Hannah, Mary and Sophia were three sisters and Hannah was the Virgin Mary's mother. 'The Virgin first came down into the body of Seth, shining like a white pearl.' Then successively entered Enos, Cainan .. Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah .. Abraham, Isaac, Joseph .. David, Solomon .. and Joachim. 'And Joachim said to his wife Hannah "I saw Heaven open and a white bird came therefrom and hovered over my head". This bird had its being in the days of old .. It was the Spirit of Life in the form of a white bird and .. became incarnate in Hannah's womb when the pearl went forth from Joachim's loins and .. Hannah received it, namely the body of our Lady Mary. The white pearl is mentioned for its purity, and the white bird because Mary's soul existed aforetime with the Ancient of Days .. Thus bird and pearl are alike and equal.' From the Body of Mary, the pearl, the white bird of the spirit then entered into Jesus at the Baptism.