British explorer Churchward expressed that Atlantis was given specific importance in Naacal Tablets and that had previously developed as a colony of Mu, Atlantis, over time had become autonomous and had set its own empire. The tablets indicate that while Atlantis was the colony of Mu, there were schools teaching the Mu Cosmic religion, but after gaining autonomy, they had alienated from the principal religion. According to Naacal tablets, the priests in Atlantis preferred to corrupt the principal religion to their benefit, in order to increase their influence on society.
This religious corruption in Atlantis continued until the rise of Osiris. Two of the Naacal tablets were reserved for this great man, who was born 22 thousand years ago, in Atlantis.23 According to the tablets, at a very young age, Osiris left his birthplace and went to Mu, where he attended one of the “Wisdom Schools”. Staying in the continent of Mu until he received the titles of “master priest and divine brother”, Osiris returned to his own country, to instigate a religious reform. In the hieroglyphs in two temples, one being in the Himalayas, and the other in the city of TEB, it was inscribed that Osiris was born in Atlantis, studied religion and science of opinion in a Nacaal school in Mu, and returned to his country, upon receiving the title Teacher.24
Having declared war against the corrupted Atlantis religion and the clergy, and owing to his strong character, Osiris got the support of the people and purged the temples, which had lost their dignity, from corrupted priests. Until his death, Osiris remained as the spiritual (religious) leader of his country and declined the title of emperor offered to him. After his death, his followers and priest brethren gave the name “Osiris Religion”, to the religion he had been disseminating.
The name Osiris was also mentioned among Egyptian Gods. It is believed that this religion was brought to Egypt by Hermes (Toth), but in time, this pure religion was corrupted and Osiris was turned into a god, taking his place in the Pantheon. In the Pantheon of the Egyptian gods, Isis, always mentioned alongside Osiris, was the female expression of God, and their son, Horus was the expression of the divine word. Just as was the case with Osiris and Isis, after a certain period, Hermes was also converted to a god, given the name of Toth.25
According to American writer Shirley Andrews, in Atlantis, people believed in the immortality of the soul, in reincarnation, and that the soul matured through different experiences in different lives, and united with God after completing its evolution. The Circle symbolized the Mighty God, who was the source of everything. For that reason, the people of Atlantis built their temples and houses in a circular shape. The New Year ceremonies were held in the open air, in Poseidon Temple, on June 21st. The people who gathered in the temple as the sun rose into the New Year for the first time, saluted the rays of the sun, facing the east. When the sun reached at its peak, the head priest would point the crystal in his hand to the sun and would let the rays shine on all the participants. After the sunset, the priests would talk of the value of the sun, and evil of the darkness, and with the head priest’s call, “Let There Be Light”, the temple would be lighted with magnificent sources of light.
The people of Atlantis looked upon the Sun as the source of life, and the symbol of the Almighty God. They also believed in the existence of secondary degree gods that acted in line with the rules of the Almighty God.26
The priesthood was a profession that lasted a lifetime and needed continuous meditation. The first stage was physical cleanliness and the second stage was mental purity. The priests first got to know their inner world, then they would open their minds to universal knowledge.
With different rituals, they passed an examination where they experienced partial death, and thus would completely become relieved from the fear of leaving this world. It was accepted that, as a result of this examination, they were re-born, having attained different powers.27 Color of the outfits of the priests at the highest level was white.
Even today, in the current Shaman ritual, first the body is cleaned, then a mental cleaning is done; the person is left in a totally dark environment, hungry and thirsty for days, experimenting deep trance. It is believed that the soul leaves the body and reaches higher levels and matures during this trance.
In his book, “Occult Sciences in Atlantis”, American author Lewis Spence claims that the priests underwent three stages: Initiation, Mastership, and Magnus. The person to be initiated used to be put in an underground labyrinth, then tested by the earth, air, water, and fire, and later would be transferred into the reincarnation stage. The candidate who survived this stage would be passed through a very dense beam of light and was born again.
Those who passed all the tests would be admitted into Poseidon Temple and his training would start. People who received training in varied fields of science, during a period of 20 years first became a Master, and following another 20 years of meditation, if found appropriate, they would receive the rank of Magnus, which was the highest level in the priesthood. Spence wrote that the Magnus had the ability to desert their bodies and unite with the universe, whenever they wished to do so.28
American psychic Edgar Cayce claims that the people in Atlantis knew about electricity and atom and that they could control solar power. According to Cayce, the energy source in Atlantis were the huge reflecting crystals that they called as fire stones. These crystals, located in Poseidon’s Temple of the Sun, were used for all kinds of energy requirements, and the protection of the environment was realized through them. However, the great flood was caused by the misuse of these crystals.29 Another psychic Gareth Knight has declared that Atlantis was ruled by a king and this king was only responsible to head priest of the sun. Sun religion was the secular religion of the people. Towards the final days of the civilization, the priests cast corrupted, polytheistic religions, grew stronger, and the priests started using their powers for their own benefits. However, “The Priests of the Light” did not divert from the real path of the teaching and continued their real teachings behind a veil of secrets. Just like the teachings of these priests, technological knowledge of the artisans was also hidden from the masses, as secrets.30 American author Murry Hope also supported this view and said that the main source of energy was sonic, but this was kept as a secret, only known by the ‘Masonic’ wing of the priests, who were scientists. From this explanation by Hope, it seems possible to reach a conclusion that the word ‘Mason’ in Atlantis was being used for the Scientist Priests.31
As was the case in final years of the civilization, corrupted polytheistic religions became effective. The minority group of priests called as the ‘Priests of the Light’ by Knight, and as ‘Scientist Priests’ by Hope, as a result of pressure put forth by corrupted polytheistic religions, were but those priests of the monotheistic Osiris religion who were pushed to go underground to continue their activities in secrecy. The ‘Mason’ was a word developed by these priests, in order to define themselves, in line with Esoteric teaching, containing the male and female virtues of God, as well as representing the divine word.
The letter “M” present in the word Mason, symbolizes Mu Continent, where the main source of the teaching came from and is male in that sense. The letter “A” indicates Atlantis, where the teaching was raised again and disseminated to all colonies and is female in that sense. The letter “S” represents the divine word which is formed by the combination of the two letters M and A, and “SON” was used in its literal meaning, as well as our physical “SUN”. This word is still used in contemporary western countries, meaning the Son and the Sun, with some minor changes. Together with the letter “O”, representing “Osiris”, the meanings of “Son-Osiris” and “Divine Word-Osiris come about. The last letter “N” reverts to Nacaals, the first group of teachers of Mu. In other words, the MASONS of Atlantis acted just like the Nacaals in Mu; they are the Osiris priests who have lead and continued their training, being the All-Seeing Eyes of the god who could see everything. In the latest periods of the civilization, believers of the polytheistic religions have owned “MA” as “Maia” the daughter of the mighty God Atlas, or as the Mother Goddess; in other words, this belief continued its existence in other colonies of Atlantis, even after the great flood.
As there are hardly any remains of either Mu or Atlantis civilizations to date, some Orthodox scientists take this as if none of these civilizations ever existed. However, considering that more than 10 thousand years have gone by, and that following a war, a great flood was experienced resulting in total destruction, it is quite normal that only a few rocks or stones have survived to the present day. Although granite is one of the hardest materials on earth, not affected easily by the conditions of nature, there will be nothing left from our civilization today, 10 thousand years later. Only a few stones will remain for the people of the future to understand us, 10 thousand years from now.
With love,
Cihangir Gener