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Curiouser and Curiouser

"Curiouser & Curiouser" Articles
in Manly P. Hall's Journals

In Mr. Hall's Journals, "Curiouser & Curiouser" is the collective title of interesting Journal articles on unusual topics. His subtitle is "A Department Dedicated to Alice in Wonderland."

Click on any article title and the appropriate Journal will download. Most browsers will take you immediately to the article. If yours doesn't, you can scroll down to find the given page number. (All articles were written by Mr. Hall.)

  1. Adventures in Whimsey, page 57

  2. Affairs of Honor, page 44

  3. Alchemy and the Gold Standard, page 71

  4. Ancient America, page 46

  5. Ancient Chinese Medicine, page 62

  6. Aratus of Soli, page 45

  7. The Assassins, page 59

  8. The Baku, page 57

  9. The Battle of the Beards, page 61

  10. Beauty Hints, page 53

  11. The Big Wash, page 45

  12. The Bird That Became a Buddhist, page 61

  13. The Bishop of Bingen, page 74

  14. The Bogomiles, page 66

  15. The Buddhist Rosary, page 61

  16. Business Dealings with the Devil, page 77

  17. The Celestial Bureaucracy of China, page 63

  18. Celtic Fairy-Lore, page 38

  19. A Chinese Conjurer, page 71

  20. Chinese Herbal Medicine, page 58

  21. Chinese Paper Cutouts, page 58

  22. Chinese Snuff Bottles, page 64

  23. Codex Sinaiticus, page 60

  24. Comet Tales, page 57

  25. Confucius, the Sage Who Came Back, page 55

  26. The Cult of the Sword, page 66

  27. Curiosities in Art and Literature, page 47

  28. Curiosities of Philately, page 72

  29. The Dance of Death, page 67

  30. The Dark Curtain of History, page 61

  31. David Garrick and the Shakespearean Festival, page 20

  32. The Day of St. Thomas, page 56

  33. Democritus, page 63

  34. Did the Chinese Discover America?, page 60

  35. The Divine Chess Game, page 62

  36. Dr. Dee and Certain Spirits, page 47

  37. The Earthquake Fish, page 58

  38. Ebenezer Sibly, M.D., page 42

  39. Epitaphs in Prose or Verse, page 52

  40. Ethiopian Amulets, page 56

  41. The Evil Eye, page 64

  42. Ex Libris, page 52

  43. The First Man to Fly, page 49

  44. The First Romantic Novelist, page 56

  45. The Flying Dutchman, page 68

  46. Footprints of Buddha, page 69

  47. The Frolicking Animals, page 33

  48. Further Notes on Oriental Printing, page 48

  49. The Ghost of an Emperor, page 75

  50. The Godless Month, page 57

  51. Gods on Horseback, page 41

  52. Great Benin, page 67

  53. The Great Mermaid Mystery, page 67

  54. The Great Scorpio Controversy, page 65

  55. The Great Wall of China, page 60

  56. The Guardian Angel, page 46

  57. The Gunpowder Plot, page 62

  58. The Hand of a Saint, page 74

  59. Hands of a Buddha, page 55

  60. Haste! Haste! and Be Faithful, page 44

  61. The Hedgehog with Four Curls!, page 62

  62. A Historical Record of Divination, page 65

  63. Hog Money, page 63

  64. The Holy Man of Mt. Abu, page 68

  65. Homunculi, page 48

  66. How to Get Lost in Tokyo, page 56

  67. The Ill Omens of King Charles III, page 44

  68. The Inscrutable East, page 65

  69. The Irish Leprechaun, page 49

  70. Japanese Copperplate Engravings, page 65

  71. Japanese Wrapping Cloths, page 57

  72. Japan's "Living Treasures", page 49

  73. John Bunyan's Magic Flute, page 52

  74. The Kraken, page 45

  75. The Legend of the Wandering Jew, page 69

  76. A Little Excursion into Rhabdomancy, page 58

  77. The Long Sleepers, page 69

  78. The Lord of Misrule, page 58

  79. Lore of Finger Rings, page 59

  80. The Lost Treasure of the Incas, page 71

  81. Lycanthropy, page 65

  82. Martin Luther and the Black Monk, page 73

  83. A Military Mystic, page 63

  84. Miniature Landscapes, page 59

  85. Mr. Bohn and His Wonderful Library, page 46

  86. The Muse of Doom, page 65

  87. Music Hath Charm, page 54

  88. Mysteries of Money, page 36

  89. The Mystery of the Christian Era, page 68

  90. The Mystery of the Disappearing Elephants, page 24

  91. The Mystery of the Fostering Mother, page 67

  92. The Mystery of the Trembling Rod, page 71

  93. The Myth of the Dangerous Child, page 60

  94. Napoleon and His Fortuneteller, page 72

  95. Navajo Indian Feather Ceremony, page 69

  96. News from the Orient, page 65

  97. Nostradamus - Death in a Golden Cage, page 69

  98. Notes on a Japanese Cross, page 59

  99. Notes on Chinese Medicine, page 54

  100. Notes on Continental Currency, page 67

  101. Notes on Sharito, page 51

  102. The Nuremberg Chronicle, page 66

  103. Of Misinformation in General, page 72

  104. Of Sound and Bestowing Mind, page 57

  105. Old Chinese Currency, page 49

  106. Orchid Pavilion Scroll, page 55

  107. Ordeal by Fire, page 63

  108. The Origin of the Game of Chess, page 60

  109. The Pastoral Staff, page 92

  110. The Path of Salvation, page 57

  111. Pluto and the Underground, page 55

  112. Popular Demons of Antiquity, page 54

  113. The Priestess of Amen-Ra, page 44

  114. Prophecies of Doom, page 38

  115. The Rabbit in the Moon, page 45

  116. Recreations in Hell, page 53

  117. The Red Cavalier—First Printed Article of Manly P. Hall, Age 13, page 58

  118. Religions of the World on Postage Stamps, page 70

  119. The Rowley Parchments, page 68

  120. The Sanjusangendo Temple, page 54

  121. The Secret Christians of Japan, page 41

  122. The Seven Gods of Good Fortune, page 47

  123. The Shape of Things Unseen, page 56

  124. Sharaku, page 46

  125. Shih-Te and Han-Shan, page 65

  126. The Ship of Good Fortune, page 63

  127. The Silk Road, page 43

  128. Simon the Magician, page 69

  129. Something about Unusual Books, page 64

  130. Speaking of Money, page 66

  131. St. Francis Preaching to the Birds, page 45

  132. The Story of the Learned Pig, page 88

  133. The Story of the Newspaper, page 48

  134. The Story of the Secret Room, page 68

  135. The Story of the Tulip Mania, page 23

  136. Symbolism of a Deck of Cards, page 59

  137. The Taj Mahal, page 42

  138. Temple Souvenirs, page 56

  139. The Tengu, page 42

  140. The Thieves' Market, page 45

  141. Thomas Taylor on Alchemy, page 53

  142. The Tibetan Snowman, page 56

  143. Titus Oates, Maker of Plots, page 45

  144. Tosen-Kyo, page 65

  145. Touching for the King's Evil, page 73

  146. Touching for the King's Evil—Part II, page 37

  147. Tranquillity Stones, page 51

  148. Tried by a Jury of Their Peers, page 76

  149. Twenty-Three Karat Gold Postage Stamps, page 54

  150. Unfortunate Aeronauts, page 62

  151. Unusual Memorial Services, page 58

  152. The Vatican Obelisk, page 66

  153. A Vindication of the Rights of Brutes, page 66

  154. Virgil the Sorcerer, page 41

  155. The Waghorn Post, page 47

  156. What's in a Name?, page 57

  157. When the Devil Went To Work for God, page 71

  158. The White Lady of the Hohenzollerns, page 47

  159. Why King Henry VII Failed to Employ Christopher Columbus, page 55

  160. Wilkins' Mathematical Magic, page 56

  161. Women's Rights—Egyptian Style, page 42

  162. The Wonderful One-Man Cart, page 58

  163. Wonderful, Wonderful Bamboo!, page 57

  164. The Year of the Dragon, page 34

  165. The Year of the Serpent, page 68

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