Everything that has been created, the macrocosm as well as the microcosm, consequently the big and the small world have been achieved by the effect of the elements. Initiation Into Hermetics (1956)
A true initiate will never force anyone who has not reached a certain level of maturity to accept his truth. Initiation Into Hermetics (1956)
Everything that can be found in the universe on a large scale is reflected in a human being on a small scale. Initiation Into Hermetics (1956)
By the mere reading of this work one can of course achieve an intellectual knowledge, but not wisdom. Knowledge can be gained by transference, but wisdom must be acquired by experience and recognition, the latter depending on the spiritual maturity of the individual. And this maturity again is determined by the spiritual development that is formed on the path to initiation. Initiation Into Hermetics (1956)
The whole universe is similar to a clockwork with all its wheels in mesh and interdependent from each other. Even the idea of the Godhead as the highest comprehensible entity may be divided in aspects analogous to the elements. Details about it are found in the chapter concerning the God-idea. Initiation Into Hermetics (1956)