The Hermetic principles
l. The Principle of Mentalism - "The all is mind: the universe is mental."
2. The Principle of Correspondence - "As above, so below; as below, so above."
3. The Principle of Vibration - "Nothing rests: everything moves: everything vibrates."
4. The Principle of Polarity - "Everything is dual; everything has poles; everything has its pair of opposites; like and unlike are the same; opposites are identical in nature, but different in degree; extremes meet; all truths are but half-truths; all paradoxes may be reconciled."
5. The Principle of Rhythm - "Everything flows, out and in; everything has its tides; all things rise and fall; the pendulum swing manifests in everything; the measure of the swing to the right is the measure of the swing to the left; rhythm compensates."
6. The Principle of Cause and Effect - "Every cause has its effect; every effect has its cause; everything happens according to the law; chance is but a name for law not recognized; there are many planes of causation, but nothing escapes the law."
7. The Principle of Gender - "Gender is in everything; everything has its masculine and feminine principles; gender manifests on all planes."
2. The Principle of Correspondence - "As above, so below; as below, so above."
3. The Principle of Vibration - "Nothing rests: everything moves: everything vibrates."
4. The Principle of Polarity - "Everything is dual; everything has poles; everything has its pair of opposites; like and unlike are the same; opposites are identical in nature, but different in degree; extremes meet; all truths are but half-truths; all paradoxes may be reconciled."
5. The Principle of Rhythm - "Everything flows, out and in; everything has its tides; all things rise and fall; the pendulum swing manifests in everything; the measure of the swing to the right is the measure of the swing to the left; rhythm compensates."
6. The Principle of Cause and Effect - "Every cause has its effect; every effect has its cause; everything happens according to the law; chance is but a name for law not recognized; there are many planes of causation, but nothing escapes the law."
7. The Principle of Gender - "Gender is in everything; everything has its masculine and feminine principles; gender manifests on all planes."
posted by Brindle | 9:47 PM
3 Comments:
These were the underpinning principles of alchemy and all sorts of magic. I don't take them all literally, but I do believe in flux. And it's useful to see human concepts - when applied - as "dual". "All truths are but half-truths" is a useful maxim for keeping an open mind.
I believe in Flux too- it cleared my U-bend in seconds flat the other day!
Yin and Yang seems to have it all covered.
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