| Celtic Spirals Some of the oldest symbols | | | | either. |
| associated with the Celts are Celtic spirals. | | | | Then there are three objects of metempyschosis: |
| Prominently displayed on ancient artifacts dating | | | | to collect into the soul the properties of all being, |
| long before the written word in Ireland, Celtic | | | | to acquire a knowledge of all things, and to get |
| spirals are second only to Knotwork designs as | | | | power to conquer all evil. They are also, the Celtic |
| the symbols most associated with Celtic art. | | | | Druids say, three kinds of knowledge; knowledge |
| These mythical spirals are among the oldest | | | | of the name of each thing, of its cause, and its |
| symbols associated with Celtic art. They are | | | | influence. Three things that continually grow less; |
| believed to represent the spiritual balance | | | | darkness, falsehood, and death. And three things |
| between inner and outer consciousness. People | | | | that constantly increase; light, life, and truth. |
| from many lands herald Celtic designs as the | | | | The Number Three is a sacred symbol in many |
| emblem of their heritage because the people | | | | cultures all over the world. |
| known as "Celts" lived in many areas of | | | | The Spiral of Life The Triple-Spiral, otherwise |
| modern-day Europe. | | | | known as the "Spiral of Life", is found on many |
| The Triskele, or the Triskelion The triskele, | | | | ancient Irish stone carvings - the most famous of |
| otherwise known as the triskelion, is a | | | | which is Newgrange, found in County Meath, |
| three-pronged spiral, and is often used as a basis | | | | Ireland, which dates back to 2500 BC. Most |
| for more complex spirals. Some suggest ancient | | | | scholars believe the spiral of life represents the |
| Celtic triskeles represented the Triple Goddess of | | | | cycle of life, death, and rebirth. Others say this |
| the three ages of womanhood. It later came to | | | | deeply mystical symbol represents the male, |
| represent the Holy Trinity in Christianity - God the | | | | female, and child on the path of life. Another |
| Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Whatever its’ | | | | interpretation is that it also represents the Triple |
| meaning, it is interesting that the motif is based | | | | Goddess. |
| around The Number 3 - regarded as a highly | | | | Trinity-Celtic-Knot or Triquetra The Triquetra, |
| sacred number in many ancient cultures, not least | | | | commonly known as the Trinity knot, takes an |
| The Druids. | | | | individual strand and wraps it into and onto itself, |
| Three is a Magic Number The Druids believed in | | | | such that it becomes a three-lobed, yet singular |
| three worlds and in transmigration from one to | | | | design. This design symbolized the connection of |
| the other: in a world above this one, in which | | | | the three planes of existence: mind, body, and |
| happiness predominated; a world below, of | | | | spirit. To Christians, it illustrated the essential core |
| misery; and this present state. This transmigration | | | | of Christian belief wherein one God was Father, |
| was to punish and reward, and also to purify the | | | | Son, and Holy Spirit. For both beliefs, the Trinity |
| soul. In the present world, said the Druids, good | | | | knot symbolized the way in which three separate |
| and evil are so exactly balanced that man has the | | | | essences were vitally interconnected. |
| utmost freedom and is able to choose or reject | | | | |