As Above So Below

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About As Above So Below

"These words circulate throughout occult and magical circles, and they come from Hermetic texts. The concept was first laid out in The Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus, in the words "That which is Below corresponds to that which is Above, and that which is Above, corresponds to that which is Below, to accomplish the miracles of the One Thing"
In accordance with the various levels of reality: physical, mental, and spiritual, this relates that what happens on any level happens on every other. This is however more often used in the sense of the microcosm and the macrocosm. The microcosm is oneself, and the macrocosm is the universe. The macrocosm is as the microcosm, and vice versa; within each lies the other, and through understanding one (usually the microcosm) you can understand the other.
It should be noted that this Principle of Correspondence is an ancient recognition of the contemporary idea of Self-similarity as expressed in fractal geometry. Limiting the concept to that of a correspondence between a micro- and macrocosm is an artifact of interpretation that entered the European usage of the concept in the Middle Ages and reflected the inability of Europeans to divine the more general meaning. It was not until the emergence of fractal geometry that Western peoples rediscovered the deeper truth of the Principle of Correspondence."
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