kybalion
in traditional literature, Hermes Trismegistus addresses himself to three disciples: Tat, Ammon, and Asclepius, which may have been a source of inspiration for William Walker Atkinson’s byline (or possibly his own use of a tripartite byline).
The Kybalion without Tears
The Kybalion is not merely, or at least not only, modern New Thought clothed in antique conceit; rather, the book connects readers, however tenuously, to late-ancient Hermetic themes of correspondence, development of psyche, scale of creation, and an all-creative overmind .
The Kybalion without Tears
The Kybalion was written and published by New Thought philosopher William Walker Atkinson (1862–1932), a remarkably energetic Chicago publisher, writer, lawyer, and spiritual seeker.
The Kybalion without Tears
The 7 points about Hermeticism are called the Kybalion:
The principle of mentalism: the Universe is mental (imagination);
The principle of correspondence: as above, so below” (microcosm);
The principle of vibration: everything in constant motion;
The principle of polarity: all paradoxes may be reconciled;
The principle of rhythm: everything is cyclical;
The Kybalion | Official Trailer | Directed by Ronni Thomas, Featuring Mitch Horowitz
youtube.comAtkinson is particularly supple in adapting the Hermetic conception of gender , in which the masculine (conscious mind, in Atkinson’s terms, and original man in the Hermetica) impregnates the feminine (subconscious mind to Atkinson, and nature in the Hermetica), to create the physical world.
The Kybalion without Tears
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