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Mme. Blavatsky was among the first in modern times | [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|Mme. Blavatsky]] was among the first in modern times to point out to the sacredness of the number seven. This notion was at first rejected by people in different fields, who criticized her for this. As she wrote in 1883: | ||
<blockquote>We were taunted by ignorant Brahmins and learned Europeans that our septenary divisions of nature and everything in it, including man, is arbitrary and not endorsed by the oldest religious systems of the East.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. IV (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1991), 574.</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>We were taunted by ignorant Brahmins and learned Europeans that our septenary divisions of nature and everything in it, including man, is arbitrary and not endorsed by the oldest religious systems of the East.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. IV (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1991), 574.</ref></blockquote> | ||
Revision as of 22:37, 11 December 2012
Mme. Blavatsky was among the first in modern times to point out to the sacredness of the number seven. This notion was at first rejected by people in different fields, who criticized her for this. As she wrote in 1883:
We were taunted by ignorant Brahmins and learned Europeans that our septenary divisions of nature and everything in it, including man, is arbitrary and not endorsed by the oldest religious systems of the East.[1]
Notes
- ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Collected Writings vol. IV (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1991), 574.
Online resources
Articles
- The Septenary System Nomenclature at Theosopedia
- The Mysteries of the Hebdomad by H. P. Blavatsky
- The Number Seven by H. P. Blavatsky
- The Number Seven and Our Society by H. P. Blavatsky
- The Septenary Principle in Esotericism by H. P. Blavatsky