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Facts and Fancies of Atlantis
Separating fact from fiction and dispelling the fancies that surround the subject of Atlantis
It is not our intention to write a book about Atlantis. Nor do we wish to add to the many speculations about its supposed location, or feed the appetite of those who wish to be 'thrilled' by the weird and wonderful fantasies derived from channeled sources. Least of all are we interested in proving the existence of Atlantis to the satisfaction of sceptics. We aim to give you FACTS, not fancies, which you can verify for and by yourself.
Fact versus fancy
Readers interested in Atlantology—as the scientific study of Atlantis is termed—are referred to the list of books given in the sidebar. All these books treat the subject in a thoroughly scientific and factual manner. We make no comment on the very many books, both past and present, which treat the subject in an UNscientific manner, other than to say that having read the very 'best' books by these 'visionaries' we remain profoundly sceptical about the majority of their claims. Moreover, with very few exceptions, the information imparted by them is so trivial and ordinary that it tells us nothing worthwhile about Atlantis.
Colonel Braghine, in his introduction to The Shadow of Atlantis says: "...it is to be regretted that various visionaries and novelists have exploited the subject of Atlantis, and their activity has alienated it from the attention of many serious truth-seekers and created around it an atmosphere of fancy and fiction." This is even truer today then when Braghine wrote these words in 1938! We know where we are with a novel, and do not expect it to do more than entertain us for an idle hour or two, whereas fancy masquerading as fact is another matter entirely, and therefore all the more misleading and dangerous for the genuine seeker after Truth.
That is not to say that a trained clairvoyant cannot discover accurate information about the distant past, for many have, as you can read in our brief review of the clairvoyant researches of the trained seer and occultist, Geoffrey Hodson. The problem is that so many psychics and mediumistic persons will embroider what they have seen, heard or experienced clairvoyantly with the fanciful speculations of their own, untrained minds, completely obscuring and distorting any useful information they may have discovered through their visions. And whereas an Initiate, by virtue of their thorough training in occult science, can sift the gold from the dross in such visions, the average reader cannot, and either swallows the tall tales wholesale, or dismisses them as fantasy, which, we are sorry to say, is just what they are in most cases.
We, and we hope YOU who are reading this, want facts, not fancies, founded upon evidence anyone may verify for themselves. This then, is our aim in this article: to review the facts about Atlantis as recorded by such great minds as Plato, Solon, Herodotus and others, together with the scientific researches of more modern times by open-minded investigators such as Ignatius Donnelly, Braghine, Whishaw and N. F. Zhirov. At the same time we hope to dispel some of the fancies which cling to the subject in the minds of many mystics and occultists.
Atlantis — myth or reality?
We ourselves have no doubts about the existence of Atlantis, or its location. We say this after a lifetime spent investigating the subject in a thoroughly scientific manner from every conceivable angle; geographically, ethnographically, linguistically, astronomically, and anthropologically, to name but a few of the different scientific tools which are needed if we wish to arrive at the truth, not fantasy. We would add that anyone who does take the time and trouble to do this will arrive at the same conclusion, unless of course, they are the type of dogmatic sceptic we heard sounding forth on the television recently, who smugly asserted that there was no point in investigating the subject, as land does not rise or sink overnight, or even at all! This despite the evidence of the eruption of new islands in modern times, such as Surtsey, which appeared off the coast of Iceland in 1963. By 1967 it had reached a size of 1 square mile and a height of 500 feet above sea level. During the island's first 20 years, 20 species of plants were observed at one time or another, and in 1998, the first tree was found on the island—a tea-leaved willow, which can grow to a height of 13 feet. By 2008, 69 species of plant had been found.
Then we have the sinking of the island of Thera (modern Santorini) into the Aegean Sea in about 1500 B.C. If small islands can rise and sink why shouldn't very much larger ones do so too? It is only a matter of scale, not of principle. Quite why dogmatic science refuses to accept this simple fact in the face of such clear evidence is a question we leave you to ponder . . . Such entrenched attitudes are sadly all too common among many scientists, who remind us of the verse from Matthew in which the Apostle berates the blind guides "which strain at a gnat and swallow a camel." Material science swallows many 'camels', such as electricity which, despite the uses to which the effects of this force have been put, remains "a mysterious incomprehensible entity" whose origin cannot be explained, any more than magnetism or gravity. Yet science continues to strain at the gnat of Atlantis!
Pseudo-historian, pseudo-archaeologist, pseudo-ethnographer and pseudo-anthropologist are just a few of the epithets hurled like the thunderbolts of Zeus from the eminence of established scientific orthodoxy at any soul brave or foolish enough to challenge the accepted dogma that Atlantis is a myth invented by Plato. We are tempted to retaliate by calling these pious priests of historical correctness 'pseudo-sapiens', because they appear to have no ability to think for and by themselves. Perhaps that is a little unkind, for we who write these words, and you who are listening to us approvingly (at least we hope so!), have nothing to lose by speaking our mind. The professional historian or archaeologist who dares to challenge the accepted dogma about Atlantis is not so fortunate. At best he or she will be ignored, marginalised or derided. At worst they may face professional ruin, loss of income, health, and all that this entails. Need we wonder that the wiser dissenters from the prevailing orthodoxy keep their heads down?
Ancient accounts of Atlantis
The earliest known specific accounts of Atlantis are the narratives given by Plato in his Timaeus and Critias, written in 360 B.C. Plato said he obtained his information from the writings of Solon (ca. 600 B.C.), who in his turn obtained his knowledge from the Egyptian Priests who presided over the last of the Mystery Schools, in the Temple of the goddess Net (or 'Neith') at Sais, in Egypt. This is very significant, for as Plato had also been initiated into these same Mysteries, he was not permitted to divulge and declare all he knew—merely hint. We suggest that he carefully merged and mixed up the history of Atlantis, which covered several million years, into one event, which he located on one comparatively small island of 'Poseidonis', whereas the Egyptian priests spoke of Atlantis as a continent as large as "all Asia and Libya combined." But, however altered in its general aspect, Plato's narrative bears the stamp of Truth. Nor did he invent it, as many modern 'authorities' assert, since Homer, who preceded him by many centuries, also speaks of the Atlantes (who are the Atlanteans) and of their island in his Odyssey.
In Plato's Timaeus we may read: "Oh, Solon, Solon, you Greeks are all children, and there is no such thing as an old man among you . . . You are all young in mind; you have no belief rooted in old tradition and no knowledge hoary with age . . . In our temples we have preserved from earliest times a written record of any great or splendid achievement or notable event which has come to our ears, whether it occurred in your part of the world or here in Egypt or anywhere else; whereas with you and others, writing and the other necessities of civilisation have only just been developed when the periodic scourge of the deluge descends, and spares none but the unlettered and uncultured, so that you have to begin again like children, in complete ignorance of what happened in our part of the world or in yours in early times."
We have no reason to dispute this account, especially as it agrees with the histories preserved by many other nations, such as the Chaldeans and Jews, regarding the various 'floods' that have inundated the earth at different times. It also partially explains why there are no complete records of the history of Atlantis to be found in any books. Imagine if a similar disaster befell our Western civilisation! What would remain of our boasted arts and sciences, our great engineering works, or our technology in even a thousand years after such a catastrophe? We would have to begin again at the beginning, just as the survivors from the drowned Atlantis had to. Plumbers and builders, not to mention carpenters and farmers, would be hailed as the greatest of men, if not regarded as veritable 'gods' by the rest, whilst historians, poets and writers would be well down the pecking order of social utility!
There are other reasons for the paucity of ancient accounts of Atlantis, not least the wholesale destruction of so many books and manuscripts by the various invaders of Egypt over many millennia. Had Diocletian not burned the esoteric works of the Egyptian Temples in 296 A.D., Caesar incinerated 700,000 rolls at Alexandria, and the Muslims put to the torch all the ancient books they could lay their sacrilegious hands on, the modern world might know very much more about Atlantis than it does. As it is, Plato's account is the best we have. Those of you who are not familiar with his narratives can find them easily online; they are well worth reading in their entirety. Unless we wish to dismiss his story of Atlantis as a political allegory intended to promote his views on morality and statehood, as most modern scholars do, we are compelled to accept his testimony for what it is: the history of real events. When we also consider that his story is corroborated by earlier writers, such as Herodotus and Homer, it is hard to believe that the Athenian sage made the whole thing up just to score a few political points over his opponents!
Where was Atlantis?
To save you looking it up, Plato's description of the location of Atlantis is as follows: "In front of the mouth which you Greeks call the pillars of Heracles, there lay an island which was larger than Libya and Asia combined; and it was possible for the travellers of that time to cross from it to the other islands, and from the islands to the whole of the continent over against them which encompasses the real ocean."
Not only does Plato mention 'other islands' beside the main island of Atlantis, but also the continent which we now know as North and South America, which 'encompasses the real ocean', or Atlantic as we know it. Plato goes on to say: "Now in this island of Atlantis there existed a confederation of kings, of great and marvellous power, which held sway over all the island, and over many other islands also and parts of the continent." This is interesting, for it tells us that aside from their main centres on the motherland, the Atlanteans had colonies on other islands in the Atlantic ocean and in the Americas, as they had in Europe too, as we shall see later on.
The 5th Century Neoplatonist philosopher, Proclus, wrote in his commentary on Plato's Timaeus: "That an island of such nature and size once existed is evident from what is said by certain authors who investigated the things around the outer sea. For according to them, there were seven islands in that sea in their time, sacred to Persephone, and also three others of enormous size, one of which was sacred to Hades, another to Ammon, and another one between them to Poseidon, the extent of which was a thousand stadia (200 km); and the inhabitants of it—they add—preserved the remembrance from their ancestors of the immeasurably large island of Atlantis which had really existed there and which for many ages had reigned over all islands in the Atlantic sea."
This tells us several things. Firstly, that at some period in its long history Atlantis broke up into several islands. Secondly that three of them were much larger than the others. Finally, that only one of these—'sacred to Poseidon'—was known to the earliest Greeks. But as Plato also tells us that Atlantis was "larger than Libya and Asia combined", it must be clear that in this instance he is referring to the great continent, as it was before the first disaster struck, and not the smaller island of Poseidonis. This confirms what we said earlier when we suggested that Plato deliberately mixed and merged several different accounts, the better to conceal the truth. From this it must be clear that such a large landmass as Atlantis was in the beginning could not have been situated in the Mediterranean as some modern writers claim. Moreover, we have the testimony of Herodotus and other ancient historians, who say quite clearly that Atlantis lay beyond the pillars of Heracles, or Hercules (the same thing) in the west, and we may be tolerably sure that the ancient Greeks knew their east from their west quite as well as we do! So let us dismiss as fanciful fiction the various claims that Atlantis was located in the Aegean Sea, on the Dogger Bank, or was Antarctica! This is not to say that some remnant of Atlantis did not exist in the North Sea at some time in the past. Indeed we think it likely that it did, but this cannot have been anything other than the northernmost promontory of the great continent described by Plato. We shall return to this later on when we come to discuss The Oera Linda Book.
In some books about Atlantis written by Theosophists we find detailed maps purporting to show how the continent looked 850,000, 250,000 and 12,000 years ago. We regard these with the greatest scepticism. They may be correct, but as their accuracy cannot be verified we prefer to disregard them, and suggest you do too. It is noteworthy in this respect that H. P. Blavatsky does not provide any maps of Atlantis in either Isis Unveiled or The Secret Doctrine, though she writes at length about the subject in both books. The reason being that no one knows and we do not pretend to know either! All we can say, based on the available evidence, is that a large continent once existed in what is now the Atlantic Ocean and that it was gradually destroyed over an immense period of time. We incline to the view that the main continent was submerged about 850,000 years ago, followed by the destruction of the larger remaining islands of Ruta and Daitya, which are mentioned in the Indian Puranas, some 80,000 years ago. Later still, the mid-Atlantic island of Poseidonis described by Plato was submerged around 11,500 years ago, whilst 'Atland'—the northern remnant of the great continent, sank as recently as 2193 B.C., according to The Oera Linda Book. But we would emphasise that these dates are all conjectural, for no complete records of these momentous events exist anywhere. We also think it possible that Ireland and even parts of the British Isles may have been connected to the northernmost parts of Atlantis, and if this is true, then 'bits' of Atlantis yet remain. This is certainly true of the Azores and Canary Islands, and possibly of Bermuda too, all of which are remnants of the once mighty continent.
For this reason it is quite impossible to make any maps which provide an accurate picture of what Atlantis looked like at specific times in the past. We only have to think of the many changes that have altered the size and appearance of London during the last 2,000 years to see the futility of this kind of approach. Having said this, we think there is no harm, as James Churchward has done in his books, to provide a very approximate map of the probable size and location of Atlantis at the height of its civilisation, and we reproduce such a map below.
If you look at the above map you will see that the north-eastern part of Atlantis (1) seems to have been broken off. This fits in with what we said earlier about Ireland and parts of the British Isles being possible remnants of the northern parts of Atlantis. This map also shows the proximity of Atlantis to those parts of Europe and the Americas which the Atlanteans colonised and later, to which the survivors fled (2, 3, 4 and 5). It is interesting in this connection that when Europeans first visited the Canary Islands, marked (4) on the map, they encountered a strange people who called themselves 'Guanches', which means 'men'. In The Shadow of Atlantis, Colonel Braghine describes this encounter as follows: "These Guanches were still more astonished to see white men, because they thought themselves to be the unique representatives of mankind, which millenniums ago had survived a terrible catastrophe, which had destroyed everybody on the earth. This catastrophe consisted of a terrific flood, which had inundated their fatherland, and they had managed to escape only because the mountain tops, which are now the Canary Islands, remained above the waters." Braghine goes on to tell us that the Guanches were a "strange mixture of civilisation combined with semi-savagery." This is precisely what we would expect of these descendents of the survivors of Atlantis, isolated from the rest of the world for untold thousands of years.
We have learned from the incompatibility of the various statements by Greek writers as to the size and conditions of Atlantis, that some must refer to the great continent and others to the smaller islands it broke up into, such as Poseidonis. It is important to keep this in mind if we wish to see the full picture.
The Wisdom of Atlantis
In Ignatius Donnelly's Atlantis, we may read: "In religion the Atlanteans had reached all the great thoughts which underlie our modern creeds. They had attained to the conception of one universal, omnipotent, great First Cause." Nowhere are these elevated thoughts better illustrated than in The Oera Linda Book, which we mentioned earlier in connection with the northern parts of Atlantis. First published in Dutch in 1872, this controversial book went largely unnoticed until it was translated into English by William Sandbach in 1876. Let us listen to the Wisdom of Atlantis we find in this book, which was inscribed upon the citadels, or round towers, which were raised in every major city of ancient Friesland, just as they must have been in the northern parts of Atlantis—'Aldland', or 'old land'—from whence the Frisians fled when it was destroyed.
"Wr-alda is all in all, for he is eternal and everlasting. Wr-alda is omnipresent but invisible, and therefore is called a spirit. All that we can see of him are the created beings who come to life through him and go again, because from Wr-alda all things proceed and return to him. Wr-alda is the beginning and the end. But although everything is derived from Wr-alda, the wickedness of men does not come from him. Wickedness comes from heaviness, carelessness, and stupidity; therefore they may well be injurious to men, but never to Wr-alda. Wr-alda is wisdom, and the laws that he has made are the books from which we learn, nor is any wisdom to be found or gathered but in them. Men may see a great deal, but Wr-alda sees everything."
Could one find a better description of the Creator of All? Let us see what other good things we can find in this book, condemned on its publication as an 'impudent imposture' by all the 'best' critics.
"Prosperity awaits the free. Though him only can I recognise as free who is neither a slave to another nor to himself. This is my counsel: when in dire distress, and when mental and physical energy avail nothing, then have recourse to the spirit of Wr-alda; but do not appeal to him before you have tried all other means, for I tell you beforehand, and time will prove its truth, that those who give way to discouragement sink under their burdens."
How true these words are! Do we not all know people who 'sink under their burdens' in just this way, and for the reasons given? And how many can truthfully say that they are not slaves to themselves? Slaves to greed, to selfishness, to jealousy and envy, to anger, ambition, and all the other desires of the lower self and lowly-evolved which keep mankind in ignorance of the great Spiritual Truths of life. Let us see how the practical wisdom of the northern parts of Atlantis was applied in daily life by looking at just a few of the principal laws of the Frisians.
All free-born, men are equal, wherefore they must all have equal rights on sea and land, and on all that Wr-alda has given.
Every man may seek the wife of his choice, and every woman may bestow her hand on him whom she loves. When a man takes a wife, a house and yard must be given to him, if there is none; one must be built for him.
To every man must be given a piece of land behind his house. No man shall have land in front of his house, still less an enclosure, unless he has performed some public service. In such a case it may be given, and the youngest son may inherit it, but after him it returns to the community.
Every village shall have a market-place. All the rest of the land shall be for tillage and forest. No one shall fell trees without the consent of the community, or without the knowledge of the forester; for the forests are general property, and no man can appropriate them.
There shall be no usurers in the market. If any should come, it will be the duty of the maidens to make it known through the whole land, in order that such people may not be chosen for any office, because they are hard-hearted. For the sake of money they would betray everybody—the people, the mother, their nearest relations, and even their own selves."
What practical wisdom of the RIGHT sort there is in these just rules for living, which put even the best of our modern attempts to redress the inequalities of earthly life to shame. If only the last of these rules were applied today, we would not have had to suffer the financial 'depressions' and 'banking crises' of the last 100 years, which many regard as crimes against humanity just as bad as murder. Let us see if the Frisians dealt with crime any better than we do.
"There were three men who each stole a sack of corn from different owners, but they were all caught. The first owner brought his thief to the judge, and the maidens said everywhere that he had done right. The second owner took the corn away from his thief and let him go in peace. The maidens said he had done well. The third owner went to the thief's house, and when he saw what misery was there, he went and brought a waggon-load of necessaries to relieve their distress. Frya's maidens came around him and wrote his deed in the eternal book, and wiped out all his sins."
The 'mother' referred to above was the supreme religious and moral authority in Frisian society, and her 'maidens' taught and upheld the laws of the Frisians, and saw they were justly applied.
Finally, given the many conflicts now raging across our sorely-troubled earth, we think it may be instructive to read how the Frisians dealt with the consequences of war.
"Whenever in time of war either ships or houses are destroyed, either by the enemy or as a matter of precaution, a general levy shall be assessed on the people to make it good again, so that no one may neglect the general welfare to preserve his own interest. At the conclusion of a war, if any men are so severely wounded as to be unable to work, they shall be maintained at the public expense, and shall have the best seats at festivals, in order that the young may learn to honour them.
If there are widows and orphans, they shall likewise be maintained at the public expense; and the sons may inscribe the names of their fathers on their shields for the honour of their families. If any who have been taken prisoners should return, they must be kept separate from the camp, because they may have obtained their liberty by making treacherous promises, and thus they may avoid keeping their promises without forfeiting their honour.
If any enemies be taken prisoners, they must be sent to the interior of the country, that they may learn our free customs. If they are afterwards set free, it must be done with kindness by the maidens, in order that we may make them comrades and friends, instead of haters and enemies."
How do you like these laws, dear Reader? Laws which must have been derived from similar statutes which prevailed in Atlantis hundreds of thousands of years ago. We find many of the same laws in use among the Inca and the Maya, who were also descended from Atlantean colonists. The Frisians also worshipped a Mother-Goddess—Frya—as well as Wr-alda, the Father, forming a balanced religious conception in which BOTH male and female principles are represented and revered. We find the same conception among the ancient Egyptians and in the Vedas, so we may be sure that the Atlanteans, before their degeneration, worshipped a Father-Mother God too. The Oera Linda Book describes Frya as follows:
"Frya was white like the snow at sunrise, and the blue of her eyes vied with the rainbow.
Beautiful Frya! Like the rays of the sun shone the locks of her hair, which were as fine as spiders' webs.
Clever Frya! When she opened her lips the birds ceased to sing and the leaves to quiver.
Powerful Frya! At the glance of her eye the lion lay down at her feet and the adder withheld his poison.
Pure Frya! Her food was honey, and her beverage was dew gathered from the cups of the flowers.
Sensible Frya! The first lesson that she taught her children was self-control, and the second was the love of virtue; and when they were grown she taught them the value of liberty; for she said, "Without liberty all other virtues serve to make you slaves, and to disgrace your origin."
Generous Frya! She never allowed metal to be dug from the earth for her own benefit, but when she did it, it was for the general use.
Most happy Frya! Like the starry host in the firmament, her children clustered around her."
What a very great pity this Atlantean wisdom, preserved by the Frisian people after they were forced to flee their sinking homeland, has died out in the world. How much better conditions might be for us all if we practised just a little of the wisdom we have quoted you from this 'impudent imposture' which the very wise 'experts' dismiss and deride as a 'hoax'. But read the book for yourself and see just how much Sublime Truth there is concealed within it. You can read a further extract from The Oera Linda Book in John Temple's investigation of the question of good and evil.
The Arts and Sciences in Atlantis
The Russian Atlantologist Zhirov, says in Atlantis that "If it [Atlantis] was so highly developed, it is strange that it perished without leaving any material relics." On the face of it this seems a reasonable objection, but is it really? Given the immense amount of time that has elapsed since the main island of Atlantis was destroyed, is it really surprising that no material relics have been found? What relics would remain of our civilisation after a similar catastrophe in 20,000 or 100,000 years? Added to which we must bear in mind that the arts and sciences in Atlantis were the products of a tiny elite. The specialist knowledge and skills needed to design and build an electric motor (to give just one example) were then no more widely diffused among the mass of the population than they are now. Short of the re-emergence of those parts of Atlantis which now lie buried some 12,000 feet under the waves of the Atlantic (which is not impossible), we think it unlikely that any material relics will be found.
Consequently, aside from the speculations of psychics, which, as we discussed in our introduction, may or may not be true, cannot be verified, and therefore do not help us very much, we must turn to the records left by the direct descendants of Atlantis for information about the arts and sciences that flourished there. First and foremost among them were the ancient inhabitants of India, who fled there when the main portion of Atlantis was destroyed. In The Quest of Ruru we may read about some of the marvellous automata to be seen in India 2,000 years ago.
"There were machines that flew in the air like birds or butterflies; there was the figure of a great bronze warrior who would engage in single combat with any one who dared to test his powers; there was a magic car, drawn by metal dragons and steered by the ravishing figure of a goddess; there was a wooden bird, bedecked with shining feathers; and if you sat astride it and tapped its head it flew up in the air, and if you tapped its sides with your heels it descended again."
We see an echo of these mechanical wonders in the stories of Sinbad the Sailor, and in the Arabian Nights, proving once again, how historical facts are converted into myths and folk-tales, fit only for children and silly old men (like the writer of this article perhaps!). Nonetheless, as we discuss in our article on the Science of Symbolism, myth is the cloak which oftimes conceals facts and truths which are recognised by the simple in heart and mind, but escape the worldly wise.
It is from the Sages of Atlantis that both India and Egypt obtained their knowledge of the arts and sciences that still amaze and baffle us today. It is from Atlantis, that the Indians and Egyptians inherited their knowledge of the hidden virtues of precious and other stones, of chemistry, or rather alchemy, of mineralogy, geology, physics and astronomy. Who today can give us the unfading colours of Luxor—the Tyrian purple; the bright vermilion and dazzling blue which decorate the walls of the temples and tombs of Egypt, as bright today as when they were first painted? What is our frangible 'concrete' compared to the indestructible cement used in the ancient walls of Tartessos, in Spain, said to be more than 20,000 years old? Where is the modern chemist who can replicate the colours of the stained glass found in the windows of Gothic cathedrals; or the secret of true malleable glass, which could be bent into any shape without breaking? And if modern science is ignorant of these arts, practised by the descendents of the Atlanteans in comparatively recent times, how much greater must its ignorance be of the arts and sciences that flourished in the motherland?
In a rare book published in 1928, an English archaeologist made the startling claim that the ancient city-state of Tartessos, on the south-west coast of Spain, was founded by Atlantean colonists between 12,000 to 40,000 years ago. That book is Atlantis in Andalucia, by E. M. Whishaw. In her introduction the author writes: "I do not ask anybody to accept my conclusions: all I say is that we have such and such evidence of an advanced civilisation prevailing here at least ten thousand years B.C." The evidence that Whishaw presents is considerable and compelling, not least her descriptions of the marvellous cement or 'hormazo' as the locals call it, with which the Atlantean colonists constructed many of the ancient buildings she examined in the small town of Niebla, in Andalucia, where she conducted her researches.
"The hormazo," she writes, "consists of rubble, water-worn pebbles (some of great size), and fragments of limestone...the whole welded together into an exceedingly hard mass with soil to which was added a large proportion of lime. This compost...was beaten into the required hardness between boards, like the hormigon which Caesar complained of in his Commentaries as indestructible by fire, the elements, or the hand of man." In reviewing the many Roman additions to the monumental stonework of the Atlantean colonists who built Niebla, Whishaw pointedly adds "the Roman concrete lies in utter ruin. The hormazo is as perfect as the day it was built." We wonder what will remain of our concrete structures in 20,000 years time! Here we must reluctantly end our all too brief look at the arts and sciences of Atlantis. But try to obtain Atlantis in Andalucia—it really is a most fascinating account of one Atlantean colony in Europe.
There were of course, many such colonies, both in the Old World and the New, one of which we have already mentioned in our discussion of The Oera Linda Book. In fact there is almost no corner of the globe in which we do not find traces of the Atlantean colonists and survivors of the catastrophe that destroyed their homeland. Barry Fell, in America B.C.—which we recommend in our further reading list (see right)—presents compelling evidence in support of the presence of Celts, Libyans, Druids and Egyptians in America thousands of years before Christopher Columbus is said to have 'discovered' the continent. Whilst many of these early visitors may well have been merchants and explorers from these peoples as Fell believes, we incline to the view that some of the relics and inscriptions he describes are the work of Atlantean colonists.
The Destruction of Atlantis
In The Secret Doctrine, we may read that the destruction of Atlantis and its islands was gradual and took place over an immense period of time. As we mentioned earlier, we think that the main continent broke up 850,000 years ago, followed by the sinking of the large islands of Ruta and Daitya some 200,000 years ago, and later still, Plato's island of Poseidonis, sank in about 9,500 B.C. We believe that parts of Atlantis still existed much later than this, and Ignatius Donnelly provides considerable evidence in his books that parts of the British Isles and Ireland are remnants of the northern parts of Atlantis. We see no reason to doubt this honest researcher, particularly as The Oera Linda Book, discussed earlier, describes the destruction of the northern part of Atlantis as occurring in 2193 B.C., which cannot therefore have been Plato's island. In it we may read:
"During the whole summer the sun had been hid behind the clouds, as if unwilling to look upon the earth. There was perpetual calm, and the damp mist hung like a wet sail over the houses and the marshes. The air was heavy and oppressive, and in men's hearts was neither joy nor cheerfulness. In the midst of this stillness the earth began to tremble as if she was dying. The mountains opened to vomit forth fire and flames. Some sank into the bosom of the earth, and in other places mountains rose out of the plain. Aldland, called by the seafaring people, Atland, disappeared, and the wild waves rose so high over hill and dale that everything was buried in the sea. Many people were swallowed up by the earth, and others who had escaped the fire perished in the water."
But what of the first catastrophe that overwhelmed the main continent of Atlantis? H. P. Blavatsky, quoting the commentaries preserved by the Sages of ancient India, describes the destruction in The Secret Doctrine as follows (the explanations in brackets are our own):
"The Lords of the storm are approaching (the great beings who direct the forces of the four occult elements of Fire, Air, Water and Earth). Their chariots are nearing the land (the asteroids which rained down on Atlantis). One night and two days only shall the Lords of the Dark Face (the black magicians) live on this patient land. She is doomed, and they have to descend with her. The hour has struck, the black night is ready . . . Let the destiny of the wicked be accomplished. When the Kings of Light had assembled (the great Sages and Adepts of Atlantis) the waters had already moved (the inundation had begun to overwhelm Atlantis). But the nations had now crossed the dry lands. They were beyond the water mark. Their Kings reached them in their Viwans (some type of aerial vehicle), and led them on to the lands of Fire and Metal (East and North)."
Note the direction the survivors took, east and north, some to Spain, North Africa, Egypt and India, and others to northern Europe, thus confirming what we said earlier when we discussed the Atlanteans who settled in Spain and Friesland. In another passage from the same commentaries, we may read:
"Stars (meteors) showered on the lands of the black Faces; but they slept. The nether lords (elementals) waited for orders, but they came not, for their masters slept. The waters arose, and covered the valleys from one end of the Earth to the other. High lands remained; the bottom of the Earth (the lands of the antipodes) remained dry. There dwelt those who escaped; the men of the yellow-faces and of the straight eye (the good and sincere people). When the Lords of the Dark Face awoke and bethought themselves of their Viwans in order to escape from the rising waters, they found them gone."
Donnelly, Braghine and Zhirov all agree that an enormous comet was the primary catalyst for the first destruction of Atlantis. This may well have broken up into several smaller bodies (the 'meteors' mentioned by Blavatsky) before raining down on the doomed continent. As these neared the earth, disturbing its inner equilibrium, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions started to tear Atlantis apart, giving rise to the tidal waves which completed the destruction. What a dreadful spectacle it must have been! Read Donnelly and Braghine for more detailed accounts of the cataclysm.
What happened to the survivors? The ancient records affirm that the Atlanteans had been gradually spreading over the continent and islands of Europe and Asia long before the destruction of their homeland. The emigrants rapidly increased and multiplied and divided into many families, which in their turn divided into countless nations, many of which have left no trace of their existence. The nations of which we do have records, such as Egypt, Greece, and Phoenicia, all had their beginnings in Atlantis. Thousands of years later, other races—the survivors of the many disasters that destroyed Atlantis—began to invade Europe and the Americas. There were wars in which the newcomers were defeated; and they fled, some to Africa, others to remote countries.
But we must not fall into the error of thinking that the Atlanteans were one race only, or even a single nation. It is as though we were to lump all the nations of the 'West' together and call them all by the same name. The races that inhabited Atlantis during its long history were many and spawned countless nations, more varied indeed than would be the 'Europeans' were this name to be given indiscriminately to the different peoples of European descent existing all over the world. As we have seen in our discussions of The Oera Linda Book, the last of the Atlanteans were still mixed up with our races as recently as 4,000 years ago. This shows the enormous overlap of one race over another, as the older loses its characteristics and assumes the features of the younger.
Atlantean artifacts
When we last updated this article in January 2017, several newspapers have reported on the discovery of 39 ingots of the mysterious metal alloy known as 'orichalcum' mentioned by Plato and other writers in connection with the metallurgical arts of Atlantis. The discovery was made by Italian marine biologists on the seabed among the wreck of a trading vessel that sank 1,000 feet off the coast of the town of Gela, in southern Sicily 2,600 years ago. Analysis of the metal ingots revealed they were composed from an alloy of copper and zinc with traces of nickel, lead and iron. Zhirov notes that both Homer and Hesiod refer to this metal, as does Ibycus, the 6th century BC poet, who compares its appearance to gold. Even today, the Greek population of Cyprus still call the locally produced copper oreichalkos, demonstrating if nothing else, that the legacy of Atlantis is still very much with us today.
Here we must call a halt to our brief survey of the facts and fancies of Atlantis which it is our intention to expand and develop in future articles. Meanwhile, we hope that what we have told you in this article has given you much food for thought and encouragement to delve more deeply into the subject. In our follow-up article, published in July 2018, we discuss Plato's story of Atlantis and what the 20th century writer, Rider Haggard, had to say about some of arts and sciences which the Atlanteans developed and carried with them to the colonies they founded around the world, before and after the destruction of the Motherland.
In January 2019, we published the first article of a three-part investigation into the migrations of the Atlanteans and the colonies they founded around the world. In our customary afterword to this in-depth investigation we discuss the Oera Linda Book in much more detail than we have had the space and time to do in this article and address the accusations of fraud made against it. Readers who are interested in exploring the rich legacy of Atlantis and the Ancient Wisdom contained in the Oera Linda Book further, will be sure to enjoy this new investigation.
© Copyright occult-mysteries.org. Article added 26 September 2014. Updated 20 January 2019.
Readers interested in learning more about Atlantis are referred to the following books, many of which we have quoted from in our article (see left). Although some of them are now out of print and very hard to obtain, the majority are still available second-hand or as reprints, whilst the rarer ones can be read online in various e-text formats.
Writing in 1938, Colonel Braghine tells us that "there is in Paris a library especially dedicated to Atlantological literature, consisting of more than 25,000 volumes," whilst Zhirov lists no less than 825 sources in the bibliography to his book about Atlantis. This gives us some idea of the sheer number of books which discuss Atlantis in a scientific manner. If we also include the accounts of psychics and novelists the number is incalculable! For this reason we have selected just seven books for this further reading list.
Each of these books has value to the serious student, and each will appeal to a different kind of reader, and this is one of the reasons we have chosen them from the multitude of books about Atlantis. Those who want a comprehensive 'birds-eye' view of the subject will find Ignatius Donnelly's Atlantis, the antediluvian world invaluable, whilst Braghine's The Shadow of Atlantis builds on Donnelly's work and provides more facts on a wider range of topics than any other book we can think of.
Atlantis in Andalucia holds a unique place in Atlantology by providing sound archaeological and ethnographical evidence for the existence of an Atlantean colony in Spain in the remote past. Scientists should find much to interest them in N. F. Zhirov's Atlantis which contains more purely geographical and geological evidence than any previous book on the subject. Although not a book about Atlantis, we have included America B.C., by Barry Fell in our selection because it describes the extensive remains of the Atlantean civilisation and its colonies in North America.
The Oera Linda Book is not an easy book to categorise; part history, part sacred text, it should appeal to all those who want to learn more about the very great Wisdom of Atlantis, and this is the principal reason why we have quoted so copiously from it in our article and highly recommend it.
Finally, The Secret Doctrine remains the most comprehensive source-book on the Ancient Wisdom ever written, and contains much information about the occult history of Atlantis and its inhabitants.
Books about Atlantis
The Antediluvian World
By Ignatius Donnelly.
Harper & Brothers, New York 1882. 480pp.
Reprinted in various editions and formats, not all of which are complete or verbatim with the original edition.
Despite its wholesale repudiation by academic orthodoxy, this book remains the most important contribution to the science of Atlantology ever written. Donnelly's comprehensive record of catastrophe legends from many lands and cultures, together with his exhaustive investigation of the linguistic, cultural and religious parallels between the Old World and the New, make this book the starting point for all those who wish to make a serious study of Atlantology.
Donnelly's great achievement, which has never been equalled, was to draw upon many thousands of converging strands of research from a multitude of sources made by scholars in different fields, and tie them all together to present the reader with a complete picture of Atlantis.
Among the several propositions Donnelly sought to prove were that the description of Atlantis as given by Plato is veritable history; that Atlantis was the region where man first rose from a state of barbarism to civilisation; that in the course of time, Atlantean colonists spread all over Europe and America; that the oldest of these colonies was probably Egypt; and that Atlantis perished in a terrible convulsion in which the whole island sunk into the ocean with nearly all its inhabitants.
We may say that all these propositions are largely correct, and accord with the facts known to occult science which we have presented in our article at left. But read Donnelly's book for yourself and make up your own mind, for that is always best.
The Shadow of Atlantis
By Colonel A Braghine.
Rider & Co, London, 1938. 276pp. Available new and second-hand in various hardcover and softcover editions.
First published in 1938, The Shadow of Atlantis remains one of the great classics of scientific Atlantology. Colonel Braghine amasses a great deal of archaeological, anthropological, historical and scientific evidence in support of the existence of the lost continent, covering such diverse topics as Egyptians in Central America, the myth of Quetzalcoatl, the Basque language and its connection with Atlantis, correspondences between the pyramids of Mexico, Egypt and Atlantis, the sudden demise of mammoths, legends of giants, flood myths from around the world, and much more.
Like Barry Fell (see review of America B.C. below), Braghine was a linguist and devotes a considerable part of the book to tracing the similarities between ancient languages, investigating little-known ancient inscriptions in Brazil, and among many other fascinating studies, the origin of the banana!
We particularly applaud the author's sentiment that he bases his theories "only upon facts concerning which one is allowed to make a number of more or less plausible conjectures." That at least is an honest statement which no open-minded reader could possibly disagree with. For this and other reasons we warmly recommend this book.
Atlantis in Andalucia
A Study of Folk Memory
By E M Whishaw
Rider & Co, London 1929. 284pp, illustrated with drawings, maps and photographs throughout.
Very scarce, see note at end.
The proposition of this unique book is that the prehistoric civilisation which developed around Niebla, in Andalucia, in southern Spain, was derived more or less directly from Atlantean colonists who founded the city and harbour of Tartessos at least 12,000 years ago, and possibly much earlier. We agree with the author, whose modesty, sincerity and dedication to truth, despite the best (or worst!) efforts of her contemporary scholars to discredit her researches, shine out from every page of this fascinating book.
Among the mass of evidence the author presents in support of her proposition may be mentioned the stupendous hydraulic engineering achievements of the Atlantean colonists, their mastery of the arts of mining, smelting and ship-building, and, above all, their construction of buildings using massive stones cemented together with concrete that remains as hard today as when it was first laid down, perhaps as long as 30,000 years ago.
We understand that this book has recently been reprinted by Adventures Unlimited Press, of Kempton, Illinois, USA under the new title Atlantis in Spain, presumably because Americans don't know where (or what) 'Andalucia' is! The format is paperback, size 6 x 9 inches, 284pp.
As we have not seen a copy of this reprint we cannot vouch for its conformity with the original edition of 1929, nor the quality of reproduction. However, as the page count is the same (284) and maps and illustrations are mentioned in the publisher's description of their reprint, which is priced at just $15.95, we think it worthwhile to obtain this edition if the subject interests you.
By N F Zhirov
Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1970. Hardcover 388pp, illus., plus 2 appendices and 35pp bibliography.
Reprinted in 2001 by University Press, USA. See note at end.
This important contribution to the scientific study of Atlantis focuses primarily on the geographical and geological evidence for the lost continent. As such it should be of great interest to scientists, but like every other serious book that has tackled this controversial subject during the past 100 years, Zhirov's Atlantis is almost completely unknown and ignored outside his native Russia.
Zhirov was a chemist and leading Soviet scientist and this is reflected in the copious data he marshals on seismology, geology, climatology, palæontology, biology, plate tectonics and submarine erosion, which separate this book from the speculative and fanciful theories of other authors we refer to in our article at left.
In addition to the many facts and scientific data the author presents in support of his arguments, he also draws upon historical and esoteric sources, such as the Book of Enoch, the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead, and the Books of Hermes.
The book is copiously illustrated with photographs, maps, charts, graphs and diagrams and contains a 35 page bibliography of 825 books and papers on Atlantology.
A kind reader has drawn our attention to a reprint of the English language edition of this hitherto scarce book, illustrated below.
This edition is available new and used from Amazon in the UK and USA. Publisher: University Press of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 2001. Paperback 444pp illus., plus extensive bibliography. Price £24.95 / $29.95.
ISBN-13: 978-0898755916.
America B.C.:
Ancient Settlers in the New World
By Barry Fell.
Quadrangle/ New York Times Book Co, 1976. 312pp. Available new and second-hand in various hardcover and softcover editions.
For reasons which should be clear to those who have read our article at left, Professor Fell does not mention the contentious word 'Atlantis' once in this scholarly analysis of the linguistic traces the Atlantean colonists and traders have left in North America. Needless to add, his contention that the ancient Egyptians, Basques, Celts and Phoenicians visited America long before Christopher Columbus, was met with the familiar scorn and smug derision we have come to expect from the ranks of academic and scientific orthodoxy!
Had he dared to mention Atlantis in connection with his epigraphic researches into the ancient scripts he discovered, his book would have met with a wall of silence. As it is his work is largely ignored and forgotten, which is a very great pity, as it illuminates many dark corners in the study of Atlantology, and confirms and builds on the work of earlier epigraphists and ethnographers such as Augustus La Plongeon (1825 - 1908), Brasseur de Bourbourg (1814 - 1874), and James Churchward (1851 - 1936).
The Oera Linda Book
Translated from the Dutch by William R Sandbach.
Trübner & Co, London, 1876. 253pp. Available to read online at Sacred Texts and in modern re-printed editions.
Universally condemned as a 'hoax' and an 'impudent imposture' by the guardians of scientific and archaeological orthodoxy when it was translated into English more than a century ago, The Oera Linda Book continues to attract opprobrium and censure whenever, or wherever, it is mentioned. A classic example of this is the Wikipedia entry for the book that reads: "The authenticity of the book is supported by at least some Neo-Nazi groups, possibly because it indicates a Northern European origin for several Middle Eastern civilisations." Well, well, well—does it really? Of all the 'impudent impostures' we have encountered this crackbrained drivel surely takes the prize! We presume that if tomorrow it should be discovered that Adolf Hitler was fond of reading Huckleberry Finn, and always kept a copy by his bedside, the book would be roundly condemned as being responsible for the racist theories of the Austrian dictator!
Fortunately, we live in an age when (with a few notable exceptions) books are no longer burned because they happen to contradict or unsettle the prevailing orthodoxy, or The Oera Linda Book would long since have been consigned to the fires of dogmatic scientific rectitude. As it is, all can read this unique record of the last remnant of the Atlantean colonists in northern Europe, and make up their own minds as to whether it is an 'impudent imposture', or something quite different...We ourselves make no excuse for quoting from it in our article, for it contains some of the most elevated religious conceptions and practical rules for living it is possible to find in any book, and as such we warmly commend it to all our readers. You can read more about this important book elsewhere on our website.
NOTE ABOUT THE BOOK
Copies of the original edition of 1876 are now unobtainable at any price. A new hardcover edition with an additional commentary by Robert Scrutton was published in 1979 by Sphere Books in the UK under the title The Other Atlantis. This contains the complete text of the English translation of the Oera Linda Book and second-hand copies are still widely available at modest prices.
In addition, several print-on-demand paperback and hardcover editions plus a kindle edition and various e-texts of the Oera Linda Book are also available from various publishers. But we warn readers that print-on-demand editions are often incomplete or poorly printed. For this reason we recommend either Scrutton's book or the e-text published by sacred-texts.com, both of which are faithful copies of the original edition of 1876.
The Secret Doctrine
By H. P. Blavatsky
Theosophical University Press, USA. 2 vols. 1571pps.
Available in various editions and formats, including an e-text available to read online at Sacred-texts.com
As we have reviewed this book on our Occult Books page we will not repeat ourselves here, except to say that The Secret Doctrine contains much invaluable information about Atlantis—occult and scientific—which is not available in any other books.
Plato's story of Atlantis
The Ancient Americas: migrations, contacts, and Atlantis by David Pratt. See brief review below.
David Pratt's comprehensive, well-researched article covers much the same ground as the books we review above. What his summary loses in brevity is more than made up for by the latest research he brings to bear on the subjects he discusses. In doing so, he provides more solid facts and scientific information about the lost continent than many 'famous' books we could name. His article is copiously illustrated with archaeological artifacts, charts, diagrams and tables that compliment and elucidate the many themes he discusses.
The author divides his article into two parts. Part one reviews the evidence for early visitors to the Americas from Europe and Asia. We learn that "such journeys go back to at least the early 3rd millennium BC." Part one continues with a fascinating account of the parallels between the flora and fauna of the Old and New worlds, and a review of the Olmec and Mayan civilisations.
Part two deftly demolishes the nonsensical 'Clovis' theory which remains the prevailing orthodox explanation for the early colonisation of the Americas. Pratt goes on to examine the latest genetic evidence in support of ancestry and ancient migration patterns. Some of the dates he provides for migrations based on mtDNA are very close to the date of the sinking of last main island of Atlantis—Poseidonis—around 12,000 years ago.
It is interesting that some DNA research has revealed the presence in a small percentage of Native Americans of "mtDNA haplogroup X", which is virtually nonexistent in Northeast Asia, but prevalent in Europe. This seems to confirm what occult scientists have long known, that some of the inhabitants of the Americas arrived there from Atlantis.
Part two continues with a review of the available information about Poseidonis and the origin and migrations of the mysterious 'Cro-Magnon' race of which mainstream science knows almost nothing. David Pratt concludes his fascinating article with an investigation of the antiquity of America and its many links to Atlantis: geological, archaeological, paleontological and biological.
We review and highly recommend David Pratt's excellent online resource of scientific, religious, and philosophical articles elsewhere on this website.
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Starting in 2012 I have served as the director for the PaleoCore Project. PaleoCore is an NSF funded informatics initiative to 1) develop data standards for paleoanthropology, 2) tools for digitial data collection and 3) a repository for collaboratively storing and managing data by research teams and museums. The future of paleoanthropology as a science requires a transition towards greater integration and synthesis of data across multiple domains of expertise (e.g. geology, paleontology, climatology) and across multiple research teams working in different geographic areas. Accomplishing this requires we develop standards to consolidate how we collect and represent data as well as better tools for collaboratively collecting and manging data in the field and in the lab (Reed et al. 2015). PaleoCore also serves as the primary data repository and data management infrastructure for the African Rift Valley Research Consortium (ARVR), a collection of research projects committed to sharing and integrating data about the fossils from the Pliocene of East Africa.
PaleoCore: Data management for paleoanthropology.
Selam featured on the cover of Nature in 2006.
Early human evolution in Ethiopia.
I have been working in the Afar region of Ethiopia since 2002, first at the site of Dikika more recently at our new site, Mille-Logya. Dikika became famous for the discovery of 'Selam', (Alemseged et al., 2006) a juvenile skeleton of Australopithecus afarensis, the same species as the well-known 'Lucy' skeleton from across the Awash River at the site of Hadar. Selam is remarkable for preserving delicate parts of the skeleton that do not normally survive the fossilization process, such as the complete skull, scapula, hyoid, ribs, and articulated vertebrae. It is also remarkable for being a juvenile individual, probably less than three yeears old, when she died. Watch Zeray's TED conference presentation about Selam.
For my dissertation (Reed, 2003) I lived 18 months in the Serengeti National Park (mid 1998 - 2000) in northern Tanzania conducting research on the structure of woodland and grassland ecosystem and how they influence the distribution of mammal communities there, especially small mammals such as rodents and insectivores. To quickly assess the patterns of biodiversity in Serengeti, I collected dense bone assemblages from owl roosts and identified the remains. Owls are avid predators of small mammals and routinely digest the entirety of their prey, then regurgitate the bones, fur and other hard parts in a compact pellet. Over time these pellets accumulate beneath the nesting and roosting sites of owls and provide an excellent (and rapid) measure of local biodiversity (usually what lives withing 1 km of the roost or nest) (Reed, 2005). The data on small mammal community patterns provides the necessary baseline data for interpreting community composition in fossil assemblages. By studying the dynamics of modern ecosystems from the perspective of palenotology we can strengthen in inferences we make about the past from fossil assemblages (Reed, 2011). This type of work is often referred to as middle-range research, research that links modern processes to traces from the past.
Me (right) collecting pellet samples from a tree cavity in Serengeti with help from Joseph Masoy (left).
Vegetation structure in modern savanna ecosystems.
A large component of my dissertation research (Reed, 2003) included spatial analysis (GIS) of environmental gradients in the Serengeti ecosystem and their influence on vegetation structure and the related effects on mammalian species distributions. Teaming up with several scientists working in Serengeti, we produced a comprehensive vegetation map of the ecosystem from Landsat satellite imagery (Reed et al. 2009). The study of modern savanna ecosystems plays a critical role in understanding paleoenvironments and the ecological context of human evolution. This research is also important for understanding the impacts of global climate change, and for effective management and conservation in the Serengeti.
Archaeozoology on the Atlantic coast of Morocco.
Grotte de Contrebandiers (Smuggler's Cave) preserves Middle Stone Age and Aterian artefacts. The Aterian is a stone tool culture spread throughout the Maghreb but it is poorly understood. I worked with Harold Dibble and others at Contrebandiers to understand the origin and context of the Aterian relative to African Middle Stone Age sites and to the Middle Paleolithic in Europe (Dibble et al. 2012, 2013). My work focuses on archaezoological analysis of the micromammals from Contrebandiers and their implications for past environments at the site (Reed and Barr, 2010).
A. Kay Behrensmeyer photographing bone scatter at Amboseli.
The process of fossilization in a savanna ecosystem.
Taphonomy is the study of how bones become fossils. Kay Behrehnsmeyer has been researching taphonomy in savanna landscapes for many years. Working with Kay and others in Amboseli I have been exploring the fate of small mammal remains accumulated by both mammalian and avian predators. Working with Josh Miller, we have examined the degree of fidelity that large and small mammal communities have in representing the functional components of ecosystems (Miller et al. 2014). Currently I'm working with a graduate student on assessing what the effects and differences are between assemblages created by avian predators (e.g. owls) vs. mammalian predators (e.g. civits).


Cathy O'Dowd is a South African mountaineer and motivational speaker, who now lives in Andorra in southern Europe. She is best known as the first woman in the world to climb Everest from both sides. She turned those climbs into a 20+ year self-employed career as an international motivational speaker (paid talks in 44 countries, so far). And that in turns leaves her with a lot of free time to pursue her passions for mountains - climbing and skiing.
As a side project, she now runs a website The Business of Adventure, to help younger adventurers get practical about how they can build their brand, fund their projects, and monetize their achievements.
She is passionate about encouraging people to take the leap into the unconventional career or lifestyle while being pragmatic about the work involved in making that a financially successful choice.
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volunteers helped assemble the Kuranda beds they collected and then transported them to the Animal Shelter.
Kane, a Cane Corso, cuddled with his grey blanket on the largest bed that Kuranda makes. The beds allow the dogs to sleep, off the ground.
Olivia appeared comfortable lying with her orange blanket on her donated Kuranda bed.
Dutchess stood atop her bed in the cage when guests came in.
A volunteer's van filled with the assembled beds on their way to the dogs.
To volunteer, complete an application at the website below.
https://kuranda.com/donate/10555 (the beds are delivered to a Bellmore address where they're assembled before being brought to the shelter).
Thanks to the efforts of a group of Hempstead Town Animal Shelter volunteers and the generosity of some dog lovers near and far, nearly 50 of the adoptable hounds now sleep on comfortable new beds made of aluminum piping and replaceable vinyl fabric.
Crissy DeAngelo is one of about 125 volunteers at the Wantagh-based Shelter. She and a few others saw the need for new beds earlier this year during their regular visits to interact with and walk the pups.
Some of the dogs who still slept on the older wooden platform beds had chewed through the frame and fabric.
The volunteers posted about it on their social media pages and donations began pouring in. A woman in Seattle donated 3 beds, including an extra large one. Volunteer Liz Seymour of Farmingdale purchased four beds. The shelter ended up with nearly 50 of the new orthopedic Kuranda beds, which range in price from $94-$144 depending on the size.
Several of the volunteers spent a recent Saturday assembling the new beds and transporting them to the shelter. In some cases, the benefactor's name was handwritten on the donated bed, which were ordered online and shipped there for assembly.
The 150 – 200 animals at the shelter are looking for homes. They're at the facility unless or until they can be adopted.
"They're in those "cages" a long time," Deangelo said. "The least we can do is give them some comfort . . . We try to get them out as much as we can.
Hempstead Town supervisor Laura Gillen said the Town's hardworking volunteers are the lifeblood of the animal shelter — one of the largest municipal shelters in the Country.
"Their clear dedication and commitment to the welfare of our furry friends is truly commendable," she said.
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Can you build an xRM system in < 3 hours? We did!
Last week in Sydney, we had 2 special guests from Microsoft Corp in Seattle, Bryan Nielson, Director of Worldwide Product Marketing, Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Nikhil Hasija, Senior Product Manager, Microsoft Dynamics CRM who ran our XRM summit event. It comprised of 2 tracks, a 1 day Sales & Marketing Track & a 2 day Technical Track.
I joined over 50 other attendees in the Technical track which on the first day covered an Introduction to xRM concepts, Technical audience overview, Technical architecture and the Underlying Microsoft technologies.
The second day was where things really got interesting; we were given a scenario of a Recruitment solution that required remote access, workflows, sharepoint integration and BI. Then came the cruncher: We had 3 hours to build a working demo using xRM.
Fortunately, Nikhil who was guiding the session, shared the valuable lessons learnt on the 24hrs to build an XRM Application experience that he had while at Worldwide Partner Conference in July. The result of which was a Rapid Prototype Deployment methodology – which had tasks broken down into 15-30 minute brackets.
Below is a Panorama I created with Windows Live Photo Gallery during the first (and perhaps most critical) stage, where we negotiated the features to include.
Throughout the stages, Nikhil continued to closely watch the clock & point out to us that "you should only build what you are going to demo", and that if we over engineered the system, it would really hurt us when we get to the later stages of more complex customisations & sample data entry.
Once we defined the scenarios we would demo & the BI reports we would build, suddenly the required entities & attributes where easy to define and within the first hour we had our demo solution defined, custom entities created & were ready to kick off the design of our forms! We needed a break for lunch!
After lunch the rapid pace continued with everyone madly contributing to the solution. We designed workflows to schedule tasks, alert users to changes in the system and manage a multi user approval process.
We used the great Microsoft Dynamics CRM Demonstration Tools to help us customise the GUI, removing the items we didn't need & adding the ones we did.
Next up – our reports. But reports are useless without sample data so before we built them, we also used the Demo tools to generate the Random Sample data – a great time saver – but still a stage that did take 30 mins! Nikhil was right! The number of custom entities you have is directly related to the amount of time it takes to get the sample data together so keep that in mind!
Once we had our sample data, the required BI reports were built that included a pipeline analysis funnel report, a categorised bar chart & a drill through data report. The pipeline report was converted to a Dashboard & added to the GUI as the default page.
We were running out of time - we had 30 minutes left!
We set up Mobile access (which literally only took a few clicks & was configured & deployed in under 5 mins!). After this, one of the more complex customisations, which involved building & deploying custom C# code that created a SharePoint Document Folder on creation of a new Job & then added a link back to it to the Custom Entity in CRM.
After setting up some security groups it was time to test! We need to make a few changes to our forms, but all seemed good! We even had a few spare minutes up our sleeve so deployed the new Portal Integration Accelerator.
I couldn't believe it! In 3 hours, we managed to define, design & build a custom xRM solution for recruitment that included custom entities, sample data, BI reports & a dashboard, Windows Workflows, custom call outs, Sharepoint Integration, a mobile client & a Web Portal!
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How John Carroll Lynch Changed John Krasinksi's Life
Lauren Anderson
Fans know John Krasinski best for his work in comedies like The Office and dramas like A Quiet Place. But before he landed the role of Jim Halpert and broke into the world of acting, Krasinski needed some help from an unlikely connection — actor and film director John Carroll Lynch.
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John Krasinski never thought becoming an actor was a possibility
During an interview on the Off Camera with Sam Jones podcast, Krasinski talked about getting involved with improv acting in college. Ironically, Krasinski thought he was going to play basketball when he went to Brown University. But when he saw their basketball team at practice, Krasinski immediately felt he couldn't play amongst their already talented team.
Instead, Krasinski enlisted in the sketch comedy troupe Out of Bounds. Knowing they were a big deal on campus, Krasinski auditioned and got in.
"I was just looking for a group of people and [Out of Bounds] changed everything," Krasinski admitted. "All through college, I never wanted to be an actor. I never thought I could be an actor."
Eventually, Krasinski realized he had a passion for acting. But before he caught his big break, he needed some help from a family friend.
John Carroll Lynch is John Krasinski's 'pseudo uncle'
After college, Krasinski decided to put his all into acting. He made an agreement with his mom, who told him to follow his dreams for a specific period of time. If acting didn't work out for him after three years, Krasinski would have to pursue another career.
Eventually, Krasinski decided it was time to find an agent. Unfortunately, he struggled to find representation. Just when he was about to give up, in came Krasinski's "pseudo uncle" to the rescue.
"I say pseudo because [he's] my dad's wife's sister's husband," Krasinski explained. "So it's like my aunt's sister married this guy who is John Carroll Lynch," he clarified. "[He] is one of my favorite actors of all time. He's done everything from Zodiac to Gran Torino, played Drew Carey's brother on The Drew Carey Show."
Just as Krasinski was about to throw in the towel, his mother urged him to go to Carroll's Christmas party. "That's family — you don't say 'no' to a family party," Krasinski recalls his mom saying. "Don't be rude."
Attending that party would change Krasinski's career forever.
John Carroll Lynch helped John Krasinski get a talent manager
Krasinski ended up attending Carroll's holiday event, his reel of commercials in tow. When Carroll saw Krasinski's work, he urged him to call his manager when he got back to New York City.
Unfortunately, Carroll's manager was less than willing to represent Krasinski, but they did offer him five meetings with potential managers. During his fifth meeting, Krasinski booked his very first pilot.
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"It was not The Office — it was this pilot just before The Office," Krasinski said. "When [the pilot] failed, I remember being like, 'Well that's it. You only get one shot. I'm dead. It's over.'"
Ready to give in, Krasinski called his mom and told her it was time he give up acting. Krasinski said it was November when he called her, and fortunately, she advised him to "ride out the year."
Three weeks later, Krasinski got the call about auditioning for The Office. To this day, he has Carroll — and his mom — to thank.


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Hoshizora no Memoria - Wish upon a Shooting Star (PC)
Hoshizora no Memoria - Wish upon a Shooting Star
Developed by: Favorite
Published by: Sekai Project
Genre: Visual novel
Number of players: Single-player
Thank you Sekai Project for sending us this game to review!
Hoshizora no Memoria - Wish upon a Shooting Star has an interesting story about a teenager named Kogasaka You who moves back to his childhood home after the sudden death of his mother. Now that he's back in town, he sets off to reunite with his childhood girlfriend whom he kissed and promised to marry as a young boy. All he knows about this girl is her first name, but he quickly forgets it after running into a female grim reaper who reaps nightmares/memories. Ironically, this grim reaper who goes by "Mare" looks a lot like the friend he's after, though You isn't convinced that it's really her.
In school Kogasaka You quickly makes new friends who have ulterior motives to have him join their various clubs (astronomy, occult, and school council). The town of Hibarigasaki is known for its beautiful starry sky that You is fascinated with so joining the Astronomy Club is a given no matter what storyline/route he takes. One of the story arcs has him juggling between the Astronomy Club and the Student Council.
There are only a handful of choices to make in this game and depending on the ones you make, you'll wind up dating one of the seven girls and the first choice doesn't appear until you're a couple hours into the game. In order to date Mare, you'll need to complete all of the other story sequences first. While I really wanted to see Mare's route, the sexual content in this game has made me reconsider pursuing that option since it requires starting an incestuous relationship with You's younger and barely adolescent sister beforehand.
Strong Points: Good story and character development; multiple endings/routes/romances
Weak Points: Experienced several game crashes; no Steam integration/hours tracked; typos
Moral Warnings: Every curse word and blaspheme is used; the main character has pre-marital sex with his girlfriends and the option is there for him to have an incestuous relationship with his barely adolescent half-sister; many references to deities and tarot cards; frontal nudity and an 18+ DLC patch is available for purchase; blood and violence
Not that I'm excusing the adultery/premarital sex with the different females in the other routes, but Biblically pursuing a sexual relationship with a half-sister is wrong on two counts (Exodus 20:14 and Leviticus 18:8-10). To make matters worse, the sister is only a freshman in high school and barely developed as the naked chest artwork reveals. Other than various breast shots, there are plenty of bikinis and underwear shots, leaving little left to the imagination when it comes to female anatomy. 18+ DLC is available from the developers for an additional fee. I've seen enough with the vanilla Steam version though.
It's a shame really since the characters are really well developed (story wise), especially with some of the side stories of the different females You can date (and quickly consummate in a matter of days). Chinami, his sister, is extremely happy, loud, and annoying as most younger siblings are. The sibling roughhousing is rather humorous with the noogies, neck chops, forehead flicks, and eye pokes she gets in the beginning of the game. I liked the maid café girl that I wound up dating during my first play through. Not only is she cute, but she's got a good personality and back story. I didn't care too much for the next door neighbor girl who kept telling me to hurry up and die every other time I talked to her. There is a reason for her attitude and I found her story was engaging. There are also attractive twin sisters who are shrine maidens. They have an interesting past and one of the twins is quite feisty while the other seems to be attracted to her sister sexually, or at least she seems to fondle and tease her inappropriately often.
Other than the fan service moments, I did enjoy the artwork. I like how expressive the characters are and many of them are associated with animals. Some of the love interests are described as a dog, hamster, and a horse. Asuho the waitress pouts and gets excited like a dog and she is sometimes drawn with puppy ears and a wagging tail. The starry sky the students are drawn to looks beautiful and I would love to see that many stars in the sky by me, but there's too much light pollution for that to ever happen.
Sexual Content - 0/10
Cultural/Moral/Ethical - 4.5/10
The Japanese voice acting is well done and I appreciate the subtitles since I can barely understand it. Sometimes the characters do curse in English though. Every cuss word and blaspheme imaginable is used in this game. There's a ton of text in this game and apparently a few typos did slip through the quality testing. The background music and sound effects are well done though.
Other moral issues to note are the use of Tarot cards by one of the girls and there are references to various deities. There is a lot of silly sibling violence, but there are some scenes with blood and death. While the sex acts are not shown, the fact that they happen are pretty clear and there are some suggestive and barely clothed scenes shown.
Though the game ran fine for me most of the time, I did experience several crashes that required switching to and from windowed mode to get the game running again. Steam integration doesn't appear to be functioning as of this review. I wish I knew how much time I put into this game as I know I put in way more than the two minutes Steam shows for me.
Despite the many moral issues, I did enjoy the first half of the game which can be fast forwarded for future playthroughs to save time. The fact that they cannot be skipped outright is annoying, but I do like how it will slow down and make you read scenes you have not seen before. If you don't mind excessive foul language, blaspheming and sexual content, there is some good storytelling. Sadly, the bad outweighs the good in this title for me though.
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Motorcycle safety recommendations released by NTSB
ABS brakes are not currently required on motorcycles in the United States. However, many of the safety recommendations issued in the new NTSB report are included in new bikes across many manufactures, but not in all of them.
Author: Clay Gordon
Updated: 9:03 PM EDT October 9, 2018
(NEWS CENTER Maine) -- The National Transportation Safety Board released ten new recommendations, in a September report, for motorcycle safety. Motorcycle operators and passengers are at the highest risk for crashes and deaths among all motor vehicle users, according the NTSB. In the report, it identifies issues with inadequate integration of motorcycles in crash warning and prevention systems, and the need for enhanced braking and stability control, among others.
Peter Troy from Street Cycles, a motorcycle dealership in Falmouth, says new bikes sold in the European Union are required to have ABS brakes - or an 'anti-locking braking system.' ABS brakes are not currently required in the United States. However, many of the safety recommendations issued in the report are included in new bikes across many manufactures, but not in all of them.
"Where a motorcycle actually turns by leaning, they have now advanced the ABS systems to a point where they use lean angle sensors," said Troy. "The computer on the bike will tailor the ABS response appropriately."
Stability control could mean different features depending on who you ask. Some interpret it as steering stability, but BMW motorcycles refer to it as Automatic Stability Control, a feature that uses sensors to compare the front and rear wheels. "If it knows that the rear wheel is going a much different speed then the bike must be logically sliding and it will cut the power from the engine slightly," said Troy.
Maine has 51,280 registered motorcycle operators, according to 2017 statistics from the Secretary of State's Office. The Governors Highway Safety Bureau listed 24 deaths involving motorcycles in Maine in 2017.


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The Unsavory Union of Corruption and Hypocrisy - Meet the new Poster Boy
"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men's bones and everything unclean". Matthews 23, v.27
A union of corruption and hypocrisy came to light in August 2021 when a serving MP, Adrian Gibson, who had written more than 300 articles and Blogs (~2014 to 2017), to address a number of issues facing the country, including public sector corruption, was himself, front and centre of the headlines. Below are three of his numerous headlines with selected excerpts, which first appeared in The Tribune before being re-published online (https://www.weblogbahamas.com/blog_bahamas/articles_by_author_adrian_gibson/):
"No one is above the Law, No Matter their Political Persuasion" (Jun 2014)
"There are some things that are simply indefensible and whether it's a FNM or PLP politician or the spouse of any political leader, no excuses should be offered, no attacking of the messenger would suffice".
"Tiefin at the heart of our Society" (May 2016):
"EVERY time Auditor General Terrance Bastian and his team releases a damning report, I become more and more convinced that we live in a society where "tiefin", in one form or another, has become the order of the day. To use a phrase I heard bandied about this week, "we don't need no VAT, we need a moratorium on 'tiefin'!"
"The Culture of Criminality that pervades our Nation" (May 2016)
"THERE is a culture of criminality that is alive and well and pervasive in The Bahamas. It transcends the fabric of our nation. Given that adherence to the law is only a reasonable option when people believe that they would likely be caught – and if such people believe that they will be caught – adherence to the law is relative".
His provocative and accusatory headlines were only exceeded by the prolificness of his publications, sometimes on the order of one per week. What could only be described as a three-year relentless tirade against all of society's 'abnormalities', and mainly targeted at the opposition PLP, only stopped when he was elected as the FNM MP for Long Island. This 3-year run was his first step in 'training' to become a poster boy for hypocrisy.
After the successful election in the safest of FNM seats, he was then upset that he had not been nominated for a Cabinet post, so like an unruly toddler, 'threw his toys out of the pram', and in order to settle him, the new Government surprisingly acquiesced in his juvenile behaviour, awarding him Chairmanship of a main Public Sector Corporation, Water and Sewerage. Apparently, one year into his reign and for the succeeding two-years, 2018 – 2020, it is alleged that the Chairman funneled contracts to his fiancée and 'campaign general'.
It really is difficult to pretend to hold certain beliefs or attitudes and not genuinely hold those beliefs when publishing so prolifically on the specific topics. But in late summer 2021, it was publicly alleged (reportedly by a disgruntled WSC worker) that Mr. Gibson had funneled contracts to a company in which his fiancée and 'campaign general' were principals. Abandoning all pretense at principles, Mr. Gibson allegedly carried on this corrupt practice for two years, thus prompting the below headlines on 01st September:
"Adrian Gibson's fiancée Alexandra Mackey aka "Da Elites" quits job amid scandal" (Sep 2021)
"Alexandria Mackey, the fiancée of embattled WSC Chairman Adrian Gibson, resigned from a top firm on Friday amid a scandal involving fat contracts she received from WSC between 2018 and 2020".
The headline writer had become the subject of the headlines! If proven, his egregious behaviour will be the lowest of the low, in my view, which occurs too often in our society as we show an inability to learn from the mistakes of others or arrogantly to think, 'I won't get caught'. Rather than thinking this should not happen, we know it will happen and it does not matter who it is, the indecorous behaviour must be exposed and challenged because as Gibson said himself, "there are some things that are simply indefensible and whether it's a FNM or PLP politician or the spouse of any political leader", we should not make excuses or attack the messenger. Such behaviour is disgraceful and totally reprehensible in its own right; but Gibson's decision not to engage with the allegations publicly shows he is a coward and then, not to resign, shows he is cut from the same cloth as the arrogant corrupt hypocrites who preceded him. Thus, Mr. Gibson has cemented his place as the latest poster boy of corruption and hypocrisy in Bahamian politics, for which he gave us fair advanced notice:
"Given that adherence to the law is only a reasonable option when people believe that they would likely be caught – and if such people believe that they will be caught – adherence to the law is relative".
By Selwyn Seymour
The views expressed are those of the author, and not necessarily those of Weblog Bahamas (which has no corporate view).
Thursday, September 09, 2021 in Blogs by S3S, Current Affairs, Economy, International, Politics/Government, Society, Taxes, Weblogs | Permalink


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John Alan Lasseter (born January 12, 1957) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, animator, and occasional voice actor, known for his time at Pixar and later Walt Disney Animation Studios.
He was with Pixar since the early days at Lucasfilm. Originally a Disney animator, Lasseter was inspired by TRON to try to make a computer-animated feature film, but was fired while trying to adapt Thomas M. Disch's novella The Brave Little Toaster (which was distributed by Disney but made by independent company Hyperion). At Lucasfilm, he created its first four short films, including his most famous short, Luxo Jr. He also directed Pixar's first feature film and the world's first CGI movie, Toy Story, for which he got a Special Achievement Award at the Oscars. After Toy Story 2, he stuck to executive producing Pixar's films for a while, though he still provided creative input into the companies' films. He returned to directing with the film Cars, which, despite performing weaker and not being as well received as the other Pixar films, still got more good reviews than most other animated films that year and made a truckload of money, particularly through merchandising. His latest directorial effort, Cars 2, proved an artistic debacle that shattered the near spotless artistic reputation of the company such as leading to Pixar being shut out of contention for that year's Best Animated Feature Oscar for the first time in the award's history. Not wanting to cause the studio further embarrassment, John snapped into action by postponing the Troubled Production The Good Dinosaur by a year to ensure that the next film in their roster, Inside Out, would be on par with their other classics.
John's eye for quality is no doubt the reason why, when Disney merged with Pixar back in 2006, he was not only made Chief Creative Officer of both Pixar and Disney Feature Animation, but also Principal Creative Advisor for Disney's Imagineering department, meaning he even had creative say in theme park rides. While his decisions at Disney did cause a bit of behind-the-scenes drama (his insistence on changes for Bolt led director Chris Sandersnote of Lilo & Stitch, a film which Lasseter reportedly greatly disliked despite it being Disney's biggest combined critical and commercial success in the 2000s decade up to that point to leave the company), general consensus is that he helped the studio considerably during his tenure. After becoming Chief Creative Officer, he cancelled all of the Disney sequels in production and greenlit The Princess and the Frog. Lasseter then opted for DisneyToon Studios to produce more original properties and spinoffs, such as the Tinker Bell films and the spinoff from Cars, titled Planes. Somewhat ironically, the hope for Disney to continue creating traditionally animated feature films depended with him for a long time; despite playing a large part in computer animation becoming more dominant, he expressed interest in bringing 2D animation back.
He is also a good friend of famed anime director Hayao Miyazaki, and has overseen the English dubbing of some of his films.
A few days from before the release of Coco, Lasseter publicly announced that he would take a six month sabbatical from the company after a number of female employees came forward with claims of sexual misconduct (this being a few months after Harvey Weinstein and several other Hollywood people were accused of the same, it's safe to assume he didn't want the studio's work to be Overshadowed by Controversy), along with writer Rashida Jones announcing her departure from Toy Story 4 amidst accusations that he mistreated female and minority artists.
In June 2018, Disney announced that they had no intention of renewing their contract with Lasseter, meaning he would no longer hold an office at either Pixar or Walt Disney Animation Studios, ceasing his involvement with the studio at the end of the year. Pete Docter and Jennifer Lee replaced his position at Pixar and Disney Animation, respectively. A year later, up and coming studio Skydance Animation put him on their creative team, a controversial move that resulted in actress Emma Thompson stepping down from Luck (2022), a movie the studio was producing.
Directorial filmography:
The Adventures of Andre and Wally B. (1984)
Luxo Jr. (1986)
Red's Dream (1987)
Tin Toy (1988)
Knick Knack (1989)
A Bug's Life (1998)
Toy Story 2 (1999)
Mater and the Ghostlight (2006)
Tokyo Mater (2008)
Cars 2 (2011)
Tropes associated with films he has directed:
Animate Inanimate Object: His bread and butter. It began in earnest with Luxo Jr. and a handful of other Pixar shorts, continuing on to his two biggest film series', Toy Story and Cars.
Associated Composer: Randy Newman scored all of his films except Cars 2.
Author Appeal: Inanimate objects coming to life.
Awesome, Dear Boy: His reason for becoming an animator: "I get paid to make cartoons!"
Black-and-White Morality: A Bug's Life, Cars, and Cars 2
Eagleland: All of his films have Americana in their aesthetic. The Toy Story films play up the fact that Woody is a cowboy and Cars is heavily influenced by the folklore of Route 66 and have a cast mostly consisting of good ol boys. The music for nearly all of them borrow heavily from Aaron Copland.
Old Shame: John Lasseter's attempt to keep 2D animation alive alongside CGI at Disney. Since the idea flopped, he's refused to speak of it. However, there have been some other brief revivals, such as Maui's tattoos in Moana and a sequence (which, while not directly done by Disney, was handled by many ex-Disney talents) in Mary Poppins Returns afterwards.
Signature Style: Feel-good, emotional, idealistic films about inanimate objects like bikes, toys, or cars, coming to life.
Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism: Heavily idealistic, even by Pixar's standards.
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The Crowned
Ellie Grovert crowned by previous homecoming queen Macy Schares.
Darby Herridge
Leeanne Mehring-Cruz, Feature Editor
As you know Kennedy's Homecoming queen and king are seniors Ellie Grovert and James Tolly. It was a surprise to both Grovert and Tolly that they were going to be crowned the queen and king.
"I was so happy and honored. I felt this sense of belonging. I love my school so much, proud to be the the school's 50th king," Tolly said.
Tolly's favorite part of homecoming court was answering the questions during the assembly. He didn't feel like he gave the best answers, but enjoyed making fun of Mr. Hayes.
"My crown is on my dresser and I don't think it's ever going to move. This wek was one of the best of my life and when things get down in the future I want to remember last night to help me realize things always get better," Tolly said.
Tolly feels that he was chosen because he always chooses to be nice to people as much as he can and that he has great school spirit. He loves belonging to this student body. Tolly said that Kennedy High School is his home and that he achieved acceptance from it and that's what he has always wanted.
"It's the coolest thing ever that Ellie is queen, I love her," Tolly said. "Ever since she saw me play Buddy The Elf, I've had a special connection with her and I'm proud to be her king."
When Govert was crowned she said "What is happening?"
Grovert walked with her parents and brother along with her good friend Aubree Langhurst, who is also her date to this year's homecoming dance. Grovert dressed up as an owl and asked Langhurst.
"When I became the queen everyone was cheering Ellie, Ellie, Ellie," Grovert said.
After being crowned Grovert loved eating popcorn and cheering on the cougars as they played football, which is her favorite sport, while wearing her crown.
Queen and King
Standing Up Against Social Injustices
Goodbye, Farewell
Justin Peterson: Future US Army Combat Medic
Home Grown Stan Lee
Track Star From Deutschland
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Living Out a Lifelong Dream
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