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

(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

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