BOOKS—

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COLLECTED WRITINGS, Vol. 2, Sages & Seers

By Manly P. Hall

Collected Writings—Volume 2,  unfolding a basic theme, presents eight sages and seers of the modern world (16th to the 20th centuries), all of whom made important and lasting contributions to humanity's spiritual growth. Their lives, though surrounded by mystery, stand out as inspiring examples of mystical idealism, devout aspiration, and sincere dedication:

Nostrodamus — Francis Bacon — Johann Amos Comenius — Jakob Boehme — Comte de St.-Germain — William Blake — Thomas Taylor — Mohandes Gandhi

ISBN: 0-89314-506-8  $24.95 

Hardcover w/ dust-jacket  316pp

Also available in Paperback as "Sages and Seers"

FIRST PRINCIPLES OF PHILOSOPHY

By Manly P. Hall

A simple and informal approach to the study of philosophy offering a straightforward explanation and interpretation of the seven departments of philosophy—Metaphysics, the Nature of Being and of God—Logic, the Rule of Reason—Ethics, the Code of Conduct—Psychology, the Science of the Soul—Epistemology, the Nature of Knowledge—Aesthetics, the Urge to Beauty—Theurgy, the Living of Wisdom. Illustrated. Comprehensive index.

ISBN: 0-89314-825-3  $14.95  Paperback  199pp

FROM A PHILOSOPHER’S SCRAPBOOK

By Manly P. Hall

Out of print for over 40 years, this collection of brief essays of philosophical and mystical interest first appeared in 1929. The Sand Magic of the Navahos (pictures as instruments of shamanism)—The Mystery of the Thunderbird (the secret wisdom of the Native American nations)—Ju-Jutsu, A Secret of the Samurai (the doctrine of non-resistance)—The Whirling Dervishes (the visible structure of Dervish mysticism)—Java’s Dancing Shadows (shadow magic pageantry of Indonesia)—The Temple of Heaven (the Confucian theory of cosmogony)—The Seven Days of Creation (the Judeo-Christian Creation Myth in the light of Qabbalistic teachings).

ISBN: 0-89314-831-8  $6.95  Paperback  66pp

GREAT BOOKS ON RELIGION & ESOTERIC PHILOSOPHY  With a Bibliography of Related Material Selected from the Writings of Manly P. Hall

By Manly P. Hall

A selection of classical literature recommended by Mr. Hall. Great works from the fields of comparative religion, philosophy and world cultures, esoteric arts, sciences, and fiction are discussed. An invaluable bibliography of Hall’s own writings. Index and bibliography.

ISBN: 0-89314-821-0  $8.95  Paperback  110pp

JOURNEY IN TRUTH

By Manly P. Hall

A clear and concise survey of constructive philosophy. Great thinkers of the classical world emerge as real persona to be admired and understood. Covering the period from Orpheus to St. Augustine, this volume includes Pythagoras, Plato, Socrates, Diogenes, Aristotle, Ammonius Saccus, Plotinus and Proclus. The pattern of the Philosophic Empire is revealed to inspire us to the building of a humanitarian world. A companion to Pathways of Philosophy.

ISBN: 0-89314-835-0  $15.95  Paperback  270pp

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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

THE NEW CONSCIOUSNESS:

The Next Stage of Human Development

By Obadiah S. Harris, Ph.D.

This book delineates the evolution of religion, philosophy and science, and how they integrate themselves into the process man should follow to develop further. Through the illustration and interpretation of Eastern philosophies, and the psychological and spiritual dimensions of the Bible, new horizons for both the individual and societal achievement are opened. This is not a book for self-awareness, it is more. It is a universal, positive book about man's evolution—primitive to civilized has not been enough. Our world is more complex, there is not enough love, there is no lasting peace. Man must take another step, this book points the way.

ISBN: 0-89314-434-7  $12.95

Paperback  147pp

PATHWAYS OF PHILOSOPHY

By Manly P. Hall

A study of the descent of Western idealism in the Platonic and Neoplatonic traditions. Many creative thinkers, philosophers and mystics have profoundly influenced the course of modern civilization, from St. Thomas Aquinas to Ralph Waldo Emerson, Paracelsus, Francis Bacon, Jakob Boehme and Immanuel Kant. By knowing these men themselves we can interpret correctly the force and character of their ideals through the examples of their lives and ideas.

ISBN: 0-89314-836-9  $15.95  Paperback  253pp

THE PHOENIX 

An Illustrated Review of Occultism & Philosophy

By Manly P. Hall

Thousands of years of fascinating lore from around the world is reviewed in this illustrated, folio-sized volume, including the following:  The Ladder of Souls—the descent of the spiritual man into the body, with diagrams by Robert Fludd; Bodhidharma, Patriarch of Zen; When the Dead Come Back—out of body experiences; Albert Pike, Plato of Freemasonry—author of the American Masonic rites and rituals; The Sorcery of Asia—sky-walking Adepts, snake charmers, and devil dancers; Concentration and Retrospection—discipline for self-improvement; The Comte de St. Germain—greatest of Europe’s Adepts; The Cycle of Transmigration—reincarnation according to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition; The Tenth Avatar—Mahatma Gandhi; The Wheel of Pythagoras—numerological mathematics; The Practice of Meditation; H.P.B., the Russian Sphinx—life of Madame Blavatsky; The Universe in Stone—Buddhist temple at Boro Budur; Kismet—a story of a Caliph and an astrologer; Holy Men—the mendicants of India; Apollonius, “The Anti-Christ”—adept of Ancient Rome; Cagliostro & the Egyptian Rite of Freemasonry; the Great Pyramid.

ISBN: 0-89314-839-3  $24.95  Paperback  175pp

SAGES & SEERS

By Manly P. Hall

Eight sages and seers from the last five hundred years, whose lives stand out as examples of mystical idealism, devout aspiration and sincere dedication—Nostradamus—Francis Bacon—Jakob Boehme—Johann Amos Comenius—Comte de St. Germain—William Blake—Thomas Taylor—Mahatma Gandhi.

ISBN: 0-89314-393-6  $14.95  Paperback  319pp

SELF KNOWLEDGE AND SOCIAL ACTION

By Obadiah S. Harris, Ph.D.

Self knowledge and social action are two sides of the same coin. The growth of individuals and the community are interdependent. Drawing upon the new and the old, from East and West, this book attempts to define and describe the structure of human personality and the meaning and process of its growth—individually, socially and transcendentally. In the terms of the philosophy of "other relatedness" the individual and the community each grow best in and through each other. The greatest change needed, and the one upon which all other changes must depend, is the change in consciousness. Our greatest field of labor is that of our own consciousness; each person must begin with themselves. Every sincere person concerned with man's free and harmonious social-cultural development should have this book for serious study.

ISBN: 0-89314-154-4  $8.95  Hardback  111pp

TWELVE WORLD TEACHERS

By Manly P. Hall

An illustrated summary of the twelve mystic and enlightened teachers who possessed the fullest measure of those intellectual virtues that sustain civilization, inspiring others to more enlightened codes of living—Akhenaten—Lao-Tse—Hermes Trismegistus—Plato—Orpheus—Jesus Christ—Zoroaster—Mohammed—Buddha—Padmasambhava—Confucius—Quetzalcoatl.

ISBN: 0-89314-816-4  $14.95  Paperback  240pp

 PAMPHLETS—

New 5-part Pamphlet Series

Neoplatonism: Theology for Wanderers In the New Millennium

By Manly P. Hall

Transcribed by Clarke E. Johnston from the five-part audio series "Doctrines of Neoplatonism"

The five-part archival audio tape series upon which this pamphlet series is based, was given by Manly P. Hall in 1983 to students who were interested in learning more about the ancient wisdom. It seemed to have been one of his favorite subjects down through the years, for he spoke and wrote about it frequently during his long career. In fact, the foreword to his "Lectures on Ancient Philosophy" declared that the basis of it was Neoplatonism.

In the last few years of his life, Mr. Hall said that after years of study and reflection, he had come to believe that the doctrines of Neoplatonism had descended to us in a purer form than nearly any other philosophical system. This system seemed more suitable to we active, extroverted Western people. He believed this was true because though it was as deep and thorough as any other approach to enlightenment, its precepts were more easily understood and their relative simplicity tended to impel an interested person to put them into practice by beginning to learn to live a more philosophic life.

The material in this series provides an excellent overview of Neoplatonism that we hope those who read it may be inspired to study the subject themselves. As anyone who has spent time in such study and learned its value will tell you, it is worth all the time you can give it, with its maximum value coming from the disciplined application of its precepts to your daily life. Neoplatonism puts great emphasis on disciplining oneself outwardly in our daily lives in order to gradually make our way inward to our Divine Self by enlightened living according to its moral and ethical precepts. In effect, nothing ventured, nothing gained.

May this series impel you to begin the venturing.

Neoplatonism: Theology for Wanderers In the New Millennium (Book One)

By Manly P. Hall

Proclus on the Theology of Plato

What is the essential difference between the teachings of Plato and the New Platonism or Neoplatonism? It is the difference which is undoubtedly rooted in the point that the entire world of the learned since the time of Plato had fallen into decline. The old ways were not sufficient to meet the neurosis of the dying dynasties. Neoplatonism is then primarily to be defined as a motion of Platonism toward theology. In other words, it is the rise of Platonism as a religion.

ISBN: 0-89314-860-1  $4.95 

Pamphlet  40pp

Neoplatonism: Theology for Wanderers In the New Millennium (Book Two)

By Manly P. Hall

Iamblicus on the Mysteries

Iamblicus was by no means the most brilliant of the Neoplatonists. But we can see that everything he touched he handled with a peculiar, wonderful mystical reverence. He was never satisfied merely to approach things on an intellectual level. He had to go beyond this. Therefore, his name is associated with one step or degree of the Neoplatonic Ladder of development, the Ladder of the Soul, rising from opinion through all the different degrees of intellect culminating at the upper end in Theurgy.

ISBN: 0-89314-861-X  $4.95 

Pamphlet  44pp

Neoplatonism: Theology for Wanderers In the New Millennium (Book Three)

By Manly P. Hall

Plotinus on the Beautiful

The Neoplatonists in the beginning considered Beauty as alternative to the word Good. Good with a capital 'G' was the Neoplatonic equivalent of our word God. This concept of Good presents Deity in Neoplatonism as the object of the Soul's desire. All things in themselves naturally aspire to the Good. As the object of man's eternal quest it is a substance in Itself beyond definition. Any condition which arises by which this natural aspiration is thwarted, blocked or retarded results in an infirmity to the psychic life of the person.

ISBN: 0-89314-862-8  $4.95 

Pamphlet  44pp

Neoplatonism: Theology for Wanderers In the New Millennium (Book Four)

By Manly P. Hall

Porphyry on the Wandering of Ulysses

As early as the time of Plato an effort had been made to understand the inner meaning of the writings of Homer. The philosophers of the Platonic and Neoplatonic school favored the idea that Homer's blindness was symbolical. It indicated not his inability to see on the objective level, but that he had voluntarily turned his sight inward to the contemplation of those things normally invisible. The Neoplatonists, by their own natural and mystical inclination, found mysticism in all things because they were convinced that there was a common denominator to human knowledge, they sought this in all the writings of ancient people.

ISBN: 0-89314-863-6  $4.95 

Pamphlet  44pp

Neoplatonism: Theology for Wanderers In the New Millennium (Book Five)

By Manly P. Hall

Julian on the Mother of the Gods

Descendant of Constantine, and later Emperor of Rome, Julian was a philosopher of good parts and a scholar of ability, but essentially in his own personal life a mystic. His writings are colored by tremendous emotional intensity. He had a great and sublime sense of the dignity of life and was not inclined to accept anything upon its literal value, he sought always meaning. Thus in the fables of the Great Mother, Goddess of the Ephesians, Isis the Mother of the Mysteries, he sought to explain what they all mean.

ISBN: 0-89314-864-4  $4.95 

Pamphlet  44pp

 PAMPHLETS—

INITIATION OF PLATO

A translation from an 1867 Masonic libretto “The Free Mason.” A splendid summary of early mystery ritual compiled from various Greek and Egyptian sources.

ISBN: 0-89314-321-9  $4.95  32pp

WIT & WISDOM OF THE IMMORTALS

Witticism and apothegms from the sages of ancient Greece and Rome, including anecdotes applicable to contemporary times. Illustrated.

ISBN: 0-89314-826-1  $6.95  63pp

WOMAN, THE MOTHER OF ALL LIVING

A discussion of the status of women in society and their contributions to the spiritual, ethical, and moral culture throughout history.

ISBN: 0-89314-373-1  $4.95  33pp