Modern American English Translation of Reading 374–6

1. GC: You have with you the material previously given through this channel about the lost continent of Atlantis. I will ask questions about this.

2. EC: Yes, we have the information as stated. In continuing with the story involving Amilius and I (or Ai/Ay), and Adam and Eve, they became aware of physical desire—bodily beauty and sexual attraction. Along with that came the fear associated with forbidden things. They knew they were part of this physical world, but not originally from it. These desires became part of their earthly inheritance.

3. When such desire is elevated and sanctified—like it was through the virgin birth of the Son of Man—it can become a holy force. In that sacred form, even the body can be used to help lead erring humanity toward redemption. Throughout history, whenever people misunderstood truth and gave way to free love or misused sexuality, they fell into moral decline. Yet when sexual union is guided by purpose, commitment, and spiritual alignment, it can create beauty, truth, love, hope, peace, and harmony. These forces ignite inspiration in artists and creators. Those who surrender to such elemental drives—like Amilius did—either uplift or are overwhelmed by them.

4. Ready for questions.

5. (Q) Who was "I"?
   (A) That was already given.

6. (Q) When did the Biblical flood with Noah occur, in relation to Atlantis?
   (A) During the second major eruption—around 22,006 years before the birth of Christ. This isn’t “light years” as used in astronomy but measured as “day and night years” of Earth’s time. Akashic records don’t track events the same way light or time do. Instead, everything—voice, action, energy—creates motion that’s stored etherically, like grooves on a record. The clarity of this information depends on how well the reader or instrument aligns with these cosmic “records” that are held in the dimensions of time and space.

7. (Q) How big was Atlantis during Amilius’s time?
   (A) Roughly the size of Europe—including the parts of Asia in Europe, but not all of Asia. After the first destruction, it became a series of islands—the southernmost of which were formed by early volcanic events.

8. (Q) Was Atlantis a continent or a group of large islands?
   (A) It started as a single vast continent. The first eruption broke it into islands, separated by waterways, gulfs, and valleys. These changes were caused by the unleashing of elemental forces—akin to storing energy in different regions, like where dinosaurs or large beasts once roamed. Earth was filled with animals before humans. As Earth formed and began to rotate naturally, it aligned with other celestial bodies and began to receive life-giving energy from the Sun. That’s why ancient people saw the Sun as the “father of light.” All things—stars, planets, even humans—either attract or repel. Attraction creates energy, creativity, and passion. Repression or forced suppression can lead to damage or failure. Accidents happen in both creation and human life—odd but true.

9. (Q) What were the main islands at the final destruction?
   (A) Poseidia, Aryan, and Og.

10. (Q) Describe one of Atlantis’s flying ships during its technological peak.
    (A) Early versions were made from pachyderm hides—like elephant skins—which held gases for lift and propulsion. These crafts could travel through air and water. The frame was built using lost techniques—tempered brass mixed with aluminum-like metals and uranium-like fluxes. These composites made the structure light and capable of conducting or resisting electrical energy, which powered the movement of the ships. These forces harnessed from the Sun were stored and reflected using elements that reacted naturally, creating a form of energy similar to electricity today.

11. We’re done for now.

Edgar Cayce Reading 364-5

Note: This is a modern American English translation of Edgar Cayce Reading 364-5.

1. Gertrude Cayce: You now have in front of you the reading given through this channel about the lost continent of Atlantis. I’m holding a copy of it. Please answer the questions I’ll be asking about it.

2. Edgar Cayce: Yes, we have the information that was given about the continent of Atlantis. When thinking about this material, it's natural that many questions will arise for those who are seriously trying to understand it. But if you carefully observe those who are truly interested, you’ll find they’re often people who carry some kind of influence—either innately or through past experience—from that time and place. As has been said before, it’s worthwhile to pay attention to this. Analytical and research-driven minds, especially those drawn to spiritual, psychic, or occult subjects, won’t miss much. When they come across this kind of material, they’ll often feel a deep urge to express something like, “I know this, but I don’t know how to explain it.” These individuals often become dreamers—try it and you’ll see.

3. I’m ready for the questions.

4. Q: Can you explain what was said about Amilius—the one who first recognized the division of people into male and female—and how that relates to the story of Adam and Eve in the Bible? What do the symbols of Adam, Eve, the apple, and the serpent mean?
   
   A: That’s a topic that would take an entire lecture by itself. What’s been given so far describes a spiritual teacher—a being who came forward to help people remember their deeper connection to the Divine Creative Forces. These stories and symbols (like Adam, Eve, the apple, and the serpent) were used by ancient people to explain spiritual truths. The physical writers and scribes took this symbolic knowledge and blended it with their own insights, especially when they entered altered states of consciousness or tapped into the soul’s records—what some call the akashic records. But these records were also preserved in physical form—like carvings in stone—which humanity has always attempted to do throughout time. Even today, we carve things in stone that we want future generations to remember.
   
   In the ancient records, here’s what we find: Amilius (also known as Adam) was the first to recognize that, unlike the animals, he could create new beings like himself. This ability came from within himself—not from the world around him. This gave rise to companionship—the same impulse for connection that exists within the Creator. That’s what the “apple” symbolizes: the “apple of the eye,” or the longing for relationship, built into both Creator and creation.
   
   This awareness marked a turning point. Once beings took on physical form, they could project themselves in whatever way they chose—in color, in energy, in form. This power expressed itself in music, art, and even in the deepest spiritual or creative moments humans can imagine. After all, wasn't He—the Son of the living God—made manifest in a physical world so He could be a companion to creation itself? He was instructed to bring everything under spiritual control—not to dominate, but to bring harmony. He knew He was part of the whole—created through, by, and within the whole.
   
   That’s why the spiritual command was: “Be in the world, but not of it.” The “apple” represents the longing for connection and experience that ultimately brought about the carnal, physical experiences we now know as sexuality. And the “serpent” is the symbol of that desire that, once acted upon outside of spiritual harmony, leads to being ruled by physical urges instead of spiritual guidance. In simple terms, it’s about the loss of willpower—the inability to govern ourselves through spiritual understanding.

5. That’s all for now.

This is a modern American English translation of reading 364-4.

Modern Translation

1. Gertrude Cayce: Give a lecture titled “The Lost Continent of Atlantis” and continue developing the material for that talk.

2. Edgar Cayce: I confirm that the subject before us is indeed Atlantis.

3. The early Atlanteans were peaceful. As their physical bodies took shape, they learned to use the natural elements around them for food, clothing, and shelter. Their main progress lay in preparing for what we would now call the aerial and electrical age—finding ways to move matter, including themselves, by mastering the forces already present in nature.

4. Amilius saw that his people could not only shape raw materials but also move their own bodies across vast distances by unlocking gases, electrical properties, and atomic power. Yet when the “Sons of the Creative Force” mingled with less-disciplined groups, selfishness crept in—greed, hatred, bloodshed, and the urge to dominate. The pure lineages tried to pull society back with seasonal rituals, and in Amilius’s later years the first altars were built for offerings from field and forest to satisfy physical desires.

5. During the rise of a later ruler, Esai, huge predatory beasts began overrunning the continent. Nations across the globe banded together to fight them. This age produced the first man-made explosives that could be carried and aimed. The altar fires turned from animal to human sacrifice. People emigrated: some to the Pyrenees (ancestors of later Egyptians of mixed lineage), some to the region of Og in South America (early Inca/Aymara builders of mountain walls), and some to North America (mound builders). Disregard for spiritual laws and misuse of natural gases and electricity triggered violent eruptions; part of Atlantis—near today’s Sargasso Sea—sank. Migrants carried Atlantean knowledge of calendars, astronomy, and sacred signs wherever they went.

6. As more cities rose, it became harder to draw on natural forces for basic needs. Hunger appeared. About 10,700 BCE, leaders again pushed nature’s limits, trying to force the mountains, valleys, and even the sea itself to yield resources. Rapid disintegration followed—land crumbled and many people perished, except those who had fled to distant regions.

7. What does this mean for us today? In every tradition that has guarded its sacred fire—Hermetic, Ararat, Aztec, Aymara—some piece of these blessings remains, so long as it stays pure. If you want truth, live every bit of truth you already know; as you use it, more light will come and you’ll remember where you came from and where you’re going.

8. I am ready for questions.

9. Q: Describe Earth’s surface during Atlantis’s highest civilization, using present-day names.
   A: “Highest” can mean spiritual or commercial; Atlantis covered roughly 200,000 years by our time scale, and Earth’s face changed many times. In an early peak, what is now southern South America and today’s Arctic lay in temperate zones, while modern Siberia and Hudson Bay were tropical—on a latitude like today’s South-Central Pacific. After later shifts, Earth assumed nearly its current tilt. Lemuria in the South Pacific began sinking even before Atlantis. The final major Atlantean destruction occurred about 10,700 years before the birth of the Prince of Peace (Jesus).

10. This concludes the reading for now.

1. Yes, we're looking at the subject and the associated conditions. As has been mentioned before, a lot of information has been received through psychic means over time about the circumstances during different periods of this continent’s existence. That the continent actually existed is now being proven as fact.

2. So what happened during the times when the continent was breaking apart? What became of the people? What kind of civilization did they have? Is there any evidence that some of them escaped? The location of the continent and related details should be important to people today—whether because souls are being reborn now to grow spiritually, or because people today are being guided in their personal development by the spirits of those who lived there. If that's true, then these spiritual forces are having—and will continue to have—an influence on events in our modern world.

3. Atlantis was located between the Gulf of Mexico on one side and the Mediterranean Sea on the other. Evidence of this lost civilization can be found in the Pyrenees and Morocco on one side, and in British Honduras, Yucatán, and parts of America on the other. Some sections of land that stick out today were part of that great continent. The British West Indies or the Bahamas—and especially Bimini—are areas where, if proper geological studies were done, remains of Atlantis could still be found, particularly near the Gulf Stream.

4. So, what were the people like? To understand them properly, we should follow the story of a group or an individual over the course of Atlantis’s history. This can help us get a picture of their personality, appearance, and their spiritual and physical development.

5. Around 98,000 to 100,000 years before the Indian figure Ram appeared in India, there was someone named Amilius living in Atlantis. He was the first to observe how beings had split into separate male and female individuals. In physical form, these beings weren’t like us at first—they were more like “thought-forms,” able to project parts of themselves outward, shaped by their own thoughts. Kind of like how an amoeba moves in still water today.
   
   As these forms took on more material qualities—driven by their own desires and experiences—they became more solidified, eventually taking on human-like bodies. Their skin color adapted to their environment, similar to how a chameleon changes color. This transformation led to what we later call the “Red Race”—a mixed group of people whose development reflected their surroundings.
   
   These early people could harness the energies in their environment and evolved faster than people in other parts of the world. Even though the full story of their destruction has been lost, evidence remains in geological records. The influence of these ancient people continues in the lives of those who descended from them—or are reincarnations of them—or even through mental or spiritual influence on others today.

6. In terms of how they lived—their morals, their society, and their spiritual life—they had classes and roles similar to other civilizations. But as a people, they didn’t have the same kind of warlike tendencies that existed in other parts of the world.

7. To be continued.

Modern Translation (364-2):

1. You are presented with the topic for Edgar Cayce’s upcoming lecture on February 19, 1932, titled “The Lost Continent of Atlantis.” Please continue the material in a lecture format as it should be delivered at that time.

2. Cayce: Unless the body is cleansed of what it has built up in the present, it's not appropriate to explore such vast or challenging subjects.

3. (Q) What should be done to properly cleanse the body?
(A) The same as has often been advised: through prayer, through meditation, and through self-purification.

4. You are to dismiss the suggestion regarding Atlantis. That is all for now.

Source: Edgar Cayce Reading 364-1, given February 3, 1932.
Note: This is a translation into contemporary American English for clarity and accessibility.

1. Yes, we are connected with this individual and their deep curiosity, and we can offer insight that is appropriate. While this topic could easily span two separate lectures, we believe it can be handled in one.

2. Atlantis, as a lost continent, is often dismissed as myth. Whether people believe in it based on the few lines in Plato’s dialogues or biblical references about the division of the Earth really comes down to personal belief. But recently, interest has grown, and some scientists now say that the idea of such a place is not just possible—it’s actually likely, given new evidence.

3. Much has been written on the subject, like in the book Two Planets, or in writings about Atlantis, Poseida, and Lemuria—especially in Theosophical circles. Whether or not this material is factual depends on the reader’s trust in such sources.

4. Because of this interest, many members of this group felt it was worth seeking out further information—especially if it might prove helpful to those who are drawn to the topic.

5. In several personal readings, it has come up that certain individuals once lived in Atlantis, played specific roles, and later moved to other parts of the Earth. These people were very influential, as they brought about significant change wherever they went.

6. So the question becomes: does knowing about these ancient people and their experiences have value for us today? Can this knowledge help us understand our deeper relationship with the Creative Force? In other words—what does this mean for my soul right now?

7. If reincarnation is real, and souls from Atlantis are returning to the Earth today, is it really surprising that they could once again be affecting the world—just as they did before? If they were part of great change and even destruction in the past, what might they be doing now? What do their past lives say about our present?

8. This is just the beginning. More will follow. For now, we conclude.

Science's Revelation: A Bottleneck in Human Evolution

A recent article published by The Brighter Side of News (link here) explores findings from a groundbreaking study that used a novel method of DNA analysis known as FitCoal. The results were startling: between 930,000 and 813,000 years ago, human ancestors experienced a population bottleneck so severe that only about 1,280 breeding individuals survived for over 100,000 years.

This collapse, triggered by severe climate shifts—ice ages and megadroughts—resulted in the loss of 66% of genetic diversity. Yet out of this crucible of hardship, something extraordinary may have occurred: the emergence of traits that define modern humanity, including advanced cognition and social behavior.

Cayce’s Parallel Account: The First Destruction of Atlantis

What makes this especially fascinating is how closely this aligns—at least thematically—with the psychic readings of Edgar Cayce, often called the “Sleeping Prophet.” In a series of trance readings given in the early 20th century, Cayce detailed the rise and fall of ancient civilizations, most notably Atlantis. According to Cayce:

“The first destruction came about one million years B.C., when there was the separation of the islands…”
— Edgar Cayce Reading 364-4

Cayce described a technologically advanced society that misused spiritual and material energies, leading to its fragmentation and eventual destruction. The survivors of this cataclysm migrated to various parts of the world—Egypt, the Andes, Pyrenees—carrying with them not only their genetic heritage but the spiritual essence of what it meant to be human.

This was not simply a fall of an empire, but a cosmic correction: a karmic balancing that forced humanity onto a new evolutionary track.

Where the Two Narratives Meet

While Cayce spoke in terms of spiritual energy, karma, and soul evolution, and modern science uses the language of genetics, bottlenecks, and selection pressure, both frameworks describe a crucial inflection point in early human history.

Comparing the scientific and metaphysical timelines

Timeframe

• Science: 930,000 – 813,000 years ago

• Cayce: ~1,000,000 B.C. (First destruction of Atlantis)

Trigger

• Science: Climate change, droughts, ice ages

• Cayce: Misuse of spiritual/material forces

Effect

• Science: Population bottleneck; ~1,280 survivors

• Cayce: Atlantis fragmented; survivors migrated

Outcome

• Science: Accelerated brain evolution, cognitive development

• Cayce: Soul evolution, reincarnation into new civilizations

Legacy

• Science: Modern human traits and global spread

• Cayce: Spiritual lineages seeded Egypt, Andes, etc.

Both narratives present a moment of reckoning, followed by a slow recovery and eventual flourishing. Whether you view it through the lens of DNA sequences or soul records, the story is one of human resilience—and perhaps, divine intention.

A Deeper Message?

Cayce often emphasized that humanity’s survival depends not just on external adaptation, but on the alignment of inner and outer life—the harmony of spirit, mind, and body. This recent discovery seems to echo that message: that the very traits that make us human—our intellect, compassion, creativity—may have emerged because of a crucible of great suffering.

“Out of adversity comes strength,” Cayce might say. And now, science is beginning to agree.

Into the Past, Forward to the Future

As researchers continue to trace the hidden contours of human ancestry, Cayce’s decades-old readings serve as a compelling companion text. Not a replacement for scientific inquiry, but a complementary voice—one that offers spiritual context for material facts.

Perhaps we are only beginning to understand the interwoven nature of karma, consciousness, and evolution.

Further Exploration

• Read the original article: Humans almost went extinct 930,000 years ago, study finds

• Learn more about Cayce’s readings on Atlantis: Search for Cayce Reading 364-4 or the Atlantis Series (364-1 to 364-13)

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