At 09:21 AM 6/12/00 +0100, Amara wrote:
>(*) According to local Mt. Shasta Legend, Mt. Shasta is thought to be
>the last refuge of the survivors of the lost continent of Lemuria
>(known also as "Mu"), which met a fiery end many thousands of years
>ago and sank to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Now Lemurian "beings"
>"materialize" around the area and telepathically communicate with the
>local townfolk. :-)
I wonder how long this `legend' has existed? One of Robert Heinlein's
earliest stories, `Lost Legacy' (originally `Lost Legion', 1941) used that
idea; I wonder if he invented it, or if it was prevalent among Theosophists
and other devotees of the arcana? (Heinlein, like his pal Elron, seemed to
know an unholy amount about magic and the like.)
Damien Broderick
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