He Understood Both the Farmer and the Philosopher
He understood both the farmer and the philosopher, and could speak the languages of both.
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Manly P. Hall
Manly Palmer Hall was a Canadian writer, lecturer, astrologer, and mystic. Over his 70-year career he gave thousands of lectures and published over 150 volumes, of which the best known is The Secret Teachings of All Ages (1928). In 1934, he founded the Philosophical Research Society in Los Angeles.
Quotes
The Language of Symbolism
When the human race learns to read
the language of symbolism,
a great veil will fall from
the eyes of men.
Excerpts
Conceiving the World as One Interdependent Structure
But there is one new and encouraging element present in most of the recommendations of today’s experts. They are recognizing the necessity of conceiving the world as one interdependent structure.
Every Visible Thing Is Only an Effect of the Invisible or Causal
Light is not only a physical element, it is also a mental and spiritual element and in the temple the disciple is told to revere the invisible sun even more than the visible one; for every visible thing is only an effect of the invisible or causal, and as God is the Cause of All Causes He dwells in the invisible World of Causation.
Truth Has Been in the World Unrecognized
They shall then know truth and, more than that,
they shall realize that from the beginning
truth has been in the world unrecognized.
World Democracy Was the Secret Dream of the Great Classical Philosophers
World democracy was the secret dream of the great classical philosophers. … Thousands of years before Columbus they were aware of the existence of our Western Hemisphere and selected it to be the site of the philosophic empire. … The brilliant plan of the Ancients has survived to our time, and it will continue to function until the great work is accomplished. …
The American nation desperately needs a vision of its own purpose.
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