Entry 33
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3 conditions for which a Druid is to be unseated:
For performing murder or warfare
For telling a falsehood
For divulging a secret which he holds.
3 things a Bard ought not reveal:
Injurious Truth
The disgrace of a friend
The secrets of the Druids
3 keys to[of] Druidic Mastery:
To know
To dare
To keep Silent
3 Virtues of Wisdom:
To be aware of all things
To endure all things
To be removed from all things
3 Spiritual Instrucotrs of Mankind:
Mastery of self
Mastery of world
Mastery of unknown
3 Rights of a British Druid:
Keep wherever he goes
That no naked weapon be born in his presence
That his council be Preferred to all others
3 laws incumbent upon a teaching Bard:
That he take only one student of each degree at once
That men of vocal song be[associate] not with men of
instraments
That he suffer his disciples not to take disciples
3 places upon a Bard where blood may be drawn:
From his forehead
From his breast
From his groin
3 things a man is:
What he thinks he is
What others think he is
What he really is
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3 things that make re-birth nessecary for a man:
His failure to obtain wisdom
His failure to attain independance
His clinging to the lower self
3 things to be controlled above all:
The hand
The tounge
Desire
3 signs of Cruelty:
To needlessly frighten an animal
To needlessly tear plants and trees
To needlessly ask Favors
3 People deserving of Admiration:
Those who look with love on the beauty on[of] the earth
on little Children
On a great work of Art
3 signs of compassion:
To understand a child's complaint
To not disturb an animal that is lying down
To be Cordial to Strangers
3 things avoided by the Wise:
Expecting the impossible
Grieving over the Irretrievable
Fearing the inevitable
3 gifts of music:
Sleep
Laughter
Tears
3 preoccupations of the mind:
Sex
Death
The anguish of time-space
3 things required of Beauty:
Wholeness
Harmony
Radiance
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