Liber XII · Hermeticism
Chapter III
Correspondences
7 min readArcana Coelestia and Swedenborg's Doctrine of CorrespondencesSwedenborg's Arcana Coelestia (1749–56): his eight-volume inner reading of Genesis and Exodus and the doctrine of correspondences between nature and spirit.8 min readAs Above, So Below: Meaning and History of the Hermetic AxiomWhat does 'as above, so below' mean? The Hermetic axiom of the Emerald Tablet, its ancient roots, alchemical and Renaissance readings and modern uses.6 min readCorrespondences in Esotericism: Sympathy, Signatures and TablesThe doctrine of correspondences explained: cosmic sympathy, macrocosm and microcosm, chains of being, signatures, Agrippa's scales and Crowley's 777.7 min readRobert Fludd: Macrocosm, Microcosm and the Rosicrucian DefenceRobert Fludd (1574–1637) and his History of the Two Worlds (1617–21): the engraved macrocosm and microcosm, his Rosicrucian apologies and debates with Kepler.8 min readThe Doctrine of Signatures: Plants, Paracelsus and BoehmeThe doctrine of signatures explained: the belief that plants bear visible signs of their uses, from Paracelsus, Porta and Croll to Jacob Boehme and Coles.