Albert Churchward (1852-1925)
As discussed in earlier postings (The Cosmic Diagram of the Land of Mu Part 4 & James and Albert Churchward,) Albert was James’ younger brother, surgeon, and author.
The following advertisement was contained in one of James’ scrapbooks (reproduced in the Lost Gems of the Lost Continent of Mu in pdf or ePub format.)
Looking closely, one will notice that James is credited as the author of “The Origin and Evolution of Religion.”
On the other hand, there is also The Origin and Evolution of Religion published in 1924 by Edward Washburn Hopkins (1857-1932.)
And The Origin and Evolution of Religion also published in 1924 by Albert Churchward (1852-1925.)
The Lost Continent of Mu Motherland of Man, James’ first book was published 1926. I can only assume James was unaware of Professor Hopkins’ book and thought perhaps it ok to increase his book sales with the added name recognition from his late brother.
I should also point out the advertisement cited the “stone tablets so old no one knew their real age.”
On page 287 of the Lost Continent of Mu Motherland of Men, James writes:
From incontrovertible evidences gained through my research work it is shown that Moses wrote the first books of the Bible from the temple records brought to Egypt from the Motherland by the Naacals via Burma and India; and that these Egyptian temple records were copies of the “Seven Sacred Inspired Writings” of the Motherland Mu. These were written on clay tablets and referred to the Creation. The legends of the Garden of Eden, the “Flood,” the last magnetic cataclysm, and the raising of the mountains, are records of later date.
There are no mentions of “stone tablets” in James’ books until the 1927 Copies of Stone Tablets Found by William Niven at Santiago Ahuizoctla Near Mexico City after receiving the first of some 2600 pictures and rubbings of William Niven’s finds. While some of the artifacts discovered by Niven were real, many of the “Mu stones” originally identified as andesite are actually made of pumice. The difference between the two types of rock is hardness. The pumice “Mu stone” I have reduces in weight every time it is handled, probably not something expected to last centuries, much less the thousands of years old purported by Niven or Churchward.
While Niven’s Mu Stones are mentioned in the 1926 Lost Continent of Mu Motherland of Men, James does not link them to the Naacal tablets he wrote about finding in India until the publication of the 1931 Lost Continent of Mu and in subsequent books. If the Rishi had taught James the symbols on the Naacal tablets, why didn’t he recognize them in 1926 or 1927 when he created his first two books?
Of course, the advertisement may have been written by someone in the publisher’s office that had yet to read James’ book.
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