as above, so below

English

Etymology

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."

Phrase

as above, so below

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

Translations

what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels

• Czech: jak nahoře, tak dole
• Esperanto: kiel supre, tiel malsupre
• Greek: όπως πάνω, έτσι και κάτω (ópos páno, étsi kai káto)
• Hungarian: ahogy fent, úgy lent
• Italian: come in alto, così in basso
• Latin: quod est superius est sicut quod est inferius
• Polish: co jest wyżej, jest jak to, co jest niżej
• Portuguese: como em cima, assim embaixo, como é em cima, assim é embaixo
• Spanish: como arriba, así abajo
• Turkish: Yukarıda nasılsa, aşağıda da öyledir.
• Yiddish: ווי אויבן (vi oybn), אַזוי אונטן (azoy untn)
• Zazaki: cor senino se cêr zi wuniyo, asmin zi zey erdiyo