The Kybalion A Study of The Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece-Au
- Description :
- The Kybalion (full title: The Kybalion : A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece) is a book written in 1908 by "Three Initiates" (commonly identified as New Thought pioneer William Walker Atkinson, 1862-1932) that professes to communicate Hermes Trismegistus' teachings.
- While it shares some characteristics with ancient and medieval Hermetic texts, such as philosophical mentalism, the concept of 'as above, so below,' and the idea that everything is made up of gendered polar opposites, it owes more to the ideas of modern occultist authors, particularly those of the New Thought movement, to which Atkinson belonged.
- It is a contemporary Hermetic tract that has had a large influence in New Age circles during the twentieth century.