Kybalion Quotes

Collected below are quotes from the first three chapters of The Kybalion. The first chapter introduces Hermetic Philosophy. Quotes related to the seven Hermetic principles are from chapter two. Each principle and quote makes for a worthy discursive meditation theme.

How to Meditate on The Kybalion?

1. Decide on a theme. Pick a quote or principle below.
2. Sit in upright in a chair.
3. Relax and release tension your your body.
4. Spend a few minutes noticing your breath. Each phase of breath below done in a four count.
   1. Inhale to count of four.
   2. Hold without closing your throat for count of four.
   3. Exhale over count of four.
   4. Wait for count of four.
   5. Repeat 1-4 for 5 minutes.
5. Focus on the theme. Explore your chosen theme from many perspectives and representations such as visually, symbolically, metaphorically, ….. When you get distracted go back to your theme.

Chapter I THE HERMETIC PHILOSOPHY

“The lips of wisdom are closed, except to the ears
of Understanding”–The Kybalion.

“Where fall the footsteps of the Master, the ears of those
ready for his Teaching open wide.”–The Kybalion.

“When the ears of the student are ready to hear, then cometh
the lips to fill them with Wisdom.”–The Kybalion.

Chapter II THE SEVEN HERMETIC PRINCIPLES

“The Principles of Truth are Seven; he who knows these,
understandingly, possesses the Magic Key before whose
touch all the Doors of the Temple fly open.”–The Kybalion.

The Seven Hermetic Principles, upon which the entire Hermetic Philosophy is based, are as follows:

1. The Principle of Mentalism.
   2. The Principle of Correspondence.
   3. The Principle of Vibration.
   4. The Principle of Polarity.
   5. The Principle of Rhythm.
   6. The Principle of Cause and Effect.
   7. The Principle of Gender.

2. The Principle of Mentalism “THE ALL IS MIND; The Universe is Mental.”–The Kybalion.

3. The Principle of Correspondence “As above, so below; as below, so above.”–The Kybalion.

4. The Principle of Vibration “Nothing rests; everything moves; everything vibrates.”–The
   Kybalion.

5. The Principle of Polarity “Everything is Dual; everything has poles; everything has its
   pair of opposites; like and unlike are the same; opposites are
   identical in nature, but different in degree; extremes meet;
   all truths are but half-truths; all paradoxes may be
   reconciled.”–The Kybalion.

6. The Principle of Rhythm “Everything flows, out and in; everything has its tides;
   all things rise and fall; the pendulum-swing manifests in
   everything; the measure of the swing to the right is the
   measure of the swing to the left; rhythm compensates.”–The
   Kybalion.

7. The 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.

8. The Principle of Gender “Gender is in everything; everything has its Masculine
   and Feminine Principles; Gender manifests on all
   planes.”–The Kybalion.

Chapter III MENTAL TRANSMUTATION

“Mind (as well as metals and elements) may be transmuted,
from state to state; degree to degree; condition to condition;
pole to pole; vibration to vibration. True Hermetic Transmutation
is a Mental Art.”–The Kybalion.

“The Universe is Mental”–The Kybalion.