one teaching
a voice speaks. a bed of music settles beneath it at the frequency of the principle. an image moves, slow. a pulse finds your palm. a minute later, one idea has arrived. not argued. delivered.
a hermetic-stoic instrument
Tonos
tune your nervous system.
seven hermetic principles, each a one-minute narrated revelation, paired with a single stoic practice. free on iOS.
hermetic philosophy · stoic practice
the seven principles, in order.
tonos is built on the classical hermetic tradition, distilled in the kybalion (1908) — and brought into the body by stoic practice: marcus, epictetus, seneca. one tradition, two voices. the what and the how to live with it.
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one
mind
the all is mind.every form is first a thought; attention is the craft.
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two
correspondence
as above, so below.patterns mirror across scale; the small reveals the large.
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three
vibration
nothing rests.everything moves; the only question is at what rate.
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four
polarity
every string has two ends.opposites share a frame; you can walk between them.
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five
rhythm
everything flows.tides rise and recede; the return is always coming.
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six
causation
every cause returns.no accident — only threads you have not yet seen.
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seven
generation
transmit and receive.two poles, one current; creation lives in the exchange.
what it is
an instrument, sized for a minute.
the symphony
ten minutes. the seven in sequence. one arc that begins in the mind and ends in the hand. a heptagon lights as the last note lands. you do not finish where you began.
hand-made
nothing here is templated. every voice, every musical bed, every image, every pulse on the skin was written for the teaching it belongs to. the craft is audible. it’s meant to be.
the codex
behind every teaching is an essay — the hermetic reading and a single stoic practice you can carry into the day. long-form, slow-paced, for the moments when a minute opens something and you want to keep walking.
the path
you are not playing sessions. you are walking. tonos names the stage you are at — initiate, walking, sevened, master — and shows it on your lock screen, so the journey is visible without opening the app.
the chronicle
every teaching you walk is recorded — the principle, the minute, the day. a quiet ledger of what you have already passed through. nothing leaves your device.
the footing
rooted in peer-reviewed work.
the musical bed for each principle sits on a frequency with a documented footprint in sound-and-body research. the app ships with the measurements — a citation library drawn from Nature, PNAS, Frontiers, and HeartMath — so every claim traces back to a paper.
questions
before you tap.
What is Tonos?
Tonos is an iOS app that teaches the seven Hermetic principles through produced one-minute narrated revelations. Each teaching pairs a voice, frequency-tuned music, a scene visual, and a haptic cadence — all composed for the principle.
What are the seven Hermetic principles?
Mind, Correspondence, Vibration, Polarity, Rhythm, Causation, and Generation — the seven axioms distilled in The Kybalion (1908). Tonos treats them as a sequence of seven teachings, each tuned for a minute.
Is Tonos free?
Yes. Tonos is free on the App Store, in 175 regions, with no in-app purchases, no subscriptions, and no advertising.
Does Tonos need an internet connection?
No. All audio, haptics, and visuals are bundled with the app. Nothing streams, and the app makes no network requests at runtime.
Does Tonos collect my data?
No. Tonos has no accounts, no analytics, no crash reporter, and no
third-party SDKs. Session records stay on your device. The
privacy policy is at
tonos.energy/privacy.
What is The Symphony?
The Symphony is a ten-minute walk through all seven principles in order — one continuous arc that begins in the mind and ends in the hand.
How is Tonos different from a meditation app?
Tonos is not a breathing timer or a relaxation tool. It is a Hermetic instrument: one produced minute per principle, scored for the principle, delivered as a revelation rather than an open-ended session.
What is The Codex?
The Codex is a library of long-form essays inside the app — one essay per principle — for when a minute opens something and you want to keep walking.
What is The Path?
The Path is the pilgrimage stage you are at — initiate, walking, sevened, symphony-crossed, master, adept — derived from the teachings you have walked. It surfaces on the iOS Lock Screen so the journey is visible without opening the app.
Is Tonos available on Android?
Not yet. Tonos is iOS-only (iOS 18 or later). An Android version is not currently scheduled.
Who made Tonos?
Tonos is an independent project, hand-made in Cape Town. The voice, music, visuals, and haptics were all composed for the teachings they belong to.
out now
begin.
tonos is on the App Store. free, offline, no account.
