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The Mystical Number Seven


Perhaps the numeral seven is considered the most mystical of all numbers because it is the one number which cannot be divided evenly into the circle. This is always a dividend as the following chart illustrates:


 CIRCLE

 DIVISOR

 DIVIDEND

 360

 1

 360

 360

 2

 180

 360

3 

 120

 360

 4

 90

 360

 5

 72

 360

6 

 60

 360

 7

 51.428571

 360

 8

 45

 360

  9

 40

 

Further references to the numeral seven:

The dividend from the division of the circle by the number seven is intriguingly close to the outer angle of the Great Pyramid: 51 degrees and 51 minutes.

The mystical nature of Pi: The number 22 is considered symbolic of a complete circle, or the circle, because this is reflected by the twenty-two letters in the Hebrew alphabet, the twenty-two keys in the Major Arcana of the Tarot (Keys 1 - 21, plus the Fool) and indicating the full circle of experience. The function 22/7, one cycle of human experience divided by the spiritual Seven or Divinity within. This function is the value of Pi; or, the closet to it as can be expressed in whole digits. The discovery of Pi was a significant breakthrough in mathematics because its value is the relationship between the circumference of a circle and its radius and diameter; Pi presented humankind with a formula by which these things might be easily measured. A.G.H.


Source:
Bunker, Dusty, Numerology, Astrology and Dreams, West Chester, PA, Whitford Press, 1987.