Re: Triad # 65
TopazOwl

Sat Jan 16 15:24:27 1999
Searles wrote,*br*: I plan to publish a condensed version of all of our views on *br*: the Triads at the Druidic Triads pages in The Summerlands *br*: Public Library <snip> I will add each *br*: contributing person's name to a list of contributors for the *br*: complete work.  If we ever charge people for copies of the *br*: work (paper, disk or CD), then I expect to apply any profits *br*: from such a charge to The Summerlands operating costs and a *br*: part of it to The Summerlands Land Fund.*p*     I have no problem with my contributions being used, and I certainly have no problem allowing the profit of any future sales of such a document to go to The Summerlands, as long as my name is included as a contributor. After all, we already have Summerlands North. <g>*p*: I see your take on this Triad as being slightly different *br*: from my own but in many ways similar.  That is one of the *br*: strengths of the Triads as a teaching and learning tool IMO. *br*:  They provide us with a framework or a yard stick for *br*: evaluating a variety of life's situations.  When the triadic *br*: measure is taken of these situations, universal truths are *br*: revealed, and often the way to correct or improve is also *br*: indicated.*p*     I think our basic understanding of the meaning of this triad is the same. We just come at this understanding from different angles.*p*: My feeling is that the ancient Druids had specific stories *br*: in mind when they created such Triads for themselves and *br*: their students.  In this way the Triad could have been an *br*: index to the tales in much the same way that I consider *br*: Ogham were used to index knowledge and memories.  This *br*: thought inspires me to consider whether there is an Ogham - *br*: Triad link.  Such an idea would fit right in with the *br*: existence of the three phrase Oghams.*p*     I agree, and I do believe that the link between the Triads and the three-phrase Ogham would be a fascinating study. I didn't overlook the Ogham connection in this one, believe me; I just haven't decided what to do with it yet. :-)*p*:  When we consider the Triads in our discussions. let's look *br*: at each of them and see if they could contain the structures *br*: of: Past, Present, and Future, or Mother, Father, Child, or *br*: even Physical, Mental, and Spiritual.   If they have these *br*: sorts of things within them, then they might also be ranked *br*: upon a diagram in their order of association.  As such we *br*: would perhaps seen the cosmology and spiritual belief of the *br*: Celts expressed as a knotwork or tapestry, a living road map *br*: for where we have been, where we are and where we might *br*: expect to go.*p*     Excellent. I will certainly keep my eyes open for such.*p*     Another thought before I leave this triad: a dirty field (in the context of crops or pasture) could also mean a weedy field, which would also mean a messy/aesthetically unpleasant/less productive field. Also, I see the triad form leading us from the outer edges of the property (field) to the inner places (inside the palisade, the yard) to the very heart of the home (hearth)...as though the "unfortunate husbandry" is an infestation. :-) *p*Leigh
Re: Triad # 65
Searles
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Sat Jan 16 14:27:31 1999