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Incas who occupied the high valleys surrounding Bogotá and Neiva at the time
of the Spanish Conquest. Also known as the “White One,” the bearded Muyscas
laid down ground rules for Colombia’s first civilization, then departed, leaving
behind four chiefs to govern through his authority and example (Blackett, 274).
The Chibchans referred to themselves, after Muyscas, as the Muisca, or “the
Musical Ones.” Musaeus, the fifth Atlantean king in Plato’s account, means “Of
the Muses,” divine patrons of the arts.
Blackett wrote, “On the common interpretation of mythic traditions, these
Atlantides ought to be provinces or places in South America” (215). The
Atlantean kingdom of Musaeus was in Colombia, where the native culture came
to reflect his name and origins in Atlantis.Mu-sembeah
A mountain sacred to the Shoshone of
Wyoming. Like its California counterpart,
Mu-sembeah received its holy character
from Lemurian missionaries.Mu-sinia
The Ute Indians’ sacred “white moun-
tain,” in Utah.Mu-tu
Tahitian for “island,” possibly derived
from the sunken Pacific Ocean island of
Mu. Interestingly, its reverse, tu-mu, is
Tahitian for “tree,” which may again refer
to Mu. According to researcher, James
Churchward, Mu was alternately known as
the “Tree of Life.”Mu-tubu-udundi
A secret martial art known only to masters directly descended from the
first king of Japan’s Ryukyu Islands. He brought the regimen with him from
his island kingdom in the east, where it was overwhelmed by the sea. Adepts
avoid physical confrontation, seeking rather to exhaust their opponents through
an intricate series of controlled postures and dance-like movements, striking
a blow only after all other options have been exhausted. Like China’s tai-chi,
its Japanese precursor is also a form of mediation aimed at putting humanCretan Knossos shared some architectural simi-
larities with monumental construction in Atlantis,
because both evolved into contemporary Bronze
Age cities.