Below are the 7 Hermetic Principles from the Kybalion along with additional resources for the The 12 Immutable Universal Laws and the Forgotten Laws (now remembered).
7 Hermetic Principles
#1 The Hermetic Principle of Mentalism
“THE ALL is MIND; The Universe is Mental.” — The Kybalion.“This Principle embodies the truth that “All is Mind.” It explains that THE ALL (which is the Substantial Reality underlying all the outward manifestations and appearances which we know under the terms of “The Material Universe”; the “Phenomena of Life”; “Matter”; “Energy”; and, in short, all that is apparent to our material senses) is SPIRIT, which in itself is UNKNOWABLE and UNDEFINABLE, but which may be considered and thought of as AN UNIVERSAL, INFINITE, LIVING MIND.”The Kybalion Resource Page 11 The Seven Hermetic Principles http://www.kybalion.org
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The Law of Divine Oneness
Everything is connected to everything else. What we think, say, do and believe will have a corresponding effect on others and the universe around us.The 12 Immutable Universal Laws https://lawsoftheuniverse.weebly.com/12-immutable…
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Law 1: The Law of Thinking
The law of thinking dictates that we can only attract what we think. By changing your conscious thought patterns, which is your ruling state, you will allow yourself to effectively change the result to what you want. How far a person can go or how great the success a person can have, depends on the thinking. In order to achieve big success, a person has to think big. When you think success, you will attract success.The Forgotten Laws (now remembered) https://www.selfgrowth.com/…/the-11-forgotten-laws…
#2 The Hermetic Principle of Correspondence
“As above, so below; as below, so above.” — The Kybalion.“This Principle embodies the truth that there is always a Correspondence between the laws and phenomena of the various planes of Being and Life. The old Hermetic axiom ran in these words: “As above, so below; as below, so above.” And the grasping of this Principle gives one the means of solving many a dark paradox, and hidden secret of Nature. There are planes beyond our knowing, but when we apply the Principle of Correspondence to them we are able to understand much that would otherwise be unknowable to us. This Principle is of universal application and manifestation, on the various planes of the material, mental, and spiritual universe–it is an Universal Law. The ancient Hermetists considered this Principle as one of the most important mental instruments by which man was able to pry aside the obstacles which hid from view the Unknown. Its use even tore aside the Veil of Isis to the extent that a glimpse of the face of the goddess might be caught. Just as a knowledge of the Principles of Geometry enables man to measure distant suns and their movements, while seated in his observatory, so a knowledge of the Principle of Correspondence enables Man to reason intelligently from the Known to the Unknown. Studying the monad, he understands the archangel.”The Kybalion Resource Page 11 The Seven Hermetic Principles http://www.kybalion.org
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THE LAW OF CORRESPONDENCE
This Universal Law states that the principles or laws of physics that explain the physical world energy, Light, vibration, and motion have their corresponding principles in the etheric or universe “As above, so below”The 12 Immutable Universal Laws https://lawsoftheuniverse.weebly.com/12-immutable-universal-laws.html
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LAW 11: THE LAW OF SUCCESS
The law of success states that everyone is born to succeed. We have the power and capacity in each of us to be great and to achieve massive success. We need to properly develop it from our inner world in order to have it in our outer world. We need to work from our spiritual thoughts, work on the non-visible energy to see the manifestation happen in our physical life.The Forgotten Laws (now remembered) https://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/the-11-forgotten-laws-powerful-principles-to-change-your-life
To learn how “As Above, So Below” relates to the term “Nature Abhors a Vacuum” check out the post here.
#3 The Hermetic Principle of Vibration
“Nothing rests; everything moves; everything vibrates.” — The Kybalion.” This Principle embodies the truth that “everything is in motion”; “everything vibrates”; “nothing is at rest”; facts which Modern Science endorses, and which each new scientific discovery tends to verify. And yet this Hermetic Principle was enunciated thousands of years ago, by the Masters of Ancient Egypt. This Principle explains that the differences between different manifestations of Matter, Energy, Mind, and even Spirit, result largely from varying rates of Vibration. From THE ALL, which is Pure Spirit, down to the grossest form of Matter, all is in vibration — the higher the vibration, the higher the position in the scale. The vibration of Spirit is at such an infinite rate of intensity and rapidity that it is practically at rest — just as a rapidly moving wheel seems to be motionless. And at the other end of the scale, there are gross forms of matter whose vibrations are so low as to seem at rest. Between these poles, there are millions upon millions of varying degrees of vibration. From corpuscle and electron, atom and molecule, to worlds and universes, everything is in vibratory motion. This is also true on the planes of energy and force (which are but varying degrees of vibration); and also on the mental planes (whose states depend upon vibrations); and even on to the spiritual planes. An understanding of this Principle, with the appropriate formulas, enables Hermetic students to control their own mental vibrations as well as those of others. The Masters also apply this Principle to the conquering of Natural phenomena, in various ways. “He who understands the Principle of Vibration, has grasped the sceptre of Power,” says one of the old writers.”The Kybalion Resource Page 13 The Seven Hermetic Principles http://www.kybalion.org
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THE LAW OF VIBRATION
Everything in the Universe moves, vibrates and travels in circular patterns, the same principles of vibration in the physical world apply to our thoughts, feelings, desires and wills in the Etheric world. Each sound, thing, and even thought has its own vibrational frequency, unique unto itself.The 12 Immutable Universal Laws https://lawsoftheuniverse.weebly.com/12-immutable-universal-laws.html
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LAW 7: THE LAW OF NON-RESISTANCE
Every thought has a frequency. The less you resist on something, the less it will exist. By devoting less attention towards fighting the unwanted thoughts and conditions, you will find that the problems that you face become less and less pervasive. In pursuing success, you’ll encounter resistance along the way. By not focusing on the resistance, you’ll eventually achieve the success that you want.The Forgotten Laws (now remembered) https://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/the-11-forgotten-laws-powerful-principles-to-change-your-life
#4 The Hermetic 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” — The Kybalion.“This Principle embodies the truth that “everything is dual”; “everything has two poles”; “everything has its pair of opposites,” all of which were old Hermetic axioms. It explains the old paradoxes, that have perplexed so many, which have been stated as follows: “Thesis and antithesis are identical in nature, but different in degree”; “opposites are the same, differing only in degree”; “the pairs of opposites may be reconciled”; “extremes meet”; “everything is and isn’t, at the same time”; “all truths are but half-truths”; “every truth is half-false”; “there are two sides to everything,” etc., etc., etc. It explains that in everything there are two poles, or opposite aspects, and that “opposites” are really only the two extremes of the same thing, with many varying degrees between them. To illustrate: Heat and Cold, although “opposites,” are really the same thing, the differences consisting merely of degrees of the same thing. Look at your thermometer and see if you can discover where “heat” terminates and “cold” begins! There is no such thing as “absolute heat” or “absolute cold” — the two terms “heat” and “cold” simply indicate varying degrees of the same thing, and that “same thing” which manifests as “heat” and “cold” is merely a form, variety, and rate of Vibration. So “heat” and “cold” are simply the “two poles” of that which we call “Heat” — and the phenomena attendant thereupon are manifestations of the Principle of Polarity. The same Principle manifests in the case of “Light and Darkness,” which are the same thing, the difference consisting of varying degrees between the two poles of the phenomena. Where does “darkness” leave off, and “light” begin? What is the difference between “Large and Small”? Between “Hard and Soft”? Between “Black and White”? Between “Sharp and Dull”? Between “Noise and Quiet”? Between “High and Low”? Between “Positive and Negative”? The Principle of Polarity explains these paradoxes, and no other Principle can supersede it. The same Principle operates on the Mental Plane. Let us take a radical and extreme example — that of “Love and Hate,” two mental states apparently totally different. And yet there are degrees of hate and degrees of Love, and a middle point in which we use the terms “Like or Dislike,” which shade into each other so gradually that sometimes we are at a loss to know whether we “like” or “dislike” or “neither.” And all are simply degrees of the same thing, as you will see if you will but think a moment. And, more than this (and considered of more importance by the Hermetists), it is possible to change the vibrations of hate to the vibrations of Love, in one’s own mind, and in the minds of others. Many of you, who read these lines, have had personal experiences of the involuntary rapid transition from Love to Hate, and the reverse, in your own ease and that of others. And you will therefore realize the possibility of this being accomplished by the use of the Will, by means of the Hermetic formulas. “Good and Evil” are but the poles of the same thing, and the Hermetist understands the art of transmuting Evil into Good, by means of an application of the Principle of Polarity. In short, the “Art of Polarization” becomes a phase of “Mental Alchemy” known and practiced by the ancient and modern Hermetic Masters. An understanding of the Principle will enable one to change his own Polarity, as well as that of others, if he will devote the time and study necessary to master the art.”The Kybalion Resource Page 13 The Seven Hermetic Principles http://www.kybalion.org
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THE LAW OF POLARITY
Everything is on a continuum and has and opposite. We can suppress and transform undesirable thoughts by concentrating on the opposite pole. It is the law of mental vibrations.The 12 Immutable Universal Laws https://lawsoftheuniverse.weebly.com/12-immutable-universal-laws.html
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LAW 10: THE LAW OF OBEDIENCE
When we understand the laws and live in harmony with the laws in our daily life, we could achieve great success. When we obey to the laws, we are governed by the nature order which automatically removes all the challenges and obstacles for us along the way. With the nature order, universe will answer to us, for every need that we want.The Forgotten Laws (now remembered) https://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/the-11-forgotten-laws-powerful-principles-to-change-your-life–
It’s all the same thing. All of it. Just different degrees. Understand and stay in flow.
#5 The Hermetic 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.” — The Kybalion.” This Principle embodies the truth that in everything there is manifested a measured motion, to and fro; a flow and inflow; a swing backward and forward; a pendulum-like movement; a tide-like ebb and flow; a high-tide and low-tide; between the two poles which exist in accordance with the Principle of Polarity described a moment ago. There is always an action and a reaction; an advance and a retreat a rising and a sinking. This is in the affairs of the Universe, suns, worlds, men, animals, mind, energy, and matter. This law is manifest in the creation and destruction of worlds; in the rise and fall of nations; in the life of all things; and finally in the mental states of Man (and it is with this latter that the Hermetists find the understanding of the Principle most important). The Hermetists have grasped this Principle, finding its universal application, and have also discovered certain means to overcome its effects in themselves by the use of the appropriate formulas and methods. They apply the Mental Law of Neutralization. They cannot annul the Principle, or Cause it to cease its operation, but they have learned how to escape its effects upon themselves to a certain degree depending upon the Mastery of the Principle. They have learned how to USE it, instead of being USED BY it. In this and similar methods, consist the Art of the Hermetists. The Master of Hermetics polarizes himself at the point at which he desires to rest, and then neutralizes the Rhythmic swing of the pendulum which would tend to carry him to the other pole. All individuals who have attained any degree of Self-Mastery do this to a certain degree, more or less unconsciously, but the Master does this consciously, and by the use of his Will and attains a degree of Poise and Mental Firmness almost impossible of belief on the part of the masses who are swung backward and forward like a pendulum. This Principle and that of Polarity have been closely studied by the Hermetists, and the methods of counteracting, neutralizing and USING them form an important part of the Hermetic Mental Alchemy..”The Kybalion Resource Page 16 The Seven Hermetic Principles http://www.kybalion.org
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THE LAW OF RHYTHM
Everything vibrates and moves to certain rhythms.. These rhythms establish seasons, cycles, stages of development, and patterns. Each cycle reflects the regularity of God’s Universe. Masters know how to rise above negative parts of a cycle by never getting to excited or allowing negative things to penetrate their consciousness.The 12 Immutable Universal Laws https://lawsoftheuniverse.weebly.com/12-immutable-universal-laws.html
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LAW 8: THE LAW OF FORGIVENESS
The law of forgiveness states that we must learn to accept our own mistakes and letting go of it completely. We’ve got to realize that even if we did something wrong or someone had done something bad to us, we can’t always hold to it. We need to learn to forgive ourselves and others because we will not be able to move into a good direction if we are holding back to these bad thoughts.The Forgotten Laws (now remembered) https://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/the-11-forgotten-laws-powerful-principles-to-change-your-life
#6 The Hermetic Principle of Cause and 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.” — The Kybalion.” This Principle embodies the fact that there is a Cause for every Effect; an Effect from every Cause. It explains that: “Everything Happens according to Law”; that nothing ever “merely happens”; that there is no such thing as Chance; that while there are various planes of Cause and Effect, the higher dominating the lower planes, still nothing ever entirely escapes the Law. The Hermetists understand the art and methods of rising above the ordinary plane of Cause and Effect, to a certain degree, and by mentally rising to a higher plane they become Causers instead of Effects. The masses of people are carried along, obedient to environment; the wills and desires of others stronger than themselves; heredity; suggestion; and other outward causes moving them about like pawns on the Chessboard of Life. But the Masters, rising to the plane above, dominate their moods, characters, qualities, and powers, as well as the environment surrounding them, and become Movers instead of pawns. They help to PLAY THE GAME OF LIFE, instead of being played and moved about by other wills and environment. They USE the Principle instead of being its tools. The Masters obey the Causation of the higher planes, but they help to RULE on their own plane. In this statement there is condensed a wealth of Hermetic knowledge — let him read who can.”The Kybalion Resource Page 16 The Seven Hermetic Principles http://www.kybalion.org
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THE LAW OF POLARITY
Nothing happens by chance or outside the Universal Laws.. Every Action(including thought) has a reaction or consequence “We reap what we sow”The 12 Immutable Universal Laws https://lawsoftheuniverse.weebly.com/12-immutable-universal-laws.html
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LAW 9: THE LAW OF SACRIFICE
The law of sacrifice is to give up something that is of a lower nature for something of a higher nature. For example, in order to enjoy extraordinary success in life, we have to sacrifice our time, put in the effort and be disciplined to work for what we want to achieve. We have to be persistent and persevere to work on what we want in order to achieve it.The Forgotten Laws (now remembered) https://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/the-11-forgotten-laws-powerful-principles-to-change-your-life
The Claw got me.
#7 The Hermetic Principle of Gender
“Gender is in everything; everything has its Masculine and Feminine Principles Gender; manifests on all planes.” — The Kybalion.” This Principle embodies the truth that there is GENDER manifested in everything — the Masculine and Feminine Principles ever at work. This is true not only of the Physical Plane, but of the Mental and even the Spiritual Planes. On the Physical Plane, the Principle manifests as SEX, on the higher planes it takes higher forms, but the Principle is ever the same. No creation, physical, mental or spiritual, is possible without this Principle. An understanding of its laws will throw light on many a subject that has perplexed the minds of men. The Principle of Gender works ever in the direction of generation, regeneration, and creation. Everything, and every person, contains the two Elements or Principles, or this great Principle, within it, him or her. Every Male thing has the Female Element also; every Female contains also the Male Principle. If you would understand the philosophy of Mental and Spiritual Creation, Generation, and Re-generation, you must understand and study this Hermetic Principle. It contains the solution of many mysteries of Life. We caution you that this Principle has no reference to the many base, pernicious and degrading lustful theories, teachings and practices, which are taught under fanciful titles, and which are a prostitution of the great natural principle of Gender. Such base revivals of the ancient infamous forms of Phallicism tend to ruin mind, body and soul, and the Hermetic Philosophy has ever sounded the warning note against these degraded teachings which tend toward lust, licentiousness, and perversion of Nature’s principles. If you seek such teachings, you must go elsewhere for them — Hermeticism contains nothing for you along these lines. To the pure, all things are pure; to the base, all things are base.”The Kybalion Resource Page 16 The Seven Hermetic Principles http://www.kybalion.org
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THE LAW OF GENDER
The law of gender manifests in all things as masculine and feminine. It is this law that governs what we know as creation. The law of gender manifests in the animal kingdom as sex. This law decrees everything in nature is both male and female. Both are required for life to exist.”The 12 Immutable Universal Laws https://lawsoftheuniverse.weebly.com/12-immutable-universal-laws.htmlThis is not about our identities as in our personal identification of gender or pronouns
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