Spiritual Tradition

Hermetic

As above, so below — the great work of inner alchemy

History

The Western esoteric current attributed to Hermes Trismegistus (legendary, possibly synthesizing Greek and Egyptian wisdom of the 1st–3rd centuries CE). Through the Corpus Hermeticum, the Emerald Tablet, and Renaissance figures like Marsilio Ficino, it carries forward principles of correspondence, mentalism, and inner alchemy.

As above, so below

Mentalism

Correspondence

Vibration

Inner alchemy

Sages & Mystics of this Tradition

Hermes Trismegistus

Hermes Trismegistus is a legendary Hellenistic figure, a syncretic combination of the Greek god Hermes and the Egyptian god Thoth. He is considered the author of the Hermetica, a collection of philoso

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Voices from this Tradition

That which is below is like that which is above, and that which is above is like that which is below, to do the miracles of one only thing.

— Hermes Trismegistus

True knowledge comes from within.

— Hermes Trismegistus

The beginning of wisdom is the desire to learn.

— Hermes Trismegistus

The greatest illusion is the illusion of separation.

— Hermes Trismegistus

All is duality; all is measured in degrees.

— Hermes Trismegistus

Devotion to the divine opens the heart.

— Hermes Trismegistus