The Story Behind Alice in Wonderland — Manly P. Hall — Lecture Papers No. 17

The Manly P. Hall Lecture Papers — First Series

This booklet presents The Story Behind Alice in Wonderland, a lecture by Manly P. Hall dated 1951, prepared from original typed lecture notes attributed to Virginia Pomeroy, Hall’s longtime stenographer.

In this lecture, Hall turns toward Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland as more than a work of children’s fantasy. He approaches the story as a symbolic descent into dream, imagination, paradox, and hidden meaning — a strange inner landscape where ordinary logic is overturned and the deeper operations of consciousness begin to reveal themselves.

The subject belongs naturally to Hall’s larger body of work on symbolism, myth, literature, esoteric interpretation, and the hidden wisdom preserved within stories. For readers interested in Alice in Wonderland, occult readings of literature, dream symbolism, and the initiatory dimensions of imagination, this lecture offers a distinctive glimpse into Hall’s method of uncovering metaphysical meaning within familiar cultural texts.

These lecture notes were preserved outside the ordinary channels of publication and have been carefully prepared by Odd Enough Books / Holographic Pagan Press as part of an ongoing effort to recover and circulate overlooked works from the history of metaphysical and esoteric thought.

This is a handmade 8.5" x 11" archival lecture booklet, assembled with staples and binding tape, featuring new artwork and layout by C.K. Lee.

Issued here as a first Holographic Pagan Press edition.

Details:
Author: Manly P. Hall
Title: The Story Behind Alice in Wonderland
Source: Virginia Pomeroy lecture typescript
Date: 1951
Pages: 17
Format: Handmade 8.5" x 11" booklet
Publisher: Odd Enough Books / Holographic Pagan Press
Series: The Manly P. Hall Lecture Papers
Edition: First Holographic Pagan Press Edition

Also available as part of The Manly P. Hall Lecture Papers: First Series, a complete set of 23 recovered lecture booklets.

Collector’s Note

This booklet is part of the first series of The Manly P. Hall Lecture Papers, a small-press archival publishing project from Holographic Pagan Press. Each booklet is handmade in limited quantities and prepared from recovered typed lecture material rather than from previously circulated mass-market editions.