The Grand Man of the Zohar by J. Augustus Knapp for The Secret Teachings of All Ages by Manly P. Hall, 1928

The alchemist realizes that he himself is the Philosopher’s Stone, and that this stone is made diamond-like when the salt and the sulphur, or the spirit and the body, are united through mercury, the link of mind. Man is the incarnated principle of mind as the animal is of emotion. He stands with one foot on the heavens and the other on earth. His higher being is lifted to the celestial spheres, but the lower man ties him to matter. Now the philosopher, building his sacred stone, is doing so by harmonizing his spirit and his body. The result is the Philosopher’s Stone. The hard knocks of life chip it away and facet it until it reflects lights from a million different angles.

Manly P. Hall

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The purpose of alchemy was not to make something out of nothing, but rather to fertilize and nurture that which already exists....

Manly P Hall

"It is impossible for man to function normally without some spiritual guidance. The present international chaos is due to the failure of idealism in the affairs of men. This failure is due, at least in part, to religion itself, that is, what we call religion. It is due to the intolerance of sects, and to innumerable superstitions that have been foisted upon a gullible humanity. The commercialism of religion, greatly to be deplored, is inevitable under existing world conditions."

Manly P. Hall, "How to Understand Your Bible"

Death takes man out of the world, but initiation takes the world out of man.

Manly P. Hall

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Our god is named Abraxas...

“Our god is named Abraxas and he is both god and the devil at the same time. You will find in him both the world of light and of shadows. Abraxas is not opposed to any of your thoughts or to any of your dreams but he will abandon you if you become normal and unapproachable. He will abandon you and look for another pot in which to cook his thoughts.” - Hermann Hesse

[Artwork by J. Augustus Knapp for Manly P. Hall’s The Secret Teachings of All Ages, 1928]

"We can only escape from the world by outgrowing the world. Death may take man out of the world but only wisdom can take the world out of the man.

As long as the human being is obsessed by worldliness, he will suffer from the Karmic consequences of false allegiances. When however, worldliness is transmuted into Spiritual Integrity he is free, even though he still dwells physically among worldly things.”

- Manly P. Hall

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James Freeman Clarke, in his Ten Great Religions, describes the beliefs of the Druids as follows: "The Druids believed in three worlds and in transmigration from one to the other: In a world above this, in which happiness predominated; a world below, of misery; and this present state. This transmigration was to punish and reward and also to purify the soul. In the present world, said they, Good and Evil are so exactly balanced that a person has the utmost freedom and is able to choose or reject either. The Welsh Triads tell us there are three objects of metempsychosis: to collect into the soul the properties of all being, to acquire a knowledge of all things, and to get power to conquer evil. There are also, they say, three kinds of knowledge: knowledge of the nature of each thing, of its cause, and its influence. There are three things which continually grow less: darkness, falsehood and death. There are three which constantly increase: light, life and truth."

Excerpt from Manly P. Hall's "The Secret Teachings of All Ages"

“Symbolism is the language of the Mysteries. By symbols men have ever sought to communicate to each other those thoughts which transcend the limitations of language.”

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The Key to Dante's Divine Comedy by J. Augustus Knapp for The Secret Teachings of All Ages by Manly P. Hall, 1928

Heal your mind and your spirit and the rest will follow. ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

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