The Story of Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria

A theosophical account reconstructs two prehistoric lost continents and traces their peoples' physical, social, and spiritual development through cycles of culture, technology, and decline. Drawing on clairvoyant investigation and mythic sources, it describes political structures, religious orders, use and abuse of occult powers, migrations, and catastrophic upheavals that reshape continents. The narrative details caste and racial subdivisions, customs, arts, and engineering, juxtaposing periods of initiated leadership and periods dominated by sorcery, and argues that moral and psychic evolution determined the rise and fall of civilizations. Maps and interpretive commentary accompany the text, combining speculative history, metaphysical doctrine, and ethnographic-style descriptions to present an overarching scheme of human prehistory.