The conceptual framework

The Seven Hermetic Principles

A map for studying mind, relationship, movement, contrast, cycles, consequence, and generation.

Seven Principles wheel infographic
01

The Principle of Mentalism

Reality is fundamentally mental; experience is shaped through consciousness, attention, and interpretation.

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02

The Principle of Correspondence

Relationships found on one level can illuminate another: “As above, so below; as below, so above.”

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03

The Principle of Vibration

Nothing rests absolutely; differences often emerge from rate, rhythm, intensity, and state.

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04

The Principle of Polarity

Many apparent opposites are differences of degree within the same underlying category.

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05

The Principle of Rhythm

Systems exhibit recurring movement: advance and retreat, expansion and contraction, effort and recovery.

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06

The Principle of Cause and Effect

Every effect has causes, and every cause produces effects within conditions too complex to see completely.

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07

The Principle of Gender

The Kybalion describes complementary projective and receptive functions involved in creation and development.

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