the trinitarian division is important in that is reflects a mystical framework for biology. fludd was heavily reliant on scripture; in the bible, the number three represented the "principium formarum", or the original form. furthermore, it was the number of the holy trinity. thus, the number three formed the perfect body, paralleling the trinity. this allowed man and earth to approach the infinity of god, and created a universality in sympathy and composition between all things.