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Having recently come into possession of Leon de Rosny's late work entitled "_Les Documents ecrits de l'Antiquite Americaine_,"[1] I find in it a photo-lithographic copy of two plates (or rather one plate, for the two are but parts of one) of the Maya Manuscript known as the _Codex Cortesianus_. This plate (I shall speak of the two as one) is of so much importance in the study of the Central American symbols and calendar systems that I deem it worthy of special notice; more particularly so as it furnishes a connecting link between the Maya and Mexican symbols and calendars.

This plate (Nos. 8 and 9 in Rosny's work), is entitled by Rosny "_Tableau des Bacab_" or "Plate of the Bacabs," he supposing it to be a representation of the gods of the four cardinal points, an opinion I believe to be well founded.

As will be seen by reference to our Plate No. 1, which is an exact copy from Rosny's work, this page consists of three divisions: _First_, an inner quadrilateral space, in which there are a kind of cross or sacred tree; two sitting figures, one of which is a female, and six characters. _Second_, a narrow space or belt forming a border to the inner area, from which it is separated by a single line; it is separated from the outer space by a double line. This space contains the characters for the twenty days of the Maya month, but not arranged in consecutive order. _Third_, an outer and larger space containing several figures and numerous characters, the latter chiefly those representing the Maya days. This area consists of two distinct parts, one part containing day characters, grouped together at the four corners, and connected by rows of dots running from one group to the other along the outer border; the other part consisting of four groups of figures, one group opposite each of the four sides. In each of the four compartments containing these last-mentioned groups, there is one of the four characters shown in Fig. 1 (_a_ _b_ _c_ _d_), which, in my "Study of the Manuscript Troano," I have concluded represent the four cardinal points, a conclusion also reached independently by Rosny and Schultz Sellack.[TN-1]

Before entering upon the discussion of this plate I will insert here Rosny's comment, that the reader may have an opportunity of comparing his view of its signification with the opinion I shall advance.



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Since the first edition of this pamphlet appeared in the year 1897, investigation in this department of science has made such marked progress, notwithstanding the slight amount of material, that a revision has now become desirable. It can be readily understood, that a new science, an investigation on virgin soil, such as the Maya study is, makes more rapid progress and develops more quickly than one pertaining to some old, much explored territory.

In addition to numerous separate treatises, special mention should be made of Ernst Foerstemann's commentaries on the three Maya manuscripts (Kommentar zur Mayahandschrift der Koeniglichen oeffentlichen Bibliothek zu Dresden, Dresden 1901, Kommentar zur Madrider Mayahandschrift, Danzig 1902, and Kommentar zur Pariser Mayahandschrift, Danzig 1903) which constitute a summary of the entire results of investigation in this field up to the present time.

The proposal made in the first edition of this pamphlet, that the Maya deities be designated by letters of the alphabet, has been very generally adopted by Americanists, especially by those in the United States of America. This circumstance, in particular, has seemed to make it desirable to prepare for publication a new edition, improved to accord with the present state of the science.

Warmest thanks are above all due to Mr. Bowditch, of Boston, who in the most disinterested manner, for the good of science, has made possible the publication of this new edition.



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Churchward served with the British Army for thirty years. He claimed that, while posted in India, he befriended a priest (’Rishi’), who revealed to him ancient tablets written in an otherwise unknown language. The Rishi taught Churchward how to read this language, Naacal. The tablets described the land of Mu, The Ancient Mound Builders, Egyptian hieroglyphs, olmecs, moors and other ancient cultures around the world and their similarities.

He also claimed that he was able to discern writing from Mu on a mysterious set of tablets discovered in Mexico by an explorer named William Niven.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. INTRODUCTION 15

II. RELIGIONS 27

III. SYMBOLS OF THE DEITY AND HIS ATTRIBUTES 56

IV. THE CREATION 87

V. SYMBOLS USED IN RELIGIOUS TEACHINGS 118

VI. SYMBOLS RELATING TO MU 165

VII. SACRED SYMBOLS CONNECTING NORTH AMERICA TO MU 189

VIII. THE MOUND BUILDERS OF NORTH AMERICA 218

IX. RELIGION IN EGYPT AND INDIA 252

X. THE TWIN SISTERS--RELIGION AND SCIENCE 280


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Customer Reviews (6)

Keys to Secret Sacred Information
I am fascinated by ancient Hawaiiana and have been looking for information connecting the ancient Hawaiian language and spirituality to the ancient teachings and culture of Lemuria.Well, this book does it.Simply and clearly written and full of useful illustrations.I am very pleased . . .

An excellent, must have book
If you are after the beginnings of occult symbols, this is the book. Discover the beginnings of cube, cross, Tau, swastika, sun, triangle etc. It has been a while since I read this book, but I can definitely say that this is a marvelous book and well worth the read. I for one would hate to not have this book in my collection. Regarding the ancient race of Mu, this fits in with teachings of Samael Aun Weor i.e. `Gnostic Anthropology'. Those that debunk this book side with the illusion and matrix of deception that engulfs this planet.

More Stangeness from the Colonel and Rishi
James Churchward returns to his "Sacred Inspired Writings of Mu". What this seems to mean is that he has a chat with his buddy, "the old Rishi". This old Rishi seems to have a somewhat unusual take on history: "On one occasion the old Rishi informed me that temple legends stated: 'Jesus, during his sojourn in the Himalayan monastery, studied the contents of the Sacred Inspired Writings, the language, the writing and the Cosmic Forces of the Motherland.'" Churchward then announces that the last words of Jesus were "Hele, hele, lamat zabac ta ni" (spoken in "the pure tongue of the Motherland"). Going a bit further back, the reader is informed about a Maori tradition that Cain and Abel were New Zealanders and that the murder of Abel occurred in New Zealand. Churchward also tells how he encountered "a quetzacoatl", a feathered flying serpent, "the most venemous serpent ever known on earth".

Apparently the copyright was not renewed on this book, so it can be read legally on the internet. Some of the pictures are quite interesting and include pictures of the discoveries of William Niven in Mexico.

The text I consider to be mostly unsubstantiated nonsense.

Get out of the armchair!
It is sad to see derogatory reviews of James Churchward's well researched books. If you can't name the fifth President of the United States or say where Point Roberts is - forget about judging Churchward, a veteran traveller, philologist and student of human culture - virtually without equal today. These days - people study narrow fields. Churchward mapped the connections between these isolated fields or cultures - and traced them back to the lost continent or Motherland of Mu. He presented and deciphered Cara-Maya, the mother tongue of Mu, showing how its roots can be traced in a number of different languages and cultures located within or around 'The Ring of Fire.' He provided details of cultural artifacts - to illustrate his theory. Churchward claimed to have received much help in this regard, from an aged Indian Rishi.

Having lived in various bits of the Pacific rim, including odd visits to pacific islands, I can guarantee that anyone who does more than speculate from an armchair -would find Churchward's ideas backed up by substantial evidence scattered through dozens of pacific rim cultures - be it the Pacific N.W. of America, Japan - or wherever. Age-old symbols, in seemingly disparate and disconnected cultures share similar myth-motifs, tell related tales of a tragic, swallowing of a mother-culture beneath the ocean. Besides the Bible, such a deluge is also mentioned in the Chinese Shih-ching (Book of History).

Thor Heyerdal noted the phenomenon - again, not a man prone to expound on distant cultures - from an armchair. Many of Churchward's ideas challenge current scientific and academic 'orthodoxy' (alleging, for instance, that the earth's large mountain ranges were formed - long after mother earth, herself). Churchward also notes anomolous facts - like archeological artifacts that show the existence of technically advanced cultures - beneath the remains of other, less advanced cultures. In most cases, such anomalies cannot be accounted for by orthodox archeology and strictly linear theories of human cultural development.

It may be disturbing to consider that a sudden geological cataclysm might throw human civilisation and culture backwards - almost wiping the slate, but after the recent tsunami - it doesn't take much imagination to think what would happen - if whole techtonic plates broke up - effectively reducing a whole continent to nothing - save scattered islands and peripheral strips of land mass. Plato,for his own part, related similar events (Atlantis) in the Timaeus. Usually mocked as 'fiction' - the fact remains that Plato was absolutely serious about it.

Churchward was thoroughly serious. Given the fact that he reconstructed the hieratic sacred alphabet of Mu, and spent years deciphering the information yielded by hundreds of artifacts from cultures around the Pacific rim - and related areas, it is absurd to suggest that his theories were without proof and ill-founded.He has given us the evidence. The greater part of it is too compelling to ignore.

Ancient book about ancient symbols fun but useless
This book was written in the 30's and, although extremely interesting as a piece of fiction, it is completely ineffective as historical fact. Interesting, but completely irrelevant. Most of the authors conclusions regarding the origins of the worlds religions seem ludicrous. The author speaks of Atlantis as if it were Iowa. Sorry, but there has never been conclusive proof of it's existence. Still, a fun book. ... Read more