Anyone Read The Book by Manly P. Hall..... "Secret Teachings of All Ages"

"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, including a 16-page color insert."


-Introduction
-The Ancient Mysteries and Secret Societies Which Have Influenced Modern Masonic Symbolism
-The Ancient Mysteries and Secret Societies, Part Two
-The Ancient Mysteries and Secret Societies, Part Three
-Atlantis and the Gods of Antiquity
-The Life and Teachings 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 One)
-Fishes, Insects, Animals, Reptiles and Birds (Part Two)
-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 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 One
-The Theory and Practice of Alchemy: Part Two
-The Hermetic And Alchemical Figures of Claudius DeDominico Celentano Vallis Novi
-The Chemical Marriage
-Bacon, Shakspere, 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
-Conclusion