Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-03

West" Also we must consider the
presence today on those South Sea
Islands of the white" natives men
toned by Frederick O'Brien.
Fourth. there is the universally of
certain old symbols and customs as
discovered in Egypt. in Burma, in
Central America and other seats of
ancient civilizations. These symbols
and customs are so nearly identical as
to make it certain they came from a
common source. Mu.
1t is not possible here to give more
than the bare outline of the scientific
basis upon which the story of Mu
rests, but / shall be glad to furnish
such details as may be called for by
students interested nj the matter.
WITH this background, then, we
W can follow the tale of the de-
struction of Mu and, by analogy, of
Atlantis, if we imagine ourselves back
twelve thousand, or perhaps fifteen
thousand, years.
We find that the continent of Mu
was then a vast stretch of rolling
country extending from north of
Hawaii to Easter Island on the south.
II was from five to six thousand miles
in length, and some three or four
thousand miles broad. We do not
know whether it was one undivided
area of land, or whether it was split
UP by straits into two or three parts.
From the many inscriptions which
speak of "the Lands of the West"
however, it seems that Mu was in
reality composed of three areas of
land separated from one another by
narrow channels.
In this pleasant land lived sixty mil
lions of human beings at high stage
of development. In many ways their
civilization compared favorably with
ours. They were for the greater part
white-skinned people, exceedingly
handsome, If we are to believe the
records, with dark eyes and black hair.
These white skinned ones dominated
a lesser number of yellow, black and
brown inhabitants.
Many generations before they had
adopted a system of monarchical gov
eminent. There was but one religion.
1t was the worship of the deity
through symbols, and its creed in
cluded a belief in an immortal soul,
which eventually returned to the
Great Source" from which 1t had
come. Their high priest was called
'Ra Mu," and became the representa-
tive of the deity.
Great carved stone temples, with
out roofs, served as places of worship.
They We're sometimes called trans
parent temples as the absence of a
roof allowed the rays of the sun to
stream into the interior and fall on
the heads of the faithful who were
praying to Ra. as the sun itself was
known. 1t was considered to be the
symbol Of the collective attributes of
the deity.
These temples were magnificent ex-
amples of construction, for the inhab-
itants of the land had mastered many
of the principles of architecture.
Great palaces of stone, huge statues
and monoliths were erected through
out the country.
The people of Mu were remarkable
navigators. Even in this far-off time,
before the Historical era" human
/, beings were sailing all over the world
from the motherland of Mu, planting
colonies in the lands which we know
today as Central America, Egypt. Mes
opotamia and Burma. In fact, the
whole world of mankind at this time
owed allegiance to the great Pacific
continent. Mu was the center of the
earth'S civilization, learning, trade and
commerce.
How long Mu had been in existence
we do not know for a certainty; but
the time can be estimated at forty
thousand years at least. While this
civilization had been developing its
culture on the surface of the land,
nature had been working busily I'M
foreground, hidden and unnoticed. The
way for the great catastrophe was be-
ing prepared. Gas pockets played the
leading role.
X X
THESE pockets underneath the
earth's crust filled only with hot
fr,aI ,,t-f.c Of hn
land There We're different systems of
pockets. First came a series of iso-
lated chambers, lying from 1 to 7
miles beneath the surface. They were
connected with one another, but iso-
lated from the next series, mile or so
below, which was in turn followed by
still another series, vast in extent,
which stretched along at a depth of 10
to 20 miles or more below the cities
of Mu.
While Mu was fourishing, gas belts