Yes, Nikola Tesla also understood the magic of certain numbers, like 3, 6 and 9 and how praying in groups amplifies the power disproportionately. 3 is such an important number.
I wish I knew the definitive answer! I think rather like our rulers in plain sight, but un-recognized, the power of three is all around us but largely forgotten in the age of scientific materialism.
As you know, Nikola Tesla said, "If you only knew the magnificence of the 3, 6 and 9, then you would have the key to the universe." He believed these numbers represented the fundamental code of reality, corresponding to vibration, energy, and frequency, and held dominion over the laws of the cosmos.
Tesla’s fascination with the number 3 was both philosophical and behavioral:
Universal Significance: He viewed 3 as a number of divine creation and a bridge to higher dimensions, distinct from the binary patterns of the physical world.
Mathematical Pattern: In digital root calculations, doubling 3 (to 6) and doubling 6 (to 12, which reduces to 3) creates a repeating cycle that excludes 9, which remains constant and represents the universe or unity.
Obsessive Behavior: Tesla lived in hotel rooms with numbers divisible by 3, walked around blocks three times before entering buildings, and required his meals to be prepared with napkins in multiples of three, citing a need for actions to be divisible by three to feel complete.
Threes show up in speeches, in slogans, religion and other stories. Wikipedia informs us that the importance of this number extends to fields as varied as government, photography, and economics.
One reason that threes have this power for us is that we are predisposed to recognize patterns, and three is the bare minimum of instances needed to form a pattern.
Before reading and writing became common, oral history, laws and other information were conveyed in groups of threes - triads - because they were easier to remember and less vulnerable to Chinese whispers. A good example of this would be the Druidic and other triads of Ancient Britain, which were a mnemonic and pedagogical structure used in Celtic and Druidic traditions to encapsulate wisdom, history, and ethical principles in groups of three.
Historically, Druids avoided written records, relying on these three-part verses to help students memorize vast amounts of lore, history, axioms, and laws. There were thousands of triads and tens of thousands of one-line axioms. According to Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars, the full Druidic training could take up to 20 years.
These triads appear across Irish, Scottish, and Welsh traditions, often categorized by subject:
Cosmology and Nature: Triads describing the Three Realms (Land, Sea, Sky), the Three Cauldrons (Rebirth, Bounty, Rebirth), or the symbiotic relationship between Druids, bees, and trees.
Ethics and Virtues: Teachings on character, such as the Three Keys to Mastery (to know, to dare, to keep silent), the Three Joys of the Happy (avoidance of excess, peace, loyalty), and the Three Roots of Evil (covetousness, falsehood, arrogance).
Ritual and Magic: Elements used in ceremony, including the Three Gates (Well, Fire, Tree), the Three Tools (Cauldron, Wand, Cloak), and the Three Branches of Bardism (Poetry, Ovatism, Druidism).
Modern Druidic practice continues to utilize these structures, with contemporary groups like the Stone Creed Grove and The British Druid Order compiling and teaching these triads as foundational wisdom.
The Malmutian Laws of Ancient Britain, which form the basis of common law, have come down to us in the form of triads, eg:
"There are three tests of Civil Liberty: equality of rights, equality of taxation and freedom to come and go.
There are three causes which ruin a State: inordinate privileges, corruption of justice and national apathy.
There are three things which cannot be considered solid longer than their foundations are solid: peace, property, and law.
There’s also the Holy Trinity in Roman “Christianity,” of course, etc, etc.
Okay, so what? You can say practically all the same things about 7, 13, and 42, etc. I see a bunch of words. If there were a math formula, maybe I would give it more weight.
God help us. Nothing less will work. Timeless evil
Mathew 18:20. Pay it forward. We win.
Yes, Nikola Tesla also understood the magic of certain numbers, like 3, 6 and 9 and how praying in groups amplifies the power disproportionately. 3 is such an important number.
Why?
I wish I knew the definitive answer! I think rather like our rulers in plain sight, but un-recognized, the power of three is all around us but largely forgotten in the age of scientific materialism.
As you know, Nikola Tesla said, "If you only knew the magnificence of the 3, 6 and 9, then you would have the key to the universe." He believed these numbers represented the fundamental code of reality, corresponding to vibration, energy, and frequency, and held dominion over the laws of the cosmos.
Tesla’s fascination with the number 3 was both philosophical and behavioral:
Universal Significance: He viewed 3 as a number of divine creation and a bridge to higher dimensions, distinct from the binary patterns of the physical world.
Mathematical Pattern: In digital root calculations, doubling 3 (to 6) and doubling 6 (to 12, which reduces to 3) creates a repeating cycle that excludes 9, which remains constant and represents the universe or unity.
Obsessive Behavior: Tesla lived in hotel rooms with numbers divisible by 3, walked around blocks three times before entering buildings, and required his meals to be prepared with napkins in multiples of three, citing a need for actions to be divisible by three to feel complete.
Threes show up in speeches, in slogans, religion and other stories. Wikipedia informs us that the importance of this number extends to fields as varied as government, photography, and economics.
One reason that threes have this power for us is that we are predisposed to recognize patterns, and three is the bare minimum of instances needed to form a pattern.
Before reading and writing became common, oral history, laws and other information were conveyed in groups of threes - triads - because they were easier to remember and less vulnerable to Chinese whispers. A good example of this would be the Druidic and other triads of Ancient Britain, which were a mnemonic and pedagogical structure used in Celtic and Druidic traditions to encapsulate wisdom, history, and ethical principles in groups of three.
Historically, Druids avoided written records, relying on these three-part verses to help students memorize vast amounts of lore, history, axioms, and laws. There were thousands of triads and tens of thousands of one-line axioms. According to Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars, the full Druidic training could take up to 20 years.
These triads appear across Irish, Scottish, and Welsh traditions, often categorized by subject:
Cosmology and Nature: Triads describing the Three Realms (Land, Sea, Sky), the Three Cauldrons (Rebirth, Bounty, Rebirth), or the symbiotic relationship between Druids, bees, and trees.
Ethics and Virtues: Teachings on character, such as the Three Keys to Mastery (to know, to dare, to keep silent), the Three Joys of the Happy (avoidance of excess, peace, loyalty), and the Three Roots of Evil (covetousness, falsehood, arrogance).
Ritual and Magic: Elements used in ceremony, including the Three Gates (Well, Fire, Tree), the Three Tools (Cauldron, Wand, Cloak), and the Three Branches of Bardism (Poetry, Ovatism, Druidism).
Modern Druidic practice continues to utilize these structures, with contemporary groups like the Stone Creed Grove and The British Druid Order compiling and teaching these triads as foundational wisdom.
The Malmutian Laws of Ancient Britain, which form the basis of common law, have come down to us in the form of triads, eg:
"There are three tests of Civil Liberty: equality of rights, equality of taxation and freedom to come and go.
There are three causes which ruin a State: inordinate privileges, corruption of justice and national apathy.
There are three things which cannot be considered solid longer than their foundations are solid: peace, property, and law.
There’s also the Holy Trinity in Roman “Christianity,” of course, etc, etc.
Okay, so what? You can say practically all the same things about 7, 13, and 42, etc. I see a bunch of words. If there were a math formula, maybe I would give it more weight.