Saint Matthew and the Angel, MET (1530). x-ray
Spooks
First Published in Horizon, September 1942
By Manly Palmer Hall
You may know something about the ghost of Glamis Castle, but do you know there is a fine, first-class ghost of Windsor? The curate in the old Parish House at Windsor tells people not to worry; they are bound to hear things. Unseen, a ghost walks across the hallway, down three steps; and the strange thing is, there are only two steps. Once there had been a third step, later removed, but the old ghost belonged to the earlier period, and to the ghost the step has remained there always. The steps are in a small entrance at the west wall, and the ghost goes up and down, never bothering anyone, a ghost heard and known of for centuries.
To us, the idea of a ghost is very strange, the supernatural working in houses and buildings is difficult for us to understand. But, as a very young people our American history contains little of the intrigues and the strange and mysterious things which have occurred in the older lands. Every country in Europe has its ghosts; and there is not a country in Asia that does not have its ghosts. If we wonder why America has no banshees, the answer is obvious. We are very obvious people. We are an extrovert people. We live definitely in the sensory perceptions. We externalize every motion and attitude...
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Nothing comes from nothing. Manly Hall’s vision for the All-Seeing Eye was entirely supported by contributions from its readers who paid for their subscription with gifts made according to their means. Manly Hall wrote,
“This magazine is published and distributed privately to those who make possible with their financial support its publication. The magazine cannot be bought and has no fixed value. Like all of the ancient teachings which it seeks to promulgate, it has no comparative value, but the students must support it for its own intrinsic merit.”
