Atlantis and Mu

Neat review by Philip Jenkins of a new book about the lost worlds (Atlantis, Mu, Lemuria). Link. Excerpt:

Above all, her book addresses powerful cultural themes of loss and redemption. Once long ago, in the dreamtime, there was a mighty empire that reached incredible heights of cultural development, perhaps that achieved technological skills indistinguishable from sorcery, yet which failed and vanished under the waves. But when properly enlightened, degenerate moderns can once more seek the lost mysteries and even, to a degree at least, restore the bygone wonders.

If this scheme sounds familiar, it is of course closely analogous to the Christian idea of the Fall, and Ramaswamy is exactly right to stress the universal quality of ideas of loss and the quest for restoration, often connected to a particular landscape.