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<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> | ||
[[Koot Hoomi|Mahatma K.H.]] also talked about the "unvarying septenary law which runs throughout the works of nature".<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 62 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), ???.</ref> | |||
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*[http://www.blavatsky.net/blavatsky/arts/NumberSevenAndOurSociety.htm# The Number Seven and Our Society] by H. P. Blavatsky | *[http://www.blavatsky.net/blavatsky/arts/NumberSevenAndOurSociety.htm# The Number Seven and Our Society] by H. P. Blavatsky | ||
*[http://www.katinkahesselink.net/blavatsky/articles/v4/y1883_089.htm# The Septenary Principle in Esotericism] by H. P. Blavatsky | *[http://www.katinkahesselink.net/blavatsky/articles/v4/y1883_089.htm# The Septenary Principle in Esotericism] by H. P. Blavatsky | ||
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[[Category:Theosophical concepts]] | [[Category:Theosophical concepts]] | ||
[[Category:Concepts in The Secret Doctrine]] | [[Category:Concepts in The Secret Doctrine]] | ||
Revision as of 20:42, 15 February 2013
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]
Mahatma K.H. also talked about the "unvarying septenary law which runs throughout the works of nature".[2]
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