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The Occult Anatomy of Man

Vigilant — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 20:28:25 +0000

An enlightening interpretation of the symbolism of the mysteries of the human body.

“In Scripture we are told that God made man in his own image. It is so stated not only in the Christian Bible, but also in the holy writings of nearly all enlightened people. The Jewish patriarchs thought that human body was the microcosm, or the little cosmos, made in the image of the macrocosm, or the great cosmos. The analogy between the finite and the infinite is said to be one of the keys by aid of which the secrets of Holy Writ are unlocked.“

“Amond certain Cabalistic writers the Holy Land is mapped out on the human body, and the various cities are shown as centers of consciousness in man. There is a wonderful study here for those who will investigate deeply and sincerely the ancient Mysteries. We cannot hope to cover all the ground, but if you can gain from this booklet a key to the situation we hope you will pursue the line of thought until you have made it all-inclusive and opened at least on seal of the Book of Divine Revelation”.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I – The Human Body in Symbolism

II – The Three Worlds

III- The Spinal Column

4- The Infernal Worlds

5- Occult Embryology

Addendum: Occult Masonry

The Lost Keys of Masonry

Vigilant — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:26:48 +0000

The steady demand and increasing popularity of this volume, of which eighteen thousand copies have been printed since it first appeared a few years ago, have brought the present revised and rearranged edition into being. The text can be read with profit by both new and old Mason, for within its pages lies an interpretation of Masonic symbolism which supplements the monitorial instruction usually given in the lodges. The leading Masonic scholars of all times have agreed that the symbols of the Fraternity are susceptible of the most profound interpretation and thus reveal to the truly initiated certain secrets concerning the spiritual realities of life. Freemasonry is therefore more than a mere social organization a few centuries old, and can be regarded as a perpetuation of the philosophical mysteries and initiations of the ancients. This is in keeping with the inner tradition of the Craft, a heritage from pre-Revival days.

The present volume will appeal to the thoughtful Mason as an inspiring work, for it satisfies the yearning for further light and leads the initiate to that Sanctum Sanctorum where the mysteries are revealed. The book is a contribution to Masonic idealism, revealing the profounder aspects of our ancient and gentle Fraternity – those unique and distinctive features which have proved a constant inspiration through the centuries.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter I – The Eternal Quest
Chapter II – The Candidate
Chapter III – The Entered Apprentice
Chapter IV – The Fellow Craft
Chapter V – The Master Mason
Chapter VI – The Qualifications of a True Mason
Epilogue

The Secret Destiny of America

Vigilant — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:06:24 +0000

Manly Hall’s book on the hidden destiny of America is a well written and easy to read book of America as the Neoplatonic Utopia. Citing from rare and obscure references you will discover some amazing ideas of a land not born in history until some 500 or more years later. The book starts out in Ancient Egypt with Aknaten, as he declares the first democrat. Hall then states that the Greeks did at one time sail to America and got as far as the Great Lakes. The book also deals largely with prophecies. That of Atlantis, Nastradamus, Lord Bacon, Plato, and other more ‘silent’ prophets. The one particular aspect of this book that I really enjoyed is that Manly Hall really appreciates books and knowledge. He values them to the utmost degree (see his Great Books on Religion and Esoteric Philosophy). In the course of this literature he states that its not the facts that matter, but rather there is another point of view of history that we may not be aware of. This is just another one and to take it as gosepel truth is to miss the point entirely. Its to keep our imagination rolling and our eyes open that we can see the [personal] utopia. He goes on saying that America is the lost Utopia, or the never found utopia that so many people have been searching for or speculating in theory. Among the famous people that founded this country of whom all of which were involved in Freemasonry or other Secret Occult Societies. Washington, Franklin, Jefferson, and perhaps even Christopher Columbus.

Table of Contents

1. THE ORIGIN OF THE DEMOCRATIC IDEAL
2. THE WORLD’S FIRST DEMOCRAT
3 WESTWARD OCEAN TRAVEL TO THE EARTHLY PARADISE
4 THE FIRST ELECTION OF LAW-MAKERS
5 THE ANCIENT LEAGUE OF NATIONS
6 A ROMAN PROJECT TO GIVE RULERSHIP TO THE WISE
7 THE DEMOCRATIC TRADITION PRESERVED BY SECRET SOCIETIES
8 A NEW IDENTITY FOR CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
9 THE PROPHECIES OF NOSTRADAMUS
10 THE DESIGN OF UTOPIAS
11 THE OBJECTIVE OF THE SECRET SOCIETY
12 WESTERN CULTURE A THOUSAND YEARS BEFORE COLUMBUS
13 BACON’S SECRET SOCIETY IS SET UP IN AMERICA
14 A PROPHECY WRITTEN IN THE YEAR OF WASHINGTON’S BIRTH
15 THE UNKNOWN MAN WHO DESIGNED OUR FLAG
16 THOMAS PAINE AND THE RIGHTS OF MAN
17 THE UNKNOWN WHO SWAYED THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
18 THE SYMBOLS OF THE GREAT SEAL OF THE U.S.
19 THE PROPHETIC DREAM OF GENERAL MC CLELLAN
20 THE END OF THE QUEST

The Secret Teachings of All Ages

Vigilant — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:23:42 +0000

In 1928, a 20-something Renaissance man named Manly Hall self-published a vast encyclopedia of the occult, believing that “modern” ideas of progress and materialism were displacing more important and ancient modes of knowledge. Hall’s text has become a classic reference, dizzying in its breadth: various chapters explore Rosicrucianism, Kabbalah, alchemy, cryptology, Tarot, pyramids, the Zodiac, Pythagorean philosophy, Masonry and gemology, among other topics. This affordably priced edition would be vastly improved by a new foreword, placing the work in some kind of historical and critical context and introducing readers to the basic contours of Hall’s sweeping corpus. Instead, we have a disciple’s adulatory 1975 foreword, which merely parrots the same themes of mystery and esoterica that are espoused in the book. Readers who are unfamiliar with Hall’s work will be at a loss in ferreting out which chapters have stood the test of time and which have been vigorously debunked (like the one on Islam, which actually uses novelist Washington Irving as a primary source on the prophet Muhammad). However, they will also marvel at the sheer scope of Hall’s research and imagination, and at J. Augustus Knapp’s famous illustrations.

PREFACE 11
INTRODUCTION 17
THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES AND SECRET SOCIETIES
WHICH HAVE INFLUENCED MODERN MASONIC SYMBOLISM 42
THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES AND SECRET SOCIETIES, PART II 55
THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES AND SECRET SOCIETIES, PART III 68
ATLANTIS AND THE GODS OF ANTIQUITY 80
THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF THOTH HERMES TRISMEGISTUS 93
THE INITIATION OF THE PYRAMID 107
ISIS, THE VIRGIN OF THE WORLD 119
THE SUN, A UNIVERSAL DEITY 132
THE ZODIAC AND ITS SIGNS 146
THE BEMBINE TABLE OF ISIS 160
WONDERS OF ANTIQUITY 175
THE LIFE AND PHILOSOPHY OF PYTHAGORAS 188
PYTHAGOREAN MATHEMATICS 201
THE HUMAN BODY IN SYMBOLISM 215
THE HIRAMIC LEGEND 227
THE PYTHAGOREAN THEORY OF MUSIC AND COLOR 240
FISHES, INSECTS, ANIMALS, REPTILES, AND BIRDS 253
THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES
FISHES, INSECTS, ANIMALS, REPTILES, AND BIRDS, PART II 267
FLOWERS, PLANTS, FRUITS, AND TREES 281
STONES, METALS, AND GEMS 293
CEREMONIAL MAGIC AND SORCERY 306
THE ELEMENTS AND THEIR INHABITANTS 319.
HERMETIC PHARMACOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, AND THERAPEUTICS 333
THE QABBALAH, THE SECRET DOCTRINE OF ISRAEL 346
FUNDAMENTALS OF QABBALISTIC COSMOGONY AIN SOPH 360
THE TREE OF THE SEPHIROTH 372
QABBALISTIC KEYS TO THE CREATION OF MAN 382
AN ANALYSIS OF THE TAROT CARDS 394
THE TABERNACLE IN THE WILDERNESS 409
THE FRATERNITY OF THE ROSE CROSS 422
ROSICRUCIAN DOCTRINES AND TENETS 436
FIFTEEN ROSICRUCIAN AND QABBALISTIC DIAGRAMS 450
ALCHEMY AND ITS EXPONENTS 466
THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ALCHEMY 480
THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ALCHEMY, PART II 494
THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES
THE HERMETIC AND ALCHEMICAL FIGURES
OF CLAUDIUS DE DOMINICO CELENTANO VALLIS NOVI 508
THE CHEMICAL MARRIAGE 537
BACON, SHAKSPEARE, AND THE ROSICRUCIANS 550
THE CRYPTOGRAM AS A FACTOR IN SYMBOLIC PHILOSOPHY 562
FREEMASONIC SYMBOLISM 576
MYSTIC CHRISTIANITY 589
THE CROSS AND THE CRUCIFIXION 601
THE MYSTERY OF THE APOCALYPSE 616
THE FAITH OF ISLAM 627
AMERICAN INDIAN SYMBOLISM 639
THE MYSTERIES AND THEIR EMISSARIES 651
CONCLUSION 663
ABOUT THE AUTHOR 674