Seven Hermetic Principles, Kybalion.

A central concept in the book / Kybalion / is that there are 'Seven Hermetic Principles, upon which the entire Hermetic philosophy is based'.


These are:

1. The principle of mentalism.

'The All is Mind; the Universe is Mental.'


2. The principle of correspondence.

'As above, so below; as below, so above'.

This principle embodies the truth that there is always a correspondence between the laws and phenomena of the various planes of being and life.


3. The principle of vibration.

'Nothing rests; everything moves; everything vibrates'


4. The principle of polarity.

'Everything is dual; everything has poles; everything has its pair of opposites; like and unlike are the same; opposites are identical in nature, but different in degree; extremes meet; all truths are but half-truths; all paradoxes may be reconciled'.


5. The principle of rhythm.

'Everything flows, out and in; everything has its tides; all things rise and fall; the pendulum-swing manifests in everything; the measure of the swing to the right is the measure of the swing to the left; rhythm compensates'.


6. The principle of cause and effect.

'Every cause has its effect; every effect has its cause; everything happens according to law; chance is but a name for law not recognized; there are many planes of causation, but nothing escapes the law".


7. The principle of gender.

'Gender is in everything; everything has its masculine and feminine principles; gender manifests on all planes'.


Sources:
> [ 'Kybalion' on Wikipedia ],
> [ 'The Principles of Truth are Seven' on Magic Expression ].