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The Kybalion

Three Initiates

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1. ch. 1, para. 1. A Study of The Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece
2. "BY THREE INITIATES", para. 1. BY THREE INITIATES
3. ""THE LIPS OF WISDOM ARE CLOSED, EXCEPT TO THE EARS OF UNDERS", para. 1. "THE LIPS OF WISDOM ARE CLOSED, EXCEPT TO THE EARS OF UNDERSTANDING" 1912
4. "TO HERMES TRISMEGISTUS", para. 1. TO HERMES TRISMEGISTUS
5. "KNOWN BY THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS AS", para. 1. KNOWN BY THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS AS
6. "Table of Contents", para. 1. Table of Contents I. The Hermetic Philosophy II. The Seven Hermetic Principles 1. The
7. "INTRODUCTION", para. 1. INTRODUCTION We take great pleasure in presenting to the attention of students and in
8. "INTRODUCTION", para. 5. From the land of the Ganges many advanced occultists wandered to the land of Egypt, a
9. "INTRODUCTION", para. 6. The lifework of Hermes seems to have been in the direction of planting the great Seed
10. "INTRODUCTION", para. 7. "O, let not the flame die out! Cherished age after age in its dark cavern—in its holy
11. "INTRODUCTION", para. 9. There are those who have criticized this attitude of the Hermetists, and who have cla
12. "CHAPTER I", para. 1. CHAPTER I "The lips of wisdom are closed, except to the ears of Understanding"—The Ky
13. "CHAPTER I", para. 5. But among these great Masters of Ancient Egypt there once dwelt one of whom Masters h
14. "CHAPTER I", para. 7. Even to this day, we use the term "hermetic" in the sense of "secret"; "sealed so tha
15. "CHAPTER I", para. 9. But there were always a few faithful souls who kept alive the Flame, tending it caref
16. "CHAPTER I", para. 10. In the early days, there was a compilation of certain Basic Hermetic Doctrines, passe
17. "CHAPTER I", para. 12. The original maxims, axioms, and precepts of THE KYBALION are printed herein, in ital
18. "CHAPTER II", para. 1. CHAPTER II "The Principles of Truth are Seven; he who knows these, understandingly, p
19. "CHAPTER II", para. 7. "THE ALL IS MIND; The Universe is Mental."—The Kybalion. This Principle embodies the
20. "CHAPTER II", para. 8. l advanced on The Path to Mastery." And these words are as true today as at the time
21. "CHAPTER II", para. 13. "Nothing rests; everything moves; everything vibrates."—The Kybalion. This Principle
22. "CHAPTER II", para. 15. 4. The Principle of Polarity "Everything is Dual; everything has poles; everything ha
23. "CHAPTER II", para. 17. This Principle embodies the truth that "everything is dual"; "everything has two pole
24. "CHAPTER II", para. 17. arp and Dull"? Between "Noise and Quiet"? Between "High and Low"? Between "Positive a
25. "CHAPTER II", para. 20. This Principle embodies the truth that in everything there is manifested a measured m
26. "CHAPTER II", para. 20. t impossible of belief on the part of the masses who are swung backward and forward l
27. "CHAPTER II", para. 24. 7. The Principle of Gender "Gender is in everything; everything has its Masculine and
28. "CHAPTER III", para. 1. CHAPTER III "Mind (as well as metals and elements) may be transmuted, from state to s
29. "CHAPTER III", para. 4. The truth is, that beneath the material chemistry, astronomy and psychology (that is,
30. "CHAPTER III", para. 8. If the Universe is Mental in its nature, then Mental Transmutation must be the art of
31. "CHAPTER III", para. 10. "The Universe is Mental"—The Kybalion. But students and Hermetists of lesser degree t
32. "CHAPTER III", para. 13. Not only may the mental states, etc., of one's self be changed or transmuted by Herme
33. "CHAPTER IV", para. 1. CHAPTER IV "Under, and back of, the Universe of Time, Space and Change, is ever to be
34. "CHAPTER IV", para. 6. In these lessons we have followed the example of some of the world's greatest thinker
35. "CHAPTER IV", para. 10. (At this point, it may be proper for me to state that we make a distinction between R
36. "CHAPTER IV", para. 14. "But, the report of Reason must be hospitably received, and treated with respect."—Th
37. "CHAPTER IV", para. 19. THE ALL being Infinite, Absolute, Eternal and Unchangeable it must follow that anythi
38. "CHAPTER IV", para. 21. Then is THE ALL mere Energy or Force? Not Energy or Force as the materialists use the
39. "CHAPTER V", para. 1. CHAPTER V "The Universe is Mental—held in the Mind of THE ALL."—The Kybalion. THE ALL
40. "CHAPTER V", para. 5. If the Universe exists at all, or seems to exist, it must proceed in some way from TH
41. "CHAPTER V", para. 7. Let us see! On his own plane of being, how does Man create? Well, first, he may creat
42. "CHAPTER V", para. 9. THE ALL can create in no other way except mentally, without either using material (an
43. "CHAPTER V", para. 13. Now do not jump to the conclusion that we are teaching that there is a male and femal
44. "CHAPTER V", para. 15. But, the Hermetic teaching does not imply a real duality—THE ALL is ONE—the Two Aspec
45. "CHAPTER V", para. 17. Is it any wonder that You, the child, feel that instinctive reverence for THE ALL, wh
46. "CHAPTER V", para. 20. And, in the meantime, rest calm and serene—you are safe and protected by the Infinite
47. "CHAPTER VI", para. 1. CHAPTER VI "The half-wise, recognizing the comparative unreality of the Universe, ima
48. "CHAPTER VI", para. 3. This is the Paradox of the Universe, resulting from the Principle of Polarity which m
49. "CHAPTER VI", para. 4. What Hermetists know as "the Law of Paradox" is an aspect of the Principle of Polarit
50. "CHAPTER VI", para. 6. So, the Hermetic Teachings do not preach the unsubstantiality of the Universe in any
51. "CHAPTER VI", para. 8. To take familiar illustrations, we all recognize the fact that matter "exists" to our
52. "CHAPTER VI", para. 10. So, we need not dwell upon the feature of illusion. Rather let us, recognizing the re
53. "CHAPTER VI", para. 12. Matter is none the less Matter to us, while we dwell on the plane of Matter, although
54. "CHAPTER VI", para. 13. Nor do the Laws of Nature become less constant or effective, when we know them, likew
55. "CHAPTER VI", para. 14. The Hermetic Principle of Mentalism, while explaining the true nature of the Universe
56. "CHAPTER VI", para. 15. So, the student of Hermetics need not lay aside any of his cherished scientific views
57. "CHAPTER VI", para. 17. So, finally, students all, grasp the advantage of Mentalism, and learn to know, use a
58. "CHAPTER VI", para. 18. We do not live in a world of dreams, but in an Universe which while relative, is real
59. "CHAPTER VII", para. 1. CHAPTER VII "While All is in THE ALL, it is equally true that THE ALL is in ALL. To h
60. "CHAPTER VII", para. 5. The Hermetic Teachings are to the effect that THE ALL is Imminent in ("remaining with
61. "CHAPTER VII", para. 6. To take a modern example, let us say that Othello, Iago, Hamlet, Lear, Richard III, e
62. "CHAPTER VII", para. 7. The student will, of course, realize that the illustrations given above are necessari
63. "CHAPTER VII", para. 10. The Hermetic Teachings concerning the process of the Mental Creation of the Universe,
64. "CHAPTER VII", para. 12. The Teachings are that during the "Outpouring," the vibrations become lower and lower
65. "CHAPTER VII", para. 14. The Hermetic Teachings regarding the process of Evolution are that, THE ALL, having m
66. "CHAPTER VII", para. 15. The above illustration of the "meditation," and subsequent "awakening from meditation
67. "CHAPTER VII", para. 18. Others have sought to explain the mystery by assuming that THE ALL found itself "comp
68. "CHAPTER VII", para. 19. Strictly speaking, there cannot be said to be any "Reason" whatsoever for THE ALL to
69. "CHAPTER VII", para. 20. In conclusion, it may be of interest to our students to learn that while some of the
70. "CHAPTER VIII", para. 1. CHAPTER VIII "As above, so below; as below, so above."—The Kybalion. The great Second
71. "CHAPTER VIII", para. 8. At the beginning we may as well consider the question so often asked by the neophyte,
72. "CHAPTER VIII", para. 9. This Fourth Dimension may be called "The Dimension of Vibration" It is a fact well kn
73. "CHAPTER VIII", para. 12. The Great Physical Plane, and its Seven Minor Planes, is that division of the phenome
74. "CHAPTER VIII", para. 15. The Plane of Matter (A) comprises the forms of Matter in its form of solids, liquids,
75. "CHAPTER VIII", para. 16. Next above the Plane of Ethereal Substance comes the Plane of Energy (A), which compr
76. "CHAPTER VIII", para. 19. The Plane of Mineral Mind comprises the "states or conditions" of the units or entiti
77. "CHAPTER VIII", para. 20. The Plane of Elemental Mind (A) comprises the state or condition, and degree of menta
78. "CHAPTER VIII", para. 25. The Plane of Human Mind, in its seven sub-divisions, comprises those manifestations o
79. "CHAPTER VIII", para. 26. In our consideration of the Seven Minor Mental Planes, we have merely referred to the
80. "CHAPTER VIII", para. 28. All that we can say is that the Seven Minor Planes of the Great Spiritual Plane (each
81. "CHAPTER VIII", para. 30. But, yet, even the highest of these advanced Beings exist merely as creations of, and
82. "CHAPTER VIII", para. 31. Only the most advanced Hermetists are able to grasp the Inner Teachings regarding the
83. "CHAPTER VIII", para. 31. ho have attained high spiritual powers and have misused them, have a terrible fate in
84. "CHAPTER VIII", para. 32. In conclusion we would again remind you that according to the Principle of Correspond
85. "CHAPTER IX", para. 1. CHAPTER IX "Nothing rests; everything moves; everything vibrates."—The Kybalion. The
86. "CHAPTER IX", para. 6. In the first place, science teaches that all matter manifests, in some degree, the vi
87. "CHAPTER IX", para. 8. The Universal Ether, which is postulated by science without its nature being understo
88. "CHAPTER IX", para. 9. Scientists have offered the illustration of a rapidly moving wheel, top, or cylinder,
89. "CHAPTER IX", para. 10. When the object reaches a certain rate of vibration its molecules disintegrate, and r
90. "CHAPTER IX", para. 11. But the Hermetic Teachings go much further than do those of modern science. They teac
91. "CHAPTER IX", para. 13. A little reflection on what we have said will show the student that the Principle of
92. "CHAPTER X", para. 1. CHAPTER X "Everything is dual; everything has poles; everything has its pair of oppos
93. "CHAPTER X", para. 5. Then passing on to the Physical Plane, they illustrate the Principle by showing that
94. "CHAPTER X", para. 7. Good and Bad are not absolute—we call one end of the scale Good and the other Bad, or
95. "CHAPTER X", para. 9. And it is this fact that enables the Hermetist to transmute one mental state into ano
96. "CHAPTER X", para. 10. The student who is familiar with the processes by which the various schools of Mental
97. "CHAPTER X", para. 12. In addition to the changing of the poles of one's own mental states by the operation
98. "CHAPTER X", para. 13. A knowledge of the existence of this great Hermetic Principle will enable the student
99. "CHAPTER XI", para. 1. CHAPTER XI "Everything flows out and in; everything has its tides; all things rise an
100. "CHAPTER XI", para. 5. Beginning with the manifestations of Spirit—of THE ALL—it will be noticed that there