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	He also wrote for other journals. The [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] lists:		He also wrote for other journals. The [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] lists:
	* '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=Manly+P+Hall&s=author 28 articles by Manly P. Hall'''.		* '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=Manly+P+Hall&s=author 28 articles by Manly P. Hall]'''.
	* '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=Manly+P+Hall&s=title 28 articles about him]'''.		* '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=Manly+P+Hall&s=title 28 articles about him]'''.
	* '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=Manly+Palmer+Hall&s=title 2 articles about Manly Palmer Hall]'''.		* '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=Manly+Palmer+Hall&s=title 2 articles about Manly Palmer Hall]'''.

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	* '''''A Monthly Letter''''' to students was produced from May 1934 to July 1941.		* '''''A Monthly Letter''''' to students was produced from May 1934 to July 1941.

	He also wrote for other journals. The [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] lists [~~http~~://~~www~~.~~austheos~~.org.au/~~cgi-bin~~/~~ui-csvsearch~~.pl?~~search~~=Manly+Hall&~~method~~=~~all 59~~ articles ~~by or~~ about Manly P. Hall].		He also wrote for other journals. The [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] lists:
			* '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=Manly+P+Hall&s=author 28 articles by Manly P. Hall'''.
			* '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=Manly+P+Hall&s=title 28 articles about him]'''.
			* '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=Manly+Palmer+Hall&s=title 2 articles about Manly Palmer Hall]'''.

	=== Books and pamphlets ===		=== Books and pamphlets ===

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Websites

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	* [http://www.khaldea.com/charts/manlypalmerhall.shtml Manly Palmer Hall Natal Horoscope] at Khaldea.		* [http://www.khaldea.com/charts/manlypalmerhall.shtml Manly Palmer Hall Natal Horoscope] at Khaldea.
	* [https://laacollective.org/work/the-manly-p-hall-archive The Manly P. Hall Alchemy Archive: A Brief History of an Occult Collection] by Derek Christian Quezada. Essay on Hall's collection of alchemical and occult works.		* [https://laacollective.org/work/the-manly-p-hall-archive The Manly P. Hall Alchemy Archive: A Brief History of an Occult Collection] by Derek Christian Quezada. Essay on Hall's collection of alchemical and occult works.
			* [https://manlyphall.info/timeline.htm Timeline for Manly P. Hall and the Philosophical Research Society]. Created by Ronda Bransteitter of a Manly P. Hall weekly study group founded by Alan Harris.

	'''WARNING:''' ManlyPHall.org is a series of commercial links and has nothing to do with Hall's teachings.		'''WARNING:''' ManlyPHall.org is a series of commercial links and has nothing to do with Hall's teachings.

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A Private World

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	Unlike many spiritual teachers who flocked to Hollywood, Hall showed relatively little interest in attracting publicity or hobnobbing with movie stars and he rarely involved himself in movie business. <ref>Horowitz, 157.</ref>Over the years, however, Hall had many devotees and these included actors and actresses such as Bela Lugosi, Glenn Ford, Burl Ives [a Theosophist], and Gloria Swanson; Hollywood bigwigs such as Sid Grauman, Cecil B. DeMille, and Samuel Goldwyn; scientists such as Luther Burbank, other notables such as Elvis Presley and the astronaut and founder of the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) Edgar Mitchell, as well as politicians such as Harry S. Truman and Ronald Reagan.<ref>Lachman, 89.</ref> <ref>Mitch Horowitz, [http://voices.washingtonpost.com/political-bookworm/2010/04/reagan_and_the_occult.html#more "Reagan and the Occult"]. The Washington Post Blog. May 4, 2010. Accessed on 12/12/19.</ref>		Unlike many spiritual teachers who flocked to Hollywood, Hall showed relatively little interest in attracting publicity or hobnobbing with movie stars and he rarely involved himself in movie business. <ref>Horowitz, 157.</ref>Over the years, however, Hall had many devotees and these included actors and actresses such as Bela Lugosi, Glenn Ford, Burl Ives [a Theosophist], and Gloria Swanson; Hollywood bigwigs such as Sid Grauman, Cecil B. DeMille, and Samuel Goldwyn; scientists such as Luther Burbank, other notables such as Elvis Presley and the astronaut and founder of the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) Edgar Mitchell, as well as politicians such as Harry S. Truman and Ronald Reagan.<ref>Lachman, 89.</ref> <ref>Mitch Horowitz, [http://voices.washingtonpost.com/political-bookworm/2010/04/reagan_and_the_occult.html#more "Reagan and the Occult"]. The Washington Post Blog. May 4, 2010. Accessed on 12/12/19.</ref>

	Hall was married in 1930 to his secretary '''Fay B. ~~Ravenne~~''', an attractive astrologer from Texas. The marriage soon proved to be difficult because Fay was subject to several illnesses and she resented her husband’s growing fame and success. Hall himself suffered from numerous ailments, and overate as his only relief from the misery of married life. Fay retreated deeper into depression and committed suicide in 1941, gassing herself in her car. Hall was devastated but after a short period of mourning he purged all records of Fay from his files and never mentioned her again.		Hall was married in 1930 to his secretary '''Fay B. DeRavenne''', an attractive astrologer from Texas. The marriage soon proved to be difficult because Fay was subject to several illnesses and she resented her husband’s growing fame and success. Hall himself suffered from numerous ailments, and overate as his only relief from the misery of married life. Fay retreated deeper into depression and committed suicide in 1941, gassing herself in her car. Hall was devastated but after a short period of mourning he purged all records of Fay from his files and never mentioned her again.

	His second wife was '''Marie Bauer''', a petite German immigrant and mother of two. She was sure that [[Francis Bacon\|Sir Francis Bacon]] had traveled to America and while there buried a vault with a fortune of gold beneath a church tower in Williamsburg, Virginia. She was convinced that God had chosen her to uncover this vault and her passion proved powerful enough to convince authorities to permit her to dig up the vault, but nothing was found. Marie didn’t give up and her obsession with Bacon’s vault continued for the rest of her life. She had frequent hallucinations, fits of violence, grandiose claims and was at least occasionally psychotic.<ref> Lachman, 93-95.</ref>		His second wife was '''Marie Bauer''', a petite German immigrant and mother of two. She was sure that [[Francis Bacon\|Sir Francis Bacon]] had traveled to America and while there buried a vault with a fortune of gold beneath a church tower in Williamsburg, Virginia. She was convinced that God had chosen her to uncover this vault and her passion proved powerful enough to convince authorities to permit her to dig up the vault, but nothing was found. Marie didn’t give up and her obsession with Bacon’s vault continued for the rest of her life. She had frequent hallucinations, fits of violence, grandiose claims and was at least occasionally psychotic.<ref> Lachman, 93-95.</ref>

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Lectures and teaching

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	== Lectures and teaching ==		== Lectures and teaching ==

	Hall’s career as a mystic sage began in 1919, when he came to California to be reunited with his mother. <ref> Gary Lachman. <i>Revolutionaries of the Soul. Reflections on Magicians, Philosophers, and Occultists.</i> (Wheaton, Illinois: Quest Books, 2014), 90.</ref> He came under the influence of self-styled followers of [[Rosicrucianism]] in Oceanside, California. He lived at the Rosicrucian Fellowship founded by [[Max Heindel]] but grew suspicious of the order’s claims to ancient wisdom and soon moved to Los Angeles. There he fell in with metaphysical seekers and discussion groups. <ref>Horowitz, 151.</ref> One day young Manly Hall was attracted by a sign advertising phrenology, the discipline that reads human psychology through the shape and contours of the skull. The proprietor of the shop, Sydney J. Brownson, quickly became Halls’ guru and explained magnetism, reincarnation, the aura, the wisdom of the ancients, the mysteries of India and the East and the secret teachings of the church to Hall, who proved to be an excellent student with a photographic memory and a talent for speaking. One year later Brownson invited Hall to speak to a select audience who met weekly in a room above a bank and he was a success.<ref>~~Gary~~ Lachman~~, <i>Revolutionaries of the Soul. Reflections on Magicians, Philosophers, and Occultists</i> (Wheaton, Illinois: Quest Books, 2014)~~, 91.</ref>		Hall’s career as a mystic sage began in 1919, when he came to California to be reunited with his mother. <ref> Gary Lachman. <i>Revolutionaries of the Soul. Reflections on Magicians, Philosophers, and Occultists.</i> (Wheaton, Illinois: Quest Books, 2014), 90.</ref> He came under the influence of self-styled followers of [[Rosicrucianism]] in Oceanside, California. He lived at the Rosicrucian Fellowship founded by [[Max Heindel]] but grew suspicious of the order’s claims to ancient wisdom and soon moved to Los Angeles. There he fell in with metaphysical seekers and discussion groups. <ref>Horowitz, 151.</ref> One day young Manly Hall was attracted by a sign advertising phrenology, the discipline that reads human psychology through the shape and contours of the skull. The proprietor of the shop, Sydney J. Brownson, quickly became Halls’ guru and explained magnetism, reincarnation, the aura, the wisdom of the ancients, the mysteries of India and the East and the secret teachings of the church to Hall, who proved to be an excellent student with a photographic memory and a talent for speaking. One year later Brownson invited Hall to speak to a select audience who met weekly in a room above a bank and he was a success.<ref>Lachman, 91.</ref>

	Part showman, part shaman, Hall wore a dark tailored suit and sat mid-stage, his hands resting palms down on the arms of a baronial chair that was bathed in light. He spoke for 1 ½ hours – not a minute longer. Whether his subject was Egyptian initiation ceremonies or mythic water sprites, he concluded abruptly with the same sign-off: “Well, that’s about all for today folks.“<ref>Louis Sahagun, <i>Master of the Mysteries. The Life of Manly Palmer Hall.</i> (Port Townsend, WA: Process Media, 49.</ref>		Part showman, part shaman, Hall wore a dark tailored suit and sat mid-stage, his hands resting palms down on the arms of a baronial chair that was bathed in light. He spoke for 1 ½ hours – not a minute longer. Whether his subject was Egyptian initiation ceremonies or mythic water sprites, he concluded abruptly with the same sign-off: “Well, that’s about all for today folks.“<ref>Louis Sahagun, <i>Master of the Mysteries. The Life of Manly Palmer Hall.</i> (Port Townsend, WA: Process Media, 49.</ref>

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Additional resources

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	* [https://laacollective.org/work/the-manly-p-hall-archive The Manly P. Hall Alchemy Archive: A Brief History of an Occult Collection] by Derek Christian Quezada. Essay on Hall's collection of alchemical and occult works.		* [https://laacollective.org/work/the-manly-p-hall-archive The Manly P. Hall Alchemy Archive: A Brief History of an Occult Collection] by Derek Christian Quezada. Essay on Hall's collection of alchemical and occult works.

	* '''WARNING:''' ManlyPHall.org is a series of commercial links and has nothing to do with Hall's teachings.		'''WARNING:''' ManlyPHall.org is a series of commercial links and has nothing to do with Hall's teachings.

			=== Articles ===

			* [https://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/remembering-an-american-sage-an-admirer-and-associate-reminisces-about-manly-palmer-hall "Remembering an American Sage: An Admirer and Associate Reminisces about Manly Palmer Hall"] by Stephan A. Hoeller. ''Quest'' 110 no.3 (Summer, 2022): 32-34.

	=== Archival collections ===		=== Archival collections ===

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	By mid-1928, having presold subscriptions for almost a thousand copies and printing 1,200 more, he published what would become known as the “Big Book” and it has never gone out of print since. <ref>Horowitz, 154.</ref> '''''The Secret Teachings of All Ages''''', funded by a bevy of wealthy supporters was published to immediate acclaim. Hall published other books widely considered classics of occult literature, but the <i>Secret Teachings of All Ages</i> stands head and shoulders above the rest. It is the most important book of the early twentieth-century American occult revival, it remains influential, and many of the teachings and ideas it presented to the public remain in circulation. <ref> Greer, 179.</ref><ref>Sahagun, 51.</ref>		By mid-1928, having presold subscriptions for almost a thousand copies and printing 1,200 more, he published what would become known as the “Big Book” and it has never gone out of print since. <ref>Horowitz, 154.</ref> '''''The Secret Teachings of All Ages''''', funded by a bevy of wealthy supporters was published to immediate acclaim. Hall published other books widely considered classics of occult literature, but the <i>Secret Teachings of All Ages</i> stands head and shoulders above the rest. It is the most important book of the early twentieth-century American occult revival, it remains influential, and many of the teachings and ideas it presented to the public remain in circulation. <ref> Greer, 179.</ref><ref>Sahagun, 51.</ref>

	The book is magnificently illustrated with 54 original full-color plates of ancient and medieval emblems and figures by noted illustrator '''[[J. Augustus Knapp]]''' and 200 black-white illustrations borrowed from rare occult works. The instant success of the book catapulted Hall into the national spotlight. <ref> Sahagun, 50-51.</ref>It was the only serious, comprehensive codex of its era that took the world of myth and symbol on its own terms. Hall peered into sources that many historians refused to consider – from Masonic and Rosicrucian tracts to alchemical and astrological works – and recent scholarship has justified some of his historic conclusions. While <i>The Secret Teachings of All Ages</i> has always been ignored within academia, it influenced some who chose more traditional scholarly paths than Hall’s. He clarified ancient ideas that could otherwise seem beyond reach, writing not as a distant judge but as a lover of the rites and mysteries embodied in the old ways.<ref>Horowitz, 162-163,156.</ref>		The book is magnificently illustrated with 54 original full-color plates of ancient and medieval emblems and figures by noted illustrator '''[[J. Augustus Knapp]]''' and 200 black-white illustrations borrowed from rare occult works. A huge selection of illustrations from '''''The Secret Teachings of All Ages''''' is available at the [https://www.universalfreemasonry.org/en/gallery/secret-teachings Universal Co-Masonry website].

			The instant success of the book catapulted Hall into the national spotlight. <ref> Sahagun, 50-51.</ref>It was the only serious, comprehensive codex of its era that took the world of myth and symbol on its own terms. Hall peered into sources that many historians refused to consider – from Masonic and Rosicrucian tracts to alchemical and astrological works – and recent scholarship has justified some of his historic conclusions. While <i>The Secret Teachings of All Ages</i> has always been ignored within academia, it influenced some who chose more traditional scholarly paths than Hall’s. He clarified ancient ideas that could otherwise seem beyond reach, writing not as a distant judge but as a lover of the rites and mysteries embodied in the old ways.<ref>Horowitz, 162-163,156.</ref>

	== Philosophical Research Society (PRS) ==		== Philosophical Research Society (PRS) ==

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	By mid-1928, having presold subscriptions for almost a thousand copies and printing 1,200 more, he published what would become known as the “Big Book” and it has never gone out of print since. <ref>Horowitz, 154.</ref> '''''The Secret Teachings of All Ages''''', funded by a bevy of wealthy supporters was published to immediate acclaim. Hall published other books widely considered classics of occult literature, but the <i>Secret Teachings of All Ages</i> stands head and shoulders above the rest. It is the most important book of the early twentieth-century American occult revival, it remains influential, and many of the teachings and ideas it presented to the public remain in circulation. <ref> Greer, 179.</ref><ref>Sahagun, 51.</ref>		By mid-1928, having presold subscriptions for almost a thousand copies and printing 1,200 more, he published what would become known as the “Big Book” and it has never gone out of print since. <ref>Horowitz, 154.</ref> '''''The Secret Teachings of All Ages''''', funded by a bevy of wealthy supporters was published to immediate acclaim. Hall published other books widely considered classics of occult literature, but the <i>Secret Teachings of All Ages</i> stands head and shoulders above the rest. It is the most important book of the early twentieth-century American occult revival, it remains influential, and many of the teachings and ideas it presented to the public remain in circulation. <ref> Greer, 179.</ref><ref>Sahagun, 51.</ref>

	The book is magnificently illustrated with 54 original full-color plates of ancient and medieval emblems and figures by noted illustrator [[J. Augustus Knapp]] and 200 black-white illustrations borrowed from rare occult works. The instant success of the book catapulted Hall into the national spotlight. <ref> Sahagun, 50-51.</ref>It was the only serious, comprehensive codex of its era that took the world of myth and symbol on its own terms. Hall peered into sources that many historians refused to consider – from Masonic and Rosicrucian tracts to alchemical and astrological works – and recent scholarship has justified some of his historic conclusions. While <i>The Secret Teachings of All Ages</i> has always been ignored within academia, it influenced some who chose more traditional scholarly paths than Hall’s. He clarified ancient ideas that could otherwise seem beyond reach, writing not as a distant judge but as a lover of the rites and mysteries embodied in the old ways.<ref>Horowitz, 162-163,156.</ref>		The book is magnificently illustrated with 54 original full-color plates of ancient and medieval emblems and figures by noted illustrator '''[[J. Augustus Knapp]]''' and 200 black-white illustrations borrowed from rare occult works. The instant success of the book catapulted Hall into the national spotlight. <ref> Sahagun, 50-51.</ref>It was the only serious, comprehensive codex of its era that took the world of myth and symbol on its own terms. Hall peered into sources that many historians refused to consider – from Masonic and Rosicrucian tracts to alchemical and astrological works – and recent scholarship has justified some of his historic conclusions. While <i>The Secret Teachings of All Ages</i> has always been ignored within academia, it influenced some who chose more traditional scholarly paths than Hall’s. He clarified ancient ideas that could otherwise seem beyond reach, writing not as a distant judge but as a lover of the rites and mysteries embodied in the old ways.<ref>Horowitz, 162-163,156.</ref>

	== Philosophical Research Society (PRS) ==		== Philosophical Research Society (PRS) ==

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	By mid-1928, having presold subscriptions for almost a thousand copies and printing 1,200 more, he published what would become known as the “Big Book” and it has never gone out of print since. <ref>Horowitz, 154.</ref> '''''The Secret Teachings of All Ages''''', funded by a bevy of wealthy supporters was published to immediate acclaim. Hall published other books widely considered classics of occult literature, but the <i>Secret Teachings of All Ages</i> stands head and shoulders above the rest. It is the most important book of the early twentieth-century American occult revival, it remains influential, and many of the teachings and ideas it presented to the public remain in circulation. <ref> Greer, 179.</ref><ref>Sahagun, 51.</ref>		By mid-1928, having presold subscriptions for almost a thousand copies and printing 1,200 more, he published what would become known as the “Big Book” and it has never gone out of print since. <ref>Horowitz, 154.</ref> '''''The Secret Teachings of All Ages''''', funded by a bevy of wealthy supporters was published to immediate acclaim. Hall published other books widely considered classics of occult literature, but the <i>Secret Teachings of All Ages</i> stands head and shoulders above the rest. It is the most important book of the early twentieth-century American occult revival, it remains influential, and many of the teachings and ideas it presented to the public remain in circulation. <ref> Greer, 179.</ref><ref>Sahagun, 51.</ref>

	The book is magnificently illustrated with 54 original full-color plates of ancient and medieval emblems and figures by noted illustrator J. Augustus Knapp and 200 black-white illustrations borrowed from rare occult works. The instant success of the book catapulted Hall into the national spotlight. <ref> Sahagun, 50-51.</ref>It was the only serious, comprehensive codex of its era that took the world of myth and symbol on its own terms. Hall peered into sources that many historians refused to consider – from Masonic and Rosicrucian tracts to alchemical and astrological works – and recent scholarship has justified some of his historic conclusions. While <i>The Secret Teachings of All Ages</i> has always been ignored within academia, it influenced some who chose more traditional scholarly paths than Hall’s. He clarified ancient ideas that could otherwise seem beyond reach, writing not as a distant judge but as a lover of the rites and mysteries embodied in the old ways.<ref>Horowitz, 162-163,156.</ref>		The book is magnificently illustrated with 54 original full-color plates of ancient and medieval emblems and figures by noted illustrator [[J. Augustus Knapp]] and 200 black-white illustrations borrowed from rare occult works. The instant success of the book catapulted Hall into the national spotlight. <ref> Sahagun, 50-51.</ref>It was the only serious, comprehensive codex of its era that took the world of myth and symbol on its own terms. Hall peered into sources that many historians refused to consider – from Masonic and Rosicrucian tracts to alchemical and astrological works – and recent scholarship has justified some of his historic conclusions. While <i>The Secret Teachings of All Ages</i> has always been ignored within academia, it influenced some who chose more traditional scholarly paths than Hall’s. He clarified ancient ideas that could otherwise seem beyond reach, writing not as a distant judge but as a lover of the rites and mysteries embodied in the old ways.<ref>Horowitz, 162-163,156.</ref>

	== Philosophical Research Society (PRS) ==		== Philosophical Research Society (PRS) ==

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Books and pamphlets

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	For a more '''complete list of books''', see the [https://www.manlyphall.info/mph-book-list.htm ManlyPHall.info website].		For a more '''complete list of books''', see the [https://www.manlyphall.info/mph-book-list.htm ManlyPHall.info website].

	A '''topical index to Manly P. Hall's books''' is also available at the [https://www.manlyphall.info/topics.htm ManlyPHall,info website].		A '''topical index to Manly P. Hall's books''' is also available at the [https://www.manlyphall.info/topics.htm ManlyPHall.info website].

	* '''''The Initiates of the Flame'''''. Los Angeles, 1922. The first published book by Hall. Available at [https://books.google.com/books?id=WE0yAQAAMAAJ Google Books] and [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/2039104.html Hathitrust].		* '''''The Initiates of the Flame'''''. Los Angeles, 1922. The first published book by Hall. Available at [https://books.google.com/books?id=WE0yAQAAMAAJ Google Books] and [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/2039104.html Hathitrust].