Lectures on Ancient Philosophy
by Manly P. Hall
Complete in itself, this volume originated as a commentary and expansion of Manly P. Hall's masterpiece of symbolic philosophy, The Secret Teachings of All Ages.
In Lectures on Ancient Philosophy, Manly P. Hall expands on the philosophical, metaphysical, and cosmological themes introduced in his classic work, The Secret Teachings of All Ages. Hall wrote this volume as a reader's companion to his earlier work, intending it for those wishing to delve more deeply into the esoteric philosophies and ideas that undergird the Secret Teachings. Particular attention is paid to Neoplatonism, ancient Christianity, Rosicrucian and Freemasonic traditions, ancient mysteries, pagan rites and symbols, and Pythagorean mathematics.
About this Edition
First published in 1929-the year after the publication of Hall's magnum opus The Secret Teachings of All Ages, this edition includes the author's original subject index, twenty diagrams prepared under his supervision for the volume, and his 1984 preface, which puts the book in context for the contemporary reader.
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Table of Contents
Preface
Preface to the First Edition
CHAPTER ONE.
The Nature of the Absolute
CHAPTER TWO.
God, the Divine Foundation
CHAPTER THREE.
Illumined Mind, the Universal Savior
CHAPTER FOUR.
The Inferior Creation and Its Regent
CHAPTER FIVE.
The Annihilation of the Sense of Diversity
CHAPTER SIX.
The Disciplines of Salvation
CHAPTER SEVEN.
The Doctrine of Redemption Through Grace
CHAPTER EIGHT.
The Mission of Aesthetics
CHAPTER NINE.
The Cycle of Necessity
CHAPTER TEN.
Pagan Theogony and Cosmogony
CHAPTER ELEVEN.
Mathematics, the Master Science
CHAPTER TWELVE.
Demigods and Supermen
CHAPTER THIRTEEN.
Emerson’s Concept of the Oversoul
CHAPTER FOURTEEN.
Exoteric and Esoteric Knowledge
CHAPTER FIFTEEN.
Symbolism, the Universal Language
CHAPTER SIXTEEN.
Ancient Mystery Rituals
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN.
A Philosophic Consideration of Man
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN.
The Ladder of the Gods
CHAPTER NINETEEN.
Rosicrucian and Masonic Origins
CHAPTER TWENTY.
The Goal of Philosophy
INDEX
About the Author
Books by Manly P. Hall
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Paperback Edition
528 pages.
ISBN: 9781585424320
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About the Author
Manly Palmer Hall (1901 – 1990) was a Canadian writer, lecturer, astrologer, and mystic. Over his 70-year career he gave thousands of lectures and published over 150 volumes, of which the best known is The Secret Teachings of All Ages (1928). In 1934, he founded the Philosophical Research Society in Los Angeles.
