Verba Secretorum Hermetis

Verba Secretorum Hermetis

Verum, sine mendacio certum et verissimum, quod est inferius, est sicut quod est superius, et quod est superius, est sicut quod est inferius: ad perpetranda miracula rei unius. Et sicut omnes res fuerunt ab uno, meditatione unius; sic omnes res natae fuerunt ab hac una re, adaptatione.
Her father is the sun, her mother the moon, brought the wind in her abdomen: her nurse is the earth. The father of every perfection of the whole world is here. Its power is entire. If it will have been versed in the earth, you'll separate the earth from the fire.
Ascendit a terra in coelum, iterumque descendit in terram, et recipit uim superiorum et inferiorum. Sic habebis gloriam totius mundi.