The Seven Hermetic Principles

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.

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 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 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."