Manly P. Hall’s September 1934 letter addresses the seventh and final department of metaphysics: the nature of divine and human relationships. He explains that theology, in its philosophical sense, is the science that coordinates spiritual and physical laws, revealing the visible universe as a shadow of the invisible, superior sphere where the principles of all things abide. Ancient philosophers distinguished primary (sacred) knowledge—rooted in spiritual causes—from secondary (profane) knowledge, which ignores the divine foundation of life. Hall argues that modern materialism has exiled humanity from the “empire of space,” leaving people to live without wisdom or hope. The purpose of metaphysics, therefore, is to restore harmony between divine will and human action through rational sympathy rather than blind faith. True heaven, he writes, is not a distant locale ruled by an anthropomorphic deity but Space itself, an immeasurable empire populated by “luminous energies” or gods—principles of universal life. To abide in truth is to dwell in this celestial world; to live in opinion is to remain in darkness.

Hall then turns to Greek mystical allegory, especially Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, to illustrate the soul’s descent into matter and its eventual return to the divine. Troy (Ilion) symbolizes primordial matter—the “mud” or illus—while the Greeks represent the spiritual principles foreign to the material world. The Trojan War allegorizes the conquest of chaos by divine reason, with the seven Greek leaders corresponding to the seven classical planets and creator‑gods. The Odyssey depicts the soul’s initiatory journey through the twelve signs of the Zodiac, each adventure representing a trial of regeneration: overcoming appetites (Taurus), blinding the lower intellect (Gemini), resisting imagination’s storms (Cancer), escaping destructive forces (Leo), conquering material illusion (Virgo), learning karmic justice (Libra), mastering carnal temptation (Scorpio), balancing extremes (Sagittarius), respecting sacred life (Capricorn), transcending worldly wisdom (Aquarius), and resisting generative storms (Pisces). In Aries, Ulysses—now purified and detached—returns to his native land, reunites with divine truth (Telemachus), and restores the kingdom of sacred philosophy. Hall concludes that every seeker is invited to undertake this heroic ascent toward the “long lost native land” of the spirit.