Editing Seven Hermetic Principles

The 7 Hermetic Principles were made popular by a book titled ''The Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece'' which was published in 1908. The author was listed only as "Three Initiates", and the contents of the book are supposed to be based on the teachings of Hermes Trismegistus.

===Hermes Trismegistus===
His name can be translated as "Hermes the Thrice-Greatest". While his identity is still up for debate, many believe he is a combination of the Greek god [[Hermes]] and the Egyptian god [[Thoth]]. 

His writings are heavily regarded in the areas of alchemy, astrology, and magic, and have spawned several religious orders based on "Hermeticism", such as the [[Order of the Golden Dawn]] (whose initiates included people such as Aleister Crowley, William Butler Yeats, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and A.E. Waite), and [[Rosicrucianism]].   


==The Principle of Mentalism==
''"The All is Mind; the Universe is Mental."''


==The Principle of Correspondence==
''"As above, so below; as below, so above.”'' 


==The Principle of Vibration==
''"Nothing rests; everything moves; everything vibrates."''


==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."''

==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."''

==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."''

==The Principle of Gender==
''"Gender is in everything; everything has its masculine and feminine principles; gender manifests on all planes."''





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