Correspondence

As above, so below; as below, so above.

Patterns repeat across scales, and order is echoed in every plane.

That which is above is mirrored in that which is below; that which is below is mirrored in that which is above. This is not a shallow likeness, but a lawful relation of structure and proportion. The same ratios, cycles, and harmonies appear wherever life and matter unfold, whether in a star, a seed, or a thought. To study the small is to gain a key to the great; to study the great is to read the intent of the small. The principle of correspondence is a bridge across levels, enabling the mind to infer by analogy and to perceive unity where the eye perceives division. In sacred geometry, the same measures return as living proof: the form knows itself at every scale.

Keys

  • Scale is a mirror
  • Ratios recur
  • Analogy reveals law
  • Unity across levels

Practice

  • Compare a natural pattern at two scales and note what repeats.
  • Draw a simple form and enlarge it by a constant ratio.
Axioms and sequence follow The Kybalion (1908).