Questions and Answers: Fundamentals of the Esoteric Sciences

by Manly P. Hall

In this volume Mr. Hall addresses a compendium of questions presented to him over a period of many years. His knowledge earned through extensive research of the Ancient Wisdom teachings enables him to give concise answers to reasonable doubts concerning creation, consciousness, miracles, death and after, mystical experiences, the fall of man, suicide, diet, the cabala, and more.

Genres: Spirituality

269 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1985

About the author

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.
He was also the author of a masonic curiosity, The Lost Keys of Freemasonry in 1923, more than thirty years before he joined a lodge. The preface of later editions states "At the time I wrote this slender volume, I had just passed my twenty-first birthday, and my only contact with Freemasonry was through a few books commonly available to the public." Later, in 1944, he wrote The Secret Destiny of America which popularized the myth of a masonic purpose for the founding of the USA. In 1950 he weighed in again on the meaning of Freemasonry with his booklet: Masonic Orders of Fraternity.
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Initiated: June 28, 1954
Passed: September 20, 1954
Raised November 22, 1954
Jewel Lodge No. 374
Source: Grand Lodge of California records ; William R. Denslow, 10,000 Famous Freemasons, vol. ii. Trenton, MO. : Missouri Lodge of Research / Educational Bureau, Royal Arch Mason Magazine, 1958. p. 165.

Reviews

[Mitchell Stern · Rating 3 out of 5]

There’s a lot of things in here that are deeply insightful and pleasantly ahead of their time. There are other parts that are delusional or problematic in modern terms. Overall it’s a great insight into the mind of Manly P. Hall, but definitely worth reading with a critical lens.

[Äsruþr Cyneaþsson · Rating 4 out of 5]

A series of topics, presented in a Q&A format whereby Hall provides an insight and guidance into some of the more profound questions concerned with the nature of being, health, religion, philosophy and magic. Far from being the depth of the seminal 'Secret Teachings...', this remains an essential part of any Hall collection.