First published at the end of the nineteenth century, The Story of Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria is one of the foundational texts of modern Theosophy's vision of lost civilisations.

Drawing on what Scott-Elliot claimed were clairvoyant investigations undertaken within the Theosophical Society, the book presents elaborate histories of Atlantis and Lemuria, describing vanished continents, successive "root races," migrations, geological upheavals and the occult evolution of humanity. Rather than archaeology or conventional history, it belongs to a tradition where mythology, esotericism and spiritual cosmology merge into an alternative account of human origins.

Although its historical and scientific claims have long been rejected, the book remains influential as a document of fin-de-siècle occult thought. Its ideas profoundly shaped twentieth-century esoteric traditions, New Age spirituality and the enduring mythology surrounding Atlantis. Today it is best approached not as history but as an important primary source for readers interested in Western esotericism, Theosophy, occult philosophy and the strange intellectual currents that continue to echo through contemporary spiritual culture.

Paperback. 1984 reprint by Theosophical Publishing House. Light shelf wear and age toning, with a vintage bookseller's price sticker to the front cover. Binding remains sound and the interior is clean.