As Above, So Below: Hermetic Principle of Correspondence

A divine figure stands in still water under a glowing moon and starry sky, their reflection mirroring them below—symbolizing the Hermetic balance between the heavens and the earth.

🪞The Principle of Reflection: As Above, So Below

From the Archives of the Temple of Rungardvik

In the days when the veil between worlds was thinner, the elders taught that all things—gods, men, runes, and stars—were bound by a single law: the Hermetic principle of correspondence. The Hermetic sages called it “As above, so below; as within, so without.” The Norse and Slavs knew it by other names, yet its meaning was the same: that creation mirrors itself in every realm.

The Runes are the fragments of this law. Each rune holds the pattern of a greater force—a vibration drawn from the bones of the earth, yet echoing the order of the heavens. To learn them is to listen to the voice of the cosmos speaking through the language of stone, wood, and breath. When one aligns with a rune, one aligns with the rhythm of divine truth, for the below reflects the above.

The Sigil of Solomon, known among the wanderers as the Seal of Heaven, is the geometry of the All. Two interwoven triangles—one pointing upward, one downward—bind the powers of ascent and descent, matter and spirit, feminine and masculine. Where these forces meet lies the still center, the heart of creation itself. It is whispered among the keepers that when the runes at last sing in harmony, the Sigil shall stir once more—a quiet light bridging what was long divided, its meaning known only to those who walk between worlds.

Thus are Milena and David drawn by the same invisible current: she through the runes that rise from the earth, he through the Sigil that descends from the stars. One seeks through intuition, the other through knowledge, yet both walk the same spiral path toward the key to creation.

This is the Great Work of the ages. Through purification, refinement, and transformation, the mortal reflects the immortal, and the cosmos beholds its image in the soul of humankind. When the final rune meets the eternal Sigil, the mirror will be made whole again, and the old truth will resound:

“As above, so below. As within, so without. That which is One shall be known in all things.”

And so the Temple keeps its vigil. The runes whisper, the stars answer, and those who listen with a steady heart may yet hear the pulse of the One through all things. For the mirror is not broken, only veiled—and when the veil is lifted, creation shall know itself again in the gaze of its reflection.