Master of the Mysteries: New Revelations on the Life of Manly Palmer Hall

by Louis Sahagun

Overview

"Louis Sahagun's gripping biography is an insightful look at the life and times of one of the last century's most important mystical thinkers."—The Fortean Times

In 1919, a Canadian teenager with a sixth grade education arrived by train to the wilds of Los Angeles. Within a decade he had transformed himself into a world-renowned occult scholar.

His name was Manly Palmer Hall, author of the landmark publication The Secret Teachings of All Ages, widely regarded as the best introduction to Western esoteric ideas, and the founder of the Philosophical Research Society, which housed one of the biggest occult libraries in the United States.

Hall became the twentieth century's most prolific writer and speaker on ancient philosophies, mysticism, and magic, and a confidant of Hollywood celebrities and politicians. In 1990, he died due to "suspicious circumstances," which remains an open homicide case at the Los Angeles Police Department.

This new edition contains dozens of previously unknown love letters from his wife Marie Bauer. They are the closest we will come to an autobiographical portrait of these Los Angeles mystics in love.

Author Louis Sahagan is an award-winning journalist for the Los Angeles Times.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781934170632
Publisher:	Process
Publication date:	06/14/2016
Edition description:	Enlarged
Pages:	330
Sales rank:	753,541
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Introduction 1

Chapter 1 City of Angels 15

Chapter 2 The Big Book 49

Chapter 3 Signs and Symbols of War 101

Chapter 4 Marie 125

Chapter 5 Mystics in Love 153

Chapter 6 Marie vs. the FBI 187

Chapter 7 Good Vibrations 199

Chapter 8 The Great Lost Society 231

Chapter 9 On Fairies, Sex Magic, and Stuffed Potatoes 259

Chapter 10 Metaphysical Turbulence 267

Chapter 11 Heidi 291

Chapter 12 Hanging Out With the Halls 299

Chapter 13 "Dr. Fritz" 315

Chapter 14 The Maestro's Transition 341

Epilogue 357

Endnotes 359