The Kybalion

Hermes is more than just a trickster messenger god, Hermes is also a tutelary entity, as there is not only method to his madness, but wisdom in his games.

Thoth, on the other hand, is often seen as a knowledge god who's the master of everything, but as we can see in the myth where he gambles with Khonsu, Thoth(Djehuty) has a strong trickster element to him too.

Of course the two gods are individuals, but they hail from the same entity. The Corpus Hermeticum, Kybalion, Emerald Tablets, all of Hermetic magic stems from the incarnation of their merged form, Hermes Trismegistus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermes_Trismegistus

Which sounds like hogwash, and very well could be. Now an important note in reading magical texts, IMO: whether backstories in magical works as real and literal, real and allegorical, or fake entirely, is absolutely irrelevant. What matters is that it works.

Same goes for the works of Carlos Castaneda. I don't care if he was a weird cultist who stole ideas, faked Indian sources, to get his PhD, and attract New Agey attention. Regardless of whether Castaneda, or Don Juan, or Don Genaro, or La Catalina are real, his stuff works, which is really all that matters.

Some issues I had with the Kybalion. I found the work to be more defensive than instructive. Defending its validity and place in the scientific and Judeo-Christian community.

The work does contain, unfortunately, a great deal of speculation that could cast shadows of doubt over its credibility. Example, claiming that Abraham was a contemporary of Hermes Trismegistus. How, why, where, and say what?!?!?

Outside of the introduction and the defense, this work does contain very good insights and reasonings with regards to the hermetic axioms. As with most, for the picking and choosing.