Manly P. Hall
Manly Palmer Hall
(18 March 1901 - 29 August 1990)
A world-renowned authority on philosophy, comparative religion and the esoteric doctrines of antiquity.
Founded the Philosophical Research Society in 1934 as a non-profit organization dedicated to the ensoulment of all arts, sciences, and crafts.
He was a Canadian-born author and mystic.
He is perhaps most famous for his work -
The Secret Teachings of All Ages — An Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic and Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy , published in 1928 at the age of 26, which is widely regarded as his magnum opus.
On 8th December 1973, he was recognized as a 33 degree Mason (the highest honor conferred by the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite) - at a ceremony held at PRS - despite never being initiated into the physical craft.
In his over 70-year career, Mr. Hall authored more than 150 books and essays, and delivered over 8000 lectures in the U.S. and abroad, in his multi-faceted role as a teacher of the universal laws through which the creating principle manifests itself.
Art and Aesthetics
Art and Aesthetics
— Lectures by Manly P. Hall
1 - Creative Self-Expression the Lost Art
2 - Each Art and Science Has a Moral Structure of Its Own
3 - Therapeutic Value of the Great Art
4 - Pythagoras on the Therapeutic Value of Music
5 - Music of Comte de St. Germain
Ancient Mysteries and Secret Societies
Ancient Mysteries and Secret Societies
— Lectures by Manly P. Hall
1 - Atlantis and the Gods of Antiquity
2 - Golden Verses of Pythagoras
3 - Initiation of the Pyramid
4 - Secret Societies in the Modern World
5 - Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Alchemy of Attitudes
Alchemy of Attitudes
— Lectures by Manly P. Hall
1 - Alchemy As a Key to Social Regeneration
2 - Esoteric Alchemy - Transformation of Attitudes
3 - Transformation Mystery - Alchemy of Attitudes
Zen Concept
The Zen Concept of Intensity Without Tension
— Lectures by Manly P. Hall
1 - The Pressure Mechanism and How It Operates
2 - Pressures Arising from Personality Conflicts
3 - Pressures Arising from Family Relationships
4 - Pressure Associated with Maturity and Advancing Years
5 - Pressures Arising from Environment and World Conditions
Worlds in Transition
Worlds in Transition
— Lectures by Manly P. Hall
1 - Religion Beyond Dogma
2 - Science Beyond Materialism
3 - Philosophy Beyond Doctrine
4 - History Beyond Tradition
5 - Education Beyond Authority
Wisdom
The Wisdom Series
— Lectures by Manly P. Hall
1 - The Challenge of Forever Becoming
2 - The Wonder World of Words
3 - From Knowledge to Wisdom
4 - From Wisdom to Understanding
5 - Faiths That Lead to Certainties
6 - Now, a Moment in Eternity
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Unseen Forces that Affect our Lives
Unseen Forces that Affect our Lives
— Lectures by Manly P. Hall
1 - The Living Universe Beyond Our Sensory Perceptions
2 - Demonism in the 20th Century
3 - Obsession and Spirit Possession
4 - Thought Forces and Psychic Ghosts
5 - Secret Powers and Why We Should Not Use Them
Universe According to Esoteric Philosophy
The Universe According to Esoteric Philosophy
— Lectures by Manly P. Hall
1 - Of Creation & the Gods
2 - Of the Universe and Its Laws
3 - Of the Sun & Its Planets
4 - Of Nature & Its Kingdoms
5 - Of Man - His Origin & Destiny
Symbolism of the Great Operas
Symbolism of the Great Operas
— Lectures by Manly P. Hall
1 - Builders of World Peace "The Ring of the Niebelugs" - the Karmic Cycle That Cannot Be Broken
2 - "Parsival & Lohengrin" - Esoteric Schools in the Christian World
3 - "Faust" - Fall & Resurrection of the Human Soul
4 - "The Magic Flute" - the Return of Masonic Initiation to the Modern World
5 - The Meistersingers of Nuremburg
Self-Unfoldment
Studies in Self-Unfoldment
— Lectures by Manly P. Hall
1 - Inward Perception
2 - The Practice of Concentration
3 - The Discipline of Retrospection
4 - The Mystery of the Transcendental Personality
5 - Realization As Illumination