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"etymology_text": "The concept was first laid out in the Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus: \"That which is Below corresponds to that which is Above, and that which is Above, corresponds to that which is Below, to accomplish the miracles of the One Thing.\"",
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels",
"word": "jak nahoře, tak dole"
},
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels",
"word": "kiel supre, tiel malsupre"
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"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ópos páno, étsi kai káto",
"sense": "what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels",
"word": "όπως πάνω, έτσι και κάτω"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels",
"word": "ahogy fent, úgy lent"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels",
"word": "come in alto, così in basso"
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels",
"word": "quod est superius est sicut quod est inferius"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels",
"word": "co jest wyżej, jest jak to, co jest niżej"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels",
"word": "como em cima, assim embaixo"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels",
"word": "como é em cima, assim é embaixo"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels",
"word": "como arriba, así abajo"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels",
"word": "Yukarıda nasılsa, aşağıda da öyledir."
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"code": "yi",
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"roman": "vi oybn",
"sense": "what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels",
"word": "ווי אויבן"
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"roman": "azoy untn",
"sense": "what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels",
"word": "אַזוי אונטן"
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"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels",
"word": "cor senino se cêr zi wuniyo"
},
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"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels",
"word": "asmin zi zey erdiyo"
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"word": "as above, so below"
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"sense": "what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels",
"word": "jak nahoře, tak dole"
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels",
"word": "kiel supre, tiel malsupre"
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"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ópos páno, étsi kai káto",
"sense": "what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels",
"word": "όπως πάνω, έτσι και κάτω"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels",
"word": "ahogy fent, úgy lent"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels",
"word": "come in alto, così in basso"
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels",
"word": "quod est superius est sicut quod est inferius"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels",
"word": "co jest wyżej, jest jak to, co jest niżej"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels",
"word": "como em cima, assim embaixo"
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"sense": "what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels",
"word": "como é em cima, assim é embaixo"
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels",
"word": "como arriba, así abajo"
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"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels",
"word": "Yukarıda nasılsa, aşağıda da öyledir."
},
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"roman": "vi oybn",
"sense": "what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels",
"word": "ווי אויבן"
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"roman": "azoy untn",
"sense": "what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels",
"word": "אַזוי אונטן"
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"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels",
"word": "cor senino se cêr zi wuniyo"
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"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels",
"word": "asmin zi zey erdiyo"
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"word": "as above, so below"
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