Seven Hermetic Principles

The Principle of:

I. MENTALISM
THE ALL is MIND; The Universe is Mental.

II. CORRESPONDENCE
As above, so below; as below, so above.

III. VIBRATION
Nothing rests; everything moves; everything vibrates.

IV. 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.

V. RHYTHM or Cycles
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.

VI. 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.

VII. GENDER
Gender is in everything; everything has its Masculine and Feminine Principles; Gender manifests on all planes.