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The Kybalion

A Study of The Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece

by Three Initiates

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  • 20th century
  • Language: English
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"The Kybalion" by Three Initiates is a book published in 1908 that claims to transmit the teachings of Hermes Trismegistus. Presenting seven Hermetic principles—including mentalism, correspondence, and polarity—it blends ancient philosophical concepts with New Thought movement ideas. While sharing traits with classical Hermetic texts, scholars note its deeper roots in early twentieth-century occultism. This modern mystical work has profoundly influenced New Age thinking, though its connection to authentic ancient Hermeticism remains contested. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism and Occultism and esotericism.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from wikisource matched “Occult”. Retained metadata contains “Occultism” in the description, “occult” in the subject metadata, and “Occultism” in the subject metadata.

    • “Occult”· via English Wikisource
    • “Occultism”· in description
    • “occult”· in subject
    • “Occultism”· in subject
  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

    Controlled discovery queries from project-gutenberg matched “hermetic”. Retained metadata contains “hermetic” in the subtitle, “hermetic” in the description, “Hermeticism” in the description, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

    • “hermetic”· via Project Gutenberg
    • “hermetic”· in subtitle
    • “hermetic”· in description
    • “Hermeticism”· in description
    • “Hermetism”· in subject
    • “hermetic”· in edition subtitle

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A Study of The Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece

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2004-11-29Project GutenbergEnglish—Public domain (USA)

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