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The Secret Teachings of All Ages: An Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic, and Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy is a classic esoteric encyclopedia written by Manly P. Hall, first published in 1928.
This work is Hall’s magnum opus and contains almost fifty chapters, each dense with esoteric knowledge, and more than 200 illustrations. He comprehensively covers many subjects, examples being:
- Qabbala
- Alchemy
- The tarot
- Ceremonial magic
- Neo-Platonic philosophy
- Pythagorean philosophy
- Mystery religions
- Thoth Hermes Trismegistus
- The Hiramic legend
- the Tree of the Sephiroth
- Mystic Christianity
- The theory of Rosicrucianism and Freemasonry
While there is some outdated information in the book, it remains a very useful resource on esoteric matters.