Celtic Druid Beliefs - The Number Three

The Druids believed in three worlds and in transmigration from one to the other: in a world above this one, in which happiness predominated; a world below, of misery; and this present state. This transmigration was to punish and reward, and also to purify the soul. In the present world, said the Druids, good and evil are so exactly balanced that man has the utmost freedom and is able to choose or reject either.

Then there are three objects of metempyschosis: to collect into the soul the properties of all being, to acquire a knowledge of all things, and to get power to conquer all evil.

They are also, they say, three kinds of knowledge; knowledge of the name of each thing, of its cause, and its influence.

There are three things which continually grow less; darkness, falsehood, and death. There are three things which constantly increase; light, life, and truth.

The Number Three is a sacred symbol in many cultures all over the world.

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