Mount Shasta is a dormant volcano rising 14,179 feet in the Cascade Range of Northern California. The mountain is composed of four major volcanic cones built of layers or strata—each one created in its own eruptive period and overlapping with the others. There is a fifth cone, the Red Fir Cone, which outcrops lower on the mountain at 6340 feet and is often referred to as ‘Ancestral Mt. Shasta’ with rocks dated back about 590,000 years. (Most of what can be seen is less than 200,000 years old.) In comparison, the Shastina cone is only about 9700 years old and the last eruption was about 200 years ago from the Hotlum cone.
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The Cascade Range is part of “The Ring of Fire”, a chain of volcanic arc and trenches that border tectonic plates, so it’s no wonder that those that are sensitive to earth energies feel an intensity in this area. It is also not unusual for Native Americans to gravitate towards these energies. In fact, Shasta is a modernized spelling of “Sastise” the name used by Klamath Indians to describe an enemy tribe on the other side of the mountain; suggesting that they regarded the peak both as protection and a power source. The mountain was first summited in 1854 by Elias Davisson Pierce and party. Author Joaquin Miller spent four years in the area and John Muir survived an overnight snowstorm on the summit in 1875. Did any of these people, see or hear anything unusual? If they did, they didn’t report on it. However, advance to 1987 and Shasta was labeled a power point site for the Harmonic Convergence—the first synchronized peace meditation. Many consider the mountain to be one of the Seven Sacred Mountains of the World and Native Americans consider the area to be a place of balance between earth and the universe.
So, where did all the speculation begin about mystic temples hidden within the mountain and the advanced Lemurian civilization that is believed to live there? Well, it started with a teenager—a resident of Yreka—Frederick Spenser Oliver and his book ‘A Dweller on Two Planets’. Oliver wrote about mystical beings, sacred brotherhoods, temples, mysterious lights, and spaceships, but he insisted that he was not the author, but was channeled by ‘Phylos the Thibetan’. Oliver died at the young age of 33 and the book was published posthumously in 1905 by his mother and a group of friends.
Then, the ball seems to have been picked up again in 1931 when Wishar Spenle Cerve (pseudonym of Harvey Spencer Lewis) wrote and published through the Rosicrucian Order, ‘Lemuria, The Lost Continent of the Pacific: The Mystery People of Mount Shasta’. Cerve wrote that Lemurians were tall, graceful, and agile, with larger heads and much larger foreheads than average humans. If you peruse the local bookshops you will come across many accounts of Lemurians coming into town for supplies, often paying with gold nuggets. It was these stories that spurred the metaphysical tourism that is still prevalent today.
In 1934 author Guy Warren Ballard (pen name Godfre Ray King) wrote a memoir, ‘Unveiled Mysteries’, describing his meeting with “Saint Germain” on Mount Shasta. Yes, this is the same Saint Germain who worked at the Court of France during the French Revolution. His wife, Edna (after her husband’s death in 1940) continued to publish information about these encounters for the “I AM” movement and the group she formed continues to visit Mount Shasta.
There is so much written, filmed, and presented about Mount Shasta—the list of information is endless and easily accessed on-line. However, the one account that struck me as valid and unexplainable is the widely reported incident of a 3-year-old boy. In September 2011, a 3-year-old-boy and his dog wandered off from Fowler’s Campground at McCloud Falls, which is down the hill from Shasta sparking a desperate search of the area. The dog was found, wet and cold, but alive near some rapids. The search continued on the assumption the toddler might have been swept away in the rapids. Local news covered the search and the boy was found. However, his rescue came with an interesting story of being captured by a robot and taken to a creepy place. He described a cave and a woman, a grandmother, who told him he was from outer space and he was placed in his mother’s womb. This same woman took the boy back to the river and told him to wait for the searchers, which he did and was found. Most people dismiss the story as an over-active imagination of a small boy. However, it’s interesting that the dog was found first, alone, and the boy appeared later. Hmmm.
Finally, Pluto’s Cave, north of the mountain was prehistorically occupied by Native Americans and after the gold rush, secret societies conducted initiations and rituals there. Today many believe that it is a portal into Inner Earth and an underground secret city. The cave is managed by Klamath National Forest and is a lava tube that can be hiked into for approximated 1200 feet. The cave itself is larger than those found in the Hawaiian Islands. There are multiple lava flows visible in the cave walls. Most expert on the supernatural nature of Shasta and these tubes is author, Dustin Naef, who says that numerous hikers have reported seeing people literally walk into the rocks walls and disappear, presumably to enter the Hollow Earth and possibly the secret city of “Telos”.
Critics and skeptics argue that the Lemurian legend and the idea of an underground city beneath Mount Shasta are nothing more than imaginative folklore and unsubstantiated claims. They point out the lack of concrete evidence and scientific support for these beliefs. Skeptics argue that the stories surrounding the Lemurians and the Subterranean City of Mount Shasta are primarily based on subjective experiences, personal anecdotes, and channeled information, which are difficult to verify or validate.
Despite the lack of empirical evidence, the allure of the Lemurian legend and the Subterranean City of Mount Shasta persists. For believers, the stories offer a sense of wonder, hope, and spiritual inspiration. They find solace in the idea that there may be a hidden realm of enlightenment and higher consciousness accessible to those who seek it. The myth of the Lemurians and Mount Shasta also serves as a metaphorical representation of humanity’s longing for a more harmonious and spiritually connected existence. One thing that is undeniable is that Mount Shasta exudes power—physical and spiritual power. How each of us use nature’s power is an individual preference, but it will not and cannot be denied.
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College of the Siskiyous Library
Mount Shasta Fact Sheet
