The Seven Hermetic Keys

I have learned a lot in the last 3 years but there are seven things no man can do without. They are the seven hermetic principles, keys if you will, of life. They are not based on religion or belief. Philosophy has far from ever been a belief system. Atrue philosopher, a lover of knowledge, cares not what someone believes. If anything the one thing we “believe in” is the acquiring and proper application of knowledge and wisdom in order to help our fellow man do the same. The keys I give you here will open many doors on the path to wisdom, read them and learn. Believe or not but read.

The Principle of Mentalism-
This principle embodies the fact that all of existence is mental. Most of us already realize in our hearts that there is an omnipotent, infinite, invisible force that guides everything in the universe. What you personally call this entity is not of our concern right now. The important thing to note here is that for anything at all to truly be infinite nothing can be added to it, nothing can be subtracted from it, and nothing can exists outside of itself; for if anything did or was then how could this force be infinite? That is the point; if this entity is infinite we can only exist in its mind and that is the key.

The Principle of Correspondence-
“As above so below, as below so above,” I’m sure many of us have heard this old axiom before. There is much wisdom in these words for everything in life follows this law as well as all other laws. This principle explains that there is always a correspondence with the laws and phenomena of the different planes of being and life. Whether it be an atom, a cell, an entity, a solar system, a galaxy; all laws and phenomena correspond. Just like the atom has a nucleus and orbiting bodies which make it up so does a man have his brain and his organs, so does the solar system have a sun and its planets, so does a galaxy have its center and its stars…

The Principle of Vibration-
This principle tells us that everything is in motion, everything vibrates, nothing is at rest; facts which modern science already believes and that each new discovery tend to verify. This principle explains that the difference between different states of matter, energy, mind and even spirit, result largely from the varying frequencies of vibrations.

The Principle of Polarity-
Everything is dual in nature. Everything has its poles. Bad and good, dark and light, dull and sharp, hate and love; they are all just different aspects of the same things. Look at your thermometer and tell me if you can show me where cold ends and where hot begins.

The Principle of Rhythm-
There is manifest in everything, a measured motion, back and forth, flow and inflow, a high-tide and low, a pendulum movement. This law is responsible for the rise and fall of nations, night and day, the tides, our seemingly equal accounts of depression and happiness in our lives, and it is manifest in everything else as well. The hermetic master polarizes himself at the point which he desires to rest and then neutralizes the rhythmic swing of the pendulum that would normally carry him to the other pole.

The Principle of Cause and Effect-
Every effect has its cause, every cause its effect. There is no chance, everything happens according to law.

The Principle of Gender-
This principle embodies the truth that there is gender manifest in everything. This is true not only of the physical but the mental and spiritual as well. On the physical plane it manifests itself as sex. On higher planes it takes higher forms but the principle is still the same.

What does this all lead to, you might ask. What am I to do with this knowledge? First and foremost, know them because they will prove of inestimable value to the serious student.

“Remember, that which exists is only another form of that which exists not. Everything that has being is passing into yet another being and thou thyself are no exception.” -The Emerald Tablets