Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #358914 in Books
• Published on: 1998-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 50 pages

From the Publisher
The Philosophical Research Society is a nonprofit organization founded in 1934 for the purpose of assisting thoughtful persons to live more graciously and constructively in a confused and troubled world. The Society is entirely free from educational, political, or ecclesiastical control. Dedicated to an idealistic approach to the solution of human problems, the Society's program stresses the need for the integration of religion, philosophy, and the science of psychology into one system of instruction. The goal of this instruction is to enable the individual to develop a mature philosophy of life, to recognize his proper responsibilities and opportunities, and to understand and appreciate his place in the unfolding universal pattern.

About the Author
Manly P. Hall was the founder of the Philosophical Research Society. In over seventy-five years of dynamic public activity, he delivered more than 8,000 lectures in the United States and abroad, and authored countless books, essays, and articles. In his lectures and writings, Manly Hall always emphasized the practical aspects of philosophy and religion as they applied to daily living. He restated for modern man those spiritual and ethical doctrines which have given humanity its noblest ideals and most adequate codes of conduct. Believing that philosophy is a working tool to help the individual in building a solid foundation for his dreams and purposes, Manly Hall steadfastly sought recognition of the belief that world civilization can be perfected only when human beings meet on a common ground of intelligence, cooperation, and worthy purpose.

Customer Reviews

Manly P. Hall "The Scred Magic of the Qabbalah- The Science of Divine Names"
Historian A. Ralph Epperson the decidedly anti Masonic author of the underground classic "New World Order" called Manly P. Hall greatest of all the Masonic writers. This little pamphlet roughly 54 pages in length corroborates Epperson's claim, I personally think that Hall was a great writer period perhaps I haven't read enough different authors but as it stands right now I consider Hall to one of the greatest writers 20th century.
Do not be misled because of the brevity of this text into thinking there is not a great deal of information, wisdom and knowledge in this essay. Hall offers a concise yet thoroughly detailed analysis of the symbols which are the foundation of humanity's mode of communication namely; letters and numbers
I personally always have been fascinated by the lucidity and profundity of Hall's writings and in "The Sacred Magic of the Qabbalah" once again Mr. Hall's displayed great knowledge of the ancient teachings combined with an extremely smooth literary style that makes it difficult not to constantly want to re-read his material in mid stream as opposed to reading it straight through.
All in all I would have to give this essay a 4.5 to 5 star rating.

Howard Roy Williams Jr.

pricey and vague
For such a small book, this one is expensive. Hall didn't really tell me what I wanted to know; he was too vague. I was expecting more.