Phrase guide

as above, so below

phrase · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Meaning 1

What happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels; the microcosm and macrocosm behave alike.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: lifestyle, occultism, religion

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History

Etymology

The concept was first laid out in the Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus: "That which is Below corresponds to that which is Above, and that which is Above, corresponds to that which is Below, to accomplish the miracles of the One Thing."

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: jak nahoře, tak dole — what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels
  • Esperanto: kiel supre, tiel malsupre — what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels
  • French: ce qui est en haut est comme ce qui est en bas — what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels
  • Greek: όπως πάνω, έτσι και κάτω (ópos páno, étsi kai káto) — what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels
  • Hungarian: ahogy fent, úgy lent — what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels
  • Italian: come in alto, così in basso — what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels
  • Latin: quod est superius est sicut quod est inferius — what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels
  • Polish: jak wyżej, tak niżej — what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels
  • Portuguese: como em cima, assim embaixo — what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels
  • Portuguese: como é em cima, assim é embaixo — what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels
  • Spanish: como arriba, así abajo — what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels
  • Turkish: Yukarıda nasılsa, aşağıda da öyledir. — what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels
  • Yiddish: ווי אויבן (vi oybn) — what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels
  • Yiddish: אַזוי אונטן (azoy untn) — what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels
  • Zazaki: cor senino se cêr zi wuniyo — what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels
  • Zazaki: asmin zi zey erdiyo — what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels