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Re: Expanding appreciation of Triadic structures.
Herb O. Buckland
herbobuckland@hotmail.com
Sat Aug 12 20:26:00 2000
Dear Searles,*p*I sincerely appreciate your intimate perspective of the Druidic ways. *br*Please correct me if I am wrong, but I read that during the highest development of druidism, the Bards (poets?) were the seers and prophets with a spiritual knowledge greater than that of the Druid priests.  The later Bards expressed all truth through the operations of triads.  In every sphere of experience, they traced the 3 and regarded it as the way in the understanding of the creation of the physical Earth.*p*One consideration to ponder is whether or not these particular individuals were ahead of their time in their day and age?  Were they a small representation of a much larger group yet to come, of which you are but one representative thereof?  Why is it, if they are not "chosen" as you clearly are, do such individuals persist in an over-riding usage of "threes?"  One must consider such an occurrence from a very broad view point as no doubt the ancient druids did within the scope of the information available to them.  Today's Druids have larger sources of information, but the information still represents a predominant three-patterned perspective.  *p*Because the Druidic perspective considers an appreciation of a third counter-part to the (older view) dualities, whereby a balance is achieved with greater stability, we must nonetheless ask why such a pattern-of-thinking is not being as widely adopted by non-Indo-Europeans.  Does such reflect an underlying brain development regardless of the phrases, terms, or contexts thereof?  Is this brain (cognitive) development a presage of a new type of hominid species?  Are present-day Druids the children of a new breed of human race?  Surely your intimate knowledge of "threes" is a symbolic reflection of that which most non-thinking triad thinkers have not grown into.  Are there more Druids today merely because we have a larger human population?  I don't think so.  There is something happening to these people but that many of them do not recognize such an influence because they prefer to limit their appreciation and application of the triadic phenomena to ancient ideas placed into modern contexts.  *p*No dobut there is a far greater meaning to the usage of triadic structures available to the insights of Druids if they would allow themselves to make the journey that they alone can and must make.*p*As children, we chase butterflies, wish upon shooting stars, and seek the perfect stone to skip across a lake.  Our curiousity of life is boundless and ever hopeful of achieving that which lies at the tip of our tongue, near our fingertips...and just around the next bend in the road.  Such things express the promise of a better future that all children harbor within their hearts as a revolutionary spirit.  It is a desire to know, to find answers through exploration, and to exceed one's expectations by fulfilling a dream, an enduring desire, or a silently kept secret awaiting expression as an original idea.  This is the promise each of us makes to ourselves in our own way, in our own time.  It is a path we may venture from on occasion, but is never actually far from our vision.  We may at times return to our path and call it fate, destiny, or even luck if we should chance upon some signpost that helps us find our way to be all that we may possibly become.  Within each of us is the courage to experience our own personal journey as we see fit.  It is a reward all of us deserve and should accept as a gift to ourselves.  For no greater gift can we give ourselves then to be free to choose that which is best for our heart, soul, and mind.  *p*Imagine the strength of all the Druidic "children" if they would come together with a singular focus.  It is a gathering that is long over- due.  I know I am ready for such an event.*p*Thanks again for your Druidic wisdom.  
Re: Expanding appreciation of Triadic structures.
Searles
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Sat Aug 12 00:04:59 2000