Hermetic Consciousness Research Support | As Above So Below Studies"As above, so below; as below, so above." The first principle of the Emerald Tablet encodes the correspondence between macrocosm and microcosm. What happens in the stars mirrors what happens in the soul. About This Design The Hermetic axiom from the Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus is the foundation of all Western esoteric thought. Manly P. Hall traced this principle through alchemy, astrology, Kabbalah, and Rosicrucianism, showing how every