as above, so below

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What does as above, so below mean?

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

Where does as above, so below come from?

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."

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