Greetings All!

For those that are interested, or motivated to research the occult, I'll be offering some information on several texts on Hermeticism.

Hermetic teachings would fall into the category of "Mystery Schools". Hermeticism is the study of the philosophy of Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus, who is also known as the Ibis-headed, and sometimes the baboon-headed, Egyptian God Thoth. In these teachings, it is with Thoth that I, personally, identify.

Most probably, you have heard many Hermetic axioms, although you may not of known they are of Hermetic origin. Once such axiom is "As above, so below".

The Kybalion, by The Three Initiates, is dedicated to Hermes the Thrice Great, and is a wonderful primer into the "mechanics" of Hermeticism and the underlying philospophy.

There are seven Hermetic Principles, which are as follows:
I. THE PRINCIPLE OF MENTALISM.
II. THE PRINCIPLE OF CORRESPONDENCE.
III. THE PRINCIPLE OF VIBRATION.
IV. THE PRINCIPLE OF POLARITY.

V. THE PRINCIPLE OF RHYTHM.
VI. THE PRINCIPLE OF CAUSE AND EFFECT.
VII. THE PRINCIPLE OF GENDER.

You may have heard of one or more of these principles before, even if you have not heard of The Kybalion, Hermes or Hermeticism. Many religions and even New Age beliefs have co-opted these principles, for their own use, along with Hermetic maxims and axioms, such as "As Above, So Below" mentioned above. The Kybalion gives short and concise information on each of these principles, and how they correlate to one another in the "big picture".

If you'd like to learn more about Hermeticism, I would recommend The Kybalion as a very good place to begin.

The Kybalion is a short 58 pages long, and you can access it in PDF format, for easy download, here:
http://www.hermetics.org/pdf/kybalion.pdf

With that, I will leave you a quote from The Kybalion, which I find to be quite profound:

“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.

PS - I'll post Part II next, so stay tuned. However, I beseech those would-be-students of the Mysteries, don't skip ahead as each new step on the path builds on the last step taken... :)

Blessings and Namaste,

Gaian