The Principle of Correspondence
As Above So below, As Within so without.
The second Hermetic Axiom, Found in the Egyptian Emerald tablet, it is among the seven hermetic principles.
What does As Above, So Below mean?
What is above us assimilates similar characteristics as what is below us, the sky, and the contents, within is considered to be as above that is to say the stars, suns, planets, galaxies, milky way and the Universe itself is ‘Above Us’, on the other hand the earth and its contents is considered to be what is below us, which includes all life forms, and inorganic matter is considered as what is ‘so below ’.
As Within, So Without
We all have our ‘inner-selves’ and outer selves ‘Feminine nature represents the inner side and masculine representing the outer’, even though for those with clear vision it is one wholeness. What is considered to be within is our emotions/feelings, ‘spiritual nature’ and Mind, that is one angle of looking at it, while when we look on the material form we see that ‘inner-Universe’ is composed of smaller particles from ; you can read more about as within so without .
· The living cells going downward to DNA molecules, atoms, electrons , sub-atomic particles and so on, however since we haven’t been able to explore further into depth the rest will be considered as theories such as string theories, because for this current time we don’t have any scientific equipment to explore deeper than that.
*This also is considered an inner life, One must realize that our thoughts, emotions and most inner desires operates in this realm of existence of the finer particles, even thoughts are also a form of matter composed of very fine particles undetected by human eyes, we can’t see radio waves but we can at least know they travel from one distance to another and can be blocked as well which signifies that they are in a way matter.
The outer part of us consists of many layers which are mainly visible elements ‘Masculine nature’, the smallest particle a human eye (without the use of microscope or telescope) can perceive about the size of speck of dust or the tip of the hair, and the largest a human eye can perceive is about the same size as well the star (which is about the speck of dust too) all this are within the visible spectrum ;
The principle of correspondence
There is always a relationship between the material, mental and spiritual nature, what manifests in the material level is only the results or the shadow of what is happening in the mental and spiritual level, this is to say human technological inventions and advancements is only the result of the growth of human consciousness, as we strive to better ourselves within so will our environments and our healthy improve, it is never the other way round, trying to improve the external is merely covering the real cause of the problem, if you want to acquire better knowledge you must work on your mind, you must improve your ways of thinking where you can combine knowledge and imagination to create something tangible, and not just gain knowledge.
The Physical Manifestation – As Within so Without, As Above so Below
The manifestation of our physical environment is the reflection of the inner world, this is to say what you think or feel within yourself germinates as a seed and manifests later. Of coarse it is not as simple as that as there are many things to consider before things manifests, you can read more about it on the greatest manifestation principle.
Similarities between Microcosms and the cosmos
First of all when we start from the small particles such as Atom, molecules and try to relate it to the large heavenly bodies we find out that there are similarities within them,
- They both revolves around either larger bodies or the ones with stronger forces,
- Going a little closer we find that on earth we have days and nights and seasons of the year, if our planet was revolving around the sun on a perfect circle there would never be such thing as seasons of the year, if it wasn’t revolving around its own axis there would never be days and nights, and this changes everything, with that life can be sustained in the planet.
- As for now the cell phone industry have reach its peak because almost everyone owns a mobile phone, but looking deeper into this it is not that the mobile phones were only invented for the sake of having mobile phones, but they came about as a result of high demand of distant communication, and it is by this high demand that mobile phones manifested.
Related Links:
Wikipedia; As Above So Below Explained
As Above So Below in Numerology
