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as above, so below

as above, so below phrase: what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels; the microcosm and macrocosm behave alike.

Phrase

as above, so below

  1. What happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels; the microcosm and macrocosm behave alike.

Origin of as above, so below

The concept was first laid out in the Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus: "That which is Below corresponds to that which is Above, and that which is Above, corresponds to that which is Below, to accomplish the miracles of the One Thing."

Questions about as above, so below

What does as above, so below mean?
As above, so below means what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels; the microcosm and macrocosm behave alike.
What part of speech is as above, so below?
As above, so below is a phrase.

Words near as above, so below in the dictionary

  1. as a motherfucker
  2. as a mug
  3. as a result
  4. as a rule
  5. as a whole
  6. as above, so below
  7. as against
  8. as all fuck
  9. as all get out
  10. as all get-out
  11. as all hell

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