Man

The Grand Symbol of the Mysteries

Manly P. Hall

• Publisher: Borodino Books
• Year: 2018
• eBook ISBN: 9781789127720

Man, according to Manly P. Hall, is at the center of the Mystery School tradition. We are the living reflection of the Creator, and all traditions in Western Esotericism are based upon it.
"Our purpose has been to bring together not all but only a small part of what may be termed the lore of the human body. For the most part, the origins of the various doctrines are set forth in the text. Some have come from Eastern scriptures, some from the Hermetic fragments. We have called upon a wide diversity of old authorities and, strangely enough, there is an evident consistency among them conspicuously lacking with the moderns. The sages, furthermore, approached their task with veneration; an underlying realization of the dignity of life adds charm to every conclusion. They viewed the human body not as the man but as the house of the man. Antiquity was convinced of immortality and among the wise the science of the soul occupied first place. Much work remains to be done in the field of occult anatomy. There are many old writings yet to be consulted, libraries unavailable to the public to be explored, manuscripts to be deciphered. The Codices of Central America must be made to give up their secrets. The temples libraries of Asia are filled with priceless documents, for in India are preserved records invaluable to science. Our effort, then, is primarily to stimulate interest and to focus the attention of the learned upon this engrossing theme. We are subject to errors which time alone can correct, but the principle of the correspondence existing between man and the world is established upon incontestable grounds."—Manly P. Hall

Table of contents

• Title page
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• PREFACE
• LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
• CHAPTER I - RESTATING THE THEORY OF EDUCATION
• CHAPTER II - OCCULT FOUNDATIONS OF SCIENCE
• CHAPTER III THE - MYSTERY OF THE THREE WORLDS
• CHAPTER IV - THE MACROCOSM AND THE MICROCOSM
• CHAPTER V - THE SYMBOLISM OF THE WORLD EGG
• CHAPTER VI - INTRODUCTION TO OCCULT EMBRYOLOGY
• CHAPTER VII - THE STORY OF THE CELL
• CHAPTER VIII - THE INCARNATIONS OF VISHNU
• CHAPTER IX - THE BRAIN AND THE RELEASE OF THE SOUL
• CHAPTER X - THE VENTRICLES AND THE BRAIN DEW
• CHAPTER XI - THE HEART, THE SEAT OF LIFE
• CHAPTER XII - THE BLOOD, THE UNIVERSAL PROTEUS
• CHAPTER XIII - THE SPINAL COLUMN AND THE WORLD TREE
• CHAPTER XIV - KUNDALINI AND THE SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
• CHAPTER XV - THE SOLAR PLEXUS AND THE PNEUMOGASTRIC NERVE
• CHAPTER XVI -THE PINEAL GLAND, THE EYE OF THE GODS
• CHAPTER XVII - THE ENDOCRINE CHAIN AND BODILY EQUILIBRIUM
• CHAPTER XVIII - SIGHT, THE MOST EXCELLENT OF THE SENSES
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