as-above-so-below

Phrase

(occultism) What happens on one level of reality also happens on every other level; the microcosm and macrocosm behave alike.

Origin

The concept was first laid out in the Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus: "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."

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