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Seeker asks if the Holy Spirit existed before Christ was incarnated; the answer (at least, the traditional Christian answer) is that, like Christ and the Father, he existed eternally. Genesis say "In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was formless and void and the Spirit of God moved across the waters."
As far as the question about whether or not the Trinity is taught by scripture; well, no, not explicitly. For that reason, I'm very suspicious about people who try to give a whole lot of content to the doctrine of the Trinity and then pronounce anathemas on those who have a slightly different picture. Like the whole filioque argument. But scripture teaches very clearly that God is one, that Jesus is God, that the Holy Spirit is God, and that the Father is God. If there's any way to resolve that besides either Trinitarianism or Pantheism, I'd like to hear it.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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