10 Dumbfounding Quotes From The Kybalion:
The Kybalion is an elaboration Corpus Hermeticus (15the century hermetic text).
An ancient text which some scholars believe to stem from Egypt or older…..
The Kybalion contains principles which underlie the nature reality.
Much of modern day theology base their scripture off the hermetic principles.
2nd century held the oldest hermetic text of our history.
Occultist William Walker Atkinson wrote the Kybalion under the pseudo-name “The 3 initiates”. .
#1 The Kybalions Hermetic Philosophy Of The Great Masters
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.
In Egypt was located the Great Lodge of Lodges of the Mystics.
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.
All students of the Occult recognize the debt that they owe to these venerable Masters of that ancient land.
That knowledge to this day shrouds in the shades of esoteric mysteries.
But the tables are slowly turning because this type of info is becoming publicized.
#2 The Kybalion Nature Of polarity
There is no such thing as “absolute heat” or “absolute cold”–the two terms “heat” and “cold” simply indicate varying degrees of the same thing, and that “same thing” which manifests as “heat” and “cold” is merely a form, variety, and rate of Vibration.
So “heat” and “cold” are simply the “two poles” of that which we call “Heat”–and the phenomena attendant thereupon are manifestations of the Principle of Polarity.
The same Principle manifests in the case of “Light and Darkness,” which are the same thing, the difference consisting of varying degrees between the two poles of the phenomena.
Where does “darkness” leave off, and “light” begin? What is the difference between “Large and Small”? Between “Hard and Soft”? Between “Black and White”?
Between “Sharp and Dull”? Between “Noise and Quiet”? Between “High and Low”? Between “Positive and Negative”?
The Principle of Polarity explains these paradoxes, and no other Principle can supersede it.
Electromagnetism energy is the root of atoms and physical matter.
The Proton contains an electrical positive polar charge. The electron holds a negative magnetic charge.
To experience objective/subjective reality, we need contrast.
The nature of polarity exists on all levels of manifestations. The mental, astral, physical.
#3 The Art Of Mental Transmutation
“Transmutation” is a term usually employed to designate the ancient art of the transmutation of metals–particularly of the base metals into gold. The word “Transmute” means “to change from one nature, form, or substance, into another; to transform” (Webster). And accordingly, “Mental Transmutation” means the art of changing and transforming mental states, forms, and conditions, into others. So you may see that Mental Transmutation is the “Art of Mental Chemistry,” if you like the term–a form of practical Mystic Psychology.
Our minds, behaviors, are changeable patterns.
We either stay as good as dead when falling in the trap of stagnation….Or…..
We transmute lower base animal instincts into a shining amber of crystalized of soul power.
#4 The Paradox Of The Mental Universe
What Hermetists know as “the Law of Paradox” is an aspect of the Principle of Polarity. The Hermetic writings are filled with references to the appearance of the Paradox in the consideration of the problems of Life and Being. The Teachers are constantly warning their students against the error of omitting the “other side” of any question. And their warnings are particularly directed to the problems of the Absolute and the Relative, which perplex all students of philosophy, and which cause so many to think and act contrary to what is generally known as “common sense.” And we caution all students to be sure to grasp the Divine Paradox of the Absolute and Relative, lest they become entangled in the mire of the Half-Truth.
The I consciousness stands between the absolute and relative.
Reality seemingly contradictory is a paradox which compliments each other.
This is reality with its 2 sides of the same coin.
Remember the hot and cold example? They’re in different degrees, BUT on the same scale.
This is an example of the half-truths”complementing each other.
#5 4th Dimension Of Vibration
This Fourth Dimension may be called “The Dimension of Vibration” It is a fact well known to modern science, as well as to the Hermetists who have embodied the truth in their “Third Hermetic Principle,” that “everything is in motion; everything vibrates; nothing is at rest.” From the highest manifestation, to the lowest, everything and all things Vibrate. Not only do they vibrate at different rates of motion, but as in different directions and in a different manner. The degrees of the rate of vibrations constitute the degrees of measurement on the Scale of Vibrations–in other words the degrees of the Fourth Dimension. And these degrees form what occultists call “Planes” The higher the degree of rate of vibration, the higher the plane, and the higher the manifestation of Life occupying that plane. So that while a plane is not “a place,” nor yet “a state or condition,” yet it possesses qualities common to both.
Atoms are in a constant state of motion.
The particles which compose your body are constantly cycling energy at a quantum level.
We notice that cycles are inherent in nature.
Every thought, emotion, and desire is energy as well. Nothing is exempt.
#6The Phenomena Of Mental Transmutation
But students and Hermetists of lesser degree than Masters–the Initiates and Teachers–are able to freely work along the Mental Plane, in Mental Transmutation. In fact all that we call “psychic phenomena,”; “mental influence”; “mental science”; “new-thought phenomena,” etc., operates along the same general lines, for there is but one principle involved, no matter by what name the phenomena be called.
The student and practitioner of Mental Transmutation works among the Mental Plane, transmuting mental conditions, states, etc., into others, according to various formulas, more or less efficacious. The various “treatments,” “affirmations,” “denials” etc., of the schools of mental science are but formulas, often quite imperfect and unscientific, of The Hermetic Art. The majority of modern practitioners are quite ignorant compared to the ancient masters, for they lack the fundamental knowledge upon which the work is based.
Getting into a meditative state is how people obtain magical features. Ceremonial magick is an energy type of meditation helping raise consciousness.
What other kinds help with transmutation? Dreaming is a BIG one. Shamans emphasize the power of dreams. Why?
Because dreaming are highly effective when it comes to building your astral body.
But a system of consistency is important. You’ll have to keep chipping away like a hammer to get to your rosetta stone.
#7 The Gender In Generation
The word “Gender” is derived from the Latin root meaning “to beget; to procreate; to generate; to create; to produce.” A moment’s consideration will show you that the word has a much broader and more general meaning than the term “Sex,” the latter referring to the physical distinctions between male and female living things. Sex is merely a manifestation of Gender on a certain plane of the Great Physical Plane–the plane of organic life. We wish to impress this distinction upon your minds, for the reason that certain writers, who have acquired a smattering of the Hermetic Philosophy, have sought to identify this Seventh Hermetic Principle with wild and fanciful, and often reprehensible, theories and teachings regarding Sex.
The office of Gender is solely that of creating, producing, generating, etc., and its manifestations are visible on every plane of phenomena. It is somewhat difficult to produce proofs of this along scientific lines, for the reason that science has not as yet recognized this Principle as of universal application.
Gender is duality. The proton contains a gender quality.
An electrical MASCULINE charge.
Women are magnetic and pull men in. An electron is a negative charge circling in a wavy action.
While the proton creates birth to straight lines, the electron gives rise to waves.
This is why men are more straight bodied and women are more curvy.
Nature always reflects her masterpieces through all her creation. Her masculine counterpart empowers her with his seed of life.
Combined with the seed of creation they create all there is.
#8 The Nature Of Gender Duality
The late Thomson J. Hudson attained great popularity in 1893 by advancing his well-known theory of the “objective and subjective minds” which he held existed in every individual. Other writers have attracted almost equal attention by the theories regarding the “conscious and subconscious minds”; the “voluntary and involuntary minds”; “the active and passive minds,” etc. The theories of the various writers differ from each other, but there remains the underlying principle of “the duality of mind.”
The student of the Hermetic Philosophy is tempted to smile when he reads and hears of these many “new theories” regarding the duality of mind, each school adhering tenaciously to its own pet theories, and each claiming to have “discovered the truth.” The student turns back the pages of occult history, and away back in the dim beginnings of occult teachings he finds references to the ancient Hermetic doctrine of the Principle of Gender on the Mental Plane-the manifestation of Mental Gender
Dualism exists on all levels. The same principle of polarity manifests itself through gender.
Dualism of our mind. Thought is the paradoxical extremity of emotion.
Both like temperature being the same substance but of varying degrees between. What is the substance though? The will of fire, desire, or your intent.
That is what every thought and emotions is about isn’t it? Each thought and emotion has a primordial desire to it, why?
Because we easily draw our attention towards it, whether positive or negative desires.
#9 Master Or Slave Of Cause And Effect?
By an understanding of the practice of Polarization, the Hermetists rise to a higher plane of Causation and thus counter-balance the laws of the lower planes of Causation.
By rising above the plane of ordinary Causes they become themselves, in a degree, Causes instead of being merely Caused. By being able to master their own moods and feelings, and by being able to neutralize Rhythm, as we have already explained, they are able to escape a great part of the operations of Cause and Effect on the ordinary plane.
The masses of people are carried along, obedient to their environment; the wills and desires of others stronger than themselves; the effects of inherited tendencies; the suggestions of those about them; and other outward causes;
which tend to move them about on the chess-board of life like mere pawns. By rising above these influencing causes, the advanced Hermetists seek a higher plane of mental action, and by dominating their moods, emotions, impulses and feelings, they create for themselves new characters, qualities and powers, by which they overcome their ordinary environment, and thus become practically players instead of mere Pawns.
We’re either slaves of our minds or we’re masters. That’s the cold hold truth.
We do things we might regret or hate.
Because our minds became brainwashed through negative conditioning over many years.
Before taking any action, it’s wise you read the Hermetic principles first, to get to the basics.
#10 Rhythm Is A Dancer
The Principle of rhythm is well understood by modern science, and is considered a universal law as applied to material things. But the Hermetists carry the principle much further, and know that its manifestations and influence extend to the mental activities of Man, and that it accounts for the bewildering succession of moods, feelings and other annoying and perplexing changes that we notice in ourselves. But the Hermetists by studying the operations of this Principle have learned to escape some of its activities by Transmutation.
The Hermetic Masters long since discovered that while the Principle of Rhythm was invariable, and ever in evidence in mental phenomena, still there were two planes of its manifestation so far as mental phenomena are concerned. They discovered that there were two general planes of Consciousness, the Lower and the Higher, the understanding of which fact enabled them to rise to the higher plane and thus escape the swing of the Rhythmic pendulum which manifested on the lower plane.
The seasons change and the cycle of life continues flowing. We notice cycles of death and rebirth.
Winter is a time of death and sleep.
And spring is Resurrection of the new zodiacal year of Aries.
Ice swings to become liquid. There is no escaping the rhythm of the eternal dance, so you might as well get boogie with it.