Manly P. Hall, La SaViduría Secreta de Todos los Tiempos: Crack, Puto.

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“Cuando un masón aprende que la LlΛVe hacia el Guerrero es la aplicación adecuada de la Dinamo del Poder Viviente, entonces ha aprendido el misterio de su oficio.

Las furiosas energías de LVZIFER están en sus manos :twisted: , y antes de que pueda ascender al siguiente peldaño, debe demostrar su habilidad para aplicar adecuadamente esa energía.”

Manly Palmer Hall. The Lost Key of Freemasonry, p.54.

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Amazon: The Secret Teachings of All Ages.

“Las Enseñanzas Secretas de Manly P. Hall son una obra maestra, compendio de las enseñanzas esotéricas de todos los tiempos.”

Huston Smith dixit, Crack, Puto.

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Amazon: Lectures on Ancient Philosophy, by Manly P. Hall

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Amazon: What the ancient Wisdom Expects of its Disciples.

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Manly Palmer Hall

Manly Palmer Hall nacido el 18 de marzo 1901 y fallecido el 29 de agosto 1990 era un autor canadiense sobre el ocultismo, la mitología y las religiones. Su obra más conocida es The Secret Teachings of All Ages: An Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic and Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy[1]

En 1973, Hall recibió el grado honorífico 33º de la masonería de Rito Escocés Antiguo y Aceptado[2] [3],

sin ser masón.[4]

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Obras

En inglés:

  • The Secret Teachings of All Ages, 1928 PRS
  • Meditation Symbols In Eastern & Western Mysticism-Mysteries of the Mandala, The Philosophical research Society,Inc.,1988. ISBN 0-89314-543-2
  • Lectures on ancient philosophy: An Introduction to Practical Ideals
  • The Adepts Series PRS
  • Lady of Dreams: A fable in the manner of the Chinese (Los Angeles, 1943)
  • The blessed angels: a monograph
  • Lectures on Ancient Philosophy—An Introduction to the Study and Application of Rational Procedure, The Hall Publishing Company, Los Angeles, First Edition, 1929, Rosicrucian and Masonic Origins (chapter 19)
  • Introduction to Max Heindel’s Blavatsky and The Secret Doctrine, 1933 [2],
  • Atlantis, An Interpretation
  • Noah and His Wonderful Ark

Enlaces y referencias externas

En portugués

Notas y referencias

  1. Sub Rosa Magazine – Issue 6, October 2006, includes a profile of Hall that mentions a “sole biographical record” called Growing Up With Grandmother; ISBN 0-89314-420-7.
  2. MPH Biography
  3. Manly P. Hall’s Obituary, Scottish Rite Journal, November, 1990, p. 22. [1]. (Note: archives don’t go back this far so this reference is in question. However, the Philosophical Research Society Manly Palmer Hall biography states this (word-for-word) except the text on this page claimed the 33º was the second highest honor, which has since been corrected. The Supreme Council – Is It True What They Say About Freemasonry? – The Methods of Anti-Masons questions Hall’s Mason authority status.
  4. Manly Palmer Hall, The Lost Keys of Fremasonry p. 6

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“Cuando un masón aprende que la LlΛV e hacia el Guerrero es la aplicación adecuada de la Dinamo del Poder Viviente, entonces ha aprendido el misterio de su oficio.” :twisted:

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“El dedo cordial (dedo de en medio o del corazón).

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del Eje de la V idΛ.

Es el dedo de Saturno.”

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Saturno deVorando a su hijo, de Rubens. (1636)

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“Quien se autodenomina RosaCruz, NO lo es.”

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Antimasonería – wikipedia.

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The Secret Teachings Of All Ages – Deluxe Online Edition

Table of Contents

DEDICATION 3
PREFACE 5
COLOR PLATES 9
ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT 11
INTRODUCTION 12
THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES AND SECRET SOCIETIES WHICH HAVE INFLUENCED MODERN MASONIC SYMBOLISM
Ancient systems of education–Celsus concerning the Christians–Knowledge necessary to right living–The Druidic Mysteries of Britain and Gaul–The Rites of Mithras–The Mithraic and Christian Mysteries contrasted.
21
THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES AND SECRET SOCIETIES, PART II
The Gnostic Mysteries–Simon Magus and Basilides–Abraxas, the Gnostic concept of Deity–The Mysteries of Serapis–Labyrinth symbolism–The Odinic, or Gothic, Mysteries.
25
THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES AND SECRET SOCIETIES, PART III
The Eleusinian Mysteries–The Lesser Rites–The Greater Rites–The Orphic Mysteries–The Bacchic Mysteries–The Dionysiac Mysteries.
29
ATLANTIS AND THE GODS OF ANTIQUITY
Plato’s Atlantis in the light of modern science-The Myth of the Dying God-The Rite of Tammuz and Ishtar–The Mysteries of Atys and Adonis-The Rites of Sabazius–The Cabiric Mysteries of Samothrace.
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THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF THOTH HERMES TRISMEGISTUS
Suppositions concerning identity of Hermes–The mutilated Hermetic fragments–The Book of Thoth–Poimandres, the Vision of Hermes–The Mystery of Universal Mind–The Seven Governors of the World.
37
THE INITIATION OF THE PYRAMID
The opening of the Great Pyramid by Caliph at Mamoun–The passageways and chambers of the Great Pyramid–The riddle of the Sphinx–The Pyramid Mysteries–The secret of the Pyramid coffer-The dwelling place of the Hidden God.
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ISIS, THE VIRGIN OF THE WORLD
The birthdays of the gods–The murder of Osiris–The Hermetic Isis–The symbols peculiar to Isis–The Troubadours–The mummification of the dead.
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THE SUN, A UNIVERSAL DEITY
The Solar Trinity-Christianity and the Sun–The birthday of the Sun–The three Suns–The celestial inhabitants of the Sun–The midnight Sun.
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THE ZODIAC AND ITS SIGNS
Primitive astronomical instruments–The equinoxes and solstices–The astrological ages of the world–The circular zodiac of Tentyra–An interpretation of the zodiacal signs–The horoscope of the world.
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THE BEMBINE TABLE OF ISIS
Plato’s initiation in the Great Pyramid–The history of the Bembine Table–Platonic theory of ideas–The interplay of the three philosophical zodiacs–The Chaldean philosophy of triads–The Orphic Egg.
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WONDERS OF ANTIQUITY
The ever-burning lamps–The oracle of Delphi–The Dodonean oracle–The oracle of Trophonius–The initiated architects–The Seven Wonders of the world.
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THE LIFE AND PHILOSOPHY OF PYTHAGORAS
Pythagoras and the School of Crotona–Pythagoric fundamentals–The symmetrical solids–The symbolic aphorisms of Pythagoras–Pythagorean astronomy–Kepler’s theory of the universe.
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PYTHAGOREAN MATHEMATICS
The theory of numbers–The numerical values of letters–Method of securing the numerical Power of words–An introduction to the Pythagorean theory of numbers–The sieve of Eratosthenes–The meanings of the ten numbers.
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THE HUMAN BODY IN SYMBOLISM
The philosophical manikin–The three universal centers–The temples of initiation–The hand in symbolism–The greater and lesser man–The Anthropos, or Oversoul.
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THE HIRAMIC LEGEND
The building of Solomon’s Temple–The murder of CHiram Abiff–The martyrdom of Jacques de Molay–The spirit fire and the pineal gland–The wanderings of the astronomical CHiram–Cleopatra’s Needle and Masons’ marks.
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THE PYTHAGOREAN THEORY OF MUSIC AND COLOR
Pythagoras and the diatonic scale–Therapeutic music–The music of the spheres–The use of color in symbolism–The colors of the spectrum and the musical scale–Zodiacal and planetary colors.
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FISHES, INSECTS, ANIMALS, REPTILES, AND BIRDS
Jonah and the whale–The fish the symbol of Christ–The Egyptian scarab–Jupiter’s fly–The serpent of wisdom–The sacred crocodile.
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FISHES, INSECTS, ANIMALS, REPTILES, AND BIRDS, PART II
The dove, the yonic emblem–The self-renewing phœnix–The Great Seal of the United States of America–Bast, the cat goddess of the Ptolemies–Apis, the sacred bull–The monoceros, or unicorn.
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FLOWERS, PLANTS, FRUITS, AND TREES
The flower, a phallic symbol–The lotus blossom–The Scandinavian World Tree, Yggdrasil–The sprig of acacia–The juice of the grape–The magical powers of the mandrake.
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STONES, METALS, AND GEMS
Prehistoric monuments–The tablets of the Law–The Holy Grail–The ages of the world–Talismanic jewels–Zodiacal and planetary stones and gems.
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CEREMONIAL MAGIC AND SORCERY
The black magic of Egypt–Doctor Johannes Faustus–The Mephistopheles of the Grimores–The invocation of spirits–Pacts with demons–The symbolism of the pentagram.
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THE ELEMENTS AND THEIR INHABITANTS.
The Paracelsian theory of submundanes–The orders of elemental beings–The Gnomes, Undines, Salamanders, and Sylphs–Demonology–The incubus and succubus–Vampirism.
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HERMETIC PHARMACOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, AND THERAPEUTICS
The healing methods of Paracelsus–Palingenesis–Hermetic theories concerning the cause of disease–Medicinal properties of herbs–The use of drugs in the Mysteries–The sect of the Assassins.
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THE QABBALAH, THE SECRET DOCTRINE OF ISRAEL
The written and unwritten laws–The origin of the Qabbalistic writings–Rabbi Simeon ben Jochai–The great Qabbalistic books–The divisions of the Qabbalistic system–The Sepher Yetzirah.
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FUNDAMENTALS OF QABBALISTIC COSMOGONY AIN SOPH
and the Cosmic Egg–The Qabbalistic system of worlds–The Qabbalistic interpretation of Ezekiel’s vision–The great image of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream–The Grand Man of the universe–The fifty gates of life.
117
THE TREE OF THE SEPHIROTH
The thirty-two paths of wisdom–The Greater and the Lesser Face–Kircher’s Sephirothic Tree–The mystery of Daath–The three pillars supporting the Sephirothic Tree–The four letters of the Sacred Name.
121
QABBALISTIC KEYS TO THE CREATION OF MAN
Gematria, Notarikon, and Temurah–The Elohim–The four Adams–Arabian traditions concerning Adam–Adam as the archetype of mankind–The early Christian Church on the subject of marriage.
125
AN ANALYSIS OF THE TAROT CARDS
The origin of playing cards–The rota mundi of the Rosicrucians–The problem of Tarot symbolism–The unnumbered card–The symbolism of the twenty-one major trumps–The suit cards.
129
THE TABERNACLE IN THE WILDERNESS
Moses, the Egyptian initiate–The building of the Tabernacle–The furnishings of the Tabernacle–The Ark of the Covenant–The Robes of Glory–The Urim and Thummim.
133
THE FRATERNITY OF THE ROSE CROSS
The life of Father C.R.C.–Johann Valentin Andreæ–The alchemical teachings of the Rosicrucians–Significance of the Rose Cross–The Rosicrucian Temple–The adepts of the Rose Cross.
137
ROSICRUCIAN DOCTRINES AND TENETS
The Confessio FraternitatisThe Anatomy of Melancholy–John Heydon on Rosicrucianism–The three mountains of the wise–The philosophical egg–The objects of the Rosicrucian Order.
141
FIFTEEN ROSICRUCIAN AND QABBALISTIC DIAGRAMS
Schamayim, the Ocean of Spirit–The Seven Days of Creation–The symbolic tomb of Christian Rosencreutz–The regions of the elements–The New Jerusalem–The grand secret of Nature.
145
ALCHEMY AND ITS EXPONENTS
The multiplication of metals–The medal of Emperor Leopold I–Paracelsus of Hohenheim–Raymond Lully–Nicholas Flarnmel–Count Bernard of Treviso.
149
THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ALCHEMY
The origin of alchemical philosophy–Alexander the Great and the talking trees–Nature and art–Alchemical symbolism–The Song of Solomon–The Philosopher’s Gold.
153
THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ALCHEMY, PART II
The alchemical prayer–The Emerald Tablet of Hermes–A letter from the Brothers of R.C.–The magical Mountain of the Moon–An alchemical formula–The dew of the sages.
157
THE CHEMICAL MARRIAGE
Christian Rosencreutz is invited to the Chemical Wedding–The Virgo Lucifera–The philosophical Inquisition–The Tower of Olympus–The homunculi–The Knights of the Golden Stone.
161
BACON, SHAKSPEARE, AND THE ROSICRUCIANS
The Rosicrucian mask–Life of William Shakspere–Sir Francis Bacon–The acrostic signatures–The significant number thirty-three–The philosophic death.
165
THE CRYPTOGRAM AS A FACTOR IN SYMBOLIC PHILOSOPHY
Secret alphabets–The biliteral cipher–Pictorial ciphers–Acroamatic ciphers–Numerical and musical ciphers–Code ciphers.
169
FREEMASONIC SYMBOLISM
The pillars raised by the sons of Seth–Enoch and the Royal Arches–The Dionysiac Architects–The Roman Collegia–Solomon, the personification of Universal Wisdom–Freemasonry’s priceless heritage.
173
MYSTIC CHRISTIANITY
St. Iranæus on the life of Christ–The original name of Jesus–The Christened man–The Essenes–The Arthurian cycle–Merlin the Mage.
177
THE CROSS AND THE CRUCIFIXION
The Aurea Legenda–The lost libraries of Alexandria–The cross in pagan symbolism–The crucifixion, a cosmic allegory–The crucifixion of Quetzalcoatl–The nails of the Passion.
181
THE MYSTERY OF THE APOCALYPSE
The sacred city of Ephesus–The authorship of the Apocalypse–The Alpha and Omega–The Lamb of God-The Four Horsemen-The number of the beast.
185
THE FAITH OF ISLAM
The life of Mohammed–The revelation of the Koran–The valedictory pilgrimage–The tomb of the Prophet–The Caaba at Mecca–The secret doctrine of Islam.
189
AMERICAN INDIAN SYMBOLISM
The ceremony of the peace pipe–The historical Hiawatha–The Popol Vuh–American Indian sorcery–The Mysteries of Xibalba–The Midewiwin.
193
THE MYSTERIES AND THEIR EMISSARIES
The Golden Chain of Homer–Hypatia, the Alexandrian Neo-Platonist–The “divine” Cagliostro–The Comte de St.-Germain–The designing of the American flag–The Declaration of Independence.
197
CONCLUSION 201
BIBLIOGRAPHY 205
INDEX

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  1. 1 Rogelio Miércoles, Junio 24, 2009 a las 1:53 pm

    Hola q.: h.: qué grado tenéis?… (no es necesario que me contestes en público).

    Gracias por dar luz y por tu ΛmVigüedad.

    “En algún momento todos los misterios han dejado de serlo.. pero por extrañas razones vuelven a ser misterios de una manera misteriosa”

  2. 3 eneasxiii Jueves, Junio 25, 2009 a las 1:31 am

    Acabo de encontrar esto y como se que te pirrian estas cosas,ahi te va jejeje
    me ha hecho gracia la ca(s)ualidad de espirales y colores

    http://www.microsiervos.com/archivo/juegos-y-diversion/espirales-verde-azul.html

    ;)

  3. 5 eneasxiii Viernes, Junio 26, 2009 a las 6:09 am

    Jajaja es que es gracioso que aun sabiendo que nuestra percepcion suele ser un truñete,y sabiendo que lo que vemos y percibimos ta filtrado y tullidito,y nos llega una kk de la vaca de la “realidad”(valla usted a saber que es eso) tan solo nos fiemos de los que podemos ver y si se puede tocar y morder mejor,y todo lo demas,no existe,y tan pinchos.

    Probablemente de tu forma de mirar dependa el resultado

    Me alegro que te halla gustaó,ta pronto!


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