Friday, August 22, 2008

The Seven. Why Seven?

  • Rainbow has seven colours
  • Heard of The Seven Deadly Sins
  • Seven sisters (Name given to a place in Murree where there are seven hills side by side)
  • It is said that there are Seven skys
  • SeveSn seas
  • Seven days in a week
  • The Muslims circle the Kaaba seven times per hajj / Umrah
  • The hindus circle seven times around fire when they are getting married
  • It is said that God made the world in seven days
  • It is also believed that for every person there are seven similar looking people around the world
  • The hindus belive in seven lives per person
  • Secret Seven (The story book series I used to read when I was little)
  • Seven wonders of the world
  • It is said that the cats change seven houses when they give birth
  • The Seven Rays is a metaphysical concept that has appeared in several religions and esoteric philosophies since at least the sixth century BCE, in both Western culture and in India.
  • In early Christian iconography, the dove of the Holy Ghost is often shown with an emanation of seven rays

    See this number seven. What is it with it that it is present every where. u know of any "seven" add it on to the list. You have soem explanation regarding the seven, plz let me know!!

3 comments:

BS.. said...

Now that you have listed quite a few examples, this seems interesting !

I dont have any explanation though and like you, now am eager to know the reason.. :-)

All Talk and No Action said...

Very interesting observation Dia !

Have put this Q to my family & friends...

Lets see if we can come up w anything..

Unknown said...

* mr bs: One of the many fasinating mystries on my mind. Wish i had the time and ability to probe deep into these thoughts.

*all talk and no action: Do share if anything comes up. And you might find my new post interesting too.