The Kybalion – The 7 Hermetic Principles of Natural Law

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The Kybalion’s Origin 🛕

Hermes Trismegistus is said to be the author of the Corpus Hermeticum and creator of hermeticism. From the teachings of Thoth of ancient Egypt (and Hermes himself of ancient Greece), the Hermetic Principles are described as the 7 natural laws of the Universe and the 7 ancient principles for self mastery.

Thoth is said to have reincarnated as Hermes Trismegistus or Hermes the Thrice-Great, as he reincarnated three times to continue rule and that he knew the three parts of the wisdom of the whole universe. The three parts of the wisdom are alchemy, astrology, and theurgy. A leader of ancient Egypt, he is often referred to as ‘a God’ and in ancient texts was said to have ruled for thousands of years. The image below shows Thoth (left) and Hermes Trismegistus (right).

The Kybalion was written from the teachings of Hermes Trismegistus. Full title ‘The Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece’, it was published in 1908 by ‘Three Initiates’, often identified as the New Thought pioneer William Walker Atkinson (1862–1932).

The Hermetic Principles ‘open insight to the deeper nature of reality and once learned can be leveraged and applied’:

‘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 7 Hermetic Principles of the Universe Explained 🧿

Here are the 7 hermetic principles of the Universe/the 7 hermetic principles of natural law:

1. The Principle of Mentalism

2. Principle of Correspondence

3. The Principle of Vibration

4. The Principle of Polarity

5. The Principle of Rhythm

6. The Principle of Cause & Effect

7. The Principle of Gender

Below, these 7 principles are explained in more detail:

1. The Principle of Mentalism – The all is mind. The universe is mental. In essence, this law asserts that everything in the universe, from the tangible to the intangible, is a product of the mind. This links with the Holographic Universe/Simulation Theory that modern physicists believe is a valid theory (as discussed in openly in physicist conventions like World Science Festival). In summary, it implies that everything we experience through our 5 senses is just our brain decoding electric signals that fire that sense.

2. Principle of Correspondence – As above, so below. As within, so without.

As above so below – For example, the construct of a brain cell mimics the contract of the universe, likewise the birth of a cell and the death of a star, the eye to a nebula (shown in the images below). This also links to the Fibonacci Sequence/Golden Ratio (‘nature’s formula’); physicists explain the mathematical nature of the Universe with reference to this (also shown in the images below):

As within, so without – This can be interpreted from the image above showing a brain cell’s construct matching with the universe, but also another way. For example, the you think and feel, and in turn act directly influences your reality/daily life. “The world is a mirror, forever reflecting what you are doing, within yourself,” Neville Goddard. This is often referred to as the hermetic law of attraction.

3. The Principle of Vibration – Nothing rests; everything moves; everything vibrates. This principle explains that “everything is in motion”, “everything vibrates” and “nothing is ever at rest”. These are facts which the science of quantum physics has now fully embraced and endorsed.

4. The Principle of 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. All paradoxes may be reconciled. For example, hot and cold (both temperatures, but opposite in degree) or smooth and rough (both textures, but opposite in feel).

5. The Principle of 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 compensates.

6. The Principle of Cause & Effect – 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. Karma is a well known cause and effect terminology. As a general example, if you compliment somebody they are more likely to warm to you and reflect positivity back, and vice versa.

7. The Principle of Gender – Gender is in everything. Everything has its masculine and feminine principles. Gender manifests on all planes; divine masculine and divine feminine.

The Kybalion and Summaries of its Teachings 🧠

The full reading of The Kybalion can be listened to in the first video, or read here, or you can buy the book here. The following videos start with The Kybalion read as an audiobook, followed by shorter videos that summarize it and insights from others:

Watch this video on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Bs6sWFvJbU

Symbolism and Universal Law 👀

There is an extended version of from the previous video of Mark Passio at the bottom of the post. He discusses that occult knowledge is kept from the population by the powers above to suppress and make it easier to control the masses, but they have to leave clues/”hide things in plain sight”, as they believe Universal law requires them to do so. “These are the reasons why no one will ever be able to say they weren’t told what’s happening. Universal law requires them to reveal it. It doesn’t matter how they tell us, as long as they do. It’s like a way to try and balance karmic debt.”

There are examples of this in Hollywood and that this is not by coincidence, as a lot of people in Hollywood are fully aware of these ancient scripts. For example, ‘The Emerald Tablets‘ have been described as having a lot of similarities to ‘Star Wars’ (the similarities in looks, the large crater, hollow moon theories, and the fact it’s “always watching over”, as well as more). Other examples include ‘The Men in Black’, as it has been recorded that people who claim to see extraterrestrial life or crafts are visited by two men dressed in black and some say afterwards they cannot recall the information as well (linking to the memory wiper used on the movie).

Chris Bledsoe (a well-known figure in the UFO/alien contact community) says that a figure associated with UFO research, Tim Taylor, showed him an advanced memory-erasure technology to erase memories of certain experiences, like a real “neuralyzer” that is patented by the US Government/CIA. “They can transmit chemicals through radio waves from a range of 100 yards, also can transmit thoughts”. Documented experiences that link to this include the 1996 ‘Varginha UFO incident’ (“Brazil’s Roswell”) where “tall men in black” appeared within moments of people seeing an extraterrestrial being and told the people lots of personal information about them (their names, job, family, residence etc.), that the government could not have retrieved so fast (especially before the internet and AI). The people were then told to say that they saw nothing and if they spoke about it, “things would get weird” (and they were already weirded out by what they saw and the intel these men in black had on them). More of this is discussed further down along with James Fox’s research.

In addition, in the movie ‘The Communion’ that renowned “abductee” Whitley Strieber calls a documentary based on his experiences, as well as others reporting “small, ugly, blue dwarves” trying to abduct people and Bill Letson saying he met these exact blue dwarf beings in his Near Death Experience (NDE). In addition, on ‘The Truman Show’ a camera falls from the sky and has ‘Sirius’ written on it, the star worshipped by ancient civilizations that said humanity was created by those who came from the heavens/space. This has led to people thinking that we are being observed like Truman Burbank in the movie, especially by inhabitants of Sirius’s galaxy. Sirius is also prevalent in Freemasonry, both Ancient Egyptians and Freemasons believe in preparing for the afterlife with links to potentially going to/via Sirius.

Another Hollywood movie that shares this theme is ‘They Live’ (1988). In the movie, a man finds a pair of special sunglasses that reveal the hidden truth about society. When he puts them on, he sees that many people in power are actually aliens disguised as humans, and that advertising, media, and consumer culture contain subliminal messages like “obey,” “consume,” and “conform”, controlling society by manipulating humans into passive obedience. David Icke often refers to this ‘They Live’, describing it more as a documentary. ‘Monsters Inc’ also links to Icke’s belief that negative energy (scaring children in the movie) from humans is harvested by non-human beings and some suggest there are references to adrenochrome in the movie (a substance that apparently is made in the blood when scaring children, which leads onto vampire/Dracula myths and that the royal family of England are descendants of Vlad the Impaler and as such related to Dracula’s bloodline). Also, the fact that a lot of kid’s movies in general have highly stressful things happen (e.g. ‘Bambi’ when the mother is killed and ‘The Lion King’ where the dad is murdered by the uncle and the uncle frames the son for it). Icke also points out that on ‘The Matrix’ that Morpheus tells Neo that humans are like batteries and their energy is harvested.

Stepping away from Hollywood, but to other mainstream medias publishing hidden knowledge in plain sight is that the computer game ‘Call of Duty: Ghosts’, was released 12 years ago when Venzuela Maduro started his Presidency. In the game, US Military raid Venezuela at night and capture the Venezuelan Dictator. The game also says this event happens in the Year 2026, which ended up happening just as the game says. Also, many query adverts such as old McDonald’s adverts where Ronald McDonald pulls a child out of the McDonald’s food bag, and a burger saying that their nephew was in the burger shown below (this also links to conspiracies such as multiple children going missing each year, Ronald McDonald sponsoring sick/terminally ill children, human meat being fed to the pigs that are then used in pork products, as well as others):

This also links with allegations of flavor enhancer producers Senomyx using aborted human fetal cells. Consuming this is said to “incite anger and rewire the brain similar to that cow cannibalism that caused Mad Cow Disease”. Multiple global food and beverage companies use Senomyx’s flavor enhancers. These companies are listed below.

PEPSICO products include: Pepsi, Mountain Dew and Mist, Aquafina, Juices Tropicana, Dole, SoBe, Ocean Spray, Lipton Tea, Quaker Oats cereals and granola bars and Frito Lay’s chips, Sabritas, Doritos, Tostitos, Cheetos, Ruffles, Gatorade.

Coffee: Frappuccino, Seattle’s Best Coffee.

CADBURY ADAMS products Kraft Foods now include: Chewing Trident, Dentyne, Clorets, Chiclets, Halls lozenges and Cadbury Chocolates, Toblerone, and Marabou, Kool-aid, Clight, Frisco, Tang, Jello Gelatin, Planter’s Peanuts, Gevalia and Maxwell House Coffee, Nabisco crackers, Oreo cookies, Chips Ahoy!, Ritz, Bran, A1 Steak Sauce, Oscar Mayer meats, Philadelphia Cream Cheese, Cheese Whiz, Singles, Capri Sun drink, Honey Maple Log Cabin, Mayonnaise, Miracle Whip Whipped Cream.

Nestlé products include: Nescafe Classic Coffee, Decaf, Taster’s Choice, Nescafé Gold.

Chocolates: Crunch, Baby Ruth, Butterfinger, Aero, Cailler, Kit Kat, Orion, Smarties, Wonka.

Drinks: Juicy Juice, Nesquik, Milo, Nestea.

Infant Food: Gerber Graduates.

Food: Hot Pockets, Lean Cusine Frozen Food, Pasta Buitoni, Herta, Maggi, Stouffer’s, Thomy.

Cereals: Cini Minis, Cookie Crisp, Fitness, Nesquik.

Water: Pure Life, Perrier, S.Pellegrino.

Milk: Carnation Coffee Mate.

Vitamin: Boost, Nutren Junior, Peptamen AF, Resource.

High: Dreyer’s, Extreme, Hagen Dazs, Mövenpick, Nestle Ice Cream.

Pet foods: Alpo, Baker’s, Benful, Cat Chow, Chef Michael’s, Dog Chow, Fancy Feast, Felix, Friskies, Gourmet, bloom, Purina ONE, Purina Pro Plan, Sports.

Nutrition: Power Bar Performance.

Weight loss: Jenny Craig.

Here is the extended version of the talk from Mark Passio: