Today we are going to be talking about the ancient stories of the cities Lemuria, Atlantis, and several other traditions that relate to a personal theory on how they may well be related to the story of the Great Flood mentioned in the Bible, of which Noah rode out on his ark.

Let me state my theory before we get into the details. I believe that the tales of Lemuria, Atlantis, and other ‘lost’ cities or continents are likely corrupted stories of the land before the flood of Noah. I believe as we go through the details of the cities, you will be able to see the correlation between the Bible and these legends.

What I do not believe is that they, either the Lemurians nor the Atlanteans were anything like the occult writers would have you believe. They were not the forth or fifth ‘root race’ nor were they created by aliens, nor were they superior to man in spirituality or any other category.

Why do I think this? Because I believe if they existed they were all men. We know there were Nephilim in those days for the Bible tells us so, but I do not buy that the Nephilim were created to be better than man himself nor that they were part of some genetic experiment used to perfect the creation of human beings.

(Gen 6:4)  There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. These Nephilim were not genetic experiments or some preparation for the Aryan race, they were the result of the intermingling of human women with the ‘sons of God’.

The Nephilim is a whole other study that we’ll look into sometime in the future. There have been some great podcasts on it already that are available on the Revelations Radio Network. The Salvation Revelation podcast featured some episodes on the Nephilim I believe, and they should still be available via iTunes. I think Nowhere to Run also has done some work on the issue, along with Shatter the Darkness’ podcast.

I suggest you check into those works if you are interested in the subject. I find it quite fascinating and these guys’ work is awesome.

The point is that I don’t think the Nephilim, or the Lemurians or anyone else was created to be the superior of Adam, and his legacy, which is to say humanity. I don’t think we were something like homo sapiens while they were something like a breed of homo superious.

The Lemurians and Atlanteans were not put on this planet before humanity and were some form of ancestor for us. How do I know this? The Bible clearly states this very fact. (Gen 1:27)  So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. There is no mention here of Lemurians or any other supposed ‘root race’. All that is mentioned is man. Man came first, then the sons of God took wives of the daughters of men and brought forth the Nephilim.

On top of this, we see that the Nephilim were considered bullies and tyrants according to Strong’s Concordance on the word. This would not seem to be a likely candidate for a root race for any group, let alone intelligent human beings.

I do not believe that these beings existed several thousand or even millions of years ago, as many that support the claim suggest. I am a young earth creationist, I can see no support for an old earth creation in my Bible. This makes their existence beyond just a handful of thousands of years physically impossible.

The land of Lemuria is called such because at one point in the 1800’s scientists were having a hard time explaining the distribution of lemurs throughout the world. The name was proposed by a zoologist named Phillip Schlater, standing obviously for the land of the lemurs.

The actual name is usually considered to be Mu, which is a great deal more mundane sounding. Names aside, both Mu and Lemuria refer to the same place, or more aptly put, mythology. I will use the term Lemuria, and its composites, since that is the term I’m more familiar with.

Most all accounts place Lemuria in the Indian Ocean, stretching as far as all the way across the Pacific Ocean to the coasts of California in some accounts.

This was one of the ancient continents that supposedly disappeared between the beginning of time and the modern age where we have our current tectonic configuration. Supposedly one or more of these continents have sunk in the passage of time, though there is some major flaws in this theory.

The idea of a sunken continent isn’t quite as far fetched as it sounds, for there have been geological formations and even small islands that have been swallowed by the seas. The idea of a landmass as large as an entire continent, stretching from parts of India to possibly Madagascar to even California to sink is a bit overwhelming.

The reason why it is so overwhelming is because of the simple question of where the continent went. The one hugely obvious thing people, even scientists seem to forget is that there is dirt at the bottom of the ocean!

The oceans are not free floating all the way down, instead there is dirt and what you would call land underneath. This is obvious it would seem, but then we have the problem with the landmass sink. How can a landmass sink if there is land under it supporting it?

For example, say someone builds a swimming pool. This will represent the ocean. It has a concrete bottom, several feet thick, this will serve to illustrate the earth. For this example, disregard geological events, we are just going to pretend this concrete sits on the mantle of the earth.

Now imagine someone fills in this pool mostly with land. The land is placed to where it creates an island, or a tiny scaled continent for our purposes.

Let’s assume that no water is added except through the natural water cycle, which would likely be the case in Lemuria’s existence. If we take the concrete and shake it, will the water overcome the land and destroy the entire island? Now remember the simulated earthquake would have to be scaled as well, since a massive shake beyond the likely natural events could cause results beyond possibility.

Even with a very intense earthquake, it is unlikely the sea would overtake the land, especially an entire continent. If any of you live in California, or have been anywhere there are earthquakes, you probably know that water is a good insulator against the tremors.

I remember being in the pool as a kid and watching my parents in their lawn chairs shaking all over as a small earthquake happened. We kids in the pool were insulated in a manner, while my parents were not and were affected much more severely by the event than I was.

Now I know an earthquake of a certain level or above would create a tidal wave of massive proportions. But could one wipe out an entire continent? That’s some serious water there. I do not think that the worst of all tidal waves in the world would have a chance of even destroying and ‘sinking’ a state like California or Florida.

There would be one event that would have the power to destroy even a continent, and that was the Great Flood of Noah’s time. Nothing else could likely have stood strong enough to sink an entire continent.

Many zoologists and biologists believe now there is no need for a land bridge and that the idea of Lemuria is out of date from their scientific point of view.

The occult, especially the Theosophists, really latched a hold on this Lemuria idea, and built an ideology around the myth of Lemuria and Atlantis.

They were the ones to promote the idea of root races for humans, and sought to explain how the Lemurians existed.

While not in complete harmony, most described the early Lemurians as having a single eye, and a third eye with which they were able to use psychic abilities. They were also able to operate without a brain, and were a bit bulbous. At one point they were said to reproduce only by producing a glob basically which joined with another glob and made the offspring. I assume this child would be gestated outside of the body of the hosts.

Later on, they came to have a bisexual society. I don’t know if this is from the egg laying period or another. The Lemurians were supposed to have, after this point, discovered sex and they began committing bestiality. The ‘higher’ spiritual beings that were supposed to be born into the bodies of the Lemurians were so revolted that they protested against the ‘cosmic plan’ and refused to incarnate into that race.

This brought about degeneracy in the society, as one might imagine, which was either cosmically or coincidentally destroyed by some cataclysmic disaster that laid waste to their entire continent.

Some sources state that Atlantis is a society started by the Lemurians who were not corrupted, others state that it was a war with Atlantis that destroyed Lemuria. No matter what flavor you prefer, you can find support for it amongst the countless ‘experts’ and websites on the internet.

Now the information for this society comes from a couple different places. There are legends among the peoples of the islands in the Indian Ocean that talks about Mu or a Mu-like society of advanced people who came to be destroyed.

This is consistent with Flood legends from all over the world. Additional information was added by occultists, such as Theosophists and members of similar groups who used automatic writing, scrying, and channeling to learn this information.

These methods, in my opinion, lead to nothing but contact with dark spirits, or what you could call demons. I do not believe that you can contact the dead or angels through these means. I think you get the dark side or nothing at all.

If I am correct in this, how can we be assured this information is correct? Even Nostradamus said of his spirits that they lie and tell things wholly untrue. If this is the case, why should we believe these spirits about Lemuria?

Let’s take a moment to consider the story as a whole. The story puts a race before man and Adam, which undermines the Creation Story in Genesis, it then grants these people psychic powers, which appears to be a form of witchcraft, which undermines Exodus and Deuteronomy. They are to be the vessels of a reincarnated race, which goes against the Book of Hebrews. They were then given to bisexuality, condemned in the Book of Romans, and finally bestiality which is condemned in the Book of Leviticus. Finally they were destroyed in a great disaster which appears to ape the story of Noah in Genesis.

This legend does nothing but go against the Bible, which would be the primary focus of the dark forces in the world. Believe me friends, there are dark forces, even the Bible tells us so. (Eph 6:12)  For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

What did Lucifer do in Isaiah? (Isa 14:13)  For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: (Isa 14:14)  I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

So anything used to weaken God’s word would be a benefit to these dark forces, these spirits that peep and mutter.

Now that we’ve considered this story, how about other lands, mythologies, and stories? Let’s cover a few more just to see how much support there is for the Biblical deluge.

Next we have the story of Atlantis. This is a popular mythology today, bringing forth books, movies, television shows, and other forms of media. Atlantis is a hot property for New Age speakers and those that tell the ‘hidden’ history of the world.

But what was Atlantis originally? It was another continent, or possibly a large island in the Atlantic Ocean. The name ‘Atlantis’ means the Isle of Atlas. It was first mentioned by the ancient Greek writer Plato in some of his works.

Atlantis was supposedly a military superpower, taking over parts of Western Europe and Africa approximately 9600 B.C.

Many writers believe Atlantis to be a reference to the political views of its creator, Plato. It was considered to be a myth used to describe some of his theories, though classical debate did focus on if it was real or not.

It is of note that a few sources I’m showing indicate that Atlantis was the same place as Mu, but most list them as being separate, distinct societies, even with one featuring the two being at war with each other. In this version, that is the cataclysmic event that leads to the destruction of the societies.

Theosophy also speaks on Atlantis. The infamous Helena Blavatsky wrote in her book The Secret Doctrine that the Atlanteans were also a so-called ‘root race’. In this instance, they were said to be the fourth root race compared to Lemuria, which was called the third.

Blavatsky also wrote that the Atlanteans were cultural heroes and not the military threat Plato described. She gives them a value as a superior race, and does not include the more threatening overtones of the original author Plato.

The so-called ‘Christian psychic’ Edgar Cayce also mentions Atlantis in 1923. He claimed it was in the Caribbean Sea and had sunk. He believed Atlantis was home to a highly advanced civilization, complete with a mysterious form of energy that came from crystals.

Cayce also asserted that part of Atlantis would rise again out of the ocean in 1968 or 1969.

The Nazis also had an interest in Atlantis, to the point of SS officer Heinrich Himmler organizing an expedition to Tibet to find remnants of white Atlanteans. What gave them the idea to look in Tibet outside of the prevalence of spiritual practices is beyond me.

I’ve mentioned that Atlantis is commonly considered to have existed in the Atlantic Ocean, but there have been many other sites that have been proposed as possible locations of Plato’s Atlantis.

These include Crete, Tantalus, Canaan, Troy, Bosporus, The Sea of Azov, Sweden, Antarctica, Indonesia, even Cuba and the Bahamas have been suggested. As you can see, there is a huge discrepancy even in location, let alone any actual facts. Answering “Where was Atlantis?” with “Somewhere between Sweden and the South Pole” is just not a good answer.

Now the actual story of Atlantis is quite extensive and complex. There are countless sources and variations on the story. Some say that Atlantis ‘sank’ because of fate, something that to me seems quite unlikely if they had such high technology available to them such as aircraft and spacecraft as some claim.

Any group of people that could possibly have aircraft, and have a coastline I find nearly impossible to believe they did not have boats of some sort. In fact, with societies found on coastal land pretty much always have at least fishing boats. Overwhelmingly societies with technology and coasts develop long range ships to explore, trade, and carry out warfare.

If a flood was to come and destroy an advanced island nation or even a large island continent like Australia or something, I do not believe that the entire population would be wiped out to the point that their history would not be recorded permanently.

Look at the Minoan culture, or any other number of cultures that rose and fell extremely quickly but yet are still solidly known to history. Even cultures that were ‘lost’ and then later rediscovered rarely had a reputation of the same legendary caliber of Atlantis, lending to the likelihood of it never having existed in the first place.

The Atlantean people, as I’ve mentioned already, were considered by some to be a more advanced form of humanity, or at the least humans with incredible technology far beyond all others at the time.

Some legends record that their advanced technology led to them becoming complacent, or abusing nature, or just in general doing bad things. This in turn leads to their destruction from either their own technology or some other cause that is ultimately their own fault.

Once again, we have a society that was advanced, fell into degeneracy and then fell to some terrible disaster. Is this the last of the stories we find?

No. The British Isles also feature their versions of the same tale. The Druids and different groups might have varied on the details such as names and other minor things, the flavor remained the same: The world was filled with wickedness, a patriarch and small group were put into a form of boat, in which they survived to repopulate the Earth.

The Chinese also feature a similar tale as well. The following is attributed to the book of Li-Ki by another source: “And now the pillars of heaven were broken, the earth shook to its very foundation; the sun and the stars changed their motions; the earth fell to pieces, and the waters enclosed within its bosom burst forth with violence, and overflowed. Man having rebelled against heaven, the system of the universe was totally disordered, and the grand harmony of nature destroyed. All these evils arose from man’s despising the supreme power of the universe. He fixed his looks upon terrestrial objects and loved them to excess, until gradually he became transformed into the objects which he loved, and celestial reason entirely abandoned him.” Sounds pretty familiar doesn’t it?

There are many other stories, but they do all seem to blend into each other pretty quickly. The major factors remain the same however; a group of men are saved from a great flood that decimates the entire area or commonly, the whole world. Society was reborn from these survivors, some tales having magical twists, while others are firmly rooted in reality.

Now my point is that there might have been locations such as an island where Atlantis supposedly was, or a place that could be called Lemuria, but if there was, and people lived there, they were just people, and they suffered the same fate as the rest of the world in the Flood.

They were not root races of humans. They were not superior to mankind in general. They may have been Nephilim, but that is a corruption of Man, not an improvement, else God may have been dissuaded from a flood in the first place.

What likely happened is that Man was a bit better off than we think he was before the Flood. Then wickedness overcomes the world and the flood happens, which will obviously throw technology back a little bit. Maybe not much, but we must acknowledge that the technological level fell at least a little bit.

The problem is that all these stories are just alternate stories of what we know truly happened via the Bible.

You see, there was a man named Noah. God came to him one day and told him all flesh would be destroyed but that he would be saved. God told him to build a big boat so that they could float out the flood safely.

Noah did so, and took his family on the Ark and they survived the storm. The flood destroyed the wicked, a punishment for the constant evil in their hearts.

After this flood, Noah was told to go out and replenish the earth. This is exactly what he did, with his descendants spreading all over the world. With this happening, the tale of what happened to him slowly evolved with each retelling in each location, eventually warping into the stories we have from across the world today.

The support for mythical lands are tenuous at best, and the local legends vary from the Bible only because of time and telling, just like a rumor may start as one thing and completely become another story, with different names, and sometimes even a different ‘plot’ so to speak.

If you notice there are huge correlations between many of these stories and the Biblical version. There are corruptions as well, but these are to be expected with time, distance, and the workings of groups like Theosophy.

Now let’s talk about the Biblical situation. Let’s consider Genesis 5. This is a listing of the generations from Adam to Noah. The first thing that might catch your attention is the fact that Adam lived to be 900 years old!

How does this work? Well I believe that it is literal, and is correct. Calling months years would not work as it would make some of these people fathers when they were as young as 5. Adam would have been just 10, nearly 11, and Enoch would have only been 5 and a half when he had Jared! There is no way possible the numbers can line up, especially when you take into consideration that there had to be some form of adjustment around the time of the Flood when lifespans shortened considerably.

I personally believe in the ‘canopy’ theory since to me it seems to best fit the Biblical creation and also possibly offering an explanation for why humans were so physically different before the Flood.

Dr. Kent Hovind among others has done some amazing research on this issue, and presents a compelling argument supporting the idea. The basics of the theory go something like the following.

(Gen 1:6)  And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. (Gen 1:7)  And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. (Gen 1:8)  And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. (Gen 1:9)  And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. (Gen 1:10)  And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

Okay, as we see here, there is a division of waters above and waters below. This division is called heaven, then we have Earth which is brought in below heaven. This basically tells us the land was created literally below water.

So if you take heaven to be sky, as it is most likely meant, then you have a canopy of water above it, and dry ground below it. The support for the word ‘heaven’ meaning sky comes not only from numerous theologians, researchers, and preachers, but also from the text itself. The Concordance reading on this word is H8064, which reads: The second form being dual of an unused singular; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve): - air, X astrologer, heaven (-s).

While I might be wrong on this, I believe the ‘heaven and earth’ in Genesis 1:1 means the literal framework of the universe and probably not where God actually resides, as in how our minds might think of God being ‘in Heaven’. We gain no benefit from knowing the details of the construction of Heaven whereas declaring God as the creator of the entire universe, known and not known, is more demonstrative of His divine powers, at least in my mind.

If I’ve never been to your house or have any clue about it, and you tell me you built it, that might not be all that impressive. If I lived in my dream house and just loved it, and you came along and told me you built it, I would have an appreciation for your carpentry skills that I wouldn’t have if I hadn’t seen your work. I think it’s like this with the creation as well. We’re told about who built our house, and we should be awe-inspired by it.

This canopy, to return to our subject, could have and likely did alter conditions on Earth like oxygen levels and the like allowing people to live much longer, and possibly being much larger than your average man today.

But make no mistake, that does not make them not human. I am more than a foot taller than my wife, but that does not make her sub-human or me superhuman. It makes me tall, and her short. I know a person that barely cracks 4’9”, making my little brother nearly two foot taller than she is and both of them are pure human, last I checked.

Size does not matter. The idea that humans may have been taller might be the source of this idea of a master or root race. If pre-Flood man was nine foot tall, then that might lead some to wrongly assume they were somehow greater. No, this would just make them tall.

This canopy came crashing down when the Flood happened, comprising part, if not all, of the rain that fell. It was not most of the water, most of it came from the ‘fountains of the deep’ breaking open. With this canopy gone, the conditions on the planet were altered, apparently in a way that did not allow man to be as long-lived as he was before.

Earthquakes are very commonly found in these legends, matching up with the idea of water issuing forth from under the Earth due to something like the ‘hydro-plate’ theory, which says that before the Flood something like a massive water table existed deep underground that broke open and provided a great deal of the water for the Flood.

So the next time you hear some New Age speaker claiming that Atlantis, Lemuria, Telos, or other mythical lands were the foundations of humanity via a root race or some other anti-Biblical ideas, you can challenge their facts and tell them that the Bible is the only true story on the Flood, and that these places, if they existed, were populated by humans only.

And from one human to another, until next time, God bless.

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