TheKybalionaStudyoftheHermeticPhilosophyofAncientEgyptandGreece 10087342
TheKybalionaStudyoftheHermeticPhilosophyofAncientEgyptandGreece 10087342
TheKybalionaStudyoftheHermeticPhilosophyofAncientEgyptandGreece 10087342
K YBA LI ON
A STU D Y O F
THE H E RM ET I C PH I LOSO PH Y O F
ANC I ENT EG Y PT AND
G REE C E
TH R EE I NI TI ATES
un 07 m un -
m ule ”
TH E Y OG I P UB L I C AT I ON S OC I E Y T .
Ent e r ed S t a t ion H a ll
’
at er s
All r ig h t s r es er ved
H ER M ES TR I S M EG I S TU S
K NOWN B Y TH E ANC l ENT
N
EG YPTI A S
TH E G R E AT G REAT
!
AND
MASTE R OF MASTE RS
THI S LI TTLE VOLUME OF HERMETI C TEAC HINGS
I S REVERENTLY D ED I CATE D
C ON T E N T S
0m m . Pa ar .
Int odution
r c
Th e Divine P r do
a a x
VI I .
“ Th
e All ” in All
VI I I . Pl n a es of Corr espondence
Vibration
X . Polarity
Rhythm
Causa tion
Gend er
He rm et ic Ax ioms
I NTRODUC TI ON .
—
ist er s of love let not the flame di e ou t1
”
“ ”
Th ey reserve the strong meat fo r men ,
“
while others furnish the milk for babes .
An d again: “
When the ears of the stu
dent are ready t o hear then cometh the
,
ea rs of Understanding .
wo rds t o you
”
.
TH E TH REE I nm r n
. s .
C HAPT E R I .
TH E H nnunr l c '
PH ILOSOPH Y .
centu —
ries calling him the Scribe of the‘
”
Go d s , and bestowing upon him dis ,
t in ct ively his an
, cient title Tr ismegis ,
c ept s
,
which were nonunders tandable t o
-
—
t e r is l Elements the Transmuta tion of on e
p h ’
er s Stone ’
whi ch would turn base metal
int o Gold was an allegory relating to Her
,
c e p t s o f TH E K Y B AL I ON a c c o m p ani ed .
The H e r m e tic P hilos op hy 23
BALI O N
Wher e fall t he f oot st e of t he Mas t er the ears o f
ng open wide —The
,
t hose ready f or his c achi .
K yb a lio n .
When t he ears of
t he s tud t
en a re r e ad t o
he a r then
co m e th t he lp
i s t o itll
'
he t m
Wi t h isdom ’
.
—Th
,
e
g oa lion .
24 The K yb alion
VI I . TH E PRIN CIPLE O F GE N DE R .
Th ese
Seven Principles w ill be discussed
and explained as we proceed with these les
sons A short explanati on of each how
.
,
“T
HE ALL is M ND ; The UnI
iv erse is Ment al .
”
The K yb a lion .
“
Phenomena of Life ; Matter ; Eu
” ”
”
e rgy ; and in short all,
t ha t is apparent
,
an d th ough t of as AN U NIVERS AL I N ,
S even H e r m e tic P r incip les 27
“ ” “ ”
the t rue nature of Energy Power , ,
“ ”
and Matt er and why and how a ll these
,
II . TH E PRIN CIPLE OF E
C ORR S POND NC E E .
K yb a lio n .
o”
N thing rests ; everything move s ; everything vi
br t
a es. —The K yb a lion
.
” “ ”
vibrates ; no thing i s a t res t ; facts
which Modern Sci ence endorses and which ,
—
ti on the higher the vibrati on the high er ,
—
rest jus t a rapidly moving whee l seems
as
p do es may be reconciled
ara x The K yb alion
. .
fe r in g onl y in degree ”
;
“
the p a i rs of op
p o s it e s may be re conc i led ’
extremes ‘
” “
meet ; everything is and isn t at th e ’
,
” “
Hard and Soft ! Between Black and
White ! Between Sharp and D u
” “ ”
ll !
Bet ween Noise and ! uiet ! Between
“ ”
” “
High and Low ! Between Pos itive
and Nega tive The P rinciple of Pol a r
ity explains these paradoxes and no oth er ,
V . TH E PRIN C IPLE OF RH Y TH M .
nter
a ct in g neu
, t ralizin g and USIN G them form,
38 The K yb alion
”
Eve rything Happens acc ording to Law ;
“ ”
that nothing ever merely happens ; that
th ere i s no such thing a s Chance ; that
while th ere are various planes of Cause
and E ff ect the highe r dominating th e
,
Ge nd er is in everyt v
e er ything has it s Masen
line and F emi i e n n P n p es ;
r i ci Ge nder m n f t on
a i es s a ll
p la n es
.
- Thc K yb a lio n .
VI I PRIN CIPLE O F GE ND E R
. TH E .
c ip le withi n it hi m o r he r
, ,
Eve ry Male .
M ENTAL A
TR NS M U T TI A ON .
Min
d ( as w ll
e metals and elements) may b e
as
t un -mu t ed from sta te to st at e ; do to degree ; con
dition t o condition ; pole t o pole ; vi ration to vibration
,
K yb alion.
—
eries in p sycholo gy on the contrary the ,
all
.
i
c ple s — the Prin ciple of Mental i sm in ,
TH E ALL .
“
Under and back of th e Univer se of Time Sp ace
, , ,
and Cha nge is ev er to b e fo und The S u bstantial Reality
t he F u
,
ndamental Trut — The K yb a lion .
53
54 Th e K y b a lion
—
stands still everything is being bo rn ,
—
growing dying the very instant a thing
,
—
ity or subs t antiality in anything nothing
,
Un —
de r lymg Power some Substantial Re
al ity .
—
names some have ca lled it by the term of
D eity (u nder many titles ) ; others have
called it The In
“
fin ite and E ternal Eu
e rgy
’
others have tried to call it Mat
ter — but all have acknowl edged its exist
ence .
- —
It is self evident it needs no
t he im er m tm e Of TH E ALL as b u t t he
childish e fi o r ts o f m or ta l m inds t o g ra sp
the se cr et of t he I nfinit e . Su
ch e ffo r ts
—
ing ever and yet reaching nowhere a t the
end a p risoner still and standing j u
,
st
where he started .
I n it s Esse nc e
,
TH E ALL is UNK NOWAB L
The K yb a lio n
r po rt o f Reason must be hospitably
.
“
Bu t , t he e
—
re
c eived, an d eatr te d with re pect
s Thc K yb a lion
.
’
.
wou ld not be TH E AL L .
( )
2 THE ALL must b e I NFIN I T E fo r ,
bo u nd limit or restric t T HE AL L It
, .
ing . u fi i —
It m st be In te inSpace it must
n
be Everywhere for there i s no pl ace out
,
—
side of TH E ALL it cannot b e otherwise
than continuous in Sp ace without b r eak , ,
fin e di sturb or condition it
,
—it is subject
t o no other Power for the re is no other
,
P ower .
( )
3 TH E A L L must be IMMU TA B LE ,
it nchange
ca .
—
highe r than it s ow n source nothing i s
ever manifested in an e fi ec t that i s not in
62 The K y b a lion
t he —
cause no thing is evolved as a co us e
quent th at i s not involved as an antecedent .
“
The answer is L IVIN G MIND a s far ,
—
must be N o thing such i s th e inevit able
conclus ion of the mind at first thought .
e x i st it m u s t proce ed in so m e w a y from
,
The M ent a l Univ e r s e 67
TH E —
AL L it must be a creation of TH E
ALL . But as something can never come
from nothing from what could TH E ALL ,
”
Man ! would be modest in comparison .
—
multiply itself in the fi rst place there
would b e a taking away and inthe second
,
Verily indeed AL L IS MI ND !
, ,
of course .
—
hood of Nature o f God the Divine ,
Is thi s not so !
But the Hermetic teaching doe s not im
,
—
ply a real dual ity TH E ALL is ONE
the Two Aspects are merely a spe ct s of
manifestation The teaching is tha t The
.
—
once a s you and sti ll lower and you will
,
—
into itself all of its creations youwill go
76 The K yba lion
Illu —
mined those w ho have a dvanced well
along The Path .
TH E D IVINE Pasan
ox .
l f w r ogn ng
Th e ha -
ise, ec omp t v unr ty
izi t he c ar a i e eali
of nv n t tt y
t he U i erse, imagi e h a d fy Lwh e m ay e it s a s
u
s ch ar e vai n pr umptu ou fool
an d es t y s s, a n d he a re
brok n g n
e ro k
a ai st t he torn nd r by
c s an d a su e t he ele
m nt by
e s n of
r easo folly tr ly w
t h eir kn w The u ise , o
g t l w
.
in g tn t of
h e a ur e nv r t he U i e se u se L a w a a in s a s;
g lwr
,
g
t h e hi her a ain by A rt o f l my
st t he o e ; a n d t he A c he
tr n mut t t w
a s e ha und r bl nto t t w
hic h is esi a e i ha h ic h is
wort y h , ant u t mp
d h s riu h t ry o n t no t
. Mas e c sis s in ab
norm l a on f nt t m g ng or
dr eams, Visi s an d a a s ic i a in i s liv
in g but u ng in si g r for
t h e g nt
hi h e c es a ai s t h e lo w s
lo w r pl n by v br t ng on
,
esca p in t h e of s in s t he e a es i a i
t h e hig e r an not pr umptuo u d n l
smu t a t ion i i
—
e s s e a s
w pon o f
.
, ,
t he ea tr
t h e M as e . The K yb a lion .
17
78 The Kyb alion
—
the Tw o Poles of Truth the Absolute and
the Relative Beware of Half Truth s
.
- .
“
What Hermetists know as the Law of
Paradox is an aspect of th e Principle of
Pola rity The Hermetic writings are filled
.
TH E AL L in i tself We recogn
. ize this
even in our ordinary View for we Spe ak ,
“ ”
of the world a s a fleeting show tha t
—
comes and goes is born and dies for the
,
true of them .
—
meditation nevertheless to the finit e ,
—
th e impact it seems to be real not w ith ,
—
tal ity is very real indee d it is the only
one we can ever know thou gh we rise from
,
“ ”
verse are none the les s Iron Laws b e
c ause of the mental nature All except .
,
—
reco gnize its phenomena w e may contro l
Matter ( as all Masters of higher or les ser
degree do ) but we do so by applying the
,
—
mastery over us and rightly so b ut we —
should not attempt to ignore it in its rela
tive aspect at least so long as we dwell
,
We ov e r c o m e th e lo w er laws by applying
,
s t il l h ig h e r on e s— and in thi s w a y on ly .
Th e D ivine P a r a d ox 87
—
cape Law and that because TH E ALL is
LAW itself from whi ch all Laws emerge
, .
j ust as RE A L so far
,
as Man i s concerned ,
The Divine P a r a dox 91
—
are all on The Path and th e road leads
upward ever with frequent rest ing places
,
.
—
Read the Message of The K yb alion and
“ ”
follow the example of the wise avoid
”
ing the mistake of the half wise who ‘ -
”
TH E ALL IN ALL .
edge . An’
d this being so let us seek thi s
, ,
—
Hermetic Maxim is concealed one of the
95
96 The Kyb alion
quoted above : “
All is in TH E AL L ”
.
that : It is equally tr u
“
e tha t TH E ALL is
inALL . This apparently c ontradict ory
s tatement is reconcilable under the Law of
Paradox It is moreover an exact H e r
.
, ,
,
—
Twist U riah Heep is it Dickens or have ,
—
tion of Infinite M ind and th e d i fference
betwee n the two poles separates them .
each— “
As above, so Below ; as Below so ,
above .
defin —
it ion that of s piri t ual development .
is TH E AL L Al l progress is a Returning
.
“ ”
fe rence that while in the Outpouring
,
tion.
tem plation ’
also being frequently em
ployed But the idea intended seems t o be
.
”
If it s internal nature or creative in
“ “
,
the “
internal nature or creative in
” “
st in ct
”
wou l d be the Absolute instead o f ,
“
belong to an Inner N ature and migh t ,
te r nal as w e ll as e xt e rn
That is the
al .
“
ca use
”
and THE ALL is above Cau
,
se
Inne r N ature —
conclusion, s till
the
legends h ave it that HE RME S the Great , ,
edge .
7
1 14 The K ybalion
know is a measu
,
re ina straight l ine r e
‘
,
—
ter i s but a form of Energy that is En ,
class i fy Ma tter u
nder the head of Energy ,
Th ePlane of Matte r ( A) .
follows
not h imself
“
These entities may be
.
c alled
“
souls in one sense and are l iving
”
,
an —
d mind just a l i ttle more th an the units
“
of l iving energy which comprise the
higher sub d ivi si ons of the hi ghest Phys
-
—
ing forward to the point of View of th e -
” “
and hates ; likes and dislikes ; attrae
tions and repulsi ons ; aflinit ies and non
” ‘
afi n
”
it ie s etc and some of t he more dar
,
.
,
” “
Man ; he of the Seventh will be The
O ver Man
-
.
o f th e
“
leaps of l ife be tween kingdom
”
‘
! anon i and similar t ales will reco gnize
’
—
anything sweet how harmony t o one born ,
dea f !
All that we c an say is that the Seven
1 30 The Ky b a lion
— —
i ts conditions th ey are mo rtal and th eir
p lane is belo w that o f A bsolute Sp i rit .
mat ed F o rc e ” “
Inner Es sence “
Es
sen ce of Life etc which mea ning must
,
.
,
“
As Above so Below ; as Below so ,
—
but degrees of the same things it mani
fests certain heat Vibrations and in that ,
so on ad infinit u
, m Th e molecu
. les of which
the particular kinds of Matter are c om
posed are in a state of constant vibration
and movement around each oth e r and
against each other The molecu
. les a re com
posed o f Atoms which l ikewi se are ina
, , ,
e le ct r on ion
“ ” “ ”
somet imes ca lled s, s, etc ,
.
t ion .
a ra p idly m ov in g w h e e l, t o p, or c yli n d e r ,
t o show t he efi e ct s o f in c re a sing ra t e s of
vib r at ion The illust r at ion su
.
pp o ses a
Ar t.
o f Power .
1 50 The K yb alion
tru
a llth s a re b u t half t ru ths
-
” “
every truth is half false ; there a r e tw o
-
” “
s ides to everything ; there is a reve rse
”
si de to every s hield etc etc
,
.
, .
“
ciled and th at thesis and anti the sis a r e
,
’
-
“ ” “ ”
degrees of heat or cold call th em,
“
higher of t w o degrees i s always warmer ,
“
while the lower is always colder There
—
i s no absolute standard all is a matter of
degree There is no place onthe the rm om
.
“ ” —
a tive So with East and West
. travel
a ro und the world in an eas tw a rd direction ,
startin g w ith “
C ”
y ou m o v e up w ar d un t il
y ou rea c h a nothe r
“
C ”
a nd so o
, n t h e
, di f
fc renees be tweenthe tw o ends of the b oa rd
being th e same w ith ma ny de gr ees bet w een
,
—
th e same higher and lower Vib r ations
being the only di ff erence be tw eenhigh Vio
let and low red Large and Sm all a r e rel a
.
ot absolute w e ca ll
one end of the scale Good and the other
Bad or one end Good and the other Ev il
, ,
“ ”
is less good th an th e thing higher in the
1 54 The K ybalion
e tc
.
,but Heat may readily be transmuted
into C old simply by lowering the vibra
,
RH YTH M .
Ever hiyt ng o
fl ws ou t an d in; eve has it s
td t n
i es ; all hi gs rise an f ll
d a ; t he e p nd lum 5 g n
u ma i
f v yt ng
est s in e e r hi ; t he e asu
mre of w ng t o
t he s i t he
gt
ri h , is t he m u
eas r e of
t he s i w ng to ft yt m
t he le ; rh h
comp n t
e sa es .
- The K yb alion .
—
The great Fifth Hermetic P rincipl e the
—
P rinciple of Rhyt hm e mbodies the truth
that in ever yt hing there is manife sted a
measu r ed motion ; a t o and from move - -
1 64
p lish this mo r
, e or le s s u
n k n o w ingly , an d
by refusing to allow th eir moo ds and nega
t ive mental sta tes to a fi ect t hem they ,
ri ed along with it .
—
pole th e one balances or c ount er b a l ,
an c e s th e oth er
, On th e Phys i cal Plane
.
Ever y Cau
se has it s ever y
Efl sct has it s
to Law ; Chance is
bu
t a t ar e ma ny
planes of u ca sati on , but p
esca es t he Law .
The K yb alion .
break or exception .
1 72
“
Chance a s follows : A supp o sed agent
” “
“ ”
a i r and it may come down ei th er heads
,
C ausa t ion 1 75
“ ”
or tails ; but make a suffic ient numbe r
o f tosses and the heads and ta ils will about
,
“ ” “ ”
cause and a because to every event .
—
to think fu rth er and all from the pass age
of a tiny bit of s oot all of wh ich shows
,
and Efi ec t .
it
.
1 80 The K yba lion
an d do as I plea se I do j u st wha t I wa nt
the re no becau
“
se
’
to their plea sing
“ ”
“
is able t o Will t o will ”
ins te ad of t o w ill
,
“
The word Gender is derived fr om the
Latin root mean ing “
to beget ; to pro
c reate ; to
gen erate ; t o cr e a t e ; to p r o d uce .
1 88
1 84 The K y b a lion
ca l led )
.
“
There is no th ing negative about it The
’
.
c le an
, d sta r ts ona n ew c ar ee r
. I t a ct iv ely
seeks a u nionw i th a Masc u lin e c o rpu sc le,
in g ce r t ain p ro p e r t i e s
, but n o lon g e r ma n i
festing the p rope rty of free electricity .
th e “
Something into which all o the r
forms of energy seem t o melt o r dissolve .
sc iou sne ss .
1 98 The Kybalion
there .
”
Some m en even go so fa r a s to
regard their personal apparel as a p art of
their Me and actually seem to consider
,
—
p arts sou l body and cloth es
, Th ese .
”
clothe s co nscious people would lose
thei r personali ty if divested of thei r cloth
ing by savages upon the occas ion of a ship
wreck But even many who are not so
.
—
their body which in many cases it i s in
deed .
formed .
as the an
“
ered a s the mental wom
cien —
t s s tyled it capable of generatin g men
tal ofi sp ring It reports t o the conscious
.
“
I re p r esents the Mascu
”
line P r incip le of
—
Menta l Gende r t he Me re pres ents the ’
“ ”
Asp ec t of Be in g ; t he Me the Aspec t of
Bec oming Y ouw ill no tice that the Pr in
.
.
a l t ho u
g h vas tly difi e r ent in deg ree A s .
agin a t ion
. The Masculine Principle con
tents itself with the work of the Will ‘
,
th at he ha s su ch a thing a s an He i s
pola rized in his Feminine Principle of
Mind, and the Masculine Principle , in
which is lodged the Will , is allowed t o r e
maininactive and not employed .
mental activity .
”
o f as p y
s c hic w ill have discove red the
Sugg e stion ,
by w hi ch t e r m is mea nt t h e
doctrine s
.
21 4 The K yb a lion
them also .
The K yb a lion .
21 8 The K yb a lion
proficiency because he u
, nderstands the
law whi ch he is overcoming by a higher
law and by the use Of his Will he atta ins
,
v ir on m en t is accomplish ed by Mental
Power The Universe being wholly mental
.
,
H er m e tic Ax iom s 223
”
ings are see n plainly for what they are .
“
THE ALL is MI ND ; The Universe is
Menta —The K yba lion .
F I N! !