The Human Body in Symbolism for Secret Teachings of All Ages

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THESECRETTEACHINGSOF ALLAGES

by Manly P. Hall

[1928, copyright notrenewed]

Contents Start Reading For once, a book which really lives up to its title. Hall self-published this massive tomein 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 theequivalent of an entire short book. If you read this book in its entirety you will be in agood position to dive into subjects such as the Qabbala, Alchemy, Tarot, CeremonialMagic, Neo-Platonic Philosophy, Mystery Religions, and the theory of Rosicrucianismand Freemasonry. Although there are some questionable and controversial parts of thebook, such as the outdated material on Islam, the portion on the Bacon-Shakespearehypothesis, and Hall's conspiracy theory of history as driven by an elite cabal of rovingimmortals, they are far out-weighed by the comprehensive information here on othersubjects.For many years this book was only available in a large format edition which was hardto obtain and very expensive. However, an affordable paperback version has finallybeen released (see sidebar).

PRODUCTION NOTES: I worked on this huge project episodically from 2001 to June 2004. This because of the poorOCR quality, which was due to the miniscule type and large blocks of italics; this necessitated retyping many parts of thetext manually. To give an idea of how massive this project was, the proof file for this is 2 megabytes, about 8 times thesize of a normal 200 page book. The raw graphics files are 63 megabytes, which I've processed down to about 11megabytes. The thumbnails alone are 1 megabyte, which is about my graphics budget for a regular book.While the book itself is not covered by copyright in the US due to lack of formal renewal, many of the large colorillustrations that front each chapter in the paper edition did have registrations and renewals entered for them. So these areomitted from this etext. However, all of the black and white illustrations are included here. Note that many of thegraphics had to be quite large because of the amount of detail, so I have thumbnailed every image in the book. In thebook all of the illustration captions are in italics; I have reversed this in the etext for legibility.--John Bruno Hare, June 11, 2004.

Title PagePrefaceTable of ContentsIntroductionThe Ancient Mysteries and Secret Societies Which Have Influenced Modern Masonic SymbolismThe Ancient Mysteries and Secret Societies, Part TwoThe Ancient Mysteries and Secret Societies, Part ThreeAtlantis and the Gods of AntiquityThe Life and Teachings of Thoth Hermes TrismegistusThe Initiation of the PyramidIsis, the Virgin of the WorldThe Sun, A Universal DeityThe Zodiac and Its SignsThe Bembine Table of IsisWonders of AntiquityThe Life and Philosophy of PythagorasPythagorean MathematicsThe Human Body in SymbolismThe Hiramic LegendThe Pythagorean Theory of Music and ColorFishes, Insects, Animals, Reptiles and Birds (Part One)Fishes, Insects, Animals, Reptiles and Birds (Part Two)Flowers, Plants, Fruits, and TreesStones, Metals and GemsCeremonial Magic and SorceryThe Elements and Their InhabitantsHermetic Pharmacology, Chemistry, and TherapeuticsThe Qabbalah, the Secret Doctrine of Israel

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