Augustus Knapp's famous illustrations, including a 16-page color insert. However, they will also marvel at the sheer scope of Hall's research and imagination, and at J. 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). 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. In association with TASCHEN Books Embracing an expansive range of occult teachings, this vast slipcased encyclopedia unveils the arcane myths and mysteries. Free shipping in Australia Supports the circular-economy 100 recyclable. 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. In short, we care about people and the planet. 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. 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.
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