Hermetic Principles

The Principle of Correspondence

This principle teaches us that “As above, so below. As within, so without.” We do exist on all planes—the astral/spiritual, energetic, and physical—so this principle is a lesson in perspective. When most authors try to explain this “lesson

of perspective,” often you will read a riff about holograms, which, I confess, makes me lose whatever is left of my mind.

Holograms? Please.

You’ll have to look within to learn more.

This was when I connected with a line from The Charge of the Goddess: “If that which you seek you find not within yourself, you will never find it without,” which is just another way of saying “As within, so without.” It is all about how

you perceive it. I had to find that answer by looking within before I could find it without—a “light bulb” moment.

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