Talk:James Churchward

Mu and Atlantis is not the same

The name Mu refers to an ancient land in the Pacific, whereas Atlantis is said to lay in the Atlantic Ocean.

90.185.60.68 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 13:40, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Discussing "Claims and hypothesis"

Although James' literary works with regards to the "Lost Continent of Mu", et. al. are a reason for his entry, this section should be removed and discussed under the heading of "The Lost Continent of Mu" entry.

Discussing "Scientific Rebuttal"

This section should also be moved into the entry for "The Lost Continent of Mu"

Discussing "Authors of the name"

This has no place in the biography of James Churchward. First, because it involves other people and secondly, LePlongeon used the term "Moo" or "Mu" to denote the Yucatan and not a lost continent in the Pacific.

Additional text to be added

1. James' life between his marriage (1871) and his arrival in the US (1880s) will be based on personal family correspondence.

2. James' life after his arrival in the US (as a salesman, inventor, fisherman, etc.) will be based on materials from the original typewritten version of "My Friend Churchey"by Percy Tate Griffith.

3. James' life after he was awarded an enormous settlement for patent infringement (1914) until he died in 1936 will consist of materials from "My Friend Churchey", personal correspondence, his scrapbooks and other data.

Jchurchward (talk) 21:47, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Would you be willing to scan the relevant personal correspondence and post it in an accessible area online? If so, they would be reasonably reliable references for the purposes they're used for, and might gives others enough information to expand the article, though formal disinterested references would certainly be better. Until then, this article is unsourced and it's impossible to verify your personal references. In the meantime, I'll get Tuck's encyclopedia from my library. Foxyshadis^(talk) 01:56, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Colonel???

Was he an actual Colonel? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.8.98.118 (talk) 11:48, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

There is a two-part podcast that was produced in 2010 that attempts to address this question. Aptly named "Did James Churchward Earn the Rank of Colonel" parts 1 and 2 which reaches the conclusion that James was NOT a Colonel and did not earn that rank. Jchurchward (talk) 07:19, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

References

I have today reverted an addition made by Luc Lad that claims he was a Colonel but did not provide a reliable source for that assertion. If there is such a source, the information could be included. Mike Turnbull (talk) 18:15, 14 February 2023 (UTC)