| Celtic Spirals | | | | motif is based around The Number 3 - regarded |
| Some of the oldest symbols associated with the | | | | as a highly sacred number in many ancient |
| Celts are Celtic spirals. Prominently displayed on | | | | cultures, not least The Druids. |
| ancient artifacts dating long before the written | | | | Three is a Magic Number |
| word in Ireland, Celtic spirals are second only to | | | | The Druids believed in three worlds and in |
| Knotwork designs as the symbols most | | | | transmigration from one to the other: in a world |
| associated with Celtic art. These mythical spirals | | | | above this one, in which happiness predominated; |
| are among the oldest symbols associated with | | | | a world below, of misery; and this present state. |
| Celtic art. They are believed to represent the | | | | This transmigration was to punish and reward, and |
| spiritual balance between inner and outer | | | | also to purify the soul. In the present world, said |
| consciousness. People from many lands herald | | | | the Druids, good and evil are so exactly balanced |
| Celtic designs as the emblem of their heritage | | | | that man has the utmost freedom and is able to |
| because the people known as "Celts" lived in | | | | choose or reject either.Then there are three |
| many areas of modern-day Europe. | | | | objects of metempyschosis: to collect into the |
| | | | soul the properties of all being, to acquire a |
| The Triskele, or the Triskelion | | | | knowledge of all things, and to get power to |
| The triskele, otherwise known as the triskelion, is | | | | conquer all evil. They are also, the Celtic Druids |
| a three-pronged spiral, and is often used as a | | | | say, three kinds of knowledge; knowledge of the |
| basis for more complex spirals. Some suggest | | | | name of each thing, of its cause, and its influence. |
| ancient Celtic triskeles represented the Triple | | | | Three things that continually grow less; darkness, |
| Goddess of the three ages of womanhood. It | | | | falsehood, and death. And three things that |
| later came to represent the Holy Trinity in | | | | constantly increase; light, life, and truth.The |
| Christianity - God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. | | | | Number Three is a sacred symbol in many |
| Whatever its' meaning, it is interesting that the | | | | cultures all over the world. |