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PRINCIPLES OF NATURAL LAW
"The Principles of Truth are Seven; he who knows these, understandingly, possesses the Magic Key before whose touch all the Doors of the Temple fly open."
— THE KYBALION
THE 7 HERMETIC PRINCIPLES
The word 'principle' is derived from the Latin noun principia which means "first/foremost/most necessary." In other words, that which is most important. Natural Law is expressed through seven basic underlying principles (plus an eighth "lost" principle which binds the others together). These constitute a "Master Key" through which universal wisdom is unveiled.
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These are the seven hermetic principles of Natural Law:
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1. Mentalism – All is Mind; the Universe is Mental.
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Thoughts lead to the manifestation of all things and events in Creation. Thoughts create our state of existence and the quality of our experience here on Earth. Therefore, be responsible for everything you create by being responsible for everything you think.
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2. Correspondence – As Above, So Below. As Within, So Without.
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That which is above is like to that which is below, and that which is below is like to that which is above. The Macrocosm (the totality) and the Microcosm (the individual units of consciousness which comprise the whole) are reflections of each other. The universe is self-similar across all scales.
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3. Vibration – Nothing is stationary; everything gives off light or sound.
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Nothing rests, everything moves. At the most fundamental level, the universe and everything that comprises it is pure vibratory energy manifesting itself in different ways. The universe has no "solidity" as such; it is 'holographic.' Matter is merely energy in a state of vibration.
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4. Polarity – Everything comes in pairs and has its polar opposite.
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Everything is dual. Everything has poles. Everything has its opposite. Opposites are identical in nature, but different in degree (e.g. hot and cold are seemingly opposites, but cold is simply the absence of heat energy). At some level of reality, all things that seem contradictory may be reconciled.
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5. Rhythm – All is ebb and flow; action - reaction, advance - recoil, etc.
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Everything flows; out and in, in and out. Everything has its tides. All things rise and fall. The pendulum swing manifests in everything. The measure of the swing to the right is the measure of the swing to the left. Rhythm compensates.
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6. Cause & Effect – Everything happens according to Natural Law.
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Every cause has its effect, and every effect has its cause. Everything happens according to Law. Chance is but a name for Law not recognized. There are many planes of causation, but nothing escapes the Law. There is no free will to ignore Law without consequence, and that is the limit of free will. This is why Natural Law is sometimes referred to as Consequentialism.
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7. Gender – Animate or inanimate, everything has its male and female properties.
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Gender is in everything, and manifests on all planes. Biological sex is the expression of Gender in the physical domain, but both masculine and feminine qualities exist simultaneously within everyone and everything. For example, the Left-Brain can be considered as Masculine (logic, linear and analytical thought, etc) and the Right-Brain can be considered as Feminine (creativity, compassion, nurture, intuition, etc).
THE 8TH PRINCIPLE
The dynamic of Care is the 8th (or "lost") Principle. It is that which you actually care enough about to do, to spend your time on, to pay attention to, and to manifest into reality. What we care about on a day-to-day basis acts as the driving force of our thoughts and actions. Care is whatever you give your attention to and help to grow. This doesn't mean you shouldn't care for any negative things happening in the world because you think that will feed into it. If that happens, only ignorance is being fed into it. By ignoring the negative you are ensuring that more of it will occur.
Care can be seen as the ultimate generator of the quality of our experience of life. Hence, we call Care the Generative Principle. True Care is created in our hearts. This principle encapsulates all seven other principles. If you look at the seven circles that form the Seed Of Life (the symbol above), the eighth added circle forms the outer shell. Without this shell present and intact, the creative (generative) essence of the seed will be lost.
What we as conscious beings need to develop are heart, mind, and guts... in that order. We must care enough to know, and then act accordingly to that understood knowledge. All three must be in place to gain unity consciousness – unifying our Thoughts, Emotions and Actions.
In many ancient traditions they spoke of the "life force" being in the blood. Contrary to established "science" (which is dogmatic and atheistic), the heart isn't a pump. It's a wide muscle that is wrapped around itself which expands and contracts as the blood gets pulled through it via two vortices. It's a magnetic phenomena. Like I said earlier, the heart has an even bigger electro-magnetic field than the brain, and this is why. Modern-day "science" will not embrace this. It wants to see the body as just a biological machine, and the heart as just some physical mechanism when it's far more than that.
Besides its biological function, it's a generator of energy that expands outside of the body (about six feet) and interacts with others. That's a huge reason why people were instructed to remain six feet apart or isolated at home during the "pandemic." It wasn't about health and safety, it was about severing our connection between each other, to weaken our care for each other, so that we'd be easier to control.
So, as important as the brain is, the heart is ultimately generating the experience. What we care about becomes what we think about, and therefore, how we behave. That which we care enough to put our will behind is ultimately what gets created in our world.
The reason the world is in the state it's in today is because most people do not care enough (even if they say they want things to be different) to change it through their behavior. While there are agendas and manipulative tactics used to maintain that lack of care, we still have Free Will to override that programming. We can willfully choose to activate our Care and change the world.
As always, freedom begins within.
For a more in-depth examination of the 7 Principles of Natural Law, check out The Kybalion by Three Initiates. It is not an ancient text, but that doesn't discount its importance. It still serves as a means of helping new students rediscover these teachings and delve deeper into much older works.
You can read an online version here:
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Listen to the audio book here: