Theos-Talk Archives (April 2005 Message tt00269)

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "kpauljohnson" <kpauljohnson@y...> 
wrote:
> The new book The Lost Land of Lemuria by Sumatha
> Ramaswamy from the University of California Press:

One question: I assume most theosophists know the Tamil legend of a 
submerged land south of the southern tip of India is the inspiration 
for all the "Atlantis" and "Lemuria" stuff in the SD. I actually 
have a "map" which was done in India of this supposed submerged 
continent. Brigitte Muehlegger said once that this legend was not 
part of the ancient Tamil culture but was instilled by British 
colonialists for political reasons. Does this author comment on 
that, and, if so, to what effect (yea or nay?)

It also occurs to me if you are interested in Johnson legends you 
might be able to start a Johnson list to network with others with the 
same interest and who might be interested in sharing materials. That 
would not make sense with most names, but with a name as common as 
Johnson it should be feasible if you figured out how to send out 
invitations. Every family has a designated "family historian" so you 
are surely not the only one, even though most of them do not publish 
books.

Just be sure to capitalize the "J" and make it clear your interest is 
family history. If people think you are starting a johnson list 
instead of a Johnson list you might get some very strange responses. 
If you start getting breathless e-mails from the likes of Bill 
Clinton you will know there is something wrong with the wording.