CHAP. XII. TRIPLE NATURE OF THE DEITY. IQl 



Several others also mention the triple nature of 

 the Deity, and "from the different Orphic frag- 

 ments, we find," as Mr. Cory* observes, that "the 

 Orphic trinity t consisted of 



Metis, Phanes or Eros, Ericapaeus : 



which are interpreted, 



Will, or Liglit, or Love. Life, or Life-giver. 



Counsel. 



From Aciisilaus : 



Metis, Eros, Ether. 



From Hesiod, according to Damascius : 



Earth, Eros, Tartarus. 



From Pherecydes of Syros : 



Fire, Water, Spirit, or Air. 



From the Sidonians : 



Cronus, Love, CloudyDarkness. 



From the Phoenicians : 



Uloinus, Chusorus, The Egg. 



From the Chaldaean and Persian oracles of Zo- 

 roaster : 



Fire, Sun, Ether. 



Fire, Light, Ether. 



From the later Platonists : 



Power, Intellect, Father. 



Power, Intellect, Soul, or Spirit. 



By the ancient theologists, according to Macro- 

 bins, tlie sun was uivoked in the mysteries, as 



Power of Light of the Spirit of the 



the world, world, world; 



* Cory, p. 335. 



-j- The Orphic ceremonies, according to Ileroclotus, were the same 

 as those of the Pythagoreans and Egyptians. 



