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Collected Writings, Volume 1
Early Works

by Manly P. Hall

Topics
Foreword, p. 5

Part I: Thirty-Eight Thousand Miles of Impressions (1925), p. 9

The Letters, p. 11

A Document of Human Relationships, p. 87

Chapter I:  Inter-racial Responsibility, p. 87

Chapter II:  Racial Prejudice, p. 104

Chapter III:  The Great Opportunity, p. 113



Part II: Three Essays, p. 121

The Mysteries of Asia (1929), p. 123
(First printed separately in Overland Monthly)

The Land of the Living Saints, p. 123

The Secrets of the Gobi Desert, p. 128

The Sorcery of Tibet, p. 134

The Wonders of the Golden Dragon, p. 140

The Astronomer's City, p. 147

The Towers of Silence, p. 153

Magic and Sorcery of the Far East, p. 160



The Mystery of Fire (1926), p. 171
(First published as Melchizedek and the Mystery of Fire)

Introduction, p. 171

Fire, the Universal Deity, p. 176

Man, the Grand Symbol of the Mysteries, p. 191

The Sacred Fire in the Spine and Brain, p. 208



The Hermetic Marriage (1925), p. 223

The Origin of Hermetic Philosophy, p. 223

Hermetic Anatomy, p. 228

Hermetic Philosophy in Fairy Story, p. 236

The Love Stories of the Gods, p. 241

Nature, the Divine Instructor, p. 245

The Romance of the Spirit and the Soul, p. 250

The Immaculate Conception, p. 259

Summary, p. 264



Part III: The Initiates of the Flame (1922), p. 275

Preface to the Third Edition, p. 275

Introduction, p. 277

Foreword, p. 283

Chapter I: The Fire Upon the Altar, p. 285

Chapter II: The Sacred City of Shamballa, p. 298

Chapter III: The Mystery of the Alchemist, p. 299

Chapter IV: The Egyptian Initiate, p. 305

Chapter V: The Ark of the Covenant, p. 313

Chapter VI: Knights of the Holy Grail, p. 319

Chapter VII: The Mystery of the Pyramid, p. 326

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