Title: PRS: PHILOSOPHICAL RESEARCH SOCIETY JOURNAL
Author: Manly P. Hall and Assorted
Publisher: PHILOSOPHICAL RESEARCH SOCIETY
City: Los Angeles, CA
Years: 1959Binding Style: Softcover Pagination: 80 pages (each)
Illustrated: Yes
Book Details + Condition: Complete year of issues from 1959 of PRS: PHILOSOPHICAL RESEARCH SOCIETY JOURNAL. Original four (4) issues in total for 1959: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter (issued quarterly). Softcover booklets; stapled wrappers. Each is 80 pages. 1959 was the 25th Anniversary of the Society, and the Winter edition is a "M.P.H. Special Commemorative Issue". The Philosophical Research Society continues to this day, as "a non-profit educational corporation dedicated to the dissemination of useful knowledge in the fields of philosophy, comparative religion, and psychology." Manly
Palmer Hall (1901 - 1990), was a Canadian-born occultist, mystic and author
best known for his "The Secret Teaching of All Ages." Hall gathered a world renowned collection of books and manuscripts on alchemy,
mysticism, and the occult, which became part of the library of an organisation called the Philosophical Research Society, which he founded in 1934.
As a special anniversary year, 1959's covers are silver foil. Each is in excellent condition, with minor shelfwear and no interior writing. All unsigned articles by Manly P. Hall. A notable and fascinating, wide-ranging reference, covering such topics as:
- The Nervous Breakdown: Its Cause and Prevention
- Practical Aspects of Zen Buddhism
- Use and Abuse of Magical Arts
- Dr. Dee and Certain Spirits
- The Seven Wonders of the World
- The Mystical and Medical Philosophy of Paracelsus
- An Esoteric Interpretation of the Third Eye
- AND MUCH MORE.
