Tag: Scottish-Rite Freemasonry

  • Albert Pike’s Life and Philosophical Legacy in American Esotericism

    Albert Pike’s Life and Philosophical Legacy in American Esotericism

    This article is a combination of transcription and summation of Canadian philosopher Manly P. Hall’s Seminars on the life and ideas of Albert Pike in 1958 tracing the origins of the Wisdom Tradition, which often takes on a form of mythmaking in Masonic lore. A more in-depth factual biography of Albert Pike’s life, views and…

  • Albert Pike’s Life, Education and Writings | Seminars of Manly P. Hall

    Albert Pike’s Life, Education and Writings | Seminars of Manly P. Hall

    Manly P. Hall establishes a background about Albert Pike in this seminar. I strongly argue, that despite shortcomings, as possessed by many of his time, the history of Pike’s life is very important here to our history and is a lesson for us. It establishes Pike and his legacy as an exemplar of cross-cultural wisdom…