A: Aalu to Aztlan 29
The city and the Titan were architectural and mythic expressions, respectively,
of the Atlanteans’ own founding of and excellence in astronomy-astrology, as
evidenced by the numerous stone structures that still survive in what was once the
Atlantean sphere of influence. Many of these monuments (Britain’s Stonehenge,
Ireland’s New Grange, America’s Poverty Point, etc.) not only conform to the era
and construction styles of the Atlanteans, but were skillfully aligned with significant
cosmic orientations and built to compute often sophisticated celestial data.At
Found in cultures around the world where traditions of Atlantis-like experi-
ences have been preserved in folk memory, and usually denoting a sacred mountain
(from the Mount Atlas of Atlantis), often volcanic and sometimes symbolized by a
holy altar, such as the Samoan Atua. Throughout the prehistoric New World of the
Americas,At invariably defines an eastern location (Aztlan, etc.), while, in Old World
traditions, it is associated with western places (Atum, etc.)—appropriately enough,
because mid-ocean culture-bearers sailed from Atlantis to both east and west. As
such, in numerous cultures around the world, At is a prefix, a word, or a name in
itself, defining a sacred mountain associated with ancestral origins, commonly after
a world-class deluge.Ata
An extinct volcanic mountain of the Tongatapu group in the southwest Pacific,
and revered by the Tonga islanders as a natural memorial to red-haired, fair-
skinned gods who arrived long ago to somehow “bless” the natives.At-ach-u-chu
The premiere founding father of Andean civilization, revered from deeply
prehistoric times to the Spanish Conquest of the 16th century. He was consis-
tently described as the tall, red-haired, bearded, fair-skinned culture-bearer from
a distant land in the East who arrived on the shores of Lake Titicaca after surviving
some terrible deluge. The Peruvian natives called him “The Teacher of all Things,”
and knew him as the man who established the arts of civilization in South America,
including agriculture, religion, astronomy, weights and measures, social organiza-
tion, and government.
He was the elder of five brothers, known collectively as Viracochas, or “white
men.” At-ach-u-chu is better remembered by his title, Kontiki-Viracocha, or
“White Man of the Sea Foam”; in other words, he was a foreigner who arrived by
ship, “sea foam” being a poetic description of its bow wave. All features of this
supremely important figure in Andean tradition, beginning with the At in the
head of his name, clearly define him as the leader of survivors from the final
destruction of Atlantis, who reestablished themselves by creating a hybrid civili-
zation, a mix of local cultures with Atlantean technology, in Peru and Bolivia.