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Origin:  The pseudo-scientific antediluvian book series of [[Occult_Books#The_Lost_Continent_of_Mu_.28et.al..29|James Churchward]], including ''The Lost Continent of Mu'', ''The Children of Mu'', ''The Sacred Symbols of Mu'', ''The Cosmic Forces of Mu'' and ''The Second Book of the Cosmic Forces of Mu''.
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Origin:  The pseudo-scientific antediluvian book series by [[Occult_Books#The_Lost_Continent_of_Mu_.28et.al..29|James Churchward]], including ''The Lost Continent of Mu'', ''The Children of Mu'', ''The Sacred Symbols of Mu'', ''The Cosmic Forces of Mu'' and ''The Second Book of the Cosmic Forces of Mu''.
  
 
==Description==
 
==Description==
 
A set of clay tablets said to be kept in secret libraries by the high priests of mysterious secret religions, describing the antediluvian history of Earth, focusing on the lost continent of [[Mu]], placed in the Pacific ocean, describing the continent's rise to great technological and spiritual enlightenment far in advance of the 20th century, some 50,000 years ago, in an age when Darwin believed the ancestors of Man to be pre-human ape-like beasts; this golden age was to be eventually followed by catastrophe, sending the continent to the bottom of the ocean following centuries of extended volcanic disaster.  The tablets are said to be written in [[Naacal]], a language known only to a few initiates in the world, linking Mayan, Egyptian, and Polynesian languages together as a common ancestor, with the Mayan civilization being older than the rest as the origin of "old world" civilizations influenced after the fall of Mu through migrations to the east, through [[Atlantis]].   
 
A set of clay tablets said to be kept in secret libraries by the high priests of mysterious secret religions, describing the antediluvian history of Earth, focusing on the lost continent of [[Mu]], placed in the Pacific ocean, describing the continent's rise to great technological and spiritual enlightenment far in advance of the 20th century, some 50,000 years ago, in an age when Darwin believed the ancestors of Man to be pre-human ape-like beasts; this golden age was to be eventually followed by catastrophe, sending the continent to the bottom of the ocean following centuries of extended volcanic disaster.  The tablets are said to be written in [[Naacal]], a language known only to a few initiates in the world, linking Mayan, Egyptian, and Polynesian languages together as a common ancestor, with the Mayan civilization being older than the rest as the origin of "old world" civilizations influenced after the fall of Mu through migrations to the east, through [[Atlantis]].   
  
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Churchward, one of the few westerners granted permission to tee the Naacal tablets and learn their language, was allowed to see the tome only once, with great reluctance from the priests who kept it, and was allowed to scan it only after earning the priests' trust; because of the shortness of the glance Churchward was given and because of the fragmentary nature of the tablets, Churchward was forced to complete his translation work from within the [[Dreamlands]].
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===Churchward's Tablets===
 
Language: [[Naacal]]
 
Language: [[Naacal]]
  
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Physical Description: a set of fragmentary red clay tablets engraved in Naacal hieroglyphs
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Physical Description: a set of fragmentary red clay tablets engraved in Naacal hieroglyphs;
  
 
General Content: A broad history of the rise and fall of the pre-human/proto-human Naacal civilisation on Mu, along with its commerce and influence over the rest of the world at the height of the civilization's power.
 
General Content: A broad history of the rise and fall of the pre-human/proto-human Naacal civilisation on Mu, along with its commerce and influence over the rest of the world at the height of the civilization's power.
  
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Number of known copies (if rare): only one known copy has been admitted to exist
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Number of known copies (if rare): only one known copy has been admitted to exist, though there may be others in hiding
  
 
Last known location of surviving copies (if rare): in the hands of the high priest of the remnant of a pre-human Naacal cult in India
 
Last known location of surviving copies (if rare): in the hands of the high priest of the remnant of a pre-human Naacal cult in India
  
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'''Mythos Content'''
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===Dreamlands Copy===
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Language: [[Naacal]]
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Physical Description: a set of red clay tablets engraved in Naacal hieroglyphs
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General Content: A broad history of the rise and fall of the pre-human/proto-human Naacal civilisation on Mu, along with its commerce and influence over the rest of the world at the height of the civilization's power.
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Number of known copies (if rare): at least two
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Last known location of surviving copies (if rare): one copy is believed to exist in the [[Seven Planes|Akashic Record]], another may exist in the [[Library at Oneiros]]; not much is known about the copy that James Churchward apparently consulted, but it seems possible that he might have consulted a third, as yet unknown copy..
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* tomes: may have served the basis for, been inspired by, or otherwise be a relative of...
 
* tomes: may have served the basis for, been inspired by, or otherwise be a relative of...
 
** a number of [[Occult Books]] of Theosophical and pseudo-scientific nature
 
** a number of [[Occult Books]] of Theosophical and pseudo-scientific nature
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** ''[[The Eltdown Shards]]''
 
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Latest revision as of 11:40, 12 July 2022

Origin: The pseudo-scientific antediluvian book series by James Churchward, including The Lost Continent of Mu, The Children of Mu, The Sacred Symbols of Mu, The Cosmic Forces of Mu and The Second Book of the Cosmic Forces of Mu.

Description

A set of clay tablets said to be kept in secret libraries by the high priests of mysterious secret religions, describing the antediluvian history of Earth, focusing on the lost continent of Mu, placed in the Pacific ocean, describing the continent's rise to great technological and spiritual enlightenment far in advance of the 20th century, some 50,000 years ago, in an age when Darwin believed the ancestors of Man to be pre-human ape-like beasts; this golden age was to be eventually followed by catastrophe, sending the continent to the bottom of the ocean following centuries of extended volcanic disaster. The tablets are said to be written in Naacal, a language known only to a few initiates in the world, linking Mayan, Egyptian, and Polynesian languages together as a common ancestor, with the Mayan civilization being older than the rest as the origin of "old world" civilizations influenced after the fall of Mu through migrations to the east, through Atlantis.

Churchward, one of the few westerners granted permission to tee the Naacal tablets and learn their language, was allowed to see the tome only once, with great reluctance from the priests who kept it, and was allowed to scan it only after earning the priests' trust; because of the shortness of the glance Churchward was given and because of the fragmentary nature of the tablets, Churchward was forced to complete his translation work from within the Dreamlands.

Churchward's Tablets

Language: Naacal

Physical Description: a set of fragmentary red clay tablets engraved in Naacal hieroglyphs;

General Content: A broad history of the rise and fall of the pre-human/proto-human Naacal civilisation on Mu, along with its commerce and influence over the rest of the world at the height of the civilization's power.

Number of known copies (if rare): only one known copy has been admitted to exist, though there may be others in hiding

Last known location of surviving copies (if rare): in the hands of the high priest of the remnant of a pre-human Naacal cult in India

Mythos Content

Spells:

  • Sanity Loss:
  • Mythos Knowledge:
  • Occult Knowledge:


Dreamlands Copy

Language: Naacal

Physical Description: a set of red clay tablets engraved in Naacal hieroglyphs

General Content: A broad history of the rise and fall of the pre-human/proto-human Naacal civilisation on Mu, along with its commerce and influence over the rest of the world at the height of the civilization's power.

Number of known copies (if rare): at least two

Last known location of surviving copies (if rare): one copy is believed to exist in the Akashic Record, another may exist in the Library at Oneiros; not much is known about the copy that James Churchward apparently consulted, but it seems possible that he might have consulted a third, as yet unknown copy..

Mythos Content

Spells:

  • Sanity Loss:
  • Mythos Knowledge:
  • Occult Knowledge:


Quotes

Appearances

Heresies and Controversies

Associated Mythos Elements


Keeper Notes

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