Timaeus
Critias
by
Plato [
360 B.C]
The two dialogs of Plato which contain the primary
ancient account of Atlantis.
There is a short framing story about Solon in Egypt in
Timaeus, and Critias, which contains the description of
Atlantis, breaks off mid-narrative. Did Plato mean the tale
literally or as an allegory?
These books, which were written at the end of the 19th
century, are the core texts of the modern Atlantis mythos.
Vril,
the Power of the Coming Race
by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton [1871]
The Victorian science fiction novel from which introduced
the concept of 'Vril.'
Atlantis,
the Antediluvian World
by Ignatius Donnelly [1882]
The complete text of the 19th Century bestseller that
started the modern Atlantis craze.
Required reading for anyone interested in Atlantis, in spite
of much dated and incorrect information. This etext was
scanned at sacred-texts and appears here in its entirety for
the first time on the Internet. This text is also available
through the Project
Gutenburg (thanks to Norman Wolcott, for working on the
text version of this file). The illustrations, proofing and
formatting of this etext were revised as of July 2003.
Ragnarok:
The Age of Fire and Gravel
by Ignatius Donnelly [1883]
A sensational description of how a cometary impact could
have destroyed an unknown prehistoric civilization.
Donnelly ties his comet impact into the death of Atlantis,
and the lost origins of our own civilization. A perennially
rediscovered hypothesis.
The
Book of Dzyan
by H.P. Blatavsky [1888]
Blatavskys' channeled sacred text from Lemuria.
This excerpt from Helena Blatavskys' "The
Secret Doctrine" is supposed to be an actual book
from Lemuria summarizing occult knowledge about the
evolution of the universe. In reality it was 'channeled'.
The Theosophists greatly elaborated the Atlantis story,
adding numerous additional lost continents such as
Hyperborea, Lemuria, Daitya, Ruta, Poseidonis; and peopled
them with an entire succession of pre-human species. (See
the Scott-Elliot
text, below).
The
Story of Atlantis
by W. Scott-Elliot [1896]
An imaginative Theosophic history of the Earth, the
Theosophic concept of human evolution and everyday life in
old Atlantis.
The
Lost Continent
by Cutcliffe Hyne [1900]
The decline and fall of decadent Atlantis; a cruel queen,
and ancient magic: a long-forgotten swashbuckling adventure.
The
Lost Lemuria
by W. Scott-Elliot [1904]
A short essay by Scott-Elliot on the lost continent which
preceeded Atlantis in Theosophic beliefs: Lemuria.
A
Dweller on Two Planets
by Frederick S. Oliver [1905]
A very influential speculative novel of Atlantis and points
beyond, purportedly composed via automatic writing by a
teenager in the shadow of Mount Shasta.
How
I Found the Lost Atlantis, The Source of All Civilization
by Paul Schliemann [1912]
A famous and often cited Atlantis hoax, republished at
sacred-texts for the first time in over ninety years.
Altantida
(L'Antlantide)
by Pierre Benoit, tr. by Mary C. Tongue and Mary Ross [1920]
A harrowing trip through the Sahara to ... Atlantis,
and the strange allure of its ultimate queen.
The
Sacred Symbols of Mu
by James Churchward [1933]
Mu, the other lost continent, and its sacred symbology.
I
Remember Lemuria
by Richard S. Shaver [1948]
Beware the devolved tunnel-dwellers who rule the earth: the
dress-rehearsal for the UFO craze.
