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As part of a paper I'm writing, I've been trying to research some of Cayce's claims about Atlantis and early humans. I am going to cut and paste part of what I've written here, in hopes you might have some constructive feedback on whether I've gotten the facts right. I apologize in advance if it's lengthy:
Cayce did a series of readings on the topic of Atlantis beginning in about 1929. It is essentially Cayce's version of the creation story.
Cayce described Atlantis as the first great civilization. He located it somewhere between Bimini and the Mediterranean.
Disregarding for a moment the fact that there is no evidence for the actual existence of Atlantis, according to Cayce, there were three catastrophes that eventually caused its destruction. The first occurred around 50,700 B.C. Humans on the earth at this time had to deal with enormous animals and beasts, the story goes, with the problem being so threatening that ultimately groups from many areas around the world gathered to brainstorm on how to eradicate it. Apparently, they finally settled on a plan to use chemicals and high explosives. Unfortunately, in the process they blew themselves up, causing catastrophic damage to the continents, some parts of which sank, also bringing about a shifting of the poles, though the shifting of the poles was in fact attributed to God (see reading 5249-1).
Unfortunately, there is no evidence that a pole shift happened in 50,700 B.C. In fact, an article in Science Daily from September 26, 2008, reported that, while polarity reversals have occurred hundreds of times at irregular intervals throughout the planet's history, the most recent was about 780,000 years ago.
Archaelogists estimate that humans (Homo sapiens) have been around for about 200,000 years and started to migrate out of Africa some 70,000 years ago. Not only is there is no evidence of a pole shift happening during that time frame, but during the last pole shift there would have been no humans as we know them.
According to Cayce, this shifting of the poles in 50,700 B.C. ushered in the last of the great Ice Ages. Science tells us, however, that the last great ice age ended just 10,000 years ago, having lasted about 25,000 years.
Delving further into Cayce's history of Atlantis, the second catastrophe happened in 28,000 B.C., the moral depravity of the people having brought down God's wrath and great flooding being the result. According to Cayce, the Bible gives an account of this flood in the story of Noah. The surviving Atlanteans once again relocated and rebuilt, but by 10,700 B.C. were again corrupt and their civilizations wiped out by gigantic land upheavals.
As far as the creation of humans, Cayce claims that the first humans appeared on the earth 10.5 million years ago. He also claimed that at that time 5 races all simultaneously appeared at 5 different places in the world.
Today, all humans are classified as belonging to the species Homo sapiens and subspecies Homo sapiens sapiens. However, this is not the first species of hominids. The first species of genus Homo, Homo habilis, is thought to have evolved in East Africa about 2 million years ago. They populated different parts of Africa in a relatively short period of time. Homo erectus is believed to have evolved more than 1.8 million years ago and spread from Africa throughout Europe and Asia, and it is widely accepted that Homo sapiens evolved out of Homo erectus.
Thus, even if you are willing to consider the first species in the genus Homo as what Cayce's meant by the first humans, there is still an 8 million year difference between Cayce's date and the date scientists give us.
Even if Cayce's date wasn't off by several millions of years, there is no evidence whatsoever to support the idea that 5 races (black, white, yellow, red and brown) appeared in different places. Cayce claimed that 5 races appeared all at once, separately, in Iran, Central Europe, Gobi Desert, Sudan/upper West Africa, and the Andes. Scientists tell us that humans emerged from out of Africa.
Now if you're still awake after all that (and you aren't laughing!), please let me know if I've gotten any of the science wrong.
There is a lot of woo to sort through, especially when it comes to pole shifts. I didn't even bother to address the "5 races" issue.
Any feedback would be appreciated!
Cayce did a series of readings on the topic of Atlantis beginning in about 1929. It is essentially Cayce's version of the creation story.
Cayce described Atlantis as the first great civilization. He located it somewhere between Bimini and the Mediterranean.
Disregarding for a moment the fact that there is no evidence for the actual existence of Atlantis, according to Cayce, there were three catastrophes that eventually caused its destruction. The first occurred around 50,700 B.C. Humans on the earth at this time had to deal with enormous animals and beasts, the story goes, with the problem being so threatening that ultimately groups from many areas around the world gathered to brainstorm on how to eradicate it. Apparently, they finally settled on a plan to use chemicals and high explosives. Unfortunately, in the process they blew themselves up, causing catastrophic damage to the continents, some parts of which sank, also bringing about a shifting of the poles, though the shifting of the poles was in fact attributed to God (see reading 5249-1).
Unfortunately, there is no evidence that a pole shift happened in 50,700 B.C. In fact, an article in Science Daily from September 26, 2008, reported that, while polarity reversals have occurred hundreds of times at irregular intervals throughout the planet's history, the most recent was about 780,000 years ago.
Archaelogists estimate that humans (Homo sapiens) have been around for about 200,000 years and started to migrate out of Africa some 70,000 years ago. Not only is there is no evidence of a pole shift happening during that time frame, but during the last pole shift there would have been no humans as we know them.
According to Cayce, this shifting of the poles in 50,700 B.C. ushered in the last of the great Ice Ages. Science tells us, however, that the last great ice age ended just 10,000 years ago, having lasted about 25,000 years.
Delving further into Cayce's history of Atlantis, the second catastrophe happened in 28,000 B.C., the moral depravity of the people having brought down God's wrath and great flooding being the result. According to Cayce, the Bible gives an account of this flood in the story of Noah. The surviving Atlanteans once again relocated and rebuilt, but by 10,700 B.C. were again corrupt and their civilizations wiped out by gigantic land upheavals.
As far as the creation of humans, Cayce claims that the first humans appeared on the earth 10.5 million years ago. He also claimed that at that time 5 races all simultaneously appeared at 5 different places in the world.
Today, all humans are classified as belonging to the species Homo sapiens and subspecies Homo sapiens sapiens. However, this is not the first species of hominids. The first species of genus Homo, Homo habilis, is thought to have evolved in East Africa about 2 million years ago. They populated different parts of Africa in a relatively short period of time. Homo erectus is believed to have evolved more than 1.8 million years ago and spread from Africa throughout Europe and Asia, and it is widely accepted that Homo sapiens evolved out of Homo erectus.
Thus, even if you are willing to consider the first species in the genus Homo as what Cayce's meant by the first humans, there is still an 8 million year difference between Cayce's date and the date scientists give us.
Even if Cayce's date wasn't off by several millions of years, there is no evidence whatsoever to support the idea that 5 races (black, white, yellow, red and brown) appeared in different places. Cayce claimed that 5 races appeared all at once, separately, in Iran, Central Europe, Gobi Desert, Sudan/upper West Africa, and the Andes. Scientists tell us that humans emerged from out of Africa.
Now if you're still awake after all that (and you aren't laughing!), please let me know if I've gotten any of the science wrong.
There is a lot of woo to sort through, especially when it comes to pole shifts. I didn't even bother to address the "5 races" issue.Any feedback would be appreciated!
