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Hall Manly

Occult Human Anatomy

Manly Palmer Hall

Manly palmer hall

USA, 18.3.1901 - 1990

Born in Peterborough (Canada). In 1904, he and his parents moved to the United States. From his youth he became interested in the occult and mysticism, later was a member of the Theosophical Society and the American Federation of Astrologers, joined the Masonic lodge and the Rosicrucian society. In 1922 he published his first book, Initiated by Flame; six years later, the famous work "An Encyclopedic Exposition of Masonic, Hermetic, Kabbalistic and Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy" was published. In 1934, Hall founded the Society for Philosophical Research, where he regularly lectured (it is estimated that by 1940 he had delivered over 7,000 lectures). In 1956, the book "Secret Societies of America" ​​was published, after which Hall was silent for a long time. Only in 1986 was the work "The Hermetic Roots of American Society" published. During his lifetime, Manly Hall has published over 50 books and several hundred articles.

Chapter I. Human body in symbolism

The Scripture says that God created man in His Image and Likeness. This is stated not only in the Bible of Christians, but also in all the sacred writings of almost all enlightened nations. The Jewish patriarchs taught that the human body is a microcosm - or a small cosmos, created in the image of the Macrocosm or the great Cosmos. This analogy between the finite and the infinite is considered one of the keys through which the secrets of the Holy Scriptures are revealed. There is no doubt that the Old Testament is a manual of physiology and anatomy for those who are able to read it with a scientific approach. The ancient sages personified the functions of the human body, the properties of the human mind and the qualities of the human soul, and weaved a magnificent drama around their relationship. To the great Egyptian demigod, Hermes, humanity should be grateful for the law of analogy. The great Hermetic axiom was that what is above is like what is below, and what is below is like what is above. The religions of the ancient world were all based on the worship of Nature, and in a degenerated form it has survived to this day under the guise of phallism. The worship of parts and functions of the human body began in the later Lemurian period. In the Atlantean era, this religion gave way to the worship of the Sun, but the new religion introduced into its teachings many of the rites and symbols of the previous faith. All peoples have introduced the custom of building temples in the shape of a human body. The Jewish Sanctuary, the great Egyptian temple at Karnak, the religious buildings of Hawaiian priests, and the Christian churches erected in the shape of a cross are examples of this. If we put the body of a person with outstretched hands in the shape of any of these buildings, then the elevation of the altar takes the same position relative to the building as the brain occupies in the human body.

All the priests of the ancient world were anatomists. They recognized that all the functions of nature are reproduced in miniature in the human body. Therefore, they used man as a guide and told their students that to understand a man is to understand the universe. These wise men believed that every star in the sky, every element in the earth and every function in nature is represented in the human body by a corresponding center, pole or activity.

This relationship between outer nature and inner human nature was hidden from the crowd and constituted the secret teachings of the ancient priesthood. In Atlantis and Egypt they took religion much more seriously than they do now. For these peoples, it was the essence of life. The priests had complete control over the millions of ignorant people who were taught from childhood that these majestic patriarchs in long robes were God's immediate messengers; and people believed that any disobedience to the orders of the clergy would bring the punishment of the Almighty on the head of the disobedient. The existence of the temple depended on its secret wisdom, which gave its priests power over the forces of nature and a significant superiority in knowledge and wisdom over the ignorant crowd led by them.

These sages knew that religion contains something much more significant than the mere chanting of mantras and hymns; they believed that only those with actual scientific knowledge of the occult functions of their own bodies could successfully advance on the path of salvation. The anatomical symbolism that they developed in order to perpetuate his understanding has reached modern Christianity, but the keys to it, apparently, have been lost. For those who study religions, a tragic situation is created: they are surrounded by thousands of incomprehensible symbols; but even sadder is the fact that they even forgot that these symbols at one time had some other meaning than the naive interpretation they had invented themselves.

The notion rooted in the minds of Christians that their faith is a single, faithful, inspired doctrine, which appeared to the retinue without parents, is extremely unreasonable. A comparative study of religions shows without any doubt that Christianity borrowed its philosophy and ideas from the religions and philosophies of the ancient and after the flood pagan world. Between religious symbols and allegories that belonged to the ancient world long before the advent of Christianity, there are several that we would like to draw your attention to. The following Christian symbols and concepts come from pagan religions.

The Christian cross comes from Egypt and India; triple mitra - from the religion of Mithra; the shepherd's staff from the mysteries of Hermes and from Greece, the virgin birth from India; The Transfiguration is from Persia and the Trinity is taken from the Brahmins. The Virgin Mary, as the Mother of God, we find in twelve different religions. There are more than twenty crucified Saviors of the world. The church bell tower is a modification of the Egyptian obelisks and pyramids, and the Christian devil is a somewhat modified Egyptian Typhon. The more you delve into this issue, the more you become convinced that there is nothing new under the sun. A conscientious study of the Christian religion proves beyond doubt that it represents the evolutionary development of primitive teachings. As there is an evolution of physical forms, so there is an evolution of religions. If we have accepted and introduced into our doctrines the religious symbolism of almost forty nations, then this obliges us to at least partially understand the meaning of the myths and allegories we have borrowed, even if we were more ignorant than those from whom we took them.

This book is devoted to the task of clarifying the relationship that exists between the symbolism of the ancient priests and the occult functions of the human body. First of all, we must internalize the assumption that all scriptures are sealed with seven seals. In other words, you need to have seven interpretations in order to fully understand the meaning of those ancient philosophical revelations that we call Holy Scripture. Scripture had no intention of being historical. Anyone who understands it literally understands only its smallest meaning. It is well known that in his dramas, for dramatic purposes, Shakespeare brought together the characters of people who were in reality separated from each other for centuries; but Shakespeare was not writing history, but drama. The same is true of the Bible. Scripture hopelessly confuses historians in conflicting chronological tables, and most historians will remain so until the Day of Judgment. Scripture provides wonderful material

Hall Manly

Occult Human Anatomy

Manly Palmer Hall

Manly palmer hall

USA, 18.3.1901 - 1990

Born in Peterborough (Canada). In 1904, he and his parents moved to the United States. From his youth he became interested in the occult and mysticism, later was a member of the Theosophical Society and the American Federation of Astrologers, joined the Masonic lodge and the Rosicrucian society. In 1922 he published his first book, Initiated by Flame; six years later, the famous work "An Encyclopedic Exposition of Masonic, Hermetic, Kabbalistic and Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy" was published. In 1934, Hall founded the Society for Philosophical Research, where he regularly lectured (it is estimated that by 1940 he had delivered over 7,000 lectures). In 1956, the book "Secret Societies of America" ​​was published, after which Hall was silent for a long time. Only in 1986 was the work "The Hermetic Roots of American Society" published. During his lifetime, Manly Hall has published over 50 books and several hundred articles.

Chapter I. Human body in symbolism

The Scripture says that God created man in His Image and Likeness. This is stated not only in the Bible of Christians, but also in all the sacred writings of almost all enlightened nations. The Jewish patriarchs taught that the human body is a microcosm - or a small cosmos, created in the image of the Macrocosm or the great Cosmos. This analogy between the finite and the infinite is considered one of the keys through which the secrets of the Holy Scriptures are revealed. There is no doubt that the Old Testament is a manual of physiology and anatomy for those who are able to read it with a scientific approach. The ancient sages personified the functions of the human body, the properties of the human mind and the qualities of the human soul, and weaved a magnificent drama around their relationship. To the great Egyptian demigod, Hermes, humanity should be grateful for the law of analogy. The great Hermetic axiom was that what is above is like what is below, and what is below is like what is above. The religions of the ancient world were all based on the worship of Nature, and in a degenerated form it has survived to this day under the guise of phallism. The worship of parts and functions of the human body began in the later Lemurian period. In the Atlantean era, this religion gave way to the worship of the Sun, but the new religion introduced into its teachings many of the rites and symbols of the previous faith. All peoples have introduced the custom of building temples in the shape of a human body. The Jewish Sanctuary, the great Egyptian temple at Karnak, the religious buildings of Hawaiian priests, and the Christian churches erected in the shape of a cross are examples of this. If we put the body of a person with outstretched hands in the shape of any of these buildings, then the elevation of the altar takes the same position relative to the building as the brain occupies in the human body.

All the priests of the ancient world were anatomists. They recognized that all the functions of nature are reproduced in miniature in the human body. Therefore, they used man as a guide and told their students that to understand a man is to understand the universe. These wise men believed that every star in the sky, every element in the earth and every function in nature is represented in the human body by a corresponding center, pole or activity.

This relationship between outer nature and inner human nature was hidden from the crowd and constituted the secret teachings of the ancient priesthood. In Atlantis and Egypt they took religion much more seriously than they do now. For these peoples, it was the essence of life. The priests had complete control over the millions of ignorant people who were taught from childhood that these majestic patriarchs in long robes were God's immediate messengers; and people believed that any disobedience to the orders of the clergy would bring the punishment of the Almighty on the head of the disobedient. The existence of the temple depended on its secret wisdom, which gave its priests power over the forces of nature and a significant superiority in knowledge and wisdom over the ignorant crowd led by them.

These sages knew that religion contains something much more significant than the mere chanting of mantras and hymns; they believed that only those with actual scientific knowledge of the occult functions of their own bodies could successfully advance on the path of salvation. The anatomical symbolism that they developed in order to perpetuate his understanding has reached modern Christianity, but the keys to it, apparently, have been lost. For those who study religions, a tragic situation is created: they are surrounded by thousands of incomprehensible symbols; but even sadder is the fact that they even forgot that these symbols at one time had some other meaning than the naive interpretation they had invented themselves.

The notion rooted in the minds of Christians that their faith is a single, faithful, inspired doctrine, which appeared to the retinue without parents, is extremely unreasonable. A comparative study of religions shows without any doubt that Christianity borrowed its philosophy and ideas from the religions and philosophies of the ancient and after the flood pagan world. Between religious symbols and allegories that belonged to the ancient world long before the advent of Christianity, there are several that we would like to draw your attention to. The following Christian symbols and concepts come from pagan religions.

The Christian cross comes from Egypt and India; triple mitra - from the religion of Mithra; the shepherd's staff from the mysteries of Hermes and from Greece, the virgin birth from India; The Transfiguration is from Persia and the Trinity is taken from the Brahmins. The Virgin Mary, as the Mother of God, we find in twelve different religions. There are more than twenty crucified Saviors of the world. The church bell tower is a modification of the Egyptian obelisks and pyramids, and the Christian devil is a somewhat modified Egyptian Typhon. The more you delve into this issue, the more you become convinced that there is nothing new under the sun. A conscientious study of the Christian religion proves beyond doubt that it represents the evolutionary development of primitive teachings. As there is an evolution of physical forms, so there is an evolution of religions. If we have accepted and introduced into our doctrines the religious symbolism of almost forty nations, then this obliges us to at least partially understand the meaning of the myths and allegories we have borrowed, even if we were more ignorant than those from whom we took them.

This book is devoted to the task of clarifying the relationship that exists between the symbolism of the ancient priests and the occult functions of the human body. First of all, we must internalize the assumption that all scriptures are sealed with seven seals. In other words, you need to have seven interpretations in order to fully understand the meaning of those ancient philosophical revelations that we call Holy Scripture. Scripture had no intention of being historical. Anyone who understands it literally understands only its smallest meaning. It is well known that in his dramas, for dramatic purposes, Shakespeare brought together the characters of people who were in reality separated from each other for centuries; but Shakespeare was not writing history, but drama. The same is true of the Bible. Scripture hopelessly confuses historians in conflicting chronological tables, and most historians will remain so until the Day of Judgment. Scripture provides excellent material for debates over its meaning, as well as a field for puzzlement over the meaning of certain terms and the likely location of unknown cities. Most of the biblical cities that guidebooks now point to were named hundreds of years after the birth of Christ by pilgrims, who assumed that these cities stood somewhere close to those mentioned in the Bible. All this can be proof of persuasiveness for others, but for a thinker, the conclusion is beyond doubt that history is the least important part in Scripture.

Just as the Buddha in India only transformed the views of the then Brahmins, just as Jesus gave a new face to the faith of Israel and gave his disciples and the world a teaching based on what had already existed before. But he transformed it according to the needs of the people around Him and the problems facing the European peoples. The Essenes who raised Christ were of Egyptian or Hindu origin and His religion took the best of what came before Him. The speeches that have survived from Him are allegorical to a large extent and plunge the common man into a whole sea of ​​mysteries incomprehensible to him, which was done, however, not without purpose, because if Shakespeare allows himself liberties in relation to history in order to present the basic truths, it seems that the historians of Jesus have taken the human character as the basis for a great drama. He becomes the hero of a story sealed with seven seals, and those Christians who have studied symbolism can extract from this story the key to the true Christian mysteries. They will then understand that Scripture is an eternal history that does not belong to any nation or any people, but is the legend of all nations and all peoples. For example, it is remarkable that when studying the life of Christ in the illumination of astronomy, he becomes the sun, and his disciples become the twelve signs of the zodiac. Between the luminaries we find scenes of His ministry, and in the backward movement of the equinox points - the story of His birth, growth, maturity and death for the sake of people. The chemicals tormented in the retort also tell us about the life of the Teacher, because with the key to chemistry, Scripture becomes another book. In this same special work, however, we will deal only with the relation of these allegories to the human body.

Chapter V

Occult embryology

The great Lord Vishnu has already appeared in the world nine times to save His people. His tenth birth is about to take place. His nine appearances are closely related in nine major changes that take place in the human embryo before birth ... Vishnu was born for the first time from the mouth of a Pisces. Then He left the body of the turtle. Later He appeared as a boar, then as a lion, after as a monkey. And after a series of changes, He appeared as a man. I mentioned earlier that a scientist compiled a table showing the affinity of the human brain with different animals during the period before birth. This scholar followed Vishnu's list of incarnations precisely, although he did not suspect that he had combined Eastern occultism with Western embryology.

Cosmogonic myths of almost all peoples are based on embryology. It is assumed that the formation of space took place in the same way as the formation of man, but on a larger scale. For example, in the Vishnu Purana we are told that creation took place in the belly of Mount Meru. The space was surrounded by large mountains and cliffs (chorion). The universe was created from water and floated on the great sea (amniotic fluid). Down the stairs (umbilical cord) the gods descended. Four rivers flowed in the new country, as it is said in Genesis. These are the blood vessels of the umbilical cord. This is how the story unfolds. There is a wonderful relationship. Someday a new science will be based on the law of analogy. This will be a greater achievement in science than all scientific speculation for centuries.

One can almost be sure that the story of Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden is based on embryology and that the womb is the original Garden of Eden. In symbolism, it is depicted through "O". The point in the circle is the original seed, and so on as long as you wish to continue the analogy. The Brahma Egg is the history of the cosmic embryo and embryology is the basic science of creation.

In embryology we also have a very interesting repetition of the passage of the human race through different kinds of nature. Here we find, in a certain period, the Hyperborean beings. In others, we see a primitive Lemurian man, later Atlanta, and finally, an Aryan. We highly recommend that all students of the occult study this subject with particular care. Science knows that all life on this planet came from water. The human embryo is surrounded by water during all the initial stages of its growth, and in it we see the history of the evolution of all things.

Gender did not manifest on the planet until the third race. It does not appear in the embryo until the third month.

The fact that the human embryo repeats the passage through the lower kingdoms of nature is one of the strongest proofs of evolution, especially since it conclusively shows that man could not have been created immediately in adulthood. Hence, he went through cosmic embryology; and in fact, he is still in a state of embryo and will not be born into the human race until you become human in the true sense of the word, which will happen after many millennia. He is now just at the stage when he must become truly human.

The nine-month era before birth has long been taken into consideration in symbolism. Nine - is considered the number of a person, in connection with the nine months during which the body is in a state of preparation. It is assumed that the perfect number is twelve, so that currently a person is born three months before his completion. The gradual unfolding of the human race will take place through increasing development in the period before birth until the final birth becomes its completion. All experimentation and growth will take place in the embryonic stage.

A person is not born immediately. We can say that he is born in degrees. Consciousness works outside the body, dealing with plastic substances until the time of revival, when it takes possession of the body from the inside and begins to form a certain amount of individuality from the materials surrounding it. During the birth of a person, his physical body is born and the process of crystallization begins, which does not stop until death. A person begins to die from the moment of his birth and the measure of life and there is a necessary gap for this. In the seventh year, the vital body begins to work especially strongly and this is the most significant period of growth. Parents then begin to experience difficulties. This is the time when clothes have to be produced both in length and width. Children grow like weeds because they literally repeat their vegetable existence, just as before they repeated their mineral state. Around the seventh year of life, the child begins to create life essence within his own body. Before that, he lives off the life forces allocated before birth by the throat glands of internal secretion. In other words, he sustains his life with what he took from his parent. At about seven years old, he begins to work for himself. He does this all the time, and if young people could only collect their energy reserves and save them until old age, what a wonderful world we would live in!

Between the ages of twelve and fourteen in the temperate zone, the liver begins to function - a body of emotions is born. During these adolescent years - the young man comes face to face with his main problems. Emotions start to riot. Consciousness repeats its animal existence. It can truly be said that these are the days of carefree love. These years are often filled with big mistakes. More lives were lost between the ages of fourteen and twenty-one than in any other period of life. It is especially noted that the primitive races, in contact with our system of education, have a turning point of about fourteen years. Up to this point, these children are at the head of their class and are extremely outstanding in their abilities, but as soon as the animal nature takes possession of them, they completely give up, as far as their education is concerned. Every school teacher who taught foreign children can attest to this phenomenon in some nations. There are many examples of the loss of mental functions with the birth of the astral body. During these years of emotional rebellion, parents must manage their children with tenderness and firmness, otherwise the day will come when these same children will turn against their parents and begin to reproach them for their spoiled life.

Between 19 and 21, depending on climatic conditions, the mental body takes over and we say that the individual has reached the age of majority ... He is then allowed to vote, his father gives him a gold watch and sends him into the world to seek happiness. Not a single person in a million knows why 21 is considered the age of majority, but every occultist knows the reason. Spiritual consciousness, the true "I am", does not enter into the management of their new bodies until the age of 21. Until that time, it is ruled exclusively by the lower centers of the senses. That is, life progresses through seven-year cycles. As an example of this, we know that the 28th year is the period of the secondary physical birth, the 42nd year is the period of the secondary emotional birth. During these years, people in other respects are completely normal, they often become sentimental. The 49th year marks the beginning of a new period of mental activity and the next 7 years are golden years of thought. These are the years of philosophical reason, the years that crown life. The same goes on - cycle by cycle - and if a person survives, he can pass through his second, third and fourth childhood.

Few people realize that they are composed of mineral, plant and animal elements. Bones are literally minerals, hair is a plant that feeds on waves of life ether emanating through the skin, while within each individual are thousands of small crawling, clinging, wiggling creatures that make us a whole zoological garden. The ancient Scandinavians, realizing this, wrote many legends about small creatures that live in humans. The famous statue of Father Nile shows him covered in small human figures representing the attributes and functions of a person. Human is a vast subject to study, but we use very little of this guide of ours. The scriptures of all peoples are filled with anatomical data under the guise of cities and localities that do not exist anywhere, except only within the person himself. The twelve gates of the holy city are the twelve openings of the human body. As twelve teachers of wisdom and twelve schools of philosophy, these openings are divided into two sections of seven and five. There are seven visible openings and five sealed openings in the human body.

One of the Greek philosophers told his disciples to distinguish clearly that there are six openings leading into the human brain and only one leading from the human head, and this one leads from the stomach. Therefore, the student had to listen twice (once with each ear), look twice (once with each eye), smell twice (once for each nostril), but say only once and what he said will come out of his stomach , not from the brain. This advice is still good.

The Jews used the human head as a favorite symbol to express divine attributes, calling it the "Great Face". The two eyes were related to the Father because they are organs of consciousness; both nostrils to the Son, because they are the senses and also the vehicles of prana, the life force in the ether. The lips symbolized the Holy Spirit, the one who sends out the spoken word and shapes the world. The seven vowels that were born of the mouth were the seven Spirits before the Throne, as well as the Vials and trumpets of Revelation. They acted as an army of the voice to create in the seven worlds and all nature was created by their creative power. Few understand the magnificent symbolism contained in the human head and how it was used by Scripture.

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Attached to this article is a treatise that was published separately several years ago, but was sold out and could not be obtained for three years. It has a lot to do with the subject of anatomical symbolism, showing how the principles outlined in the preceding pages reveal themselves when applied to various problems of the day.