The World Before: Pt 3
In this issue: The end of Atlantis, the past lives of vintage celebrities, and groovy interplanetary romps!
To recap: The continent Mu sunk into the ocean, and the Atlanteans got too big for their britches and tried to blow up China. Instead, they plunged their own continent into the ocean and lost the Great Crystal. Embarrassing!
Dying Empire
After history’s most iconic twist of fate, the great civilization of Atlantis was little more than a muddy, sterile outpost in the Atlantic Ocean. Two islands remained of a once powerful empire: Poseidia and Og. Two islands filled with people and no food to sustain them.
Atlanteans were disgusted with the tech overlords they’d allowed to take control of the government, who had used their big brains and powerful lasers to not only subjugate most of the world but also doom their own people, so they ousted the disgraced engineers and physicists and convened in great halls to debate who would run the country next.
The Guides consider this an early form of democracy, and from these talks, a leader emerged. Throm, described as a “Noble Figure,” was from the Atlantean diaspora in Egypt. His ancestors had fled the continent of Atlantis generations before the Second Great Cataclysm and had greatly disapproved of the scientists’ goal of world domination.
In an impassioned speech, Throm said, “Let us resettle the peoples of the earth where quantities of food exist, and let us all be true citizens of the earth, equally sharing its bounty.”
Now that Atlantis had zero military power and zero crystal weapons, it makes sense that he’d say that.
With that, the Atlanteans spread throughout the world. It’s at this point that the Guides tell us that India was populated with Lemurians, from the First Cataclysm, and Egypt with Atlantean refugees from the Second Cataclysm. That’s why upper castes in India are vegetarians and why the Ancient Egyptians were expert engineers.
Reincarnation
Finally, the section you’ve waited for over many lifetimes. The book discusses many historical characters and their past lives and reasons for reincarnating on Earth.
The Guides note that reincarnation is largely cyclical and that souls who have lived together tend to like to reincarnate together. Cultural cycles, as a result, can be explained by the generations of war-like, engineering-savvy Atlanteans or philosophical, peace-loving Lemurians who are reincarnating together and re-living themes from previous lives to learn karmic lessons.
As such, many of the celebrities and politicians from 1974 are souls who lived in Atlantis, all coming back to Earth together for one big violent party.
Among them are:
Moses, who was a Lemurian brought back to rescue the Hebrews from Egyptian bondage.
Joseph, Jesus’ step-dad, also a former Lemurian
Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and Benjamin Franklin- all former Lemurians and Atlanteans, which explains their innovation and philosophical leanings
Woodrow Wilson, Winston Churchill, and FDR, all statesmen in Atlantis with a keen interest in battle and strategy.
Mao Zedong, a bloodthirsty Atlantean who seized power of a colony in the Gobi, before being dispatched by roving bands of nomads.
Richard Nixon**, a late-period Atlantean diplomat named Rabiosorto, who pulled the puppet strings of the King and top scientists, and tried to convince China to peacefully surrender to Atlantis.
Stalin was a Mongolian who collaborated with Mao Zedong to subjugate the colony in the Gobi.
Eleanor Roosevelt, who as of 1974 was not reincarnated on Earth, but had lived as a noblewoman in late period Atlantis, who worked with the Things to rid them of their appendages.
Martin Luther King, Jr- a scholar who traveled with then Richard Nixon to China on missions of diplomacy on behalf of Atlantis
Jackie O was an Atlantean archivist in the Golden Age.
**NOTE: The Guides are very pro-Nixon, and go on for 3-4 pages about how great he could have been if he hadn’t let himself become embroiled with lesser souls that sought to corrupt him.
Ruth predicted that in the 70’s and 80’s the new generations would be populated with mainly Lemurians. Gen X is a bunch of philosophical, peace-loving vegetarians, at heart, it seems!
Interplanetary Travelers
You may be wondering what souls get up to in between incarnations on the Earthly plane- short answer? We get to zoom around space as a dot of light. To transport to a new planet, we merely need to “think” ourselves there, and our essence in light will appear. The Guides clarify our physical forms are really only useful on Earth, and that otherwise, we’re beings of pure light.
Each planet functions as a sort of planetary gym where we can receive spiritual “gainz,” or a spa hydrotherapy circuit that prepares us to reunite with God.
Mercury
Mercury is the life review planet. If you were good during your incarnations on Earth, Mercury is like Spotify Wrapped for people with good taste; a fun review of everything you’ve done over eternity that you’d be fine sharing with people. If you were naughty, it’s more like Spotify Wrapped for the rest of the world- ranging from mildly shameful to mind-meltingly horrific. Imagine finding out you listened to Vengabus 3,000 times.
Venus
Souls go to Venus to experience perfect love and gentleness. Ruth reports that the love and happiness felt on our planetary neighbor can feel very insubstantial to souls used to being on Earth, and many spirits elect to return to Earth in all of her hardships to avoid dealing with the “cloying nursery” that is Venus.
“We were there without effort, and as we floated above the surface as if on a fleecy cloud, we sensed that within each drop of misty dew there was an entire world of sweetness and tranquility”
Mars
For souls who can’t handle being bathed in love and adoration, Mars is typically a logical first stop after an incarnation on Earth. On Mars, we have to face all the dislikes that other people have held for us during our Earthly journeys. The goal is to take hatred and pain and transform it to tranquility and peace using meditation. Life hack alert- Ruth recommends that you make friends with everyone who hates you while you’re alive so that Mars is an easier experience.
Jupiter
This is where boys go to get more stupider, in my culture.
In The Guide’s vision of the afterlife (or in-between-life, more accurately), Jupiter is the Great Equalizer. If you come to the planet with any shred of Ego, it will cut you down and remind you that you are nothing, just a speck. If you arrive feeling like a nobody, it will remind you that you are a spark from the Great Light of the Creator.
Uranus
Uranus is a family reunion, in that there are millions of festering issues that need to be settled, and no one is allowed to speak of them or fix them. It’s a planet stewing with unresolved conflicts and bitterness.
This planet is the place to ignore disputes and resentments until they “drip away over time.” Instead of talking to find mutually beneficial results, Uranus is for learning to let go of grievances. I now understand why the baby boomer generation is so psychologically fucked up.
Saturn
Saturn is the last stop before rejoining the Godhead and existsfor spiritual uplifting. All vibes. The Guides have not been to Saturn, but they’ve heard that it’s a must.
Neptune
Neptune is basically too peaceful, and it acts as a test for growth. Are you eager to continue to grow through hardship? Or do you want to lay on a feather bed and eat bonbons like a stagnant widdle baby? Your choice!
Pluto
“A minor stop. We haven’t been.”
We have one more stop on our journey through The World Before. Join us next week for the Guide’s predictions for the year 2000 and the final installation of this series!
