connected by a 500-meter canal to the sea. Ships sailed along the canal.

Copper and silver were mined in Atlantis. The ships that arrived brought pottery, spices, and rare ores.

The temple of Poseidon, the ruler of the seas, was built from gold, silver, and orchilac (an alloy of copper and zinc). His second temple was protected by a golden wall. There were also statues of Poseidon and his daughters.

Forty years later, after the death of the philosopher, the Athenian resident Krantor went to Egypt to find Atlantis. In the temple of Neith, he found hieroglyphs with texts about the events that took place.

Scientific and technological progress in Atlantis

Thanks to their high level of psychic and mental development, the inhabitants of Atlantis were able to establish contact with alien beings. Some researchers provide information that the Atlanteans knew how to create ultra-fast and practical flying machines. Their very deep knowledge in the field of physics, mathematics and mechanics made it possible to produce equipment highest quality with unusual properties. And it was these devices that easily helped them travel through outer space!

Progress in technology has been so stunning that even today humanity has not yet been able to develop analogues to those flying devices, even taking into account the fact that science is constantly taking leaps and bounds forward in all spheres of life, without exception.

All this suggests that the inhabitants of Atlantis were extraordinary people, possessed of enormous intelligence and knowledge. At the same time, the Atlanteans willingly shared the acquired skills and experience with the younger generation. Therefore, progress in technical development gradually improved and reached unprecedented heights.

The first pyramids were built just on the territory of Atlantis. This unusual phenomenon still puzzles researchers as to what available means and equipment were used to build such unusual structures!

Also economically, their country was prosperous. The work of any person in it was paid according to his dignity. According to legend, Atlantis was an ideal country; there were no beggars or rich people boasting of their wealth.

Due to this, social status In this country it was always stable, no one worried about food.

Appearance and morality of the Atlanteans

Due to the fact that the Atlantean body had remarkable physical strength compared to modern man, they could do much more work than our contemporaries.

The body of the Atlanteans was staggering in size. According to evidence, it reached 6 meters in height. Their shoulders were very broad and their bodies were elongated. There were 6 fingers on the hands and 7 on the feet!

The facial features of people who once lived on Atlantis are also unusual. Their lips were very wide, their noses were slightly flattened, and they also had huge, expressive eyes.

According to their physiological data, the average lifespan of the average Atlantean was about 1000 years. At the same time, each of them tried to look beautiful in the eyes of others. Often, a variety of jewelry made of silver or gold, as well as precious stones, were used as decorations.

Atlanteans were highly moral people. Therefore, bad habits and immoral lifestyles were alien to them. They tried to treat those around them honestly in any situation; no one tried to deceive or set anyone up. In family relationships, marriage once for life was the norm. And the relationship itself was built solely on mutual trust, support and love for each other.

The political system in Atlantis was built in a democratic field. In many ways, it is similar to the one that reigns in modern successful European states with freedom of speech and the right to choose. The ruler of the Atlanteans was chosen by voting. Moreover, he ruled for a very long period - from 200 to 400 years! But no matter who ruled Atlantis, each of its leaders always sought to create such a universal social environment within the state, thanks to which any person could always feel protected and cared for.

Causes of the death of Atlantis

One of the assumptions about why Atlantis disappeared is based on the fact that the kings and population of this continent began to abuse the knowledge with which they carried out their aggressive intentions.

For example, the pyramids they built created portals with other worlds. All this contributed to the fact that the energy coming from a parallel reality could be negative and at a certain moment could have a detrimental effect on the entire continent, completely destroying it in an instant.

In their daily lives, magic began to be used more and more exclusively with malicious intent.

Too much knowledge creates a temptation to use it for selfish interests. And no matter how morally pure the inhabitants of Atlantis were at first, in the end negative trends began to grow in their society over time. Predatory attitude towards nature, increasing social inequality, abuse of power by the small elite who controlled the Atlanteans ultimately led to tragic consequences associated with the outbreak of a long-term war. And it was she who became the main reason that one fine day the entire continent was swallowed up by the waters of the ocean.

Some scientists also confidently claim that the death of Atlantis occurred approximately 10-15 thousand years ago. And this large-scale event was provoked by a huge meteorite that fell on our planet. The fall of a meteorite could change the earth's axis, which caused a tsunami of unprecedented proportions.

What Helena Blavatsky said about the reasons for the death of Atlantis

According to Helena Blavatsky, the fall of Atlantis occurred because the Atlanteans played with God. It turns out that the Atlanteans slipped from high morality to indulgence of passions.

The Atlantean technologies, which surpassed their spiritual qualities, allowed them to create chimeras - crosses between humans and animals, to use them as sexual slaves and physical workers. The Atlanteans had a high level of knowledge of genetic modification and cloning technology. This is similar to what people do now in the 21st century.

Telepathically warned that the continent would sink, many Atlanteans fled, boarding ships before the continent's final sinking in 9,564 BC. as a result of a series of earthquakes.

The American mystic Edgar Cayce, who looked into the so-called astral akashic records in a trance state, argued that many of the souls who once lived in Atlantis are currently living as representatives of modern Western civilization in order to fulfill their destiny.

Searches for a lost civilization

Over the past two thousand years, multiple speculations have arisen about the location of Atlantis. Interpreters of Plato's works pointed to the modern Atlantic islands. Some argue that Atlantis was located in what is now Brazil and even Siberia.

Modern archaeologists consider the thinker's story about the Atlanteans to be fiction. Circular networks of canals and hydraulic structures in those days were still beyond the capabilities of mankind. Scholars of Plato's philosophy and literature believe that he wanted to call for the creation of an ideal state. As for the period of disappearance, Plato cites information that it happened eleven and a half thousand years ago. But during this period, man was just emerging from the Paleolithic, the Stone Age. Those people's minds were not yet sufficiently developed. Perhaps these data from Plato about the time of the destruction of Atlantis are incorrectly interpreted.

There is one suggestion why Plato’s figure for the death of Atlandita appears 9 thousand years ago. The fact is that in Egyptian calculation “nine thousand” was represented by nine lotus flowers, and “nine hundred” by nine knots of rope. Externally, in terms of spelling, they were similar, which is why there was confusion.

Modern research

In nineteen seventy-nine, all European newspapers were full of headlines “The Russians have found an island.” Pictures were presented in which vertical ridges, similar to walls, peeked out of the sand. The search operations took place exactly where Plato indicated - behind the Pillars of Hercules, above the underwater volcano Ampere. It was reliably established that it protruded from the water and was an island.

In nineteen eighty-two, another Russian ship, sinking under water, discovered the ruins of the city: walls, squares, rooms. These findings were refuted by another expedition, which found nothing. Except for frozen volcanic rocks.

There are suggestions that the disaster occurred due to a sudden shift of the African tectonic plate. Its collision with the European one caused the eruption of Santorini - and western islands sank.

Of course, it is now impossible to say with certainty what exactly happened to Atlantis and what contributed to its destruction. And many of the hypotheses set forth by researchers can only approximate the truth.

Whether Atlantis was simply a figment of the imagination of Plato and other thinkers, or a reality reflected in ancient legends, miraculously preserved to this day, remains a mystery...

Perhaps our civilization is heading towards the same ending, when we will become for our distant descendants the same mythical event that Atlantis is for us. And our continents will also unsuccessfully search for deep oceans for days.