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== Theosophical viewpoint ==
== Theosophical viewpoint ==
=== Poseidonis ===
In 1882, [[Koot Hoomi|Master K.H.]] wrote:


[[Charles Webster Leadbeater|C. W. Leadbeater]] wrote:
<blockquote>The great event — the triumph of our "Sons of the Fire Mist", the inhabitants of "Shamballah" (when yet an island in the Central Asian Sea) over the selfish but not entirely wicked magicians of Poseidonis occurred just 11,446 ago.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 93B (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), ???.</ref></blockquote>


<blockquote>There are one or two events in ancient history whose dates have already been accurately fixed - as, for example, the sinking of Poseidonis in the year 9,564 B.C.<ref>Charles Webster Leadbeater, ''Clairvoyance'', (Adyar, Madras: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1986), 147.</ref></blockquote>
This means that the sinking of the last large island, Poseidonis, occurred in the year 9,564 B.C.E.


== Other viewpoints ==
== Other viewpoints ==


== Additional resources ==
== Online resources ==
* Reed Carson articles and recommended reading list at Blavatsky.net. [http://www.blavatsky.net/science/atlantis/atlantis.htm]  
===Articles===
* "Atlantean Realities." Philaletheians web page. [http://www.philaletheians.co.uk/SN-atlantean-realities.htm]  
*[http://www.blavatsky.net/confirm/ev/atlantis/atlantis.htm# Atlantis Found] by Reed Carson
* Bartzokas, Chris A. ed., ''Rise and Demise of Atlantis: Occult Features of the Fourth Race of Humanity and Its Fall into Matter.''  Available on Philaletheians web page. [http://www.philaletheians.co.uk/Major%20works/Rise%20and%20Demise%20of%20Atlantis.pdf] ISBN 978-0-9550400-5-4. Beautifully illustrated work references ''The Secret Doctrine'' and other sources.
*[http://www.blavatsky.net/science/atlantis/tradition/plato.htm# Plato, the Source of Atlantis Legend] at Blavatsky.Net
*[http://www.philaletheians.co.uk/SN-atlantean-realities.htm# Atlantean Realities] at Philaletheians web page
*[http://www.wisdomworld.org/additional/TheRacesOfMan-Series/TheAtlanteans-4of6.html# The Atlanteans] at WisdomWorld.org
*[http://www.wisdomworld.org/additional/ListOfCollatedArticles/TheLostAtlantis.html# The Lost Atlantis] at WisdomWorld.org


===Books===
* Bartzokas, Chris A. ed., [http://www.philaletheians.co.uk/Major%20works/Rise%20and%20Demise%20of%20Atlantis.pdf# ''Rise and Demise of Atlantis: Occult Features of the Fourth Race of Humanity and Its Fall into Matter.'']  Available on Philaletheians web page. ISBN 978-0-9550400-5-4. Beautifully illustrated work references ''The Secret Doctrine'' and other sources.
*[http://www.anandgholap.net/Story_Of_Atlantis_And_The_Lost_Lemuria-W_Scott-Elliot.pdf# The Story of Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria] by William Scott-Elliot
=== Additional resources ===
*[http://www.blavatsky.net/science/atlantis/atlantis.htm# Recommended reading list] at Blavatsky.Net
*[http://www.philaletheians.co.uk/SN-atlantean-realities.htm# Recommended reading list] at Philaletheians web page


== Notes ==
== Notes ==

Revision as of 21:23, 17 July 2014

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Map of the Atlantean Empire, from Ignatius Donelly's Atlantis: the Antediluvian World, 1882.

Plato's account

Theosophical viewpoint

Poseidonis

In 1882, Master K.H. wrote:

The great event — the triumph of our "Sons of the Fire Mist", the inhabitants of "Shamballah" (when yet an island in the Central Asian Sea) over the selfish but not entirely wicked magicians of Poseidonis occurred just 11,446 ago.[1]

This means that the sinking of the last large island, Poseidonis, occurred in the year 9,564 B.C.E.

Other viewpoints

Online resources

Articles

Books

Additional resources

Notes

  1. Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence No. 93B (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), ???.