Psychedelic Prophets and Paranormal Warfare
The secret influence of Manly P. Hall and Helena Blavatsky on society and popular culture
This is an excerpt from Sky Gods and the Recipe for Immortality: The secret influence of psychoactivity over science, society, and the supernatural.
While Blavatsky was known as the godmother of the New Age movement, her occult influence was rivaled by a scholar named Manly P. Hall. The LA Times once reported:
“For his writings alone he was made an honorary 33rd-degree Freemason (the highest honor), and even Elvis was a fan, sending Priscilla Presley to one of the world renowned orator’s lectures because he was afraid of getting mobbed himself…
By 1920, only 19 years old, he was… delivering Sunday lectures about Rosicrucianism and Theosophy, the mystical philosophical system founded by Madame Helena Blavatsky.”
What did Elvis Presley and unlikely figures such as Osama Bin Laden have in common? Opiates and an interest in the alchemical ideas of Manly P. Hall. The King of Rock and Roll’s life was infamously marred by opiate addiction — and the Mujahideen (which later morphed into the Taliban) ruled the epicenter of the global opium trade for decades.
