THE EMERALD TABLET OF
HERMES TRIMEGISTUS
True, without falsehood, certain and most true, that which is above is as that which
is below, and that which is below is as that which is above, for the performance of
the miracles of the One Thing. And as all things are from One, by the mediation of
One, so all things have their birth from this One Thing by adaptation. The Sun is its
father, the Moon its mother, and the Wind carries it in its belly, its nurse is the Earth.
This is the father of all perfection, or consummation of the whole world. Its power is
integrating, if it be turned into earth. Thou shalt separate the earth from the fire,
the subtle from the gross, suavely, and with great ingenuity. It ascends from earth
to heaven and descends again to earth, and receives the power of the superiors and
of the inferiors. So thou hast the glory of the whole world; therefore let all obscurity
flee before thee. This is the strong force of all forces, overcoming every subtle and
penetrating every solid thing. So the world was created. Hence were all wonderful
adaptations, of which this is the manner. Therefore am I called Hermes
Trismegistus, having the three parts of the philosophy of the whole world. What I
have to tell is completed, concerning the Operation of the Sun
