The Rule of Three (also Three-fold Law or Law of Return) is a religious tenet held by some Wiccans/Pagans. It states that whatever energy a person puts out into the world, be it positive or negative, will be returned to that person three times. Some subscribe to a variant of this law in which return is not necessarily threefold.[1][2]
The Rule of Three is sometimes described as karma by Wiccans; however, this is not strictly accurate. Both concepts describe the process of cause and effect and often encourage the individual to act in an upright way. In HinduVedanta literature, there is a comparable idea of 3-fold Karma referred to as Sanchita (accumulated works), Prarabdha (fructifying works) and Kriyamana, Agami, or Vartamana (current works), which are associated with past, present and future respectively. According to some traditions, the rule of three is not literal but symbolizes that our energy returns our way as many times as needed for us to learn the lesson associated with it.[3]
According to John Coughlin, the Law posits "a literal reward or punishment tied to one's actions, particularly when it comes to working magic".[4] The law is not a universal article of faith among Wiccans, and "there are many Wiccans, experienced and new alike, who view the Law of Return as an over-elaboration on the Wiccan Rede."[4] Some Wiccans believe that it is a modern innovation based on Christian morality.[5][6]
The Rule of Three has been compared by Karl Lembke to other ethics of reciprocity, such as the concept of karma in Dharmic religions and the Golden Rule[7]
The Rule of Three has a possible prototype in a piece of Wiccan liturgy which first appeared in print in Gerald Gardner's 1949 novel High Magic's Aid:[8][9]
"Thou hast obeyed the Law. But mark well, when thou receivest good, so equally art bound to return good threefold." (For this is the joke in witchcraft, the witch knows, though the initiate does not, that she will get three times what she gave, so she does not strike hard.)
However, The Threefold Law as an actual "law", was an interpretation of Wiccan ideas and ritual, made by noted witch Monique Wilson (1923-1982) and further popularized by Raymond Buckland, in his books on Wicca. Prior to this innovation by Wilson and its subsequent inclusion in publications, Wiccan ideas of reciprocal ethics were far less defined and more often interpreted as a kind of general karma.[10]
The first published reference to the Rule of Three as a general ethical principle may be from Raymond Buckland, in a 1968 article for Beyond magazine.[11] The Rule of Three later features within a poem of 26 couplets titled "Rede of the Wiccae", published by Lady Gwen Thompson in 1975 in Green Egg vol. 8, no. 69[12] and attributed to her grandmother Adriana Porter.[13][14] The threefold rule is referenced often by the Wiccans of the Clan Mackenzie in the S.M. Stirling Emberverse novels.
This rule was described by the Dutch metal band Nemesea, in the song "Threefold Law", from the album Mana.
Any fallacy is always a reasoning that leads to an erroneous conclusion, for thinking that others will act based on our same set of values or premises- This tendency to rely heavily on our perspective or deem our opinion as superior to others will often turn into a source of bias.
<em>Since people can have different values and culture, we need to accept that our thinking has always some form of bias.</em>
The ethnocentric fallacy is a common habit held when we think in terms of our background, which is not necessarily held by others, as view or tendency to explain the behaviour our attitude, thinking that the rest of the people will mistakenly held our same cultural values.
We tend to compare to other races and consider our assumptions and expectations as superior to the rest of the cultures.
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Ang Pilipinas ay binubuo ng higit sa 7,000 mga isla, kung saan humigit-kumulang na 2000 ang naninirahan. Ang mga isla ay ikinategorya sa tatlong pangunahing mga kumpol - katulad ang Luzon sa hilaga, Bisaya sa gitna at ang Mindanao sa timog. Ang mga kumpol ng isla ay magkakaiba sa mga tuntunin ng lutuin, wika at kultura. Ang isa sa mga pangunahing pagkakaiba ay ang tungkol sa relihiyon. Ang populasyon sa mga hilagang isla ay karaniwang kinikilala bilang Kristiyano samantalang mas karaniwan na makahanap ng mga makikilala na Muslim sa katimugang bahagi ng Pilipinas.
Ang bansa ay magkakaiba rin sa wika, na may walong pangunahing mga dayalekto at higit sa 170 mga wikang sinasalita sa buong mga isla na tinahanan. Ang opisyal na wika ng Pilipinas ay Filipino, na higit sa lahat ay Tagalog (ang dayalekto mula sa gitnang at timog Luzon) na sinamahan ng mga salita mula sa iba`t ibang mga wika. Halimbawa, malawak ang pagsasalita ng Ingles sa buong Pilipinas, at pangkaraniwan na marinig ang mga Pilipino na gumagamit ng isang halo ng Ingles at Tagalog (kilala na impormal na 'Taglish') sa pang-araw-araw na pag-uusap. Nakasalalay sa kanilang lokasyon, ang mga Pilipino ay maaaring hindi nagsasalita ng wikang pambansa. Bilang isang paraan upang mapanatili ang kanilang mga lokal na pagkakakilanlan, maraming mga Pilipino ang madalas na pipiliing magsalita sa kanilang mga wikang pangrehiyon at dayalekto. Sa katunayan, karaniwang makahanap ng mga Pilipino na mula sa iba`t ibang bahagi ng Pilipinas na nakikipag-usap sa Ingles kaysa sa Filipino.
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