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The
Writings of Manley P. Hall Q: In regards to the Rosicrucians, indirectly, it appears as
though a person involved with it, quite extensively, is a person by the name of Manley Palmer Hall. I have
had the opportunity to read a couple of his books and, according to a west
coast publisher, he is probably more prolific than
Shakespeare. I think he has authored about one-hundred and thirty volumes. Could
you comment on his background a little bit? RK: I do not know much about his background. He has been quite a
traveler and he has probably dug into just about every metaphysical book from
ancient times through medieval and, more or less modern times, in Europe and
other countries; Arabia and India, etc. and kind of condensed it for English-speaking
person’s understanding. He does not try to distinguish between things which are true and things which are not true, but
rather all the things which are available in the literature of the ancients of
Eastern- and Mid-Eastern-type of thought. He passes it all along and leaves
it up to you to discriminate whether or not things are true or false. And, it was a very valuable exercise. He gets into things like
magic and black magic and King Solomon's supposed connections with magical
techniques to do things. I am disinclined to believe that Solomon had
anything to do that because Solomon was the member of the Brotherhoods.
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