Lectures on Ancient Philosophy by Manly. P. Hall

Lectures on Ancient Philosophy – Complete in itself, this volume originated as a commentary and expansion of Manly P. Hall’s masterpiece of symbolic philosophy, The Secret Teachings of All Ages.  In Lectures on Ancient Philosophy, Manly P. Hall expands on the philosophical, metaphysical, and cosmological themes introduced in his classic work, The Secret Teachings of All Ages. Hall wrote this volume as a companion to his earlier work, intending it for those wishing to delve more deeply into the esoteric philosophies and ideas that undergird the Secret Teachings. Particular attention is paid to Neoplatonism, ancient Christianity, Rosicrucian and Freemasonic traditions, ancient mysteries, pagan rites and symbols, and Pythagorean mathematics. 00:00 – Preface 12:15 – The Nature of the Absolute 1:08:20 – God, the Divine Foundation, Illumined Mind, the Universal Savior 2:03:51 – The Inferior Creation and Its Regent 2:59:31 – The Annihilation of the Sense of Diversity                     3:56:05 – The Disciplines of Salvation 4:50:31 – The Doctrine of Redemption Through Grace 5:45:17 – The Mission of Aesthetics 6:41:29 – The Cycle of Necessity 7:34:37 – Pagan Theogony and Cosmogony 8:27:59 – Mathematics, the Master Science 9:23:20 – Demigods and Supermen 10:15:54 – Emerson’s Concept of the Oversoul 11:08:42 – Exoteric and Esoteric Knowledge 12:01:04 – Symbolism, the Universal Language 12:53:30 – Ancient Mystery Rituals 13:46:10 – A Philosophic Consideration of Man 15:34:23 – The Ladder of the Gods 16:28:41 – Rosicrucian and Masonic Origins 17:25:10 – The Goal of Philosophy  Register