1933 JAMES CHURCHWARD - SIGNED & INSCRIBED - SACRED SYMBOLS Of MU Lemuria
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The Sacred Symbols of Mu, by James Churchward. New York: Ives Washburn, 1933.
Signed and inscribed 1933 edition of this study of the history and spirituality of the peoples of the lost continent of Mu, by the British occult author, engineer, and inventor!
From Wikipedia:
According to Churchward, Mu "extended from somewhere north of Hawaii to the south as far as the Fijis and Easter Island." He claimed Mu was the site of the Garden of Eden and the home of 64, 000, 000... inhabitants – known as the Naacals. Its civilisation, which flourished 50, 000 years before Churchward's day, was technologically more advanced than his own, and the ancient civilisations of India, Babylon, Persia, Egypt and the Mayas were merely the decayed remnants of its colonies.
Churchward claimed to have gained his knowledge of this lost land after befriending an Indian priest, who taught him to read an ancient dead language (spoken by only three people in all of India). The priest disclosed the existence of several ancient tablets, written by the Naacals, and Churchward gained access to these records after overcoming the priest's initial reluctance. His knowledge remained incomplete, as the available tablets were mere fragments of a larger text, but Churchward claimed to have found verification and further information in the records of other ancient peoples.
His writings attempt to describe the civilisation of Mu, its history, inhabitants, and influence on subsequent history and civilisation.
Churchward claimed that the ancient Egyptian sun-god Ra originated with the Mu; he claimed that "Rah" was the word which the Naacals used for "sun" as well as for their god and rulers.
Churchward wrote several books on Mu, which are still in print and widely read. His writings on Mu were adapted by other occultists and "hidden history" buffs, who often call the lost continent he described, "Lemuria".
This copy was signed and inscribed in a fine calligraphic hand:
To my friendCapt. E.A. SalisburyJ. Churchward
"Capt. E. A. Salisbury" was Edward A. Salisbury -- a British explorer, filmmaker and author who settled in Southern California in the 1920s (his address label for his Santa Barbara residence on the frontpaper.) Captain Salisbury was a close associate of Churchward, and spent years exploring the Pacific Islands, Latin America, Africa, and elsewhere for surviving traces of the ancient Lemurian and Atlantean civilizations.
Signed books by "Colonel" Churchward are quite rare, and this copy, personally inscribed to one of his closest associates, is especially collectible. It's a must-own for anyone interested in his writings, or in Mu/Lemuria, lost continents, or occult teachings about human history!
Format: 6.25 x 9.75" hc, blue boards, signed & inscribed by author, frontispiece plate, 258pp, illustrated.
Signed and inscribed 1933 edition of this study of the history and spirituality of the peoples of the lost continent of Mu, by the British occult author, engineer, and inventor!
From Wikipedia:
According to Churchward, Mu "extended from somewhere north of Hawaii to the south as far as the Fijis and Easter Island." He claimed Mu was the site of the Garden of Eden and the home of 64, 000, 000... inhabitants – known as the Naacals. Its civilisation, which flourished 50, 000 years before Churchward's day, was technologically more advanced than his own, and the ancient civilisations of India, Babylon, Persia, Egypt and the Mayas were merely the decayed remnants of its colonies.
Churchward claimed to have gained his knowledge of this lost land after befriending an Indian priest, who taught him to read an ancient dead language (spoken by only three people in all of India). The priest disclosed the existence of several ancient tablets, written by the Naacals, and Churchward gained access to these records after overcoming the priest's initial reluctance. His knowledge remained incomplete, as the available tablets were mere fragments of a larger text, but Churchward claimed to have found verification and further information in the records of other ancient peoples.
His writings attempt to describe the civilisation of Mu, its history, inhabitants, and influence on subsequent history and civilisation.
Churchward claimed that the ancient Egyptian sun-god Ra originated with the Mu; he claimed that "Rah" was the word which the Naacals used for "sun" as well as for their god and rulers.
Churchward wrote several books on Mu, which are still in print and widely read. His writings on Mu were adapted by other occultists and "hidden history" buffs, who often call the lost continent he described, "Lemuria".
This copy was signed and inscribed in a fine calligraphic hand:
To my friendCapt. E.A. SalisburyJ. Churchward
"Capt. E. A. Salisbury" was Edward A. Salisbury -- a British explorer, filmmaker and author who settled in Southern California in the 1920s (his address label for his Santa Barbara residence on the frontpaper.) Captain Salisbury was a close associate of Churchward, and spent years exploring the Pacific Islands, Latin America, Africa, and elsewhere for surviving traces of the ancient Lemurian and Atlantean civilizations.
Signed books by "Colonel" Churchward are quite rare, and this copy, personally inscribed to one of his closest associates, is especially collectible. It's a must-own for anyone interested in his writings, or in Mu/Lemuria, lost continents, or occult teachings about human history!
Format: 6.25 x 9.75" hc, blue boards, signed & inscribed by author, frontispiece plate, 258pp, illustrated.
