A distant, forgotten continent in the dawn of time…Its name became a legend, its history was lost somewhere between truth and fantasy…<\/p>\n
In this unique, authentic recount, pages from the daily life of Atlantis come to light for the first time… Days of unprecedented well-being, as well as moral decline…A time of unequaled technical achievements but also of a softening of the morals…<\/p>\n
Solon the Athenian and Archimedes having per-existed – in different time periods – in this legendary continent, enlighten us about all these, until now unknown matters of the Atlantean civilization, but most of all they call for our attention…<\/p>\n
…because, where the spirit of man degrades without morals, any material achievement beyond the Moderation is doomed to fail.<\/p>\n
Translated by John Alexander<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Happy Country of the Atlanteans<\/p>\n
Solon the Athenian:<\/p>\n
Twenty thousand years before your present era, the country of Atlantis enjoyed a most exceptional civilization. For this reason I have named the present work “The happy country of the Atlanteans”<\/p>\n
Both I myself and other famous sages of History led a previous existence as citizens of Atlantis. I preceded brother Archimedes by a long time. I will not speak about myself, but will focus only on the description of that civilization, so as to give you a vague idea of the world as it was then. It was the Lord\u2019s choice \u2013 the choosing, that is, of the Highest Principle of the Whole Cosmos \u2013 that we should be the elected people in virtue of psycho-spiritual advancement.<\/p>\n
The capital of Atlantis was the Atlantean Gate. We possessed enormous Centers of Instruction. Our country was under no threat from enemies, because the inhabitants of other countries were so backward that they feared to enter our territories, which were completely surrounded by a wall of death-dealing rays. Besides, we had no contact with any of the peoples of that time.<\/p>\n
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The distribution of riches was just. If a citizen for various reasons was unable to rise in the world, the Law conferred the right on the State to ascertain what it was that prevented an increase in his worldly goods, and then to assist him as a member of the great body of the State. Because of this there were no poor in my day. Everybody worked and received the good things with which Nature endowed man. Everybody was concerned for the individual, and the individual, without the slightest oppression on the part of the State, sacrificed himself for the common good.<\/p>\n
My Laws were inspired by the Divine Principle. All that time, however, we did not know the nature of that Principle. Yet the initiated were continually in contact with Spirits who guided them in their holy work.<\/p>\n
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One of my first Laws was: \u201cEvery citizen must know what he does and why\u201d. Lectures were given on this subject so that all should be informed of the requirement that every citizen should be aware of himself as a member of one body, which was no other than the body of the State. The Lawgiver decreed the Laws and those who executed these Laws were the lawful Governors of our Dominions. The governing council passed resolutions and also enforced them. The resolutions were imparted from the capital to all the cities of Atlantis. Each city was self-governing, but all together were subject to the capital \u2013 that is to say, the capital linked together all the other cities and villages in the country.
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