The Kybalion: who's who, timeline and places
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- HermesThe foremost master of Hermetic wisdom, associated with Egypt and worshiped by Egyptians and Greeks.First seen in chapter 1
- Hermetic TeachersTeachers who preserve Hermetic wisdom through secrecy and instruction suited to prepared students.First seen in chapter 1
- studentsLearners who receive explanations of Hermetic teachings when prepared to understand them.First seen in chapter 1
- The writersThe presenters of Hermetic teachings who describe their sources and explain the need for secrecy.First seen in chapter 1
- THE ALLThe mind within which the universe is created, according to the principle of Mentalism.First seen in chapter 2
- HermetistsPractitioners who teach that raising consciousness above the lower mental plane can prevent conscious suffering from negative swings.First seen in chapter 11
- Chapter 1
The writers present Egypt and Hermes Trismegistus as sources of Hermetic wisdom and explain secrecy and selective instruction.
- Chapter 2
The speakers outline seven Hermetic principles and present mental mastery as working within universal law.
- Chapter 3
The speakers define Mental Transmutation as changing mental states and connect its possibilities to a mental universe.
- Chapter 4
The speakers identify THE ALL as infinite living mind while declaring its inner nature unknowable.
- Chapter 5
The teaching uses human imagination to explain how THE ALL creates the Universe without outside materials or divided substance.
- Chapter 6
The teaching distinguishes absolute and relative viewpoints, insisting that finite beings must respect natural laws.
- Chapter 7
The teachers describe THE ALL within its creations and explain Involution and Evolution as movements toward matter and spiritual return.
- Chapter 8
The teaching organizes existence into physical, mental, and spiritual planes connected by degrees of vibration.
- Chapter 9
The writers explain constant vibration and claim trained will can change moods and influence other minds.
- Chapter 10
The teaching presents opposites as degrees of one thing and applies polarity to changing mental states.
- Chapter 11
The teaching describes recurring swings, explains neutralization, and presents pleasure and pain as counterbalancing experiences.
- Chapter 12
The writers reject chance as an independent force and explain mastery as following higher laws rather than escaping causation.
- Chapter 13
The speakers distinguish Gender from physical sex and describe Masculine and Feminine principles as cooperating creative forces.
- Chapter 14
Students examine consciousness as the teaching distinguishes the willing, observing I from the Me that generates mental creations.
- Chapter 15
The narrators urge practical use of knowledge through directed attention, positive qualities, and mastery that counterbalances lower laws.
Hidden until you have read that far.
- EgyptAn ancient source of hidden knowledge that trained teachers carry to other lands.First seen in chapter 1
- UniverseA creation within THE ALL, explained through seven Hermetic principles.First seen in chapter 2
- Great Physical PlaneA division of the continuous scale of vibration covering matter, ethereal substance, and energy.First seen in chapter 8
- Great Mental PlaneA division of vibration ranging from mineral entities to humans, with elemental beings connecting kingdoms.First seen in chapter 8
- Great Spiritual PlaneA division of the continuous scale of vibration governed by the same seven principles.First seen in chapter 8
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