Fate of Faith

There is no actual evidence that the Lost City of Atlantis has ever existed. However, some intriguing hints seem to be convincing enough.

Way before modern times, many civilizations knew everything about Earth and Sun. In fact, they knew more than we currently know. We cannot prove it, but only feel it by connecting elements of independent civilizations.

How come is it possible to make a connection between Atlantean symbolism and Easter Island which is located in Pacific ocean? This picture depicts it and therefore reveals a shared source of knowledge which took place before Atlantis.

Everything becomes clear when one gets the common point.

It all starts with the posture of the atlantean sculptures (Atlantes). We know the arms are meant for stable support of heavy weights. But is there another purpose? The forearms don't even have the proper angle for the posture to be suitable as a supporting strut, so does it represent an eye-like shape instead?

The Sun as the source of consciousness?

Now what about the Easter Island monoliths (Moai) with strange eyes and massive topknots (Pukao) on their heads?

The Earth as the source of consciousness?

Is there any relationship between the light of the Sun and Earth?

Well, there is one: gravity!

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Very old civilizations already knew that the light of the Sun was coming from gravity. It explains why the wide-eyed Moai are looking slightly towards the sky.

Here is the key: the eye represents the entry point of physical light and the head, the entry point of spiritual light. Which defines the human body as the entry point of consciousness. The body is the head which is the eye.

More links to other civilizations can be found in various representations of Atlantes.

The Sphinx stands for the Pukao on top of the eye-shaped atlantean figure. It means that the pressure of gravity creates light. The Sphinx itself has a human head with an animal body to express that man's head is already its body. On the other hand, Moai have almost no body at all for the same reason.

Most symbols can now be interpreted properly from this theory. For instance, the page:

http://grahamjmabey.tripod.com

shows the Sun on the left and man's body on the right both as the source of consciousness. According to these symbols, the Atlantean civilization already knew the body came from the Sun. As all atoms of the universe (other than hydrogen) have been created in the stars thanks to the pressure of gravity, the eye itself looking at the Sun sees its own origin. How could such a complex thing be understood at that time?

You may say "Fine, I am getting the point. The atlantean statue is the eye which can see the light, so it connects Atlantis to the Sun. The Moai statues exhibit big eyes to recall the Sun and heavy topknots which recall Earth through its gravity. But, I don't see the exact relationship between Atlantis and Earth."

Oh, this one is even simpler! Do you know the statue of Atlas, holding the Earth? Well, believe it or not, the name of Atlas' daughter is... Atlantis!

OK, just a few technical points. Since the rendering is real-time, the fog shadowing must be a fake. It is not post-processed, but almost: I simply used a texture on a transparent rectangle just in front of the camera. I rotated that support according to the light incoming angle, and adjusted the pattern using procedural parameters.

The caustics pattern applied on the bottom of the ocean comes from a swimming pool. No texture was realistic enough, so I used a photograph. The fog itself is 3D and processed in real time.

The slow total rendering time comes from the plants which are hundreds of copies of only five high-resolution templates. This is a problem with rasterization which is stupid compared to ray tracing, as an object covering 10 or 1000 pixels will take the same time to render. As a result, far-away and even hidden plants are as slow as the closest visible ones.

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Just in case, don't miss the "head" which is the central part of the scene where we have both eyes, a nose and a mouth, together with a pyramidal Pukao represented by the roof.

Regarding the story, of course I don't know if it is true, but I don't have any other explanation, and I wonder if anyone else has ever had a single clue.

At least I have an interpretation. Take a look at this photograph for instance. I claim that the eye-like shape means: "I am conscious that my existence comes from the Sun, thanks to the gravity that presses on me. I am the son of the Sun, so I am made of pure light".

These civilizations have left just enough information for us to realize our own spiritual capabilities. They wanted to say to us: "Now that you know how universe works (through science), ask yourselves how could WE have known it. We are not only saying that human is the source of consciousness, we prove it because looking inside was the only way for us to know."