Occult Literature
The Destruction of Pompeii
Streaks of light cut across a dense dark sky above crowded buildings and a turbulent foreground. The caption identifies the destruction of Pompeii. Donnelly reproduces the disaster scene in Atlantis: The Antediluvian World while discussing catastrophic changes to the earth. The engraving visualises that named historical disaster; it is distinct from the lost-continent hypothesis argued elsewhere in the book.
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Illustrator not identified. "The Destruction of Pompeii" [editorial title]. In Atlantis: The Antediluvian World, Ignatius Donnelly. Eleventh edition, undated imprint; copyright 1882, undated edition, Harper & Brothers. Source scan leaf 51. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0071-0049
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Illustrator not identified. The Destruction of Pompeii. Atlantis: The Antediluvian World. Scan leaf 51. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0071-0049