A black and white painting of a man standing in front of a castle

Truth, without lying, certain and most true: What is below is like what is above, and what is above is like what is below, to perform the miracles of one thing. And just as all things were from one, the meditation of one, so all things were born from this one thing, adaptation. His father is the Sun. Its mother is the Moon, the Wind carried it in its womb, its nurse is the Earth. The father of all telesm [12] of the whole world is here. Its power is intact if it is turned to the ground. You will separate the earth from the fire, the fine from the thick, gently, with great skill. Therefore all darkness will flee from you. This is the strong strength of all strength, because it will conquer every subtle thing, and penetrate every solid thing. Thus the world was created. From here there will be wonderful adaptations, the mode of which is here. Therefore I was called Hermes Trismegistus, having the three parts of the philosophy of the whole world. What I said about the operation of the Sun is complete