As above, so below. As on earth, so it is in heaven. As within, so without. As it is so it is.
İki boyut arasından çekilen bilgi ve büyüsüz dünya için yaratılan büyü. Belki cennet, belki evren. Açılan cep ve içinden akan bilgi. Zümrüt levha, belki de yeşil jasper, bazen karnımı ağrıtıyor.
Quod est Inferius est sicut quod est Superius, et quod est Superius est sicut quod est Inferius, ad perpetranda Miracula Rei Unius.
Whatever is below is similar to that which is above. Through this the marvels of the work of one thing are procured and perfected…
…separate the earth from the fire, the subtle and thin from the crude and course, prudently, with modesty and wisdom.
This ascends from the earth into the sky and again descends from the sky to the earth, and receives the power and efficacy of things above and of things below.
By this means you will acquire the glory of the whole world, and so you will drive away all shadows and blindness.
The three shields together indicate
Sal, Sulphur and Mercurium.
The Sal hath been one Corpus that Is the very last one in the Art.
The Sulphur henceforth is the soul
Without which the body can do nothing.
Mercurius is the spirit of power, Holding together both body and soul, Therefore it is called a medium
Since whatever is made without it hath no stability.
For soul and body could not die Should spirit also be with them.
And soul and spirit could not be Unless they had a body to dwell in, And no power had body or spirit If the soul did not accompany them.
…and by this means it acquireth the virtue and power of all things above, the subtilty, purity, penetrative activity of fire, light, heaven and things below, the fluidness, fixedness and capableness of all influences, which the lower elements of Earth and Water have.