Hermetic Principles

Our Magic is founded on the Hermetic writings and in particular on the seven Hermetic Principles of the Kybalion, dating back to the tradition of Hermes Trismegistus — the legendary master of antiquity to whom the authorship of Hermetic philosophy is attributed. Hermes Trismegistus, the 'thrice great', was the composite figure in which the Greek and Egyptian cultures fused the wisdom of Hermes and that of Thoth: a tradition of knowledge that goes back thousands of years before the Christian era and forms the root of all Western magic. The Principles of the Kybalion are not mere abstract philosophical concepts: they are the laws that govern the functioning of the universe at every level, from the physical to the mental, from the energetic to the spiritual.

The First Hermetic Principle, of Mentalism, states: 'The All is Mind; the Universe is Mental.' This principle is the keystone of all esoteric practice. If reality is mental in nature — if everything that exists is, ultimately, a manifestation of mind — then a sufficiently trained, powerful and focused mind can influence reality. It is on this principle that the very possibility of magic is founded: not as a supernatural phenomenon, but as a disciplined and conscious application of the mental laws that govern the universe. Love bindings, in particular, act on the mind and feelings of the loved one through this fundamental law.

The Second Hermetic Principle, of Correspondence, states: 'As above, so below; as below, so above.' It means that there is a perfect correspondence between the different planes of existence — physical, mental, spiritual — and that operations performed on one plane produce parallel effects on the others. Esoteric rituals exploit this correspondence: by acting symbolically on the physical plane through ritual objects, formulas and gestures, the practitioner produces real effects on the mental and energetic plane of the people involved. This is the principle that justifies the use of photographs, personal objects and dates of birth in esoteric operations.

The Third Principle, of Vibration, teaches that everything is in motion, everything vibrates, nothing is at absolute rest. Everything — from dense matter to the subtlest emotions — vibrates at a specific frequency, and those who know how to modify their own vibrational frequency can interact with any other plane of existence. This is the technical foundation of Master Cornelio's meditation and mental training: raising one's vibration to the level of the entities one intends to work with. The Fourth Principle, of Polarity, states that everything is dual, everything has two poles, all opposites are identical in nature but different in degree. Good and evil, white and black, love and hate: they are not absolute opposites but extremes of the same continuum. This principle explains why Black Magic is not evil: it is simply the opposite pole of White Magic on the same energetic scale.

The Fifth Principle, of Rhythm, teaches that everything flows out and in, everything has its tides, everything rises and falls. Rhythm is the law of pendulum movement: every advance is followed by a retreat, every action by a reaction. The experienced esoteric practitioner knows how to neutralise adverse rhythm and ride the favourable one: this is the fundamental reason why astral timing — lunar phases, planetary hours, magical seasons — is so important in ritual practice. The Sixth Principle, of Cause and Effect, ensures that every effect has its cause, that nothing happens by chance, that every action produces precise and measurable consequences. Magic does not violate this principle: it applies it consciously, acting on causes to modify effects.

The Seventh Principle, of Gender, teaches that the masculine and feminine principles are present in everything. In esoteric practice, this translates into the balance between active energies — masculine, solar, projective — and receptive energies — feminine, lunar, attractive. Every effective ritual incorporates both polarities in proportions appropriate to the goal: a ritual of attraction requires a prevalence of receptive feminine energy; a ritual of imposition requires a prevalence of projective masculine energy. Master Cornelio calibrates this balance with a precision that only decades of practice can confer.

In Master Cornelio's esoteric practice, these seven principles are not objects of theoretical study but daily operational tools. Every ritual choice — the type of magic to employ, the entities to invoke, the materials to use, the astral timing, the structure of the formula — is based on the conscious and precise application of the Hermetic Principles to the specific situation. Understanding these principles also helps the client understand why magic works, how it acts on feelings and on reality, and how to collaborate better with the esoteric process to maximise the effectiveness of the operation.

The entities we work with — angels, archangels, spirits and demons of the Hermetic tradition — correspond, according to the Principle of Correspondence, to structures of the deep psyche: the collective Unconscious, the Higher Self, the primordial forces that govern human emotions and decisions. Working with these entities means, ultimately, acting on the deepest mechanisms of the human mind. It is not superstition: it is the systematic application of psychological and energetic laws that the Hermetic tradition codified millennia before modern psychology rediscovered them under different names.

The Kybalion was published in 1908 by the so-called 'Three Initiates', but its doctrines reflect an oral and written tradition going back to Ancient Egypt. The seven Principles it contains are found, in different forms, in all the great wisdom traditions of the world: in Jewish Kabbalah, in Platonic philosophy, in Neoplatonism, in the medieval alchemical tradition, in Islamic Sufism and in Indian Vedanta. This universality is no coincidence: it is proof that these principles describe real laws of the functioning of the universe, laws that every true spiritual tradition has discovered independently through its own direct experience.

Studio Esoterico Cornelio bases its entire practice on these Hermetic Principles, integrating them with the tradition of the Brazilian syncretic cults and with the long tradition of Italian witchcraft. This synthesis produces a magical system of extraordinary power and effectiveness, tested over more than forty years of daily practice on thousands of real cases. Anyone approaching Master Cornelio's work is not relying on an improviser or a charlatan: they are relying on a practitioner who has built his competence on the deep understanding of the oldest and most powerful laws of the energetic universe.