The Principle of Correspondence
Published: May 27, 2022Edited: June 16, 2022
The second of the Hermetic Principles.
As Above, So Below; As Within, So Without; As the Universe, So the Soul…
This principle relates to the Strange Loop in a sense. At the level of pattern (id est the spiritual plane) the creature reflects the structure of creation. One is shaped by their environment, naturally; though that begs the question of: What is the environment?
Reality is nested, a creature is a function of its environment, but its environment