THE BLESSED ANGELS  A Monograph

By Manly P. Hall

An illustrated, historical, descriptive, and philosophical treatise on the subjects of angels and angelic hierarchies, including a chapter on the planetary archangels.

ISBN: 0-89314-807-5  $12.95  Paperback  68pp

THE FABLE OF CUPID & PSYCHE  (Rare Reprint)

Translated by Thomas Taylor. Preface by Manly P. Hall

A photographic facsimile of the 1795 edition, the original title page reading: “The Fable of Cupid and Psyche, Translated from the Latin of Apuleius, to which are added, a Poetical Paraphrase on the Speech of Diotima, in the Banquet of Plato, Four Hymns, &c.&c., with an Introduction, in which the meaning of the fable is unfolded.” Taylor’s extensive introduction deals with the mystery of the human soul, divine love, and human regeneration. The fact that Apuleius was an initiate of the Neoplatonists more than justifies this present edition as a major contribution in the field of Platonic psychology.

ISBN: 0-89314-411-8  $14.95  Hardback  152pp

THE HYMNS OF ORPHEUS  (Rare Reprint)

Translated by Thomas Taylor. Preface by Manly P. Hall

A photographic facsimile of the 1792 edition, published in London, this includes a preliminary dissertation on “The Life and Theology of Orpheus”; “The Initiations of Orpheus,” the invocations used in the Eleusinian Mysteries, and “Concerning the Beautiful” by Plotinus. These comprise a compendium of Orpheus’ teachings, a missionary of civilization and one whose teachings are nearly indistinguishable from the foundations of Pythagorean philosophy.

ISBN: 0-89314-415-0  $21.50  Hardback  312pp

THE INITIATES OF GREECE & ROME  (Adept Series)

By Manly P. Hall

This illustrated work on classical paganism explores the “lost” period of mystical tradition, between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance, in the search for a better understanding of Man’s place in the Divine Plan.—“One of the teachings of the initiate tradition in Greece related to the mystery of time. The temple did not divide duration into past, present, and future. Divine and universal laws manifest themselves in an eternal now. Enlightenment belongs to no generation, nor does it increase or diminish.”

ISBN: 0-89314-541-6  $8.50  Paperback  104pp

LECTURES ON ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY, Companion to The Secret Teachings of All Ages

By Manly P. Hall

Published under license by Tarcher/Penguin

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."

Hall wrote this volume as  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.

First published in 1929—the year after the publication of Hall's magnum opus—this edition includes the author's original subject index, twenty diagrams prepared under his supervision for the volume, and Hall's 1984 preface to frame the book for its contemporary reader.

ISBN: 1-58542-432-3  $21.95 

Trade Paperback  516pp

MYSTICS & MYSTERIES OF ALEXANDRIA  (Adept Series)

By Manly P. Hall

Continuing in the exploration of later Greco-Roman initiates, this illustrated text explores the doctrines Alexandria in Asia Minor, North Africa, and Eastern Europe, and how they laid the foundations of alchemy, Rosicrucianism, astronomy, and the hermetic arts which have survived in the secret societies of the modern world. It covers the esoteric schools which flourished in Alexandria for over 500 years and combined the teachings of the Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians, as well as Jewish scholars and early Christian Mystics.

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ISBN: 0-89314-544-0  $12.95  Paperback  122pp

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OCELLUS LUCANUS  “On the Nature of the Universe” & Extracts from Taurus, Julius Firmicus Maternus and Proclus  (Rare Reprint)

Translated by Thomas Taylor. Preface by Manly P. Hall

This facsimile reprint of a 1831 edition is collection of brief translations dealing with astrotheology. Maternus was one of many early astronomers, and second in authority only to Ptolemy of Alexandria. His horoscope of the world is included from the 1533 edition of the Libri Matheseos, and his discussion of the Thema Mundi. Proclus’ contribution deals with the mystery of time as explained by Neoplatonism.

ISBN: 0-89314-403-7

Hardback  107pp

Originally $15.95  Now $9.95

ORDERS OF THE QUEST—THE HOLY GRAIL 

(Adept Series)

By Manly P. Hall

The origins of the “Grail Legend” is described, from the dissemination of the secret doctrines of antiquity in Europe, to the collapse of the Pagan Mysteries to the end of the “Age of Chivalry.” The account begins with Manes, whose philosophy has survived into modern times as the driving force behind Christian Mysticism. The Troubadours, the Knights Templar of Jerusalem; Taliesin the Adept of Britain, the wisdom of the Druids and the secret assemblies of Wales, through Merlin, King Arthur and Round Table, the Holy Grail, the Grail Kings, Parsifal and Lohengrin; and their parallels in the search for the mysterious temple of Shamballah, said to stand on the Imperishable Island in the midst of the Gobi Desert in Mongolia.

ISBN: 0-89314-533-5  $10.95  Illustrated  Paperback  101pp

SALLUST  “On the Gods & the World” and Other Works  (Rare Reprint)

Translated by Thomas Taylor. Preface by Manly P. Hall

Photographic facsimile of a rare 1795 edition. Sallust was a Neoplatonic philosopher who is said to have written this work for the Emperor Julian in the 4^th Century AD. Taylor’s added notes and commentary give valuable insight into the text’s essential meaning. Includes translations of The Pythagoric Sentences of Demophilius and Proclus’ Five Hymns.

ISBN: 0-89314-401-0  $15.95  Hardback  169pp

ATLANTIS, AN INTERPRETATION

Plato’s account of Atlantis in his Critias and Timaeus is interpreted. A diagram of the Orphic Key to the Atlantic Fable is included, as well as a bibliography.

ISBN: 0-89314-375-8  $5.50  53pp.

SYMBOLIC ESSAYS

A facsimile of Mr. Hall’s earliest published writings, this booklet includes “The Breastplate of the High Priest”; “Wands and Serpents, the Philosophy of the Thrice Greatest”; and “Parsifal, the Guileless Fool.”

ISBN: 0-89314-822-9  $5.95  56pp