The 7 Hermetic Principles

From The Kybalion by The Three Initiates

I. THE PRINCIPLE OF MENTALISM: “THE ALL is Mind; the Universe is mental.”

II. THE PRINCIPLE OF CORRESPONDENCE: “As above, so below; as below, so above.”

III. THE PRINCIPLE OF VIBRATION: “Nothing rests; everything moves; everything vibrates.”

IV. THE PRINCIPLE OF POLARITY: “Everything is Dual; everything has poles; everything has its pair of opposites.”

V. THE PRINCIPLE OF RHYTHM: “Everything flows, out and in; everything has its tides; all things rise and fall.”

VI. THE PRINCIPLE OF CAUSE AND EFFECT: “Every Cause has its Effect; every Effect has its Cause; everything happens according to Law.”

VII. THE PRINCIPLE OF GENDER: “Gender is in everything; everything has its Masculine and Feminine Principles; Gender manifests on all planes.”