The Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus
- This is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth:—
- As below, so above; and as above so below. With this knowledge alone you may work miracles.
- And since all things exist in and emanates from the ONE Who is the ultimate Cause, so all things are born after their kind from this ONE.
- The Sun is the father, the Moon the mother.
- The wind carried it in its belly. Earth is its nurse and its guardian.
- It is the Father of all things, 6 a. the eternal Will is contained in it.
- Here, on earth its strength, its power remain one and undivided. 7 a. Earth must be separated from fire, the subtle from the dense, gently with unremitting care.
- It arises from the earth and descends from heaven; it gathers to itself the strength of things above and things below.
- By the means of this one thing all the glory of the world shall be yours and all obscurity flee from you.
- It is power, strong with the strength of all power, for it will penetrate all mysteries and dispel all ignorance.
- By it the world was created.
- From it are born manifold wonders, the means to achieving which are here given.
- It is for this reason that I am called Hermes Trismegistus; For I possess the three essentials of the philosophy of the universe.
- This is the sum total of the work of the Sun.
Fulcanelli translated by Sadoul 1972: 25-6
