The Diamond Cutter — Geshe Michael Roach
Ancient Tibetan Buddhist wisdom applied to building a diamond business — the karmic mechanics of sustainable wealth.
The Emerald Tablet — Hermes Trismegistus
The oldest known alchemical text. As above, so below. As within, so without.
The Kybalion — Three Initiates
The seven Hermetic principles underlying all of reality — the foundation of esoteric philosophy. Free online.
Hermes Trismegistus
Legendary figure — part Greek god, part Egyptian sage — traditionally credited with the Emerald Tablet and the Hermetic Corpus. The source of the phrase 'as above, so below' and the foundation of Western esoteric philosophy.
Manly P. Hall
American esoteric scholar whose Secret Teachings of All Ages (1928) attempted to map the entire Western wisdom tradition in one volume. His Philosophical Research Society in Los Angeles remains the home of his lectures and library — one of the great archives of sacred philosophy.
Three Initiates
Pseudonymous authors of The Kybalion (1908), the modern distillation of seven Hermetic principles — mentalism, correspondence, vibration, polarity, rhythm, cause and effect, gender. Identity unknown. Text foundational.
