ATLANTIS IN THE CARIBBEAN

Egerton Sykes ascertained that the temple at Murias was dedicated to the Bennu bird and the god Min, both Egyptian gods of rejuvenation, hence the name Bimini. He describes the work of priestesses in the Atlantean temple in Bimini, including their brewing of magical potions used for the restoration of youth, as well as the cure for many diseases. Sykes believes these potions were the predecessors of those concocted by people similar to Calypso, Circe, Medea and others. The priestesses at Bimini maintained contact with their counterparts in the temples of Falias, Gorias and Finias in the eastern Atlantic, all cleverly constructed on mountain tops that survived the sinking of Atlantis.

Information from Edgar Cayce correlates with Sykes' discoveries about the temple near Bimini. He tells us one of the cites in Poseidia was built upon a hill overlooking the sea in a location where many ships came and went from other lands. (Reading 364-12.) He often referred to the city's temples and said that people from there established a Temple Beautiful in Egypt, modeled after the one in Poseidia.

Egerton Sykes also suggests that the fame of the Bimini site as a place to restore youth led to the story of the Fountain of Youth. Rumors about its powers inspired early Irish sailors to attempt to cross the Atlantic. De Soto told of the tradition of an island in the Caribbean that was supposed to have a Fountain of Youth and of course, Ponce de Leon fruitlessly searched many years to find it.

When Sykes became unable to continue his research and publishing activity due to declining health, he sought an appropriate home for his collection of books, periodicals, and correspondence regarding Atlantology, archaeology and history, and settled on the library of the Association for Research and Enlightenment (A.R.E.) in Virginia Beach. The library and Mr. Sykes negotiated the purchase of his collection in February 1979; it was shipped to Virginia Beach starting in May, 1979, and opened to the public in September, 1979; Sykes was there to cut the ribbon. Sykes passed away four years later, on April 27, 1983. Mrs. Sykes followed her husband within a year.