"The yin-yang view of the world is serenely cyclic. Fortune and misfortune, life and death, whether on small scale or vast, come and go everlastingly without beginning or end..." Alan Watts, Tao: The Watercourse Way Taoist Concepts That Align With Hermetic Principle No 4 Hermeticism can be described as an ancient philosophical spiritual tradition and a pathway towards spiritual growth. According to this school of thought, the universe is governed by seven principles. The fourth Hermetic principle, which is derived from  traditional Western Hermeticism ,  t eaches us that everything has its pair of opposites.  Alan Watts approaches this same concept as  yin-yang polarity, which is rooted in  Eastern philosophy (Taoism, Zen), as opposed to traditional Western Hermeticism. Yet whatever the approach,  if we can be mindful of how this incredible system of oppos...