My grannies are members of a "religion" (cult?) whose spiritual center is Mt
Shasta. Part of it's general dogma is all sorts of stuff about "ascended
masters" materialising and enlightening people, at Mt Shasta. Sounds
suspiciously similar, although there is no mention of Lemurians or Mu.
I don't think there's is the only such religion, although it might possibly
be the least inspiring one! I think these guys have been around since at
least '41; I'll check it out. They don't think up anything themselves, it's
all poached, so the source of the myth must be older than their founding.
Emlyn
---- Original Message -----
From: "Damien Broderick" <d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au>
To: <extropians@extropy.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 11:59 AM
Subject: Mu & Mt Shasta
> At 09:21 AM 6/12/00 +0100, Amara wrote:
>
> >(*) According to local Mt. Shasta Legend, Mt. Shasta is thought to be
> >the last refuge of the survivors of the lost continent of Lemuria
> >(known also as "Mu"), which met a fiery end many thousands of years
> >ago and sank to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Now Lemurian "beings"
> >"materialize" around the area and telepathically communicate with the
> >local townfolk. :-)
>
> I wonder how long this `legend' has existed? One of Robert Heinlein's
> earliest stories, `Lost Legacy' (originally `Lost Legion', 1941) used that
> idea; I wonder if he invented it, or if it was prevalent among
Theosophists
> and other devotees of the arcana? (Heinlein, like his pal Elron, seemed to
> know an unholy amount about magic and the like.)
>
> Damien Broderick
>
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