The History of Atlantis

by Lewis Spence

Overview

Lewis Spence, well-known Scottish Folklorist, author and editor of many books on Mythology, Egypt, Atlantis, Anthropoolgy during the first half of our century, has gathered together in this book most of the known facts, sources and evidence on Atlantis. His conclusion that Atlantis did exist, and its influences survived in British, Irish, French, Portugese, Eastern North, South and Central America, can be summed up in his own words, namely: "But it is from the acceptance of my theory of the exstence of a definite Atlantean culture-complex, embodying certain peculiar and associated customs, that I hope to gain converts to the belief in a former widespread Atlantean civilizaion having cultural outposts in Western Europe and Eastern America, and connected with the motherland by way of the intervening islands. It is in this theory, I feel, that the strongest case for the pre-existence of Atlantis resides, and I confidently present it to my readers in the certainty that they will favourably consider a hypothesis which I devoutly believe approaches within measurable distance of the truth." A comprehensive source, from the early part of this century, on the evidence of Atlantis and its influences on our present civilization.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781621510598
Publisher:	SteinerBooks
Publication date:	01/01/1992
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
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About the Author

Lewis Spence was a Scottish historian (1874-1955) who is best known for his volumes on world mythology and his five Atlantis books. The History of Atlantis (1926) is considered his finest.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTORY
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ATLANTEAN AND OTHER HISTORIES
INSPIRATION IN HISTORICAL SCIENCE
THE USES OF ANALOGY
FOUNDATIONS OF ATLANTEAN HISTORY
PLATO'S NARRATIVE NOT ALLEGORICAL
THE VALUE OF TRADITION
THE ATLANTEAN COMPLEX
SPECIAL NEEDS OF ATLANTEAN RESEARCH
CHAPTER II
THE SOURCES OF ATLANTEAN HISTORY
I. The Writings of Plato
PLATO'S TIMÆUS AND ITS CONTENTS
"HIS "CRITIAS" "
"HIS ACCOUNT OF ATLANTIS, ITS TOPOGRAPHY, ITS CAPITAL CITY, POPULATION, CANALS AND TEMPLES "
"ITS GOVERNMENT, ECONOMY AND RELIGION "
CHAPTER III
THE SOURCES OF ATLANTEAN HISTORY
II. From the Fourth Century B.C. Onwards.
DIODORUS SlCULUS ON AMAZONS AND ATLANTEANS
THEOPOMPUS'S ACCOUNT
THE KINGS OF ATLANTIS
STRABO'S ISLE OF MEROPlS
THE CONTINENT OF SATURNIA
MARCELLUS ON ATLANTlS
ARNOBIUS' REFERENCE
SUMMARY OF REMAINING CLASSICAL DATA
PLATONIC AND ALEXANDRIAN NOTIONS OF ATLANTIS
MODERN THEORIES FROM THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY ONWARD
"THEORIES OF OLIVIER, RUDBECK,BAILLY, COMTE DE CORLI, VOLTAIRE, DELISLE DE SALES AND BARTOLI"
THEORY THAT ATLANTIS WAS AMERICA
ATLASES OF ATLANTEAN GEOGRAPHY
"THE THEORIES OF KIRCHER, GINGUENE, BUFFON AND DE LA 'BORDE "
CHAPTER IV
ATLANTEAN HISTORICAL SOURCES EXAMINED
MODERN THEORIES ON THE SUBJECT OF THE SOURCES
PLATO'S STATEMENTS REGARDING THE AUTHENTICITY OF HIS ACCOUNT
PLATO IN EGYPT
SOLON'S EGYPTIAN VISIT
CONNECTION OF SAIS WITH ATHENS
ARCHÆOLOGICAL FACTS SQUARE WITH PLATO'S ACCOUNT
CLUE TO THE HISTORICAL CHARACTER OF PLATO'S ACCOUNT
THE PEPLUM OF PALLAS
JUSTIFICATION OF PLATO'S STATEMENTS
ATLANTEAN ASSOCIATIONS IN THE ODYSSEY
TESTIMONY OF CLASSICAL AUTHORS REGARDING IMPASSIBILITY OF ATLANTIC OCEAN
MOORISH EVIDENCE
"DETAILS OF THE "CRITIAS"
ELEPHANTS AND COCONUTS IN ATLANTIS
WORSHIP OF THE BULL
"THE "CRITIAS" NOT AM ALLEGORY OF THE PERSIAN WAR"
THE ACCOUNT OF DIODORUS
AMAZONS AND AZILIANS
"CLASSICAL "GEOLOGICAL" OPINION REGARDING ATLANTIS"
PHILIP SMITH ON ATLANTEAN THEORY
PLATO'S CHRONOLOGY
M. BUTAVAND ON THE SAME
CHAPTER V
THE GEOGRAPHY OF ATLANTIS
GEOLOGICAL PROOF OF ITS EXISTENCE
THE QUATERNARY EPOCH
M. P. TERMIER'S ESSAY
"PLATO'S THEORY "HIGHLY PROBABLE"
PROF. SCHUCHERT ON THE AZORES
PROF. SCHARFF'S BELIEF IN ATLANTEAN MAN
PROF. HULL ON BEGINNINGS OF LIFE IN ATLANTIS
"COMPARATIVELY RECENT"
LAND-MASS IN THE ATLANTIC
MR. W. H. BABCOCK'S OBJECTIONS
ATLANTIC SOUNDINGS
MR. BABCOCK ON SUBMARINE BANKS
"A CONSIDERABLE ISLAND ABOVE WATER"
EVIDENCE FROM BIOLOGY
ANIMAL LIFE ON THE AZORES
EUROPEAN CHARACTERS OF THEIR REPTILLIA
SLUGS AND MOTHS OF THE ATLANTIC ISLANDS
AUTHOR'S FORMER CONCLUSIONS TABULATED
THE SARGASSO SEA
THE SITE OF ATLANTIS
CHAPTER VI
THE RACES OF ATLANTIS
WAS ATLANTIS INHABITED?
THE GSNITCH STADIUM OF PENCK AND BRÜCKNER
THE AZILIAN RACE
DISCOVERY OF ITS REMAINS IN FRANCE
ITS CULTURE
"IT'S "ALPHABET"
SPREAD OF THE AZILIAN RACE
PYGMY FLINTS
THE CAPSIAN CULTURE
WHENCE CAME THE AZILIANS?
PERIOD OF THEIR ARRIVAL AGREES WITH PLATO'S DATE OF ALANTEAN INVASION
THE CRÔ-MAGNON RACE
"PALÆOLITHIC GREEKS"
THEIR EXTRAORDINADY ART
A HIGH TYPE OF HUMANITY
BELIEF IN A FUTURE LIFE
PAINTING AND SCULPTURES SUPERIOR TO THE EGYPTIAN
SUCCESSIVE INVASIONS OF EUROPE FROM THE ATLANTIC
PROFESSOR MACALISTER ON EXTRA-EUROPEAN ORIGIN OF THECRÔ-MAGNON RACE
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GUANCHES OF THE CANARY ISLANDS THE VESTIGES OF ATLANTIS
RIPLEY'S THEORY OF THE CRÔ-MAGNON LANGUAGE
ORIGIN OF CRÔ-MAGNON MAN
OF AZILIAN MAN
CHAPTER VII
THE STONE AGE IN ATLANTIS
CAN BEST BE RECONSTRUCTED FROM THE LIFE OF ITS COLONIST IN EUROPE
AREA AND POPULATION OF ATLANTIS
EARLY HUMAN SOCIETY IN ATLANTIS
TEMPLES THE CENTRES OF LIFE
COSTUMES AND ORNAMENTS OF EARLY ATLANTEANS
TOOLS AND WEAPONS
THE SOLUTREAN CULTURE
STONE HOUSES BUILT
RETURN OF GLACIAL CONDITIONS
MAGICAL IMPLEMENTS
ATLANTIS THE HOME OF MIGHTY ARTISTIE IMPULSES
KNOWLEDGE OF METALS NOT ESSENTIAL TO CIVILISATION
ATLANTEAN CIVILISATION DEGENERATED IN EUROPE
DID A GREAT PREHISTORIC CIVILISATION EXIST?
PARTLY CORROBORATED BY ARCHÆOLOGY
CULTURAL CHANGES IN ATLANTIS
ATLANTIS ITSELF INVADED BY AN AFRICAN RACE
"RESULT, A GROSSER RELIGIOUS OUTLOOK"
WHEN DID ATLANTIS SINK?
CENTURIES OF CULTURE BEHIND AURIGNACIAN ART
CONCLUSIONS
CHAPTER VIII
KINGS OF ATLANTIS
THE SONS OF POSEIDON
ATLAS
URANUS AND HIS CHILDREN
DIODORUS APPLIES WAR OF GODS AND TITANS TO MYTH OF ATLANTIS
CULTURAL AND POLITICAL CHANGES IN ATLANTIS
NO ICE AGE IN ATLANTIS
AZILIANS THE RACE OF PO
RECONSTRUCTION OF CONDITIONS ON ATLANTIS
CANALS
DESSERT REGION
ARCHITECTURE
THE PLAN OFN THE CITY OF ATLANTIS
THE PYRAMID AND ATLANTEAN FORM
FOOD SUPPLY
COSTUME AND DRESS
LITERATURE AND WRITING
THE AZILIAN ALPHABET
OBVIOUSLY PICTURE-WRITING
NO REASON TO DENY ATLANTEANS THE ART OF PICTURE-WRITING
MANNERS AND MORALITY OF ATLANTEANS
REMINISCENCES OF THEIR PROFLIGACY IN EARLY MYTH
CHAPTER XII
THE ATLANTEAN STATE AND POLITY
THE ATLANTEAN LAWS UNCHANGEABLE
"ATLANTEAN GOVERNMENT CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH RELIGION, BUT ALSO ON A FEUDAL BASIS"
ATLANTIS IN A STATE OF ARMED VIGILANCE
"ATLANTEAN GOVERNMENT UNLIKE ANY OF THE "CLASSICAL" GOVERNMENTS OF ANTIQUITY"
"IT RESEMBLES, HOWEVER CELTIC RULE IN GAIL AND BRITAIN"
CHAPTER XIII
THE RELIGION OF ATLANTIS
SIX EARLY RITES ATTENDING DELIBERATIONH OF THE KINGS
IMMOLATION OF THE SACRED BULLS
A MEXICAN ANALOGY
THE BULL-CULT OF AURIGNACIANS
BULL-WORSHIP IN EGYPT AND OSIRIAN CULT
SPREAD OF THE WORSHIP OF OSIRIS-APIS THROUGHOUT EUROPE TO BRITAIN
AN ATLANTEAN GENESIS FOR THE BULL-CULT
PLATO'S ACCOUNT PERHAPS SOPHISTICATED BY HELLENIC PRACTICE
THE BULL THE BEAST OF POSIEDON
A PROVISIONAL ATLANTEAN PANTHEON
POSEIDON'S ORIGIN
"THE DEFINITE ASSOCIATION OF ATLAS WITH HIS BROTHER TITANS, THE TUTELARY DEITIES OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND"
"INVASION OF OLYMPUS BY TITANIC GODS FROM THE WEST, AN ALLEGORY OF THE INVASION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA BY THE GODS OF AN ALIEN RELIGION"
PERSISTENCE OF THE NAME ATLAS AND HIS ISLAND
NOTICES OF THE TITANIC PANTHEON THE MEMORIALS OF AN ACIENT AND POWERFUL RELIGION
SANCTITY OF THE WESTERN OCEANIC AREA TO THE MEDITERRANEAN PEOPLES
LOCALITY OF THE FORTUNATE ISLANDS AND THE GARDENS OF THE HESPERIDES
THE IDEA OF THE CONTINUED EXISTENCE OF SOULS AFTER DEATH IN THE WEST ARISING OUT OF THE MEMORY OF ATLANTIS
THE LOCATION IN THE WEST OF THE ISLAND OF THE DEAD BY THE PEOPLES OF WESTERN AND MEDITERRANEAN EUROMP A PDROOF THAT THY REGARDED IT AS THE ACIENT HOME OF THEIR RELIGION AND CULTURE
MAN'S PARADISE ALWAYS REGARDED AS THAT SPOT WHENCE HE ORIGINALLY CAME
A WELL-FOUNDED MEMORY OF THE FORMER EXISTANCE OF A GREAT RELIGION IN THE ATLANTIC REGION
THE ATLANTEAN PANTHEON ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONSTELLATIONSS
THE IDEA OF A COSMIC SYMPHONY IN THE WRITINGS OF PLATO
THE ASSOCIATION OF THE ATLANTEAN RELIGION WITH ASTROLOGY
ASTROLOGY OF THE AZTECS
PROBABLE EMANATION FROM ATLANTIS
THE AZTEC TONALMATL
EQUATION OF THE AZTEC CALENDAR
GODS WITH MEMBERS OF THE ATLANTEAN PANTHEON
QUETZALCOATL THE INVENTOR OF THA MEXICAN ASTROLOGICAL SYSTEM
HIS WESTERN ORIGIN
THE OLDER EPONYMOUS GODS OF EUROPE
EUROPEAN GIANT-LORE
CONNECTION OF THE TITANS WITH EARTHQUAKE
THE AZILIAN GIANT-WORSHIPPERS
BATTLE OF THE GODS AND TITANS
APPETITE OF THE TITANIC GODS GIVES RISE TO THE POPULAR CONCEPTION OF THE OGRE
IMMOLATION OF HUMAN BEINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ATLANTEAN TRADITION
DRUIDISM POSSIBLY THE LAST PHASE OF AN IMPORTED ATLANTEAN RELIGION
ATLANTEAN TRACES IN DRUDIC RELIGION
THEOSOPHISTS AND BRITISH LORE
CHAPTER XIV
ANIMAL LIFE IN ATLANTIS
ANALOGIES FROM THE ATLANTIC ISLANDS
THE CLIMATE OF ATLANTIS
ISLAND NAMES IN THE AZORES GROUP
MIGRATIONS OF THE RABBIT
ATLANTIS AS THE CRADLE OF ALL ANIMAL LIFE
"MIGRATIONS OF THE EEL, THE LEMMING AND OF CERTAIN BUTTERFLIES TO AND FROM THE ATLANTEAN AREA"
THE MESATLANTIC AREA AND ITS BIOLOGY
THE ELEPHANT IN ATLANTIS
M. TERMIER ON ATLANTEAN BIOLOGY
CHAPTER XV
THE COLONIES OF ATLANTIS
ATLANTIS IN AFRICA
IBERIANS AS ATLANTEANS
POSSIBILITY THAT ATLANTIS SURVIVED AFTER 9600 B.C.
THE CABIRI
DID THE CABIRIAN CULT EMANATE FROM AN ATLANTIS STILL EXISTING AT ABOUT 3000 B.C.?
CRETE AS A COLONY OF ATLANTIS
MINOAN CIVILIZATION PROBABLY MODELLED ON THAT OF ATLANTIS
BULLS AND CAVE-TEMPLES
AURIGNACIAN AND MINOAN CAVE-TEMPLES
EGYPT AS A COLONY OF ATLANTIS
IBERIANS IN EGYPT
THE CULT OF OSIRIS AND ITS ORIGIN
THE BOOK OF THE DEAD PROBABLY OF LATE AURIGNACIAN OR ATLANTEAN ORIGIN
EGYPTIAN EMBALAMING DERIVED FROM AURIGNACIAN PRACTICE
CHAPTER XVI
THE ATLANTEAN CULTURE-COMPLEX
EVERY CIVILIZATION DISTINGUISHED BY A GROUP OF CULTURAL MANIFISTATIONS AND PRACTICES
ATLANTEAN CULTURE-COMPLEX DISTRIBUTED FROM THE SHORES OF WESTERN EUROPE TO THOSE OF EASTERN AMERICA AND THROUGHOUT THE INTERVENING ISLANDS
"ITS CHIEF ELEMENTS MUMMIFICATION, WITCHCRAFT, THE PYRAMID, HEAD-FLATTENING, THE COUVADE, THE USE OF TRIANGULAR STONES, THE EXISTENCE OF TRADITIONS OF CATACLYSM, ETC."
MUMMIFICATION
WITCHCRAFT
THE PYRAMID
HEAD-FLATTENING
THE COUVADE
TATTOOING
THE THUNDER-STONE
THE SACRED PICK OR HAMMER
"THE "GREAT HAND"
CONCLUSION