Author:
Hall, Manly P. (Manly Palmer), 1901-1990.
Imprint:Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, c2010.
Physical Descriptionxxxvii, 676 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Note:Originally published: San Francisco : H.S. Crocker Co., 1928.
Note:The ancient mysteries and secret societies which have influenced modern Masonic symbolism, part I-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-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 -- 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, part I-II -- The chemical marriage -- Bacon, Shakespeare, 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.
