The Seven Hermetic Principles
1. 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 tides 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 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.
The Kybalion, which comprises the Seven Hermetic Principles, was first published in 1908 by the Yogi Publication Society, in Chicago, Illinois, and is now in the public domain, as well as circulating the World Wide Web. Purportedly based upon ancient Hermeticism, its philosophies, in conjunction with others, have become founding pillars within the New Thought movement of the early 1910s. The book early on makes the claim that it makes its appearance in one's life when the time is appropriate and includes axioms and insights similar to those found in the Book of Proverbs (from Wikipedia article: The Kybalion).
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 tides 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 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.
The Kybalion, which comprises the Seven Hermetic Principles, was first published in 1908 by the Yogi Publication Society, in Chicago, Illinois, and is now in the public domain, as well as circulating the World Wide Web. Purportedly based upon ancient Hermeticism, its philosophies, in conjunction with others, have become founding pillars within the New Thought movement of the early 1910s. The book early on makes the claim that it makes its appearance in one's life when the time is appropriate and includes axioms and insights similar to those found in the Book of Proverbs (from Wikipedia article: The Kybalion).
A printed version can be found here: The Kybalion, The Hermetic Philosophy, by Three Initiates. First Published 1908. Republished 2008 by Forgotten Books, FB &c Ltd., London, 2008; ibid. pg. 11-19.
NB: The Seven Hermetic Principles should not be mixed up with the contents of the Emerald Tablet, also known as the Smaragdine Tablet, or Tabula Smaragdina
