Escaping From The World

By: Manly P. Hall

Art: Laura Makabresku

“To live in the world without becoming aware of the meaning of the world is like wandering about in a great library without touching the books.”

—Many P. Hall

We can only escape from the world 
by outgrowing the world. 
Death may take man out of 
the world but only wisdom
can take the world out 
of the man. 

As long as the human being is obsessed 
by worldliness, he will suffer from 
the Karmic consequences of 
false allegiances. 

When however, worldliness is transmuted 
into Spiritual Integrity he is free, 
even though he still dwells 
physically among 
worldly things.

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Esoterically, the Hanged Man 
is the human spirit which is 
suspended from heaven by 
a single thread. 

Wisdom, not death, is the reward 
for this voluntary sacrifice during 
which the human soul, suspended 
above the world of illusion, 
and meditating upon its unreality, 
is rewarded by the achievement 
of self-realization.

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You can find these passages in Manly P. Hall’s epic work—The Secret Teachings of All Ages.