“Thus, three are the elements capable of replenishing the divine beings, elements that proceed through all the higher genera, Goodness, Wisdom, Beauty; in turn, three also are those that bring together the entities that are replenished, elements secondary to the former, yet equally diffused throughout all the divine orders, Faith, Truth, Love. All entities are saved through these elements and are united to the original causal Principles, some through amorous madness, others through the divine love of knowledge, still others through the theurgic power.” (Proclus, Theol. I 113, 1–11) “Such are the three Triads in descending order: – the summit (which is also the ultimate end of the ascent) constituted by Good, Wisdom, Beauty (because “the Divine, understood as a whole, is beautiful, wise, and good, as was said in the Phaedrus. The elevation of the soul is toward these, and through these salvation for souls is attained.” (In Alc. 29, 10–12); – the intermediate stage (the intermediate ordering, which ‘puts into contact’ the two extreme terms) constituted by Faith, Truth, Love (“it is necessary to propose those virtues which, from genesis, purify and lead back to divinity, ‘Faith, Truth, and Love’ (Pistis, Aletheia, Eros), the celebrated triad” (Oracles fr. 46); – finally, the instruments for the reconversion of the soul toward the very first divine Triad, namely Theurgy, divine Philosophy, and divinely inspired erotic Mania. It is therefore evident that the divine summit of the first Triad contains, as said just above, the three highest ends of the soul’s ascent; the second Triad encloses the virtues necessary to reach the summit; finally, the third Triad manifests the three activities which, during human life, lead to the possession of the anagogic virtues of the second Triad.” — This is the 2nd excerpt from the article "Paths of Return: the model of the divine Lover" written by the Neoplatonic theologian Laura Mainardi Daphne Varenya Eleusinia. In the image, Queen Nefertari raising Her hands in adoration. Facsimile reproduction of a scene from the "House of Eternity" of Queen Nefertari, Great Royal Wife of King Ramses II (ca. 1279–1213 BCE, 19th Dynasty), Valley of the Queens, QV66, west Uaset-Thebes
