On the Mysteries (Thomas Taylor trans.)

does not, therefore, think fit to count it among any triad A group of three divine beings or principles. or order of beings. Indeed, it even apologizes for applying the names of our simplest concepts to that which exists beyond all knowledge and all understanding. It names this principle, however, the one and the good; using the first name to indicate its ultimate simplicity, and the second

• According to this theology, as I have shown elsewhere, in every order of things, a triad is the immediate offspring of a monad A single, indivisible source or "one.". Thus, the "intelligible triad" The highest grouping of three that can be grasped by the mind. emerges immediately from the unspeakable original: "ineffable" principle of all things. Phanes A primary deity in Orphic tradition representing light and creation., or the "intelligible intellect," who is the final part of this intelligible order, is the monad, the leader, and the producing cause of another triad, which is called intelligible and intellectual original: "νοητὸς καὶ νοερὸς" (noētos kai noeros). This describes a bridge between pure thought and the act of thinking.. In the same way, the very end of this order produces from itself the "intellectual triad": Saturn, Rhea, and Jupiter. Again, Jupiter, who is also the Demiurgus The "Divine Architect" or "Craftsman" of the universe., is the monad of the "supermundane triad" A group of three that exists above the physical world.. Apollo, who exists at the furthest end of the supermundane order, produces a triad of liberated Gods original: "Θεοὶ ἀπόλυτοι" (Theoi apolytoi). These are deities who are not bound to specific physical locations or celestial bodies.. Finally, the furthest end of this liberated order becomes the monad for a triad of "mundane Gods" Deities who oversee the physical, material world.. This theory, which is the product of the most perfect science, is in complete agreement with the Chaldean Referring to the ancient wisdom of the Neo-Babylonian/Persian region. theology. For this reason, it is stated in one of the Chaldean Oracles:

"In every world a triad shines forth, of which a monad is the ruling principle."
(In every world a triad shines forth, of which a monad is the ruling principle. original: "Παντὶ γὰρ ἐν κόσμῳ λάμπει τριὰς ἧς μονὰς ἄρχει"). For those readers who wish to be fully convinced of this, I recommend my translation of Proclus A major Neoplatonist philosopher who systematized these ideas in the 5th century AD. on the Theology of Plato.