c/manly-p-hall
Master mystic and philosopher Manly P. Hall dedicated his life to uncovering ancient truths. Explore his legendary books, lectures, and timeless legacy.
…newborn babe was locked the mystery of a Plato, or an Aristotle, or a Leonardo da Vinci, or a Raphael, or a Michelangelo. Something within this being, although the creature itself was small and of slight concern, yet there was within it something that…
…the restoration of the proponent economy. The roof is exemplified in such pioneer and creative figures as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. These men, in their term of protection, are as he's already known in his edition of the studio, are heavily for…
…must have a certain asymmetry. And we know in art that the dynamic symmetry of the great masters of Leonardo and Michelangelo, both of whom were profoundly acquainted with the Pythagorean doctrine. But the dynamic of these artists is always achieved by…
…equivalent could be found among men for it. Thus, sublimity was used as a means of exaggeration. as Leonardo and Michelangelo realized and exhibited later also the dynamic of the so-called heroic proportion or by the voluntary and intentional distortion of…
…of existence. And whether this existence be a small flower growing in the garden, whether it be a great painting by Michelangelo, like the walls of the Sistine Chapel, whether it be a magnificent piece of architecture, like the Taj Mahal, or a…
…men. but they do exist and are in very common knowledge throughout the world. They represent unworldliness produced by distortion. Michelangelo recognized this in art, and we know that his great figure of Moses gains its tremendous authority by its deformity.…
…things that they have available to themselves. From this kind of talent has arisen works of art, that equal anything done by Michelangelo or Leonardo da Vinci. Art is the expression of a longing for beauty within the self. It's fulfilled by the expression…
…All he is doing is fulfilling his own sense of proportion, propriety, harmony, and rhythm. Great artists like Durer, Michelangelo, Leonardo were great mathematicians. They were also great anatomists and physiologists. They produced inventions in many fields of…
…away. We have this in modern painting, sculpturing and other arts, graphic and architectural. We look back upon Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo and we say we cannot excel them. They have done everything that was possible to do in terms of art. Not only…
…break through the conventional roles and patterns of things, a skilled lecturer, engraver, and painter, He was a tremendous student of Michelangelo, but he went far more into art in the standpoint of pure mysticism than his master. Of course, Blake did not…
…far more into art in the standpoint of pure mysticism than his master. Of course, Blake did not actually study with Michelangelo, who lived much earlier, but he was greatly addicted to the works of Michelangelo. had a peculiar religious mystical philosophy…
…course, Blake did not actually study with Michelangelo, who lived much earlier, but he was greatly addicted to the works of Michelangelo. had a peculiar religious mystical philosophy of his own apart from art. He used his mysticism as the impulse behind his…
…copy the surface. When he did, the work was superficial and inadequate. So we are indebted to people like Albert Durer, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, for the careful study of body structure. Out of this study came patterns like the dynamic symmetry, we…
…Moses figured that he was simply an angel. We always think of him in the magnanimous form he is represented with statues by Michelangelo. We see in his grave began an angel. He looks almost like he's perverting the concept of God himself. We see him…
…in the time when art was most appreciated we have the wonderful work of Leonardo we have the magnificent sculpturing of Michelangelo We have all the glories and marvels of Durer and Botticelli, all these great artists. Now, what was the difference between…
…of this, just a little measure, great art cannot come into our homes Now, we don't expect anybody to buy and own a Michelangelo, and it's much better that he doesn't, because he couldn't take care of it even. If it became an earthquake or a fire…
…Beethoven whose desires are centered in the abstract sphere of the creative arts. We have the materialist and we have the Michelangelo. We have the man who is essentially devoted to accumulation, and we have some saintly person who is perfectly willing to…
…degree of happiness. It is not absolute happiness. Beethoven was not absolutely happy by any means, neither was Wagner or Michelangelo or Leonardo. They had great satisfaction, undoubtedly, in a strange selfish way in the things that they did. They also…
…up. the ones in whose hearts the good peace has been granted. Buddhists would not hesitate to say that Pythagoras or Plato or Michelangelo or Leonardo were all the ones in whose we're ready to sacrifice more easily brought He is worthy only of the light.…
…the world and all that is necessary for the perfection of human endeavor. Whoever the guardian angel was that watched over Michelangelo served all mankind. But the ancients believed that definitely this was a spirit And that this spirit would only come when…
…your highly sensitive man has given us a world of arts in a very large degree. It is the sensitiveness of Michelangelo or Leonardo da Vinci or the great Raphael that was represented in the tremendous artistic achievement which these men contributed to…
…has been done by those with dreams, hopes, ideals and convictions beyond materiality. The Leonardo da Vinci's, all of these, Michelangelo, all such great artists, all musicians, all idealists in painting and everything, all of them have had principles. The…
…mystical theology. This, while acknowledged, while sent, while portrayed to us in the great art of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. These great visionary values have never been able to move masses. They have never been immediately available to the…
…just as surely as the sages and scholars and artists in other fields represent exceptional attainment. As man can produce only one Michelangelo or Leonardo da Vinci in a century, as we can produce only one great musician in a generation, as we can produce…
…and in other peoples we also find this story of the moon divinity. We have, for instance, the interesting note that when Michelangelo made his magnificent heroic figure of Moses, He placed lunar horns upon the forehead of the great lawgiver of Israel. No…
…for example, that these artists have their schools and workshops where they instructed others, but who taught them? Who taught Michelangelo and Leonardo, Raphael and Titian, Rembrandt, Van Dyck? They dominated the schools of their times, and while they may,…
…is instinctively a symbolist. From the time when he doodles on the telephone pad to the time that he becomes another Michelangelo, he is a symbolist. He is forever releasing or expressing or exposing something from within himself. Now a great many persons…
…forward in the paintings and carvings and artwork of Western civilization. Here we had the great artists, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Chiarini, Van Dyck, many, many, Durer, all these very famous artists. Most of them were very famous for their religious…
…modernization. And if we're not careful before we get through with it, it probably will be computerized. We will have everything from Michelangelo to Leonardo da Vinci on little disks that can be produced on short notice. All of this is a little hard on…
…we have a being of which, for instance, we can mention such beings as Leonardo da Vinci. We can think in terms of Michelangelo. We can think of terms of Stradivarius or any of the great leaders of human arts, crafts, and revelations. We can think of…
…this thing ourselves in a familiar term, in a familiar word, picture, or a familiar form picture. We use distortion exactly as Michelangelo used distortion to create a dynamic. If Michelangelo's figure of Moses stood up, we would see that it was a totally…
…an experience of consciousness, and not as a series of scientific formulas. He was working for a consciousness dimension, just as Michelangelo wished to convey the terrific impact of the great Mosaic lawgiver in his Moses. He wasn't trying to be a master…
…physical integration. Something begun. Now, he used them. He did not have a great deal to work with. The alchemists, like Michelangelo, had to use money. Like certain of the great religious mystics, he had the scriptures. He used them. Like certain great…