The Seeker's Guide to the Secret Teachings of All Ages: The Authorized Companion to Manly P. Hall's Esoteric Landmark

by Mitch Horowitz

A KEY TO THE MYSTERIES No other book in history has done more to clarify the Esoteric, mystical, and occult traditions of the world than Manly P. Hall's The Secret Teachings of All Ages. Now, historian Mitch Horowitz provides the first companion work to Hall's opus. The Secret Teachings of All Ages helps twenty=first-century readers enter and experience (or re-experience) Hall's hallowed pages and also clarifies and expands on some of the book's key themes and topics.



Mitch explores developments and historical discoveries since hall published his "Great Book" nearly a century ago and adds fresh dimensions to subjects
The antiquity and legacy of Ancient Egypt.
The mystical origins of the world's major faiths.
Strange beasts and anomalies in history and today.
The origins and esotericism of Tarot.
Secret Societies in Myth and Fact.
The enduring relevance of astrology.
Authorized by Manly P. Hall's Philosophical Research Society, The Secret Teachings of All Ages is a feast of esoteric exploration on its own and a worthy companion to history's unparalleled encyclopedia arcana.

"Mitch is a fantastic tour guide to the fringes of reason, high weirdness, deep esoterica, secret societies, and mystery religions." -BoingBoing

"Has the rare gift of making the esoteric accessible to discerning masses." -HuffPost

Genres: Occult, Philosophy, Religion, Magic, Esoterica, Spirituality, Nonfiction

355 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 30, 2020

About the author

MITCH HOROWITZ is the editor-in-chief of Tarcher/Penguin and the author OCCULT AMERICA: THE SECRET HISTORY OF HOW MYSTICISM SHAPED OUR NATION (Bantam, Sept '09), which has been called "a fascinating book" by Ken Burns and "extraordinary" by Deepak Chopra. Visit him online at www.MitchHorowitz.com
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Reviews

[Kabir Mehta]

A gentle toe-dip into Manly P. Hall's work, life, collections, and insights.

[Peter A. Lio]

Excellent, wide-ranging overview of an important and difficult primary text. This is an excellent primer on Manly Hall in general, but specifically on The Secret Teachings of All Ages.

[Daniel Molina]

Providing a brief overview of the numerous topics covered in Brother Manly P. Hall’s the Secret Teachings of All Ages, Mitch Horowitz includes his own personal understanding and practices in a text that will surely motivate the reader to explore Brother Hall’s work while also encouraging the reader to delve into personal studies and find meaning in relation to the reader’s life.

[Michelle]

I liked this book but I really feel like it is one I need to come back to and revisit again. There is just SO MUCH info that it really is hard to take it all in at once.

[Edgar]

The Seeker’s Guide to the Secret Teachings of All Ages was recommended to me as essential reading before diving into The Secret Teachings of All Ages, and I can immediately see why. It offers a powerful introduction to the deeper, more spiritual side of humanity, framing mysticism and esoteric knowledge not as superstition, but as an early “science” through which humans sought to understand the world—and surprisingly, much of it still resonates today. I found myself rethinking how knowledge, symbolism, and consciousness have shaped human history. While I’m excited to begin The Secret Teachings of All Ages, I can already tell it’s the kind of massive, dense work I’ll return to over a lifetime, uncovering new insights each time. What especially intrigues me is the author’s claim that the book profoundly changed him, and that it has a similar effect on many readers—I’m genuinely curious to see how it might transform my own perception of the world. As above, so below.

[Joshua Clayton]

Great and well researched, wonderful read also.

I could not ask for a better elucidation of Manly Palmer Hall than this and he does to a pretty good extent capture the essences and realities of Manly Hall with a few comfortable blanks that the reader can fill in to their satisfaction. I am not going to ramble too much in my review except to mean if you are serious, get a copy of this book and fill in the blanks in other ways with it.

[Becky L Long]

audiobook. interesting book. I'd never heard of the book or author this book is about .... who knows what keyword i was searching for when this popped up. but has definitely whetted my appetite to read the real Secret Teachings of all Ages .... maybe just maybe it's the book I've been looking for for several years now. and what is that??? you ask.... well if it IS I'll let you know. ... *suspenseful silence

[Joanna Hannigan]

neat highlights of Hall’s Opus

Having slogged through Hall’s dense work several times, Horowitz set off positive bells regarding what I read and didn’t always understand when reading Hall. There are lots of refs to other works that compliment the opus. It’s an easy, lively read.

[Chris Hanna]

Just ok.

His chapter about Judaism and the Kabbalah left out the real, savage teachings of the Talmud - then he mentioned he’s Jewish and it tainted the chapter. Makes me wonder what other omissions are found in his work to further certain narratives.

[Justin]

While I like the author's personality he seems to believe sources that I have seen discredited

[Sharon]

I found this book to be a very helpful summary of a book i eventually want to read, “The Secret Teachings of All Ages” by Manly P. Hall.

Great work by Mitch Horowitz!

[Jonathan Bartholomew]

Really excellent both a as a companion to the Secret Teachings of All Ages, and as a love letter to Western Esotericism. Strong recommend.