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The Kybalion

a study of the hermetic philosophy of ancient Egypt and Greece

by William Walker Atkinson & Three Initiates

  • First published:
  • 20th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Fiction

The Kybalion: Hermetic Philosophy is a 1908 book claiming to be the essence of the teachings of Hermes Trismegistus, published anonymously by a group or person under the pseudonym of "the Three Initiates".

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

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

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary and openlibrary-title-seed matched “Occultism” and “The Kybalion”. Retained metadata contains “The Kybalion” in the title, “The Kybalion” in the description, “Occultism” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

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    • The Kybalion· via Open Library
    • The Kybalion· in title
    • The Kybalion· in description
    • Occultism· in subject
    • The Kybalion· in edition title
  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary and openlibrary-title-seed matched “Hermeticism”, “Hermetism”, and “The Kybalion”. Retained metadata contains “The Kybalion” in the title, “hermetic” in the subtitle, “hermetic” in the description, and 5 additional metadata match(es).

    • Hermeticism· via Open Library
    • Hermetism· via Open Library
    • The Kybalion· via Open Library
    • The Kybalion· in title
    • hermetic· in subtitle
    • hermetic· in description

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Editions

Open Library reports 18 editions; 2 cataloged here.

a study of the hermetic philosophy of ancient Egypt and Greece

Open Library record

2008The Yogi publication society; Tlisanta PublishingEnglish
  • 9780473143473
  • 047314347X
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A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece

Open Library record

September 25, 2006Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.English
  • 9781599869599
  • 1599869594
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Cataloging notes

  • Open Library reports 18 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
Catalog id
openlibrary-edition:OL23131939M
Edition coverage
Multi source partial
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