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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.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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