At 9:21am +0100 12/6/00, Amara Graps 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. :-)
From: Harvey Newstrom <mail@HarveyNewstrom.com>
>The lost continent of Lemuria was originally theorized as a land
>bridge in the Indian Ocean which connected Africa and India. It was
>intended to explain how lemures migrated across the ocean, hence the
>name. The theory has been discounted since it was first proposed. I
>don't know how occultists connected Lemuria with Mu, or how it
>translocated to the Pacific ocean.
I don't know either, but the Pacific reference seems to be quite
old.
My own reference is a 40-page booklet I bought on a climbing/hiking
trip ~8 years ago called, _The Mt. Shasta Story_ by A.F. Eichorn,
1957. This booklet quotes passages from:
_Lemuria, The Lost Continent of the Pacific_ by W.S. Cerve, 1931
_Unveiled Mysteries_ by Godre Ray King, 1934
_A Dweller on Two Planets_ by Phylos the Thibetan, 1894
_Romance of Two Worlds_ by Marie Corelli, 1886
The Submerged Contents of Atlantis and Lemuria_ by Rudolph Steiner
(date is not listed)
In _The Mt. Shasta Story_, the location of Lemuria is specific:
"In the early chapters of the Lemurian story [by Cerve], we learn
that many thousands of years ago a great continent existed in the
area now covered by the mighty Pacific Ocean. [...] This once great
continent of Lemuria is alleged to have been several thousand miles
in length and almost two thousand miles in width. Here existed the
world's oldest civilization, the people of which, were possessed of
supernatural powers and learning. During the geological changes in
the surface of the earth, This great continent slowly began to sink
into the waters of the Pacific. [...] The Lemurian legend reveals
that as the western portion of their great continent slowly began to
sink into the waters of the Pacific. [...] a great migration
occurred as the Lemurians moved to other parts of their continent...
many moved to the eastern portion and sought refuge in the high
mountains along the eastern shore, one of these higher peaks
incidentlly being Mt. Shasta. [...] The general theory is that many
of the survivors of the Lemurian catastrophe settled somewhere in
the vastness of Mt. Shasta, and by certain indications remain there
at the present time, exactly where is still unknown. We therefore
delve into Mr. Cerve's book to see if it is possible for this
advanced race of people to survive in such an unlikely place as an
extinct volcano [...]"
>From: Damien Broderick <d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au>,
>I wonder how long this `legend' has existed?
This particular legend goes back at least a hundred years.
However Mt. Shasta seems to be a convergence (as it were!) for every
kind of crystal-carrying-occultic-pure-light-bell-ringing modern-day
religionist. My little booklet listed at least 4 other white man
legends (The "I AM" story, the Little Men story, the Yaktayvians and
their great bells underneath the mountain ...) attributed to Mt
Shasta. A large number of Indian legends add to the folklore of the
area too. I find the New-Agey atmosphere in the Mt. Shasta area
humorous and peculiar and quaint.
That's not why I like to visit the area though. In my opinion, it
is one of the most beautiful parts of the U.S. The mountain itself
is awesome for hiking and climbing and simply *looking* (it's
splendid and HUGE)
[... here, take a look at the mountain from one of my favorite bookmarks:
http://www.mtshasta.com/shastcam/cam.html ]
and Crater Lake and Klamath Lake (Oregon)
(http://www.amara.com/photo/klamath.html) are a short drive away.
Great vacation spot, with or without the Lemurians :-) .
Amara
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