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The Secret Teachings of All Ages
A Best Seller Since 1928 Over 1 Million Copies in Print
Discover the Secrets within the Symbolic Figures, Allegories, Oral Traditions, and Rituals of Mankind.
Twenty-Five Centuries of Wisdom
This contemporary classic of ancient wisdom concentrates the time-tested jewels of mystical experience into one exemplary source. World-reknowned expert Manly P. Hall explores the inne
Paperback, 254 pages
Published
June 28th 1978
by Philosophical Research Society
(first published 1977)
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I've actually read and re-read this book- in sum and in sections- many, many times. Totally comprehensive, interesting, with an insanely useful bibliography. Good for anyone interested in the supernatural, occult, or secret societies.
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One of the best collection of esoteric material. You can also find this book online, so check out sections and see if it interests you.
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Of all the books I have read by Manly P. Hall I'd say all of them are great reads, some have a little more difficulty than others but some have such a profound and beautiful sequence of thought/thinking/meditating that they seem almost to easy to read. He has a wonderful way of building concepts which help me understand many puzzling ideas now and from long ago as in the Ancient Philosophers'. I really enjoy MPH, style too. :) greg
After reading the Lost Keys of Freemasonry I jumped into Manly P. Hall epic research into The Secret Teachings of All Ages. It is a great book to initiate someone into the world of religions and beliefs;more particularly those who are interested into the mystical side of religions would benefit from reading this book.
Ok this would be one of those rare occasions where I actually type a review on one of my books. My friends have asked me this one question.
Out of all my books on the occult, magick and things that are suppose to elevate the human conscience. What book would I recomend to explain it ALL.
I would have to say this book. No question about it. Mr. Hall can put into everyday language the facts. There is no judgement calls in any of his writings. This book was his first and fine...more
Out of all my books on the occult, magick and things that are suppose to elevate the human conscience. What book would I recomend to explain it ALL.
I would have to say this book. No question about it. Mr. Hall can put into everyday language the facts. There is no judgement calls in any of his writings. This book was his first and fine...more
I didn't read all of the book, nor will I anytime soon. It's a good book to have in your library for reference or simply for those days when you want to read all day long. It worries me that the author himself is a 33 degree mason though.
The essence of Manly Hall's writings. Full of delights and treats. No part is definitive for the whole is extraordinarily eclectic. However, there is much here for the so called student of the mysteries.
Still haven't gotten through every page. Hall is a philosopher rather than an occultist. It is good to see every aspect and view of the mysteries, masonry, R.C., magic, etc.
Fantastic book on Mysticism. I have a really old leather bound edition with amazing illustrations. It always fascinated me as a child. A really interesting read.
One of those weird books you just have to have if you are seriously into the Occult. Hall was a 33rd degree Mason and it seems to be slanted towards Masonic symbolism.
It's more a resource then a sit-down read cover-cover book. So I am keeping it as such as recommended by my Egypt 2006 trip friend Kim.
I put this on Kindle so I don't break my arm lugging it around. It was very interesting, but of little practical use to me.
Insightful... don't agree with all of it but helped me get a start on spiritualiity
i can come back to this book time and time again and pick something new up.
Wow! Manly Hall's ability to gather, explain and present these complex and ancient traditions in one comprehensive book is amazing. He has helped me to understand how important the mystery schools and their proponents were in establishing the foundation for our current cultural imprint. Though most of their rituals, messages and doctrines have been visually hidden from the "everyman," they are nonetheless imbedded in our psyche and are being activated into consciousness by the curre...more
I am loving this book so far.
Right up my alley with information.
Right up my alley with information.
This is a book that I could probably read and re-read for the rest of my life. It is very informative with a different perspective then the norm. It looks at history with a different light but it is not for everyone. It is full of variety of ancient knowledge
Always flipping back and forth. Amazing book!
5 stars for the educational value alone.
Brilliant!
Still reading
amazing shit.
A penultimate work in the history of the occult!
A bit heady at times, but definitely a work to have in one's collection.
A bit heady at times, but definitely a work to have in one's collection.
I took 2 years and a half reading this, and it was worth every year. It's an encyclopedia of ancient spiritual knowledge. It is a blessed antidote for the materialist dystopia we moderns call "civilization."
While interesting, it is hard to take as a genuine scholarly work. He jumps to too many conclusions too easily and makes some plainly outlandish statements. It's hard to see this work as being taken all that seriously by anybody who does not already agree with him.
Update: for now, putting it on hold while the semester is going on.
Update: for now, putting it on hold while the semester is going on.
the greatest feat of the esoteric *ever*. any bookshelf should have a full-sized edition with all color illustrations in it, and though several of the author's assessments (who wrote this massive piece of research at a *very* young age) have since proved dated, it only bolsters this as a work of history all the more.
It's all here, Kabbalah, Tarot cards, numerology... Sacred devices formed when the world was in a purer state. You can scoff all you like but, the former civilizations knew far more than we can grasp from Entertainment Tonight!
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anyone interested in philosophy, symbolism, or comparative religion
Re: esoteric philosophies, you can't do much better than Manly Hall. This is an outstanding encyclopedia of all things mysterious.
Packed with information but written in such a disorganized, semi-schizophrenic style that I had a hard time learning anything.
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Canadian born, Manly Palmer Hall is the author of over 150 published works, the best known of which are Initiates of the Flame, The Story of Healing, The Divine Art,Aliens Magick and Sorcery The Secret Teachings of All Ages, and An Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy.
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