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basic hermetic maxims, axioms,
and precepts, which were passed
from teacher to student, which
is called the “Kyballion”.
These seven Hermetic principles
are the basis for the entire field
of Hermetic philosophy.
The Principle of Mentalism
THE ALL IS MIND; THE
UNIVERSE IS MENTAL.
This principle embodies the
understanding that everything
in the universe is created
by thought or mind. There
is nothing that exists in the
material universe where this is
not the case.
The great Edgar Cayce, in his
Universal Mind channelings,
would over and over again say
“thoughts are things”. The entire
universe was created by the
thought of God. We, as God’s
sons and daughters, create our
reality both metaphysically and
physically by the power of our
minds. The great law of spiritual
psychology is that it is our
thought that create our reality.
Everything that exists is spirit.
Matter is just densified spirit.
Spirit is just refined matter. All
is just energy.
The Principle of
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AS ABOVE SO BELOW: AS
BELOW, SO ABOVE.
This famous aphorism was
created by Hermes. What this
law means is that the thoughts
and images that we hold in our
conscious and subconscious
mind will manifest its mirror
likeness in our external
circumstance. The outer world
is a mirror of our inner world. If
we hold thoughts of poverty we
will have no money. If we hold
thoughts and images of lack of
good health, this will manifest
within our physical bodies.
The thoughts and images we
hold in our mind will attract their
physical likeness to us in our
external circumstance. This law
works unceasingly for the good
or the bad. By understanding
this law we can use it for our
benefit instead of our detriment.
The most profound application
of this law is seen in the life of
Sathya Sai Baba. Whatever he
thinks instantly manifests, even
on a material level. He creates
physical objects with the wave
of his hand, and he says he
does this by just thinking and
imaging upon what he wants
to create. This is the same law
just sped up. Earth is a school
for practicing these laws of
mind and spiritual control.
Imagine what would happen if
the average person on the street
were manifesting his thoughts
instantly as Sai Baba does.
If he had a negative thought
about someone at this level
of vibration it might actually
physically kill this person.
Imagine what all the negative
thoughts and emotions would
instantly do to one’s health. For
most of us it is a good thing
that things don’t manifest that
quickly yet, or we would be in a
lot of trouble. The higher we go
in vibration and initiation, the
quicker your manifestation of
your thoughts will occur. That
is why the spiritual path at these
higher levels has been called
the straight and narrow path,
and is visualized like a pyramid
that gets narrower as you move
towards the apex.
The Principle of Vibration
NOTHING RESTS;
EVERYTHING MOVES;
EVERYTHING VIBRATES.
This principle explains the
difference between the different
manifestations of matter and
spirit. From pure spirit all the
way down to the grossest level
of matter is a continuum of
varying degrees of vibration.
Every atom and molecule is
vibrating in a certain motion,
speed, vibration, and frequency.