Within the House of Records is a large machine that looks similar to a moving picture machine. Before starting the machine in operation our host explained, "through this machine you will be shown what man should do. On the screen you will see a picture of a race of civilization that preceded all these other civilizations on the Earth, but did not go through the channel of destruction as the others have. This race is known as the Triterian race. The only symbol that you have on Earth today of this civilization is a deity called Triton, worshipped by one of your tribes who picture the deity half man and half fish, symbolizing master men over all elements of nature. This race transported itself from Earth to other planets in space ships at a time when they knew the Earth would have to be evacuated, since the section of land which they dwelled upon would be flooded and that way put to rest, while other new lands would come up from beneath the waters. Being masters of nature's elements, and knowing what was about to happen, instead of staying and being destroyed on the Earth, they evacuated themselves to other planets." "One of these days," he continued, "there will be a civilization who will witness the rise of those lands that are now under water and Triteria will be discovered, as far as her cities are concerned, like so many cities of recent civilizations are being discovered by Earth men in these days. Since the Triterian race left the Earth to the present day, there has been an added amount of growth to the Earth in the neighborhood of one hundred foot thickness. The Earth is much heavier now than it was then." "Preceding the Triterians were races of greater achievement yet. There were twenty-four different civilizations prior to the Triton civilization that did not destroy themselves as Lemuria and Atlantea did." "It is only since Lemuria and Atlantea that destruction on Earth by the hands of civilization itself has been taking place. That is the great reason why the Earth people are so far behind the others, even though their planet is the third oldest in the system. Mars, for example, is younger than the Earth and yet the people there are thirty thousand years ahead of you on Earth in development. This is because Mars has only had two such destructions which were caused by the hands of their civilizations." "Now it looks like the Earth is going to have another destruction, for the present civilization is getting very smart, developing fast in the mechanical field but without wisdom in the way of living. Instead of having wisdom, egotistic exaltation has taken a lead, and it is that very thing that destroyed Atlantea."