CHANGES TO ATLANTIS: THE TRUTH

as compared to Genesis Unveiled, published by Virgin in 2002

This comparison is best made by listing the contents of Genesis Unveiled. Note that 'contents much the same' usually means that though the sections and evidence presented are much the same, the arguments and analysis may have been substantially refined.

INTRODUCTION: retitled 'PREFACE' and substantially rewritten.

PART 1: REVELATIONS

1 MYTHS IN THE MAKING: minor editing only.

2 A SPIRITUAL WORLDVIEW: deleted because superseded by more recent books on spirituality.

3 DEBASEMENT AND DESTRUCTION: substantially rewritten especially from a spiritual perspective, with the ‘karmic catastrophe’ section renamed ‘karmic reboot?’, ‘the Deluge’ section removed, and Hermetic and Gnostic material added from old Chapter 17, as well as new Egyptian material.

4 THE ARTS OF CIVILISATION: substantially rewritten, although contents much the same.

5 THE GOLDEN AGE: substantially rewritten, although contents much the same.

6 ROUND AND ROUND WE GO: chapter renamed 'WORLD AGES AND UNIVERSAL CYCLES'; substantially rewritten, contents much the same apart from the addition of the section ‘cycles and precession’.

7 TAKING ON THE EXPERTS: substantially rewritten, although contents much the same.

8 CREATION CONFUSION: chapter renamed 'THE CREATION OF HUMANKIND'; substantially rewritten, although contents much the same, apart from removal of 'horrible hybrids' section reproduced here and insertion of new section on ‘unusual sources’.

PART 2: CORROBORATION

9 ARE WE SPECIAL? 'human evolution' section moved to next chapter; 'Hindu Creationists' section removed because not essential and reproduced here; ditto 'the Interventionists' section reproduced here; remaining material on evolution versus intelligent design removed because not essential and partly now wrong.

10 DEFINING THE WINDOW: chapter renamed 'ARCHAEOLOGY'; ‘creation versus evolution’ section renamed ‘physical evolution', now incorporating relevant figure and 'human evolution' section from previous chapter, and shortened throughout; remainder also substantially rewritten and sections combined and condensed under the heading ‘the evolution of culture and consciousness’, with some contents changes, including new/updated information on human cultural development, genetic migration patterns and farming, early urbanised settlements in the Near East including two new figures, new section entitled 'mavericks', and substantially revised conclusion about dates for the emergence of the golden race.

11 ANOMALOUS ARTIFACTS: removed because not essential and reproduced in updated form here.

12 CATASTROPHE! chapter renamed 'GEOLOGY' and moved to be penultimate chapter; hugely changed; most of the previous evidence has now been rebutted, so a new analysis thereof is provided; addition of new sections on Younger Dryas Impact and coronal mass ejections; removal of 'dating' section, 'missing evidence' section rewritten and moved to Human Emergence chapter; 'where on earth' section renamed 'likely locales', rewritten with emphasis on south-east Asia and moved to last chapter; much shortened and revised conclusion.

13 THE THEOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVE: mostly removed because not essential and reproduced here.

14 THE ATLANTEAN CONNECTION: chapter renamed 'SUPPOSED LOST CONTINENTS'; substantially rewritten, with addition of stanzas from Book of Dzyan from previous chapter, increased concentration on the more esoteric aspects of Scott-Elliott's work, and removal of 'teachings from Shambhala' section.

15 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY? chapter renamed ‘PSEUDOARCHAEOLOGY’; substantially rewritten and reordered; especially updated information in ‘ancient astronauts’, ‘Giza’, ‘other pyramids’ and ‘crystal technology’ sections, and addition of ‘ancient high tech’ section.

PART 3: ESOTERICA: no longer included

16 ORIGINS: chapter renamed 'THE ORIGINS OF THE WORLD'; moved to the end of Part 1 and substantially rewritten, although contents much the same apart from addition of 'common source' section.

17 AN ESOTERIC WORLDVIEW: removed because not essential and reproduced here.

18 THE COSMIC DOCTRINE: removed because not essential and reproduced here.

19 ESOTERIC SCIENCE: removed because not essential and partly now wrong, but reproduced here.

EPILOGUE - IMPLICATIONS FOR TODAY: completely rewritten and now called ‘THE REAL ATLANTIS’, includes 'likely locale' and ‘plausible hypothesis’ sections, and a ‘different style of karmic reboot’ section that makes reference to the Coronavirus pandemic and draws comparisons with the past.