First appears referenced in early medieval Arabic sources (Late 8th/early 9th century) in The Book of Causes
Foundational to AlchemyAlchemy
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A translation of the tablet by Isaac NewtonIsaac Newton
The Occult Studies of Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation united the heavens with the earth
Newton proposed that white light was the combination of all colors
was found among his alchemical papers. Here is his translation of the text:
Tis true without lying, certain and most true.
That which is below is like that which is above and that which is above is like that which is below
to do the miracle of one only thing
And as all things have been and arose from one by the mediation of one: so all things have their birth from this one thing by adaptation.
The Sun is its father, the moon its mother,
the wind hath carried it in its belly, the earth is its nurse.
The father of all perfection in the whole world is here.
Its force or power is entire if it be converted into earth.
Separate thou the earth from the fire,
the subtle from the gross
sweetly with great industry.
It ascends from the earth to the heaven and again it descends to the earth
and receives the force of things superior and inferior.
By this means you shall have the glory of the whole world and thereby all obscurity shall fly from you.
Its force is above all force,
for it vanquishes every subtle thing and penetrates every solid thing.
So was the world created.
From this are and do come admirable adaptations where of the means is here in this.
Hence I am called Hermes Trismegist, having the three parts of the philosophy of the whole world.
That which I have said of the operation of the Sun is accomplished and ended.
This is the first known source for the second principle of HermeticismHermeticism
Emerges in popularity in 2nd century with the the Corpus Hermeticum although some scholars have dated Hermetic texts as far back as 500 bc. Sir Flinders Petrie claims the texts could be dated to 50...
That which is below is like that which is above and that which is above is like that which is below
As Above, So below- As below, so aboveAs Above, So below- As below, so above
Refers to the principle of correspondence from The Seven Hermetic Principles
This principle was first mentioned on The Emerald Tablet an ancient hermetic text
The microcosm reflects the m...
Foundational To Magic, Alchemy and Hermeticism
Nothing surpasses and nothing equals as a summary of all the doctrines of the old world the few sentences engraved on a precious stone by Hermes and known as the 'emerald tablet'… it is all of magic on a single page
– Eliphas LeviEliphas Levi
, The History of Magic