Writing

As above, so below, as below, so above

Writing therefore became more than a means of recording words.

It could become a bridge.

The writer transformed an invisible thought into a visible sign. The painter transformed an unseen image into a silhouette. The architect transformed an abstract order into physical space.

into the visible one.

In the language of Guided Imagery, these two realities do not have to remain separate. An image arising within consciousness can influence what is created outside it, while the external world continually supplies the images from which the inner world is formed.

Sky, earth, body, image, number, and spirit could therefore be understood as reflections of one another—different expressions of an underlying order.

Much later, the Hermetic tradition would express a related idea through the famous formulation:

“As above, so below.”

Whether approached spiritually, symbolically, or psychologically, the phrase captures the central idea: the world within us and the world around us can be experienced as mirrors—each revealing something about the other.

And perhaps this is where Guided Imagery, the silhouette, painting, and writing ultimately meet:

the invisible becomes visible.