Harvey Spencer Lewis (aka Wishar S. Cervé)
Rosicrucian Harvey Spencer Lewis, who wrote under the pseudonym Wishar S. Cervé, composed Lemuria: The Lost Continent of the Pacific (1931). He concluded that the Lemurians at Mt. Shasta were the same as Mu, the island referred to in ancient Mayan writings. The Mayan civilization “indicates how a culture and civilized race of people came to this North American continent to live among primitive conditions.” Like Augustus LePlongeon, Cervé argues that Mayan temples in Guatemala, Honduras, San Salvador, Nicaragua, and Mexico are older than the Egyptians, thus providing evidence of the Lemurian civilization.
The publisher notes in Lemuria: The Lost Continent of the Pacific that some years ago, a representative for the Rosicrucian Brotherhood in China visited the offices in San Francisco and placed an official portfolio, some very rare manuscripts dealing with many age-old traditions preserved in the secret archives of Tibet and China. These documents contain references to Lemuria. If humans did originate in one locale and dispersed to other areas, the author notes that there must have been “ways and means for the journeying of the races of men from one continent to another throughout the world.” This would mean humans would not explore and establish colonies until they developed sophisticated technologies.
Lemuria in California
According to Cervé, the states of Washington, California, Oregon, parts of Arizona, Mexico, and Nevada were once part of Lemuria. The eastern side of the Lemurian continent touched the high Sierras of western California. Thus, it made sense for the Lemurians to relocate to California; migration assured them a chance to re-establish themselves. As evidence, there was a well-built Lemurian preserve on top of a mountain north of Olene in Klamath County. Cervé also notes an account of the Klamath Lake Indian petroglyphs resembling the characters of the supposed Lemurian alphabet and the Greek alphabet.
Furthermore, an ancient lake in the Klamath Basin reached Siskiyou County, where a Lemurian colony was established. The petroglyphs on rocks in this area, such as at Lava Beds National Monument, are attributed to the ancient Lemurian outposts. However, there is no interpretation of these glyphs. For a while, it was reported that white lights were illuminating the petroglyph area at night, similar to those reported at Mt. Shasta and in the Santa Clara Valley.
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