This video series includes two sets of lectures on Manly Hall's greatest works.

The first is a brilliant 12-part lecture series on Manly P Hall's magnum opus 'The Secret Teachings of All Ages.' The second is a 4-part series on 'The Initiates of the Flame,' the book that inaugurated Manly P. Hall’s emergence at age 21 as the twentieth century’s premiere scholar of the esoteric and occult.

For both first-time readers and longtime enthusiasts, this series filmed inside Manly P. Hall's library provides new inroads into these landmark compendiums of esoteric and symbolic philosophy. The videos introduce, survey, and expand upon the core subjects of the first book and the 'Great Book.'

Occult historian and author Mitch Horowitz explores Hall’s historical analysis and philosophical ideas, and considers recent developments in the fields Hall studied and the insights he presaged. Join him for this one-of-a-kind journey of the world's wisdom.

About the Speaker:

Mitch Horowitz is a historian of alternative spirituality and one of today’s most literate voices of esoterica, mysticism, and the occult.

He is widely credited with returning the term “New Age” to respectable use and is among the few occult writers whose work touches the bases of academic scholarship, national journalism, and subculture cred.

Mitch is a 2020 writer-in-residence at the New York Public Library, lecturer-in-residence at the Philosophical Research Society in Los Angeles, and the PEN Award-winning author of books including Occult America; One Simple Idea: How Positive Thinking Reshaped Modern Life; and The Miracle Club.

He has discussed alternative spirituality on CBS Sunday Morning, Dateline NBC, Vox/Netflix’s Explained, and Shudder’s Cursed Films, an official selection of SXSW 2020. Mitch is collaborating with director Ronni Thomas (Tribeca Film Festival) on a feature documentary about the occult classic The Kybalion, shot on location in Egypt and releasing in summer 2020.

Mitch has written on everything from the war on witches to the secret life of Ronald Reagan for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Time, Politico, and a wide range of ‘zines and scholarly journals. He narrates audio books including Alcoholics Anonymous and Raven: The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People (the author of which handpicked him as the voice of Jones).

Mitch received the 2019 Walden Award for Interfaith/Intercultural Understanding. The Chinese government has censored his work.