Cause & Effect — "nothing escapes the law"

The sixth principle: every cause has its effect, chance is only a name for law unrecognized, and the aim is to become a cause rather than remain an effect. The Kabbalistic rhyme is middah k'neged middah — measure for measure — with shefa descending and returning by exact account, and gilgul carrying unfinished accounts across lifetimes. The traditions part on tone: Hermeticism frames mastery of the law, the Kabbalah frames responsibility under it.