OUR ANCESTORS were very fond of the number 3 and it occurs repeatedly in
scripture and mythology. Christianity has the Holy Trinity of the father, the son and the holy spirit. Islam has three holy cities, Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem. Yin and Yang
were warring opposites, heaven and earth, that had to be balanced by a third party, man, and Taoism also has three deities called the Three Pure Ones. Brahma, Shiva and Vishnu are the trinity of Hindu gods, Buddha, Dharma and Sangha are the three ‘treasures’ of Buddhism, and Norse mythology tells of three Norns, Urd, Verdandi and Skuld, who wove the tapestry of our fate, each person’s life being a thread in the tapestry.
