T H E L OST L E M U R I A

WIT H T W O M A PS S H OW I N G
D I S T R I B U T I ON OF L A N D A R E AS
AT D I FF E R E N T PE R I OD S .

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161, N E w B ON D ST R E E T, W .

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 The object of this p p
a e r is no t so much to b ring forwa rd
new a nd sta rtling informa ti on a bout the l ost contine nt of Lemuri a
a nd i ts i nha bi ta nts, as to es ta blish by the evide nce obta i na bl e
from ge ol ogy a nd from the study of the rel a ti ve distributi on of
li vi ng a nd ext inct a ni mals a nd pla nts , as well as from the observed
pro ce s s of physic a l evoluti on in the l ower kingdoms the fa cts ,

st a ted in the Secret Doctrine a nd in other works wi th re fer

e nce to the se now submerged l a nds.
 ( the l ost l Le muria .

It is genera lly recogni sed by sci ence tha t wha t is now dry
l a nd on the sur fa ce of o ur g lobe was once the ocea n oor a nd
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tha t wha t is now the oce a n oor was once dr y l a nd Geo l ogists .

ha ve in some cases been a bl e to specify the e xa ct porti ons of the

ea rth s surfa ce where these subsi dences a nd uphea va ls ha ve ta ken
pl a ce a nd a l thoug h the l ost conti nent of Atla ntis h a s so fa r re cei ved
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sca nt rec ogni ti on from the worl d of sci ence the genera l co nce nsus
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of opi ni on h a s for l ong pointed to the existence a t some pre ,

hi stori c ti me o f a vast southern co nti nent to whi ch the na me

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of Lemuria h as been a ssi gned .

The history of the ea rth s devel opment

shows us tha t
the distri buti on of la nd a nd wa ter on i ts sur fa ce is ever

cha nges of the ea rth s crust el ev a ti ons a nd depr essi ons of

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the ground ta ke pla ce everywhere someti mes more strongly

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ma rked in one pl a ce someti mes in a nother

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Even if they
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ha ppen so sl owly tha t in the course of centur i es the sea shore

ri se s or si nks onl y a few inches or even onl y a few li ne
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still they neverthel e ss e e c t grea t re

s ul ts in the co urse of l ong

ti me ha ve not been wa nti ng in the ea rth s history Duri ng the

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co urse of ma ny milli ons of yea rs ever since orga ni c life existed

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o n the ea rth l a nd a nd wa ter ha ve perpetua ll y strug gl e d for

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suprema c y .Continents a nd isl ands ha ve sunk int o the se a a nd ,

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new one s ha ve a risen o ut of i ts bosom La kes a nd seas ha ve been .

sl owly ra ised a nd dri ed up a nd new wa ter basi ns ha ve a ri sen b y

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the sinking of the ground Peninsulas ha ve become isl a nds by

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the wa ter The isl a nds of a n a rchi pel a go ha ve

la nd sinki ng into .

become the pea ks of a continuous chai n of mountains by the

whol e oor of thei r se a bei ng considera bly ra ised .

Thus the Medi terra nea n a t one ti me w as a n i nl a nd se a when , "

in the pl a ce of the Stra i ts of Gi bral t a r a n isthmus connected ,

A fri ca wi th Spa in Engl a nd even during the more rec ent history
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of the ea r th when ma n al rea dy existed h as re pea tedl y be e n

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co nnected wi th the Europea n co ntinent a nd been repe a tedly

sepa ra ted from i t N a y even Europe a nd North Ameri ca ha ve
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bee n di rectly connected The South S e a a t one ti me formed a

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l a rge Pa cic Conti nent a nd the numer ous li ttl e i sl a nds whi c h
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now li e sca ttered in i t were simply the hi ghest pea ks of the moun
tai ns covering tha t continent The Indi a n Ocea n formed a con
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ti nent whi ch extended from the Sunda Isl a nds al ong the southern
coast of Asi a to the east coast of Afri ca This l a rge continent .

of former ti mes Scl a ter a n Englishma n h a s ca ll ed L emmi a from

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the monkey li ke a nimal s whi ch inha bi ted i t a nd i t is a t the sa me

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time of grea t i mporta nce from being the proba bl e cra dl e of the

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huma n ra ce which in a ll li kelihood here rst devel oped o ut of
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a nthropoi d a pe s The importa nt proof whi ch Alfred Wa ll a ce

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h as furnished b y the hel p of chorol ogi ca l fa cts th a t the pres e nt

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the Indo Ma l a ya n Archipela go comprisi ng the

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, l a rge isl a nds of

H ae c ke l i s c o rr e ct e noug h i n hi s sur mi se t h at L e mur i a w a s t h e c r adl e

o f t h e h um a n r a c e as i t no w e xi sts , b ut i t w a s no t o ut of Ant h r opoid a pe s

t h at mankind de ve l ope d .A r e fe r e nce will b e ma de l at e r o n t o t h e posit ion

i n nat ur e whic h t h e Ant hr opoid ape s r e al l y oc c upy .
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B o rneo , J a va a nd Suma tra , w as formerly connected by Ma la cca

co n tinent j ust menti oned The eastern di visi on on the other

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ha nd th e Austro Ma l a ya n Archipel a go comprising Cel ebe s

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t h e M ol uccas New Gui ne a Sol omon s Isl a nds etc wa s formerly

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dire ctl y connected wi th A ustrali a Both di visi ons were formerly .

t wo conti nents sep a ra ted by a stra i t b ut they ha ve now for the ,

most pa rt sunk bel o w th e l evel of t h e se a Wa ll a ce sol ely on .

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the gr ound of his a ccura te chorol ogi cal observa tio ns h a s been ,

a bl e i n the most a ccur a te ma nner to determi ne the posi ti on o f

this former stra i t the south end of whi ch pa sses between Bali j
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Th us ever si nce liquid wa ter existed on the ea rth the boun

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da ri ss of wa ter a nd l a nd ha ve eternal ly cha nged a nd we ma y ,

a ssert tha t the outl in e s of continents a nd isl a nds ha ve never

re ma i ned for a n hour na y even for a mi nute exa ctly the sa me

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Fo r th e wa ve s eterna lly a nd per pet ua lly bre a k on the edge o f the

co a st a nd wha tever the l a nd i n the
, s l oses i n ext ent i t
s e pl a ce ,

ga i ns i n other pl a ces by the a ccumul a ti on of mud whi ch condense s ,

into soli d stone a nd a ga i n rises a bove the l evel of the se a as new

l a nd . Nothi ng c a n be more erroneo us tha n the i dea of a r m
a nd unch angea bl e outli ne of o ur conti nents such as is impre ssed ,

upon us in ea rl y youth by de fecti ve l es s ons on geogra phy whi ch ,

The na me M murie as a bove sta ted was origi nal ly a dopted

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by Mr Scla ter i n rec og ni ti on o f the fa ct tha t it wa s propa b ly on

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Th is wri tes A R Wa ll a ce
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is undoubtedly a l e gi tix t e ,

and h ighl y proba bl e supposi ti on a nd i t is a n exa mpl e of the wa y

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in whi ch a study of the geogra phi ca l distri buti on of

e na bl e us t o re construct the geogra phy of a bygone

E rnst Ha e ckel
s Hist . o f~Cr e a ti o n
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e 1 , Vo l . r .
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pp 560 6 2
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nti nent repres ents wha t was proba bly a pri ma ry
zoolo gi ca l regi on i n some past geo lo gi ca l epoch ; b ut wha t th a t

e poch wa s a nd wha t were the l imi ts of the re gi on in questi on w e ,

a re qui te una bl e t o sa y If we a re to suppose tha t i t compri se d

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the whol e a rea now inha bi ted by Le muroi d a ni mals we must ,

ma ke it ext end from Wes t Afri ca to Bur ma h So uth Ch ina ,

a nd Cel ebe s a n a rea whi ch i t po ssi bly di d once occupy

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We ha ve a l rea dy h a d elsewhere wri te s to occasi on he

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re fer to a n a nci ent connecti on bet wee n this sub regi on ( th e -

of the Lemur ine type a nd some other curi ous a ni ti es bet wee n
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the two countri e s This vi ew is supported by the ge ol ogy of

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Indi a whi ch shows us Ceyl on a nd Sout h Indi a consisti ng

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mai nly of gra ni te a nd ol d meta morphi c rocks whil e the grea te r -

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pa r t of th e peninsula is of terti a ry forma ti on wi th a fe w ,

isola ted pa tche s of sec onda r y rocks It is evi dent there fore .
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tha t during much of the terti a ry period 1 Ceyl on a nd South ,

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India were bounded on the north by a consi dera bl e ext ent of se a ,

a nd proba bl y formed pa rt of a n ext ensi ve Southern Conti nent

or grea t isla nd The very numerous a nd rema rka bl e cases of

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ti on wi th the se isla nds whi ch proba bly occurred a t a la ter penoi

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When still l a t er the grea t pl a ins a nd ta bl ela nds o f Hi ndostan

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were formed and a pe rma nent la nd communi ca ti on e ec t e d

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Al fr e d R usse ll Wa ll a ce s T h e Ge og r aph i ca l D istr i but ion o f Anima l s

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wi t h a st udy of t h e r e l at i ons of l iving a nd e xt i nct F aunas as e l uci da t i ng
t h e p ast c h ang e s of t h e E a r t h s Sur face L o ndon M acmi ll a n

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1 8 76. Vo l r pp 76 7
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1 yl o n a nd Sout h I ndi a , i t i s t r ue , h a ve be e n bounded o n t h e nor th
by a c onsi de r abl e e xt e nt o f se a , b ut t h a t was a t a much e a r li e r da t e t h a n
forms were too well a da pted to l oca l condi ti ons to be expell ed ;
so tha t i t is a mong these groups a lone tha t we n d a ny consi dera bl e

number of wha t a re proba bly the rema ins of the a nci ent fa una
of a now submerged Souther n Conti nent .

After sta ti ng tha t dur ing the whol e of the te rtia ry a nd perha ps
dur ing much of the sec onda ry peri ods the grea t la nd mass es of ,

the ea rth were proba bly si tua ted in the Norther n He mi sphe re ,

W a lla ce proceeds In the Southern He mi sphe re there a ppea r t o

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ha ve been three consi dera bl e a nd very a nci ent la nd ma ss es va r y ,

ing i n ext ent from ti me to ti me b ut al wa ys keeping disti nct from

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ea ch other a nd re presented more or le ss co mpl etely by Austra lia

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South Afri ca a nd South Amer i ca of o ur titne Into the se owed .

succ es si ve wa ves of li fe a s they ea ch i n turn beca me t e mpora ri ly

uni ted wi th some p a rt of the Nor thern l a nd

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Al though a ppa rentl y in vi ndi ca ti on of some co ncl usi ons of

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a continent h is genera l rec ogni ti on of the fa cts of subsi dence s

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a nd uphea va ls of grea t porti ons of the ea rth s sur fa ce as well

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as the i nferences whi ch he dra ws from the a cknowl edged rela ti ons

of li v i ng a nd e xtinct fa unas as a bove sta ted remai n of co urse ,

unal tered .

The followi ng ext ra ct s from Mr H F Bl a ndford s most . . .

i ntere sting pa per rea d before a meeti ng of the Geol ogi cal Soc i ety
deal s wi th the subjec t in still gre a ter de t ai l I
Wall ace s Ge og r aph ic al D i st r ibut i on e t c Vo l 1 pp 32 8 9

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W a a o aphi i b u io V ii p

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c e s Ge g r ca D s t r t n ,
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I H F B l ndfo d O t h n d o l at i on of t h Pl t b a i
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se r ie s of I n di a a nd t h e fo r m er e xist e n ce of a n I ndo Oce ani c Cont ine nt -

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se e uar te r l y our nal of t h e G e ol og ical Socie t y Vo l xxxi 1 8 7 5 pp , .

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The a ni ti e s between the foss ils o f both a ni ma ls a nd pla nts

of the Bea ufort group of Afri ca a nd those of the I ndi a n
Pa nch e ts a nd K a th mis a re such as to suggest the former
existence of a l a nd connexi on between the two a re as But t h e .

cea se wi th Per mi a n a nd Tria ssic ti mes The pl a nt beds of the U i t e n

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ha ge group ha ve furni shed el even forms of pl a nts two of whi ch

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Mr Ta te h as i dentied wi th Indi a n Raj mah al pl a nts The

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Indi a n J urassi c fossils ha ve yet to be de scri bed ( wi th a few

exce pti ons) b ut it h as been sta te d tha t Dr S t o li e zka w as much
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struck wi th the a ni ti e s of cert a i n of the 0 1tch fossils to Afri c a n

forms ; a nd Dr S to li e z ka a nd Mr Gri e sba ch ha ve shown tha t

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of the Cr et a ceous fossil s o f the U mt a funi river in Na t a l the ,

ma jori ty ( 2 2 o ut of 35 des cribed forms) a r e i dentical wi th speci es

from Southern Indi a Now the pl an t bea ring seri e s of Indi a an d
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the Ka roo a nd pa rt of the Ui te nha ge forma ti on of A fri ca a r e in

a ll proba bili ty of fresh wa ter origi n both i ndi c a ting the exi stence
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of a l a rge l a nd a rea a round fr om the waste of whi ch the se depo si ts

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g l are der i ved. W as th i s l a nd conti nuous between the two regi o ns

A nd is there a nything i n the pres ent physi c a l geogra phy of the

Indi a n Oce an whi ch woul d sugg est i ts proba bl e posi ti on Further ,

wha t was the connexi on between this l an d a nd Austra li a whi ch

we must equal ly a ssume to ha ve exi sted in Permi an ti mes
And l astly a r e there a ny peculi a ri ti es in the existing fa una a nd
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ora of Indi a Africa a nd the i nterveni ng isl a nds whi ch woul d

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l e nd suppo rt to the i dea of a former connexi on more di rect tha n

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tha t whi ch now exi sts between A fri ca a nd South Indi a a nd the
Mal a y peni nsul a The spec ul a ti on her e put forwa rd is no new
one It h a s loug h een a subject of thought in the mi nds of some

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India n a nd E ur ope a a a tur al ists a mong the former of whom

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I ma y menti on my;b r o th e r [M n Bl a ndford a nd Dr S t o li e zka

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i denti tyof the fa una s a nd o r a s o f pa st time s not l es s tha n on ,

tha t existi ng communi ty of forms whi ch h as l e d Mr Andrew Murra y . ,

Mr Sea rl es V Wood j un a nd Professor Huxl ey to infer the

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existence of a Mi ocene continent occupyi ng a pa rt of the Indi a n

Ocea n Indeed a ll tha t I c a n pretend to a i m a t in this pa per
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is to endea vour to gi ve some a ddi ti ona l deni ti on a nd extensi on

to the concepti on of i t s geol ogi cal aspect .

Wi th rega rd to the geogr a phi cal ev i dence a gl a nce a t the ,

m a p will show tha t from the neighbourhood of the Wes t Coast

of Indi a to tha t of the Seychell es Ma da gasc a r a nd the Ma uri tius
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ext ends a li ne ai coral a tolls a nd ba nks i ncl udi ng Ada s ba nk , ,

the La cca dive s Mal di ve s th e Cha gos group a nd the S a ya de

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M ulh a al l indi ca ting the exi stence of a submerged mountai n

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ra nge or ra nges The Seychell e s too a r e menti oned by Mr

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D a rwi n a s r ising from a n extensi ve a nd tol era bly l evel ba nk

ha vi ng a depth of between 30 a nd 40 fa thoms so tha t a l though ,

now p a rtl y enci rcl ed by fringing reefs they ma y be rega rded a s ,

a vi rt ua l ext ensi on of the sa me submerged a xi s Further west .

the Cosmol edo a nd Comoro Isl a nds consist of a tolls a nd isl a nds
su rrounded by b a rri er reefs a n d the se bri ng us pr etty cl ose to

the pres ent shores of Africa a nd Ma da gasc a r It seems a t l east .

proba bl e tha t in this chai n of a tolls ba nks a nd ba rri er reefs we

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ha ve indi ca ted th e posi ti on of a n a nci ent mounta i n chai n whi ch ,

possi bly formed th e ba ck bone of a tra ct of l a ter Pal a o zo i c

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M es ozoi c a nd ea rl y Terti a ry l a nd being rel a ted to i t much as the

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Alpine a nd Hi mal a ya n system is to the Euro pe o A si a ti c con

ti ne nt a nd the Rocky Mountai ns a nd A nde s to the two Ameri cas
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A s i t is des i ra bl e to de signa te this Mesozoi c l a nd by a na me I ,

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wo ul d pro pose tha t of Indo Ocea na [The na me gi ven to i t by
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Mr Scl a ter v iz Lemuri a is however the o ne whi ch h as been

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most gen era lly a dopted Pro fessor Huxl ey h as suggest ed on

p a l m nt o l o g i c a l groun ds tha t a l a nd conn e xi on exi sted i n this
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regi on (or ra ther between Abyssini a a nd Indi a ) during the M io cene

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epoch From ;wha t h as been sa i d a bove i t will be see n th a t I
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infer i ts existence from a fa r ea rli er da te Wi th rega rd to i ts
depr essi on the only pre sent evi dence rel a tes to i ts nort hern
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extremi ty a nd shows tha t i t was in thi s regi on l a ter tha n the

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grea t tra p o ws of the D a kha n Th es e enormous shee ts of vol ca ni c

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rock a re rema rka bly hori zonta l to the east of the Ghats a nd the
S a ky adr i ra nge b ut to the we st of this they be gi n to d i p sea wa rds
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so tha t the i sl a nd of Bomba y i s composed of the higher p a rt s of

t h e for ma ti on This i ndi ca tes onl y tha t the depr e ssion to the
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westwa rd h as ta ken pl a ce i n Terti a ry ti mes ; a nd to t ha t ex tent

Profe ssor Huxl ey s inference t h a t i t w as a fter the M i ocene peri od

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is qui te consistent wi th the geo l ogi cal evi dence .

After proceeding a t some l ength to i nst a nce the cl ose rel a ti on

shi p of ma ny of the fa una i n the l a nds under consi dera ti on

(Li on Hyaena J a cka l Leopa rd Antelope Ga zel l e S a nd grouse

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Indi an Busta rd ma ny La nd Molusca a nd nota bly the Lemur

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a nd the Sca l y Antea ter ) the wri ter procee ds a s fol l ows

Pal ae ontol o gy physi ca l geogra phy a nd geol ogy equal l y

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wi th the ascert a ined distr ibuti on of li ving a ni mal s a nd pl a nts ,

o er thus thei r concurrent testi mony to the for mer cl ose conne xi on

of Afri ca a nd Indi a includi ng the tropi ca l isla nds of the Indi an

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Ocea n This Indo Ocea ni c l a nd a ppea rs to ha ve existed from

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a t l ea st ea rl y Permi a n ti mes proba bly (as Profe ssor Huxl ey

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h as poi nted o ut ) up to the cl ose of the Mi ocene epoch ;1 a nd '

South Afr i ca a nd Peninsul a r Indi a a r e the existing remna nts of

tha t a nci ent l a nd It ma y not ha ve been a bsolutely conti nuous
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during the whol e of thi s l ong peri od Indee d the Creta ceous .
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A f
r e e r e n ce to t h e maps will show a
th t M r . a
B l ndfor d

s e st imat e of
dat e i s th e mor e corr e ct of t h e t wo .

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Par ts of t h e cont ine nt of cour se e ndur e d b ut t h e disme mbe r me nt of ,

L e mur ia i s sa id t o h ave t ake n pl ace be for e t h e be g inning of t h e E o ce ne A g e .

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rocks of Southern Indi a a nd Southern Afri ca a nd the ma rine ,

J ura ssi c beds of the sa me regi ons prove tha t some porti ons of
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i t were for l onger or shorter peri ods i nva ded by the se a

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a ny brea k of conti nui ty w a s proba bl y not prol onged ; for Mr .

Wa ll a ce s inves ti ga ti ons in the Ea stern Archi pel a go ha ve

sh own how na rrow a se a m a y o e r a n i nsuper a bl e b a rri er to the

mi gra ti on of l a nd a ni ma ls In Pal aeozoic ti mes this l a nd must

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ha ve been connected wi th Austra li a a nd in Terti a ry ti mes wi th

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Ma l a ya na sin ce the Ma l a ya n forms wi th Afri ca n a lli a nces a r e

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in se vera l cases distin ct from those of Indi a We know as yet

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too li ttle of the geol og y of the ea stern peninsul a to sa y from wha t

epoch da tes i ts conne xi on wi th Indo Ocea ni c la nd Mr Theobal d
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muli ti c ro cks in the Ara bi a n coast ra nge Ca rboni fer ous li me

a nd

st one is known to occur from Moul mei n southwa rd wh il e the ra nge ,

ea st of the I rr a w a di is for med of younger Ter ti a ry rocks From .

thi s it woul d a ppea r tha t a consi dera bl e pa rt of the Mal a y pe n

insula must ha ve been occupi ed by the se a during the grea ter
pa rt of the M es ozoi c a nd Eocene peri ods Pl a nt bea ri ng rocks
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of R eini g a nj a g e ha ve been i dentied as formi ng the outer spurs

of the Sikkim Hi mal a ya the a nci ent la nd must ther e fore ha ve
extended some dista nce to the nor th of the pre sent Ga ngeti c
del ta Coa l both of Creta ceous a nd Terti a ry a g e occurs in the
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Khasi hills a nd a lso in Upper A ssa m b ut i n both case s associ a ted

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wi th ma rine beds so tha t i t woul d a ppea r tha t in this regi on

the bounda ri es of la nd a nd se a oscill a ted somewha t during Cre
t a c e o us a nd Eocene ti mes
. To the north west of Indi a the exi st
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ence of grea t forma ti ons of Creta ceous a nd Nummuli ti c a g e

stretchi ng fa r through B a l uchist an a nd Persia a nd enteri ng into
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th e st ructure of the north west Hi m al a ya prove tha t in the la ter

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Mes ozoi c a nd Eo ce ne a ges Indi a h a d no di rect communi ca ti on

wi th wes tern Asia ; whil e the J ura ssi c ro cks of Cutch the S a l t ,
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In the discussion whi ch foll owed the rea ding of the pa per ,

Pr o fes sor Ra msa y a greed wi th the a uthor in the beli ef i n the

junct i on of Afri ca wi th Indi a a nd Austra lia in geo l ogi ca l times " .

Mr Woodwa rd was pl ea sed to nd tha t the a uthor h a d a dded

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fur ther evi dence deri ved from the fossil ora of the mesozoic seri es
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o f Indi a i n corrobora ti on of the vi ews of Huxl ey Scl a ter an d

, ,

o thers a s to the former existence of a n o ld submerged continent

Le m uri a which D a rwi n s resea rches on coral ree fs h a d long

si nce foresha dowed .

Of the v e now existing continents wri tes Ernst Ha eckel , ,

i n hi s grea t work The History of Crea ti on nei ther

"
,

Aust ra li a nor Ameri ca nor Europe c a n ha ve been this

, ,

pri me val home [of ma n or the so ca ll ed P a r a dise the cra dl e

,
-
,

o f the huma n ra ce Most ci rcumsta nces i ndi ca te Southern Asia

.

a s the l oca l i ty in questi on Besi de s Southern Asi a the onl y other

.
,

o f the now exi sti ng conti nents whi ch might be vi ewed in thi s

light is Afri ca But there a r e a number of ci rcumsta nces ( e spe c i

.

a ll y chorol ogi ca l fa cts) whi ch sugge st tha t the pri meva l home of

ma n was a co ntinent now sunk bel ow the surfa ce of the Indi an

Oc ea n which extended al ong the south of Asi a as i t is a t pre sent
, ,

( a n d prob a b l y i n dir ect conne c t i on wi th i t ) tow a rds the ea st a s , ,

fa r as Further Indi a a nd the Sunda Isla nds ; towa rds the west ,

as fa r as Ma da ga sca r a nd the south ea stern shores of Afri ca We .

h a ve a lr ea dy menti oned tha t ma ny fa cts in a nima l a nd vegeta bl e

geog ra phy render the former existence of such a So uth Indi an
co ntinent ver y proba bl e Scl a ter h a s gi ven this c onti ne nt the
.

na me of Lemuri a fromthe semi a pes whi ch were cha ra ct eristi c

,
-

o f it. By assuming this Le muri a to h a ve been ma n s pri maeva l

home we grea t ly fa cilit a te the expl a na ti on of the geogra phi cal

,

In a su s b eque nt wo rk , The Pedig ree of M a n , Ha eckel asse rts

Vo l ii .
, pp .
32 5 6
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.
the exi stence of Lemuri a a t some e a rly epoch of the ea rt h s

history as a n a cknowl e dged fa ct .

The foll owi ng quota ti on from Dr Ha rtl a ub s wri ti ngs m a y .

bring to a cl ose this porti on of the evi de nce i n fa vour of the

exist ence of the l ost L e muri a i

Five a nd thi rty yea rs a g o Isi dore Ge o r o y St Hil a i re , .

rema rked tha t if one h a d to cl a ssi fy the Isl a nd of Ma da gasca r

,

excl usi vely on zool ogi ca l consi dera ti ons a nd wi thout re ference ,

to i ts geogra phi cal si tua ti on i t coul d be shown to be ne i ther ,

Asi a ti c nor Afri ca n b ut qui te di er e nt from ei ther a nd a l most

, ,

a four th conti ne nt And thi s fourt h conti ne nt coul d be further

.

proved to be as rega rds i ts fa una much more die r e nt from Africa

, , ,

whi ch li e s so nea r to i t tha n from Indi a whi ch is so fa r a wa y, .

Wi th these words the c orrec tness a nd pre gna ncy of whi ch la ter
i nvesti ga ti ons te nd to bring in to thei r ful l light the Fre nch ,

na tural ist rst sta ted the interesting probl em for the soluti on of
whi ch a n hypothesis bas ed on sci entic knowl edge h as rece ntly
been propounded for this four th continent of Isi dore Ge o r o y
,

is Scl a ter s Le muri a

tha t sunken l a nd whi ch conta ini ng

,

pa rts of A fri ca must ha ve ext ended fa r eastwa rds over Southern

,

Indi a a nd Ce yl on a nd the hi ghest points of whi ch we recog ni se

,

in the vol ca ni c pea ks of Bourbon a nd Ma uri ti us a nd in the ce ntral ,

r a nge of Ma da g asc a r i tself the l ast re sorts of the a l most exti nct

The fur ther evi dence we ha ve wi th rega rd to Lemuri a a nd

i ts i nh a bit a nts h a s been obta i ned from the sa me source a nd in
the sa me ma nner as tha t whi ch resul ted in the wri ting o f the
S tory of A tl a nti s In thi s case a lso the a uthor h a s been pri vi
.

l e g e d to obta in copi es of t wo ma ps one representing Lemuri a ,

a
Dr G
I sl nds,
Se ri e s,
. .

se e

Vo l i .
Ha r t l aub

.
,
Th e
1 8 77 ,
I bis
p 334
.
"
On t h e
,

.
""
Avifauna of M adag a sc a r a nd t h e M a sca r e n e
a uar te rl y our nal of Ornit hol og y Four t h .
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(a nd the a djo in i ng l a n ds) duri ng the pe ri od of tha t cont nent s

grea tes t e xpa nsio n the other exhi bi ti ng i ts outlines after i ts

,

di smembermen t by g r e a t ca ta strophes b ut l ong before i t s n a l ,

I t wa s never pr ofe ss ed tha t the ma ps of Atl a ntis were correct

to a si ngl e of l a ti tude or l ongi tude b ut wi th the fa r gre a ter
de gr ee , , ,

di cul ty of obta i ni ng the i nforma ti on in the present ca se i t must ,

be sta ted t ha t still l ess must these ma ps of Lemuria be ta ke n as

a bso l utely a cc ura te In the former case there wa s a gl obe a
.
,

goo d h as reli e f i n terra cotta a nd a well pres erved ma p on pa rch

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,
-

ment or ski n of some sort to copy from In the present ca se

, , .

there wa s onl y a broken ter ra cotta model a nd a very ba dl y

-

pre ser ved a nd crumpl ed m a p so tha t the di i c ul ty of ca rr yi ng

,

b a ck the remembra nce of all the deta ils a nd conseq uently of ,

rep roducing ex a ct copi es h as been fa r grea ter

, .

We were tol d tha t i t was by mighty Adepts i n the da ys of

Atl a ntis tha t the Atl a ntea n ma ps were pr oduced b ut we a r e not ,

a wa re whether t h e Lemuri a n ma ps wer e fashi oned by some of the

di vi ne i nstructors in the da ys when Lemuri a still existed or i n ,

still l a ter da ys of the A tl a ntea n epoch .

B ut whil e g ua rdi ng a gai nst over co nde nc e i n the a bsol ute

-

a c c ura cy of the m a ps i n question the tr a nscri ber of the a rcha i c

,

ori gina ls bel i eves tha t they m a y in all i mporta nt pa rti cul a rs ,

be ta ken as a pproxi ma tel y correct .

A peri od spea ki ng roughl y o i between four a nd v e milli on

y e a rs prob a bl y repre
s ents the li fe of the cont inent of Atl a ntis for ,

i t i s a bout tha t ti me si nce the R m o a h a ls the rst sub ra ce of ,

-

t h e Fourth Root Ra ce who inh a bi ted Atl a ntis a rose on a porti on ,

R e me mb e nt the evol utiona ry proce ss the gure four

h a t in
in va ria bl y r epr esents not onl y t h e na di r of the cycl e b ut the ,

peri od of sh ortest dura ti on whether in the case of a Ma nv a nta ra

.
,
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or of a ra ce i t ma y be ass umed tha t the number of milli ons of

,

yea rs assi gna bl e as the life li mi t of the contine nt of L m uri a

-

must be very much gre a ter tha n tha t repres enti ng the life of
Atl a nti s the continent of the Fourth Root Ra ce
,
B ut i n the .

case of Le muri a no da tes ca n be sta ted wi th even a pproxi ma te

a cc ura cy Ge o l ogi ca l epochs so fa r as they a r e known to modern
.
,

sci ence will be a better medi um for contempora ry refere nce a nd

, ,

they a l one will be de a lt wi th .

The l a ps
. B ut not even geol ogi ca l epochs i t will be observe d a re , ,

ass i gned t o the ma ps If however a n i nference ma y be dra wn

.
, ,

from a ll the evi dence before us i t woul d seem proba bl e tha t ,

the ol der of the two Lemuri a n ma ps re pre sented the ea r th s

cong ura ti on from the Permi a n thr ough the Tria ssi c a nd into ,

the J ura ssic epoch whil e the second m a p proba bly represe nts th e
,

ea r th s congur a ti on through the Creta ce o us a nd into the Eocene

peri od .

From the ol der of the two ma ps i t m a y be seen tha t t h e equa

tot i a l continent of Le muri a a t the ti me of i ts grea test exp a nsion
nea rly gi rdl ed the gl obe exte nding a s i t then di d from the si te
,

of the prese nt Ca pe Verd I sl a nds a few miles from the coast o f

S i erra Leone in a south easterly di rec ti on through Africa
,
-
,

Austra li a the Soci ety Isl a nds a nd a ll the intervening seas to a

, ,

point b ut a few mil es dista nt from a gre a t isl a nd conti nent ( a bout
t h e si ze of the p r esent South Ameri c a ) whi ch sprea d over the r e

m a i nda r of the P a cic Ocea n a nd i ncl uded Ca pe Horn a nd pa rts

,

o f P a t a goni a .

A rema r ka bl e fea ture in the second ma p of Lemuria is t h e grea t

l eng th a nd a t p a rts the extreme na r rown ess of the strai ts whi ch
, ,

sep a ra ted the two grea t bl ocks of l a nd into whi ch the continent

h a d by this ti me been spli t a nd i t will be observed tha t the stra its

,

a t pre s ent existi ng between the i sl a nds of B a li a nd L o mb o c co

inci de wi th a porti on of the stra i ts whi ch the n di vi ded these

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t wo conti ne nts It wil l a lso be se e n t ha t the se stra i ts conti nued

.

in a nort herl y di rec ti on by the west not by the east coast of ,

Borneo as conjectured by Ernst Ha eckel

,
.

Wi th re ference to the distributi on of fa una a nd ora a nd the

existe nce of so ma ny types common to Indi a a nd Afri ca al ike ,

poi nted o ut by Mr Bl a ndford i t will be observed tha t between

.
,

pa rts of Indi a a nd grea t tra cts of Afri ca there wa s di rect l a nd

c ommuni ca ti on during the rst m a p peri od a nd tha t simi l a r ,

communi ca ti on was p a rti a ll y ma i ntai ned i n the second m a p

peri od a lso whil e a compa ri son of the ma ps of Atl a ntis wi th
t hose of Lemuri a will dem onstra te tha t conti nuous l a nd communi

ca ti on existed now a t one epoch a nd now a t a nother between

, , ,

so ma ny di e r e nt p a rts of the ea r th s surfa ce a t pre sent sep a ra ted ,

by se a tha t th e exi sti ng distributi o n of fa una a nd ora in the two

,

Ameri ca s i n Europe a nd in Ea stern l a nds whi ch h as been such

, ,

a puzzl e to n a tural i sts m a y wi th perfec t ease be a ccounted for

, .

The isl a nd indi ca ted in the ea rli er Lemuria n ma p as existing

to t h e north west of the extreme promontory of tha t continent
-
,

a nd due west of the present co a st of Sp a i n was proba bly a centre ,

from which procee ded duri ng l ong a ges the distributi on of fa una
, ,

a nd ora a bove referred to For a nd this is a most i nteres ting

.

fa ct i t will be seen tha t this isl a nd must ha ve been the nucl eus

,

from rst to l a st of the subse quent grea t conti ne nt of Atla ntis

, .

I t exi sted as we se e in these ea rli est Lemuri a n ti mes

, , It was .

joined in the second ma p peri od to l a nd whi ch h a d previ ousl y

for med pa rt of the grea t Le muri a n continent a nd indeed so ,

ma ny a ccreti ons of terri tory h a d i t by thi s ti me recei ved

tha t i t mi ght more a ppropria tely be ca ll ed a continent tha n a n
isla nd .It was the grea t mountai nous reg i on of Atl a ntis a t i ts
pri me whe n Atl a ntis embra ced grea t tra cts of l a nd whi ch ha ve
,

now become No r th a nd South Ameri ca It remai ned the moun .

t a ino us re gi on of Atl a nti s i n i ts decade nce a nd of Ruta in the Ruta ,

 I t)

a nd Dai tya epoch a nd i t pra cti ca ll y consti tuted t h e isl a nd of

,

Po se i do ni s the l a st remna nt of the contine nt of Atl a ntis th e

nal submerge nce of whi ch took pl a ce in the yea r 95 64 B c . .

A comp a rison of the two ma ps here gi ven al ong wi th the four ,

ma ps of Atl a nti s will a lso show tha t Austr al i a a nd New Z eal an d

, ,

Ma da ga sca r pa rts of Soma l ila nd the south of Afri ca a nd the

, , ,

extreme southern porti on of Pa t a goni a ar e l a nds whi ch h a ve

p r o ba b l y ex i sted thro u gh a l l the i nterven i ng ca ta stroph es si nce
the ea rl y da ys of the Lemur ia n peri od The sa me ma y be sai d of .

the southern pa rts of Indi a a nd Ce yl on wi th the exce pti on in the ,

ca se of Ce yl on of a tempora ry submergence in the Ruta a nd

,

Dai tya epoch .

It is true there a r e a lso rema ins sti ll e xi sting of the even ea rlier
Hyperborea n continent a nd they of course a r e the ol dest known
,

l a nds on the fa ce of the ea rth Thes e a r e Gr eenl a nd Icel a nd

.
, ,

Spi tzbergen the most northerly pa rts of Norwa y a nd Sweden

, ,

a nd the extr eme north ca pe of Si beri a .

J a pa n is sh own by the ma ps to ha ve been a bove wa te r whether ,

as a n isl a nd or a s pa rt of a conti nent si nce the da te of the sec ond

, ,

Lemuri a n m a p Spa in too h as doubtl ess exi sted since tha t time
.
, , .

Spa in i s ther efore wi th the excepti on of the most nor therl y pa r ts

, ,

of Norwa y a nd Sweden pr o ba bly the ol dest l a nd in Europe

, .

The indetermi na t e cha r a cter of th e sta tements j ust ma de is

rendered nec e ssa ry by o ur knowl edge tha t there di d occur sub
si de nc e s a nd uphea va ls of die r e nt porti ons of the ea rth s surfa ce

during the a ges whi ch l a y between the peri ods r epr es e nt ed by the
ma ps .

Fo rte xa mpl e fso o n a fter the da te of the second Lemuri a n m a p

r e i nfo r m e d tha t the whol e Ma l a y Peni nsul a was submerged

f f Z
we a

a nd r em a i ned so for a l ong ti me b ut a subsequent uphea v a l of,

tha t regi on must ha ve ta ken pl a ce before the da te of the rst

"
Atl a nte a n m a p for wha t is now the Mal a y Peni nsul a is ther e
, ,
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exhi bi ted as pa rt of a gre a t conti nent Simil a rl y there h a ve .

b ee n re pe a te d mi nor subsi dence s a nd uphe a va ls nea rer h ome in

m ore re ce nt ti me s a nd Ha ecke l is perfec tl y correc t in sa yi ng tha t
,

of Grea t Bri ta i n a nd Irel a nd whi ch wer e the n joined together

,

h as re pe a tedl y been conne cted wi th the Euro pe a n contine nt ,

a n d been re pe a tedl y sepa ra ted from i t

.

In order to bri ng the subjec t more cl ea rly before the mi nd ,

a t a bul a r sta teme nt is her e a nnexe d whi ch suppl i e

s a condensed

hi story of the a ni mal a nd pl a nt li fe on o ur gl obe bra cket ed ,

a ccordi ng to H a eckel wi th the cont empora ry rock stra ta Two

.

other col umns give the contempora ry ra ce s of ma n a nd such of ,

the grea t ca ta cl ysms as a r e known to oc cul t students .

li ved in the a g e of Reptile s a nd Pi ne Forests The a m .

p hi b i o u s mon sters a nd the gi g a nti c tree ferns of the Perm i a n -

a g e sti ll ouri shed in the wa rm da mp cli ma tes Pl es iosa uri .

a nd I ct h y osa uri swa r med in the tepi d ma rshes of the

Me soli thi c e po c h b ut wi th the dr ying up of ma ny of the inl a nd

, ,

beca me the domina nt type whil e the Pter oda ctyls the Sa uri a ns
,

w hi ch deve l oped b a t li ke wi ng s no t onl y cra wl ed o n the ea rth b ut

-
,

e w thr ou gh the a ir The sma ll e st of the se l a tter were a bout the

.

si ze of a sp a rrow the la rg es t howev er wi th a bre a dth of wi ng

, ,

o f more tha n sixt ee n feet exce e di ng the la rgest of o ur li vi ng bi rds

,

o f to da y whil e most of the Dinosa ur ia the Dra gons were

terri bl e beasts of prey colossa l reptil es whi ch a tta i ned a

l ength of from for ty to fty feet
,

"
Subsequent e xca va ti ons ha ve
.

l a i d ba re skel etons of a n eve n l a rger si ze Profes sor R a y .

La nke ster a t a meeti ng of the Royal Insti tuti on on 7t h

,

J a nua ry 1 904 is reported to h a v e re fe r red to a brontosa ur us

, ,

E r nst H ae c ke l s '
Hi st or y of Cr e a t io n, Vo l . u .
, pp . 2 2 -
56 .
sk eleton of si xty v e
feet l ong whi ch h a d been discovered in
-
,

t h e Ooli te deposi t in the southern p a rt of the U ni ted Sta tes of

A meri ca .

A s i t is wri tten i n the st a nzas of the a rchai c Book of D zy a n ,

Ani mal s wi th bones dra gons of the deep a nd yi ng se rp as were

, ,

a dded to the cr ee pi ng thi ngs They tha t creep on the ground got
.

wi ngs They of the l ong necks in the wa ter be c a me the pro

"
.

ge ni tors of the fowls of the a i r Modern sci ence records her.

endorsement The cl ass of bi rds as al rea dy rem a rked is so

.

'

cl ose l y a lli ed to Reptil es in i nterna l structure and b y embryonal

devel opment tha t they undo ubt dl y origi na ted o ut of a bra nch
e
of thi s cl ass . The deri va ti on of bi rds from reptil es
r st took pl a ce i n the Mesoli thi c epoch a nd thi s moreover pro ,

b a bl y during the
In the vegeta bl e ki ngdom this epoch a lso sa w the pine a nd the
p al m tree gra dua ll y di spl a ce the gi a nt t r ee fe rns In the l a ter
-
.

da ys of the Mesoli t hi c epoch ma mma l s for the r st ti me ca me into

,

exi stence b ut the fossil re m ai ns of the ma mmoth a nd mastodon

, ,

whi ch were the i r ea r li est representa tives a r e chi ey found i n the ,

subsequen t stra ta of t h e Eocene a nd Mi ocene ti mes .

Before ma ki ng a ny reference to wha t must even a t thi s ea rly ,

da te h e ca lled the huma n ki ngdom i t must be sta ted tha t none

, ,

of those who a t the prese nt da y c a n l a y cl a i m to even a mode

, ,

ra te a mount o i menta l or spi ri tua l cul ture ca n ha ve li ved in t hese

a ge s . It wa s onl y wi th the a dvent of the l as t three sub ra ces of -

this Thi rd Root Ra ce tha t the l ea st progres sed of the r st gr oup

of the Lun a r Pi tris b ega n to ret urn to i nca rna ti on whil e the ,

most a dva nce d a mong t he m di d not ta ke bi rth till the ea rly

sub ra ce s of the Atl a ntea n peri od
-
.

Indeed Le muri a n ma n during a t l ea st the rst ha l f of the

, ,

r a ce ,must be rega rded ra ther as a n a ni mal destined to rea ch

E r nst H ae cke l
s Hist or y of Cr e at ion , Vo l . ii .
, pp . 2 2 6 7
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.
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huma ni ty tha n a s huma n a ccordi ng to o ur understa ndi ng of t h e

term ; for though the second a nd thi rd groups of Pi tris wh o ,

consti tu ted the i nha bi ta nts of Lemuri a during i ts rst four sub
ra ces h a d a chi eved sufci ent self consciousness in the Lun a r
,
-

Ma nva nta ra to di e r e ntia t e them from the a ni ma l ki ngdom ,

they h a d not yet recei ved the Divi ne Spa rk whi ch shoul d endo w
them wi th mind a nd i ndi vi dua li ty in other words ma ke them

,

The evol uti on of this Lemuria n ra ce ther efore consti tu tes

, ,

one of t h e most obscure as well as o ne of the most interes ting

, ,

cha pters of ma n s development for during this pe ri od no t onl y

,

di d he rea ch true huma ni ty b ut his body underwent the g rea tes t

,

physi ca l cha nges whil e the proce sse s of reproducti on were twi ce
,

a l tered .

In expl a na ti on of t h e surprising st a tements whi ch wi ll ha ve

to be ma de i n reg a rd to the si ze a nd consistency of ma n s body

a t thi s ea r l y peri od i t must be remembered tha t whil e the a ni m a l ,

vegeta bl e a nd mineral ki ngdoms pursued the nor mal course on ,

thi s the fourth globe during the Fourth Round of this Ma nva nt a ra
, ,

i t w as ordai ned tha t huma ni ty shoul d r un over in ra pi d succe ssi on

the va ri ous sta ges through whi ch i t s evoluti on h a d passed duri ng
the previ ous rounds of the pres e nt Ma nva nta ra Thus the bodi e s
.

of the Fi rst Root R a ce in whi ch these a l most mi ndl es s be ings were

destined to gai n e xpe ri ence woul d ha ve a ppea red to us as gi ga nti c
,

pha ntoms ii indeed we coul d ha ve seen them a t a ll for thei r

,

bodi es were for med of ast ra l ma tter The astra l forms of the Fi rst
.

Root Ra ce were t hen gra dua lly envel oped in a more phys i ca l
ca sing . B ut though the Se cond Root Ra ce m a y be ca ll ed
physi ca l thei r bodi es bei ng compo sed of ether they woul d

ha ve been equa lly inv isi bl e to eyes ight a s i t a t pre sent exi sts .

It wa s we a r e tol d in order tha t the M a nn a nd the Beings

, , ,

who ai ded hi m might t a ke mea ns for improvi ng the physi ca l t ype

,
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of hum a ni ty tha t this epi tome of the process of evoluti on was

o rd a ined The hi ghest de v elopment whi ch the type h a d so
.

fa r rea ched w as the huge a pe -lik e cr ea ture whi ch h a d existed o n

t h e three physi ca l pl a nets Ma rs the Ea rt h a n d Mer cury in the
, ,

Th i rd Round On the a rriva l of the h uma n li fe wa ve o n the Ea rth

.
-

i n this the Four th Round a certa in number na tura ll y of thes e a pe

, , ,

li ke c rea t ures wer e found in occupa ti on the resi duum l eft on

t h e pl a net duri ng i ts peri od of obscura ti on These of course .

, ,

j oin ed the in coming huma n stre a m as soon as the ra ce beca me

-

full y physi ca l Thei r bodi e s ma y no t then h a ve bee n a bsolutel y

.

di sc a rde d they ma y ha ve been utili zed for purposes of rei nca rna
ti on for t h e most ba ckwa rd enti ti es b ut i t w a s a n i mprovement ,

on thi s type whi ch was requi red a nd this was most easily a chi eved
,

by the M a nu through worki ng o ut on the a stra l pl a ne in the rst

,

i ns ta nce the a rchi ty pe origina ll y for med in the mind of the Logos
, .

Fr om t h e Etheri c Second Ra ce then was evol ved the Th i rd , ,

the Lemu ri a n Thei r bodi es h a d be c ome ma teri a l being com

.
,

posed of the gases li qui ds a nd soli ds whi ch constitute the three

,

l owe st sub di vi si ons of the physi ca l pl a ne b ut the gase s a nd

-
,

li qui ds still predomina ted for as yet thei r vertebra te structure

,

h a d not soli di ed into bones such as ours a nd they coul d not , ,

therefore sta nd erec t

, Th ei r bones in fa ct were pli a bl e as t h e
.

bon es of young i nfa nts now a r e It w as not until the mi ddl e .

of t h e Lemuri a n peri od tha t ma n devel oped a soli d bony structure

1
.

To expl a i n the possibili ty of the process by whi ch the etheri c

form evol ved i nto a morephysi ca l form a nd the soft bonedphysi cal ,
-

for m ul ti ma tel y deve loped into a structure such as m a n posse sses

to da y i t is o nl y neces sa ry to re fer to the per ma ne nt physi ca l a tom
-
,
.
"
Conta ini ng as it does the es sence of a ll the forms through whi ch

Fo r a fur t he r acc oun t of t h e pe r mane nt at oms o n a ll t h e pl ane s a nd ,

t h e po t e n t iali t ie s co nt aine d in t he m wi t h r e fe r e nc e t o t h e p r oce sse s of

de at h a nd r e bir t h se e M an s Pl ac e in U nive r se pp 76 80
,
" . .
-
.
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m a n h as pa ssed on the ph ysie a l pla ne i t conta ined consequentl y

,

the potential ity of a ha rd boned physi ca l structure such as h a d

-

been a tta ined dur ing the course of the Thi rd Round a s well as th e ,

pote nti a li ty of a n etheri c form a nd al l the ph a se swhi ch li e between ,

for i t must be remembered tha t the ph ysi e a l pl a ne consi sts o f

four gra des of ether as well a s the gase s li qui ds a nd soli ds whi ch
,

so ma ny a r e a pt to rega r one con t t t ng the phy c

d a s al s i u i si al .

Thus every sta ge of the devel opme nt w as a n a tura l proces s fo r

, ,

i t was a process whi ch h a d been a ccompli shed in a ges l ong past ,

a nd all tha t was needed w as for the M a nn a nd the Bei ngs wh o

a i ded hi m to ga ther round the perma ne nt a tom t h e a ppropri a te

,

ki nd of ma tter .

The orga ns of visi on of thes e crea tures before they

devel oped bone s were of a rudi menta ry na ture a t l east such ,

w as the condi ti on of t h e two eyes i n front wi th whi ch they

sought fo r thei r food upon the ground B ut there wa s a
.

thi rd e ye a t the ba ck of the hea d the a trophi ed remna nt of whi ch

,

of whi ch i s now known a s the pi ne al gl a nd Thi s a s we know .

, ,

is no w a centre sol el y of a stral visi on b ut a t the epoch of whi ch

,

we a r e spea ki ng i t w as the chi ef centr e not onl y of a stra l b ut of

physical sight Referring to reptil es whi ch h a d beco me exti nct
.
,

Pr ofes sor R a y La nk ester in a recent l ecture a t the Royal I nsti t u

,

ti on is re ported to ha ve dra wn spec i al a ttenti on to the si ze o f

,

the pa ri etal fora men in the skull whi ch showe d tha t in the i ch
t h y osa urs the p a ri etal or pi nea l eye on the top of the hea d must
ha ve been ve ry l a rge .
" In this respec t he went on to sa y ma n
kind were inferi or to these b ig se a liza rds for we h a d l ost th e,

thi rd eye whi ch mig ht be studi ed in the common liza rd or better

"
,

in the grea t bl ue li za rd of the Sou th of Fra nce

"
.

Somewha t befor e t h e mi ddl e of the Lemuri a n peri od pr oba bl y ,

"
duri ng the evol uti on of the thi rd sub ra ce t h gi ga nti c gel a tinous
-
,

Th e St anda r d , 8th an .
,
1 904 .
 2 3

b o dy bega n sl owl yto so li di fy a nd the soft boned li mbs devel oped

-

i nto a bony structure . The se pri mi ti ve crea tures were now a bl e

t o sta nd upright a nd the two eyes i n the fa ce gra dua ll y beca me
,

t h e chi ef organs of physi ca l si ght though the thi rd eye still t e

,

di d till the very end of the Lemuri an epoch It of course t e .

, ,

ma ined a n a ctua l or ga n a s i t still is a potenti al focus of psychi c

, ,

v isi on . This psychi c vi si on conti nued to be a n a ttribute of the

ra ce not onl y th r oughout the whol e Lemu ri a n peri od b ut well ,

i nto the da ys of Atl a ntis .

A curi ous fa ct to note is tha t when the ra ce rst a tta ined the
p o we r of st a ndi ng a nd mov i ng i n a n up r i ght posi ti on they coul d ,

may be a ccounted for not only by the ca pa ci ty for visi on posse ss ed

by the thi rd e y e b ut doubtl ess al so by the curi ous pr ojecti on a t
,

the hee l s whi ch will presentl y be referred to .

The foll owi ng is a de scripti on of a m a n who bel onged

to one of the l a ter sub ra ce s pr ob a bly the fth
-
H is .

sta ture w as giga nti c , somewhere be tw e en tw e l ve a nd ftee n

feet. H i s ski n w as very da rk bei ng of a yell owish brown

,

col our . He h a d a l ong l ower j a w a stra nge l y a ttened

,

fa ce ey es sma ll b ut pi ercing a nd se t curi ousl y fa r a pa rt so tha t

, ,

he coul d se e si dewa ys as well a s in front whil e the eye a t the ba ck

,

of the he a d o n whi ch pa rt of the hea d no hai r of course grew

, ,

ena bled h im to se e in tha t di recti on a lso He h a d no forehea d

.
,

b ut there seemed to be a r oll of esh where i t shoul d ha ve been .

The hea d sl oped b a ckwa rds a nd upwa r ds in a r a ther curi ous wa y .

Th e a r ms a nd l egs ( e speci a ll y the former ) were l onger in proporti on

t ha n ours a nd coul d not be perfectl y stra i ghtened ei ther a t
,

el bows or knees t h e ha nds a nd feet were enormous a nd the heels ,

projected ba ckwa rds in a n ungai nl y w a y The gure was dra ped

.

in a l oose robe of skin somethi ng li ke rhi noceros hi de b ut more

, ,
 24

sc a l y proba bly the ski n of so me a ni mal of whi ch we now know

,

onl y through i ts foss il rem a i ns Round his hea d on whi c h the hai r .
,

was qui te short w as twi sted a nother pi ec e of ski n to whi ch wer e

,

a tta ched ta s s els of bri ght r e d bl ue a nd other col ours In his , .

l eft ha nd he hel d a sha rpened st a whi ch was doubtl e ss used for ,

defence or a tta ck It was a bout the hei ght of h is o wn body v iz

.
,

twelve to fteen feet In his right ha nd was twi sted the end of a
.

l ong rope ma de of so me sort of creeping pl a nt by whi ch he l e d ,

a huge a nd hi deous reptil e somewha t resemblin g the Pl es i osa urus

, .

The Le muria ns a ctua ll y domesti ca ted the se crea tures a nd tr a ined ,

th em to empl oy thei r str ength i n hunti ng other a ni mal s The .

a ppea ra nce of the m a n ga ve a n unpl ea sa nt sensa ti on b ut he was ,

not enti rely unci vil ised being a n a ver a ge common pl a ce speci
,
-

men o i his da y .

Ma ny wer e even l es s huma n in a ppea ra nce tha n the i ndi v i dua l

here des cri bed b ut th e seventh sub ra ce devel oped a superi or
,

type th ough very unlike a ny liv i ng men of the pres ent ti me

, .

Whi l e reta ining th e proj ecti ng l ower j a w the thi ck hea vy li ps , ,

the a ttened fa ce a nd the unca nny l ooking eyes they h a d by this

, ,

time devel oped somethi ng whi c h mi ght be ca lled a fore he a d ,

whil e the curi ous projecti on of the hee l h a d be en consi dera bly
reduce d In one bra nc h of this seventh sub ra ce the hea d mi ght
.
-
,

be des cri bed as a l mo st e gg sha ped the sma ll end of th e egg

v
-

bei ng uppermost wi th the eyes wi de a pa rt a nd very ne a r the top

,
.

The sta ture h a d pe rceptibly decr eased a nd the a ppea ra nce of ,

the ha nds fee t a nd li mbs genera ll y h a d bec ome more li ke those

,

of the negr oes of to da y Thes e peopl e devel oped a n i mporta nt

-
.

a nd l ong l asti ng ci v ilisa t i o nj a nd for thousa nds of yea rs domi na ted

'

most of th e other t r ibes who dwel t on the vast Lemuria n co n

t i ne nt a nd even a t the end when ra ci a l deca y see med to be over
, ,

t a ki ng them they secured a nother l ong l ea se of li fe a nd powe r by

,

inter ma rr i a ge wi th the R mo a h a ls the rst sub ra ce of the

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 2 5

Atl a ntea ns . progeny whil e reta i ning ma ny Thi rd Ra ce

Th e ,

ch a r a c t e rist i e s of cour se rea ll y bel onged to the Fourth Ra ce

, , ,

an d th us na tura ll y a c qui red fre s h power of devel opment Thei r .

ge nera l a ppea ra nce now bec a me not unl ike tha t of some Ameri ca n
In di a ns except tha t thei r ski n h a d a c urious bluish ti nge not now
,

to be seen .

B ut surprisi ng as were the cha nges i n the siz e consi stency , ,

a n d a ppea ra nce of ma n s body dur i ng thi s peri od the al tera ti ons

,

i n t h e proce ss of re producti on a r e stil l more astoundi ng A .

r e fer ence to the systems whi ch now obta i n a mong the l ower

ki n gdoms of na ture ma y help us i n the consi der a ti on of the

After instan cing the simpl est pr oce sse s of propa ga ti on

b y se l f di vi si on a nd by the forma ti on of buds ( Ge mma ti o )
,

H a eckel proceeds A thi rd mode of no n sexual propa ga

,
-

ti on tha t of the forma ti on of germ buds ( Po lyspo r o g o ni a )

,
-

i s i nti ma te l y connected wi th the forma ti on of buds In .

t h e c a se of t h e l ower i mperfect or ga nisms a mong a ni mal s

, , ,

e spe ci a ll y i n t h e case of the pl a nt li ke a ni mal s a nd worms we -

,

v er y fr equentl y nd tha t i n the i nteri or of a n i ndi vi dua l composed

o f m a ny cells a sm a ll gr oup of cell s sep a r a te

, s i tse l f from those

sur roundi ng i t a nd tha t this sma ll isol a ted g roup gr a dua ll y de

,

v e l o ps i tse l f i nto a n i ndi vi dua l whi c h becomes li ke the pa ren t

,

a n d sooner or l a ter comes o ut of i t The

forma ti on of germ buds rs evi dently b ut li ttl e d
.

i e r e n t from real
b u ddi ng B ut on the other ha nd i t is connec ted wi th a fourth
.
, ,

ki n d of non se xua l prop a ga ti on whi ch a l most forms a tra nsi ti on

-
,

to se xua l repr oducti on na mely the forma ti on of germ cell s

, ,

( M o n o sp o r o g o ni a ) I n thi s c as
. e i t i s n o l onger a gro u p of cell s

"
b u t a singl e cell whi ch se pa ra tes i tsel f fr om the sur roundi ng
,

cel ls i n the inte ri or of the produci ng orga nism a nd whi ch become s ,

fur ther devel oped a fter it h a s come o ut of i ts pa rent .

 2 7

d evel oped from the condi ti on of herma ph rodi tism a t a l a te peri od

o f th e orga ni c history of th e worl d It is a t present the uni versal
.

m ethod of prop a ga ti on of the hi gher a ni ma ls .

so c a ll ed vi rgi na l reproducti on ( Pa rthenogene

-
s i s) o e rs a n i nter

e sti ng form of tra nsi ti on from sexua l reproduct i on to the non

s e xua l forma ti on of germ cells whi c h most re -

s embl es i t .

In this ca se germ cells whi ch otherwise a ppea r a nd a r e formed

-

e xa ctl y li ke e gg cel ls become ca p a bl e of devel opi ng themse l ve

-
, s

i nto ne w i ndi v i dua ls wi thout requi ri ng the fruct i fyi ng se ed .

T h e most r ema rka bl e a nd the most i nst r ucti ve of the die r e nt

p a r t h e n o g e n e t i c phe n omen a a r e f u rn is hed by tho se c as e s i n wh i ch
the sa me germ cells a cc ording as they a r e fr uc t ie d or not pr o
-
, ,

d uce di e r e nt ki nds of indivi dua ls Among o ur common honey

.

bee s a ma l e indi vi dua l ( a drone ) a rises o ut of the eggs of the

,

q u ee n ,if the egg h a s not be e n fr uc t i e d a fem a l e ( a q u een or ,

worki ng bee ) if the egg h a s bee n fr uc t ie d It is evi dent fr om .

t his tha t i n rea li ty there exists no wi de c hasm betw een sexual

,

a n d non se xu a l reproducti on b ut tha t both mode

-
, s of reproducti on

a re di rectl y
Now the intere sting fa ct i n connecti on wi th the evoluti on of
,

T hi rd R a ce ma n on Lemuri a is tha t his mode of reproducti on,

r a n th rough phase s whi c h were cl osel y an a l ogous wi th some of

t h e proce sses a bove d e scri bed Swea t born egg born a nd A n

.
-
,
-

d r o g yne a r e the t erms used in the Secr et Doct ri ne .

Alm o st se xl es s in i ts ea rly beginni ngs i t beca me bise xual

, ,

o r a ndrogynous very gra dua lly of c ourse The passa ge from, .

t h e former to the l a tter tra nsfor ma ti on requi r ed numberl e ss

g ene r a ti on s d
,
u ri ng w hi ch the s i mp l e cell th a t i s su ed fro m the
'

e a r li es t pa r e nt ( the tw o in one ) rst devel oped i nto a b i sexua l

,

b eing ; a nd then t h e cell becomi ng a regul a r egg ga ve forth a

, ,

uni sexua l crea ture The Thi rd Ra ce ma nkind is the most mys
.

E rnst H ae cke l s

T h e Hist or y of Cr e at ion
" 2 nd c d Vo l i pp 1 8 93
-
, .
, . .
,
. .
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t e ri o usof a ll the hi therto devel oped v e Ra ces The mystery .

of the How of the genera ti on of the di sti nct se xes must of ,

course be very obscure her e as i t is the busi ness of a n e m b ryo l o

, ,

gi st a nd a spe ci a list the present work gi vi ng onl y fa int outli ne s

,

of th e process But i t is evi dent tha t the uni ts of th e Thi rd Ra ce

.

huma ni ty bega n to sepa ra te in thei r pre na t a l shells or egg s -

, ,

a nd to issue o ut of them as disti nct ma l e a nd fem a l e b a be s a ges ,

a fter the a ppe a ra nce of i ts early progeni tors And as ti me roll ed .

,

o n i ts geol ogi cal per i ods the newly born sub ra c e

, s bega n to l ose -

the i r na tal ca pa ci ti e s Towa rd th e end of the fourth sub r a ce

.
-
,

th e ba be l ost i ts fa cul ty of wal ki ng as soon as li bera ted from i ts

she ll a nd by the end of th e fth ma nki nd was bor n under the sa me

, ,

condi ti ons a nd by the sa me i denti ca l proce ss as o ur histori ca l

genera ti ons This requi red of course mill i ons of yea rs
.
, , .

It ma y be as well a gai n to repea t tha t the a l most mi nd

l e ss crea tur es who inha bi ted such bodi es as ha ve been
a bove desc ri bed duri ng the e a rly sub ra ce s of the Lemu ri a n -

peri od c a n sca rcely be re ga r ded as compl etely huma n .

"
It w as onl y a fter the se pa ra tion of the sexe s when th ei r ,

bodi es h a d become densel y physi ca l th a t they bec a me huma n ,

eve n in a ppea ra nc e I t must be r emembe red tha t the beings

.

we a r e spea ki ng of though embra cing the second a nd thi r d

,

g ro ups of the L u n a r P i tri s must a l so ha ve

, bee n l a rgel y recru i ted
from the a ni mal ki ngdom of tha t ( the Luna r ) Ma nva nta ra Th e .

degra ded remna nts of th e Thi rd Root Ra ce who still inha bi t

,

t h e ea rth ma y be recogni se d i n the a bor igi nes of Austra li a t h e ,

Anda ma n Isl an de rs some hill tri bes of Indi a the Ti erra de l

, ,
-

Fue g a ns the Bushmen of Afri ca a nd some other sa va ge tri be s

, , .

The enti ti es now i nha bi ti ng these bodi es must ha ve bel onged t o

the ani ma l ki ngdom in the ea rly pa rt of thi s Ma nva nta r a It ,

w a s prob a bly duri ng the evoluti on o f the Le muri a n ra ce a nd

j Th e Se cre t p . 1 97 .
 2 9

be fore the door was shut on the enti ti es thronging up from

be l ow th a t the se a tt a i ned the huma n ki ngdom
, .

The sha meful a cts of the mi ndl ess men a t the rst se pa ra ti on
of the se xes h a d be st be referred to in the words of the sta nzas
of the a rch a i c Book of D zy a n No commenta ry is needed
. .

During th e Thi rd Ra ce the bonel e ss a ni mal s grew a nd

ch a nged they beca me a nimal s wi th bones thei r cha yas bec a me
, ,

The an i mal s sepa ra ted rst They bega n to bree d The

"
. .

two fol d ma n se pa ra ted al so He sa i d Let us as they ; l e t us

-
.
,

u ni te a nd ma ke crea tures They di d .

And those tha t h a d no spa rk t ook huge sh e a ni ma ls unto -

them They bega t upon them dumb ra ces Dumb th ey were

. .

t hemsel ve s B ut thei r tong ues unti ed

. The tongues of th ei r .

progeny rem a i ned still Monsters they bred A ra ce of cr ooked

. .

red ha i r covered monsters going on a ll fours A dumb ra ce t o

-

"
-
.

keep the sha me untol d ( And.a n a nci ent c ommenta ry a d ds

w hen the Thi rd sepa ra ted a nd fell i nto sin b y breeding men
a ni m al s thes e ( the ani mal s) beca me feroci ous a nd men a nd
, ,

th ey mutua ll y de structi ve Till then there was no sin no li fe

.
, ,

See ing whi ch the Lhas who h a d not buil t men wept , , sa yi ng .

i s Ka r ma Let us dwell in the others Let us tea ch them better

. .

l e st worse shoul d ha ppen They did . .

Then a ll men beca me endowed wi th Ma n as They sa w

"
.

t h e si n of the mi ndl e ss .

The a na tomi ca l resembla nce between M a n a nd the hi gher

Ape so frequentl y ci ted by Da rwi nists a s poi nti ng to some a nces
,

tor common to both presents an i nteresti ng probl em the proper

, ,

s oteri c expl a na ti on
so l uti on of whi ch i s to be so ught for i n the e

of the gene sis of the pi thecoi d stocks .

 3 0

Now we ga ther from th e Secr et Doctrine

tha t the de sceu
,

dan ts of these semi huma n monsters descri bed a b ove as

-

ori gina ting in the sin of th e mi n dl ess ha ving thro ugh l ong ,

centu ri es dwi ndl ed in size a nd bec ome mor e densel y physi ca l ,

cul mina ted i n a r a c e of A pes a t th e ti me of the Mi ocene peri o d ,

from whi ch in the i r turn a r e descended the pi th ec o i ds of

to da y Wi th the se Apes of the Mi o cene period however the
"
.
, ,

Atl a ntea ns of tha t a g e r enewed the sin of the mindl ess thi s
-

time wi th full r espo nsibili t y a nd the resul ta nts of thei r cri me

,

a r e the speci e
s of Ape s now known as Anthr opoi d .

We a r e given to under sta nd tha t in th e comi ng Sixt h Root

Ra ce th e se a nthr opoids will obt a in huma n i nc a rna ti on in the
, ,

bodi es doubtl e ss of the l owest ra ces then exi sting upon ea rth .

Tha t pa rt of the Le muri a n continent where the sepa ra ti on

of the sexes took pl a ce a nd wher e both the fourth a nd the fth
,

sub ra ces ouri shed i s to be found i n the ea r li e r of the t wo

-
,

ma ps It l a y to th e eas t of th e mount a i nous regi on of whi ch the

.

pr esent Isl a nd of Ma da gasca r formed a pa r t a nd thus occupi ed ,

a central po si ti on a r ound the sma ll er of the two grea t l a kes .

A s sta ted i n the sta nzas of D zy a n a bove quoted the me n ,

of tha t epoch even though th e v h a d bec ome compl e tely

,

physi ca l still r ema ined spee chl ess

, Na tura ll y the a stral
.

a nd etheri al a nc estors of thi s Thi r d Root R a ce h a d no nee d

to produce a seri es of sounds in or der to convey thei r thoughts ,

li vi ng as they di d in a stra l a nd etheri al c ondi ti ons b ut when ma n ,

beca me physi c a l he coul d no t for l ong rema i n dumb We a r e .

tol d tha t the sounds whi ch these pri mi tive men ma de to express
thei r thoughts were a t rst composed enti r e ly of vowel s I n .

the sl ow c our se of evol uti on th e consona nt sounds gra dua lly

c a me i nto use b ut the devel opment of l a ngua ge f r om rst to l a st
,

on th e continent of Le muri a never rea ched beyond the mono

Vo l . n .
,
pp . 683 a nd 689 .
 3 1

s yll a bic phase The Chi nese l a ngua ge of to da y is the sol e grea t
.
-
'

lin eal des cenda nt of a nci ent Lemur i a n speech fo r the whol e
huma n ra c e w as a t tha t ti me of o ne l a ng ua ge a nd of o ne lip 1 " .
'

I n Humbol dt s cl a ssica ti on of l a ng ua ge t h e Chi ne se as we

, ,

kno w i s c a ll ed the i sol a ti ng as distingui shed from the mor e highly

,

evolved a ggl uti na ti v e a nd the still more highly evol ved i ne cti on a l
, .

Rea ders of the S tor y of A tl a nti s m a y r emember tha t ma ny di e r

ent la ngua ges were devel oped on th a t cont inent b ut a ll belonged ,

t o t h e a ggl uti na ti ve or as M ax M illl e r prefers to ca ll i t the

, , ,

co mbi na to r y type whil e the still hi gher devel opment of i ne cti o na l

,

speech in the Ar ya n a n d Semi ti c tongue

, s w a s re served for o ur ,

own e r a of the Fift h Root R a ce .

The rst insta nce of sin the rst t a ki ng of life quoted

,

a bove from a n o l d commenta ry o n the st a nzas of D zy a n m a y ,

be ta ken as indi ca ti ve of th e a tti tude whi ch w as th en ina u

g u r a t e d between the h u m a n a n d t h e a ni m a l ki ngdom a nd whi ch ,

h a s si nce a tta ined such a wful p r oport i ons no t onl y be tween ,

me n a nd a nimal s b ut between the di e r e nt r a ces of men th em

,

sel ve s . And this opens up a most inter esting a venue of thought .

Th e fa ct tha t Ki ngs a nd Emper or s c onsi der i t necessa ry or

a ppr opri a t e o n a ll sta te occ a si ons to a ppe a r in the ga r b of o ne
, ,

of the ghting b r a nch es of thei r se r v i c e i s a signi ca nt indi ca ,

tion of the a potheosis r ea ch ed by the c omba ti ve qua li ti es in ma n

The custom doubtl e ss c omes down from a ti me when th e Ki ng
wa s the wa rri or chi ef an d when h i s ki ngshi p w as a cknowl edged
-
,

so l el y i n vi rt ue of his be ing the chi ef wa rri or B ut no w tha t the .

Fi fth Root R a ce is i n asc e nda nc y whose chi ef cha ra cter i sti c a nd

,

functi on i s the devel opment of i ntell ect i t might ha ve been ,

expected tha t the domin a nt a ttri bute of the Fourth Root R a ce

It must how e ve r b e not e d t h at t h e Ch i ne se pe ople a re mainl y
, ,

de sce nde d fr om th e fo ur t h o r Tur anian sub r ac e of t h e F ourt h R oot R ac e

-
.

1 Se cr e t D oct r ine , Vo l . ll .
,
p . 198 .
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woul d ha ve been a l i ttl e l ess conspicuousl y p a ra ded But the .

e r a of one ra ce overl a ps a noth er a nd th ough as we kn ow the

, , ,

l ea di ng ra ces of the worl d a ll bel ong to th e Fi fth Root R a ce the ,

vast ma jo ri ty of i ts i nha bi ta nts stil l bel ong to the Fourth a nd ,

i t woul d a ppea r th a t the Fi fth Root R a ce h as not yet outst ripped

Fourth Ra c e cha ra cteristi cs fo r i t is by i nni tely sl ow degrees
,

tha t ma n s evolution is a ccomplished

.

It will be interesti ng here to summ a rise the history of thi s

stri fe a nd bl oodshed from i ts genesis duri ng these fa r o a ges -

From the informa ti on pl a ced before the wri ter it woul d seem
tha t the a nta gonism betw een men a nd ani ma l s w a s devel oped
rst. Wi th th e evoluti on of ma n s physica l body sui ta bl e food

,

for tha t body na tura lly beca me a n urgent need so th a t in a ddi ti on

,

to the a nt a gonism brought a bout by the nece ssi t y of self de fenc e -

a ga i nst the now feroci ous ani mal s the de s i re of food al so urged
,

men to thei r sl a ughter a nd as we ha ve seen a bo ve one of th e

, ,

rst uses they ma de of the i r buddin g menta li ty was to tra i n

a ni ma l s to a c t as hunters i n the cha se .

The el ement of stri fe ha vi ng once been ki ndl ed men soon ,

bega n to use wea pons of o enc e a ga inst ea ch other Th e ca uses .

of a ggres sion were na tura lly the sa me as those whi ch exi st to da y -

obj ect by one of his fellows wa s sui ci e nt i nducement for a ma n to

a ttempt to t a ke i t by force . No r was stri fe li mi ted to singl e a cts
of a gg ression A s a mong sa va ges to da y b a nds of ma ra uders
.
-
,

woul d a tta ck a nd pill a ge th e communi ti es who dwel t a t a dista nce

from thei r own vill a ge But to thi s e xtent onl y we a r e tol d
.
, ,

w as wa rfa re orga ni sed on Lemur i a even down t o the end of i t s

,

seventh sub ra ce
-
.

It was r e se e for the Atl a ntea ns to devel op th e prin ci pl e

of stri fe on orga nised li nes to coll ect a nd to dr ill a rmi es a nd t o

 33

b uil d navi es This principl e of strife w as indeed the funda menta l

.

c h a ra cteri sti c of t h e Fourth Root Ra ce A l l t hrough the Atl a n

.

tea n peri od as we know wa rfa re was the order of the da y

, , ,

a nd ba ttl es were c onsta n tl y fo ught on l a nd a nd se a A nd so .

d ee pl y rooted i n ma n s n a tu re duri ng the Atl a ntea n peri od

di d thi s principl e of stri fe become tha t even now the most ,

i ntell ect ua ll y devel oped of the Arya n ra ce s a r e rea dy to wa r

upon ea ch other .

To tra ce the devel opment of the Arts a mong the Lemur i a ns ,

we must sta rt wi th the hist ory of th e fth sub ra ce The -

.

se p a ra ti on of the sexe s w as now fully a ccomplished a nd ,

m a n i nha bi ted a c ompl etely physi cal body though i t w as still ,

of giga nti c sta ture The o e nsi v e a nd defensi ve wa r wi th the

.

monstrous beasts of prey h a d a lre a dy be gun a nd men h a d ta ken ,

t o li v i ng in huts To buil d th ei r huts they tore down t rees a nd

.
,

pil ed them up in a rude fa shi on At rst ea ch sepa ra te fa mil y

.

l i v ed i n i ts own cl ea ri ng i n t h e j ung l e b ut they soon found i t

,

sa fer as a defence a ga i nst the wil d bea sts to dra w togeth er a nd

, ,

l i v e in small communi ti es Thei r huts too whi c h h a d been

.
, ,

fo rmed of rude tr unks of tr ees they now l ea rnt to bui l d wi th

,

bo ul ders of st one while the wea pons wi th whi ch they

,

a tta cked or defended themsel ves a ga i nst t h e Di nosa uri a a nd other

,

w i l d bea s ts were spe a rs of sha rpened wood simil a r to the st a

, ,

h el d by the m a n whose a ppea ra nce is des cribed a bove .

Up to this ti me a gri cul ture wa s unknown a nd the uses of r e ,

h a d not been di scovered The food of thei r bonel ess a ncestors

.

wh o cra wl ed on the ea rth were such things a s they coul d nd

on th e surfa ce of the ground or j ust bel ow i t Now tha t they .

wal ked er ect ma ny of the wil d fore st tree s provi ded them wi th
nut s a nd berri e
s b ut thei r chi ef a rti cl e of food w as the e sh
,

of t h e bea sts a nd reptil es whi ch they slew tore in pi ece s a nd , ,

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t gg l ing up to ma nhood on the J upi ter or the Sa t urn ch ai n

s ru .

Under thei rgui da nce a nd i nuence th e Le mur i a ns ra pidl y a dva nced

i n mental gr ow th The sti r ri ng of thei r mi nds wi th feelings of
.

l ove a nd rev erence for th ose whom they fel t to be inni tely wiser
a nd grea ter than themse l ves na tura ll y r es ul ted in e o rts
of imi ta ti on a nd so the necess a ry a dva nce in menta l growth was
,

a chi eved whi c h tra nsfor med the hi gher menta l shea th i nto a

vehi cl e ca pa bl e of carr ying over the hum an cha ra cteristi cs from

whic h endowed the recipi ent wi th indi vi dual i mmorta li ty A s .

e xpre s sed i n the a rchai c sta nzas of D zy a n Then a ll men h e

"
,

ca me endowed wi th Ma nas .

A g rea t disti ncti on however must be noted between the

, ,

c o mi ng of the e xal ted Bei ngs from the Venus schem e a nd tha t of

th ose descri bed as the highl y evol ved huma ni ty of some previ ous
sy stem of ev ol uti on The former as we ha ve seen were under
.
, ,

n o ka rmi c i mp ulse They ca me as men to li ve a nd work a mong

.

th em b ut they were not required to a ssume thei r physi cal li mi ta

,

ti ons be i ng in a posi ti on to provi de a ppropri a te veh i cles for

,

The Lha s on the other ha nd h a d a ctua lly to be born in

t h e bo di es of the ra ce a s i t then exi sted Better woul d i t ha ve
.

b ee n both fo r them a nd for the ra ce if there h a d been no hesi ta ti on

o r del a y on the i r pa rt i n t a ki ng up thei r K a rmi c t ask for the sin ,

o f the mi ndl ess a nd a ll i ts consequence s woul d ha ve been a voi ded .

T hei r task too woul d ha ve been a n ea si er one for i t consisted

, , ,

n o t onl y in a cti ng as gu i des a nd te a c hers b ut i n i mprovi ng the

,

r a c ia l t ype i n short in evol vi ng o ut of the half huma n half

,
-
,

a ni m a l form then e xi sting th e physi cal body of the m a n to be .

I t ust be re m em bered tha t up to thi s ti me the Lem ur i a n

r a c e c o nsist e dZo f t h e second a nd thir d gr oups of the Luna r Pi tri s
[ Z
.

But no w t h a t t hey were a pproa ch i ng the l evel rea c hed on the

"
 36

Luna r c hai n by the rst group of Pi tris it bec a me neces sa ry for

,

t hes e a g a in t o return to i nca r na ti on a nd thi s t hey di d a ll th rough

,

t h e ft h sixt h a nd sevent h sub ra ces (i ndeed some di d not ta ke

,
-
,

bi rth til l th e Atl a ntea n peri od) so tha t the i mpetus g iven to the
,

prog res s of the ra ce was a cumul a ti ve force .

to the a rts ta ught by them c omes to o ur a id in the consi dera ti on

of the hi story of thi s ea rl y ra ce .

Under the gui da nce of the ir di vine tea chers the pe opl e
be ga n to l ea rn th e use of re a nd the mea ns by whi ch i t coul d
,

be obta ined a t rst by fri cti on a nd l a ter on by the use of i nts

, ,

a nd i ron . They were ta ught to expl ore for metal s to smel t a nd ,

to moul d them a nd inste a d of spea rs of sha rpened wood they

,

now bega n to use spea rs tipped wi th sha rpened metal .

Th ey wer e al so ta ught to di g a nd till the ground a nd to cul ti

va te the see ds of wil d gra in til l it i mproved in type Thi s cul ti .

va ti on ca rri ed on th rough the vast a ge s whi c h ha ve since el a psed

h as resul ted in the evol uti on of the va ri ous cereal s whi c h we now
poss ess ba rl ey oa ts mai ze mill et etc But a n excepti on must

, , , , .

her e be noted Whea t w as not evol ved upon thi s pl a net like the
.

ot her cereal s It wa s a gi ft of the di vi ne beings who brought

.

i t from Venus rea dy for the food of ma n Nor was whea t thei r
.

onl y gi ft .The one a ni ma l form whose type h as not been

evol ved on o ur chai n of worl ds is th a t of the b e e It too w as .
, ,

brought from Venus .

The Lemuri a ns no w al so be ga n to l ea rn the a r t z o f spi nni ng

a nd wea vi ng fa bri cs wi th whi ch to cl othe themsel ve s The se .

were ma de of the c oa rse ha i r of a spec i e s of a ni ma l now exti nct ,

b ut whi ch bore some resembl a nce to th e ll a mas of to da y t h e -

,

a nce s tors of whi ch t hey ma y possi bly h a ve been We ha ve se en .

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r obes of ski n stripped from the b es st s he h a d slai n The se skins .

h e still conti nued to wea r on the col der pa rts of the conti nent ,

b ut he no w l ea rnt to cur e a nd dress th e ski n in some r ude fashi on .

One of the rst things the peopl e were ta ug ht was the use
o f r e i n the prepa ra ti on of thei r food a nd whet her i t was the
,

es h of ani ma ls they sl ew or the po unded gra ins of whea t thei r ,

mode s of cooki ng wer e cl osely a nal o gous to those -we he a r of as

to the gift of whea t so ma rvell ously brought from Venus the ,

di vi ne r ul ers doubtl es s reali sed th e a dvi sa bili ty of a t once pro

c u ring suc h food for the peo pl e for they must ha ve known tha t
,

i t woul d ta ke ma ny genera t i ons befor e the cul t iva ti on of t h e

Rude a nd ba rbar ous as were the peopl e during the period of

t h e fth a nd si xth sub ra ces such of them a s h a d the pr i vil e ge
-
,

i nspi red wi th such feelings of reverence a nd worship as helped to

l i ft th em o ut of thei r sa va ge condi ti on The consta nt i nux . ,

t o o of more i ntelli gent bei ngs from the rst group of the Luna r
,

the tta i nment of a more civ il ised sta te

a .

Dur i ng the l a ter pa rt of the sixt h an d the seventh sub ,

a nd S ta tues.
r a ce they l ea rnt to buil d gre a t ci ti es These a ppea r to ha ve
.

b ee n of cycl opea n ar chi tect ure corre spondi ng wi th the

,

g i ga nti c bodi es o f the ra ce. The rst ci ti e s were buil t on

t ha t extended mounta i nous regi on of the conti nent whi c h
i ncluded as will be seen in the rst ma p the present Isl a nd of
, ,

M a da ga sca r . Another grea t ci ty is de scribed in the Secr et

D octri ne as ha ving bee n enti rely buil t of bl ocks of l a va .

I t l a y so me 30 mil es west of the pres ent Ea ster Isla nd a nd ,

Vo l ii
. .
, p .
317 .
 3 8

i t was su s b equentl y destroyed by a seri es of vol ca nic erupti ons .

The gi ga nti c sta tues of Easter Isl a nd mea suring as most of them

do a bout 2 7 feet in height by 8 feet a cross t h e shoul der s were

proba bly intended to be representa ti ve not onl y of the fe ature s ,

b ut of the height of those who ca rved them or i t m a y be ,

of thei r a nce stors for i t w as proba bly in the l a ter a ges of the
,

L e nmr o Atl a ntea ns tha t the sta tues were erected

-
It will be
.

observ ed tha t by the second ma p peri od the conti nent of whi ch

,

Eas ter Isl a nd formed a pa rt h a d been broken up a nd Easter

Isl a nd i tsel f h a d bec ome a comp a ra tivel y sma ll i sl a nd though ,

of consi dera bly g r es t e r di mensi ons tha n i t reta i ns to da y -

.

Civilisa ti ons of compa ra ti ve i mport a nce a rose on di e r e nt

pa rts of the conti nent a nd the grea t i sl a nds where the i nh a bi ta nts
buil t ci ti es a nd dwel t i n settl ed communi ti es b ut l a rge tri bes
,

who were a l so p a rti a ll y civil ise d continued to l ea d a noma di c a nd

p a t r i a r chi a l life ; whi l e other p a rts of the l a nd i a
m a ny c a se s

the l east a ccessi bl e as in o ur o wn ti mes were peopled by tribes

,

of extremely l o w type .

R elig i on
. Wi th so primi ti ve a ra ce of men a t the be st t he re w as
, ,

b ut l i ttl e i n the sha pe of re li gi on tha t they coul d be t a ught .

Si mpl e rul es of conduct a nd the mo st el ementa ry prece pts of

mora li ty were a ll tha t t hey wer e tted to understa nd or to
pra ctise Duri ng the evoluti on of the seventh sub ra ce i t is
.
-
,

true tha t thei r di vi ne i nstr uctors t a ught them some primi ti ve

for m of worship a nd i mpa rted the knowl edge of a Supreme Bei ng
whose symbol w a s repre sented as the S un .

Unli ke th e subsequent fa te of Atla nti s whi ch w a s sub

,

merged by grea t ti da l wa ve s the conti nent o f Lemuri a

,

peri shed by vol ca ni c a cti on . It was ra ked by the burn

ing ashes a nd the r e d hot dust from numberl ess vol ca noes
-
.

Ea r thqua kes a nd vol ca nic erupti ons it is tr ue heral ded ea ch of

, ,

t h e gre a t ca tastrophe s whi ch overtook Atl a ntis b ut when t h e ,

 39

l an d h a d bee n sha ken a nd rent th e se a r ushed in a nd compl eted

,

the work a nd most of the inha bi ta nts per ished by drowni ng

, .

T h e Le muri a ns on the other ha nd met thei r doom chi ey by

, ,

r e or suo ca ti o n Another ma rked contra st between the fa te

.

o f Lemuri a a nd Atl a ntis w a s tha t whi l e four grea t c a t as trophes

c ompl eted the de s tructi on of the l a tter the former w as sl owl y ,

ea ten a wa y by internal res fo r from the ti me when the di sin, ,

t e g r a t i ng proces s bega n towa rds the end of the rst m a p peri od ,

there w a s no ces sa ti on from the ery a cti vi ty a nd whet her in ,

one pa rt of the continen t or a not her th e vol ca ni c a cti on w a s ,

i nces sa nt whil e the inva ri a bl e sequence w as the subsi dence a nd

,

total disa ppea ra nce of the l a nd j ust a s in the case of Kra ka toa ,

in 1 88 3 .

So cl osel y a na l ogous w as th e erupti on of Mount Pe l ee whi ch ,

c a used the de s tructi on of St Pi erre t h e ca pi t a l of Ma rti ni que

.
, ,

a bout two yea rs a g o to the whol e seri es of vol ca ni c c a t as t r ophe s

,

o n the conti nent of Le mur i a tha t the de scripti on of the former

,

g i ven by some of the su rv i vors m a y be of i n te r est An i mmen se

"
.

b l a c k cl oud h a d sudde nl y burst for th from the cr a ter of Mont

P el e a nd r ushed wi th t err ic vel oci ty upon the ci ty de stroyi ng ,

e v er ythi ng inh a bi t a nts

houses a nd vegeta ti on a like tha t
,

i t found in i ts pa th In two o r three mi nutes i t passed ove r

"
.
,

a n d the ci ty w as a bl a zing pyre of rui ns In both i sl a nds [M a r .

t i ni que a nd St Vi ncent t h e erupti ons were cha ra cterised by t h e

.

s udden di scha rge of i mmense qua nti ti es of r e d hot dust mi xed -

,

w i th stea m whi ch owed down the steep hi ll si des wi th a n ever

,

i ncreasing vel oci ty In St Vincent this h a d ll ed ma ny va ll eys

. .

to a dept h of betwee n 1 00 feet a nd 2 00 fee t a nd months a fter th e ,

e r upti ons w as sti ll very hot a nd the hea vy ra i ns whi ch then fell
,

t hereo n ca used enormous expl osi ons produci ng cl ouds of stea m ,

a nd dust t h a t shot upw a rds to a hei ght of from I 5 00 feet to

2 000 feet a nd ll ed the r i vers wi th bl a ck boil ing mud

, Ca pta in .
 4 0

Freema n of the Rodda m then de scri bed a thrilli ng e xpe ri

, ,

ence whi ch he a nd his pa rty h a d a t Ma rtini que One ni ght .

,

when they we re l ying a t a nchor in a l i ttl e sl oop a bout a mil e from

St Pi erre the mountai n expl oded in a wa y tha t wa s a ppa rentl y
.
,

a n exa ct repeti ti on of the ori gi na l erupti on It wa s not enti rel y .

wi thout wa rning ; hence they were ena bl ed to sa il a t once a mil e

or two further a wa y a nd thus proba bly sa ved thei r l ives In
, .

the da rknes s they sa w the summi t glow wi th a bright red li ght

then soon wi th l oud detona ti ons grea t red hot stones were
, ,
-

projected into the a i r a nd roll ed down the slope s A few mi nutes .

l a ter a prol onged rumbling noise w as hea r d a nd i n a n inst a nt ,

w as foll owed by a red hot a va l an che of dust whi ch r ushed o ut

-
,

of the cra t er a nd rolled down the si de wi th a terric speed whi ch ,

they e sti ma ted a t a bout 1 00 mil e s a n hour wi th a tempera ture ,

of 1 000 centigr a de A s to the proba bl e expl a na ti on of thes e

.

phenomena no la va he sai d h a d been see n to o w from ei the r

, , ,

of the vol ca noe s b ut onl y stea m a nd ne hot dust The vol ca noes
, .

were therefore of the expl o sive type an d from a ll hi s observa

, ,

ti ons he h a d concl uded tha t the a bsence of l a va o ws wa s due to -

the ma teri al wi thin the cra ter bei ng pa rtly sol i d or a t l e ast ,

highl y viscous so tha t it coul d not o w li ke a n ordi na ry la va

,

strea m Since h is return thi s theo ry h a d received stri ki ng con

"
.

rm a ti o n for i t was now known tha t wi thi n th e cra ter of Mont

,

Pel e the re w a s no l a ke of mol ten l a va b ut tha t a soli d pill a r of ,

red hot rock w as sl owly rising upwa rds in a grea t coni cal sh a rp
-
,

pointed hi l l until i t mi ght n a ll y ov ertop th e o l d summi t of the

,

mounta in It w as nea rly 1 000 fee t hi gh a nd sl owly grew as i t

.
,

w a s forced upwa rds by pressure from benea th whil e every now

,

a nd t hen expl osi ons of stea m took pl a ce disl o dg i ng l a rge pi eces ,

from i ts summi t or i ts si de s Stea m w a s se t free wi thin thi s ma ss

.

as i t cool ed a nd th e rock then p a ssed i nto a da nge r ous a nd hi ghl y

,

expl osive condi ti on such tha t a n expl osi on must sooner or l a ter
,
 4 1

t a ke pl a ce whi ch shivered a grea t pa rt of the ma ss into ne

,

r e d hot dust
-
.

A reference to the rst Lemuri a n ma p wi ll show tha t in the l a ke

l yi ng to the sout h eas t of the extensi ve mounta i nous regi on there
-

w as a n i sl a nd whi ch consisted of l i ttl e more tha n one grea t moun

t a i n Thi s mounta i n wa s a very a cti ve vol ca no The four
. .

m ount a i ns whi ch l a y to the south we st of the l ak e were a lso -

a c ti ve vol ca noe s a nd i n thi s regi on i t w as th a t the disrupti on

,

o f the conti nent bega n The seismi c ca ta cl ysms whi ch foll owed
.

t h e vol c a ni c erupti ons ca used such wi de sprea d da m a ge tha t by -

t h e second m a p peri od a l a rge porti on of the southern pa rt of

t h e contin ent h a d been submerged .

A m a rked cha ra cteristi c of the l a nd sur fa ce in ea rly Le muri a n

t i mes wa s the grea t number of l a ke s a nd ma rshes a s well as the ,

i nnumera bl e vol ca noes Of course a ll thes e a r e not shown on

.
,

t h e ma p Onl y some of the grea t mount a i ns whi ch were vol ca noe s

.
,

a nd onl y some of the l a rgest l a ke s a r e ther e i ndi ca ted .

Another vol ca no on the north ea st coast of the conti nent bega n -

i ts destructi ve wor k a t a n ea rl y da te Ea rthqua kes compl eted .

the di srupti on a nd i t seems prob a bl e tha t the se a shown in

,

the second m a p a s dotted wi th sma ll isl a nds to th e south ea st of -

the pres ent J a pa n indi ca te s the a rea of seismi c di sturba nce

, .

In th e rst m a p i t wi ll be seen tha t there were l a kes in the

cen tre of wha t is now the isl a nd conti nent of A ustra li a l a ke s -

w here the l a nd is a t pre sent excee di ngly dry a nd pa rched By .

t h e second ma p peri od those l a kes h a d di sa ppea red a nd i t seems ,

n a tural to conjecture tha t the di stri cts where those l a ke s l a y ,

must during th e erupti ons of the grea t vol ca noes whi ch l a y to

,

the south ea st (between the pre sent Austr ali a a nd New Z eal a nd )
-
,

ha ve been so ra ked wi th red hot vol ca ni c dust tha t the very -

wa ter springs were dri ed up

-
.

Th e Ti me s ,
1 4th Se pt , 1 90 3 .
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th e Venus system rul ers a nd tea chers of o ur infa nt huma ni ty

as

di d n o t a ll st a nd a t the sa me l evel It is t his ci rcumsta nce whi ch

.

fu r n ishes a reason for the rema rka bl e fa ct t ha t ma y in concl usi on , ,

b e s t a ted na mel y tha t there existe d i n Lemuri a a Lodge of

,

I n i t i a ti on .

N a tura lly i t w as no t fo r t h e benet of t h e Le muri a n

r a c e th a t the Lodge w as founded Such of them as were .

suf ci en t l y a dva nce d were i t is true ta ught by the Adept

, ,

G u rus b ut the i nstructi on they r equi red w as li mi te d to

,

t h e expl a na ti on of a few physi cal phenomena ; such as t h e fa ct

th a t the ea rth moves round t h e sun or to t h e e xpl a na ti on of the
, ,

d i e r e nt a ppea ra nce whi ch physi cal objects assumed for them

w hen subjected al terna tel y to thei r physi c a l sight a nd thei r
a stra l vi si on .

It w as of course for the sa ke of t hose who whil e endowed

, , ,

w i th the stupendous power s of t ra nsferring thei r consc i ousness

fro m t h e pl a net Venus t o thi s o ur ea rth a nd of pr ovi di ng for ,

t hei r use a nd thei r wor k whil e her e a ppropri a te vehi cl es i n

w hi ch t o functi on were y e t pursuing the course of thei r o wn

,

e vol uti on For t hei r sa ke i t w a s for the sa ke of t hose who

.

h a vi ng entered the Pa th h a d onl y res ch e d the l ower gra des

, ,

t h a t t hi s Lodge of I ni t a ti on w as founded
i .

Though a s we know t h e goa l of normal evol ut i on is grea ter

, ,

a nd more gl ori ous tha n c a n from o ur present sta ndpoint be

, ,

well i ma gined i t is by no mea ns synonymous wi th tha t e xpa nsi on

,

o f consci ousness whi ch combin ed wi th a nd a l one ma de possi bl e

,

b y the purica ti on a nd ennobl ement of cha ra cte r consti tute the

, ,

h ei ghts to whi ch the P a thwa y of Ini ti a ti on l ea ds .

he ig hts r e ac he d by t he m wil l n d t he ir pa r alle l whe n o ur humani t y

The
w ill c ount l e ss ae ons he n c e h ave r e ach e d t h e Sixt h R o und of o ur c hain of
, ,

w or l ds a nd t h e sa me t r ansce nde nt powe r s wil l b e t h e possessi on of or dina r y

,

m ankind in t h ose fa r o ff ag e s -
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The inve st iga ti on into wha t consti tutes thi s purica ti on

a nd ennobl ement of cha ra cter a nd the endea vour to rea lise wha t
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ha ve bee n wri tt en of elsewher e .

S u ce i t now to poi nt o ut tha t the foundi ng of a Lodge of

Ini ti a ti on for the sa ke of Bei ngs who ca me from a nother scheme
of evoluti on is a n indica ti on of th e uni ty of objec t a nd of a i m
in the government a nd the g ui dan ce of al l the scheme s of e v o l u
ti on brought into existence by o ur Sola r Logos Apa rt from the .

normal course i n o ur o wn scheme there is we know a Pa th by

, , ,

whi ch He ma y be di rec tl y rea ched whi ch ev er y so n of ma n in

,

h is progress through the a ges is privil eged to he a r of an d to ,

tre a d if he so chooses
, We nd tha t thi s was so in the
.

Ve nus we ma y pr es ume i t is o r wi ll b e so i n al l
sch e me a lso , a nd

the schemes whi ch form pa rt of o ur Sol a r system This P a th is

.

the P a th of Ini ti a ti on a nd the end to whi ch l ea ds

, i s th e sa me
for a ll a nd tha t end is Uni on wi th Go d
, .