Table of Emanations

This work emerges from an extended study seeking to unify Hermetic philosophy, mysticism, and alchemy into a single symbolic diagram modeling the architecture of divine emanation. It presents a metaphysical framework, a visual system intended to articulate how unity unfolds into multiplicity and returns through reflection.

At the apex stands the Monad symbolized by the Greek letter Phi, the absolute expression of Oneness. It is undivided, complete, and beyond polarity, the infinite potential from which all existence emanates. In its stillness arises self-reflection, and through this act the Monad gives rise to the Dyad symbolized as the Greek Alphabet Alpha and Omega.

The Dyad introduces duality, Beginning and End, Fire and Water, Male and Female, Expansion and Contraction. It is the first movement of creation, where unity mirrors itself through contrast, generating the tension from which awareness emerges. Within the diagram, the Monad corresponds to Spirit, Alpha signifies Soul, and Omega signifies Body.

From the relationship between Monad and Dyad arises the first Triad, the threefold structure of divine expression. This triad manifests as three reflective principles:

Mercury, the mirror of Spirit
Sulphur, the mirror of Soul
Salt, the mirror of Body

Together these form the Tria Prima, the foundational forces of alchemy, Spirit, Soul, and Body.

Each principle further differentiates. Sulphur unfolds as Will, aligned with Fire, the animating force of purpose. Mercury divides into Intellect, Air, and Emotion, Water, the dual currents of consciousness and perception. Salt condenses into Matter, Earth, the crystallization of intention into form.

From the Triad emerges the Quaternary, the four elemental realms of manifestation. Fire, Air, Water, and Earth constitute the complete field of creation, the material reflection of the divine pattern above.

Monad, Dyad, Triad, and Quaternary together form a unified architecture. This structure can be understood as three interrelated triads denoted by the 3 Hebrew Mother Letters, Spirit is denoted as the letter Aleph , Soul is donoted as the letter Shin, and Body is denoted as the letter Mem, all permeated by a central mediating principle. At the center lies Mercury, the living axis through which all levels of the system communicate. You can map each emamantion to it’s interrelated triad by observing the hebrew letters arranged in each aspect of emanation. Example in the Phi emanation we see 3 Alephs, therefore we can cleanly map this emanation to the Triad of Spirit which is also symbolized as Aleph.

In the triad of Mercury to the left sits the Sun attributed to Fire which places itself as the ruling luminary in the left bisection of the diagram and triad and the Moon attributed to Water which places itself as the ruling luminary in the right bisection of the diagram and triad. With Earth being placed below Mercury as the origin and densest point between the Sun & Moon. The emanation of Mercury is signified as being related to the Hebrew letter Yod, as Yod symbiolizes the spark that ignites.

Mercury functions as the quintessence, the reflective medium binding all emanations. No point within the geometry is accessed without passing through Mercury, for it is the mirror through which unity becomes intelligible and multiplicity remains connected to its source. Anywhere in this diagram you can form a triangle and find it’s Mercurial center. Example Alpha, Sulphur and Mercury’s mercurial center would be the Sun where Mercury, Air and Water’s mercurual center is the earth which philosophically speaking is esoterically sound. This was created for students who wanted to understand emanation in a more coherent manner.

Within this symbolic framework, certain parallels may be observed with Christological language. The triadic structure may be read symbolically as Salt corresponding to Jesus, Mercury to Christ, and Sulphur to the Nazarene, reflecting mediation. In this sense, scriptural phrases such as “No one comes to the Father but through me” echo the same metaphysical principle, with Mercury functioning as the bridge and the Monad as the source.

This correspondence is offered symbolically, as shared metaphysical language, rather than theological assertion. Explore More from this Series →