Wishar S. Cerve - Lemuria: The Lost Continent of the Pacific (Rosicrucian Order AMORC Kindle Editions)

Lemuria

by Wishar S. Cerv

With a Special Chapter

by Dr. James D. Ward

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Dedication

In appreciation of the first researches

into the history of the lost continents of

Atlantis and Lemuria

made by that brilliant

mind and soul,

Sir Francis Bacon

this book is dedicated to his memory

and everlasting greatness of character.

The Author

Contents

Publishers Preface

Some years ago a representative of the Rosicrucian Brotherhood in China visited our offices in San Francisco and placed in our hands, as an official portfolio, some very rare manuscripts dealing with many of the age-old traditions preserved in the secret archives of Tibet and China. Among these manuscripts was a very old and worn copy of the secret spiritual and ethical teachings of the Tibetans, which this representative was anxious to have brought to light in the Western World in modern form. The truly mystical and private manuscripts of a Rosicrucian nature were deposited with us for use in connection with our usual activities as publishers of the magazines and other printed matter of the Rosicrucian Brotherhood.

In order to facilitate the proper publication and public dissemination of the Tibetan teachings the foreign representative organized a publishing company under the name of the Oriental Literature Syndicate , and this syndicate produced the Tibetan manuscript in book form under the title of Unto Thee I Grant... This rare book has had a number of editions and is considered one of the most beautiful specimens of Oriental literature published in recent years.

Among the manuscripts retained by the Oriental Literature Syndicate were several dealing with the ancient records and traditions telling the story of the lost continent of Lemuria. It was the intention of the Syndicate eventually to gather together from all parts of the world the thousands of tabulated and recorded facts regarding Lemuria and its people, and to put these into a highly instructive and fascinating book for public dissemination. The work of gathering this information and compiling it was placed in the hands of Wishar Spenle Cerv, who was selected because of his interest in the subjects of archaeology, geology, and meteorology. As the matter was gradually accumulated and the astonishing facts put into readable form, many interesting stories evolved, each of which was worthy of independent publication. One of these stories was published by us in the Rosicrucian magazine known as The Mystic Triangle for August 1925. The publication of this story aroused wide spread interest and immediately there were requests from all parts of the world for the further publication of similar stories or the publication of a complete book dealing exhaustively with Lemuria and its people.

With the assistance of representatives in China and Tibet, the entire holdings of the Oriental Literature Syndicate were taken over by the publishing department of the Rosicrucian Brotherhood in America, and therefore the book called Unto Thee I Grant... and all the other accumulated manuscripts and records owned by the Syndicate became the possession of the Rosicrucian Brotherhood of AMORC for North America.

The researches started by Mr. Cerv have continued during the past ten years, and because of the increasing demand for the publication of the fascinating facts, we decided to have him put the most essential ones and the most alluring parts of the story of Lemuria into a public book, free from all technical data of a ponderous nature, and replete with the human interest features which make the story of Lemuria the equal of any of the worlds fascinating romances.

This book is now offered in the present form with the hope that it will please and instruct as well as satisfy the natural curiosity in the minds of millions of persons living in the Western World. To a great many the book will be a surprising revelation, and undoubtedly thousands of readers will question the truthfulness of all the facts stated herein and will demand scientific proof and verification. A complete index of all of the records, writings, traditions and facts regarding Lemuria would make a book of itself.

We have deemed it advisable to State a few of these authorities and records in an appendix to this book, but we do not attempt to establish the facts of Lemuria in such a manner as to be indisputably verified in the minds of those who would undoubtedly question any or all of the statements regardless of what proof might be submitted. There are certain facts that are self-evident regarding Lemuria, and its people, and these few or many, as the readers may discover them, constitute a selection or framework throughout the present volume that is sufficient foundation upon which to build a firm belief in the entire story. To ignore these indisputable facts and self-evident points and criticize a few which have not been substantiated by the most acceptable authorities is to do an injustice to the work of the author.

We have just stated that our desire has been to make this book free from ponderous, scientific quotations, and for any to take advantage of this by criticizing the lack of such evidence will be a sign of insincerity. If the self-evident and indisputable facts to be found in this book are given proper consideration, there can be no doubt left in the mind of any critic that most of the entire story of Lemuria as recorded herein must be true.

One of the points that might be disputed is in connection with the statement that the changes which have occurred on the surface of the earth in past centuries have been in cycles. Many years ago this astonishing fact was discovered by a well known scientist, Mr. John H. Tice. When he attempted to publish his findings in 1875 no publisher would accept his statements of the scientific principles constituting natural evidences of a Cosmic power and the manifestation of Cosmic laws unknown to other scientists. He, therefore, published his findings in private form and we are happy to quote part of these findings in support of the claim for cycles of changes in the earths surface in Appendix Number One at the close of this book. Much that Mr. Tice published privately in 1875 and practically all that is contained in his rare manuscripts now in our possession have been verified in recent years by the independent researches of hundreds of other scientists, none of whom, however, have so completely related the various discoveries and strange manifestations as Mr. Tice related them in outlining his theory.