"It is true, without falsehood, certain and most true: that which is below is like that which is above, and that which is above is like that which is below."

From the hidden libraries of antiquity to the secret chambers of medieval alchemists, two legendary texts have endured through the ages—whispering of the unity of all things, the perfection of nature, and the transmutation of both metal and soul. The Emerald Tablet and The Mirror of Alchimy, attributed to the mythical sage Hermes Trismegistus, stand as foundational pillars of the Hermetic and alchemical traditions.

Though brief in form, The Emerald Tablet of Hermes is a work of immense depth. Encoded within its few lines is a complete cosmology: the eternal interplay between spirit and matter, heaven and earth, the visible and the unseen. Its famed principle—"As above, so below"—remains one of the most enduring maxims of esoteric philosophy. Through this lens, the universe becomes a living mirror, reflecting divine order in every drop of water, every flame, every star, and every human soul. The Tablet is not merely read—it is meditated upon, revealing deeper meanings to those with eyes to see.

Complementing the mystical abstraction of the Tablet, The Mirror of Alchimy offers a more direct yet equally symbolic journey into the secret art of transformation. First printed in English in 1597, it was one of the earliest alchemical manuals available to the Western world. Beneath its surface lies the classic roadmap of the Magnum Opus—the alchemist’s Great Work—unfolding through stages of purification, dissolution, and perfection. The Mirror describes the creation of the fabled Elixir or Philosopher’s Stone, a substance said to heal disease, transmute base metals into gold, and awaken the divine within.

"The true Philosophers have written that the matter of the Philosophers’ Stone is a certain thing which is vile and of small price, which yet being rightly prepared... will become a most precious Medicine."