💎 The Emerald Tablet of Hermes

Verum, sine mendacio, certum et verissimum

True, without falsehood, certain and most true

Quod est inferius est sicut quod est superius, et quod est superius est sicut quod est inferius

That which is below is like that which is above, and that which is above is like that which is below

Et sicut omnes res fuerunt ab uno, meditatione unius

And as all things have been arose from one by the mediation of one

Pater ejus est sol, mater ejus luna

Its father is the sun, its mother the moon

Portavit illud ventus in ventre suo

The wind carried it in its belly

Nutrix ejus terra est

The earth is its nurse

Pater omnis telesmi totius mundi est hic

The father of all perfection in the whole world is here

Vis ejus integra est, si versa fuerit in terram

Its force or power is entire if it be converted into earth

Separabis terram ab igne, subtile a spisso, suaviter cum magno ingenio

Separate the earth from the fire, the subtle from the gross, sweetly with great industry

Ascendit a terra in coelum, iterumque descendit in terram

It ascends from the earth to the heaven and again descends to the earth

Et recipit vim superiorum et inferiorum

And receives the force of things superior and inferior

Sic habebis gloriam totius mundi

So you will have the glory of the whole world

Ideo fugiat a te omnis obscuritas

Therefore all obscurity shall flee from you

Hic est totius fortitudinis fortitudo fortis

This is the strong force of all force