Occult Philosophy

Man hath in himself all that is contained in the greater world, so that there remaineth nothing which is not found even truly and really in man himself, and all these things do perform the same duties in him as in the great world. There are in him: the four elements with the most true properties of their nature, and in him an ethereal body; the Chariot of the Soul, in proportion corresponding to the Heaven; there are in him the vegetative life of Plants, the senses of Animals, of Celestial spirits, the Angelical Reason and the divine understanding...man, being made another world, doth comprehend all the parts thereof in himself but also doth receive and contain even God himself...Therefore man is the most express image of God, seeing man containeth in himself all things which are God...Whosoever therefore shall know himself, shall know all things in himself; especially, he shall know God.

Agrippa, 1533

See also: Secrets of Power

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