1. The Quadrijitu shows us that masculine becomes feminine, feminine becomes masculine, good becomes evil and evil becomes good.
2. The shape of the Quadrijitu reflects the Hermetic Principle of Correspondence.
3. As above, so below. As below, so above. As within, so without. As without, so within. As before, so after. As after, so before. As included, so excluded. As excluded, so included.
4. Every physical action has an equal and opposite reaction.
5. Every emotional action has an equal and opposite reaction.
6. Every mental action has an equal and opposite reaction.
7. Every spiritual action has an equal and opposite reaction.
8. Suffering inures the mind to suffering; joy inures the mind to joy.
9. Verticalisation inclines the mind to see the benefits of the horizontal; horizontalisation inclines the mind to see the benefits of the vertical.
10. When the Northern Hemisphere stands in the light, the Southern Hemisphere stands in the darkness. When the Southern Hemisphere stands in the light, the Northern Hemisphere stands in the darkness.
11. When the Occident stands in the light, the Orient stands in the darkness. When the Orient stands in the light, the Occident stands in the darkness.
12. When the soul stands in the light, the body stands in the darkness. When the body stands in the light, the soul stands in the darkness.
13. Consciousness exists at the intersection between the eternal past and the eternal future. Within it, all things are possible.
14. Energy flows where attention goes. To observe something is to make it more real.
15. To pay regard to any one aspect of life is to neglect all the others. Thus, appreciating one aspect of life primes oneself to appreciate the others in turn.
16. The gods are bored by the excessively good, and wish evil upon it.
17. The sum total of all positive values and all negative values is zero.
18. The sum total of one entire rotation around the Quadrijitu is zero.
19. Bad luck affords a greater opportunity to entertain the gods, for they are most entertained by those who successfully overcome.
20. Good luck tempts fate, therefore it should be appreciated and not desired.
21. Great suffering can bring great wisdom. The purest gold can only be found after the hottest fires.
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This chapter is an excerpt from Elemental Elementalism, the foundational scripture of the new religion of the Age of Aquarius.
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