The Mahdi Times The Mahdi Times Issue #26 January 2015 | Page 47

The Kybalion
Chapter One : The Hermetic Philosophy
By The Three Initiates

"The lips of wisdom are
closed, except to the ears
of Understanding"
- The Kybalion.
From old Egypt have come
the fundamental esoteric
and occult teachings which
have so strongly influenced
the philosophies of all
races, nations and peoples,
for several thousand years.
Egypt, the home of the
Pyramids and the Sphinx,
was the birthplace of the
Hidden Wisdom and Mystic
Teachings. From her Secret
Doctrine all nations have
borrowed. India, Persia,
Chaldea, Medea, China,

Japan, Assyria, ancient
Greece and Rome and other
ancient countries partook
liberally at the feast of
knowledge which the
Hierophants and Masters of
the Land of Isis so freely
provided for those who
came prepared to partake
of the great store of Mystic
and Occult Lore which the
masterminds of that
ancient land had gathered
together.
In ancient Egypt dwelt the
great Adepts and Masters
who have never been
surpassed and who seldom
have been equalled, during
the centuries that have