law of correspondence
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.84 in modern English
32
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The principle that any material thing or circumstance is the effect or reflection of a spiritual or celestial counterpart, and vice versa.
Example Sentences
- "And we look about us, and see what kind of things the law of correspondence has filled the world with. For we know that the things of this world are such as they are, that they may correspond with the things of our souls."
- "In the light of these disclosures we see that all the splendid habitations and magnificent palaces of heaven are but pictorial representations, under the law of correspondence, of the ruling loves of the angels."
- "Corroborating the theosophic law of correspondence, Duby declares that the first aspect of the “system,” was a “coherence between heaven and earth, two parts of one homogeneous world, built to a single plan and hence reciprocally related.”"
- "At almost every turn the heavenly world informed, illuminated, and affected the earthly world and vice versa, what some term the metaphysical law of correspondence."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
the law of correspondence (canonical)
Phrases
Not to be confused with correspondence principle
Frequently Paired Words
Not to be confused with correspondence principle