Lost City of Atlantis Screensaver

I got all excited at the thought of a Lost City of Atlantis Screensaver, expecting ruined pyramids and toppled crystal palaces. I guess my idea was too lofty because the image I found displays only a few ruined columns that could be Greek or Roman and a bunch of beautifully colorful fish. The fish are cute and very pretty. It’s also supposed to move around–I assume the fish.

Wikipedia’s article on Plato’s description of Atlantis in the Critias mentions the ocean

A Wikepedia article, Atlantis, describes Plato’s Critias and includes an excerpt that makes reference to Atlantis being in the ocean:

But at a later time there occurred portentous earthquakes and floods, and one grievous day and night befell them, when the whole body of your warriors was swallowed up by the earth, and the island of Atlantis in like manner was swallowed up by the sea and vanished; wherefore also the ocean at that spot has now become impassable and unsearchable, being blocked up by the shoal mud which the island created as it settled down.[11]

So why does the Hispanic-Cuban investigator in yesterday’s post say that the Critias does not mention the ocean?

Hispanic-Cuban Investigator believes Plato’s Critias did not place Atlantis in the Ocean

I have not read Plato’s Critias in which he refers to the lost city of Atlantis. However, according to Spanish-Cuban investigator Georgeos Doaz-Montexano, Plato did not specifically say that Atlantis was located in the ocean. The following excerpt is from Tartessus – Atlantis. They look for its rests in Andalusia. Unfortunately, the article has been very loosely translated from Spanish to English. Therefore, I would imagine that the word “rests” in the above article title has been incorrectly translated and actually means “reamins,” hence: Tartessus – Atlantis. They look for its remains in Andalusia. Here’s the quote:

an erroneous concept of which the Atlantis was beyond the Pillars of Hercules, in middle or center of the Atlantic Ocean, when Plato not even mentions the Greek word ?kean?s (the Ocean). Plato says of very clear way that the Atlantis was located in the Atlantic Pelagus (Atlantikou Pelagos) or Atlantic Sea-Arm, in the lobby of the gulf (Gulf of Cadiz), ahead, before – in greek: ‘pro tou stomatos’ – and almost in the mouth or well-known opening like the Pillars of Hercules.

Tartessus – Atlantis. They look for its rests in Andalusia

Is it Atlantis or what?

Well, well, well. How do you like that! Dig deeper and you’ll find that the integrity of National Geographic Channel’s documentary, Finding Atlantis, is questionable. An online article Lost city of Atlantis ‘buried in Spanish wetlands’at Independent.ie says that:

The film’s claims were dismissed yesterday as having no reliable basis in scientific fact and of misinterpreting partial results of an investigation by a team of Spanish scientists. Since 2005, they have been working on the site at Donana, a national park and bird sanctuary.

Juan Villarias-Robles, an anthropologist with the Spanish government’s scientific research body, CSIC, said Prof Freund appeared to have sensationalised their work.

Mr Villarias-Robles was part of a team investigating ancient settlements in Donana, Europe’s largest wetlands area. He said his team planned to offer their own conclusions later this year.

Now THAT should be interesting–conclusions made by scientists rather than a professor with his own film company. Not that I think a professor shouldn’t have his own film company, but it’s interesting to discover that the Hartford-based professor is not supported by researchers who have been working at the supposed Atlantis site in the Spanish wetlands since 2005.

A Hauntingly lovely poem: The Shell

For some strange reason, the opening nine lines of this poem by James Stephens, The Shell, have stayed with me since my high school years. It certainly evokes a feeling.

James Stephens. 1882–

123. The Shell

AND then I pressed the shell
Close to my ear
And listened well,
And straightway like a bell
Came low and clear 5
The slow, sad murmur of the distant seas,
Whipped by an icy breeze
Upon a shore
Wind-swept and desolate.
It was a sunless strand that never bore 10
The footprint of a man,
Nor felt the weight
Since time began
Of any human quality or stir
Save what the dreary winds and waves incur. 15
And in the hush of waters was the sound
Of pebbles rolling round,
For ever rolling with a hollow sound.
And bubbling sea-weeds as the waters go
Swish to and fro 20
Their long, cold tentacles of slimy grey.
There was no day,
Nor ever came a night
Setting the stars alight
To wonder at the moon: 25
Was twilight only and the frightened croon,
Smitten to whimpers, of the dreary wind
And waves that journeyed blind—
And then I loosed my ear … O, it was sweet
To hear a cart go jolting down the street. 30

Three-inch “Atlantean orb” found in underwater pyramid

This unusual orb, called the Atlantean Orb, was found by Ray Brown in 1970 while scuba diving with friends in the Bahamas off the coast of Bimini. The photo below comes from an intriguing online article,
A Relic From Atlantis — The Atlantean Orb?

Read more: http://scienceray.com/earth-sciences/a-relic-from-atlantis-the-atlantean-orb/#ixzz1IQFuG8Km

Atlantean Orb found in an underwater pyramid in the Bahamas

What to do during this Mercury Retrograde

I like this online article by Great Falls Astrology Examiner Rita McKinney. She says that one of the best things to do during this Mercury Retrograde in Aries is to:

Ask questions and listen.

That is great advice. I don’t know about you, but I’ve been encountering miscommunications both between myself and others and also between other people. What a mess! April 23rd, when this present Mercury Retrograde is finally over, is so far away!

Last Mercury Retrograde, in December 2010, I noticed that the worst of it seemed to occur at the beginning of the 3-week period. Maybe the worst will soon be over. I hope.

Mercury Retrograde right now in Aries!

You do realize we’re in Mercury Retrograde right now! It started yesterday, March 30th and will go until April 22nd with residual effects continuing until May 11th.

As usual, during Merc Retro periods, the emphasis is on difficulties with communications, transportation, and making decisions, especially relating to business matters. The suggestion is to refrain from starting major projects from the ground up at this time. If you’ve already started something, go ahead, continue, but realize you may feel fuzzy-headed about decisions you have to make. Just take it easy, slow down, relax.

Kachina Houska at Dimensional Bliss suggests that because this particular Mercury Retrograde is entirely within Aries, unlike some relatively benign Merc Retro periods, this one could create quite a few problems. She admonishes us to stay away from volatile people.

Will Atlantis, like Troy, be found?

On March 27th, the Discovery Channel aired a Canadian documentary Finding Atlantis. It reminded viewers that at one time the story of the ancient city of Troy was thought to be a myth. However, its recent discovery in Turkey, has inspired archeologists and explorers to keep looking for Atlantis.

Submerged ruins off the coast of Japan could be Mu

An online article at Mystic Travel, Cayce prediction Japan will sink into the Ocean and the Lost city of Mu, says that off shore ruins at Yoniguni, Japan, include pyramid 25 meters tall and that they could be ruins of the lost continent of Lemuria Mu:

In the past years there has been discovered the Yoniguni formations. Underneath the sea close to Japan has been found huge stone pyramid structure. The pyramid rises from a depth of 25 meters. Some scientists suspect is the lost city of Mu.