Evening star., 1932-01-12
NEW BOOKS
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THE LOST CONTINENT OF MU. BY
James Churchward, author of THE
Children Of Mu." Illustrated. New
York: Ives Washburn.
UpSetting times. Every new day Of
fers the incredible as truth, the I'M
believable as fact. Does more than to
proffer merely. For its kit is packed
with evidence" ponderable stuff,
measurable, responsive to sight and
sound, to scent and touch and taste,
to those sequences of thought and rea-
son drawn off, primarily, from these
basic sources Of all information, all
knowledge
Nowadays myth is no longer just
myth and nothing more. Plaything OF
poet and nursery rhymster. Legend Is
no longer sheer invention. Rather are
these wisps Of truth persisting out OF an
infinite past Fireflies Of illumination
along the road Of actual human exist
ence.
The ancient tale of bard and trouba-
dour has entered upon new career
The vision of the seer, the metaphysics
of the philosopher-old kneading- pans
for the molding Of creation and life and
destiny-these are proving their true
validity by becoming an element in the
stupendous revelations OF the present
and the future.
Quite apart from the sturdy intent
and homely outlook OF Edwin Mark
ham, it is his Man With the Hoe" that
typifies vital part of modern advance.
1t Is the spademen who are rewriting
astounding chapters in the history OF
mankind. Backed by learning and ex-
pert training ip original research, pos
sessed of vision and the will to convert
this to actuality, these spademen are
extending the past almost inconceiv-
ably. These are literally digging out OF
an older earth than we have known
early civilizations and cultures ana
races, layer upon layer OF growth and
decay, of rise and decline and oblivion.
Conclusive these findings? Maybe
not, probably not There Is more, there
will be more to the old story OF tre-
fnendous effect, so far. The immediate,
individual effect Is to reduce the hu-
man, the you and me, to thing I'M
meaSurably below the zero mark. How
ever, that Is not important, not so very
important
The recall the unbelief with which
you TeCelNtu lIle SVOi Va 1heicA'oNo, NAt~s
submerged land beyond the Pillars OF
Hercules, a great continent Off the
West of Europe, stormy sea holding
the two apart. Pure invention you
named the rumor, calculated to serve
the uses of ancient and classic writers,
make believe for poet and philosopher
and playmaker.
And now here is another story Of
lost continent, away on the other side
Of the world from Atlantis.
But before tale that Is calculated
to invite unbelief, Reputation and the
rest of the condemnatory tribe OF con-
clusions, let us for minute consider
the author of this fabulous matter. A
student and investigator for SO years.
His field, pretty much the world
itself-India, Egypt, Arabia, Mexico,
Central and South America and our
own Southwest, SO recently stepping
out as a vital part of ancientry itself.
The special line of research, such re-
mains of old record as buried columns
and broken temples revealed both In
themselves as architectural fragments
or in bits of carving, diagram, glyph,
or other sign and symbol carried by
these A comprehensive field, 1mpor-
tant material for investigation, a slngu-
larly competent power OF coordination,
of weaving parts into an intellglble
whole One other point, and that vital.
James Churchward does not concede
the eyolutionist's theory that man de-
rives from his own potentialities OF
growth, from simplicity to complexity,
from an elementary man to the present
high estate of the human. No, he
talks of special creation. And that
in many q quarter throws him out OF
serious consideration. But, Who knows?
The last word Is still long way of,
is 1t not so?
In the meantime take up deeply
fascinating account of travels, explora-
tions. findings, all bent upon an
illumination of the greatest puzzle OF
life, man himself.
Here is the story of 1.-THE Lost Cont
nent of Mu." The Pacific Ocean be-
comes the theater of q cosmic over
turning. The Pacific Ocean becomes
the scene of earth's gigantic growing
pains" commissions, floods, ice belts,
zones of potent and destructive gases,
northumberland, indeed, OF every con-
ceivable overturning and uprising, in
definite in duration, destructive IN
effect.
And over tnS area Aay iBkcae VII
tinent, just as over on the otner sloe
of the earth Atlantis is said TO nave
had existence.
In the great turmoil Of the earth,
during this vast period of elemental
destruction and new formations, the
great continent of "Mu" went TO the
bottom and the subsding seas settled
over it. That is the story. The record
left behind is to be found only in the
Polynesian and smaller groups OF
islands of the Pacific, the topmost
heights Of that continent that was sub
merged.
1t turns out, therefore, that the story
of "Mu' Is the record Of an exhaustive
research of the land crests that rise
above the waters Of the Pacific. 1t
Easter Island, New Zealand, the Ha-
waiian group and so on. The story,
too, of Central America as colonial
possession of "Mu," its people allied
racially and culturally. Both, powerful
and productive in science, art, industry,
political organization and military pow
er, many, many thousands of years
prior to the time accountings with
which we are familiar.
And the people of this region were
white, so the living descendants de-
clare, so the expert measurements OF
the long dead declare.
And perhaps here is the point where
the modern of certain theories and
certain lines Of lore will withdraw from
the engrossing story of "Mu." Man is
a special creation of God, not de-
rived product of evolutionary activity
through uncountable periods of time.
The orthodox accept that where the
pure scientist may deny. Listen to
this: That area of white occupation,
the continent of "Mu" in the Pacific
Ocean, was the original birthplace of
man The Garden of Eden I take it
that this means. Now it is easy to see
that on the one hand this long record
of many researches and much study
will be called fanciful maybe fantastic.