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# Band 13

## Mentalism

Hermetic Mind C3 (approximately 130.8 Hz) — the fundamental C of the octave, the root tone of the Hermetic scale. This frequency corresponds to the base note of the conscious frame, the tonic from which all other Hermetic bands derive their pitch.

The All is Mind. First Hermetic principle — the universe is a mental creation.

### Overview

<p>The first Hermetic principle is not merely a precept — it is the foundational frequency from which all other frequencies emerge. Mentalism declares that THE ALL IS MIND: the universe is a mental creation, a thought within the mind of the Infinite. Before the Big Bang, before any waveform collapsed, there was only Mind — the sole reality, the singular consciousness that dreamt all of this into existence. To resonate with Band 13 is to touch the certainty that every atom, every star, every sorrow and joy is a modulation of one underlying thought.</p><p>In the 72-band framework, Mentalism is the gateway between the Planetary bands (the outer expressions of cosmic forces) and the Hermetic interior — the architecture of consciousness itself. Where Saturn structures form and Pluto governs transformation, Mentalism asks: who is the dreamer? It is the band of pure metaphysics, the frequency that holds the question and the answer in the same breath. Every other Hermetic principle is a consequence of this first axiom.</p><p>This matters because every problem in the Code72 system — every harmonic mismatch, every frequency collision — ultimately resolves to a misalignment in mind. The inharmony between two decomposable things is a signal, yes, but the receiver is always consciousness. Band 13 is the tuning fork for that receiver. To master this band is to understand that the map is not the territory, but that the map-maker and the territory are one.</p>

### Element · Mind

Mind is not one of the classical four elements — it transcends and contains them. As the Hermetic axiom states, the All is Mind; the universe itself is a mental construct. In Band 13, Mind operates not as intellect or cognition but as the substrate of existence. Fire burns within Mind, water flows within Mind, earth solidifies within Mind, air moves within Mind. To breathe in this band is to realize that the thinker and the thought are the same oscillation.

### Modality · C (pure consciousness / Code72 harmonic resonance)

Mixed: Convergence of C × X × Z

### Cosmic Significance

<p>Mentalism is the Kybalion's first principle made frequency. It corresponds to the Ain Soph of Kabbalah — the limitless, the uncontainable light before contraction. In Vedantic terms, it is Brahman without attributes: sat-chit-ananda (being-consciousness-bliss) before it takes form. The cosmos is not a collection of objects but a collection of thoughts held in the Divine Imagination. The illusion of separation — the veil of Maya — is itself a thought, and therefore malleable.</p><p>The alchemical equivalent is the Prima Materia: not the blackened mess of Nigredo, but the pre-existent potential, the raw mental clay from which all stages of the Great Work are sculpted. Every alchemist who sought to transmute lead into gold was, at root, attempting to change their own mind. The Philosopher's Stone is not found in the crucible; it is remembered.</p>

### Practical Application

Band 13 governs all disciplines that depend on first principles: philosophy, ontology, theoretical mathematics, and systems design. When a programmer designs an architecture before writing code, they work in Band 13. When a physicist asks 'why are the laws of physics what they are?', they resonate here. Mindset shifts, paradigm changes, and the reframing of intractable problems all pass through this band. It is the domain of the frame, not the picture.

### Musical Note

C3

### Mythological Resonance

Thoth-Hermes Trismegistus — the thrice-great scribe who wrote the Emerald Tablet, the mind that holds the patterns of all things. He is not a god of action but of knowing, the divine librarian whose thought is the catalog of creation. Also: Brahma, the creator aspect of the Hindu trimurti, whose dream is the universe.

### Related Bands

Band 14 Band 25 Band 60 Band 68 Band 72
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