“As Above, So Below” and Bloodborne
“As Above, So Below” and Bloodborne I realized something about the “Make Contact” gesture from Bloodborne. First, what is the “Make Contact” gesture? This is a gesture in Bloodborne used to communicate with the Great Ones. The Great Ones are powerful, multidimensional, cosmic beings. The description of the Moon Rune, one of many runes that hunters can memorize, tells us that the Great Ones “are sympathetic in spirit, and often answer when called upon”. One way to call upon the Great Ones is to make the “Make Contact” gesture. This gesture consists of raising one arm straight up and holding one arm straight out, resembling a right triangle. Like so. What I realized that the “Make Contact” gesture resembles the “As Above, So Below” gesture. “As Above, So Below” is an occult maxim originating in the Emerald Tablet , an esoteric text that was highly revered by European