Lineage Connection
Hermes Trismegistus (Mythological source), The Emerald Tablet, New Thought Movement, William Walker Atkinson, The Corpus Hermeticum (Loose connection).
Author’s Roles / Archetypes
Anonymous Occultists. (Historical analysis suggests "The Three Initiates" was a pseudonym used by William Walker Atkinson to add an air of ancient mystery to New Thought concepts).
Primary Sources / References
Claims lineage to ancient Egyptian Hermetic doctrines, but textually grounded in late 19th-century Mental Science and Victorian Esotericism.