Edgar Cayce on the Lost City of Atlantis

This book delves into the histories of the lost continent of Atlantis as given from the words of Edgar Cayce-the world's most documented clairvoyant. During his time in Virginia Beach, the Sleeping Prophet provided past life readings for nearly 1,600 individuals. Roughly half the people he spoke to supposedly experienced a past life in Atlantis. He also claimed that the people who once inhabited Atlantis are again being reincarnated in the modern world at a rapid rate. As Cayce explained during one of his trances: "As has been said, much data has been received from time to time through psychic forces as respecting . . . this continent's existence. That the continent existed is being proven as a fact . . . The POSITION of the continent, and the like, MUST be of interest to peoples in the present day . . . [for] individuals are being born into the earth plane . . . BY the spirits of those who inhabited such a continent" (364-3). The Atlanteans of the past are bringing their skills and knowledge into the present age. The engineers, mathematicians, and scientists of contemporary society likely developed their intellectual insights from their previous sojourns in the vanished land. Cayce describes Atlantis as a thriving culture; a place of high technological status. The Atlanteans harnessed the powers of nature to bring about a high-functioning society. There were modes of transportation: trains, aircrafts, seacrafts, and levitating carriers. The powers of crystals were used to magnify all aspects of human and geographical development. Cayce says that the technologies of the Atlanteans are something that modern man has not been able to recreate, reinvent, or even reconsider. It wasn't only the knowledge of science that the Atlanteans possessed but also the knowledge of the occult or psychic sciences that brought about such a grand world. The entities that populated Atlantis possessed an array of supernatural mental abilities, which they used to bring about one of the most supreme civilizations ever to grace the earth. As time progressed, error crept into existence. Entities started becoming selfish, seeking pleasure in all its forms. Jealousy and anger ensued and hardships arose. The entire region soon met its downfall due to the ignorance of its inhabitants. The God-given powers the Atlanteans inherited were being misused, contributing to the land's destruction. The fall of Atlantis didn't occur over the course of a day, as Plato wrote. Instead, it was gradual, happening over the course of months, years, decades, or centuries. Just like Atlantis, the nations of the modern world have built up a degree of technology that has proven to be quite remarkable. By using radio waves, sonar technologies, and gas and electric-powered vehicles, today's world can meet and exceed all the needs and desires of contemporary man. Society is advancing at an exponential rate, and systems are developing in ways that ancient man could never have created prior to the Industrial Revolution. A technological transformation has once again come upon the earth, and history seems to be repeating itself. Human ingenuity is becoming more sophisticated, more personalized, more resourceful, and more powerful than ever. The forces of nature are again being used to bring prosperity to all countries. However, if the current world is not careful, it could meet the same fate as its deceased ancestor nation. Many questions arise about the departed territory of Atlantis and its peoples: what were they like? How did they live? What was their lifestyle? What did they know? What troubles did they face, and where did they go wrong? How could such an advanced, knowledgeable culture meet such a dire, disastrous fate? There are endless circumstances one can only envision. Only by studying the myths and prophecies of the lost land can we begin to approach such questions and discover such answers.