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Periodical: All-Seeing Eye

Summary:  From Pat Deveney's database:

All-Seeing Eye, The.
Modern Problems in the Light of Ancient Wisdom / Being a Monthly Magazine which is Published in Los Angles on the Fifteenth Day of Every Month Edited by Manly P. Hall and Devoted to the Search for the Fundamental Verities Existing in the Educational Systems, Religions and Philosophies of All Ages.
1923--1931 Monthly, then weekly, then monthly
Los Angeles, CA. Publisher: Hall Publishing Co. . Editor: Manly Palmer Hall, Maud P. Galligher, associated editor, Harry Gerhart, managing editor; last volume edited by M.M. Saxon.
1/1, May 1923-September 1931. Suspended almost three years, from 1928 to October 1930. $2.00-$2.50 a year. 8-36 pp., 6 x 8 and then in folded newsletter format. Illustrated with sixteenth century woodcuts.

Hall (1901-1990) was a Canadian who moved in his late teens to Los Angeles, where he moved in the labyrinthian world of California occultism, spiritualism and New Thought, lecturing widely and functioning as pastor of his Church of the People. This journal was the vehicle for Hall's own regular classes on various occult topics but also featured various standard authors, such as Jacob Behmen, Nicholas Culpeper, et al., and and regularly carried serialized occult fiction. The journal consistently reflected the cautious opinion of Hall that "[t]he purpose of occultism in the first place is not to make man divine but to make him human. Every "occultist" feels that if he does not "get out of his body" after the sixth lesson he should have his money back. People work to see auras or to develop some kind of half mediumistic clairvoyance or try in some way or another to breathe, meditate or pray their way out of their ordinary human responsibilities. Phenomena are not the things which either philosophy or occultism are primarily concerned with. The first purpose is to increase the merit and integrity of life. The directionalization of action to intelligent and constructive ends is the only important thing in life. Without this all else must fail." Hall buttressed his own and the journal's reputation with frequent references to (and illustrations copied from) his even-then impressive collection of classic occult material. When the journal was revived with a fifth volume in 1930,it was completely given over to Hall's lectures on topics such as Atlantis, C.R.C.'s Portrait, Egyptian Initiation, Magic Mirrors, Rasputin, Tarot Symbolism, Numerology, etc. Hall augmented his income by advertising his own deck of Tarot Cards, illustrated by J. Augustus Knapp ($3.00), his elaborate editions of classic works, and his coming lecture tours. Like all of Hall's publications, the magazine is beautifully produced (it even had an art director). Before 1928 the journal proudly displayed the current number of subscribers, which hovered around a maximum of 2,700. NYPL; LOC; Stanford University.

Portions of this collection retrieved from manlyhall dot org.

Issues:All-seeing Eye V1 N1 May 1923
All-seeing Eye V1 N2 Jun 1923
All-seeing Eye V1 N3 Jul 1923
All-seeing Eye V1 N4 Aug 1923
All-seeing Eye V1 N5 Sep 1923
All-seeing Eye V1 N6 Oct 1923
All-seeing Eye V2 N1 Nov 1923
All-seeing Eye V2 N1 Nov 1923 Alt
All-seeing Eye V2 N2 Dec 1923
All-seeing Eye V2 N2 Dec 1923 Alt
All-seeing Eye V2 N3 Jan 1924
All-seeing Eye V2 N4 Feb 1924
All-seeing Eye V2 N5 Mar 1924
All-seeing Eye V2 N6 Apr 1924
All-seeing Eye V3 N1 Nov 24 1926
All-seeing Eye V3 N2 Dec 1 1926
All-seeing Eye V3 N3 Dec 8 1926
All-seeing Eye V3 N4 Dec 15 1926
All-seeing Eye V3 N5 Dec 22 1926
All-seeing Eye V3 N6 Dec 29 1926
All-seeing Eye V3 N7 Jan 5 1927
All-seeing Eye V3 N8 Jan 12 1927
All-seeing Eye V3 N9 Jan 19 1927
All-seeing Eye V3 N10 Jan 26 1927
All-seeing Eye V3 N11 Feb 2 1927
All-seeing Eye V3 N12 Feb 89 1927
All-seeing Eye V3 N13 Feb 16 1927
All-seeing Eye V3 N14 Feb 23 1927
All-seeing Eye V3 N15 Mar 2 1927
All-seeing Eye V3 N16 Mar 9 1927
All-seeing Eye V3 N17 Mar 16 1927
All-seeing Eye V3 N18 Mar 23 1927
All-seeing Eye V3 N19 Mar 20 1927
All-seeing Eye V3 N20 Apr 6 1927
All-seeing Eye V3 N21 Apr 13 1927
All-seeing Eye V4 N1 May 1927
All-seeing Eye V4 N2 Jun 1927
All-seeing Eye V4 N3 Jul 1927
All-seeing Eye V4 N4 Aug 1927
All-seeing Eye V4 N5 Sep 1927
All-seeing Eye V4 N6 Oct 1927
All-seeing Eye V5 N1 Oct 1930
All-seeing Eye V5 N2 Nov 1930
All-seeing Eye V5 N3 Dec 1930
All-seeing Eye V5 N4 Jan 1931
All-seeing Eye V5 N5 Feb 1931
All-seeing Eye V5 N6 Mar 1931
All-seeing Eye V5 N7 Apr 1931
All-seeing Eye V5 N8 May 1931
All-seeing Eye V5 N9 Jun 1931
All-seeing Eye V5 N10 Jul 1931
All-seeing Eye V5 N11 Aug 1931
All-seeing Eye V5 N12 Sep 1931

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