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HP Lovecraft, the "lost worlds" and Theosophy

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One of the things that most strike the reader who is familiar with the themes of esotericism is the large amount of traditional elements in Lovecraft's stories, which is very strange when one takes into account that he defined himself as a convinced advocate of mechanism and materialism. . These concepts, including that of the so-called "lost continents", did not come to him through authentically traditional sources, but through the cogitations and narratives of the theosophists of the late nineteenth century, which also inspired some colleagues of the Providence Dreamer, such as Clark Ashton Smith and Robert E. Howard.

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The legend of the sunken city of Kitezh, the "Russian Atlantis"

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Analysis, between myth and historical reality, of the Russian legend of the submerged city of Kitezh-grad, which mysteriously sank to prevent the conquest by the Tartars. Even today many believe that it is sometimes possible to hear the sound of bells and see the golden domes of the church reflected on the surface of Lake Svetlojar, and some even claim to have stayed in the invisible city.

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The legend of the sunken city of Ys, the Breton Atlantis

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The mythical tale that describes how the lost city of Ys was swallowed up by the waves of the ocean most likely derives from historical events that really happened around the fifth century AD, but, as Massimo Centini argues, for example, the moralistic emphasis of an event natural of limited proportions could reveal the attempt by the Christian invaders to strike at the previous Druid religion and its priestly class, especially the female one.

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"Underground" civilizations in myth, occultism and "alternative reality"

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Simultaneously with the publication of our article on "Underworld Civilizations in Fantastic Literature" appeared in Cosmic Dimension, we have drawn up here a brief excursus on the same topos in the sacred traditions, in the esoteric sphere and in the "alternative reality" of the twentieth century

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Enigmas of the Mediterranean: the Guanches, the 'Peoples of the Sea' and Atlantis

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An attempt at classification (cultural, anthropological and genetic)Β of the mysterious population of the Guanches, ancient inhabitants of the Canaries, and a look at the Hellenic myths concerning the "Fortunate Islands" and the 'mythical' war against Atlantis

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