The Secret Teachings of All Ages: An Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic, and Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy-Fully Color Illustrated Edition

The foundational encyclopedia of the Western esoteric tradition is presented for the first time with a fully colorized interior.In this monumental survey, Manly P. Hall examines the symbols, rituals, allegories, and philosophical teachings concealed within the world's religions and mystery traditions. Drawing upon ancient Egypt and Greece, Pythagorean philosophy, Hermeticism, Qabbalah, alchemy, Tarot, Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry, astrology, mythology, ceremonial magic, and early Christianity, Hall traces the recurring ideas through which humanity has attempted to understand creation, consciousness, and the divine.This Sublime Books edition is the only edition with a fully colorized interior. 254 interior illustration over 150 of them appear in color to illuminate Hall's discussions of sacred symbols, mystical diagrams, ancient deities, secret societies, occult cosmology, alchemical emblems, and philosophical systems. The result is an exceptionally vivid presentation of one of the most ambitious and enduring works of esoteric scholarship ever published.