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The Holy Trinity of Proto-Indo-European Culture and Metaphysics
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CONTENTS

1. Preamble
2. Introduction
3. Social Structure
4. Sovereignty
5. Religion
6. Mythology
7. The Soul
8. The Nature of the Castes
9. The Four Castes of Indo-Aryan Society?
10. Conclusion



Preamble
The structure and contents of this article are mostly lifted from an excellent thread posted by a Twitter user called Anna. You can read the original here (archived here). I’ve edited it so that it’s slightly easier to read, not so condensed and Twitter-y, and included a couple of additional related topics.



Introduction
Despite the fact that most Westerners are heinous atheists, you’ll struggle to find somebody who isn’t at least aware of the concept of the Holy Trinity. Most people are generally familiar with the Christian expression of this trinity — the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost — but few know that the concept of a holy trinity was also an integral part of ancient, pre-Christian Indo-European life, dating back as far as the Proto-Indo-Europeans, the progenitors of all modern European culture, who arose between 9500 and 6500 years ago.

The Tripartite Formula, also known as the Trifunctional Hypothesis, is the idea that Proto-Indo-European culture (and those derived from it) exhibited a fundamentally tripartite structure, or in other words, were divided into three separate, definitive functions. This tripartite functionality is evident in both macro and micro elements of Indo-European social structure, culture, mythology, and religion, all of which will be explored in this article, which aims to provide a simple but holistic introduction to the Trifunctional Hypothesis.

This hypothesis was initially proposed by French philologer and mythographer, Georges Dumézil, who is widely viewed as the most eminent scholar of Proto-Indo-European studies. Dumézil supported far-right, anti-democratic politics, in addition to collaborating closely with many Nazis, yet his legacy is still held in high regard.






Social Structure
Dumézil identified that all Indo-European societies appeared to be divided into three overarching social functions (or three classes/castes). These were as follows:

1. Sovereignty, Priests
Which had twin aspects:
a) Juridical Aspect
b) Sacerdotal Aspect
Thus, a priest-king or priest-jurist.

2. Military, Warriors
Protects the society as a whole and makes war on its enemies.

3. Producers and Businessmen
Herding, farming, crafts, merchants, tradesmen, laborers, etc.

Consider the social structure of the Celts, for example:
1. Druids acted as the priest-jurists.
2. Flaith were the military aristocracy.
3. Bo Airig, literally the “free men owning cattle,” were the producers.

Or the Indo-Aryan castes:
1. Brahmins: priests.
2. Kshatriyas: warriors.
3. Vaishyas: producers.




Sovereignty
Who actually ruled in Indo-European society? This is a complex question that scholars continue to debate to this day. It may seem obvious that the priest-kings would rule, as they can declare holy law and have direct access to the divine, however, in most Indo-European societies, rulers frequently came from the warrior class, for example the Kshatriya class in Indo-Aryan society. In a sense, both the warriors and priests can be viewed as part of a singular ruling class, though there was a definitive division between the two.

The Brahmin (priest class) educated and advised the Kshatriya (warrior class), who generally became the defacto rulers, though the Brahmin could create religious law and override Kshatriya military law. In turn, the Brahmins would be kept in check by the Kshatriya’s military power, preventing the priest-kings from becoming too abstract, lofty, and overbearing.




Religion
The tripartite scheme is (or was) also codified in the mythology and religion of all Indo-European peoples, with each caste or class in Indo-European society corresponding to a particular deity. For example, in Indo-Aryan society…

1. Brahmins, priests: Varuna (religious) and Mitra (judicial)
2. Kshatriyas, warriors: Indra
3. Vaishyas, producers: Aśvins

We find similar patterns in the pantheon of the Germanic peoples. Odin embodies the ‘religious’ while Tyr embodies the ‘judicial.’ Similarly to Varuna, Odin is portrayed as a sort of high priest-magus and, similarly to Mitra, Tyr is ‘contract’ personified. Thor, a warrior god, corresponds to Indra, while Yngvi and Freya correspond to the producer caste.

See the chart below for further comparisons.



The Romans associated Odin with Mercury, who served as a mediator between gods and mortals, performing roles such as escorting the dead to the underworld — a clear expression of the role of the priestly-king, a mediator between the divine and material.


Mythology
The trinity concept is also present in a wide variety of Indo-European myths. Consider the Scythian origin myth, as recorded by Herodotus:

The Scythians’ legend about themselves, which portrays the first Scythian king, Targitaus, as the child of the sky-god and of a daughter of the Dnieper. Targitaus allegedly lived a thousand years before the failed Persian invasion of Scythia, or around 1500 BC. He had three sons, before whom fell from the sky a set of four golden implements – a plough, a yoke, a cup, and a battle-axe. Only the youngest son succeeded in touching the golden implements without them bursting with fire, and this son’s descendants, called by Herodotus the “Royal Scythians”, continued to guard them.

Dumézil noted that the four items handed down by the Scythian Skyfather* had a clear correspondence with the three castes of society:

1. Chalice to the priests (religious ritual).
2. Battle-axe to the warriors.
3. Yoke and plow to the producers.

* The Scythian’s Skyfather was known as ‘Papaios,’ whose name is cognate with Roman Jupiter, Greek Zeus Patēr, Palaic/Anatolian Tiyaz papaz, etc., stemming from the original Proto-Indo-European Dyḗus Ph₂tḗr.


The Scythians were a tall and robust Iranic people. Anatomically and genetically they were very similar to modern ethnic Russians. Multiple ancient historians, hailing from China to Rome, noted that almost their entire population was blond/red-haired and blue/green-eyed. They are the quintessential representation of the physical type of the Proto-Indo-Iranian people.


The Irish myths of the Tuatha Dé Danann (or Tuath Dé, lit: “tribe of the gods”) also features Four Great Treasures that were brought to the Irish by the Tribe of the Gods. Again, these have a clear correspondence to the three functions.

1. Stone of Destiny, used in ritual coronations, representing the priestly caste.
2. The invisible sword of Lugh of Long Arm and a magic spear, both representing the warrior caste.
3. Cauldron of Dagda, a horn of plenty, representing the producer caste.


Tuatha Dé Danann as depicted in John Duncan’s “Riders of the Sidhe” (1911)
In the Greek myth of the Judgement of Paris, a trinity of goddesses are judged according to their beauty by a Trojan mortal named Paris (also known as Aléxandros).

1. Hera, the wife of Zeus (representing divine hierarchy).
2. Athena, a goddess of warfare.
3. Aphrodite, the most beautiful woman, a goddess of passion and procreation.


Though it barely scratches the surface of Indo-European mythology, this small selection of myths demonstrates a clear thematic consistency that is evident in Indo-European mythology throughout Eurasia.





The Soul
Trinity is also represented in Indo-European conceptions of the soul, perhaps the most famous of which is Plato’s theory of the soul, known as the ‘Platonic Tripartite Soul‘. This conception is similar to the mind/body/spirit distinction, though Plato divided the soul itself into three hierarchical parts.

1. The Logistikon or ‘Reason’
– Logic, the highest element of the soul.
– Drives an individual to seek truth and wisdom.
– Represented by the Head.

2. The Thumetikon or ‘Spirit’
– Emotion, the central element of the soul.
– Drives an individual to seek honor, glory, and victory.
– Represented by the Heart.

3. The Epithumetikon or ‘Appetite’
– Lust, the lowest element of the soul.
– Drives an individual to seek physical and material satisfaction.
– Represented by the Stomach/Genitalia.

Plato related the three aspects of the soul to the three social castes:
– Priests to Logistikon.
– Warriors to Thumetikon.
– Laborers to Epithumetikon.

Though Plato regarded the Logistikon to be the highest element of the soul, he stated that the soul can only be regarded as harmonic when the Logistikon and Thumetikon align to collaboratively resist the lust of the Epithumetikon, allowing an individual to eschew profane earthly desires and instead strive for transcendental goals.

Logistikon (or ‘Reason’) was by no means in the realm of the atheistic scientism and “rationalism” of The Enlightenment — it is derived from the ancient Greek concept of ‘Logos,’ which in turn is derived from an important Indo-European concept that is best understood as ‘Cosmic Order’ or ‘Universal Truth (or Law).’ We find this concept expressed in both Eastern and Western Indo-European cultures, conceptually via the Indo-Aryan ‘Ṛta’ (“order, truth”), Iranian-Avestan ‘Aša/Arta’ (“order, truth, righteousness”), Proto-Indo-Iranian ‘Hr̥tás’ (“truth”), and Anglo-Saxon ‘Wyrd’ (“fate, destiny”). It is also expressed via ‘personified’ means, in the Roman goddess ‘Veritas’ (“truth”) and the Old Norse Norn (female deity) ‘Urðr’ (“fate”). All of the above likely stems from the original Proto-Indo-European ‘H2r-tós,’ meaning “properly joined, right, true.”

The Greek term ‘Logos’ was later adopted by Christians and, although they translated ‘Logos’ to ‘Word,’ we can clearly see that the Christian concept has similarities to the Indo-European concept of Universal Truth, with Christ himself being seen as ‘Logos’ incarnate: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1).

Honor, as well as the drive for eternal glory, expressed via the soul as Thumetikon (or ‘Spirit), was also an incredibly important aspect of all Indo-European societies. This is perhaps best summarized through a quote from the Norse Hávamál: “Cattle die and kinsmen die, thyself too must die, but one thing never will die, the fame of a dead man’s deeds.”





The Nature of the Castes
Generally speaking, people naturally fall into one caste:

1. Natural scholars/priests.
2. Natural warriors.
3. Natural producers and businessmen.

The majority of people fall into the third caste, which is one of the reasons why Plato opposed democracy. The third caste (merchants, producers, laborers, etc.) are what we would refer to as “normies.” As with most stratified things, we can observe a rough 20/80 split in the castes of society, whereby 80% of society are “normies” (third caste) and 20% of society are not normies (first and second caste). This is also known as the Pareto principle.

The “normie” caste are the “NPCs” of society, largely unconcerned with matters of religion, war, and politics, they “go with the flow” of society, as long as it remains comfy and there are no major disruptions to their material conditions (i.e., as long as they are not being starved or invaded). There’s nothing inherently wrong with this, of course, society couldn’t function without normies.

Castes are also often reflected in peoples’ physical appearance:

1. Brahmins: Ectomorph (little body fat, little muscularity, thin, not wide, often).
2. Kshatriyas: Mesomorph (broad shoulder, narrow waist, naturally well proportioned).
3. Vaishyas: Endomorph (naturally a bit, fat and round, oval shape).


Castes are also reflected in peoples’ personality types.

Brahmins: Tend toward introversion. Like to think and analyze. Tend to be abstract, rational, but also oftentimes spiritual and mystical as well. Archetype would be a priest or professor.

Kshatriyas: Action oriented. Tend towards extroversion. Striving, victory, glory. They tend to be naturally great leaders, but they will also make the most fanatical followers to whomever they esteem worthy.

Vaishyas: Love physical comforts. Eating, sleeping, and sex are overvalued. High time preference. Softness of body and mind. Often struggles to make firm judgement. Sensual satisfaction, production, consumption.

Notice that women, and men to an extent, tend to naturally be attracted to Mesomorphs (Kshatriya) and Ectomorphs (Brahmin). They subconsciously recognize that these builds represent the higher castes. While these two castes are naturally attractive to the opposite sex, the dating strategies of Endomorphs (Vaishyas), who are less naturally attractive, typically involve more coercive techniques, such as the accumulation of wealth and resources.

In the modern world, natural social castes have been completely inverted and obliterated by materialism and huckstering (we all know who is responsible for that, don’t we?) meaning that people who naturally belong at the bottom of society (grifters, merchants, businessmen, those with less focus on transcendence and honor), have money-grubbed their way to the top of society.

This results in the fat retard getting the girl.



The “caste system” in the modern world explicitly favors those who can money-grub the hardest, which generally selects for individuals who are the most immoral, least honorable, highly materialistic, are atheists, and so on. Essentially, people who represent the precise antithesis to the Indo-European ideal. This form of degenerate civilization is in direct opposition to Cosmic Order, rendering it wholly unsustainable. In Platonic terms, our civilizational Logistikon and Thumetikon (Logos and Spirit) are being completely overwhelmed by the Epithumetikon (Lust), leading to an imbalanced, inharmonious, and fundamentally corrupt society.




The Four Castes of Indo-Aryan Society?
The caste system in Indo-Aryan society is a peculiar outlier that appears to buck the trend of the Trifunctional Hypothesis. How and why did their society end up with four castes, rather than the standard three castes that are found in all other Indo-European societies?

To uncover this mystery, one simply hast to look into the Indo-Aryans’ language and literature. In their oldest religious texts, the Vedas — the oldest of which is Ṛgveda (1700-1100 BC) — the word ‘krsna tvac’ or “black skin” is used as a synonym for the native ‘non-believers’ (or non-Aryans). Furthermore, the Indo-Aryan word for ‘caste,’ Varṇa, literally translates to “color” (or outward appearance, exterior, form, figure, or shape).


Though today the term ‘Aryan’ has been mutated to mean “noble,” it was most likely originally an ethnic self-designation. I’ve covered this in detail in this article here. The word is derived from Proto-Indo-European ‘H₂eryos,’ meaning “kinsmen.” See also: Aryamā, “fellow-clansman;” Āryavarṇa, “Aryan color (caste);” Āryāvarta “Abode of the Aryans;” etc.

The Indo-Aryans were originally ethnically similar to the aforementioned Scythians, who represent the “pure,” largely unmixed, Indo-Iranian physical type, descended from the Corded Ware peoples of Eastern Europe. For more information on the genetic history of the Indo-Aryans, see this article.

So, what happened in India and why the four castes?

The likely explanation is as follows: The fourth caste was established after the Aryans invaded India to distinguish and separate their own ethnic group from the natives who they conquered. The first three castes (Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya) consisted of Aryans, who were biologically European (or close to it), while the fourth caste, Shudras, consisted of non-Aryan natives (who took the roles of peasants, servants, and slaves).


More evidence to support this theory can be found in the Manusmṛiti, or Laws of Manu (1250 to 200 BC), which contains various laws that explicitly forbid Aryans from interbreeding with anyone belonging to the non-Aryan castes (Shudras and Chandalas or ‘Untouchables’). The laws even include a calculation for how many generations it would take for a racially mixed individual to be “re-bred” into “pure” Indo-Aryan stock (seven generations, Manusmṛiti 10:64:72). The extreme harshness of the wording of these laws indicate that the Aryan elite were strongly opposed to this practice.

“An Aryan who climbs into bed with a non-Aryan goes to hell; if he begets a son in her, he loses the status of Aryan. No redemption is prescribed for a man who drinks the saliva from the lips of a non-Aryan woman or is tainted by her birth or begets her son.”

Manusmṛiti (3:15-19)
“A man born of confusion of wombs, even if he comes from a leading family, will inherit that very character.”

Manusmṛiti (10:57-61)
“If someone born from an Aryan [man] in a non-Aryan woman produces a child with someone of the higher [Aryan] caste, the lower caste reaches the status of birth of the higher caste after the seventh generation […] Seed sown in the wrong field perishes right inside it.”

Manusmṛiti (10:64:72)
A comparative situation would be the South African Dutch and Dutch East India Company instating Apartheid and anti-miscegenation laws to stop horny Boers from interbreeding with native South Africans.

The fact that all Indians are brown today and have, at most, 30% Indo-European DNA, proves that racial mixing will naturally occur in any racially heterogeneous population, even if you instate anti-miscegenation laws that are more harsh than the Nuremberg Laws. Still, we owe the Indians a great deal for their preservation of the Indo-European religious teachings and practices; the Vedas have been immensely helpful in helping us decode Indo-European history.

North West Indians vs Central Indians vs South Indians:


Though the above has fallen out of favor after the end of the Second World War, largely due to anti-colonialist narratives and political correctness (Cultural/Western Marxism), it is by far the most rational explanation.

We’re left with one final question.

Why don’t we find a four-caste system in other Indo-European societies? With regards to Europe, I presume that this is because the Western Europeans who the Proto-Indo-Europeans (who were originally from Ukraine) conquered were racially far more similar to themselves than the native Indians were to the Indo-Aryans.



Conclusion
The Holy Trinity is clearly an ancient and important aspect of our culture. This short article barely scratches the surface but hopefully it should suffice as a basic introduction to the traditional worldview of the European people.

I also hope that this article encourages both Christians and Pagans to be slightly less hostile towards the beliefs of one another, as we have slightly bigger problems on the horizon, such as going extinct. But I’m not holding my breath.