Manly P. Hall

OP: Iv owned this Encyclopedia for sometime now
I just started reading it from the very start(only read small segments) and was interested in /lit thought's of Manly's work

Iv made a thread in his/ but also thought lit/ might be more appropriate.

He doesn't use any sources, meaning that there's no discernible difference between his Masonic babbling, and Ripley's Believe It or Not

When I first started reading that was one of the first books on my list to purchase. That was a long time ago, and I'm glad I never bought it.

What a coinky dink. Trying to at least get a grip on some occult theory rn after reading a buncha shit by Alan Moore on the topic and this was one of the first books I was led to.

I'm a little iffy about it being written way back when but it seems to me to be the most comprehensive. Can anyone tell if/where Hall messed up and if it ruins the whole thing?

While I'm at it, let's turn this into occult lit general. Also just picked up Frances Yates' histories and Eliphas Levi's Transcendental Magic and History of Magic. How are those?

And what book of Crowley's is on libgen/anywhere else where he's not being such an assgape and just explain wtf he's about?

I personally find his lectures very insightful, and have looked into his work with a skeptical but open approach.