General Information: (Includes definition, description, history, terminology, subdivisions of subject, and other general information;)
Atlantis is a legendary island civilazation said to have existed in the Atlantic Ocean and various other places, and was destroyed by a great cataclysm several thousand years ago.
The most comprehensive source of information and references about Atlantis is the huge on-line encyclopedia called Atlantipedia, which was founded by and is edited by Tony O'Connell in England.
Organizations:
Amis D'Atlantis: founded by Paul LeCour, who split with the original French Societe d'etudes Atlanteens, founded in 1926 by Roger DeVigne; So Amis was founded some time after 1926. Amis published a bimonthly periodical called "Atlantis".
Atlantean Research Society: New Jersey; Ref: Decamp, Lost Continents, p.77
Atlantis Research Centre (UK) (Ref: L. Sprague de Camp, Lost Continents, p.77); publishes a periodical;
Danish Atlantis Research Society: Founded in the 1930s; Issued Atlantis stamps, money. (Ref: L Sprague DeCamp, Lost Continents, p.77)
Societe d'etudes Atlanteens: founded in 1926, with Roger DeVigne as president and Paul LeCour as secretary. LeCour split with DeVigne and set up his own organization, Amis d'Atlantis. (Ref: DeCamp, Lost Continents, p.77)
Periodicals:
Atlantis: published by the organization, Amis D'Atlantis;
Uranian Lantern. A monthly magazine for all Atlantean helpers about their activities, etc.: London, UK: Atlanteans (London) 1958-?? (Ref: WorldCat; Only one library in the world has any issues: British National Library;
People:
DeVigne, Roger
LeCour, Paul
References:
Atlantipedia (online encyclopedia) edited by Tony O'Connell: http://atlantipedia.ie
Bibliography: Gattefosse, Jean and Claudius Roux. Bibliographie de L'Atlantide et des Questions connexes. 1926 (Ref: Velikovsky, p. 156 says it has 1,700 titles;) Not Available Online: Hathitrust, Google Books,
DeCamp, L. Sprague. Lost Continents
Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology, 5th edition, 2001, edited by J. Gordon Melton, (full text), entry on Atlantis, page 113: http://www.eso-garden.com/specials/encyclopedia_of_occultism_and_parapsychology_1.pdf
Occultopedia page on Atlantis: http://www.occultopedia.com/a/atlantis.htm
Wikipedia entry on Atlantis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantis
Subject Headings:
- Atlantis (Legendary place) >> 2,124 results (Worldcat Official SH)
- Atlantis (Legendary place) -- Bibliography. >> 9 results (Wordcat official SH)
- Atlantis (Legendary place) -- Periodicals >> 10 results (Worldcat Official SH)
- Geographical myths -- Bibliography. >> 9 results; (Worldcat official SH)
Searches on the Internet:
Google: Amis d'Atlantis and Societe d'etudes de Atlanteens