Cataclysm

By Jane Wright

What cataclysmic event almost destroyed the Earth? Was this the same event that fractured the mantle of the earth which contributed to the continental drift? Did Atlantis really exist? Was an advanced civilization from a faraway planet responsible for early mans great leap forward from the Stone Age to the Copper Age? What kernels of truth can be found amongst mythology, philosophy, religion and ancient texts that resonate with accepted scientific facts, and provide a plausible explanation of some of Earths mysteries?

This book offers a unique perspective that identifies these kernels of truth and then proceeds to connect them to form a new picture of a very important time in the life of our planet.
Jane Wright, brings to the page a logicians perspective that crosses multiple disciplines of thought, and in a creative and entertaining way, provides the reader with a unique proposal of how things might have been from 10,000 years ago to 6,000 years ago, when modern civilization began to take hold.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Mar 22, 2012
• ISBN: 9781468556612

Jane Wright

An avid reader of non-fiction histories, biographies and the sciences, and lifelong student, Jane Wright has finally found time to fulfill her desire to write. This is her third book. She was born in Chicago, grew up on Staten Island, New York, and spent most of her adult life in Florida. Her first ambition, besides being a wife and mother, was to a teacher. After receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree she accomplished all of these. A retired teacher and mother of four grown daughters, she now has time to put to paper some of those thoughts she has been pondering since she was eight.

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Copyright © 2012 Jane Wright. All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

Published by AuthorHouse 3/19/2012

ISBN: 978-1-4685-5663-6 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4685-5661-2 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2012903325

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Cover Design by Barbara Kiddle

Contents

DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

CATACLYSM:

PREFACE

ACCEPTED SCIENTIFIC FACTS

THE …….. DOTS

CHAPTER ONE

WHAT? DID THE HAND OF THE POTTER SHAKE?

CHAPTER TWO

IN SEARCH OF ATLANTIS

CHAPTER THREE

ANTEDILUVIAN EARTH

CHAPTER FOUR

ATLANTEANS ON EARTH

CHAPTER FIVE

PLATO AND OTHER SOURCES

CHAPTER SIX

MYTHOLOGY

CHAPTER SEVEN

GODS AND GODDESSES

CHAPTER EIGHT

TORN ASUNDER

CHAPTER NINE

POSTDILUVIAN EARTH

CHAPTER TEN

LUCY AND THE ICEMAN OF THE ALPS

CHAPTER ELEVEN

CONNECTING THE DOTS

CHAPTER TWELVE

ARMAGEDDON

SUGGESTED READING:

DEDICATION

TO MY FAMILY

JOHN

PATRICIA, PEG, ALAN, BARBARA, JOAN

AND THEIR CHILDREN

AND THEIR CHILDREN’S CHILDREN

AND

TO ALL OUR ANCESTORS

BACK TO THE ATLANTEANS

FOR ALL THOSE GREAT GENES

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

My heartfelt thanks goes out to Barbara Kiddle for her expert editing which was a daunting task. Her help with research and formatting has been of tremendous value.

Thanks also to Tamar Huffman for her secretarial skills, computer skills, and for caring for my daily needs during the latter part of this process.

A big basketful of thanks to both these beautiful people, for their enthusiasm for the work, and for keeping me at it when I was ready to chuck the whole project.

Thanks also to the folks at Authorhouse who guided me through the process and gave me guidance and advice when I most needed it.

CATACLYSM:

A violent geological change to the Earth’s surface.

(Second definition, Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary)

A momentous and violent event marked by overwhelming upheaval and demolition.

(Third definition, Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary)

PREFACE

Some religions tell us that it all began with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, 6,000 years ago. The scientists tell us that it began with a big bang, several million years ago. The historians are reluctant to take sides, since few written records exist at this time. And so the unanswerable questions have been passed down to us through the generations; the who, what, where, when and how of our planet Earth.

Why is the Earth tilted on its axis? Why is the western hemisphere drifting west towards Asia?

Who built the pyramids? Some of the questions seem trivial. Who cares who Cain and Abel mated with? But it is a legitimate and important question. Important, because it reveals and establishes a basic fact that can no longer be overlooked or ignored. The question is answered a few chapters later, in Genesis. No one has ever put the two relevant chapters together, in just this way before, because one vital bit of information was unavailable until recently.

These questions and others are listed below and are referred to as dots. An attempt is made to connect all the dots to form a new picture of a very important time in the life of our planet. We have only to accept an obvious premise and all the dots fall into place, creating a scenario. It is not the only scenario for these events but it is the only one that links all the questions together. Some of the dots have been overlooked; others are separated by time and some seem to have no relevance to any of the others. Time is an elusive and flexible factor. We cannot measure the age of the pyramids by carbon-dating its boulders. The boulders existed in the side of a mountain, long before they were used to build the pyramids.

If we accept one simple premise many of the