The Great Triad

Many will no doubt understand, by the sole title of this study, that it mainly relates to the symbolism of the Far Eastern tradition, as the role played in it by the triad formed by the terms Heaven, Earth, Man (Tien-ti-jen) is quite generally known; it is this triad that people have become accustomed to designate more particularly by the name of Triad, even if its meaning and scope are not always fully understood, which we will precisely endeavor to explain here, also pointing out the correspondences that are found in this regard in other traditional forms [...].