Making the Ordinary Extraordinary: My Seven Years in Occult Los Angeles with Manly Palmer Hall by Tamra Lucid

Tamra Lucid recounts an unlikely friendship with esoteric scholar Manly P. Hall in Making the Ordinary Extraordinary. After discovering The Secret Teachings of All Ages, she and Ronnie Pontiac became involved with Hall's Philosophical Research Society in 1980s Los Angeles.

Her memoir follows seven years of learning, friendship and life within that unusual spiritual community, portraying its personalities with humor and affection as well as a sense of loss. With a foreword by Danny Goldberg, this personal portrait of occult Los Angeles offers an insider's view of the Philosophical Research Society and the people around Hall.