The Rise of Mankind in Nature
Manly Palmer Hall
Jonathan
May 10, 20261958Philosophical Research Society, 3910 Los Feliz Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
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Lecture 2 of the "Esoteric Anthropology" series. Recorded in 1958 at the Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles.
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The transcript presents a long philosophical-cosmological argument about how life originated on Earth, weighing solar, spore, and ensoulment theories drawn from ancient traditions. It then connects evolution, specialization, consciousness, and embryology to mythic accounts of polar civilizations, paradise, and the development of mind in living forms.
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