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A review by ruthbrarian
The Lost Continent of Mu by James Churchward
3.0
Wow, how to rate this one? On the one hand, it's a terrible book with terrible motives and terrible conclusions. On the other hand, as conspiracy/alt-history books go, it's pretty top-notch.
I think what really sells it is Churchward's utter confidence that what he's saying is correct and he's got hidden truths that only he has managed to piece together. The hilarity of reading his conclusions while knowing discoveries since or things he was ignoring at the time makes it a bit of a trip.
He does hit on some genuine mysteries along the way as well as coming up with dozens of mysteries that are almost certainly fabrications of his own imagination or his piecing together flawed or inaccurate information. I highly doubt, for example, that anyone has ever observed a Mexican person speaking indigenous languages in conversation with a Japanese person without need for a translator.
Bad things: Very transparent agenda to prove that humans were created white and "civilized" and everything else is "degradation" to "savagery." I suppose that's the one-sentence essence of what's most wrong.
I think what really sells it is Churchward's utter confidence that what he's saying is correct and he's got hidden truths that only he has managed to piece together. The hilarity of reading his conclusions while knowing discoveries since or things he was ignoring at the time makes it a bit of a trip.
He does hit on some genuine mysteries along the way as well as coming up with dozens of mysteries that are almost certainly fabrications of his own imagination or his piecing together flawed or inaccurate information. I highly doubt, for example, that anyone has ever observed a Mexican person speaking indigenous languages in conversation with a Japanese person without need for a translator.
Bad things: Very transparent agenda to prove that humans were created white and "civilized" and everything else is "degradation" to "savagery." I suppose that's the one-sentence essence of what's most wrong.