Why would William Scott Elliot create a pseudoscientific story about Atlantis?

Johnny Harris theorizes that Elliot genuinely believed in his Atlantis narrative, rather than creating it for profit or to dupe people. Like many of us, Elliot constructed a worldview that helped explain mysteries he couldn't understand, using both rational and spiritual means to make sense of the world. Harris suggests that Elliot's map of Atlantis represents a common human tendency to create explanatory frameworks, though his particular creation combined pseudoscience with spiritual revelations while appearing scientific. This reflects how people often blend different knowledge systems to construct meaningful narratives about our past.