At the doors of her Temples entered the Neophytes who afterward, as Hierophants, Adepts, and Masters, traveled to the four corners of the earth, carrying with them the precious knowledge which they were ready, anxious, and willing to pass on to those who were ready to receive the same. In Egypt was located the Great Lodge of Lodges of the Mystics. In ancient Egypt dwelt the great Adepts and Masters who have never been surpassed, and who seldom have been equaled, during the centuries that have taken their processional flight since the days of the Great Hermes.

India, Persia, Chaldea, Medea, China, Japan, Assyria, ancient Greece and Rome, and other ancient countries partook liberally at the feast of knowledge which the Hierophants and Masters of the Land of Isis so freely provided for those who came prepared to partake of the great store of Mystic and Occult Lore which the masterminds of that ancient land had gathered together. From her Secret Doctrine all nations have borrowed.

Egypt, the home of the Pyramids and the Sphinx, was the birthplace of the Hidden Wisdom and Mystic Teachings. This commemorative volume evokes the appearance of the first edition.“The lips of wisdom are closed, except to the ears of Understanding.” -The Kybalion.įrom old Egypt have come the fundamental esoteric and occult teachings which have so strongly influenced the philosophies of all races, nations and peoples, for several thousand years. The seven principles are then examined in depth in their own individual chapters. The book is arranged around seven principles: Mentalism, Correspondence, Vibration, Polarity, Rhythm, Cause and Effect, and Gender. It is only by understanding the truth of the cosmos that a person can understand their own true self. These truths have meaning to both the material world in its grandest sense and to the inner consciousness of each individual person. This universal creator then gave knowledge of universal truths to man and through a study of these truths of the physical world, great feats of science can be achieved and humans can reach their full potential. Ancient Greek author and philosopher Hermes Trismegistus posits that all life and truth flow from a single, universal creator.

Originally published in 1908 by unnamed authors calling themselves the 'Three Initiates' and published by the Yogi Publication Society in Chicago, Illinois, The Kybalion is a study of the principles of Hermeticism.

The kybalion centenary edition