Atlantis: Lost Lands, Ancient Wisdom: 0 (Art and Imagination) - Tapa blanda

Atlantis, the island continent that vanished under the sea, is one of the most haunting themes of legend. It has preoccupied thinkers for more than two thousand years, from Plato to Rudolf Steiner. Prehistorians have seen Atlantis as the fountain-head of all civilization; mystics have had revelations about it; archaeologists have claimed to locate it – sometimes in surprising places. Bringing together Greek myth, Theosophy, science fiction, painting, literature, poetry and film, this is a compelling account of a perennially intriguing topic. The Art & Imagination series casts fresh light onto art, archetypes, cosmology and sacred traditions. It offers the perfect introduction to the world’s great esoteric traditions.

Table of Contents

Theme and Quest; Atlantis Portrayed; Shambhala: An Outpost; Mu: An Alternative?; The
Wilder Shores; Voices of Prophecy; Plato and his Stories; Responses and Interpretations;
The Rough Road to Atlantology; Atlantis Transferred; Plato’s Imagination; Entertainments;
Perennial Vision; Themes: Plato’s Paradox; The Making of a Myth; Death by Water; When
and Where?; Earthly Paradises; The Myth Re-made; Trans-oceanic Echoes; Atlantis’s Imprint;
Revelations to Come?; Occult Approaches; Lemuria and Mu; Shasta: A Lemurian Colony; Lunar
Upheavals and Hidden Spaces; The Place of Quietude, Realizations

Geoffrey Ashe is a distinguished British medievalist and cultural historian.