All the talk of moving the island got me thinking about an island I remember hearing about (a fictional one - maybe lol) which was able to move around and so avoid being discovered. I had a quick look to see if I could find it on the net and found this instead on wikipedia.

"Laputa is a fictional place from the book Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift.
Laputa is a fictional flying island or rock with an adamantine base, that can be maneuvered by its inhabitants in any direction using magnetic levitation."

Maybe could explain how the island is able to be 'moved' given its extraordinary magnetic properties.

p.s I think it was Delos in Greek mythology I was thinking of.

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Cool find, I think this has potential.

Wikipedia goes on to say:

The population of the island mainly consists of educated people, who are fond of mathematics, astronomy, music and technology, but fail to make practical use of their knowledge (the rest are their servants). They had mastered magnetic levitation and discovered the two moons of Mars (which in reality would not be discovered for another 150 years), but couldn't construct well-designed clothing or buildings - reason for this being that measurements are taken with instruments such as quadrants and a compass rather than with tapes. It is a male-dominated society; often, the wives of these men request to leave the island to visit the land below. However, these requests are almost never granted because the women never want to come back voluntarily.

Kind of Dharmaish?

When I read floating island I immediately thought of the comic book cover Richard Alpert showed to Kid Locke!

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some recent posts and interesting links on the subject, also on
Move the island?

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Reading that part about magnetic levitation sounds right on for the Lost island... there are unusual magnetic properties to the island, aren't there?

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`Dear, dear! How queer everything is to-day! And yesterday things went on just as usual. I wonder if I've been changed in the night? Let me think: was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I'm not the same, the next question is, Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle!'

-- Alice, from “Alice’s Adventure’s in Wonderland”