Thousands of years before modern science, an ancient philosophical tradition articulated a set of principles describing how the universe operates. Known as Hermeticism — attributed to the legendary figure Hermes Trismegistus — these seven laws have resurfaced again and again throughout human history, finding echoes in quantum physics, psychology, and spiritual traditions worldwide.
They’re not just philosophy. They’re a practical framework for understanding your life and consciously shaping it.
1. The Principle of Mentalism
“The All is Mind; the Universe is Mental.”
Everything that exists originates in mind. Consciousness isn’t a product of the physical universe — consciousness is the medium through which the physical universe exists. Your thoughts are not passive reflections of reality. They are the raw material from which your reality is constructed. This is the foundation of everything High Phase stands for: positive thoughts create positive outcomes because thought is the first cause of all things.
2. The Principle of Correspondence
“As above, so below. As below, so above.”
The patterns of the cosmos are mirrored at every scale of existence. What happens in the macrocosm is reflected in the microcosm. What happens in your inner world corresponds to what manifests in your outer world. This is why changing your mind changes your life — because the inner and outer are not separate. They correspond.
3. The Principle of Vibration
“Nothing rests; everything moves; everything vibrates.”
Modern physics confirmed what the Hermetics knew millennia ago: matter is energy in motion, vibrating at different frequencies. Thoughts, emotions, physical objects — everything has a vibrational signature. Higher frequencies transmute lower ones. This is why elevating your mental and emotional state isn’t just personally beneficial — it’s a form of active participation in the universe’s fundamental operating system.
4. The Principle of Polarity
“Everything is dual; everything has poles; everything has its pair of opposites.”
Hot and cold are the same thing at different degrees. Love and fear are poles of the same spectrum. Light and dark. High and low. The principle of polarity teaches that opposites are not truly opposite — they are the extremes of the same continuum. This is powerful because it means you can move along that continuum. You can transmute fear into courage, scarcity thinking into abundance thinking, simply by shifting your position on the pole.
5. The Principle of Rhythm
“Everything flows, out and in; everything has its tides.”
Life moves in cycles. The pendulum swings. Seasons change. Moods rise and fall. The principle of rhythm teaches that these cycles are not random — they are natural and inevitable. The wise response is not to resist the swing but to learn to rise above it: to observe the rhythm without being fully swept by it. When the pendulum swings low, know that it must swing high again. Don’t make permanent decisions in temporary states.
6. The Principle of Cause and Effect
“Every cause has its effect; every effect has its cause.”
There are no coincidences. Every outcome has an origin. Every action produces a corresponding reaction. Understanding this principle transforms you from someone to whom things happen into someone who consciously generates the causes that produce the outcomes they want. You are always either the cause of your circumstances or the effect of someone else’s causes. Choose to be the cause.
7. The Principle of Gender
“Gender is in everything; everything has its masculine and feminine principles.”
This principle has nothing to do with biological sex. It describes the complementary creative forces present in all things: the active, generative, projective principle (masculine) and the receptive, gestating, creative principle (feminine). Both are necessary for creation. In your own mind, the masculine principle generates thoughts and intentions; the feminine principle receives them and gestates them into manifestation. Balance between action and receptivity, doing and being, is essential to creative power.
These seven principles aren’t abstract philosophy. They’re a map — one that has guided seekers for millennia toward a more conscious, intentional, and powerful way of living. Study them. Apply them. And notice how differently the world looks when you understand its underlying structure.
Positive thoughts create positive outcomes. The Hermetics knew this 3,000 years ago.
Wear the Principles
High Phase designs are built from the same philosophical tradition as the Hermetic principles — sacred geometry, metaphysical symbolism, and the belief that mind shapes matter.