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7-Seven Hermetic Principles Explained
The Governing Universal Principles
“There are seven Hermetic principles; he who knows these,
understandingly, possesses the Magic Key before whose touch all the Doors of the Temple fly open.”
The Seven Hermetic Principles, upon which the entire Hermetic Philosophy is based, are as follows:
These are the seven hermetic principles explained with the meaning behind them.
1. The Principle of Mentalism — First Hermetic Principle
“THE ALL IS MIND; The Universe is Mental.”
This First Among the Seven Hermetic Principles embodies the truth that “All is Mind.” It explains that THE ALL (which is the Substantial Reality underlying all the outward manifestations and appearances which we know under the terms of “The Material Universe”; the “Phenomena of Life”; “Matter”; “Energy”; and, in short, all that is apparent to our material senses) is SPIRIT which in itself is UNKNOWABLE and UNDEFINABLE, but which may be considered and thought of as AN UNIVERSAL, INFINITE, LIVING MIND.
It also explains that all the phenomenal world or universe is simply a Mental Creation of THE ALL, subject to the Laws of Created Things and that the universe, as a whole, and in its parts or units, has its existence in the Mind of THE ALL, in which Mind we “live and move and have our being.”
This Principle, by establishing the Mental Nature of the Universe, easily explains all of the varied mental and psychic phenomena that occupy such a large portion of the public attention, and which, without such explanation, are non-understandable and defy scientific treatment. An understanding of this great First of the Seven Hermetic Principles deals with Mentalism enables the individual to readily grasp the laws of the Mental Universe, and to apply the same to his well-being and advancement.
The Hermetic Student is enabled to apply intelligently the great Mental Laws, instead of using them in a haphazard manner. With the Master-Key in his possession, the…
