CB:
And let's not forget the New Age "Land of MU."
Which, I suppose, is short for Lemuria...which, as I understand? it, was coined by a bunch of Darwinists (led by Sir Julian Huxley, Aldous' father). There were no fossils found on the northern African continent at that time, so to bolster the theory of evolution, they "created" a pre-historic land bridge between Africa/Madagascar and India, the places where lemurs were found. Neat. Scientific? When lemur fossils were later discovered in the northern part of Africa, Lemuria was allowed to sink back beneath the seas...until the New Age, that is.
But I've always (or so it sometimes seems) wondered if there really was, at some time, like antediluvial, an actual "Lemuria," or in my mind, Sumeria I. I once read a translation of a cuneiform tablet that was attributed to the early Assyrians, and went something like, "they came from the south, out of the sea, and since they came there has been nothing new." Which was interpreted to mean that they, the Sumerians, brought all their knowledge with them. Their arrival, if that's what it was, would have approximated the time of the flood.
I've read drastically varying estimates as to how much water was locked up during the last Ice Age...amounts that would have lowered sea level anywhere from 400' to 1200.' Since the most fruitful place for civilization to develop is in an estuarine environment, that would indicate that the more civilized antediluvian settlements would have been destroyed by the flooding...leaving only the lesser developed, more primitive peoples to survive...those who were deemed unfit to dwell in places of plenty, and exiled to the higher, harsher environments.
Off-market type day, compounded by having read an Ahahaha note.<g> |
