Lost Continents
<p><i ><b>Lost Continents: The Atlantis Theme in History, Science, and Literature</b></i> is a study by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.Sprague_de_Camp" title="L. Sprague de Camp" >L. Sprague de Camp</a>. It is considered one of his most popular works. It was written in 1948, and first published serially in the magazine <i ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Other_Worlds(magazine)" title="Other Worlds (magazine)" >Other Worlds Science Fiction</a></i> in 1952-1953; portions also appeared as articles in <i ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astounding(magazine)" title="Astounding (magazine)" class="mw-redirect" >Astounding Science Fiction</a></i>,<i ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_Science_Fiction" title="Galaxy Science Fiction" >Galaxy Science Fiction</a></i>, <i ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_History(magazine)" title="Natural History (magazine)" >Natural History Magazine</a></i>, and the <i ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Star" title="Toronto Star" >Toronto Star</a></i>. It was first published in book form by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnome_Press" title="Gnome Press" >Gnome Press</a> in 1954; an updated edition was published by<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dover_Publications" title="Dover Publications" >Dover Publications</a> in 1970. De Camp revised the work both for its first book publication and for the updated edition.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Continents#cite_note-1" >[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Continents#cite_note-2" >[2]</a></sup></p>
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Within Blavatsky's complex cosmology, which includes seven "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_Race" title="Root Race" class="mw-redirect" >Root Races</a>", the "Third Root Race" occupied Lemuria. She describes them as about 7 feet (2.1 m) tall, sexually<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermaphrodite" title="Hermaphrodite" >hermaphroditic</a>, egg-laying, mentally undeveloped and spiritually more pure than the following "Root Races". Before the coming of the Lemurians, the second "Root Race" is said to have dwelled in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperborea" title="Hyperborea" >Hyperborea</a>. After the subsequent creation of mammals, Mme Blavatsky revealed to her readers, some Lemurians turned to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bestiality" title="Bestiality" class="mw-redirect" >bestiality</a>. The gods, aghast at the behavior of these "mindless" men, sank Lemuria into the ocean and created a "Fourth Root Race" – endowed with intellect – on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantis" title="Atlantis" >Atlantis</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" >[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" >citation needed</a></i>]</sup></p>
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