Eleanor Van Zandt

An extremely weirdly composed book- it starts of with some mysterious early civilizations- Etruscans, Palmyra, Great Zimbabwe etc- in well written chapters.
And then, from historical fact, we suddenly move into the highly debatable continents of Atlantis, Mu and Lemuria. It's not even exactly an attempt to persuade the reader OF their existence; more of a history of the advocates of such theories. The author observes that one certain writer required an exceptional level of gullibility in his readers.
By now, all my interest was evaporating A lengthy consideration of Madame Blavatsky's description of the reptilian Lemurians with a 'third eye' was the straw that broke the camel's back. Abandoned four chapters before the end.
Great photos ...but life's too short to waste on unprovable imaginings...… (mehr)