The Kybalion serves as kind of a gateway drug for people who are unfamiliar with hermetic and esoteric traditions. It has value in that context as most people that dive head first into the source material will be completely bewildered and overwhelmed.
Kybalion was the first time I even heard of Hermeticism and was the book that led me to the real texts. I look back and kind of shake my head at some of the material but if it was not for that book I might never have looked deeper into Hermeticism. I must thank the Kybalion for opening me up to Hermes Trismegistus and later the many books that expanded on Hermeticism. It is almost like a test for those who only scratch the surface and do not dig deeper to find the truth.
I got disagnosed with bipolar disorder a few years ago, but I found much of the Kybalion and other occult and witchcraft books helpful, specifically the idea of "All is mind" because it gave me this idea that I have more control over my own mind than I originally thought, and I took control of my thoughts, mental anguish and emotions... and... I decided, consciously, that I will no longer be depressed. I started doing meditative rituals in which I kind of...brainwash myself? Id aggressively hyper-focus on whatever memory or intrusive thought was trying to invade my life, and expose it to myself for its pettiness and villainy, and then reach a hand up to my head, and pull the pain out of my brain, evicting it from my body, and I decide it no longer has power. I havent had a debilitating depressive episode or hypomanic episode in over a year, because every time mental anguish starts I just focus, and pull it out.
I absolutely love this for you!❤ The Kybalion introduced me to the concept of polarity and vibration and the plane of the mind. Every day now when I deal with negative mental spaces, I use the law of polarity to change that through meditation. It's been a game changer in my life and my ability to handle stress. I see the kybalion as valuable at the very least.
We all have the power to heal things like this,we have the power to take our lives back,idk if you believe in God or not but what you basically did is cast that spirit out of you, there's one God and all power comes from him,you didn't brain wash yourself,your faith healed you
I don't know shit from fuck but one thing I have noticed over the years is you have gotten better and better at lecturing. Your cadence and structure are fantastic for presenting information.
Thanks. I think for this one it's because I spent 4 hours recording, and then had radio signals invade my microphone (a la synth pedal) for speaking out against the Vibrations. Pop songs and commercials ruined the first recording, then I had to rerecord everything a second time on the same day having spent all morning practicing, so by that point I had most of the talk memorized. I also wrote this myself (rather than reading some guy's writings from the 19th century) so it was a bit easier.
When I first started my journey I joined many small groups to gain wisdom. I quickly found many of them only referenced the kybalion while never giving a thought to the One. I’ve since left and it’s been lonely but I’m happier and closer to the Creator of creators. I wish all of you good luck
Amazing work. This issue has been bothering me ever since I found the true Hermetic texts after being introduced to Hermes through the Kybalion. Finally, someone has tackled this issue properly and did not just spew nonsense.
I am glad I wasn't the only one thinking the same. It read too New-Age Christian in comparison to any other texts and I personally love that you used the same inference. I think it still has its place to drag people down into the depths of the occult, especially if they read the Emerald Tablets beforehand.
Honestly I'm so glad I watched this. I started with the kybalion last week. And it resonated hard with me. But then I explored more ancient texts and yeah, I was very confused at the contradictions. I'm so glad I have a deeper more discerning understanding. And I still am grateful to have read the Kybalion
I think I commented once on one of Dr Justin Sledge's videos asking him to make a video on this exact question, but you did a great job of answering it
I've been interested in the Kybalion and also Freke and Gandy's book, "The Hermetica." I've also read Robert Collier's book, "The Secret of the Ages," which clearly was reproduced as "The Secret." I see where the metaphysical law ideas of the time and place have been revisited now again, 100 years later. And I get the fact that they don't strictly represent the ancient source material in a blanket or complete way. Your points are true enough. But I have read enough of the primary source material of the Egyptian traditions to understand that pantheistic concepts did exist back then, here in the west. My interest has been in looking at western pantheistic ideas and concepts that parallel the eastern pantheistic concepts of Vedic tradition. Someone has called the Hermetic Tradition, "Western Taoism." And I like the sound of that. I like the general idea of having an equally ancient pantheistic tradition here in the west to stand beside eastern pantheistic philosophy. Because here in the west we have people leaving monotheistic religion and then facing foreign traditions as the alternative. Meanwhile, we have this ancient Hermetica here. Which has provided a common mystical environment for mystics from the three dominant western religions. Hermetic Jews, Christians, and Muslims. I've been seeking people who are considered Hermetic initiates, or the closest thing to it. To discuss this with. And that brought me here to this channel. Can we discuss this further?
This video was great and raises even more questions. I also first came across the Kybalion in my early twenties but I never had any background in philosophy, just a Christian upbringing and some interest in Japanese philosophers, but I found it online originally through paranormal image boards after being homeless for a short time. Hermeticism and magic were transformational subjects for me during those times and so the interest carried on. The Kybalion to me seemed like practical guide given the short length and the way it is organized into sections. But now, I lean more towards the idea that it's not Hermetic, however, I still have appreciation for it anyways despite never getting into New Thought. I didn't know that Atkinson was the author of it but that makes sense.
This is just what I needed 🙏 Thank you so much for your thorough walkthrough. All the things that bothered me in the Kybalion have now been addressed. And there are so many new Leeds to follow 🤩 I thought I was seeing the end of the rabbit hole, but turns out the journey has just begun 😀
Masterful construction and delivery of this lecture. I wish all the videos on topics of religion and philosophy that I listen to on YT were this sensibly presented. I would offer this video as instruction - this is how you do it - to anyone who wants to make content like this.
Great analysis. I just read the kybalion and wanted to find out how it differs from Hermetica so this video was a very detailed response to my question. Thanks!
I believe that the Kybalion is sometimes underestimated by certain intellectuals. Despite its apparent simplicity, this work has the potential to sow seeds of deep reflection in the minds of those who may not have had the opportunity to study at prestigious universities or tackle complex philosophical works. The quest for truth and the divine should be accessible to everyone, and there are multiple paths to achieve it. The interpretation given to the *Kybalion* is often overly academic, attributing intentions to the author that may not align with their actual purpose. Each person follows a unique path toward the truth, and this work can inspire readers in a distinct way, unbound by traditional academic norms.
I always thought it was obvious the book was modern and written by Theosophists, who clearly drew upon various sources to create their metaphysics... Still a great book though, if you like that kind of thing.... and you arent expecting it to be ancient Hermeticism... not as ahistorical as that book from "Thoth the Atlantian"
Yes I agree it's still occult thought. A d it served it purpose to introduce occultism to the next generations. It's been passed down and passed down. Thank god it stayed for most part hidden not even the chruch with all it's power and Inquisitions could put out that light.
Happy holidays Dan, I absolutely love your work. Really appreciate the content and so on and so forth as the great Terence McKenna would say. 💎❤🏴 Stay awesome! All the best for 2022.
I tip my hat to you for such wonderful work x My seasonal quote might've been from Gogol's Christmas Eve, where the devil steals the moon then gets his comeuppance.
Awesome video, so enjoyable and well put together, thank you. For me the text is invaluable as it was a bridge between two states of being and allowed me to understand/comprehend way more about reality than i would have been able to had i not read it. The book came to me at the right time and applying the principles to my everyday life propelled me from quite a bad place to well, where i am now which is a complete transmutation of the soul when compared to the state of existence prior. Now you bring the notion to light, it does feel very new-agey/Theosophical and not very ancient at all; but like i say the profoundly positive effect of proactively applying the principles to my life nullifies whether it is ancient or written yesterday, if it helps, it helps. However i do agree that self-referencing is maximum cringe. I'm going to have to go and read it again now!
All philosophies, religions and beliefs split with time and have a number of versions and groupings and its like denying Roman Catholic as non christianity. There are vesions of hindu, taoism, platoism and transcendalism. The Kybalion is another version of Hermiticism as every truth has extremes of itself on either side. Thanks for the explanation and it highlights what the Kybalion says that everything IS and ISNOT Every thesis has an antithesis.
I'm going to have to watch this video again and read the comments below, but here are some thoughts I have: 1. There are 5 chapters on Mentalism and The All, 2 on Gender (which I think corresponds to Mercury/Hermes), 1 chapter each for Correspondence, Vibration, Polarity, Rhythm, and Cause and Effect. 2. The myth of Actaeon: the dogs are his thoughts which rip him to pieces, meaning don't delve into the subconscious recklesly, haphazardly or without preparation. And is Artemis a different version of the moon goddess Diana? I believe the moon is considered as corresponding to the sub-conscious mind. I got the interpretation of that myth from reading Alchemy & Mysticism, a book from a Danish museum or something like that. So, here the mind is stressed again. FYI, interesting how Actaeon is a combination of the word "act" and "aeon". 3. Tony Kosinec from the Kabbalahinfo channel has a Q&A video every week. He was asked in a rapid fire section at the end of one of the videso: "What does the serpent in the Garden of Eden represent" His immediate response was "The ego"., the conscious mind. 4. Eckhart Tolle and his views on the Ego. 5. Buddhishm's view on the Ego and the universe as Consciousness. 6. The exaltation of Hermes (the mind) above the other planets/gods in a LOT of esoteric traditions (Free Masonry, Rosicrucianism, etc.). What's up with that? 7. And of course, Thoth (THOUGHT?) is highly revered in Egyptian mythology. And what about the evolution of things like Kabbalah? I prefer the older stuff, for sure. I'm pretty certain that the 7 Hermetic Principles are not from this book originally. Does anyone know the originalsource or approximate time they are first put down on paper/parchment?
I mention all of that because you stated that mentalism was a concept in the 1800's and yet it seems to be many millennia old. That's was a main point of yours. If the snake symbolizes the ego, the deception of the ego, then what do the 2 intertwined snakes on the staff of Hermes represent. Is it the control and mastery of the conscious and subconscious mind, the 2 halves working in unison? No replies from anyone on any of this?
Hi Dan, thank you for all the effort thru all these years, it's an impressive work!. Have you ever read The Temple Of Man we by Schwaller de Lubicz? I would love to hear about it from you.
I argue the substantive definition. The functionalist method may be presented in a similar fashion, yet the school of thought is different; at most, you could call it hermetically _styled_ . And nominative can be made in bad faith, or include tenets that are mutually exclusive with the substantive definition (however broad that needs be). The only Principle other than that adopted from the Emerald Tablet that I agree with is Cause and Effect, although I believe in some _vaguely_ similar points to one or two others. Chaos is an internally contradictory concept. Thanks for the approximately arboreal solstice holiday present, Dan!
I always thought it was kind of adorable that Hermeticism is appropriately mercurial and capricious when you actually try to sum it up for someone. Its really hard. Studying Eastern material like the Upanishads and certain Tantric ideas, and later Deleuze, actually helped me a lot in wrapping my head around Hermeticism even after I thought I had a relatively firm grasp on it. Then I started seeing Hermetic elements in Mao's On Contradiction and was pretty sure I broke my brain.
@@JudoMateo So true, no value in understanding ideas that caused massive, long term changes in global geopolitical power. I hate understanding things.
@@highlonesomed Reading Mao is literally reading the musings of a psychopathic mass murderer, one can learn about him without studying his personal confused doctrine.
15:28 that is actually inaccurate. The Kybalion explicitly introduces the concept that “The All” (which is essentially God) is outside of the universe, is not bound by any laws and is outside space and time. So no, laws do not apply as The All is above law. Also, I think a lot of confusion derives from the, failed, attempts of translators to grasp the actual meaning of the original text being in Ancient Greek. I am actually Greek and I even cannot fully fathom what the Ancient Greek texts try to deliver, so the poorer English terms won’t even get close. (Note we are taught Ancient Greek in school) For example Νους is literally the mind, but it can also mean a very intelligent and spiritual person, perception, consciousness, reasoning etc it all depends on the context and Greek being an extremely complex language (so imagine Ancient Greek) I think we literally chasing shadows in the dark here.
God=INFINITE=ETERNAL=“THE SUBSISTENT ONE.” I feel like the closest name we can give God, to the extent of human reason, is something like SUBSISTENCE; THE SUBSISTENT BEING; that which always WAS, always IS, always will BE. All living organisms are subject to the LAW OF SUBSISTENCE. This may also explain that which we call Gravity. It may also inform the causation of Motion. The Will to Survive, or The Will to Life, is essentially a “Gravitational Pull” for us humans. This may also explain our desire for convenience in survival, we come from a PRIMORDIAL SUBSISTENCE, SUBSISTENT ONE, SUBSISTENT SOURCE. Subsistence is defined as: real being; Existence; CONTINUATION. The Perennial philosophy may be something like a “Phenomenology of Subsistence” or “Subsistemology.” All Laws and phenomena of life being the Means of Subsistence of THE LAW=GOD=LAW OF SUBSISTENCE=THE SUBSISTENT imminent in All Things. Has anyone thought of The Trinity as a Calculus? God The Father= Constant (non variable) God The Son= Independent Variable God The Holy Spirit= Dependent Variable SPIRIT = FATHER (SON) This has been the most sensible way for me to comprehend the Trinity. I’d love to hear thoughts on these ideas, I don’t know what I don’t know.
Melchizedek would make him contemporary with (and shown deference by) Abraham, and connect him to ideas of a pre-Levitical/pre-Judaic gentile priesthood in Jerusalem.
As neither are totally consistent it's very hard to say but it seems to me that the difference lies in the often subtle difference between weak pantheism and strong panentheism.The Hermetica appears to be a panentheistic work whereas the Kybalion more pantheistic although if the All exists outside of the universe (or multiverse) then it would be a work of panentheism.In Plotinus the One seems to exist externally to the Universe and emanates it so the universe is within the One and of the One but stratified.I do like the Kybalion 's idea that there's no point is asking why God made the universe as there is no answer which is why I tend to reject pandeism as it proclaims that God became the Universe but,we ask,why would an eternal God decided to want to experience the universe by becoming it.Makes no sense....well to a human at least!
36:30 Exactly. And this is why the Kybalion was promoted to me, a Roman Catholic kid poking around the occult section of the library, from youth, onward, and still now, all over UA-cam. 100 years of Anti-Christ! Yet, Christ is the same as Hermes in the role of the Good Shepherd who leads the souls of men to the wide pastures (Mithra reference) of heaven.
If Hermes was alive today and he understood our sciences as we do today, he would say this is what he was trying to explain in his old texts. You guys can dissect it all you want. It’s a sacred science
If I were to build a curriculum for a Hermetic Myerstery School, Grade.: O• Would be deep study of the Kybalion then read on the Emerald Tablets of Thoth along with an uncolored tarot deck from the Builders of the the Adytum where the Initiate colors each Key themself to implant the the Keys deep into the the subconscious with their own impression and creative force forming a creative - receptive force between the Builder and the Card. Along with a beginner study of the Sephiroth Yetzirah Book from Dr. Paul Foster Case. Then the initial Grade would be called Builder of the Scepter.:1^ and Meditation and introduction to Yoga ) Breath Work, Learning Energy Manipulation, Attunement) and an in depth course on the Middle Pillar Ritual would be in the curriculum. And of course an In depths meditation on Astrology and reflections on Syncretism. The next Grade would be 3:.\~/ Builder of the Pink Sock.: The Magician is then instructed to Shoot Heroin and the Thelemic Bornless One Ritual would be performed 7 times a day the Magician would get teemed and experience Anal Prolapse many times for 12 moons. All blood, tears and semen spilled is collected and formed into cakes of Light which would be the Manna that the Magician would Subsist on. With no other formal training of Black Tantra or Kundalini or the Shells of the Qliphoth. But a Grimoire of the Typhonian O.T.O would be taught. And When the Magician tries to cross the Abyss, CHORONZON is just too powerful and the Magician then Has their psyche completely ruptured with intense Super-psychosis. It’s the Qliphoth Shell of Tiphareth, the Exact opposite of Christ-Consciousness. In Grade 🔯*:•#•.:* Merkabah of Thoth’s Ashler : The Merkabah tries tireless to find the Holy Graal through Many Babalon and with And The secret of Odin’s Pink Sock. … 🍩
*_I'm not crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!_* Well, not in terms of what I think of this material, anyway... Holy, crap, thank you, Dan!!! I'monna have to start over and time stamp all the footholds that I've already found so I can finally stop obsessing about it. Jeeeeeeeeeeeezus, this has been a long time coming!!!!!!!!
0:7:08 Authorship (Atkinson) 0:9:10 Common denominators 0:10:31 Fowden, (Example of Substantive) Also a great mashup. 0:16:17 Is that good enuf? 0:17:20 No. 0:18:03 Start drilling here... 0:24:35 Different goals. Kybalion is "product of its time" - which is... what? 0:25:42 All is _NOT_ Mind. This begins all theories of Psychology and its Darker Brainwashing applications. There is a sense in which this stuff is kinda true in a brute force way, but it's not "spiritual". 0:32:45 Shifting definitions thru Time 0:33:08 What do the source docs say? There is something here having to do with "Sovereignty" which I've also observed all around me which contradicts what most "spiritual" people say, so now I have something to work with. 0:44:09 "In God" =/= "God" New Age Thot blurs this distinction. Therefore, so do modern, unnuanced Christian apologetics. 0:45:37 (Finally! A definition of "Energy of God"!!! Thank you!) 0:51:35 God's progeny. Part II: 1:01:36 Moving on to Substantive & Functionalist 1:13:42 I would suggest the word "commodification" fits here... Speculation: Ms. Blavatsky, thru no fault of her own, prolly had to figure out how to "take her show on the road", so to speak, so as not to become captured by the obedience to a provider problem that women have been subject to for so long. So she turned some of her abilities into "services". In the East, this was at least an option, tho not necessarily normalized. In the West, this became the norm. We are still unable to escape it today. Ironically, this is the domain of Mercury... Part III: 1:18:18 Nominalist I'm guessing we're going into the "No True Scotsman" territory here... 1:22:26 Where is TK in the timeline to translations... I was gonna ask... 1:28:02 This goddam shit right here!!! 1:30:14 I was gonna ask about this too!!! LOL It's so ironic to me that they thot this was optimism in contrast to pessimism (presumably from the Church...) because prayer is precisely considered to be the "Thot" that effects change - in a properly hierarchical way, of course - and even from the New Testament, Christians were taught to "believe" and "not doubt" when commanding x to change into y. Clearly the teachings of the Church no longer reflected this, or they were tried and they failed such that people were worn out from the disappointment. But, I don't see this New Thot thing as much of a contrast, but mostly a rebranding of the same ol' thing that came from the New Testament - only more materialistic. It amazes me how many people seem to be under some kind of spell that makes them forget the facts here... Conclusion: 1:37:55 Treat them as different. Do as thou wilt. 1:43:03 !!! _________________________________________ 0:0:49 1. Substantive (Essentialist) There is a single, continuous and identifiable tradition. A system or set of mutually reinforcing ideas that was provably passed on from mouth to ear or text to eye, unbroken from generation to generation, stretching all the way back to - at the very least - the 2nd Century A.D., if not earlier. (Also tends to be the "Religionist" approach.) 2. Functionalist ...How our -ism may have existed at certain times and places... highlight a number of functions this -ism reliably performs. In this case, we'd have to ask, in general, 'what does an hermetic text do?' 'What role does it serve?' 3. Nominalist ...A particular -ism does not exist until it was explicitly named. Alternatively, when it comes to something like Hermeticism, this is the position that would maintain that a work is "Hermetic", not if it contains a set of Hermetic ideas, but more precisely if it unambiguously bears the name of Hermes, or is in some way attributed to Hermes.
Yes it's knowledge is very similar to hermetic it's occult thought period. It's odd to see so many now that's interested in occultism I remember the old days when it truly was occult. And sure ones cane before me really thought so I remember have to go to occult book store or order from them just to get books etc. I think as time gos on people becoming more spiritual in nature.
It may not be hermetic teaching that god is mind and spoke into existence. But its mentioned across several ancient religions the enuma elish mentions something similar ancient Egypt and its similar in the bible you could interpret it different but it sounds like to me in all 3 of these god is something unmaterial something like pure consciousness and then speaks material into existence. The idea i think in the Kybalion is everything has to existence as a thought first in a mind 🧠 and that applies to infinite mind of god as well which were a part of. Not that each person creates say mountains with theyre mind. I think this is a new age deception. So these principles at least the first one is a ancient idea.
At the 22 minute mark you mentioned how the Kybalion leaves out the concept of “gods” such as is found in the corpus hermeticum.. my question is, at this point, with a greater clarity in mind, and attention to etymology, do you not recognize that the word god didn’t exist when the CH was being stitched together? With that being the case, the appropriate concept in translation would be along the lines of “divine intelligence”, a “divine expression”. My point is, it’s a mistake to think that the Hermetists were genuinely Polytheistic. The “gods” were clearly the planets, and zodiac, and viewed objectively, these celestial energies are expressions of divinely organized intelligence. In context, both CH and SH show a theological conception of one Absolute Divinity having created a network or government of intelligences(the universe, planets and zodiac) to administrate the rule of nature. Any conception of “gods” removed from a stellar foundation is either an invention of the human mind(magical entity) or in fact, still a stellar being not recognized as such.
The Kybalion is fine if you want 19th and early 20th century spiritualist/new-thought mystical self-help masquerading as 'Hermetic philosophy'. But compare it to the real historic ancient texts like the Hermetica and the Corpus Hermeticum, it bares little in resemblance and zero on authenticity.
I define Hermeticism as the following. The culmination of the rhythm of all literature that exists and the understanding that everything that survives the test of time to the letter will be attributed to it's discovered source. The root of true artist mentality for creation, just as god created humanity down to the biology of scripture. Hermeticism captures this divine desire of creation which can be viewed in poetry such as "to be or not to be". It is a constantly flowing super rhythm in motion closer and farther depending on humanity's current recognition of it's own potential, because it is something different from humanity in totality but similar in parts or from what is considered ideal for creation. If art is not good nor does it last we can get the term 'trash art' an explanation of when farther, yet some art defines the stages of time for example the works of Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo, or The Beatles. These artform can be considered superior to simpler recognition of beauty such as, the eyes, the ears, the heart. The touch of perfection things like this last when heard or seen into eternity although it is possible to lose these things with ignorance and ignorant practice. That is why we have recognized Hermetics from nature as it always was there as the methaphorical description of ontological mathematics.
wow u r a fast listener! hehe. i notice less n less r able to spell rhythm or algorithm correctly - try it manually for once n look how well friends do...its really ironic, how everything has its Rhythm, isnt it?
@@bazmalaza85 Not really worried about it. I don't see the concern of that. I see it actually as a tempt of understanding to evolve that is screwed over by conservative nature of language. H in rhythm has be effed sense suess.
@@jimcarrey7006 "conservative nature of language" - fail. hey, i think Elons Neuralink actually would really help me personally, but i like it the "hard" way. maybe somethings wrong w me.
BE careful with the meaning from minute 18:30, with that ONENESS! Philosophers are getting informations, from YOU when you are in that ONENESS! But what are they giving Back, for the MEMORY where you are plugged in Like in that believings, that WE are one, and their are a Lot of Philosophers, which makes Rules, without Sense and let Earth die. Where do you want to get the hug or Love from, when you are only in the Mind?
I was led to the Kybalion a couple years ago when I started looking into esoteric things more seriously. At first I thought it was Kabbalah, then I thought it was Hermetic. Now, I begin to think it may be solipsism and sinister.
I used to do coke back in the day, and let me tell you when I came across some good (unpolluted) stuff, I didn’t care where it came from! likewise it doesn’t matter where the information comes from! What is stated in the kybalion is true…
Congratulation on dissertation 👨🎓👩🎓👨🎓👨🎓👩🎓👨🎓👩🎓👩🎓 Afterthough: I really liked the "product" but I have one single contradiction to highlight. You keep portraying God as a personalization of the higher self or mind within the physical realm yet on multitude of times you emphasising God being 'He or it'. It would be a thing and God being the aspect of Life, Light & Love He cannot be it because the nature of it is static and dead ( its a thing), therefore God is everything & all but not it. You could fix your expression by redrawing God as being, rather 'He or She'. It makes much more sense in the minds of people who already have clear mind of God being ever-permeating, personal & inter-personal intelligence.
I see that in most internet sites this fundamental principle is misunderstood, it is NOT about the universe and reality being in your mind, something that many "coaches" take advantage of to give self-help advice, this principle is about how the universe is a mental creation of the ALL, not yours, in fact the book talks about this and how not to fall into the interpretation that we are the all and we create reality. Please read it carefully, nowhere is said that realty is created with your mental power
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Thanks for the content and effort - in my opinion, be it "the Kybalion nor the Hermetica.....the whole idea of esoteric writings is for a mind that has gathered enough experience through life to have and use the tool acquired in decoding esoteric content presented to an acceptable encoded state where it becomes of value to the soul and to the universe. this business of classifying information is the original and bare a signature of religion, which tends to move around in never-ending circles cultivating minimal as a result. a mind should gain access to content presented almost immediately even by just reading the title, introduction, or just a few lines as these words are very much alive and not literature. we tend to take these texts as literature whereas one should only access these contents with a clear and mature mind. Hermetica, Kybalion even the twisted bible should be read as spiritual text, and only then would the real message behind the text present itself. the text in the Kybalion and the Hermetica before my access was already familiar to me and most of the text was just re-confirming what I have already been inspired with as an example.. .
"A Merry Christmas to us all; God bless us, every one!" - Tiny Tim
"Merry everyone" - Homer Simpson
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and never forget to live in the sunlight and love in the moonlight. Thanks Dan! Your content is so valuable.
The Kybalion serves as kind of a gateway drug for people who are unfamiliar with hermetic and esoteric traditions. It has value in that context as most people that dive head first into the source material will be completely bewildered and overwhelmed.
Can confirm. It’s a great way to introduce people to the topic of esotericism and occultism without scaring them away.
Kybalion was the first time I even heard of Hermeticism and was the book that led me to the real texts. I look back and kind of shake my head at some of the material but if it was not for that book I might never have looked deeper into Hermeticism. I must thank the Kybalion for opening me up to Hermes Trismegistus and later the many books that expanded on Hermeticism. It is almost like a test for those who only scratch the surface and do not dig deeper to find the truth.
@Fach Yutuob He probably refers to the Corpus Hermeticum. Perhaps others too, but I can’t be sure.
Maybe they should read regular philosophy
@@JDG602are there books you can recommend
I got disagnosed with bipolar disorder a few years ago, but I found much of the Kybalion and other occult and witchcraft books helpful, specifically the idea of "All is mind" because it gave me this idea that I have more control over my own mind than I originally thought, and I took control of my thoughts, mental anguish and emotions... and... I decided, consciously, that I will no longer be depressed. I started doing meditative rituals in which I kind of...brainwash myself? Id aggressively hyper-focus on whatever memory or intrusive thought was trying to invade my life, and expose it to myself for its pettiness and villainy, and then reach a hand up to my head, and pull the pain out of my brain, evicting it from my body, and I decide it no longer has power. I havent had a debilitating depressive episode or hypomanic episode in over a year, because every time mental anguish starts I just focus, and pull it out.
🌞🌞🌞Good idea!
I absolutely love this for you!❤
The Kybalion introduced me to the concept of polarity and vibration and the plane of the mind. Every day now when I deal with negative mental spaces, I use the law of polarity to change that through meditation. It's been a game changer in my life and my ability to handle stress.
I see the kybalion as valuable at the very least.
Pretty brilliant if you ask me that you did this. I will try it too. Tyfs! ❤
You are powerful and amazing
We all have the power to heal things like this,we have the power to take our lives back,idk if you believe in God or not but what you basically did is cast that spirit out of you, there's one God and all power comes from him,you didn't brain wash yourself,your faith healed you
I don't know shit from fuck but one thing I have noticed over the years is you have gotten better and better at lecturing. Your cadence and structure are fantastic for presenting information.
Thanks. I think for this one it's because I spent 4 hours recording, and then had radio signals invade my microphone (a la synth pedal) for speaking out against the Vibrations. Pop songs and commercials ruined the first recording, then I had to rerecord everything a second time on the same day having spent all morning practicing, so by that point I had most of the talk memorized. I also wrote this myself (rather than reading some guy's writings from the 19th century) so it was a bit easier.
When I first started my journey I joined many small groups to gain wisdom. I quickly found many of them only referenced the kybalion while never giving a thought to the One. I’ve since left and it’s been lonely but I’m happier and closer to the Creator of creators. I wish all of you good luck
Amazing work. This issue has been bothering me ever since I found the true Hermetic texts after being introduced to Hermes through the Kybalion. Finally, someone has tackled this issue properly and did not just spew nonsense.
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What are the true Hermetic texts
@@bluwngThe Corpus Hermeticum is the collection of ancient texts... you can find a translation by Cooenhaver
Copenhaver, i mean. / its good to check out all the modern translations :)
I am glad I wasn't the only one thinking the same. It read too New-Age Christian in comparison to any other texts and I personally love that you used the same inference.
I think it still has its place to drag people down into the depths of the occult, especially if they read the Emerald Tablets beforehand.
Honestly I'm so glad I watched this. I started with the kybalion last week. And it resonated hard with me. But then I explored more ancient texts and yeah, I was very confused at the contradictions.
I'm so glad I have a deeper more discerning understanding. And I still am grateful to have read the Kybalion
I think I commented once on one of Dr Justin Sledge's videos asking him to make a video on this exact question, but you did a great job of answering it
Great analysis and wonderful images. Appreciate all the effort that went into this.
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I've been interested in the Kybalion and also Freke and Gandy's book, "The Hermetica." I've also read Robert Collier's book, "The Secret of the Ages," which clearly was reproduced as "The Secret." I see where the metaphysical law ideas of the time and place have been revisited now again, 100 years later. And I get the fact that they don't strictly represent the ancient source material in a blanket or complete way. Your points are true enough.
But I have read enough of the primary source material of the Egyptian traditions to understand that pantheistic concepts did exist back then, here in the west. My interest has been in looking at western pantheistic ideas and concepts that parallel the eastern pantheistic concepts of Vedic tradition. Someone has called the Hermetic Tradition, "Western Taoism." And I like the sound of that. I like the general idea of having an equally ancient pantheistic tradition here in the west to stand beside eastern pantheistic philosophy. Because here in the west we have people leaving monotheistic religion and then facing foreign traditions as the alternative. Meanwhile, we have this ancient Hermetica here. Which has provided a common mystical environment for mystics from the three dominant western religions. Hermetic Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
I've been seeking people who are considered Hermetic initiates, or the closest thing to it. To discuss this with. And that brought me here to this channel. Can we discuss this further?
This video was great and raises even more questions. I also first came across the Kybalion in my early twenties but I never had any background in philosophy, just a Christian upbringing and some interest in Japanese philosophers, but I found it online originally through paranormal image boards after being homeless for a short time. Hermeticism and magic were transformational subjects for me during those times and so the interest carried on. The Kybalion to me seemed like practical guide given the short length and the way it is organized into sections. But now, I lean more towards the idea that it's not Hermetic, however, I still have appreciation for it anyways despite never getting into New Thought. I didn't know that Atkinson was the author of it but that makes sense.
This is great content, vastly underrated. hope lots more people find this content.
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This is just what I needed 🙏 Thank you so much for your thorough walkthrough. All the things that bothered me in the Kybalion have now been addressed. And there are so many new Leeds to follow 🤩 I thought I was seeing the end of the rabbit hole, but turns out the journey has just begun 😀
well said
Wow Dan! Great work, best christmas gift this year!! Thank you for your intellect, time, effort and work.
Merry Christmas!
@@TheModernHermeticist Thanks Dan! Merry Christmas to you sir!
The more I dive into the teachings, I think the better question to ask is whether or not Roman Catholicism is hermetic
Masterful construction and delivery of this lecture. I wish all the videos on topics of religion and philosophy that I listen to on YT were this sensibly presented. I would offer this video as instruction - this is how you do it - to anyone who wants to make content like this.
Great analysis. I just read the kybalion and wanted to find out how it differs from Hermetica so this video was a very detailed response to my question. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it
Just awesome work. Looking forward to checking out your other uploads.
Oh Boy... I just wanted to bake some cookies but I guess this won't happen during the next two hours...
Your username 🤣🤣🤣
I love baking cookies while listening to Dan.
I might have to click rewind a few times, but I usually have to do that anyway...
I am a humble fool but this stuff works better than contemporary thought
I believe that the Kybalion is sometimes underestimated by certain intellectuals. Despite its apparent simplicity, this work has the potential to sow seeds of deep reflection in the minds of those who may not have had the opportunity to study at prestigious universities or tackle complex philosophical works. The quest for truth and the divine should be accessible to everyone, and there are multiple paths to achieve it.
The interpretation given to the *Kybalion* is often overly academic, attributing intentions to the author that may not align with their actual purpose. Each person follows a unique path toward the truth, and this work can inspire readers in a distinct way, unbound by traditional academic norms.
I always thought it was obvious the book was modern and written by Theosophists, who clearly drew upon various sources to create their metaphysics... Still a great book though, if you like that kind of thing.... and you arent expecting it to be ancient Hermeticism... not as ahistorical as that book from "Thoth the Atlantian"
Yes I agree it's still occult thought. A d it served it purpose to introduce occultism to the next generations. It's been passed down and passed down. Thank god it stayed for most part hidden not even the chruch with all it's power and Inquisitions could put out that light.
Happy holidays Dan, I absolutely love your work. Really appreciate the content and so on and so forth as the great Terence McKenna would say. 💎❤🏴 Stay awesome! All the best for 2022.
Thanks Nicola, all the best to you too 🙏
I tip my hat to you for such wonderful work x My seasonal quote might've been from Gogol's Christmas Eve, where the devil steals the moon then gets his comeuppance.
Thanks for producing this epic Dan, making for very happy Christmas viewing. All the best to you and your family.
Simply wonderful! Thanks for posting this... 🙏🏻
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Thank you so much for clarifying in a very concise and condensed manner where all the New Age doctrine comes from.
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Who is the artist that created the paintings used several times in this video (example at 24:24 ) they are beautiful and I’d like to see more.
The ONE once won and wanted also be Loved! This Feelings Of Total Freedom and No Work, Just Freedom!
Truly enjoying and learning from your videos here in Bahrain
Awesome video, so enjoyable and well put together, thank you.
For me the text is invaluable as it was a bridge between two states of being and allowed me to understand/comprehend way more about reality than i would have been able to had i not read it. The book came to me at the right time and applying the principles to my everyday life propelled me from quite a bad place to well, where i am now which is a complete transmutation of the soul when compared to the state of existence prior.
Now you bring the notion to light, it does feel very new-agey/Theosophical and not very ancient at all; but like i say the profoundly positive effect of proactively applying the principles to my life nullifies whether it is ancient or written yesterday, if it helps, it helps.
However i do agree that self-referencing is maximum cringe.
I'm going to have to go and read it again now!
Thanks Ollie, hope you're doing well!
I've been for this one since I found your channel a few years ago!!
Excellent work. Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas!
Spirit is obviously the higher mind
This is so compelling, thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it, cheers.
Thank you sooooo much for this. Your efforts are greatly appreciated 🙏🏻
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Merry Christmas & many blessings to Dan, who has changed my mindset for the better. Cheesy but true 😉
Merry Christmas, thanks Jenny!
A question I ask myself everyday.
Happy Holidays and
Happy B Day Huitzilopochtli , here in Anawak 🙏🏽
Happy Holidays 🙏
All philosophies, religions and beliefs split with time and have a number of versions and groupings and its like denying Roman Catholic as non christianity. There are vesions of hindu, taoism, platoism and transcendalism. The Kybalion is another version of Hermiticism as every truth has extremes of itself on either side. Thanks for the explanation and it highlights what the Kybalion says that everything IS and ISNOT Every thesis has an antithesis.
I'm going to have to watch this video again and read the comments below, but here are some thoughts I have:
1. There are 5 chapters on Mentalism and The All, 2 on Gender (which I think corresponds to Mercury/Hermes), 1 chapter each for Correspondence, Vibration, Polarity, Rhythm, and Cause and Effect.
2. The myth of Actaeon: the dogs are his thoughts which rip him to pieces, meaning don't delve into the subconscious recklesly, haphazardly or without preparation. And is Artemis a different version of the moon goddess Diana? I believe the moon is considered as corresponding to the sub-conscious mind. I got the interpretation of that myth from reading Alchemy & Mysticism, a book from a Danish museum or something like that. So, here the mind is stressed again. FYI, interesting how Actaeon is a combination of the word "act" and "aeon".
3. Tony Kosinec from the Kabbalahinfo channel has a Q&A video every week. He was asked in a rapid fire section at the end of one of the videso: "What does the serpent in the Garden of Eden represent" His immediate response was "The ego"., the conscious mind.
4. Eckhart Tolle and his views on the Ego.
5. Buddhishm's view on the Ego and the universe as Consciousness.
6. The exaltation of Hermes (the mind) above the other planets/gods in a LOT of esoteric traditions (Free Masonry, Rosicrucianism, etc.). What's up with that?
7. And of course, Thoth (THOUGHT?) is highly revered in Egyptian mythology.
And what about the evolution of things like Kabbalah? I prefer the older stuff, for sure. I'm pretty certain that the 7 Hermetic Principles are not from this book originally. Does anyone know the originalsource or approximate time they are first put down on paper/parchment?
I mention all of that because you stated that mentalism was a concept in the 1800's and yet it seems to be many millennia old. That's was a main point of yours. If the snake symbolizes the ego, the deception of the ego, then what do the 2 intertwined snakes on the staff of Hermes represent. Is it the control and mastery of the conscious and subconscious mind, the 2 halves working in unison?
No replies from anyone on any of this?
Happy Holidays Brother. So excited for this! 🙏 Thanks!
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Hi Dan, thank you for all the effort thru all these years, it's an impressive work!. Have you ever read The Temple Of Man we by Schwaller de Lubicz? I would love to hear about it from you.
Damn fine work! Love your exploration here.
Thanks Jeff
I argue the substantive definition. The functionalist method may be presented in a similar fashion, yet the school of thought is different; at most, you could call it hermetically _styled_ . And nominative can be made in bad faith, or include tenets that are mutually exclusive with the substantive definition (however broad that needs be).
The only Principle other than that adopted from the Emerald Tablet that I agree with is Cause and Effect, although I believe in some _vaguely_ similar points to one or two others. Chaos is an internally contradictory concept.
Thanks for the approximately arboreal solstice holiday present, Dan!
I always thought it was kind of adorable that Hermeticism is appropriately mercurial and capricious when you actually try to sum it up for someone. Its really hard. Studying Eastern material like the Upanishads and certain Tantric ideas, and later Deleuze, actually helped me a lot in wrapping my head around Hermeticism even after I thought I had a relatively firm grasp on it.
Then I started seeing Hermetic elements in Mao's On Contradiction and was pretty sure I broke my brain.
hermetic maoism, now this is beyond based....
@@luisacarvalho8719 Like something out of an Alex Jones fever dream. Occult Maoists. Olive drab robes w a red star on the hood
Reading Maoist drivel will certainly deteriorate one’s brain.
@@JudoMateo So true, no value in understanding ideas that caused massive, long term changes in global geopolitical power. I hate understanding things.
@@highlonesomed Reading Mao is literally reading the musings of a psychopathic mass murderer, one can learn about him without studying his personal confused doctrine.
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Beautiful! Helps me realize im on the right path🙂
15:28 that is actually inaccurate.
The Kybalion explicitly introduces the concept that “The All” (which is essentially God) is outside of the universe, is not bound by any laws and is outside space and time.
So no, laws do not apply as The All is above law.
Also, I think a lot of confusion derives from the, failed, attempts of translators to grasp the actual meaning of the original text being in Ancient Greek.
I am actually Greek and I even cannot fully fathom what the Ancient Greek texts try to deliver, so the poorer English terms won’t even get close. (Note we are taught Ancient Greek in school)
For example Νους is literally the mind, but it can also mean a very intelligent and spiritual person, perception, consciousness, reasoning etc it all depends on the context and Greek being an extremely complex language (so imagine Ancient Greek) I think we literally chasing shadows in the dark here.
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Note on the translation of nous in Arabic: historically, it has always been aql عقل since the early Islamic period
Thank You so very informative and helpful I even enjoyed it and appreciated it
simply wonderful work as always!
Saying the Kybalion is Hermetic is like saying John Milton’s Paradise Lost is Biblical
hermetic or not..the Kyballion is life changing!
God=INFINITE=ETERNAL=“THE SUBSISTENT ONE.” I feel like the closest name we can give God, to the extent of human reason, is something like SUBSISTENCE; THE SUBSISTENT BEING; that which always WAS, always IS, always will BE. All living organisms are subject to the LAW OF SUBSISTENCE. This may also explain that which we call Gravity. It may also inform the causation of Motion. The Will to Survive, or The Will to Life, is essentially a “Gravitational Pull” for us humans. This may also explain our desire for convenience in survival, we come from a PRIMORDIAL SUBSISTENCE, SUBSISTENT ONE, SUBSISTENT SOURCE.
Subsistence is defined as: real being; Existence; CONTINUATION.
The Perennial philosophy may be something like a “Phenomenology of Subsistence” or “Subsistemology.” All Laws and phenomena of life being the Means of Subsistence of THE LAW=GOD=LAW OF SUBSISTENCE=THE SUBSISTENT imminent in All Things. Has anyone thought of The Trinity as a Calculus?
God The Father= Constant (non variable)
God The Son= Independent Variable
God The Holy Spirit= Dependent Variable
SPIRIT = FATHER (SON)
This has been the most sensible way for me to comprehend the Trinity. I’d love to hear thoughts on these ideas, I don’t know what I don’t know.
Here, I will give you the word which connects, and disconnects the 'All' and 'Mind.' "Creation."
I love the," The kybalion." Give me true hermetic text.
Nice lecture. I enjoyed it thoroughly.
Glad to hear that, cheers.
Bravo! This is the one Ive been waiting for! Pass me the tip jar please...
Thank you so much for the gift! You are too kind! 🎁
Melchizedek would make him contemporary with (and shown deference by) Abraham, and connect him to ideas of a pre-Levitical/pre-Judaic gentile priesthood in Jerusalem.
Well, there is a evidence that hebrew people do heathenism in the history.
As neither are totally consistent it's very hard to say but it seems to me that the difference lies in the often subtle difference between weak pantheism and strong panentheism.The Hermetica appears to be a panentheistic work whereas the Kybalion more pantheistic although if the All exists outside of the universe (or multiverse) then it would be a work of panentheism.In Plotinus the One seems to exist externally to the Universe and emanates it so the universe is within the One and of the One but stratified.I do like the Kybalion 's idea that there's no point is asking why God made the universe as there is no answer which is why I tend to reject pandeism as it proclaims that God became the Universe but,we ask,why would an eternal God decided to want to experience the universe by becoming it.Makes no sense....well to a human at least!
it's so complicated...and the words; theyre too exotic and unusual that I cant possibly remember them or even pronounce some.
1:13:16 - 1:13:42 Thanks for this distinction. And expounding after this statement.
1:13:45 picture?
36:30 Exactly. And this is why the Kybalion was promoted to me, a Roman Catholic kid poking around the occult section of the library, from youth, onward, and still now, all over UA-cam. 100 years of Anti-Christ! Yet, Christ is the same as Hermes in the role of the Good Shepherd who leads the souls of men to the wide pastures (Mithra reference) of heaven.
The Kybalion has imho more simultaries with Daoism then with pure hermetics, and in this way it works pretty well
If Hermes was alive today and he understood our sciences as we do today, he would say this is what he was trying to explain in his old texts. You guys can dissect it all you want. It’s a sacred science
If I were to build a curriculum for a Hermetic Myerstery School, Grade.: O• Would be deep study of the Kybalion then read on the Emerald Tablets of Thoth along with an uncolored tarot deck from the Builders of the the Adytum where the Initiate colors each Key themself to implant the the Keys deep into the the subconscious with their own impression and creative force forming a creative - receptive force between the Builder and the Card. Along with a beginner study of the Sephiroth Yetzirah Book from Dr. Paul Foster Case. Then the initial Grade would be called Builder of the Scepter.:1^ and Meditation and introduction to Yoga ) Breath Work, Learning Energy Manipulation, Attunement) and an in depth course on the Middle Pillar Ritual would be in the curriculum. And of course an In depths meditation on Astrology and reflections on Syncretism.
The next Grade would be 3:.\~/ Builder of the Pink Sock.: The Magician is then instructed to Shoot Heroin and the Thelemic Bornless One Ritual would be performed 7 times a day the Magician would get teemed and experience Anal Prolapse many times for 12 moons. All blood, tears and semen spilled is collected and formed into cakes of Light which would be the Manna that the Magician would Subsist on. With no other formal training of Black Tantra or Kundalini or the Shells of the Qliphoth. But a Grimoire of the Typhonian O.T.O would be taught. And When the Magician tries to cross the Abyss, CHORONZON is just too powerful and the Magician then Has their psyche completely ruptured with intense Super-psychosis. It’s the Qliphoth Shell of Tiphareth, the Exact opposite of Christ-Consciousness.
In Grade 🔯*:•#•.:* Merkabah of Thoth’s Ashler : The Merkabah tries tireless to find the Holy Graal through Many Babalon and with And The secret of Odin’s Pink Sock. …
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Sounds like a plan to me! I'm in 🍻
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How does one learn to read alchemical texts?
Read, re-read, meditate, apply. Then re-read, meditate and apply...etc. Start with the Emerald Tablet, return to it, and return again.
I don't think your definition works because the chinese neidan and waidan texts are written in this manner as well.
*_I'm not crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!_*
Well, not in terms of what I think of this material, anyway...
Holy, crap, thank you, Dan!!!
I'monna have to start over and time stamp all the footholds that I've already found so I can finally stop obsessing about it.
Jeeeeeeeeeeeezus, this has been a long time coming!!!!!!!!
0:7:08 Authorship (Atkinson)
0:9:10 Common denominators
0:10:31 Fowden, (Example of Substantive) Also a great mashup.
0:16:17 Is that good enuf?
0:17:20 No.
0:18:03 Start drilling here...
0:24:35 Different goals. Kybalion is "product of its time" - which is... what?
0:25:42 All is _NOT_ Mind.
This begins all theories of Psychology and its Darker Brainwashing applications. There is a sense in which this stuff is kinda true in a brute force way, but it's not "spiritual".
0:32:45 Shifting definitions thru Time
0:33:08 What do the source docs say?
There is something here having to do with "Sovereignty" which I've also observed all around me which contradicts what most "spiritual" people say, so now I have something to work with.
0:44:09 "In God" =/= "God" New Age Thot blurs this distinction. Therefore, so do modern, unnuanced Christian apologetics.
0:45:37 (Finally! A definition of "Energy of God"!!! Thank you!)
0:51:35 God's progeny.
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1:01:36 Moving on to Substantive & Functionalist
1:13:42 I would suggest the word "commodification" fits here...
Speculation: Ms. Blavatsky, thru no fault of her own, prolly had to figure out how to "take her show on the road", so to speak, so as not to become captured by the obedience to a provider problem that women have been subject to for so long. So she turned some of her abilities into "services". In the East, this was at least an option, tho not necessarily normalized. In the West, this became the norm. We are still unable to escape it today. Ironically, this is the domain of Mercury...
Part III:
1:18:18 Nominalist
I'm guessing we're going into the "No True Scotsman" territory here...
1:22:26 Where is TK in the timeline to translations... I was gonna ask...
1:28:02 This goddam shit right here!!!
1:30:14 I was gonna ask about this too!!! LOL
It's so ironic to me that they thot this was optimism in contrast to pessimism (presumably from the Church...) because prayer is precisely considered to be the "Thot" that effects change - in a properly hierarchical way, of course - and even from the New Testament, Christians were taught to "believe" and "not doubt" when commanding x to change into y. Clearly the teachings of the Church no longer reflected this, or they were tried and they failed such that people were worn out from the disappointment. But, I don't see this New Thot thing as much of a contrast, but mostly a rebranding of the same ol' thing that came from the New Testament - only more materialistic. It amazes me how many people seem to be under some kind of spell that makes them forget the facts here...
Conclusion:
1:37:55 Treat them as different. Do as thou wilt.
1:43:03 !!!
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1. Substantive (Essentialist)
There is a single, continuous and identifiable tradition. A system or set of mutually reinforcing ideas that was provably passed on from mouth to ear or text to eye, unbroken from generation to generation, stretching all the way back to - at the very least - the 2nd Century A.D., if not earlier. (Also tends to be the "Religionist" approach.)
2. Functionalist
...How our -ism may have existed at certain times and places... highlight a number of functions this -ism reliably performs. In this case, we'd have to ask, in general, 'what does an hermetic text do?' 'What role does it serve?'
3. Nominalist
...A particular -ism does not exist until it was explicitly named. Alternatively, when it comes to something like Hermeticism, this is the position that would maintain that a work is "Hermetic", not if it contains a set of Hermetic ideas, but more precisely if it unambiguously bears the name of Hermes, or is in some way attributed to Hermes.
It has been a long time coming, I was pondering this one for some time now, and I'm happy to get it off my chest!
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Bless you, Dan!
And Happy Holidays!
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Yes it's knowledge is very similar to hermetic it's occult thought period. It's odd to see so many now that's interested in occultism I remember the old days when it truly was occult. And sure ones cane before me really thought so I remember have to go to occult book store or order from them just to get books etc. I think as time gos on people becoming more spiritual in nature.
well done
Thank you!!!
the principles can be helpful. n they make Sense, until they dont.
Omg yes cannot wait to listen to this
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It may not be hermetic teaching that god is mind and spoke into existence. But its mentioned across several ancient religions the enuma elish mentions something similar ancient Egypt and its similar in the bible you could interpret it different but it sounds like to me in all 3 of these god is something unmaterial something like pure consciousness and then speaks material into existence. The idea i think in the Kybalion is everything has to existence as a thought first in a mind 🧠 and that applies to infinite mind of god as well which were a part of. Not that each person creates say mountains with theyre mind. I think this is a new age deception. So these principles at least the first one is a ancient idea.
the gods, oh my...
Your video gives me idea
Natural Law is the truth spoken of in the Kybalion
At the 22 minute mark you mentioned how the Kybalion leaves out the concept of “gods” such as is found in the corpus hermeticum.. my question is, at this point, with a greater clarity in mind, and attention to etymology, do you not recognize that the word god didn’t exist when the CH was being stitched together? With that being the case, the appropriate concept in translation would be along the lines of “divine intelligence”, a “divine expression”. My point is, it’s a mistake to think that the Hermetists were genuinely Polytheistic. The “gods” were clearly the planets, and zodiac, and viewed objectively, these celestial energies are expressions of divinely organized intelligence. In context, both CH and SH show a theological conception of one Absolute Divinity having created a network or government of intelligences(the universe, planets and zodiac) to administrate the rule of nature. Any conception of “gods” removed from a stellar foundation is either an invention of the human mind(magical entity) or in fact, still a stellar being not recognized as such.
Excellent!
Many thanks!
The Kybalion is fine if you want 19th and early 20th century spiritualist/new-thought mystical self-help masquerading as 'Hermetic philosophy'. But compare it to the real historic ancient texts like the Hermetica and the Corpus Hermeticum, it bares little in resemblance and zero on authenticity.
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You're welcome!
I define Hermeticism as the following. The culmination of the rhythm of all literature that exists and the understanding that everything that survives the test of time to the letter will be attributed to it's discovered source. The root of true artist mentality for creation, just as god created humanity down to the biology of scripture. Hermeticism captures this divine desire of creation which can be viewed in poetry such as "to be or not to be". It is a constantly flowing super rhythm in motion closer and farther depending on humanity's current recognition of it's own potential, because it is something different from humanity in totality but similar in parts or from what is considered ideal for creation. If art is not good nor does it last we can get the term 'trash art' an explanation of when farther, yet some art defines the stages of time for example the works of Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo, or The Beatles. These artform can be considered superior to simpler recognition of beauty such as, the eyes, the ears, the heart. The touch of perfection things like this last when heard or seen into eternity although it is possible to lose these things with ignorance and ignorant practice. That is why we have recognized Hermetics from nature as it always was there as the methaphorical description of ontological mathematics.
wow u r a fast listener! hehe. i notice less n less r able to spell rhythm or algorithm correctly - try it manually for once n look how well friends do...its really ironic, how everything has its Rhythm, isnt it?
@@bazmalaza85 Not really worried about it. I don't see the concern of that.
I see it actually as a tempt of understanding to evolve that is screwed over by conservative nature of language. H in rhythm has be effed sense suess.
@@jimcarrey7006 "conservative nature of language" - fail. hey, i think Elons Neuralink actually would really help me personally, but i like it the "hard" way. maybe somethings wrong w me.
BE careful with the meaning from minute 18:30, with that ONENESS! Philosophers are getting informations, from YOU when you are in that ONENESS! But what are they giving Back, for the MEMORY where you are plugged in Like in that believings, that WE are one, and their are a Lot of Philosophers, which makes Rules, without Sense and let Earth die. Where do you want to get the hug or Love from, when you are only in the Mind?
I was led to the Kybalion a couple years ago when I started looking into esoteric things more seriously. At first I thought it was Kabbalah, then I thought it was Hermetic. Now, I begin to think it may be solipsism and sinister.
Definitely not solipsism
You may have failed to understand the text if you came to the conclusion it was solipsism.
@@Anekoci It was written by Masonic mobsters. It's the equivalent of The Secret. It's a scam. What you fail to understand is how not to be a dick.
@@dlmiller7873“Masonic mobster”. your ignorance is abundant and arrogance shall be your downfall.
@@Anekoci You know nothing.
I used to do coke back in the day, and let me tell you when I came across some good (unpolluted) stuff, I didn’t care where it came from! likewise it doesn’t matter where the information comes from! What is stated in the kybalion is true…
@Neil coke isn’t unadulterated but I don’t care🥹😅
I did see a women who said Deafinishions make us deaf to the real names?
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Afterthough:
I really liked the "product" but I have one single contradiction to highlight. You keep portraying God as a personalization of the higher self or mind within the physical realm yet on multitude of times you emphasising God being 'He or it'. It would be a thing and God being the aspect of Life, Light & Love He cannot be it because the nature of it is static and dead ( its a thing), therefore God is everything & all but not it. You could fix your expression by redrawing God as being, rather 'He or She'. It makes much more sense in the minds of people who already have clear mind of God being ever-permeating, personal & inter-personal intelligence.
U may have misunderstood principal 1 a bit while fleshing it out.
Heck ya
I see that in most internet sites this fundamental principle is misunderstood, it is NOT about the universe and reality being in your mind, something that many "coaches" take advantage of to give self-help advice, this principle is about how the universe is a mental creation of the ALL, not yours, in fact the book talks about this and how not to fall into the interpretation that we are the all and we create reality. Please read it carefully, nowhere is said that realty is created with your mental power
Such forbidden, very controversy!
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Forbidden by beyond.
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I trust Christian Rockiki's comment has cleared things up for you 😄
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Thanks for the content and effort - in my opinion, be it "the Kybalion nor the Hermetica.....the whole idea of esoteric writings is for a mind that has gathered enough experience through life to have and use the tool acquired in decoding esoteric content presented to an acceptable encoded state where it becomes of value to the soul and to the universe. this business of classifying information is the original and bare a signature of religion, which tends to move around in never-ending circles cultivating minimal as a result. a mind should gain access to content presented almost immediately even by just reading the title, introduction, or just a few lines as these words are very much alive and not literature. we tend to take these texts as literature whereas one should only access these contents with a clear and mature mind.
Hermetica, Kybalion even the twisted bible should be read as spiritual text, and only then would the real message behind the text present itself.
the text in the Kybalion and the Hermetica before my access was already familiar to me and most of the text was just re-confirming what I have already been inspired with as an example..
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Your also not a fan of syncretism
Does a Jesuit shit in the woods?
If he can wipe his ass with a white rabbit.
As a matter of fact...
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