7 Principles of Hermes

Mentalism: The idea that "The All is Mind; the Universe is Mental." Everything you experience is an interpretation of your mind, and your thoughts shape your reality. (This does not mean that the universe is mental, or a mind! It merely means that your personal knowledge of the universe is all you can know.)

Correspondence: A concept expressed as "As above, so below; as below, so above," suggesting a connection between different levels of reality. 

Vibration: "Nothing rests, everything moves, everything vibrates." All things in the universe exist in a state of motion and vibration. 

Polarity: Everything is dual and has poles. Opposites are identical in nature but different in degree, and extremes meet. 

Rhythm: Everything has a rhythm or cycle that governs its flow, rise and fall, and tides. This is seen in the pendulum swing of all things.

 

Cause and Effect: Every cause has an effect, and every effect has a cause. Nothing happens by chance; all things happen according to law. 

Gender: Gender exists in everything, with both masculine and feminine principles present on all planes of existence. --from The Kybalion, 1908