"One of the key numbers in mysticism,the occult,and religion. In the occult 3 is the number of the higher worlds...." 80 p. 307 [Steiner generally taught that there are three worlds overall: the physical world,the soul world,and the spirit world. If the spirit world has higher and lower regions,as he often said,then we may say there are three higher worlds in a restrictive sense. Steiner taught that three is the number of divinity revealing itself.]
In Anthroposophy: the person understood as having a physical body,a soul,and a spirit. Steiner also spoke of the four-,seven-,and nine-member human constitution.
Rudolf Steiner's plan to divide social institutions into three independent spheres: political,economic,and cultural/spiritual.
In many esoteric teachings: the boundary between the physical and spiritual realms.
In Christian angelology: the third-highest rank of angels. In Anthroposophy: the lowest gods of the First Hierarchy,standing seven levels above mankind. They reside chiefly in the sphere of Saturn.
"Written in three parts as a gospel for the dead,who must endure forty-nine days to experience his [sic,the dead person's] rebirth...." 80 p. 308
"Clairvoyant phenomena have a peculiar disregard for the normal time sequence...." 73 p. 216 [Steiner taught that time began midway through Old Saturn. Prior to that,the solar system existed in a timeless condition called "duration".]
In Anthroposophy: gods two levels above us who preside over 350-year periods of Earth life. These Archangels preside in a fixed,cyclical sequence,one god handing off to the next. They stand in the middle rank of the Third Hierarchy.