The Occult Anatomy of Man

By Manly P. Hall

First published in 1929, this is a study of the occult aspects of human physiology by Manly Palmer Hall (1901-1990), a Canadian-born occultist, mystic and author best known for his book, The Secret Teaching of All Ages, published one year earlier.

In The Occult Anatomy of Man, Hall has gathered together a world-renowned collection of books and manuscripts on alchemy, mysticism, and the occult, which became part of the library of an organisation the Philosophical Research Society, which he founded in 1934.

Manley Palmer Hall was the author of over a hundred books and pamphlets on the esoteric subjects.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Muriwai Books
• Release date: Dec 1, 2018
• ISBN: 9781789125139

Manly P. Hall

Manly P. Hall (1901-1990) founded the Philosophical Research Society, an organization dedicated to the dissemination of practical knowledge in a variety of philosophical fields. He is best known for his 1928 classic, The Secret Teachings of All Ages.

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THE OCCULT ANATOMY OF MAN

TO WHICH IS ADDED A TREATISE ON OCCULT MASONRY

BY

MANLY P. HALL

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS 3

PART I—THE HUMAN BODY IN SYMBOLISM 4

PART II—THE THREE WORLDS 8

PART III—THE SPINAL COLUMN 14

PART IV—THE INFERNAL WORLDS 20

PART V—OCCULT EMBRYOLOGY 24

OCCULT MASONRY 27

REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER 31

PART I—THE HUMAN BODY IN SYMBOLISM

In Scripture we are told that God made man in His own image. It is so stated not only in the Christian Bible but also in the holy writings of nearly all enlightened people. The Jewish patriarchs taught that the human body was the Microcosm, or little Cosmos, made in the image of the Macrocosm, or the great Cosmos. This analogy between the finite and the Infinite is said to be one of the keys by the aid of which the secrets of Holy Writ are unlocked. There is no doubt that the Old Testament is a physiological and anatomical textbook to those capable of reading it from a scientific viewpoint. The functions of the human body, the attributes of the human mind, and the qualities of the human soul have been personified by the wise men of the ancient world, and a great drama has been built around their relationships to themselves and to each other. To the great Egyptian demigod, Hermes, the human race owes its concept of the law of analogy. The great Hermetic axiom was, That which is above is like unto that which is below, and that which is below is like unto that which is above. The religions of the ancient world were all based upon Nature-worship, which in a degenerated form has survived to our own day as phallicism. The worship of the parts and functions of the human body began in the later Lemurian period. During the Atlantean epoch this religion gave place to sun-worship, but the new faith incorporated into its doctrines many of the rituals and symbols of the previous belief. The building of temples in the form of the human body is a custom common to all peoples. The Tabernacle of the Jews, the great Egyptian Temple of Karnak, the religious structures of the Hawaiian priests, and the Christian churches laid out in the form of the Cross, are all examples of this practice. If the human body were laid out with the arms spread in the shape of any of these buildings, it would be found that the high altar would occupy the same relative position in the building that the brain occupies in the human body.

All the priests of the ancient world were anatomists. They recognized that all the functions of Nature were reproduced in miniature in the human body. They therefore used man as the textbook, teaching their disciples that to understand man was to understand the universe. These wise men believed that every star in the heavens, every element in the earth, and every function in Nature was represented by a corresponding center, pole or activity within the human body.

This correlation between Nature without and the nature of man within, which was concealed from the multitudes, formed the secret teachings of the ancient priestcrafts. Religion in Atlantis and Egypt was taken much

Reviews for The Occult Anatomy of Man

[moorfiyahman · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Informative and enlightening a must read for those seeking higher knowledge

[Himank Yadav · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

the book was really good. It could have been better if you would have clearly explained how to use this anatomy to revitalise our life.

[Iulia Mazilu · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

The book talks about the truth but is too short. Incomplete.

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This work by Manley P. Hall, gives us a glimpse into the truly “Divine Design” of Man. The symbolism revealed in this work gives us a deeper understanding of the mystery of our visible, physical being as a reflection of invisible law. A must read for every Rosicrucian, Martinist, Qabalist and Freemason!