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After three years of research and writing, I'm excited to announce the publication of my latest scholarly study in the history of occultism. Despite its many critics, The Kybalion: Hermetic Philosophy, which was published in 1908 by the anonymous "Three Initiates," is undeniably one of the most famous and influential esoteric texts of all time. In this article, I offer a critical-historical analysis of 12 proposed candidates for members of the mysterious "Three Initiates" to whom the 1908 esoteric text of The Kybalion was attributed.
Drawing on 116 years of scholarship and 62 different sources, including original archival documents and unpublished letters from the 1900s, this new study aims to provide a comprehensive and detailed scholarly analysis of the question of Kybalion authorship as it is understood in 2024. The article not only tackles the question of "Hermeticism" in The Kybalion and identifies the 3 primary sources of The Kybalion's "Seven Laws," but also provides a textual, contextual, and historical analysis of the cases for and against 12 historical figures as possible members of "The Three Initiates." These include William Walker Atkinson, Paul Foster Case, Michael Whitty, Elias Gewurz, Harriet Case, Claude Bragdon, Manly P. Hall, Marie Corelli, Ann Davies, Dion Fortune, Claude "Alexander" Conlin, and Mabel Collins.
I hope that those with an interest not in only in subjects like the history of occultism, The Kybalion, the members of the Alpha et Omega Order of the Golden Dawn, Chicago occult literary history, the Theosophcial Society, Hermeticism, and other topics will find some interesting historical insights in the article and welcome feedback and reflections from readers. :)
After three years of research and writing, I'm excited to announce the publication of my latest scholarly study in the history of occultism. Despite its many critics, The Kybalion: Hermetic Philosophy, which was published in 1908 by the anonymous "Three Initiates," is undeniably one of the most famous and influential esoteric texts of all time. In this article, I offer a critical-historical analysis of 12 proposed candidates for members of the mysterious "Three Initiates" to whom the 1908 esoteric text of The Kybalion was attributed.
Drawing on 116 years of scholarship and 62 different sources, including original archival documents and unpublished letters from the 1900s, this new study aims to provide a comprehensive and detailed scholarly analysis of the question of Kybalion authorship as it is understood in 2024. The article not only tackles the question of "Hermeticism" in The Kybalion and identifies the 3 primary sources of The Kybalion's "Seven Laws," but also provides a textual, contextual, and historical analysis of the cases for and against 12 historical figures as possible members of "The Three Initiates." These include William Walker Atkinson, Paul Foster Case, Michael Whitty, Elias Gewurz, Harriet Case, Claude Bragdon, Manly P. Hall, Marie Corelli, Ann Davies, Dion Fortune, Claude "Alexander" Conlin, and Mabel Collins.
I hope that those with an interest not in only in subjects like the history of occultism, The Kybalion, the members of the Alpha et Omega Order of the Golden Dawn, Chicago occult literary history, the Theosophcial Society, Hermeticism, and other topics will find some interesting historical insights in the article and welcome feedback and reflections from readers. :)
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[Taken from Facebook] After three years of research and writing, I'm excited to announce the publication of my latest scholarly study in the history of occultism. Despite its many critics, The Kybalion: Hermetic Philosophy, which was published in 1908 by…
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“Three Initiates” Unveiled: A Critical-Historical Analysis of 12 Proposed Candidates for Authorship of The Kybalion (1908)
By Adam J. Pearson (2024) The Kybalion: Hermetic Philosophy by “Three Initiates.” First Edition. 1908. A.1. Introduction: Unveiling The Mind(s) Behind the Doctrine of Mind Published in …
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https://lightinextension.wordpress.com/2024/03/16/three-initiates-unveiled-a-critical-historical-analysis-of-12-proposed-candidates-for-authorship-of-the-kybalion-1908/
Tl;dr
New Kybalion Lore dropped.
The "Three Initiates" = Anna Kingsford, Florence Huntley, and Thomas Burgoyne.
That's to say Atkinson IS the sole author. But that the Kybalion is a Synthesis of three previous texts that were in his possession.
Namely:
-Kingsford and Maitland’s Virgin of the World of Hermes (1885)
-Burgoyne’s Celestial Dynamics (1896)
-Huntley’s Harmonics of Evolution (1897)
New Kybalion Lore dropped.
The "Three Initiates" = Anna Kingsford, Florence Huntley, and Thomas Burgoyne.
That's to say Atkinson IS the sole author. But that the Kybalion is a Synthesis of three previous texts that were in his possession.
Namely:
-Kingsford and Maitland’s Virgin of the World of Hermes (1885)
-Burgoyne’s Celestial Dynamics (1896)
-Huntley’s Harmonics of Evolution (1897)
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I feel like this is a real CBT technique...
That's "Cognitive Behavioural Therapy".... not the other thing....
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