This is one of the most mysterious and hotly debated esoteric works ever written- and without question the most popular and influential volume of arcane philosophy of the twentieth century.  Reputedly based on the ancient Greek-Egyptian wisdon, The Kybalion has been credited only to the cryptic " Three Initiates" since its first appearance in 1908.  Readers dhave long debated the identity of the Three Initiates, along with the nature of the Hermetic mystery teachings from which the book is believed to be derived.