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The Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus

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There are many translations of the Emerald Tablet saying in many different ways the idea of this process of the Solar Work. While this version does not have anything new, this version is the translation which is being studied from here. This version was compiled from the many versions and translations found in books and online.

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The Emerald Tablet

The Secret Works of Chiram, one in essence, but three in aspect.

This is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

That which is Below corresponds to that which is above, and that which is above corresponds to that which is below, to accomplish the wonders of the one thing. As all things were produced by the mediation of one being, so all things were produced from this one by adaptation.

Its father is the Sun, its mother is the Moon. The wind carried it in his belly. Earth is its nurse and its guardian. It is the father of all 'works of wonder' in the world. Its power is complete. Here, on earth, its strength, its power remain one and undivided.

Separate the earth from the fire, the subtle from the gross, acting prudently and with judgment. It rises from Earth and descends from Heaven; it gathers to itself the strength of all things above and all things below.

Thus you will possess the light of the whole world. All obscurity will flee from you. It is force above all force, for it overcomes all subtle things, and penetrates all solid things.

Thus was the world created. From it are born many wonders, and the means to achieving which are here given in this pattern.

Therefore I am called Hermes, because I have three parts of the wisdom of the whole world. This is the sum total of the work of the Sun.

Sources:

1. http://www.sacred-texts.com/alc/emerald.htm

2. The Secret Teachings Of All Ages by Manly P. Hall

3. The Emerald Tablet by D.W. Hauck