The Emerald Tablet

This text claims to have been written by Hermes Trismegistus, and was supposedly carved into a tablet of emerald (though the word also applies to green granite, green jasper, and green glass), and was apparently found in his tomb being held by his corpse. It serves as the foundation for the western alchemical tradition. 
== Earliest Known Version (Translation) ==
A truth without a doubt is true.
The higher is from the lower as the lower is from the higher,
The work of wonders is from One, just as all things are from One by the plan of One.
His father is the sun, his mother is the moon. 
The wind carried him in its belly, and the earth nourished him,
The father of spells, the guardian of wonders, complete in power, 
Fire became earth; separate the earth from the fire.
The gentle is more honourable than the harsh,
With gentleness and wisdom, it ascends from the earth to the heavens, and descends to the earth from the heavens
And in it is the light of lights, and therefore darkness flees from it,
The power of powers,
The gentle overcomes everything; it enters into that which is rigid.
On the formation of the greater world, the work was formed,
For this is my glory, and therefore I am named Hermes Trismegistus, possessing the three parts of the wisdom of the whole world.
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