Secret Destiny of America

The Signature Edition of Manly P. HallsEsoteric Classics on AmericaFully reset and newly introduced by PEN Award-winning historian Mitch Horowitz, The Secret Destiny of America (1944) and Americas Assignment with Destiny (1951) are Manly P. Halls core statements on the esoteric purpose and occult backstory of the United States.In these two volumes appears Halls thrilling thesis that democracy and personal liberty are part of a Great Plan extending from the pharaonic era to Hellenic secret societies to illumined intellects such as Francis Bacon and Christopher Columbus to modern expressions of Rosicrucianism and Freemasonry, finally blossoming among the ideals of Americas Founders.In his introduction, Mitch explores the historicism of Halls writing on America, highlighting lasting points and augmenting the record where new information is available. Mitch specifically considers the Atlantean thesis from the perspective of the twenty-first century; reviews Halls career-long influence on President Ronald Reagan; examines the eye-and-pyramid of the Great Seal of the United States; contextualizes the impact of Freemasonry on the nations founding; explores Mesoamerican civilization and its complexities; and critically considers the role of secret societies in modern life.Hall ranks among the few historical writers who at least recognized the inceptive role of Freemasonry in Americas founding, Mitch writes, a perspective only recently granted overdue treatment in scholarly literature. Indeed, it was Manly P. Hall alone who kept alive the light of esoteric ideasand their role in the nations formationduring the time he produced these seminal volumes. They are presented here, with a substantial historical introduction, in their definitive form.