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The Secret Teachings Of All Ages
The Secret Teachings Of All Ages | Manly P. Hall
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For once, a book which really lives up to its title. Hall self-published this massive tome in 1928, consisting of about 200 legal-sized pages in 8 point type; it is literally his magnum opus. Each of the nearly 50 chapters is so dense with information that it is the equivalent of an entire short book. If you read this book in its entirety you will be in a good position to dive into subjects such as the Qabbala, Alchemy, Tarot, Ceremonial Magic, Neo-Platonic Philosophy, Mystery Religions, and the theory of Rosicrucianism and Freemasonry. Although there are some questionable and controversial parts of the book, such as the outdated material on Islam, the portion on the Bacon-Shakespeare hypothesis, and Hall's conspiracy theory of history as driven by an elite cabal of roving immortals, they are far out-weighed by the comprehensive information here on other subjects.
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denbightaylorbeedle
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This book is apart of a duo. The other being called The Lectures on Ancient Philosophy (which I have not read yet).
Manly P Hall was a freemason who wrote a handful of books in his time, each steeped in occult symbolism and a historical belief system passed down through initates of the mysteries.

This book in particular is more of a dictionary than a book.

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Jag3630 😍 7y
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Late post for #septphotochallenge on #weirdbooks day! So many visitors to our Shoebox look at our shelves and ask two questions: "Why do you have so many books?" And "Why do you have THOSE books?" while pointing out some of our more eccentric or unfashionable schools of thought. We answer, "It's what we do. We read and know things."