Elementa Mundi

THE SEVEN PRINCIPLES OF HERMES

 by Mark David on elementamundi.com

Another seven... seven is such a magical number.

“The Principles of Truth are Seven; he who knows these, understandingly, possesses the Magic Key before whose touch all the Doors of the Temple fly open.”

–The Kybalion.

These are the Seven Principles of Hermes:
 
1) Mentalism — “Everything is mental; the Universe is a mental creation of the All.”

2) Correspondence — “As above so below; as below so above; as within so without; as without so within.”

3) Vibration — “Nothing rests; everything moves; everything vibrates.”

4) Polarity — “Everything is dual; everything has poles; everything has its pair of opposites; opposites are identical in nature, but different in degree; extremes meet; all truths are but half truths.”

5) 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) Cause and Effect — “Every cause has its effect; every effect has its cause; everything happens according to the law; chance is but the name for a law not recognized; there are many planes of causation, but nothing escapes the law.”

7) Gender : “Gender is in everything; everything has its masculine and feminine principles; gender manifests on all planes.”