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"(The Atlanteans were) Aurignacian or Cro-Magnon ... exceptionally high, in fact children of the gods, with an average height of between 1.84 and 1.99 meters in the case of men, although women were small, which proves that it was a mixed breed. "
James Lewis Thomas Chalmers Spence (1874-1955) was an expert in Scottish mythology with an impressive work, both as extensive as at Curran, but on the other hand, controversial and risky proposals.
After graduating from the University of Edinburgh, began a career as a journalist, then became editor of several publications in the early twentieth century.
Around the same time became interested in mythology and folklore of Mexico and Central America, published in 1908 a revised version of the Mayan book Popol Vuh. A couple of years later published "A Dictionary of Mythology", which would also make a comprehensive study of these cultures.
but also focused his interest in ancient history and legends of his homeland, Scotland. Thus, in 1905 published a study on the Britons called "Mysteries of Celtic Britain "which theorizes about the idea that they were immigrant from northwestern Africa, probably related to his time with the Berbers and the Basques. Also served as Vice President of the Scottish Anthropological and Folklore Society (Scottish Society of anthropology and folklore) and received a royal pension for his service to culture.
This research on the cultures of the New World and Western Europe and Africa took no choice but to Atlantis. Thus, during the decade of the twenties, he published a series of books, among which are "The Problem of Atlantis (1924)" or "History of Atlantis" (1927), in which roughly follows the line of inquiry raised by Ignatius Donnelly, considering those sunken islands as an ancient civilization linked to the New World, but also in contact with Old Europe.
About Atlantis would other works such as "Atlantis in America," 1925, "The occult sciences of Atlantis", 1927, or "The Problem of Lemuria: The Sunken Continent of the Pacific", 1932. Interestingly, they say that, despite his enthusiasm for the subject, Spence thought he was a threat to their position of authoritative scholar if he continued talking openly about life at the time of Atlantis and the arts esoteric that he believed were made there. Suspended all work on the subject and by those who knew him, he refused to go back to talking about Atlantis. Apart
do a lot of books on mythology and history hidden from both the ancient Britons ("The Magic Arts in Celtic Britain", published in 1949, or "The History and Origins of Druidism" of the same year) on occult ("An Encyclopaedia of Occultism: A compendium of information on the occult sciences, occult Personalities, psychic science, magic, demonology, spiritism and mysticism", 1920, or "Occult Causes of the Present War" 1940, the first book on the Nazi esotericism) or mythology, publishing books about different countries, including Mexico, Peru, Egypt and Europe.
As for Atlantis, The idea that there was not really an island continent, if there were two: one where Plato said, (near the Strait of Gibraltar) and another in the West Indies (called precisely Antillia .) I was convinced by the many overlapping points between the different mythological legends on both sides of the pond that or there was an intense communication between the Old and New World before Columbus discovered or developed their legends each hemisphere from a point Central then disappeared. For example, points out the similarities between Quetzalcoatl, the Toltec god who brought civilization to Mexico and returned to Tlapallan, place of origin in the sea, and Atlas, so important in the legends refer to Atlantis. Both were twins, both are represented with a beard and each supported the sky.
also considers that there were several waves of migration, and suggests that the Cro-Magnon skulls indicate that the human type to which they belonged had a brain capacity far greater than that of the inhabitants of Europe at the time, almost as if were a race of supermen. Affirms that the Magdalenian culture (for about 16,000 years), was a second wave of immigration. And the third would be 11,500 years ago, according to Spence, were the ancestors of the Iberians that spread throughout Spain and other parts of the Mediterranean and the Atlas mountains. And these are in effect the Atlantis of which Plato spoke.
short, nothing new. A simple review of the theories of Donnelly, but lowered slightly the degree of civilization, considering the Atlantis in a "Stone Age" similar to the old Mexico or Peru.
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