The emperor is the truth seeker himself

The emperor is the truth seeker himself.manly-p-hall

The son he desires is his own immortality, that is the continuance of himself as a spiritual truth.

The holy man is the secret doctrine, the wisdom which finally becomes personified as the transcendent being.

Philosophy bestows life in that it reveals the dignity and purpose of living

By Manly P. Hall – Philosophy bestows life in that it reveals the dignity and purpose of living. Materiality bestows death in Wise old manthat it benumbs or clouds those faculties of the human soul which should be responsive to the enlivening impulses of creative thought and ennobling virtue. How inferior to these standards of remote days are the laws by which men live in the twentieth century!

Today man, a sublime creature with infinite capacity for self-improvement, in an effort to be true to false standards, turns from his birthright of understanding–without realizing the consequences–and plunges into the maelstrom of material illusion. (more…)