The Secret Teachings of All Ages : An Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic, and Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy

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Summary: Secret to the Path of knowledge
Review: Looking to the East I would say this is the tool that open the door to the next level of progress. To study the occult is to learn what the profane has no understanding of. The next cycle of life is within reach if you Ask,Seek,Knock. Manley Palmer Hall Was known to mankind as the Professor of knowledge which has been past down only through the true mystic of our time. To my Masonic brother this material needs to be included in your current library as the most important book written. To become a truth Adept you would need to travel to the next level of time unknown to the profane. The masonic tree leads to knowledge unknown to the profane. Manley Palmer Hall open the door to mankind you are given the key to the inner circle of the knowledge. But to become a true Adept you would have to leave the material world and open your eyes to the divine Knowledge. This leads to several degree not written by the profane. To the brothers of light continue to seek and yea shall find since Mr. Hall chose the tree of life at a early age, he was able to travel from the East to the West to share this wonderful knowledge with all of mankind.

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Summary: Brilliant - but just the beginning
Review: Manly P Hall fulfilled an important mission: to inspire the people of North America, to point out the unmistable presence of a Secret Doctrine and Tradition, and to lay the foundation for the Revelation of that teaching. This book is the spear-point that he used to break through the first line of combat. But Manly Hall was NOT authorized to reveal the teaching itself, and while this book is incredible in it's beauty and comprehensiveness, it does not and cannot reveal directly the practical and essential nature of the teachings. There is no doubt whatsoever that Manly Hall knew and worked with the Mercury, the Salt and the Sulphur. There is no doubt that he worked with the Fire. There is no mistaking the knowledge of a true Alchemist. Read this book, study it, absorb it; it will prepare your mind and heart to comprehend the Real Knowledge when you see it - but to recognize that true knowledge you must be sincere and humble. Arrogance and pride will keep the doors closed to you. It is unfortunate that these qualities are so enthusiastically encouraged by our modern culture, qualities that every genuine Master strictly condemns. Be humble when searching for Wisdom, and having found it, be more humble still. To discover the essential and practical knowledge that Manly Hall pointed toward, read the works of Samael Aun Weor available at the Gnostic Institute zshop here on Amazon.com.

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Summary: An excellent summary of a wealth of knowledge and belief.
Review: Manly P. Hall here offers us a glimpse of some of the most difficult and interesting topics, ranging from the Egyptian Pyramids, to the Apocolypse. He has found information and writtings of people spanning centuries, from different cultures and in many different languages. This is a HIGHLY enjoyable work for anyone interested in the OCCULT, or interested in any aspect of the symbolism of mythology and religon. ;+) Buy it! It's wonderful.

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Summary: Compendium of the Secret Teachings/Symbols of the Ages
Review: Manly P. Halls' magnum opus. This book historically depicts the secret teachings and symbols veiled from common man (and only revealed to initiates of the secret schools)throughout history. Another book by Manly P. Hall that is mandatory reading is "What the Ancient Wisdom Expects of its Disciples". Other recommended authors/books for those on the path are; the books by Vera Stanley Alder, Rudolph Steiner, Alice Bailey, Mark Hedsel ("ZELATOR"), Three Initiates ("KYBALION"), Peter Tompkins ("Secret Life of Nature"), and Sri Chinmoy ("Meditation"). Then those on the path can join the Rosicrucians (AMORC).

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Summary: Non plus ultra
Review: Never, to my knowledge, has such a compendium of wisdom and knowledge been revealed to the public. Like Isaac Asimov, another prodigious genius of our century, Manly Palmer Hall boggles my mind; I stand in awe of such a mentality. How is it possible for one man to know so much? (And without a computer!) From wherever his brilliance derived, there is nonesuch alive today, and the greater our loss for it. Our treasure is the inheritance of this one book among many of his, The Secret Teachings of All Ages. I have used this book for reference and for study when I felt I was being boondoggled by other occultists. I always felt I could trust him even when he stepped around sensitive questions that may have revealed too much. I owe this man a very great debt.

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Summary: An excellent text for the novice as well as the adept
Review: The Encyclopedia... is perhaps one of the greatest of magical texts to be in print in this day and age. It is well written enough to be of insight for the novice, and as in the tradition of "The Most Holy Trinosophia"-St.Germain, it is written also in the multi level way, so it is of use to the adept as well. A most valuable text.

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Summary: SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES - What a lovely book!
Review: The Secret Teachings of All Ages is truly an encyclopedic volume, richly illustrated with masonic, hermetic, qabbalistic and rosicrucian symbolism (the illustrations are breathtaking) and philosophical interpretations.

While the book covers wide range of topics, it essentially follows the path of Western esoteric traditions - all the way back from Egypt and Greece, through the famous European alchemists (St. Germain and Nicholas Flammel), and onward to Rosicrucians - as can be expected from the title, but it briefly touches upon symbolism from Islam and Amrican Indian symbolism.




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Summary: secret teachings of all ages
Review: There are a handful of books that contain the essense of knowledge of mankind. The Secret Teachings is one of those. Combine it with Blavatsky's Secret Doctine and Isis Unveiled, Alice Bailey's Treatise on Cosmic Fire, and Douglas Baker's Dictionary of Astrology for the 21st Century, and you have a full house.

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Summary: Only the beginning
Review: This beautiful book introduces the reader into the incredible variety of manifestations that were used in the past to transmit the secret doctrine of the awakening of the consciousness. But Mr. Hall was not authorized to reveal the secrets themselves, and without the keys this book will remain an enigma to even the most well-read student. However, there came a man who was authorized to reveal the inner teachings, in order that all who want to awaken the consciousness may do so while there is still time. The essential text that contains this knowledge is The Perfect Matrimony by V.M. Samael Aun Weor.

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Summary: INVITATION TO THE MYSTERIES
Review: This book changed my life. It introduced me to a more profound way of approching "religion" problems and inconsistencies. The book first overviews the prevailing materialistic philosophies, and then outlines the elements of secret knowledge residing in what might otherwise appear to be but psychological archetypes in the mythic tradition, the misunderstanding of which has given rise to materialistic philosophy. But there is indeed more to our western traditions than is generally realized. Inside the myths and allegories of all ages is a truth that very few appreciate. This book outlines in lucid detail, those truths that the world desperately needs, and that have been destroyed by time, wars and arrogance, and consolidates them under one cover. The books physical beauty alone makes it one of the most impressive books ever published. The plates make great meditation mandalas. The bibliography list is devoted to source works that have been neglected--many still not in print or even translated. To actually read the book is equivalent to a college course in the mysteries systems of antiquity, which were indeed the first schools in the historical record. The book is but an outline focusing on the "occidental" mysteries..but a very profound one. Not since the Secret Doctrine of Blavatsky had a book so comprehensibly melded the western tradition. And not since has a book come close to this one, first published in 1928.