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From the High Desert

A Cultural History of Art Bell

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August 11, 1997: Atlantis & Hollow Earth - Dr. Wendy Lockwood | Mr. Fidget

Aug 11, 1997
2h 42m
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Art Bell welcomes Dr. Wendy Lockwood, who claims firsthand knowledge of Atlantis through astral projection and decades of study in esoteric traditions. She describes Atlantis as a series of ten islands in the Atlantic that sank 50,000 years ago after a devastating war with Lemuria, and insists the lost continent is now beginning to rise, with the eruption of Montserrat serving as early evidence.

Dr. Lockwood discusses the hollow earth theory, asserting she has visited the inner world through astral travel and encountered diverse races of beings living beneath the surface. She connects the Great Pyramids to Atlantean builders and describes them as portals to both the inner earth and other planets. Callers challenge her claims while others share their own encounters with underground phenomena, including the mysterious hum reported across the Southwest.

In the second half, Mr. Fidget impossibly gets through the phone lines again from a Santa Cruz payphone, prompting a growing crowd of listeners to gather around him. A truck driver, a scoutmaster, and a local artist all verify his presence as he hands out fidgets and explains his philosophy of stress relief through tactile engagement.

Key Moments

  1. Atlantis is rising again - Montserrat is the first sign: Lockwood claims Atlantis still exists submerged beneath the Atlantic and is on its way back up. She is 'absolutely certain' that the ongoing Montserrat eruption is the beginning of its rise, and predicts a 20-mile-square pyramid on the island of Yunal will surface first.

  2. Lemurian-Draconian war that toppled Atlantis: Lockwood says Lemuria was first invaded and taken over by the 'serpent race' or Draconians, who then attacked Atlantis. Atlantis went to war with Lemuria in what she calls a 'cosmic war' that devastated the world.

  3. Atlantis sank 50,000 years ago - ten islands, not one continent: Lockwood gives a hard date and geography: Atlantis sank 50,000 years ago in a 'double atomic war' that caused an Earth shift. Contradicting Plato, she says it was not a single continent but a series of ten large islands strung through the Caribbean down to the coast of South America.

  4. Inside the Hollow Earth - Admiral Byrd and the inner sun: Lockwood confirms she has been to the inner Earth via astral projection and considers it 'more real than this light.' She says the northern lights come from the inner sun and from northern Shambhala, and endorses the Admiral Byrd story of flying into the hollow Earth as true.

  5. Reptoid cannibals and Ford Tauruses on inner-Earth highways: A caller asks how beings inside the Earth eat and breathe. Lockwood says some are reptoid in nature, eat rarely, and are cannibalistic. Asked about reports of highways down there, she insists you could find an American Ford Taurus on them - a deadpan claim about vanished cars.