The Ancient Flame

Winthrop Wetherbee's study of Dante's relationship to the classical Latin poets--Vergil, Ovid, Lucan, Statius--is a genuine tour-de-force.

The spirited narration of the scenes and the themes of recognition and revelation from Homer and Genesis to the major classical, Medieval, and modern writers: anagnorisis as the living, moving encounter between two human beings.

A Definitive Edition of the Symbolist Classic by the author of The Secret Teachings of All Ages Manly P. Hall is widely recognized as the preeminent voice of occult scholarship in the twentieth century, famous for his esoteric masterpiece The Secret Teachings of All Ages (1928). Now, in this “deluxe edition,” Hall’s earliest work, The Initiates of the Flame, is reborn with a full complement of illustrations and historical introductions. Originally published in 1922, The Initiates of the Flame is Hall’s first exploration—and still one of his most powerful—of myth and symbol. Its pages shine on a light on the inner meaning of symbols including the pyramid, holy grail, flame of wisdom, ark of the covenant, all-seeing eye, sword and stone, the elements of alchemy, and other gateways to the unseen world. Edited and reintroduced by popular voice of esoteric spirituality, Mitch Horowitz, and president of the Philosophical Research Society, Greg Salyer, Ph.D., this is the signature presentation of Hall’s landmark.

"Initiates of the Flame" is the earliest literary work by the esteemed Manly P Hall, one of the foremost mystics of his era- one that stretched on for more than half a century.Speaking of the Rosicrucians, Masons, Arthurian legend, ancient Egypt, and essentially being an explanatory endeavor aimed at the symbolism of mystery traditions, this text is one of the most important occult works of the 1920s. Both the book and its author would go on to shape the spiritual movements of the subsequent century. Fully Illustrated.

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