CHAPTER 15. HERMETIC AXIOMS "The possession of Knowledge, unless accompanied by a manifestation and expression in Action, is like the hoarding of precious metals-a vain and foolish thing. Knowledge, like wealth, is intended for Use. The La…

CHAPTER 14. MENTAL GENDER Students of psychology who have followed the modern trend of thoughtalong the lines of mental phenomena are struck by the persistence of thedual-mind idea which has manifested itself so strongly during the pastten…

CHAPTER 13. GENDER "Gender is in everything; everything has its Masculine and Feminine Principles; Gender manifests on all planes."--The Kybalion.The great Seventh Hermetic Principle--the Principle of Gender--embodies the truth that there …

CHAPTER 13. GENDER "Gender is in everything; everything has its Masculine and Feminine Principles; Gender manifests on all planes."--The Kybalion.The great Seventh Hermetic Principle--the Principle of Gender--embodies the truth that there …

CHAPTER 12. CAUSATION "Every Cause has its Effect; every Effect has its Cause; everything happens according to Law; Chance is but a name for Law not recognized; there are many planes of causation, but nothing escapes the Law."--The Kybalio…

CHAPTER 11. RHYTHM "Everything flows out and in; everything has its tides; all things rise and fall; the pendulum-swing manifests in everything; the measure of the swing to the right, is the measure of the swing to the left; rhythm compens…

CHAPTER 10. POLARITY "Everything is dual; everything has poles; everything has its pair of opposites; like and unlike are the same; opposites are identical in nature, but different in degree; extremes meet; all truths are but half-truths; …

CHAPTER 9. VIBRATION "Nothing rests; everything moves; everything vibrates."--The Kybalion.The great Third Hermetic Principle--the Principle of Vibration--embodies the truth that Motion is manifest in everything in theUniverse--that nothin…

CHAPTER 8. PLANES OF CORRESPONDENCE "As above, so below; as below, so above."--The Kybalion.The great Second Hermetic Principle embodies the truth that there is aharmony, agreement, and correspondence between the several planes ofManifesta…

CHAPTER 7. "THE ALL" IN ALL "While All is in THE ALL, it is equally true that THE ALL is in ALL. To him who truly understands this truth hath come great knowledge."--The Kybalion.How often have the majority of people heard repeated the sta…

CHAPTER 6. THE DIVINE PARADOX "The half-wise, recognizing the comparative unreality of the Universe, imagine that they may defy its Laws--such are vain and presumptuous fools, and they are broken against the rocks and torn asunder by the e…

CHAPTER 5. THE MENTAL UNIVERSE "The Universe is Mental--held in the Mind of THE ALL."--The Kybalion.THE ALL is SPIRIT! But what is Spirit? This question cannot beanswered, for the reason that its definition is practically that of THEALL, w…

CHAPTER 4. THE ALL "Under, and back of, the Universe of Time, Space and Change, is ever to be found The Substantial Reality--the Fundamental Truth."--The Kybalion."Substance" means: "that which underlies all outward manifestations;the esse…

CHAPTER 3. MENTAL TRANSMUTATION "Mind (as well as metals and elements) may be transmuted, from state to state; degree to degree; condition to condition; pole to pole; vibration to vibration. True Hermetic Transmutation is a Mental Art."--T…

CHAPTER 2. THE SEVEN HERMETIC PRINCIPLES "The Principles of Truth are Seven; he who knows these, understandingly, possesses the Magic Key before whose touch all the Doors of the Temple fly open."--The Kybalion.The Seven Hermetic Principles…

CHAPTER 1. THE HERMETIC PHILOSOPHY "The lips of wisdom are closed, except to the ears of Understanding"--The Kybalion. From old Egypt have come the fundamental esoteric and occult teachings which have so strongly influenced the philosophie…

THE KYBALION A STUDY OF THE HERMETIC PHILOSOPHYOF ANCIENT EGYPT AND GREECE BYTHREE INITIATES"THE LIPS OF WISDOM ARE CLOSED, EXCEPT TO THEEARS OF UNDERSTANDING" CONTENTS IntroductionChapter 1. The Hermetic PhilosophyChapter 2. The Seven Her…

CHAPTER 17. A SUMMARY OF THE SCIENCE OF BEING WELL Health is perfectly natural functioning, normal living. There is a Principle ofHealth in the universe; it is the Living substance, from which all things aremade.This Living Substance perme…

CHAPTER 16. SUPPLEMENTARY INSTRUCTIONS In forming a conception of health, it is necessary to think of the manner inwhich you would live and work if you were perfectly well and very strong; toimagine yourself doing things in the way of a pe…

CHAPTER 15. SLEEP Vital power is renewed in sleep. Every living thing sleeps; men, animals,reptiles, fish, and insects sleep, and even plants have regular periods ofslumber. And this is because it is in sleep that we come into such contact…

CHAPTER 14. BREATHING The function of breathing is a vital one, and it is immediately concerns thecontinuance of life. We can live many hours without sleeping, and manydays without eating or drinking, but only a few minutes without breathi…

CHAPTER 13.IN A NUTSHELL There is a Cosmic Life which permeates, penetrates, and fills the interspacesof the universe, being in and through all things. This Life is not merely avibration, or form of energy; it is a Living Substance. All th…

CHAPTER 12. HUNGER AND APPETITES It is very easy to find the correct answer to the question, How much shall Ieat? You are never to eat until you have an earned hunger, and you are tostop eating the instant you BEGIN to feel that your hunge…

CHAPTER 11. HOW TO EAT It is a settled fact that man naturally chews his food. The few faddists whomaintain that we should bolt our nourishment, after the manner of the dogand others of the lower animals, can no longer get a hearing; we kn…

CHAPTER 10. WHAT TO EAT The current sciences of medicine and hygiene have made no progresstoward answering the question, What shall I eat? The contests between thevegetarians and the meat eaters, the cooked food advocates, raw foodadvocate…

CHAPTER 9. WHEN TO EAT You cannot build and maintain a perfectly healthy body by mental actionalone, or by the performance of the unconscious or involuntary functionsalone. There are certain actions, more or less voluntary, which have a di…

CHAPTER 8. SUMMARY OF THE MENTAL ACTIONS Let me now summarize the mental actions and attitudes necessary to thepractice of the Science of Being Well; first, you believe that there is aThinking Substance, from which all things are made, and…

CHAPTER 7. HEALTH FROM GOD I will give a chapter here to explaining how man may receive health from theSupreme. By the Supreme I mean the Thinking Substance from which allthings are made, and which is in all and through all, seeking more c…

CHAPTER 6. USE OF THE WILL In the practice of the Science of Being Well the will is not used to compelyourself to go when you are not really able to go, or to do things when youare not physically strong enough to do them. You do not direct…

CHAPTER 5. FAITH The Principle of Health is moved by Faith; nothing else can call it into action,and only Faith can enable you to relate yourself to health, and sever yourrelation with disease, in your thoughts.You will continue to think o…