THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES (1969) MANLY P. HALL, RARE OVERSIZE HARDCOVER
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Reference Number: Avaluer:42737192 | Printing Year: 1969 |
Author: Manly P. Hall | Origin: English |
Subject: Literature & Fiction | Topic: Classics |
Special Attributes: Illustrated | Binding: Hardcover |
An Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Cabbalistic and Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy
ILLUSTRATIONS BY J. AUGUSTUS KNAPP
THE PHILOSOPHICAL RESEARCH SOCIETY LOS ANGELES 1969
1969 date at title page; 1962 at copyright. Second title page date MCMXXVIII (1928). Folio oversize 9 1/4" x 13 1/4" version with full-page illustrations. ... Black textured leather-like cloth boards, moderate shelf wear, bow. Gilt cover titles on red field with gilt border, gilt spine titles, some rub. Antiquarian inscription w/name whited out at front endpaper: "With all my love, to ... 3/30/71." Stamp inside front, back cover: "Shamballa Community Library". Interior coated pages, near fine. Bind good; hinges intact. Near very good example.
The Shamballa community was/is situated on 1, 500 acres on the eastern edge of Pike National Forest in Colorado. The rather intriguing group moved to Douglas County in 1942, reportedly to build an atomic shelter in a remote canyon. Westword weekly of Denver features a lengthy article from their perspective profiling its complete history. Their founder/leader Dr. Maurice Doreal published "The Emerald Tablets of Thoth-the-Atlantean" explaining that he transcribed the work as he channeled the denizen of Atlantis.
Frontispiece portrait of Prince Ragoczy of Transylvania - Comte de St. -Germain. Includes the Preface to the Thirteenth Edition by Manly P. Hall. Truly rich and impressive work of informative, mysterious and archaic wisdom. Pleasingly detailed reproduced and original illustrations, prints of powerful import. Answers much to the seeker of hidden history and cloaked wisdom. Several fold-out pages. Interprets the Secret Teachings concealed within the Rituals, Allegories and Mysteries of all Ages. Dedicated to the rational soul of the world. Includes detailed 33-page index. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 245 pages. Insured post.