Knowledge library

Go beyond the maxims

Historically attentive, accessible guides for navigating Hermetic texts, symbols, people, and ideas.

01

What Is Hermeticism?

A clear guide to the diverse philosophical, religious, and esoteric traditions associated with Hermes Trismegistus.

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02

What Is The Kybalion?

Origins, authorship, teachings, and influence of the 1908 work known for the Seven Hermetic Principles.

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03

Who Were the Three Initiates?

What is known, proposed, and still uncertain about the pseudonymous authors of The Kybalion.

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04

Hermes Trismegistus

Meet the legendary sage at the crossroads of Greek Hermes and Egyptian Thoth.

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05

The Emerald Tablet

A concise history of the enigmatic text behind the phrase “as above, so below.”

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06

Mental Alchemy

How The Kybalion turns alchemical imagery into a method for transforming states of mind.

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07

Hermetic Symbols

A visual vocabulary of the caduceus, ouroboros, sun, moon, elements, and geometric forms.

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08

History of Hermetic Philosophy

From late-antique Egypt through the Renaissance revival and modern esoteric movements.

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09

The Kybalion vs. the Corpus Hermeticum

Compare a modern seven-principle system with the foundational late-antique Hermetic dialogues.

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10

As Above, So Below

Meaning, history, responsible interpretation, and modern uses of the famous Hermetic maxim.

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