MAN THE GRAND SYMBOL OF THE MYSTERIES: ESSAYS IN OCCULT ANATOMY. This item is unavailable.MAN THE GRAND SYMBOL OF THE MYSTERIES: ESSAYS IN OCCULT ANATOMY

Quarto. Turquoise cloth over boards (10 3/4 in. x 8 in.) image of black, winged Cadeusis to front board and black lettering to spine. Very light rubbing to corners. Both hinges starting (mull showing) but still quite structurally sound and holding well. Striking red and black title page echoes dustjacket, with illustration of a skeleton examining another skull or other object upon a plinth. Elaborate dropcap to Preface, dropcaps throughout, and red illustration by DaVinci. More than 70 fascinating illustrations.Dustjacket smuged, showing sunning and wear, but fully intact. Chapters include: I) Restating the Theory of Education; II) Occult Foundations of Science; III) The Mystery of the Three Worlds; IV) The Macrocosm and the Microcosm; V) The Symbolism of the World Egg; VI) Introduction to Occult Embryology; VII) The Story of the Cell; VIII) The Incarnations of Vishnu; IX) The Brain and the Release of the Soul; X) The Ventricles and the Brain Dew; XI) The Heart, the Seat of Life; XII) The Blood, the Universal Proteus; XIII) The Spinal Column and the World Tree; XIV) Kundalini and the Sympathetic Nervous System; XV) The Solar Plexus and the Pneumogastric Nerve; XVI) The Pineal Gland, the Eye of the Gods; XVII) The Endocrine Chain and Bodily Equilibrium; XVIII) Sight, the Most Excellent of the Senses. Concluded with section entitled: "Digestive Index." Manly Palmer Hall (1901-1990) was an enormously prolific philosopher, mystic and author who in his lifetime published more than 150 books and articles, and delivered thousands of lectures. He founded the Philosophical Research Society, dedicated to the study of religion, mythology, and metaphysical science. …