For all the years I lived in Los Angeles, I never visited the Philosophical Research Society. I knew it was off in Los Feliz somewhere.
Generally speaking, back in the day, I would rarely go east of Western and only go as far as Western because that is where the AFI was located.
But the PRS is an example of the best of old Los Angeles. Founded in the 1930s by a self-educated mystic, Manly Hall, he eventually built a library for his 30,000 plus titles of his collections of Esoteric Knowledge and wrote many classics in the field. Their bookstore is the best of its type since the Bodhi Tree. The library is open Thursday & Friday from noon to six. The bookstore is open normal business hours and in the evening during an event.
An entertaining and informative article on the PRS, Manly Hall, and their history, is here:
https://www.laweekly.com/the-strange-history-of-los-felizs-mysterious-metaphysical-research-center/
If you can judge a place by its people, then the PRS is a very interesting place. We should all spend more time there.
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