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Mu
Beneath the waters of the
Pacific Ocean lies the “Lost Continent of Mu”... the Motherland of the
greatest civilization this planet known. Hundreds of thousands of square miles
of silt and marine growth cover its bosom; rendering mute is history, its
culture, its grandeur … its one-time sovereignty on earth. Twenty-six thousand years
have passed since the Continent of Mu and its wonderful civilization sank
beneath the blue Pacific, seemingly gone forever. Why did this occur? What
were the causes? What were the circumstances which brought about the ultimate
destruction of Mu? Was the final cataclysm simply a caprice of Nature …
or was it inevitable? The great Mukulian Empire
attained a magnificence incomparable with anything existing today. Literally
and seriously, it glorified the earth. In contrast to present day practice,
all natural resources were under the custody of the Empire. This was equally
true of all inventions, discoveries and devices that were considered to be of
public benefit, none of which was ever allowed to be exploited by any
individual, or group of individuals, for selfish ends or at the expense of
the public. It was a basic tenet of the
Mukulian government that no organized society could hope to prosper
permanently except as each individual member or citizen thereof prospered,
and further, that no individual could hope to prosper permanently except as
the society, or Empire as a whole, prospered. This fundamental principle
is the basis of the Universal Brotherhood of Man, and as practiced in Mu,
accounted for much of its glory and magnificence as an Empire. It was carried
to a point where an individual could leave only his personal possessions to his
family at the time of his transition. All else reverted to the empire, thus
eliminating the possibility of enormous estates being handed down from
generation to generation. In this way, it was felt that instead of succeeding
generations looking for an inheritance for their success, they would be
encouraged to develop their own capabilities and greatness. In return, the children of
every citizen were guaranteed equal opportunity for personal advancement.
Unemployment was totally unknown, in fact, until approximately 27,000 B.C.,
no such word appears in the Empire’s records. Every man and woman had work
according to his individual ability, and opportunity was limited only by
one’s ambition. Poverty was also unheard of, even among the proletariat, as
those unable or unwilling to become citizens were termed. Up to 28,000 B.C., crime,
as we have come to know it, was extremely rare. Just consider for a moment,
that from 40,000 B.C. to 28,000 B.C. (a period of 12,000 years) there
appeared no record of theft! Contrast that with the criminal records of any
one of our modern cities for one day! The only criminal records
during that period were those of passion. For, alas, even with all the
culture, educational opportunities, social advantages and lack of greed for
material possessions, still, where sex was involved, men and women yielded
unwisely to this urge. Then, as today, the majority of crimes against society
were based upon passion and the desire of men and women to appear masculinely
or femininely great in the eyes of the one another. This was one of great
unsolved problems of the Empire. According to the way in
which we look at things today, the laws of the Empire were quite drastic. If
a man schemed against the established order of things, and indulged in
activities subversive to the best interests of the Empire, severe penalties
were imposed. He and all his family, together with others involved, including
close relatives of all concerned, were banished from the Motherland … exiled
to some section separated from, or foreign to, the Continent itself. There was no capital
punishment in the Empire after 50,000 B.C. If a man committed murder, he was
banished and placed in an unpopulated section with essentials and provisions
for one year. His family and relatives (unless they were directly involved)
were exiled to a more civilized dependency. Those associated with the
murderer, as accessories to the crime, might or might not be sent with him,
depending upon the degree of their involvement, the circumstances of the
case, and the decision of the authorities. The practice of banishing
relatives, was done to eliminate from the Empire proper those in whose
breasts, through blood ties, might lurk resentment that would seek physical
retaliation of a revengeful nature. It was no small matter to have all the
advantages of living in such a civilization taken away through exile, and
knowing this, caused people to think twice before becoming involved in such
an ungodly mess. Those found guilty of
serious crimes, other than murder or treason, were also sent to distant
places, but in those cases, every effort was made to see that they were
properly housed and equipped so that, aside from never being permitted to
return to Mu, they might be able to live as Mukulians should. It was thus
that the outer world became populated, and why so many sections, thousands of
years later, were found possessed of highly civilized governments. Although
these remote societies were reasonably well-organized, they tended to
retrograde as time went on. This was unquestionably due to the type of people
who comprised the population, as well as to the conditions of their
environment. The first major step
leading to the disintegration of the Mukulian Empire came when two of the
twelve tribes had to be banished from the Motherland. Of the original twelve
tribes, or “yans,” as they were called, these two were outstanding for their
suspicion and avarice. In spite of the fact that every effort was made to
instruct and train these people for citizenship, they appeared to be more or
less “non‑conformists” almost from the beginning. At first, they
evinced an enthusiastic desire to attain citizenship, but it soon became
apparent that their motives were largely selfish, a trait which was viewed
with disdain in those days. Most of the other tribes
had many citizens on the Rhu Hut Plains before the two in question began to
manifest more than a casual interest in the swiftly growing Empire. A few of
the latter applied for citizenship training, but when they learned that it
would be necessary to part with half of their material possessions, the
majority left in a huff for their respective Tribal Valleys. A small
minority, however, accepted the conditions and subsequently became citizens
of the Empire. Eventually, word filtered
back to the people of these two tribes about the success of the venture
taking place on the Great Plains. The glowing descriptions of conditions
existing on the Plains fired the imaginations and desires of these people to
be in on it, even though they still took a dim view of the cost. In due course, a sinister
plan evolved. A group of patriarchs from the both tribes secretly pooled a
large number of their cattle in order to “finance” certain selected ones from
each tribe who would undertake the training. It was their plan that when
these attained citizenship and were settled on the Rhu Hut Plains, they were
to secure by fair means or otherwise, vast acreages of the best land to be
found. They would then demand that fellow tribesmen (non-citizens) be
assigned to help with the work necessary to utilize their holding. With this
entrenchment, the two tribes believed that by working together they would
gradually be able to command sufficient power to take control of the Empire.
Utter secrecy and superior shrewdness accompanied the advance of this
conspiracy. A thousand or more selected
septs from the two yans applied for and took the training that resulted in
their gaining citizenship. Then, with their herds, they departed for the Rhu
Hut Plains. Arriving there, they found that the commonwealth was so closely
knit and well-organized that the secret purpose for which they had come
presented almost insurmountable difficulties. It was virtually impossible to
acquire vast tracts of land, notwithstanding the enormous area of the Plains.
They simply could not go in and stipulate lands they would take over. The
Plains had already been divided into twelve sections, one for each of the
twelve tribes. Ten were quite well established, and the only thing these
people could do was to move into those sections that had been reserved for
them when they became citizens of the Empire. What is more, they learned
that under Mukulian Law, they could only take possession of such lands as
they could profitably utilize. Therefore, in order to justify bringing in
even a limited number of proletariat from their tribes, they were required to
get their own holdings producing to the point where such help was necessary.
And although the Provinces assigned to them grew in population, the nefarious
scheme of the patriarchs made very slow progress. They did, however, succeed
in planting seeds of dissension among the materially minded proletariat of
other tribes in other Provinces, thus creating a rift in thought, much to the
gratification of the designing priesthoods. However, the plan of these
conspirators had one vulnerable weakness that led to its ultimate defeat. In
order to govern their own Provinces in accordance with the rules of the
Empire, a few of their number found it necessary to take the extended
training beyond that required for citizenship. This qualified them as
aristocrats and enabled them to hold positions of authority. As such, they
naturally would have close association with other aristocrats, with governmental
leaders, and with the Elder Brothers … a relationship that conceivably might
endanger their program. Therefore, the few who undertook this training, were
carefully selected by their leaders as being ones who shoed the greatest
discretion. From among the other
tribes, there were many who desired and sought this higher education and
training, and because of this, the Elder Brothers of the Citizenship Schools
began to sense that something was wrong when so few of these two, otherwise
ambitious tribes, displayed so little desire to go on with their training. By this time, Melchizadek
was Emperor, and rather than expose the scheme of which He was quite aware,
He merely instituted a thorough investigation of the seeming paradox in order
to help those governing the Empire to discover for themselves what was going
on. Quietly the investigation
got under way, and as substantiating evidence against the plotters mounted,
the Governors of all twelve Provinces were called to the Palace of the
Emperor where format charges were brought against the designing tribes.
Vehement denials followed, but they were of no avail in the face of
irrefutable evidence to the contrary. Duly tried and convicted,
the two tribes were banished from the Empire together with the few remaining
clans in the Tribal Valleys. Although this was a sweeping action, it was
unfortunate that the problem was further complicated by the fact that seeds
of dissention persisted long after their banishment to other lands. Drastic though this first
step was, the one that followed was even more so, due to the violation of the
basic Laws of the Empire. Strangely enough, the very tribe which had been the
prime mover in the establishment and building of the Empire—the Mu Yan—was
the tribe finally to precipitate its end. Another paradox! With the civilization on
the Continent of Mu developed to what was considered the peak of its
greatness, the Mu Yans decided to expand its domain, their first idea being
to bring into the fold, as colonies, various outlying populations, the first
being the Uighurs in Asia. This they found to be a comparatively easy matter.
Next, some of them invaded what is presently India, while others went to what
is now Mexico, probably encountering the early Aztecs. Here, however, their
mission was met with resistance, for the people contended that this over act
constituted an invasion of their rights. Immediately the Mu Yans
sent back for reinforcements, bringing over also many Cari Yans who went on
to South America. Many bloody battles ensued, but the Mu Yans were finally
victorious. At the close of these conquests, they sent vast amounts of gold
and other treasure back to Hamukulia. The Mu Yans were intensely patriotic
people and justified, or tried to justify, their depredations upon the
grounds that they were not only sending treasure back to the continent, but
to offset what the Elder Brothers said was “taking by force,” they claimed
they were giving in return the cultural and educational advantages of the
Empire. “We are simply establishing
what you have agreed are right living standards,” the Mu Yan element
insisted. In this they were backed by the Cari Yan, and eventually by so many
others that, over a span of some two or three hundred years, the Elder
Brothers realized that there was little hope of salvaging a situation that
had gotten completely out of hand. Recognizing that the Empire
was rapidly piling up mass karma of alarming proportions, and that a serious
cleavage was developing, the Elder Brothers called in the Lords of Venus and
Mercury for consultation and advice. By now, the Empire had
entered upon a veritable orgy of ruthless expansion, acquiring such vast
wealth that even the proletariat grew so opulent that they would no longer
submit to the rigorous training for citizenship. “We are perfectly satisfied
with the way the Empire is being run, so why should we bother?” they argued. Then, without new citizens
being trained, the citizenry began to diminish through natural transition.
This led to the point where neither the shrunken citizenry, nor the even
worse affected aristocracy could handle the rapidly increasing pressures and
complexities which confronted them. Open conflict ensued, and the power to
quell this rebellion proved insufficient. Knowing the inevitable
outcome of these causes, and utterly disheartened over Their inability to
stem this tide of madness, the Elder Brothers acted upon the advice of the
Lords of Venus and Mercury and quietly began to move all of Their priceless
records to a previously prepared and properly safeguarded sanctuary upon the
Asiatic mainland. The records were stored in archives carved deep into the
solid granite beneath Their great Temple. During this period,
unprecedented storms ravaged the fields and ruined the crops. Tremendous
earthquakes shook the Continent, while huge tidal waves inundated the coastal
areas. The end of the great Mukulian civilization was being foretold. Then
came the day when a gigantic volcano in the Hata Valley erupted and spewed
molten lava over the city of Hamukulia. A violent earthquake blocked the flow
of the mighty Hatamukulia River, causing it to back up into the valleys. Hurriedly, the Elder
Brothers and certain of the aristocracy and the citizenry hastened to Asia.
Hardly had they arrived at the Temple and the archives when the Hatamukulian
River burst through a fault and poured into the recently erupted volcano. A
terrific explosion followed which lifted bodily the great mountain that once
covered the volcano now known as Kilauea, hurling it over three hundred miles
to where its great mass demolished and buried the Palace of the Emperor. The concussion and further
explosions opened ancient faults, permitting the ocean itself to flood the seething
inferno beneath the Continent. In one vast cataclysm, the Continent of Mu
convulsed and disintegrated, the waters of the Pacific Ocean covering its
glorious and inglorious past. The Mukulian Empire was lost! |
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