The Secret Teachings of All Ages - Paperback

by Black Dragon Publishing (Editor), Manly P. Hall (Author)

An encyclopedic outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic and Rosicrucian symbolical philosophy being an interpretation of the secret teachings concealed within the rituals, allegories, and mysteries of all ages. Chapters include: * THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES AND SECRET SOCIETIES WHICH HAVE INFLUENCED MODERN MASONIC SYMBOLISM * THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES AND SECRET SOCIETIES, PART II * THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES AND SECRET SOCIETIES, PART III * ATLANTIS AND THE GODS OF ANTIQUITY * THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF THOTH HERMES TRISMEGISTUS * THE INITIATION OF THE PYRAMID * ISIS, THE VIRGIN OF THE WORLD * THE SUN, A UNIVERSAL DEITY * THE ZODIAC AND ITS SIGNS * THE BEMBINE TABLE OF ISIS * WONDERS OF ANTIQUITY * THE LIFE AND PHILOSOPHY OF PYTHAGORAS * PYTHAGOREAN MATHEMATICS * THE HUMAN BODY IN SYMBOLISM * THE HIRAMIC LEGEND * THE PYTHAGOREAN THEORY OF MUSIC AND COLOR * FISHES, INSECTS, ANIMALS, REPTILES, AND BIRDS PART I * FISHES, INSECTS, ANIMALS, REPTILES, AND BIRDS, PART II * FLOWERS, PLANTS, FRUITS, AND TREES * STONES, METALS, AND GEMS * CEREMONIAL MAGIC AND SORCERY * THE ELEMENTS AND THEIR INHABITANTS * HERMETIC PHARMACOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, AND THERAPEUTICS * THE QABBALAH, THE SECRET DOCTRINE OF ISRAEL * FUNDAMENTALS OF QABBALISTIC COSMOGONY AIN SOPH * THE TREE OF THE SEPHIROTH * QABBALISTIC KEYS TO THE CREATION OF MAN * AN ANALYSIS OF THE TAROT CARDS * THE TABERNACLE IN THE WILDERNESS * THE FRATERNITY OF THE ROSE CROSS * ROSICRUCIAN DOCTRINES AND TENETS * FIFTEEN ROSICRUCIAN AND QABBALISTIC DIAGRAMS * ALCHEMY AND ITS EXPONENTS * THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ALCHEMY * THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ALCHEMY, PART II * THE CHEMICAL MARRIAGE * BACON, SHAKSPEARE, AND THE ROSICRUCIANS * THE CRYPTOGRAM AS A FACTOR IN SYMBOLIC PHILOSOPHY * FREEMASONIC SYMBOLISM * MYSTIC CHRISTIANITY * THE CROSS AND THE CRUCIFIXION * THE MYSTERY OF THE APOCALYPSE * THE FAITH OF ISLAM * AMERICAN INDIAN SYMBOLISM * THE MYSTERIES AND THEIR EMISSARIES