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===Augustus and Alice Le Plongeon=== | ===Augustus and Alice Le Plongeon=== | ||
Augustus Le Plongeon, a French photographer and amateur archaeologist, was the first to begin shaping the narrative about the Naacals. In 1896, Plongeon and his wife, Alice Dixon, wrote their controversial book, ''Queen Moo and the Egyptian Sphinx,'' in which the Naacals were first mentioned. The Plongeon's claimed the Naacals were a group of "exalted" missionaries, tasked with the purpose of spreading the religion and way of life of the ancient Maya across the world. Plongeon further believed the ancient Maya traveled by way of Atlantis to Egypt to communicate to the ancient Egyptians sacred knowledge the Naacals carried with them from Mu. His 1926 book, | Augustus Le Plongeon, a French photographer and amateur archaeologist, was the first to begin shaping the narrative about the Naacals. In 1896, Plongeon and his wife, Alice Dixon, wrote their controversial book, ''Queen Moo and the Egyptian Sphinx,'' in which the Naacals were first mentioned. The Plongeon's claimed the Naacals were a group of "exalted" missionaries, tasked with the purpose of spreading the religion and way of life of the ancient Maya across the world. Plongeon further believed the ancient Maya traveled by way of Atlantis to Egypt to communicate to the ancient Egyptians sacred knowledge the Naacals carried with them from Mu. His 1926 book,''The Lost Continent of Mu,'' claimed the Naacals were an ancient people mixed with the bloodline of a Prometheus from the lost continent Mu. These ancient people had access to advanced scientific understanding and technology, far more advanced than the technologies and understandings of the early 20th century. | ||
Le Plongeon’s passion turned obsession discredited his contributions to stereophotogrammetric style photography, a 3D method used specifically for archaeological and scenery setting photography. The Plongeon’s were also responsible for several minor archaeological findings that they do not receive much credit for due to their radical and fringe beliefs. One such discovery was a five-foot statue of a man, dubbed “Prince Chaacmol,” the Plongeon’s believed this statue was proof of the existence of Queen Mu. However, the Plongeon’s merely appropriated Mayan folklore to fit their own narrative, extending elaborate stories of their own to fit a template of traditionalism they were able to sell to many interested spiritualists and similar sorts. | Le Plongeon’s passion turned obsession discredited his contributions to stereophotogrammetric style photography, a 3D method used specifically for archaeological and scenery setting photography. The Plongeon’s were also responsible for several minor archaeological findings that they do not receive much credit for due to their radical and fringe beliefs. One such discovery was a five-foot statue of a man, dubbed “Prince Chaacmol,” the Plongeon’s believed this statue was proof of the existence of Queen Mu. However, the Plongeon’s merely appropriated Mayan folklore to fit their own narrative, extending elaborate stories of their own to fit a template of traditionalism they were able to sell to many interested spiritualists and similar sorts. | ||
===James Churchward=== | ===James Churchward=== | ||
James Churchward was another key proponent in popularizing the Naacal Tablets <ref name = “Lanset”>Lanset, Andy. “WNYC and the Land of Mu.” NYPR Archives and Preservation. http://www.wnyc.org/story/179746-wnyc-and-land-mu/. Accessed 3 Nov. 2017. </ref>. His 1926 book, The Lost Continent of Mu, claimed the Naacals were an ancient people from the lost continent Mu. Churchward’s story has never been confirmed, but he claimed to have traveled to India and had the opportunity of a lifetime to study a lost language with an Indian priest. The priest eventually translated the Naacal Tablets and the history of the lost pacific continent, Mu, was revealed to Churchward. | James Churchward was another key proponent in popularizing the Naacal Tablets <ref name = “Lanset”>Lanset, Andy. “WNYC and the Land of Mu.” NYPR Archives and Preservation. http://www.wnyc.org/story/179746-wnyc-and-land-mu/. Accessed 3 Nov. 2017. </ref>. His 1926 book, The Lost Continent of Mu, claimed the Naacals were an ancient people from the lost continent Mu. Churchward’s story has never been confirmed, but he claimed to have traveled to India and had the opportunity of a lifetime to study a lost language with an Indian priest. The priest eventually translated the Naacal Tablets and the history of the lost pacific continent, Mu, was revealed to Churchward. | ||
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Naacal Tablets
The Naacal Tablets are a fabricated set of stone tablets depicting elaborate origin stories about the creation of human civilization. Despite numerous individuals claiming the drastic implications the information from the Naacal Tablets have on human history, there has never been any physical archaeological evidence of such stones [1]. While there is much debate over whether the stone tablets exist in a secret library hidden somewhere in the world, the consequences of the stones inception have shaped entire belief-systems and religions, such as Theosophy [2]. The true power of the Naacal Tablets resides in the redderick of the fantastical stories that many unwitting spiritual or new-agers follow as their truth.
Historical Context:
Augustus and Alice Le Plongeon
Augustus Le Plongeon, a French photographer and amateur archaeologist, was the first to begin shaping the narrative about the Naacals. In 1896, Plongeon and his wife, Alice Dixon, wrote their controversial book, Queen Moo and the Egyptian Sphinx, in which the Naacals were first mentioned. The Plongeon's claimed the Naacals were a group of "exalted" missionaries, tasked with the purpose of spreading the religion and way of life of the ancient Maya across the world. Plongeon further believed the ancient Maya traveled by way of Atlantis to Egypt to communicate to the ancient Egyptians sacred knowledge the Naacals carried with them from Mu. His 1926 book,The Lost Continent of Mu, claimed the Naacals were an ancient people mixed with the bloodline of a Prometheus from the lost continent Mu. These ancient people had access to advanced scientific understanding and technology, far more advanced than the technologies and understandings of the early 20th century. Le Plongeon’s passion turned obsession discredited his contributions to stereophotogrammetric style photography, a 3D method used specifically for archaeological and scenery setting photography. The Plongeon’s were also responsible for several minor archaeological findings that they do not receive much credit for due to their radical and fringe beliefs. One such discovery was a five-foot statue of a man, dubbed “Prince Chaacmol,” the Plongeon’s believed this statue was proof of the existence of Queen Mu. However, the Plongeon’s merely appropriated Mayan folklore to fit their own narrative, extending elaborate stories of their own to fit a template of traditionalism they were able to sell to many interested spiritualists and similar sorts.
James Churchward
James Churchward was another key proponent in popularizing the Naacal Tablets [3]. His 1926 book, The Lost Continent of Mu, claimed the Naacals were an ancient people from the lost continent Mu. Churchward’s story has never been confirmed, but he claimed to have traveled to India and had the opportunity of a lifetime to study a lost language with an Indian priest. The priest eventually translated the Naacal Tablets and the history of the lost pacific continent, Mu, was revealed to Churchward.
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
Societal Implications and Deconstruction
The cultural and historical consequences of the imagined Naacal Tablets have led to strengthening ideologies of racism and nationalism. Many of the perpetrators responsible for promoting pseudo-origin stories used their imagined ideas to bolster their own ethnocentrism. Many of these thinkers felt there was no possible way that ancient people could have built the Maya ruins since they were too primitive and uncivilized. However, to the perpetrators of pseudothinking, it was not too far-fetched to believe that beings from other worlds and dimensions could have come to earth and interacted with ancient people. The absurdity of believing such ideas leads to a dangerous detachment from reality. By not allowing certain cultures to own their history invalidates the potential of these ancient civilizations.
seven tablets have been found[4]. Naacals were very old[5]
- ↑ McDaniel, Sean. “The Lure of Moo, Archaeology.” Archaeological Institute of America, Jan.-Feb. 2007, p. 48-51. https://archive.archaeology.org/0701/abstracts/plongeon.html. Accessed 3 Nov. 2017.
- ↑ Faxneld, P. “Blavatsky the satanist: luciferianism in theosophy, and its feminist implications. Temenos, Jan.-Feb. 2012, p.203-30. http://za2uf4ps7f.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info%3Aofi%2Fenc%3AUTF-8&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsummon.serialssolutions.com&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Blavatsky+the+Satanist&rft.jtitle=Temenos&rft.au=Faxneld%2C+Per&rft.date=2012&rft.issn=0497-1817&rft.volume=48&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=203&rft.externalDocID=oai_DiVA_org_su_84735¶mdict=en-US . Accessed 3 Nov. 2017.
- ↑ Lanset, Andy. “WNYC and the Land of Mu.” NYPR Archives and Preservation. http://www.wnyc.org/story/179746-wnyc-and-land-mu/. Accessed 3 Nov. 2017.
- ↑ Full naacals source
- ↑ Full naacals source
