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According to the Lemurian Fellowship lesson materials, the turn out well for Rama. Assuming the above story is true, populace surrounding Mu (Lemuria, which predated the other Atlantis was not pleased at the humiliating defeat and therefore civilisations) eventually split into two opposing factions: those used its most powerful and destructive weapon—quite possibly an who prized practicality and those who prized spirituality. The cit- atomic-type weapon! izenry, or educated elite, of Mu itself was balanced equally in Consider these verses from the ancient Mahabharata: these two qualities. The citizenry encouraged the other groups to emigrate to uninhabited lands. Those who prized practicality emi- ..(it was) a single projectile grated to the Poseid Island group (Atlantis), and those who prized Charged with all the power of the Universe. spirituality eventually ended up in India. The Atlanteans, a patri- An incandescent column of smoke and flame archal civilisation with an extremely materialistic, technologically As bright as the thousand suns oriented culture, deemed themselves "Masters of the World" and Rose in all its splendour... eventually sent a well-equipped army to India in order to subju- gate the Rama Empire and bring it under the suzerainty of ..it was an unknown weapon, Atlantis. An iron thunderbolt, One account of the battle, related by the Lemurian Fellowship, A gigantic messenger of death, tells how the Rama Empire Priest-Kings defeated the Atlanteans. Which reduced to ashes Equipped with a formidable force and a "fantastic array of The entire race of the Vrishnis and the Andhakas. weapons", the Atlanteans landed in their vailixi outside one of the Rama cities, got their troops in order and ... The corpses were so burned sent a message to the ruling Priest-King of As to be unrecognisable. the city that he should surrender. The Priest- The hair and nails fell out; King sent word back to the Atlantean Pottery broke without apparent General: cause, We of India have no quarrel with you of In the way we And the birds turned white. Atlantis. We ask only that we be per - age . mitted to follow our own way of life. traditionally view After a few hours i i All foodstuffs were infected... Regarding the ruler's mild request as a . ancient history, ..to escape from this fire confession of weakness and expecting an it seems absolutely The soldiers threw themselves in easy victory—as the Rama Empire did not i i streams possess the technology of war or the aggres- incredible that there To wash themselves and their siveness of the Atlanteans—the Atlantean was an atomic war equipment.* General sent another message: We shall not destroy your land with the mighty weapons at our command, provided you pay suffi - cient tribute and accept the ruler - ship of Atlantis. approximately 10,000 years ago. And yet, of what else could the Mahabharata be speaking? In the way we traditionally view ancient history, it seems absolutely incredible that there was an atomic war approximately 10,000 years ago. And yet, of what else could the Mahabharata be speaking? Perhaps this is just a poetic way to describe cavemen clubbing each other to death; after all, that is what we are told the ancient past was like. Until the bomb- ing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, mod- ern mankind could not imagine any orders. However, if you persist in weapon as horrible and devastating as your determination to attack us those described in the ancient Indian without cause and merely for the purpose of conquest, you texts. Yet they very accurately described the effects of an atomic will leave us no recourse but to destroy you and all of your explosion. Radioactive poisoning will make hair and nails fall leaders. Depart, and leave us in peace. out. Immersing oneself in water gives some respite, though is not The Priest-King of the city responded humbly again, seeking to avert war: We of India do not believe in war and strife, peace being our ideal. Neither would we destroy you or your soldiers who but follow turn out well for Rama. Assuming the above story is true, Atlantis was not pleased at the humiliating defeat and therefore used its most powerful and destructive weapon—quite possibly an atomic-type weapon! Consider these verses from the ancient Mahabharata: ..(it was) a single projectile Charged with all the power of the Universe. An incandescent column of smoke and flame As bright as the thousand suns Rose in all its splendour... ..it was an unknown weapon, An iron thunderbolt, A gigantic messenger of death, Which reduced to ashes The entire race of the Vrishnis and the Andhakas. .. The corpses were so burned As to be unrecognisable. The hair and nails fell out; Pottery broke without apparent cause, And the birds turned white. In the way we traditionally view ancient history, it seems absolutely fo. 2 IIL. aba ab After a few hours All foodstuffs were infected... ..to escape from this fire The soldiers threw themselves in streams To wash themselves and their equipment.* approximately 10,000 years ago. And yet, of what else could the Mahabharata be speaking? acure. Interestingly, Manhattan Project chief scientist Dr J. Robert Oppenheimer was known to be familiar with ancient Sanskrit lit- erature. In an interview conducted after he watched the first atomic test, he quoted from the Bhagavad Gita: ‘Now I am become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds.’ I suppose we all felt that way. When asked in an interview at Rochester University seven years after the Alamogordo nuclear test whether that was the first atomic bomb ever to be detonated, his reply was: Well, yes, in modern history.” Arrogantly, the Atlanteans did not believe that the Indians had the power to stop them, certainly not by technical means. At dawn, the Atlantean army began to march on the city. Froma high viewpoint, the Priest-King sadly watched the army advance. Then he raised his arms heavenward, and using a particular men- tal technique he caused the General and then each officer in order of rank to drop dead in his tracks, perhaps of some sort of heart failure. In a panic, and without leaders, the remaining Atlantean force fled to the waiting vailixi and retreated in terror to Atlantis. Of the sieged Rama city, not one man was lost. While this may be nothing but fanciful conjecture, the Indian epics go on to tell the rest of the horrible story, and things do not 58 - NEXUS incredible that there was an atomic war Continued on page 83 OCTOBER — NOVEMBER 2000