Leisa
(from the book)
Three. From the tension of the opposites of two comes release in the number three. Marie-Louise Von Franz termed three "a perfect number" that brings "dynamic actualizations" of the One, or Monad, into our consciousness. Thus, it represents activity, forward motion, the generative force, creative power, and multiplicity. Three is the Beyond, which exists in addition to the I-You dynamic tension of two. It is the beginning of three demential reality.
Three also is the number of harmony, sufficiency, prudence, friendship, peace, virtue and temperance. Three is the number of stories, which must have a beginning, a middle and an end. In mythology, folklore and fairy tales are the recurrent motif of the triad: three wishes, three sisters, three brothers, three chances, and blessings and charms done in threes. Goddess's influence over time is expressed in the Three Fates, who rule over the past, present and future. From time comes wisdom.
Three is also is expressed in the threefold nature of man: body, mind and spirit. The name of the mythical author of the Hermetica, Hermes Trismegistus, means "Thrice-greatest Hermes." In the Sefer Yetzirah (Book of Formation) of the Kabbala, three is expressed in the Three Mothers, Aleph, Mem and Shin, which form the foundation of "all others." Aleph, Mem and Shin are letters of the Hebrew alphabet which mean, respectively, "breath" or vital spirit; "seas" or water; and "life-breath of the Divine Ones" or "Holy Spirit." In Christianity, three is the Trinity of Father, Son and Holy Ghost, or spiritual synthesis. In alchemy it is salt, sulfur, and mercury, which are body, spirit, and soul.
Three. From the tension of the opposites of two comes release in the number three. Marie-Louise Von Franz termed three "a perfect number" that brings "dynamic actualizations" of the One, or Monad, into our consciousness. Thus, it represents activity, forward motion, the generative force, creative power, and multiplicity. Three is the Beyond, which exists in addition to the I-You dynamic tension of two. It is the beginning of three demential reality.
Three also is the number of harmony, sufficiency, prudence, friendship, peace, virtue and temperance. Three is the number of stories, which must have a beginning, a middle and an end. In mythology, folklore and fairy tales are the recurrent motif of the triad: three wishes, three sisters, three brothers, three chances, and blessings and charms done in threes. Goddess's influence over time is expressed in the Three Fates, who rule over the past, present and future. From time comes wisdom.
Three is also is expressed in the threefold nature of man: body, mind and spirit. The name of the mythical author of the Hermetica, Hermes Trismegistus, means "Thrice-greatest Hermes." In the Sefer Yetzirah (Book of Formation) of the Kabbala, three is expressed in the Three Mothers, Aleph, Mem and Shin, which form the foundation of "all others." Aleph, Mem and Shin are letters of the Hebrew alphabet which mean, respectively, "breath" or vital spirit; "seas" or water; and "life-breath of the Divine Ones" or "Holy Spirit." In Christianity, three is the Trinity of Father, Son and Holy Ghost, or spiritual synthesis. In alchemy it is salt, sulfur, and mercury, which are body, spirit, and soul.