January 01, 2007 01:17PM
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Very interesting, maybe this will satisfy those who doubt there are any earlier stories regarding Atlantis, though I guess its provenance is in doubt.
I thought I should point out Hall's take on Atlantis where he says this:
"In Phrygia there existed a remarkable school of religious philosophy which centered around the life and untimely fate of another Savior-God known as Atys, or Attis, by many considered synonymous with Adonis. This deity was born at midnight on the 24th day of December. Of his death there are two accounts. In one he was gored to death like Adonis; in the other he emasculated himself under a pine tree and there died. His body was taken to a cave by the Great Mother (Cybele), where it remained through the ages without decaying. To the rites of Atys the modern world is indebted for the symbolism of the Christmas tree. Atys imparted his immortality to the tree beneath which he died, and Cybele took the tree with her when she removed the body. Atys remained three days in the tomb, rose upon a date corresponding with Easter morn, and by this resurrection overcame death for all who were initiated into his Mysteries."
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I am just pointing out that intellectuals of the early part of the last century had a different view of Atlantis than now prevails.
Meden Agan
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