Atlantis and the Cycles of Time by Joscelyn Godwin

Author:Joscelyn Godwin
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Publisher: Inner Traditions / Bear & Company
Published: 2010-11-18T00:00:00+00:00

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“Scholarly, meticulously researched, and superbly presented. Joscelyn Godwin

has produced a wonderful book that will delight and impress all those who seek

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‘Atlantis,’ be it a myth or reality. I urge you to read it!”

robert bAuvAl, author of The Orion Mystery and Egypt Code

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“As absorbing as it is erudite, both comprehensive and profound, essential as a

reference work, and quintessential to grasp the depth and breadth of a grievously

misunderstood, perennially fascinating, and perhaps critical subject, Atlantis and

the cycles of time is a unique work: the ‘compleat’ Atlantis.”

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John Anthony west, author of

Serpent in the Sky: The High Wisdom of Ancient Egypt

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Atlantis has held a perennial place in the collective imagination of humanity from

ancient greece onward. Many of the great minds of the occult and esoteric world

wrote at length on their theories of Atlantis—about its high culture, its possible

location, its ultimate demise, and their predictions of a return to Atlantean enlight-

enment or the downfall of modern society.

beginning with a review of the rationalist writings on Atlantis—those that

use geographic and geologic data to validate their theories—renowned scholar

Joscelyn godwin then analyzes and compares writings on Atlantis from many of

the great occultists and esotericists of the 19th and 20th centuries, including Fabre

d’olivet, g. i. gurdjieff, guido von list, Julius evola, edgar cayce, Dion Fortune,

and rené guénon, whose writings often stem from deeper, metaphysical sources,

such as sacred texts, prophecy, or paranormal communication. seeking to unravel

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and explain the histories and interpretations of Atlantis and its kindred myths of

lemuria and Mu, the author shows how these different views go hand-in-hand

with the concept of cyclical history, such as the vedic system of the four yugas, the

Mayan calendar with its 2012 end-date, the theosophical system of root races, and

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the precession of the equinoxes. venturing broader and deeper than any other book

on Atlantis, this study also covers reincarnation, human evolution or devolution, the

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origins of race, and catastrophe theory.

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educated at cambridge and cornell, Joscelyn goDwin, Ph.D., is a professor of music at colgate university and the author, editor, and translator of more than

30 books, including Athanasius Kircher’s Theatre of the World. Known for his

translations of the works of Fabre d’olivet and Julius evola as well as Francesco

colonna’s Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, he lives in hamilton, new york.

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