Peter Paul and Mary

Last night brought the news that Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary, at age 72, has passed away. Travers was diagnosed with leukemia in 2004, but only recently stopped performing.

This trio of idealists was the soul of our nation taking us through the the tremulous times of the sixties; for fifty years singing the soul of America. The trio is no more, the feminine part of the soul has arisen into heaven along with that beautiful, evocative voice.

It says in the Torah that the angels in heaven can not begin to sing until the human being sings first; the Cabala adds the simile that water is compared to the Torah and wine is compared to the secret of the Torah; oil is compared to the song of the Torah–oil floats above them all. Water nurtures growth, wine brings out pleasure, oil supports fire–light is the essence of the soul.

The number fifty indicates forever as it says in the Torah a Jewish slave will be forever, but is released every fifty years for the Yuvol–Final Earth Rest; 72 is the highest number related to the YHVH Four Letter Name of God indicating the completion of the human soul within the body. Fifty and seventy makes 120 the full number of years for a human life as prescribed in the Torah–there are two numbers left over, Peter and Paul.