ATLANTIS IN THE CARIBBEAN

Edgar Cayce advised those who were searching for remains of Atlantis in the Caribbean area to look in the vicinity of the Gulf Stream. (Reading 364-3.) Abundant underwater evidence is materializing which supports the proposition that intelligent persons once lived there. Recent satellite mapping of the shallow waters to the east of Bimini reveals large (over 200 feet wide) geometric patterns of turtle grass in the shapes of pentagons and rectangles with perfectly square corners extending for many miles under the water. Further investigation of the configurations is difficult since they are not visible from the surface. Finding them requires painstaking mapping techniques with compasses in small boats in often choppy water. In addition, whatever is causing them is not only covered with water and grass, but lies beneath a deep layer of sand. In spite of the difficulties, members of the Gaia project who are working in the area consider it to be one of the most promising archaeological undertakings today.

An unusual group of rocks and stones, one half mile off the coast of Bimini, has received a great deal of attention since it is quite accessible to scuba divers. Large boulders, some of them four or five feet thick, are arranged in the shape of an immense reversed "J" in about 15 feet of water. Some, with square corners, appear to be manmade. Two parallel lines of these stones extend about 1,900 feet before reaching a flat section of smaller rocks where the configuration turns at a 90 degree angle. Dr. Zink and others believe this is the remains of a prehistoric road. It is possible the blocks of stone are sections of natural beach rock, although beach rock usually is not as thick as these boulders. Large stones are piled on others, not a characteristic of beach rock, unless the stacking occurred during a hurricane. It is also suggested that parts of the "road" might be a Mediterranean type pier because it doesn't go anywhere. A few of the stones are granite, but they could have been dropped during dredging operations in 1926. Current scientific examinations of this mysterious geometric pattern will hopefully verify the presence of those who inhabited the Bimini area so long ago.