The Philosophical Research Society (P.R.S.) is an American nonprofit organization founded in 1934, by the prolific author and scholar Manly Palmer Hall

Manly Palmer Hall

Manly Palmer Hall was a Canadian-born author and mystic. He is perhaps most famous for his 1928 work The Secret Teachings of All Ages.-Early years:...

, which provides learning and development of a philosophy

Philosophy

Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...

 of life which embraces conciliation of religion

Religion

Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that establishes symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values. Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life or to...

 and science

Science

Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...

 and higher understandings of life itself.

In 1934, Hall founded the Philosophical Research Society (PRS) in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...

, a non-profit foundation dedicated to the study of religion, mythology, metaphysics, and the occult. PRS maintains a research library of over 50,000 volumes, and also sells and publishes metaphysical and spiritual books, mostly those authored by Hall.

Its headquarters are in Los Angeles, California. The building on Los Feliz Boulevard

Los Feliz Boulevard

Los Feliz Boulevard is a street in Glendale and Los Angeles.The west-east thoroughfare runs through Glendale and Los Angeles. It starts off at Glendale Avenue as Los Feliz Road. After passing the railroad tracks, it enters Los Angeles and changes to Los Feliz Boulevard. Los Feliz passes through...

 was designated as a Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument.