The continent Lemuria
The continent Lemuria hosted the first known human civilization. The actual birth of the continent occurred in scientific circles. Its existence was first hypothesized by M. P. L. Sclater, who, between 1850 and 1860, argued that in prehistoric times a vast area existed that included territories from Madagascar to Ceylon and Sumatra. The idea of an ancient continent in these parts of the planet was suggested by zoological affinities between the aforementioned territories, including the presence of the lemur that gave the continent its name. In contrast, naturalist Wallace argued that a similar continent would have been possible between Australia to New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and perhaps the Figji Islands. Wallace's continent would also thus have explained how marsupials could have reached the Australian continent. Sclater's and Wallace's hypotheses came into conflict, although at one point Wallace admitted that there must have been a land bridge between India and Australia in the past. The discussion continued, and Haeckel hypothesized that the Lemurian continent, which probably existed between the Permian and Nummulitic periods, was the cradle of the human race, as he believed it to be the home of anthropoid apes.
The discussion, at first only scientific, was later taken up by theosophy, which asserted that the continent Lemuria was the home of the third mother race and the place of origin of humanity. Theosophically speaking, man did not develop in Lemuria according to the evolution theory, but through a thickening of matter that came to form the body. That is: in the beginning those who would become men were immaterial entities that appeared on earth as time went on, becoming more and more material and corporeal. The bodies of the first mother race, according to what W. Scott-Elliot says in "History of Submerged Lemuria," were like giant ghosts, [...] because their bodies consisted only of astral matter. Later the first mother race was given a denser covering. The bodies of the second mother race were called ethereal and were also invisible to sight. The bodies of the third mother race that were finally solid were composed of gases, liquids and matter. Their bones were soft like those of children (in fact, they could not stand upright) and only towards the middle of their history could they enjoy a more substantial skeletal structure.
Lemurians of this period possessed two rudimentary eyes at the front and one at the back - called the third eye or astral eye - corresponding to the pineal gland that served as the center of astral and physical sight. Around the third sub-race, the gelatinous body of the Lemurians solidified even more and later became capable of holding an upright structure and, through the use of the third eye and a protrusion in the heels, of walking back and forth. Probably around the fifth sub-race you have the ultimate lemurian man. He was three and a half to four feet tall, had yellowish-brown skin, an elongated lower jaw, and a flattened face. His small, piercing eyes, spaced far apart, allowed both forward and sideways vision; the third eye gave backward vision. Instead of a forehead he had a fleshy roll, his head was tilted back and his arms were disproportionate to ours, and he had huge hands and feet. Around his head he had short hair and was dressed in skins. In his left hand he usually held a stick, and in his right hand he led a kind of plesiosaur-like reptile with a rope as a hunting aid.
The seventh sub-race gave rise to a superior race. It had developed a kind of forehead, the prominence of the heels had shrunk, the head had an egg shape, and the height and size of the limbs had decreased. This founded an important civilization that lasted thousands of years and dominated much of the continent of Lemuria. The Lemurians were initially mute, but later developed a primitive monosyllabic language. After the separation of the sexes, the body of Lemurians solidified and began to live on high ground inside rudimentary huts. At first each family lived in a single hut, then it was deemed safer to live together as a community. The huts, previously built of wood, were built of large boulders, and the weapons with which lemurians attacked dinosaurs or defended themselves against them were sharp wooden stakes. Agriculture was unknown. Lemurian races without crawling bones lived off what they found on the ground, while those with evolved skeletons ate mainly meat, but also berries and nuts. During the sixth and seventh sub-races, lemurians learned to build megalithic and cyclopean cities. The first cities were located in the Madagascar area, and a famous urban center was located near Easter Island.
The island's famous statues, built in the terminal period of the Lemuro-Atlanteans, represented the physiognomy of their builders or ancestors. The religion of the Lemurians was undeveloped: they had some moral precepts and worshiped a supreme entity represented by the sun. The continent Lemuria, contrary to what was said in scientific circles, took on far more vast and varied forms among the Theosophists, depending on geological periods and sank due to a long series of volcanic cataclysms. The Lemurians died mainly from fire and suffocation due to gases produced by volcanic eruptions, but the destruction of the Continent was not sudden; rather, it followed geological times. Eventually everything was submerged.
