These seven Hermetic Laws are the basis of witchcraft.
1. The Law of Mentalism: The universe is mental, or mind. Mentalism means that "all the phenomenal world or universe is simply a Mental Creation of THE ALL...and that the universe...has its existance in the Mind Of The ALL.
2. The Law of correspondence: "As above, so below; as below, so above.This is one of the most important priciples of witchcraft because it reminds us the we live in more then one world. we live in the space-time coordinates that we perceive in the gross physical plane, but we also live in a spaceless-timeless realm independent of the physical universe.
To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.
3. Law of Vibration: Everything moves and vibrates with its own rate of vibration. Nothing is at rest. From solar systems to subatomic particals, everything is in motion. Matter is not passive or enert, but restless with rhythem and motion, it dances. All objects give off energy, vibrations and auras affect the minds and bodies of others and influence situations. We send messages and information by the energy we radiate.
4. Law of Polarity: Everything is dual, all truths are half-truths, everything contains its opposite; extreems meet; and every pair of opposites can be reconciled. Knowing this is the key to making the universe work for you instead of against you. (Kybalion) "Opposites are really only two extremes of the same thing with many varying degrees between them."
Be bent, and you will remain straight.
Be vacant, and you will remain full.
Be worn, and you will remain new.
5. The Law of Rhythem: The law of rhythem gives us an important insight into how these opposites move. They move in circles. Like waves in the ocean, the linear movement that appears to advance actually contains millions of individual drops of water turning in circles. Again a paradox of opposites. Things are not as they appear. Rhythem is measured motion between extremes, all opposites flow together and into each other, everything continually becoming its opposite.
6. Law of Gender: Everything has both a masculine and feminine components. This law is an important application of the law of Polarity. The Law of Gender is really about force of energy. In all things there is a receptive or feminine energy and a projective or masculine energy.
7. Law Of Cause And Effect: Nothing happens by chance; that for every effect, there is a cause, and that every cause is itself an effect of something else.