The seven great continents of the world, spoken
of in the Vishnu Purana (B. II., cap. 2) include Atlantis, though, of
course, under another name. Ila and Ira are synonymous Sanskrit terms
(see Amarakosha), and both mean earth or native soil; and Ilavrita is a
portion of Ila, the central point of India (Jambudvipa), the latter
being itself the centre of the seven great continents before the
submersion of the great continent of Atlantis, of which Poseidonis was
but an insignificant remnant. And now, while every Brahmin will
understand the meaning, we may help the Europeans with a few more
explanations.
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* Behold Moses saying that it requires earth and water to make a living
man.
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If, in that generally tabooed work, "Isis Unveiled," the "English
F.T.S." turns to page 589, vol. I., he may find therein narrated another
old Eastern legend. An island .... (where now the Gobi desert lies) was
inhabited by the last remnants of the race that preceded ours: a
handful of "Adepts"--the "Sons of God," now referred to as the Brahman
Pitris; called by another yet synonymous name in the Chaldean Kabala.
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