>[!abstract] >**As above, so below** is a popular modern paraphrase of the second verse of the *Emerald Tablet*, a short Hermetic text which first appeared in an Arabic source from the late eighth or early ninth century. The paraphrase is based on one of several existing Latin translations of the _Emerald Tablet_, in which the second verse appears as follows: > >_Quod est superius est sicut quod inferius, et quod inferius est sicut quod est superius._ > >That which is above is like to that which is below, and that which is below is like to that which is above (adapted from Wikipedia). Can relate to the self-similarity of fractal geometry and the [[decoupling of scales]]. >[!related] >- **North** (upstream): — >- **West** (similar): — >- **East** (different): — >- **South** (downstream): —