I realize that fringe proponents have turned the supposed mythical nature of Troy before discovery into a truism - but it's not true.I see what you're saying but on the other hand Troy was thought to be fictional until it was found.
Lemuria was proposed out of thin air by actual scientists trying to find reasons why lemur fossils were found on mainland Asia when lemurs' only known habitat was Madagascar. There were no "Lemuria theorists" other than those and it was always only a theoretical land bridge that is now known for a fact to have never existed.Plus the fact that a submerged section of land was discovered in the area the Lemuria theorist claimed it would have existed.
People like Helena Blavatski - a demonstrated fraud caught red handed multiple times - took the theory of the Lemuria land bridge and ran with it - inventing ever more ignorant things about it as they went along. Every "mysterious" thing you've ever heard about Lemuria comes straight from her (and others) racist rants about it. The entire thing is a made-up fiction.I'm not saying it existed but there is enough circumstantial evidence for me to at least think its possible it did exist. Kinda like the myth busters its possible but not really plausible imho. But I'm not going to ridicule anyone for researching it.
There is enough evidence to make a pretty good argument that site was Troy. Like the original guy or not enough other people have seen enough evidence to say it's not a fringe idea. Is there anything substantial found in or around the site saying hey we were the Trojans that used a huge wooden horse to gain entry to a city we were at war with no.I realize that fringe proponents have turned the supposed mythical nature of Troy before discovery into a truism - but it's not true.
There was no consensus on whether Troy existed prior to the discovery of the site at Hisarlik by Frank Calvert.
It's unfortunate that the clown Schliemann horned in on the site instead of another more serious researcher. That one thing opened the door to fringe con men to create this false dialogue about Troy - because Schliemann was a clowning buffoon and his antics were constantly (and rightly) ridiculed.
Lemuria was proposed out of thin air by actual scientists trying to find reasons why lemur fossils were found on mainland Asia when lemurs' only known habitat was Madagascar. There were no "Lemuria theorists" other than those and it was always only a theoretical land bridge that is now known for a fact to have never existed.
The lemur fossils (along with many other fossils around the world) were explained once plate tectonics was verified.
People like Helena Blavatski - a demonstrated fraud caught red handed multiple times - took the theory of the Lemuria land bridge and ran with it - inventing ever more ignorant things about it as they went along. Every "mysterious" thing you've ever heard about Lemuria comes straight from her (and others) racist rants about it. The entire thing is a made-up fiction.
Harte
I agree about the evidence. The people of the region itself stated that this location was Troy before Calvert even started looking there.There is enough evidence to make a pretty good argument that site was Troy. Like the original guy or not enough other people have seen enough evidence to say it's not a fringe idea. Is there anything substantial found in or around the site saying hey we were the Trojans that used a huge wooden horse to gain entry to a city we were at war with no.
India itself continues to sink - both on the East and west coasts.Yes the race and lost continent of Lemuria is fictional but scientists found that a land mass off the coast of India submerged 84 million years ago lemurs didn't make it to Madagascar until 20 some odd mil. years after that. The evidence of this land mass was discovered on the island of Mauritius it was once part of this land mass and a few million years ago popped up from tectonic activity.
Lots of cultures have a "Golden Age" myth - or something similar. There are various reasons for this. Some of the myths are true, in fact. The sunken lands/cataclysms myths could be somewhat true in some cases, but certainly not in a large percentage of cases. It's just an easy way for a myth to explain why such an age came to an end.I think a lot of the want to believe in ancient civilizations and lost continents stems from mythology/religion they all had a myth of a time before theirs lost to a great cataclysm.
I agree about the evidence. The people of the region itself stated that this location was Troy before Calvert even started looking there.
The fringe idea is that the mainstream considered Troy completely mythical. That is simply not true.
Schliemann's antics gave fringe proponents the argument that he had been "ridiculed" for his find. That is also not the case.
He was ridiculed for his ridiculous claims about the site (and other sites.) The man actually had himself and his wife parading around in public in gold relics he'd found - claiming they had belonged to Agamemnon. He was a doofus, a goofball, and a buffoon.
India itself continues to sink - both on the East and west coasts.
There are several areas worldwide that are underwater today that were once above sea level. Some we overtaken by sea level rise, but MOST sank due to tectonic subduction or isostatic rebound resulting from loss of ice coverage.
None of them are Lemuria.
As is said, Lemuria was an invented term. The term got taken by the fringe, who made up an entire line of hooey about it.
There IS no ancient myth about anyplace called Lemuria (or Atlantis either, for that matter.)
Lots of cultures have a "Golden Age" myth - or something similar. There are various reasons for this. Some of the myths are true, in fact. The sunken lands/cataclysms myths could be somewhat true in some cases, but certainly not in a large percentage of cases. It's just an easy way for a myth to explain why such an age came to an end.
Harte
Because:It appears we agree on these subjects. My replies were merely long winded examples of why can't we let the dreamers dream. Stagnation is not good for discovery in any field. I'm not saying we should listen to crazy people but certain things we need to keep an open mind to.
People that are actually interested in the paranormal mostly understand that studying BS stories isn't the way to go about learning anything.
People that are actually interested in the paranormal mostly understand that Lemuria never existed, and that no ancient source claims it did.
Where did I say we should study BS stories?Because:
Harte
If you did, I didn't see it.Where did I say we should study BS stories?
Have no input back.@lamdo263 what do you think of Newgrange then? Offtopic![]()
Interesting, lamdo263. Sounds like you were personally involved. Were you there in a previous lifetime? The subject of Etheric portals, strikes my interest, such as the one that many of the Mayans disappeared through, into the Hollow Earth, to avoid being slaughtered by the murderous Spaniards, hundreds of years ago.There are stargates, but some work and some are shut down. The one in Peru still works. A long time ago and I still don't know if this was intentional, Stone Henge was a waylay point, via it's mass that allowed a group of wizards to come to Earth.
They were powerfully built, young and had a special organ within their abdomens that allowed them to produce an aether that was deposited into the ground.
They had a quartermaster or marshalling director with them, as these beings were so specialized, that they could do one thing well, but did not know much about the world around them.
The people that built Stone Henge, did so out of conscious direction, thinking their building was for another purpose. Sometimes Stone Henge glows blue,. that's because of the crystal in the rock, that still activates.
Again, these wizards I guess you could call tug, or power wizards. They were nothing like Gandalf in Lord Of The Rings, although there's still a few of them around.