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cults, such as the believers in Lemuria (which is supposed to be another lost continent) and Mu, Here again, we find that a large part of the literature is based upon the alleged experiences of those who have encountered Lemurians. In the Middle Ages many people insisted they had visited the underground palaces of the fairies, and volumes were written about the secret commonwealth of the little People. In modern times the Dero (detrimental robots) myth has blown up around the stories of people who claim they have been taken to the secret caverns occupied by the ancientj secret Dero culture. In 1944, Amazing Stories, a science fiction magazine, published Richard Shaver's *] Remember Lemuria’. Editor Ray Palmer was amazed when he was swamped by thousands of letters from people who swore they had experiences with Deros and Lemurians. They often described things identical to the flying saucer phenomenon (which did not explode on the American scene until 1 AN 1947). The myth-making machinery of WOW has always been in operation and the earliest thinkers and scientists recognized it. Strange illusions and purposeful distortions of reality have always haunted the human race. Some cults have defined the culprits as Masters of Illusion, the Black Mentalists, and the X Group. For centuries it was popular to accuse the devil, witches, and warlocks for these bewildering manifestations. Whole religions sprang up around the etfi dence ne Cae De Ses Se MS -- In Sweden the great mathematician Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772) wrote huge tomes about his experiences with the ele-mentals and offered solemn warnings such as: When spirits begin to speak with a man, he must be aware that he believe nothing that they say. For nearly everything they say is fabricated by them, and they lie: for if they are permitted to narrate anything, as what heaven is and how things in the heavens are to be understood, they would tell so many lies that a man would be astonished. This they would do with solemn affirmation j,, Wherefore men must beware and not believe them,. « Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), the famous novelist, made a serious study of these matters, and in 1830 he published a series of essays summarizing his conclusions. He noted that when trained psychics encountered fairies and visited their splendid palaces 'the illusion vanished'. He explained; The young knights and beautiful ladies showed themselves as wrinkled carles and odious hags... The stately halls were turned into miserable damp caverns - all the delights of the Elfin Elysium vanished at once. In a word, their pleasures were showy but totally unsubstantial - their activity unceasing, but fruitless and unavailing - and their condemnation appears to have consisted in the necessity of maintaining the appearance of industry or enjoyment, though their toil was fruitless and their pleasures shadowy and unsubstantial. Hence poets have designed them as 'the crew that never rest'. Besides the unceasing and useless bustle in which these spirits seemed to live, they had propensities unfavourable and distressing to mortals. The manifestations have also led to the creation of many minor supplied by the phenomenon.