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Three Initiates

The Kybalion

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Glossary of Key Terms · Part 2

The Kybalion

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Rhythm

A recurring movement of advance and return. See II, XI.

Spirit

Infinite living mind as the nature attributed to THE ALL; also used of higher forms of manifestation. See IV-V, VIII.

Substance

Underlying reality or essence, rather than simply material stuff. See IV.

Suggestion

Influence through impressions and ideas, explained by the book through mental gender. See XIV.

Telepathy

Alleged transmission between minds beyond ordinary communication, asserted but not demonstrated by the text. See IX, XIV.

THE ALL

The book's name for the infinite and ultimate source of manifestation. See IV-VII.

Three Initiates

The authorial name printed on The Kybalion. See this edition's Introduction and Note on this Edition.

Transmutation

A change from one condition to another, given an alchemical image. See III, XV.

Vibration

Physical recurring motion and, by extension in the book, a general explanation of mental and spiritual differences. See II, IX.

Will

The directing power assigned to the I and employed in the control of attention. See XIV-XV.

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The complete English text of The Kybalion, with its seven Hermetic principles, an introduction, 182 explanatory notes, key words, a chapter outline, and a glossary.

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Three Initiates, The Kybalion, first published in Chicago in 1908. The supplied annotated edition follows Project Gutenberg ebook 14209, whose reproduced preliminaries carry a 1912 copyright notice; it does not claim a verified transcription of the first printing.

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Complete historical English text with an introduction, 182 annotations, key words, chapter outline, glossary and sources; Diotimos Editions, 2026.

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