Philosophy Spirituality

Atlantis in the Amazon

Lost Technologies and the Secrets of the Crespi Treasure

by Richard Wingate Review by David Lorimer, August 2011

Published: 2011
Publisher: Bear & Company Publishing 2011
Format: Paperback
Pages: 168
ISBN: 9781591439783

Publisher’s description

An investigation into the ancient technologically advanced artifacts amassed by Father Carlo Crespi and how they offer proof of Atlantis in South America • Includes photos and descriptions of the strange machines and beautiful artifacts that once comprised the “Crespi Treasure” • Connects Crespi’s treasures to readings by Edgar Cayce and Annie Besant’s descriptions of Atlantean colonies in Ecuador • Reveals the nuclear war between the Atlanteans and the Aryans and the radioactive evidence left behind in the Bahamas and Pakistan In 1923 an Italian priest, Father Carlo Crespi, came to Ecuador as a missionary. Befriending the indigenous Shuar people, he learned of an ancient treasure they had sworn to protect hidden within a network of underground tunnels. As newly converted Christians, the Shuar wanted to share with their priest these amazing anachronistic artifacts--golden sarcophagi from Egypt, bronze plaques depicting famous scenes from antiquity bearing both Quechua and Phoenician writing, copper wheels and gears as hard as steel, strange machines, and many other inexplicable items. Crespi faithfully maintained the collection until just before his death when the Ecuadorian government purchased it from the church and many of these priceless treasures were lost forever. Providing detailed descriptions and his own photos of the advanced technologies and beautiful art that comprised the “Crespi Treasure,” Richard Wingate reveals that the ancient civilization responsible for these advanced artifacts was Atlantis. Connecting Crespi’s treasures to Edgar Cayce’s descriptions of advanced technology in the distant past and the Atlantean colonies of Ecuador described by Annie Besant, Wingate explores other evidence of Atlantis in South America and the Bahamas, including geographically out-of-place underwater ruins and buried magnetic ore. Investigating ancient records, such as the Mahabharata, he shows how a prehistoric nuclear war between the Atlanteans and the Aryans ultimately resulted in the sinking of Atlantis, and he uncovers the radioactive archaeological evidence left behind. Explaining how our ancient ancestors regretted their nuclear actions and destroyed or buried their advanced technology, entering into a self-imposed Stone Age, he shows how our civilization is headed down the same path and that only through “green” choices can we avoid the same fate as Atlantis.

An intriguing tale originating with an Italian priest, Father Carlo Crespi, coming to Ecuador in 1923. There he was shown an amazing treasure by the native Shuar people, consisting not only of items from other parts of the world, but also strange machines pointing towards a technologically sophisticated civilisation in the past. The author argues that the civilisation responsible for these artefacts was Atlantis. He draws on Scriptures, postulating a type of nuclear war leading to the destruction of Atlantis and the abandonment of dangerous technologies. However, one should remember that it is human beings who use these technologies and that wisdom consists in being able to use them appropriately. The reader will find the illustrated artefacts fascinating, whatever the view they take of the overall argument.

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