![]() ![]() ![]() While the latter explores seven "Hermetic Principles", The Arcane Teachings examines seven "Arcane Laws" The Kybalion claims to be an elucidation of an ancient, unpublished Hermetic text of the same name, and The Arcane Teachings claims to reveal the wisdom of an ancient, unpublished scroll of occult aphorisms. Also suggestive is that among his earliest published pseudonymous and anonymous works may have been a series entitled The Arcane Teachings, which bears many superficial similarities to The Kybalion. Atkinson was known to use many pseudonyms, and to self-publish his works. The most common proposal is that The Kybalion was authored by William Walker Atkinson, either alone or with others, such as Paul Foster Case and Elias Gewurz. As a result, a great deal of speculation has been made about who actually wrote the book. The Three Initiates who authored The Kybalion chose to remain anonymous. ![]()
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