The hypothesis of the existence in the distant past in the Pacific Ocean of the subsequently disappeared continent My is inextricably linked with the name of the English Colonel James Churchward. Thanks to his long and extensive research, fascinating books written by him, the history of the country My, its developed civilization and its tragic death became the property of mankind.
"Empire of the Sun" of the continent of My
Conservative-minded scientists, for whom the history of mankind is an unshakable concrete "building" that can neither be rebuilt, nor completed, and even less, God forbid (!), Destroyed, consider the English researcher James Churchward an adventurer and arrogant self-taught who dared to express his view on ancient history, fundamentally different from academic ideas. Who really was this English colonel who wrote the book "The Lost Continent of My: the ancestral home of mankind"?
James Churchward was born on February 27, 1851 in Bridestow (Oakhampton, UK). He was brought up in a large family, he had four brothers and four sisters. In 1869, his family moved to London, and soon James went to military service in India for several years, little is known about this period of his life. After an unsuccessful attempt to take up tea plantations in Sri Lanka, he moved to the United States. There he became interested in the writings on the continent of My by the American occultist Auguste Le-Plongeon; believe that Churchward borrowed from him basic details about the country of My and its civilization. In the United States, he worked as a metallurgical engineer, patented a number of inventions, including a new brand of armored steel for the needs of the Navy. In 1914 he settled in Lakeville (Connecticut) and took up literary work, wrote a number of books about the ancient continent of Mu. He died on January 4, 1936.
Churchward wrote about My continent: “This continent was a huge hilly country stretching from Hawaii in the north to the southernmost part of the ocean, Easter Islands and Fiji. My was more than 5,000 miles from west to east (7,620 kilometers) and more than 3,000 miles from north to south (4,572 kilometers). This vast and abundant land was crossed and fed by many wide and calm rivers and streams … Lush vegetation covered this land. This delightful landscape was completed by bright and fragrant flowers on trees and bushes … At the time in question, 64 million people were divided into ten tribes or peoples, each of which was different from the rest, although all were subordinate to the general government. Many generations before that, people had chosen a king and added the prefix Ra to his name. He was a high priest and emperor named Ra-Mu. The empire itself was called the Empire of the Sun.
Ancient tablets from an Indian temple
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Where did the researcher get such detailed information about the long-disappeared continent? According to Churchward, his introduction to the mysteries of the disappeared continent My began during his military service in India. The British officer treated the Indians well, did not show any arrogance in relations with them, respected the ancient Indian culture. This helped him get along with the abbot of one of the ancient temples, who later became his friend and mentor. A very trusting relationship developed between them, in his writings Churchward called him a rishi (sage).
With the help of his mentor, James mastered meditation, the symbolism of Hinduism, and began to decipher ancient temple inscriptions. Once the rishi told him about the very ancient stone tablets kept in the temple, Churchward persuaded him to show them. The British were so interested in the symbolic images and texts on the tablets that he decided to decipher them. After several months of hard work, James, with the help of a mentor, managed to do it. The tablets described the creation of the world and the appearance of man, and all this happened on the continent of My. Taking every opportunity, Churchward visited various Indian temples, trying to get new information about the continent of My and the ancient history of mankind.
After his stay in India, Churchward visited a number of countries, read a lot of different sources about history, geology, archaeological research, finding more and more information about the disappeared continent My and its civilization. In America, he met with amateur archaeologist William Niven, the owner of two sets of ancient wooden planks. Studying them carefully, James discovered signs on them, already familiar to him from tablets from an Indian temple. The deciphering of Niven's "tablets", carried out by James together with their owner, gave information about the death of a huge continent and its inhabitants in the Pacific Ocean. This is how Churchward accumulated information about the continent My.
Civilization died, but traces remain
According to Churchward's information, the mainland My, sunk as a result of the cataclysm, consisted of three parts, separated by straits and seas. Cobblestone roads connected the various parts of the great country; there were seven main cities on the mainland, as well as many smaller settlements. Most of the population was white, but there were yellow, brown and black races on My. In this regard, an interesting fact is that the Dutch, having discovered Easter Island, met people with different skin colors there. Does this not mean that representatives of different races of the My empire once survived on the island?
The British researcher wrote that My civilization, 50 thousand years old, was technically advanced and became the ancestor of the civilizations of the Maya, Atlantis, Babylon, India, Egypt, Persia. In his opinion, they were all once colonies of My. Churchward believed that My and Atlantis died about 11-12 thousand years ago due to the giant gas cavities that existed below the earth's surface. Gases escaped from underground cavities, the delicate balance was violated, the earth collapsed into voids, the waters of the Pacific Ocean rushed there, My country perished. Miraculously, the few inhabitants of My who survived found themselves on small islands, where they quickly degraded and even reached cannibalism.
Although My civilization died, its traces still remain. Churchward wrote: “On some islands of the South Seas, in particular on Easter, Mangaia, Tongatapu, Ponape and the Mariana Islands, ancient stone temples and ruins have survived to this day, returning us to the era of My. In the mountainous Uxmal in the Yucatan there is a dilapidated temple on which the inscription about "the lands in the West, where we came from" is carved, and the impressive Mexican pyramid in the south-west of Mexico City, according to the inscription decorating it, was erected as a monument to the death of all the same "lands in the West".
Testimonies of ancient Indians and Maya Indians
It should be noted that James Churchward, the French occult writer Auguste Le-Plongeon and other supporters of the real existence of the My continent and its civilization have found many different historical confirmations of their views. For example, in the ancient Indian book "Valmiki" there is a mention that the inhabitants of My were famous as excellent navigators, their numerous ships sailed across the entire World Ocean, "from the western to the eastern oceans, from the northern to the southern seas … They were wonderful architects and built from huge temples and palaces”.
The French scientist Brasseur de Bourbourg deciphered an ancient Mayan inscription in Yucatan, which is now called the "Troanian manuscript". A document kept in the British Museum in London says: “In the 6th Kan year, on the 11th Muluk of the month of Sak, terrible earthquakes began, which continued until 13 Chuen without interruption. The land of the hills of the land - the land of My - was sacrificed. Moving twice, she disappeared during the night, incessantly shaken by the lights from the ground. Compressed in depth, they caused the earth to rise and collapse several times in different places. Finally, the surface of the earth broke down and ten countries were torn apart and scattered. They sank with 64 million people 8060 years before this book is written.
Another ancient Mayan document called the Codex of Cortes, which is kept in the National Museum of Madrid (Spain), also mentions the country My. Here is one of the mentions: "With his strong hand, Homen made the earth tremble just after sunset, and during the night My, the land of the hills of the earth, sank." And here is another: "Mu, the life of the seas was drowned by Homen in one night …" The ancient Greek philosopher Plato also mentioned My, in his book "Timaeus" it is written: "In the Land of My there were ten peoples." By the way, another name for the My continent is Pacifida.