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Master mystic and philosopher Manly P. Hall dedicated his life to uncovering ancient truths. Explore his legendary books, lectures, and timeless legacy.
…in the universe which we cannot see but which was intuitively believed by some of the earlier scientists such as Pythagoras and Ptolemy of Alexandria we live in a universe that is one vast organism one tremendous power one great entity and one of the…
…the house to cross the street or not to cross the street he has this power to choose certain things which led Ptolemy of Alexandria the father of modern astrology to declare that the stars impel but do not compel This limited determinism, however, this…
…waters which were above the heavens were divided from the waters which were beneath the heavens. Outside of the great ring, Ptolemy and the other map makers and geographers of old time assumed there to be only the spiritual universe. This spiritual universe…
…it. We have had many composers, but Pythagoras discovered the scale by which we compose. We have had many astronomers, but Ptolemy was the one who gave us the great concepts of mathematical patterning by which we develop the astronomical theory we have…
…have been discussions of these, and someone says they may be in Devakon, or someplace in the heavenly world, or according to Ptolemy, up somewhere in the zodiac. But these are very faint and uncertain indications. there does not seem to be any real map…
The old astrologers, back in the times of Ptolemy and the beginnings of Chaldean astrological research, divided the seven ages of man between the then known planets and to cover everything above the age of 70. They said Saturn rules from then to the end…
…to do with astrology, so-called. It has to do with a symbolic picture of the world as it was recorded by Ptolemy of Alexandria. And this system of Ptolemy remained undisputed until the rise of Copernicus and Galileo. And according to the Rosicrucians…
…to do with a symbolic picture of the world as it was recorded by Ptolemy of Alexandria. And this system of Ptolemy remained undisputed until the rise of Copernicus and Galileo. And according to the Rosicrucians of the 17th century, modern astronomy does…
…was to pass on to the higher realms of insight. So we have this little problem this morning, and in the days of Ptolemy, The seven luminary planets or the combination of five planets and two luminaries were assigned as rulers of these seven steps. And…
…destiny can be changed destiny does not have to act this way and the old astral theologians had much to say about this Ptolemy pointed out in astrology that there is no inevitable destiny there is no way in which fatalism can be interpreted into the…
…almost impossible to estimate it. It is a tremendous field of magnetic energy. the atmosphere carries the magnetism of the sun. Ptolemy of Alexandria was one of the first to recognize manifestations or emanations of solar light as containing an energy in…
…waters which were above the heavens were divided from the waters which were beneath the heavens outside of the great ring Ptolemy and the other map makers and geographers of old times assumes there to be only the spiritual universe. This spiritual universe…
…The doctor can tell a patient very largely the state of his symptoms and what they will lead to if they are not corrected. Ptolemy said there was no fatal necessity in the stars and there probably is no fatal necessity in the deck of cards but as the…
…which Stephanie, who are left to us, partly by philosophers as early as Pythagoras, and finally coordinated and integrated by Ptolemy of Alexandria. These three were called, moved upon together, these three orbits beyond the planets, and were called the…
…feel, an astronomical foundation also. And it is founded not upon the Copernican theory, but rather upon the ancient system of Ptolemy. For all religions of the ancient world were finally summarized in Ptolemaic astronomy it became the skeleton on which all…
…with our general discussion those of you who are familiar with the geocentric system of astronomy which was the system endorsed by Ptolemy and prevalent until the 17th century. This system placed the Earth in the center of the solar system. And by the…
…mistake so we have this to think of in human beings now let's move this out into the universe let us assume as Ptolemy pointed out and most of the ancients that the earth has a magnetic field that this magnetic field surrounds and involves the substance…
…The doctor can tell a patient very largely the state of his symptoms and what they will lead to if they are not corrected. Ptolemy said there was no fatal necessity in the stars, and there probably is no fatal necessity in a deck of cards. But as the…
…this respect, it was assumed that that the three parts of the world were the same in principle as those set forth by Ptolemy of Alexandria, by the Brahmins, by the Llamas of Tibet, by the Buddhists, by the Greeks, the Egyptians, the Persians, and the…
…research, they did some of the most important basic thinking we have in the world of science. Pythagoras, with his mathematics, and Ptolemy with his astronomy, were true great pioneers in the search for the facts about existence. Now if we take it for…
…the solar system, but with principles mathematically, scientifically, and hieroglyphically set forth. These researches, particularly those of Ptolemy of Alexandria, probably one of the first greatest astronomers, these researches were not primarily intended for…
…past. And this is particularly true in the study of the invisible aspects of the human personality. I think we might remember that Ptolemy of Alexandria was the first great astronomer astrologer of the western world and he is the one that gave us what is…
…we consider the human being as composed of four elemental structures These are according to the lower figure in the scale of Ptolemy. The moon, the Mercury, Venus, and the Sun. Now these are divided along a line of an intangible but very real structure…
…divinities. When the Greek hierarchy of pharaohs took over in Egypt under the Ptolemies, and under the splendid court of Ptolemy of Philadelphia, the Greco-Egyptian complex of religion began to emerge and take particular form. And in this period there rose…
…of the school itself. We are told that Hermes, for example, wrote upon astronomy. And we can only pause to realize that Ptolemy of Alexandria, who was perhaps the greatest astronomer and geographer of the ancient world, and also the father of most modern…
…of that of the Hermetic revelation. In other words, Hermes' universe is rather closely associated with the later development of Ptolemy. The concepts of geography and navigation are those of the Hermetic school, and not of the other neighboring schools. The…
…universal law of living, And we know that out of the North African Hermetic tradition, almost certainly, the astronomical theory of Ptolemy came into existence. The theory that controlled the thinking of men until the day of the Copernican rediscovery of the…
…were informed on these matters including Pythagoras and later in North Africa the work that is best known to us of Claudius Ptolemy these pioneers sought to find the way by means of which the human being could profit consciously from the great examples…
…Greeks the idea of a physical universe with nothing but a physical foundation was unthinkable. And even the fathers of astronomy Ptolemy of Alexandria, for example, recognized the idea that the physical universe was the shadow of a spiritual world. It was…
…sense of prophecy. It was there also that the Sibylline books developed that prophesied the future of the world. It was Ptolemy of Alexandria that gave the world astronomy and very largely contributed to the rise of astrology. There were zoological gardens.…
…this. The Apostle John, a sublime illuminator. Hermes, an adept. Orpheus, an adept. Apollonius of Rome, an elitist. Homer, an elitist. Ptolemy, an illuminator. Virgil and Ignatius. You can go right down through this book and you will find all of the…