įor as long as I can remember I’ve been fascinated by the visionary concepts of Atlantis and “lost civilizations,” going back to Graham Hancock’s book, Fingerprints of the Gods. The opening passage sounds like one of the countless tales describing the alleged fall of Atlantis but this is, in fact, a description of a cataclysm that devastated the Pacific Northwest during prehistoric times, and was recorded in the lore of northwestern Native Americans. Most people have heard about the fabled lost continents of Atlantis and Lemuria.įor over a century, writers have been absorbed in following a puzzling trail of historical and archeological curiosities that suggest the existence of a high civilization that was wiped out in some kind of prehistoric cataclysm, and virtually erased from human memory. Clark (Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest). –Reminisces from Native American Flood Myths, recorded by Ella E. It rained for a long, long time until all the valleys and low-lands became one churning sea, only the tops of the highest mountains remained uncovered, where the people stood huddled together listening to the wails below as countless bodies were tossed upon the angry waves, and then sank to their graves in the unknown depths. The people who knew where there was a cave high up on the mountain fled to it and saved themselves, all of those who stayed behind were drowned. Torrents of rain began coming down so fierce that water sprouted up out of the ground everywhere, overflowing the creeks and rivers. Terrified, the people ran to the hills to get away from the pounding water. The sun was blotted out and darkness covered the great green land and water. Soon the waves became mountains of water that rose against the shores. The people were startled out of their sleep by a rumbling and quaking of the earth. It shot flaming arrow across the heavens which burst into thousands of fragments which fell to the earth. Once, long ago, as the people slept, the sun came out at night. “ It was said that the end came without warning. Unpacking the provenance of such tales as he goes, Naef outlines the history of Shasta as per Native American sources – a regretful rarity for which we are indebted.Ĭentral to Mount Shasta’s Forgotten History & Legends is the reconsideration of North American history, according to those who originally made it. Dustin Naef explores the historic mystery of Mount Shasta, a mountain in the Siskiyou County of California best known for the dubious dwelling of Lemurians.
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