In 1923 Edgar Casey awoke from a self-induced psychic trance. He had seen a vision, a vision

of Atlantis. As it would turn out, this was just the first of a series of psychic explorations

that Casey would take into the lost city over the course of 20 years. You see Edgar Casey

was renowned as a psychic and mystical healer, called the Sleeping Prophet, Casey's devotees

believed that his visions held a deeper truth about reality. During his trances, Casey

could see the past and the future. He could answer any question no matter how esoteric.

He could even find the cures to all manner of strange ailments. To many, he was a modern

Nostradamus. Over the course of his life, he had 40 visions of Atlantis. And what he described,

well, it would have made Plato blush. For Casey, Atlantis was a glimmering city that possessed

unrivaled technology. According to the psychic, the Atlans had harnessed glowing crystals

to power their sophisticated society. These crystals allowed the Atlans to develop electricity

and mind for precious metals. The people in Atlantis traveled from place to place in

incredible elevators powered by air and steam. For longer journeys, the Atlantians might

board one of their zeppelin-like airships. Some readings of Casey's visions have even

suggested that the Atlantians had silicon microchips and even personal computers. According

to Casey, the Atlantians also had impressive telepathic and telekinetic powers. They could

communicate without speaking, move objects with their minds and heal people using sound

waves. But despite their incredible achievements, the people of Atlantis were doomed. By building

ever larger crystal power plants, they disrupted their natural environment and brought about

a disaster. A civil war broke out among the Atlantians, and in the turmoil, the city

was sunk by a cataclysm that could have been prevented had they worked together. The

refugees from this society fled to ancient Egypt where they buried the archive of their

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