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Kybalión

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El Kybalión es un documento que contiene al conjunto de enseñanzas de la filosofía hermética, también conocidos como los siete principios del hermetismo. Escrito en los albores del siglo XX, su autoría se debe a un grupo anónimo de personas autodenominados Los Tres Iniciados, aunque las bases del hermetismo se atribuyen a un alquimista místico y deidad de algunas logias ocultistas llamado Hermes Trismegisto, cuya existencia pudo haber transcurrido en Egipto antes de la época de los faraones.

Contenido

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[editar] Los siete principios

Los siete principios, o axiomas, como están descritos en el Kybalión son:

  1. Mentalismo. El Todo es mente; el universo es mental.
  2. Correspondencia. Como es arriba, es abajo; como es abajo, es arriba. Afirma que este principio se manifiesta en los tres Grandes Planos: El Físico, El Mental y El Espiritual.
  3. Vibración . Nada está inmóvil; todo se mueve; todo vibra.
  4. Polaridad. Todo es doble, todo tiene dos polos; todo, su par de opuestos: los semejantes y los antagónicos son lo mismo; los opuestos son idénticos en naturaleza, pero diferentes en grado; los extremos se tocan; todas las verdades son medias verdades, todas las paradojas pueden reconciliarse.
  5. Ritmo. Todo fluye y refluye; todo tiene sus períodos de avance y retroceso, todo asciende y desciende; todo se mueve como un péndulo; la medida de su movimiento hacia la derecha, es la misma que la de su movimiento hacia la izquierda; el ritmo es la compensación.
  6. Causa y efecto. Toda causa tiene su efecto; todo efecto tiene su causa; todo sucede de acuerdo a la ley; la suerte o azar no es más que el nombre que se le da a la ley no reconocida; hay muchos planos de causalidad, pero nada escapa a la Ley.
  7. Generación. La generación existe por doquier; todo tiene su principio masculino y femenino; la generación se manifiesta en todos los planos. En el plano físico es la sexualidad.

[editar] Los Tres Iniciados

Los "tres iniciados" que escribieron El Kybalión decidieron permanecer en el anonimato. Esto ha generado muchas especulaciones sobre quién escribió realmente el libro. Hay varias escuelas de pensamiento que se atribuyen su autoría. La teoría más popular es que Paul Foster Case, Michael Whitty y William Walker Atkinson (también conocido como Yogi Ramacharaka, Swami Panchedasi, Magus Incognito, Theodore Sheldon y probablemente muchos otros pseudónimos conocidos y desconocidos) eran los "tres iniciados" que escribieron el libro. Esta teoría es a menudo expuesta por miembros de Builders of the Adytum, la Escuela de Misterios que fundó Case, aunque el grupo en sí no se hace eco públicamente de la misma; de hecho, parece que esta historia se originó en un grupo escindido de B.O.T.A., la Fraternidad de la Luz Oculta.[1]

También apoya esta teoría el hecho de que Paul Foster Case era francmasón, y que la editorial del Kybalión, Yogi Publication Society, pusiera su dirección en el frontispicio del libro como 'Templo Masónico, Chicago, Illinois'. Sin embargo, mucha gente que presenta esto como una 'evidencia' de la autoría de Case, probablemente desconoce que el "Templo Masónico" de Chicago era en realidad el primer rascacielos de la ciudad, que alojaba docenas de tiendas y pequeños negocios sin ninguna afiliación masónica. El edificio fue nombrado por la logia masónica que financió gran parte de su construcción, y en realidad se encontraba en los pisos superiores.[2]

Otros nombres que se barajan frecuentemente en relación con la autoría del Kybalión son Harriet Case (la esposa de Paul Foster Case en esa época), Ann Davies (quien sucediera a Paul Foster Case a la cabeza de B.O.T.A.), Mabel Collins (una destacada escritora teosófica) y Claude Brogdon (un famoso mago de teatro).

La teoría más probable es que el Kybalión fue obra de William Walker Atkinson, con o sin ayuda de terceros. Una de las primeras publicaciones de Atkinson pudo haber sido una serie titulada Las Enseñanzas Arcanas, que comparte algunas similitudes superficiales con el Kybalión: El Kybalión explora siete 'Principios Herméticos', mientras que Las Enseñanzas Arcanas explora siete 'Leyes Arcanas'; el Kybalión afirma ser una elucidación de un antiguo texto hermético inédito del mismo nombre, mientras que Las Enseñanzas Arcanas dicen explorar la sabiduría de un antiguo pergamino no publicado de aforismos ocultos; ambos libros describen tres 'Grandes Planos' de realidad que se subdividen cada uno en siete planos inferiores. Ambos libros describen tres de los planos inferiores como "llaves negras astrales", similarmente a las teclas negras de un piano, y habitados por espíritus elementales; y ambos libros describen con gran detalle el proceso de la 'alquimia mental', el uno casi en total consonancia con el otro. Hay muchas otras similitudes, que conducen de forma natural a la pregunta de si 'Las Enseñanzas Arcanas' podrían haber sido el "primer borrador" de Atkinson para el material que posteriormente se convertiría en el Kybalión.

[editar] Véase también

[editar] Referencias

  1. Véase http://www.lvx.org/Archive/biblio.pdf para más información.
  2. Para más información acerca del Templo Masónico de Chicago, véase http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=masonictemple-chicago-il-usa).

[editar] Bibliografía

  • VV.AA. (2003). El Kybalion: tres iniciados. Un estudio sobre la filosofía hermética del antiguo Egipto y Grecia. Traducido por Manuel Algora Corbi. Barcelona: Luis Carcamo Editor. ISBN 848531607X.
  • VV.AA. (2004). Tres iniciados. El Kybalion. Estudio sobre la filosofía hermética del antiguo Egipto y Grecia. Editorial Kier. Argentina: Prof. Delia Arrizabalaga Correctora de Pruebas. ISBN 950-17-0731-8.

[editar] Enlaces externos

The Language of Birds en fenomenología

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The Language of Birds

en el aleteo en verano de una bianca paloma en sevilla, echandote un exo aliento maravilloso, es donde edscubres simbiosemiotica y dinamica mente, esa divinidad, porque dices: qué fresquito más divino!

A History on the Mystical Communications of the Divine

Jul 12, 2007 Lisbeth Cheever-Gessaman

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Oblique references occur in extant texts to 'Green Language' and 'The Language of Birds'. What is this mysterious language, and is it really 'language' at all?

"What unsuspected marvels we should find, if we knew how to dissect words, to strip them of their barks and liberate the spirit, the divine light, which is within." - Fulcanelli

The Language of Birds, referenced in various alchemical and mythological texts, is not as much an actual 'language' as it is a cabbalistic term which has been used over time to convey an occultic transference between that which is above to that which is below. It has been referenced as a mystical language, the language of the Gods and even 'Green Language", but rather than having a specific, intrinsic textual meaning, is more an idea of esoteric thought, a catalyst of form which spans diverse religions, and something of an enigma all its own.

As regards the language of Birds, and perhaps the truth within the truth within it, luminous obscurity is the order of the day. It is not subject to any specific mindset, belief, school of thought or dogma. There are only cryptic references and subtle nudgings in its general direction. Its closest approximation would be a 'no-language language' in which what is never said is implicitly understood. It is a paradigm of thought which draws the student into an awareness of the conscious manifestation of concept and esoteric comprehension without the sometimes limiting boundaries of language itself.

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Green Language and The Language of Birds

Intentional obscurity is common in matters of the Occult (which simply means 'hidden'. Jesus often instructed his disciples in parables, and the apostles were considered to be 'Stewards of the Mysteries'. In esoteric teaching, it is common to obscure the true meaning of a lesson within a subtle context for both practical purposes (such as sentence of death to adherents) or resourceful ones (to train the novitiate to look deeper still). With a specific regard to Fulcanelli in his 'Mysteries of the Cathedrals', he referred to all of the initiates as speaking in 'cant', and after a closer inspection it becomes clear that the medium, rather than the message, was the message.

David Ovason in his work 'The Secrets of Nostradamus [Harper Books - August 6, 2002] further elaborates on the origins of how the 'Green Language" came to be:

"The original source for the term Green Language was the French Langue Vert. The Vert (Green) is almost certainly an example of arcane aphesis. In French, ouvert means open. The Langue Ouvert was the open language, the tongue of ordinary men. When ouvert became vert by this aphetic change, it meant the opposite of open, i.e. closed; the Langue Vert was therefore the closed language, the occult language, the hidden tongue."

Curious Observations of Humans and Bird Language, Mythological and Otherwise

Birds have traditionally played an important role in mythology and religion being able to travel in three of four elements: Air, Water and Earth. Nearly every religion details mythos or fable in the form of a bird in some form, as in the examples of:

  • Melampus in Greek Mythology, who was given the language of Birds after two serpents licked his ears when he slept;
  • Odin's birds, Hugin and Munin, that flew about the world and revealed to Odin the deeds of Mortal Men;
  • Dag the Wise, Swedish King, who was rumoured to have understood the secret language of Birds, and who had a house sparrow that was said to bring news to him. When a farmer killed the bird, a terrible retribution was waged by the Swedes;
  • Sigurd, who while roasting the heart of Fafnir, was given the language of Birds, and whose life was saved through overhearing birds discussing the plot of his death by Regin;
  • The Talmud, which defines Solomons' proverbial wisdom as being given to him through the language of birds by God;
  • Tiresias, the Greek seer who revealed to mortals the secrets of Olympus. Tiresias was taught the language of the birds by Athena, the goddess of wisdom;
  • St. Francis of Assisi, who dedicated his preaching to birds, because "his words were more appreciated by them that by men, obstinate to live in ignorance.";
  • Thoth, Egyptian deliverer of Wisdom unto the Earth, who was specifically depicted as having the head of a bird.

The Language of Birds in Music

In more recent times, the music of Dead Can Dance embraces this philosophy in Spirit. Vocal chanteuse Lisa Gerrard has built a large following on her mesmerising voice and often employs ethereal, unknown tongues when singing. The songs are audibly incomprehensible to the listener, but the sonic significance reaches through into a realm which conveys a distinct flavor and meaning. When referencing her unique style, she is quite vocal about reaching through into another realm beyond that of words, and refers to them simply as 'shapes' in which she surrenders thus conveying an effective emotional message and mystical tone.

Further References and Links

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