Matias De Stefano’s Teachings on Atlantis, Lemuria, and Ancient Civilizations

The Cosmic Context: Galactic History Before Earth

Before discussing Atlantis, De Stefano’s framework begins with a galactic history stretching back millions of years. According to his memories, the universe is populated with intelligent civilizations across many star systems. The Elohim — beings he describes as “the powerful ones” — were vast spherical bodies of consciousness that began dividing themselves like cells in a cosmic womb, splitting into thousands upon thousands of differentiated aspects. These divisions created what became known as the Archangels, each carrying a different ray of light and color, functioning as architects of creation.

As intelligent life flourished throughout the galaxy, a Galactic Confederation was born out of necessity — functioning like a United Nations of the cosmos. Its purpose was to collaborate on the enduring evolution of consciousness in the third dimension, helping planets grow toward harmony with the larger process of evolution established by the Elohim. Among the key civilizations involved were beings from Arcturus and the Pleiades, who helped nurture both physical and spiritual life.

However, not all galactic forces were aligned in cooperation. De Stefano introduces what he calls the Orion Wars — a great battle between the Galactic Confederation and Draconian forces seeking to control an interdimensional portal in the constellation of Orion. This conflict over cosmic resources and the direction of evolution would eventually ripple down to Earth and influence the development of human civilization.

The Coming of the Alithir and the Birth of Lemuria

According to De Stefano, approximately 200,000 years ago, beings he calls the Alithir came to Earth with a specific mission: to raise the vibration of the planet and code its water with higher dimensional frequencies. These beings settled on three Pacific islands surrounded by four great deserts, positioning themselves to watch over the burgeoning humanity and work with what De Stefano describes as the main portal of the planet — the location where the moon had crashed into Earth in the distant past.

This settlement became the civilization known as Mu, or Lemuria. The Lemurians developed a culture deeply focused on spirituality, harmony with nature, and the inner development of consciousness. They were guardians of the planet’s spiritual energy, working in alignment with the natural world rather than seeking to dominate it. Their civilization was oriented toward communion with the Earth and the cultivation of higher states of awareness.

De Stefano describes Lemuria as a civilization that understood the interconnectedness of all life and sought to maintain balance within the planetary ecosystem. They worked with the natural portals of the Earth and developed an intimate understanding of the planet’s energy systems.

The Arrival of the Anunnaki and the Seeds of Atlantis

Around the same period, another group of beings entered the story: the Anunnaki. De Stefano describes them as giant beings from a dying planet who settled in the Middle East approximately 200,000 years ago. Their initial motivations were survival-oriented, but their presence on Earth initiated a profound transformation of human evolution.

The Anunnaki interacted with early humans and, through interbreeding and genetic manipulation, helped accelerate the development of human consciousness and physical form. From this interaction emerged a new type of human — beings who carried both terrestrial and extraterrestrial DNA.

A pivotal figure in De Stefano’s account is Poseidon (also called Talyn), an Anunnaki who protected and relocated 12 mixed-race children or families from the Middle East, through the Mediterranean, to the Atlantic Ocean. This migration was undertaken to escape dominance by other Anunnaki factions. These 12 families became the foundation of what would grow into the greatest civilization in Earth’s forgotten history: Atlantis.

The 12 Families and the Structure of Atlantis

Atlantis was established on a main island divided into 12 regions, each governed by one of the original families. These families were descendants of both Arcturians and Anunnaki, and they were given their regions not to rule but to serve as guides — guardians of stellar and cosmic information. Each family was connected to one of 12 dimensional portals linked to different constellations.

Through a treaty between the Arcturians and the Aessir (another group of cosmic beings), these “sons and daughters of the stars” were established as the 12 families of Atlantis, each carrying specific knowledge and responsibilities. They functioned as intermediaries between humanity and the greater cosmos, maintaining the connections between Earth’s portal system and the galactic network.

De Stefano describes Atlantis not as a mere technological society but as a spiritual experiment — an attempt to merge higher-dimensional consciousness with physical existence on Earth. The Atlanteans sought to create a civilization where divine energy flowed through every aspect of daily life, from their architecture to their language to their social organization.

Life in Ancient Atlantis

De Stefano shares detailed memories from what he describes as a past life in the Atlantean colony of Khem, located along the Nile River in what is now Egypt. He recalls living as a woman during the earliest days of Atlantis — a time not of spaceships and crystal technologies, but of humanity first learning how to build a thriving civilization.

Daily life in Atlantis was characterized by a deep connection to the spiritual dimensions of reality. The Atlanteans did not use written language in the way we understand it today. Nothing was written down; there was no writing on the walls. Instead, priests would chant sacred texts from memory, and others would repeat them. Knowledge was transmitted through oral tradition, vibration, and direct energetic transfer.

The civilization was organized around the understanding that consciousness creates reality. Their “technology” was not mechanical in our modern sense but was based on the manipulation of frequency, sound, and vibration. They used these forces to build structures, heal the body, communicate across distances, and maintain their connection with higher-dimensional beings.

The Atlantean Technology of Portals

One of the most significant aspects of Atlantean civilization, according to De Stefano, was their understanding and use of natural portals — interdimensional gateways that allowed connection with greater cosmic wisdom. These portals were not artificial constructions but natural features of the Earth’s energy grid that the Atlanteans learned to activate and maintain.

The portal technology connected Atlantis to different star systems and dimensions, allowing the flow of information, energy, and potentially even beings between worlds. The temples and pyramids built across the Atlantean world were designed to amplify and direct these portal energies, creating a network that spanned the entire planet.

Season 3 of De Stefano’s “Initiation” series focuses extensively on this portal technology, explaining how by learning about these ancient systems, modern humans can access their own potential for advanced evolution.

The Tension Between Atlantis and Lemuria

While the Lemurians focused on spirituality, harmony with nature, and inner development, the Atlanteans began developing technologies aimed at understanding and potentially controlling the forces of creation. These fundamental differences in approach — inner contemplation versus outer manipulation — eventually led to tensions between the two civilizations.

De Stefano describes a war that brought about the end of the Mu civilization on Earth. The fall of Lemuria initiated the rise of the Atlantean empire across the whole world, as Atlantis became the dominant global civilization. The loss of Lemuria’s balancing influence would prove significant in the eventual trajectory of Atlantean civilization.

The Fall of Atlantis

Contrary to the dramatic myth of Atlantis disappearing in a single catastrophic day, De Stefano teaches that the decline of Atlantis was a gradual process spanning approximately a thousand years. Multiple factors converged to bring about the end of this civilization.

The primary physical cause was a shift in Earth’s magnetic poles from south to north, which caused the northern hemisphere to warm and ice to begin melting. Over centuries, sea levels rose steadily, earthquakes became more frequent, and the stability of the Atlantean island homeland was progressively undermined.

A comet impact altered the climate further, leading to economic and social upheaval. As conditions deteriorated, the colonies of Atlantis began seeking independence from the central power. The unified empire fragmented under the pressure of environmental catastrophe and internal political division.

The famous “single day” destruction was actually a specific event within this longer decline: an earthquake in Africa caused a large segment of the continental shelf to slip into the ocean, generating a tsunami. While not as enormous as myth has made it, this event was the final blow. De Stefano says that what happened in one day was not the physical destruction but a decision — the day the tsunami struck was when the remaining leaders acknowledged that the age of Atlantis was over.

The survivors dispersed across the world, carrying fragments of Atlantean knowledge with them. The colony of Khem, along the Nile, became one of the primary inheritors of Atlantean wisdom, eventually developing into what we know as ancient Egypt.

Khem: The New Atlantis and the Egyptian Legacy

The colony of Khem held particular significance in De Stefano’s account. Located along the Nile River, it became a repository of Atlantean knowledge and spiritual practice. The temples built along the Nile were designed to emulate the structure of the universe and create a path of initiation — a series of stations aligned with the chakra system that an initiate would progress through to achieve spiritual awakening.

De Stefano describes how the temples along the Nile corresponded to different chakra points, forming an Earth-scale initiation path. As an initiate traveled from temple to temple, they would open the portals of wisdom within themselves, activating their own dimensional awareness in a sequence that mirrored the cosmic structure.

The 12 families of Atlantis found their echo in the 12 deities of Egypt, and the Atlantean understanding of portals, sacred geometry, and dimensional consciousness was preserved in Egyptian temple architecture, ritual practice, and spiritual tradition.

The Broader Pattern: Why Ancient Civilizations Matter Now

De Stefano’s purpose in recounting these histories is not merely to satisfy curiosity about the past. He teaches that understanding the rise and fall of these ancient civilizations reveals patterns directly relevant to humanity’s current situation. The tensions between spiritual development and technological power, between unity and separation, between service to the whole and service to self — these are the same challenges humanity faces today.

The Atlantean experiment demonstrated both the extraordinary potential and the grave dangers of merging higher consciousness with physical existence. The fall of Atlantis was not simply a natural disaster but a consequence of losing balance — of allowing technological capability to outpace spiritual maturity.

As humanity enters what De Stefano identifies as a new transition period, the lessons of Atlantis become urgently relevant. The knowledge preserved in ancient temples, sacred sites, and the Akashic Records is resurfacing precisely because humanity needs it now — not to recreate Atlantis, but to learn from its mistakes and build something that incorporates both the spiritual wisdom of Lemuria and the creative power of Atlantis without repeating the catastrophic imbalance that destroyed both.

Connections Across Civilizations

De Stefano’s framework connects numerous ancient civilizations into a coherent narrative. The megalithic structures found worldwide — from the pyramids of Egypt to Stonehenge to the temples of South America — are all, in his view, remnants of a once-connected global network established during the Atlantean period. These structures were not independent inventions but nodes in a planetary system designed to manage Earth’s energy grid, maintain portal connections, and facilitate the evolution of consciousness.

The similarities in mythology, architecture, and spiritual practice found across seemingly unconnected ancient cultures are explained in this framework as memories of a common Atlantean heritage, preserved through oral tradition, encoded in stone, and maintained by lineages of initiates who carried the ancient knowledge forward through the ages until humanity was ready to remember.