Post by ADMIN on Dec 19, 2005 15:32:32 GMT -5
FAIZA MAHMOOD
The world first learned about the legendary island of Atlantis in Plato’s Timaeus and Critias, two “dialogues” that he wrote in the fourth century BC. The very mystery that enshrouds Atlantis, a great civilization supposedly long lost to the waves, has sustained a debate over more than two millennia as to whether Plato’s description of the sunken continent was historically authentic or an allegory serving to illustrate his arguments. Theories supporting its existence abound; in fact, there are many who have convinced themselves that Atlantis was not only a geographical reality but also peopled by aliens who possessed powers and technology beyond the feeble imagination of ordinary humans.
Cooper and Hutton are two adherents of this view. Their self-help book urges readers to adopt the spiritual practices of the Atlanteans in order that they, too, are able to communicate telepathically, develop mind control and psychic abilities and visit the archangels. These incredible talents should not lie beyond the reach of those who perform the exercises given in the book on a regular basis, say the authors.
Some of these exercises are more likely to provoke laughter than inspire belief. In one of them, the readers are asked to send the Silver Violet Flame, a sort of philosopher’s stone capable of turning evil into good, “down phone lines or the internet to purify the web”. Would-be carriers of Atlantean knowledge are also expected to hold animal rights in high regard and not take their livestock’s produce, such as milk and eggs, without asking for permission first. One can only imagine the comical ramifications of this humane and tolerant attitude: what if a sheep refused to part with its wool?
The authors claim that since the Atlanteans were spiritually pure super beings, they were five-dimensional (unlike our lowly selves, who are only three-dimensional), capable of teleportation and levitation and accustomed to travelling on a kind of magic carpet which they operated with a special wand. These immigrants from other worlds were so technologically advanced that practically all their inventions defied the laws of physics. By the time Atlantis fell, the Atlanteans had regressed to humanity’s present level of development — their rulers used nuclear weapons, mentally controlled citizens by means of implants and cloned and genetically modified them, along with plants and animals.
The later, corrupt Atlanteans’ experiments in genetics were far from unprecedented, however. Tall, blond, blue-eyed and exuding a divine energy, the inhabitants of Atlantis were prevented from interacting and mating with people of other races by an invisible energy dome that guarded their continent until its destruction. Oddly enough, the authors do not feel this active promotion of Aryan physical characteristics through eugenics deserves criticism. Evidently, the inherent superiority of the Atlanteans, as reflected in their appearance, to the human beings who populated the rest of the earth had to be protected at all costs.
When Atlantis was submerged, the survivors who were people of unimpeachable integrity migrated to different parts of the world, disseminating their knowledge. The authors give examples of Aztec and the Mayan civilizations and the development of Buddhism in Tibet, explaining how the Atlanteans influenced ancient world cultures. Despite the unifying nature of Atlantis’ wisdom, there is a definite Christian ring to Cooper and Hutton’s account of the lifestyle and culture of the pre-fall Atlanteans, right down to the reasons for the moral collapse of their utopia. The Atlanteans had originally been close to God and were pure of heart but gradually materialism and the lust for power arose among some of them. These sons of Belial (another name for Satan in the New Testament) spread their evil influence and eventually incurred divine wrath in the form of a biblical flood.
Much of the information seems to have been derived from the writings of Shirley Andrews, a modern-day authority on Atlantis. Unlike Cooper and Hutton, however, Andrews, in her book Lemuria and Atlantis: Studying the Past to Survive the Future, backs her claims with scientific research. For instance, she posits that low sea levels between 50,000 and 10,000BC, when the Ice Age caused ocean waters to recede, resulted in the formation of the islands of Lemuria in the Pacific Ocean. Whereas Discover Atlantis does not expect readers to accept these assertions at face value, Lemuria and Atlantis contains photographs and maps as supporting material and provides food for thought. Even though Andrews herself is a believer and consequently lacks the objectivity to differentiate between the relative merits of psychic revelations and scientific observations, Lemuria and Atlantis is the more rewarding read for a neutral audience with a scholarly bent.
For those who believe there are sobering lessons for today’s humanity in the story of Atlantis’ collapse and seek to bring back the glory days of the fabled empire, there are always Cooper and Hutton’s mind-expanding, though possibly frustrating, exercises to perform. The authors have also included their website addresses for readers wanting to go that extra mile in the form of a soul reading by Hutton, an enrollment at the Diana Cooper School of Angels and Ascension, or a purchase of the Atlantis oracle cards.
www.greaterkashmir.com/full_story.asp?ItemID=13387&cat=11
The world first learned about the legendary island of Atlantis in Plato’s Timaeus and Critias, two “dialogues” that he wrote in the fourth century BC. The very mystery that enshrouds Atlantis, a great civilization supposedly long lost to the waves, has sustained a debate over more than two millennia as to whether Plato’s description of the sunken continent was historically authentic or an allegory serving to illustrate his arguments. Theories supporting its existence abound; in fact, there are many who have convinced themselves that Atlantis was not only a geographical reality but also peopled by aliens who possessed powers and technology beyond the feeble imagination of ordinary humans.
Cooper and Hutton are two adherents of this view. Their self-help book urges readers to adopt the spiritual practices of the Atlanteans in order that they, too, are able to communicate telepathically, develop mind control and psychic abilities and visit the archangels. These incredible talents should not lie beyond the reach of those who perform the exercises given in the book on a regular basis, say the authors.
Some of these exercises are more likely to provoke laughter than inspire belief. In one of them, the readers are asked to send the Silver Violet Flame, a sort of philosopher’s stone capable of turning evil into good, “down phone lines or the internet to purify the web”. Would-be carriers of Atlantean knowledge are also expected to hold animal rights in high regard and not take their livestock’s produce, such as milk and eggs, without asking for permission first. One can only imagine the comical ramifications of this humane and tolerant attitude: what if a sheep refused to part with its wool?
The authors claim that since the Atlanteans were spiritually pure super beings, they were five-dimensional (unlike our lowly selves, who are only three-dimensional), capable of teleportation and levitation and accustomed to travelling on a kind of magic carpet which they operated with a special wand. These immigrants from other worlds were so technologically advanced that practically all their inventions defied the laws of physics. By the time Atlantis fell, the Atlanteans had regressed to humanity’s present level of development — their rulers used nuclear weapons, mentally controlled citizens by means of implants and cloned and genetically modified them, along with plants and animals.
The later, corrupt Atlanteans’ experiments in genetics were far from unprecedented, however. Tall, blond, blue-eyed and exuding a divine energy, the inhabitants of Atlantis were prevented from interacting and mating with people of other races by an invisible energy dome that guarded their continent until its destruction. Oddly enough, the authors do not feel this active promotion of Aryan physical characteristics through eugenics deserves criticism. Evidently, the inherent superiority of the Atlanteans, as reflected in their appearance, to the human beings who populated the rest of the earth had to be protected at all costs.
When Atlantis was submerged, the survivors who were people of unimpeachable integrity migrated to different parts of the world, disseminating their knowledge. The authors give examples of Aztec and the Mayan civilizations and the development of Buddhism in Tibet, explaining how the Atlanteans influenced ancient world cultures. Despite the unifying nature of Atlantis’ wisdom, there is a definite Christian ring to Cooper and Hutton’s account of the lifestyle and culture of the pre-fall Atlanteans, right down to the reasons for the moral collapse of their utopia. The Atlanteans had originally been close to God and were pure of heart but gradually materialism and the lust for power arose among some of them. These sons of Belial (another name for Satan in the New Testament) spread their evil influence and eventually incurred divine wrath in the form of a biblical flood.
Much of the information seems to have been derived from the writings of Shirley Andrews, a modern-day authority on Atlantis. Unlike Cooper and Hutton, however, Andrews, in her book Lemuria and Atlantis: Studying the Past to Survive the Future, backs her claims with scientific research. For instance, she posits that low sea levels between 50,000 and 10,000BC, when the Ice Age caused ocean waters to recede, resulted in the formation of the islands of Lemuria in the Pacific Ocean. Whereas Discover Atlantis does not expect readers to accept these assertions at face value, Lemuria and Atlantis contains photographs and maps as supporting material and provides food for thought. Even though Andrews herself is a believer and consequently lacks the objectivity to differentiate between the relative merits of psychic revelations and scientific observations, Lemuria and Atlantis is the more rewarding read for a neutral audience with a scholarly bent.
For those who believe there are sobering lessons for today’s humanity in the story of Atlantis’ collapse and seek to bring back the glory days of the fabled empire, there are always Cooper and Hutton’s mind-expanding, though possibly frustrating, exercises to perform. The authors have also included their website addresses for readers wanting to go that extra mile in the form of a soul reading by Hutton, an enrollment at the Diana Cooper School of Angels and Ascension, or a purchase of the Atlantis oracle cards.
www.greaterkashmir.com/full_story.asp?ItemID=13387&cat=11
