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KYBALIO N

A STU D Y O F THE HERM ETIC PHILO SO PHY O F AN C IEN T EG YPT AN D G REEC E

BY THREE IN ITIATES

"TH E LIPS O F W ISDO M ARE CLO SED, EXCEPT TO TH E EARS O F U N DERSTAN DING "

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THE YO G I PUBLICATION SO CIETY

MASONIC TEMPLE

CHICAG O , ILL.

CO PYRIG HT

1912

YO G I PUBLICATION SO CIETY

CO PYRIG HT, 194O

THIS LITTLE VO LUME O F HERMETIC TEACHING S IS REVERENTLY DEDICATED

TO HERMES TRIMESG ISTUS

KNO W N BY THE ANCIENT

EG YPTIANS AS

"THE G REAT G REAT"

AND

"MASTER O F MASTERS"

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A STU D Y O F THE HERM ETIC PHILO SO PHY O F AN C IEN T EG YPT AN D G REEC E

BY THREE IN ITIATES

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C O N TEN TS

Introduction

I. Herm etic Philosophy

II. Seven Herm etic Principles

III. Mental Transm utation

IV. The All

V. The Mental Universe

VI. The Divine Paradox

VII. 'The All' in All

VIII. Planes of Correspondence

IX. Vibration

X. Polarity

XI. Rhythm

XII. Causation

XIII. G ender

XIV. Mental G ender

XV. Herm etic Axiom s

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C O N TEN TS

IN TRO DU CTIO N

W e take great pleasure in presenting to the attention of students and investigator of the

Secret Doctrines this little work based upon the world-old Herm etic Teachings. There has

been so little written upon this subject, not withstanding the countless references to the

Teachings in the m any works upon occultism , that the m any earnest searchers after the

Arcane Truths will doubtless welcom e the appearance of this present volum e. The purpose of

this work is not the enunciation of any special philosophy or doctrine, but rather is to give to

the students a statem ent of the Truth that will serve to reconcile the m any bits of occult

knowledge that they m ay have acquired, but which are apparently opposed to each other and

which often serve to discourage and disgust the beginner in the study. O ur intent is not to

erect a new Tem ple of Knowledge, but rather to place in the hands of the student a Master-

Key with which he m ay open the m any inner doors in the Tem ple of Mystery through the m ain

portals he has already entered.

There is no portion of the occult teachings possessed by the world which have been so closely

guarded as the fragm ents of the Herm etic Teachings which have com e down to us over the

tens of centuries which have elapsed since the lifetim e of its great founder, Herm es

Trism egistus, the "scribe of the gods," who dwelt in old Egypt in the days when the present

race of m en was in its infancy. Contem porary with Abraham , and, if the legends be true, an

instructor of that venerable sage, Herm es was, and is, the G reat Central Sun of O ccultism ,

whose rays have served to illum ine the countless teachings which have been prom ulgated

since his tim e. All the fundam ental and basic teachings em bedded in the esoteric teachings of

every race m ay be traced back to Herm es. Even the m ost ancient teachings of India

undoubtedly have their roots in the original Herm etic Teachings.

From the land of the G anges m any advanced occultists wandered to the land of Egypt, and sat

at the feet of the Master. From him they obtained the Master-Key which explained and

reconciled their divergent views, and thus the Secret Doctrine was firm ly established. From

other lands also cam e the learned ones, all of whom regarded Herm es as the Master of

Masters, and his influence was so great that in spite of the m any wanderings from the path on

the part of the centuries of teachers in these different lands, there m ay still be found a

certain basic resem blance and correspondence which underlies the m any and often quite

divergent theories entertained and taught by the occultists of these different lands today.

The student of Com parative Religions will be able to perceive the influence of the Herm etic

Teachings in every religion worthy of the nam e, now known to m an, whether it be a dead

religion or one in full vigor in our own tim es. There is always certain correspondence in spite

of the contradictory features, and the Herm etic Teachings act as the G reat Reconciler.

The lifework of Herm es seem s to have been in the direction of planting the great Seed-Truth

which has grown and blossom ed in so m any strange form s, rather than to establish a school of

philosophy which would dom inate, the worlds thought. But, nevertheless, the original truths

taught by him have been kept intact in their original purity by a few m en each age, who,

refusing great num bers of half-developed students and followers, followed the Herm etic

custom and reserved their truth for the few who were ready to com prehend and m aster it.

From lip to ear the truth has been handed down am ong the few. There have always been a

few Initiates in each generation, in the various lands of the earth, who kept alive the sacred

flam e of the Herm etic Teachings, and such have always been willing to use their lam ps to re-

light the lesser lam ps of the outside world, when the light of truth grew dim , and clouded by

reason of neglect, and when the wicks becam e clogged with foreign m atter. There were

always a few to tend faithfully the altar of the Truth, upon which was kept alight the

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Perpetual Lam p of W isdom . These m en devoted their lives to the labor of love which the poet

has so well stated in his lines:

'O, let not the flame die out! Cherished age after age in its dark cavern--in its holy temples

cherished. Fed by pure ministers of love--let not the flame die out!"

These m en have never sought popular approval, nor num bers of followers. They are

indifferent to these things, for they know how few there are in each generation who are

ready for the truth, or who would recognize it if it were presented to them . They reserve the

"strong m eat for m en," while others furnish the "m ilk for babes." They reserve their pearls of

wisdom for the few elect, who recognize their value and who wear them in their crowns,

instead of casting them before the m aterialistic vulgar swine, who would tram ple them in the

m ud and m ix them with their disgusting m ental food. But still these m en have never forgotten

or overlooked the original teachings of Herm es, regarding the passing on of the words of truth

to those ready to receive it, which teaching is stated in The Kybalion as follows: "W here fall

the footsteps of the Master, the ears of those ready for his Teaching open wide." And again:

"W hen the ears of the student are ready to hear, then com eth the lips to fill them with

wisdom ." But their custom ary attitude has always been strictly in accordance with the other

Herm etic aphorism , also in The Kybalion: "The lips of W isdom are closed, except to the ears

of Understanding."

There are those who have criticized this attitude of the Herm etists, and who have claim ed

that they did not m anifest the proper spirit in their policy of seclusion and reticence. But a

m om ents glance back: over the pages of history will show the wisdom of the Masters, who

knew the folly of attem pting to teach to the world that which it was neither ready or willing

to receive. The Herm etists have never sought to be m artyrs, and have, instead, sat silently

aside with a pitying sm ile on their closed lips, while the "heathen raged noisily about them " in

their custom ary am usem ent of putting to death and torture the honest but m isguided

enthusiasts who im agined that they could force upon a race of barbarians the truth capable of

being understood only by the elect who had advanced along The Path. And the spirit of

persecution has not as yet died out in the land. There are certain Herm etic Teachings, which,

if publicly prom ulgated, would bring down upon the teachers a great cry of scorn and

revilem ent from the m ultitude, who would again raise the cry of "Crucify! Crucify." In this

little work we have endeavored to give you an idea of the fundam ental teachings of The

Kybalion, striving to give you the working Principles, leaving you to apply them yourselves,

rather than attem pting to work out the teaching in detail. If you are a true student, you will

be able to work out and apply these Principles--if not, then you m ust develop yourself into

one, for otherwise the Herm etic Teachings will be as "words, words, words" to you.

THE THREE INITIATES.

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TH E H ERM ETIC PH ILO SO PH Y

"The lips of w isdom are closed, except to the ears of Understanding".....The Kybalion.

CH APTER 1

From old Egypt have com e the fundam ental esoteric and occult teachings which have so

strongly influenced the philosophies of all races, nations and peoples, for several thousand

years. Egypt, the hom e of the Pyram ids and the Sphinx, was the birthplace of the Hidden

W isdom and Mystic Teachings.

From her Secret Doctrine all nations have borrowed. India, Persia, Chaldea, Medea, China,

Japan, Assyria, ancient G reece and Rom e, and other ancient countries partook liberally at the

feast of knowledge which the Hierophants and Masters of the Land of Isis so freely provided

for those who cam e prepared to partake of the great store of Mystic and O ccult Lore which

the m asterm inds of that ancient land had gathered together.

In ancient Egypt dwelt the great Adepts and Masters who have never been surpassed, and who

seldom have been equaled, during the centuries that have taken their processional flight

since the days o the G reat Herm es. In Egypt was located the G reat Lodge of Lodges of the

Mystics. At the doors of her Tem ples entered the Neophytes who afterward, as Hierophants,

Adepts, and Masters, traveled to the four corners of the earth, carrying with them the

precious knowledge which they were ready, anxious, and willing to pass on to those who were

ready to receive the sam e. All students of the O ccult recognize the debt that they owe to

these venerable Masters of that ancient land.

But am ong these great Masters of Ancient Egypt there once dwelt one of whom Masters hailed

as "The Master of Masters." This m an, if "m an" indeed he was, dwelt in Egypt in the earliest

days. He was known as Herm es Trism egistus. He was the father of the O ccult W isdom ; the

founder of Astrology; the discoverer of Alchem y. The details of his life story are lost to

history, owing to the lapse of the years, though several of the ancient countries disputed with

each other in their claim s to the honor of having furnished his birthplace-- and this thousands

of years ago. The date of his sojourn in Egypt, in that his last incarnation on this planet, is not

now known, but it has been fixed at the early days of the oldest dynasties of Egypt--long

before the days of Moses. The best authorities regard him as a contem porary of Abraham , and

som e of the Jewish traditions go so far as to claim that Abraham acquired a portion of his

m ystic knowledge from Herm es him self.

As the years rolled by after his passing from this plane of life (tradition recording that he

lived three hundred years in the flesh), the Egyptians deified Herm es, and m ade him one of

their gods, under the nam e of Thoth. Years after, the people of Ancient G reece also m ade

him one of their m any gods--calling him "Herm es, the god of W isdom ." The Egyptians revered

his m em ory for m any centuries-yes, tens of centuries--calling him "the Scribe of the G ods,'

and bestowing upon him , distinctively, his ancient title, "Trism egistus," which m eans "the

thrice-great"; "the great-great"; "the greatest-great"; etc. In all the ancient lands, the nam e

of Herm es Trism egistus was revered, the nam e being synonym ous with the "Fount of W isdom ".

Even to this day, we use the term "herm etic" in the sense of "secret"; "sealed so that nothing

can escape"; etc., and this by reason of the fact that the followers of Herm es always observed

the principle of secrecy in their teachings. They did not believe in "casting pearls before

swine," but rather held to the teaching "m ilk for babes"; "m eat for strong m en," both of which

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