and
the
Number
Seven
A selection of articles
relating to the esoteric significance of the Number 7 in Theosophy
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Why is the number 7 so
important?
The extent to which the number 7 dominates
the mechanisms of Nature is known as the Septenary
Law or Principle.
In the Secret Doctrine, Volume 1, Page 158,
H P Blavatsky said the following;
“Everything in the metaphysical as in the
physical Universe is septenary”
In Esoteric Buddhism, A P Sinnett made this
observation;
“In periods of sevens the evolution of the
races of man may be traced, and the actual number of objective worlds which
constitute our system, and of which our Earth is one, is seven also. Remember,
the occult scientists know this as a fact that the spectrum consists of seven
colours, and the musical scale of seven tones. There are seven kingdoms of
Nature, not three, as modern science has imperfectly classified them. Man
belongs to a kingdom separate from that of the animals, including beings in a
higher state of organization than that which manhood has familiarized us with
as yet; and below the mineral kingdom there are three others, which science in
the West knows nothing about.”
In “The Seven Principles of Man” Katherine Tingley says;
“If asked,
"Why seven?" the answer is that seven is one of the key numbers by
which the mysteries that underlie all nature are revealed and explained. The
wisdom-religion teaches that number and numbers underlie all the processes of
creation. This numerical key is at once most important and profound. There is
nothing arbitrary about the use of the number seven as applied to the study of
man's nature. The septenate is universal throughout
nature”
Here are further examples of the Septenary Law:-
The Seven Planes of the Cosmos
The Seven Globes that constitute a Chain or
Planetary System. This consists of our own Physical Globe
and six other (invisible to us) Companion Globes.
The Seven Rounds or periods of activity of
each Chain in which the Life impulse passes through the Globes.
The Seven Root Races through which Mankind
evolves, each with their seven Sub-Races. We are fifth Root Race and there
are two more to come.
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Articles by H P Blavatsky
An Extract
from the Key to Theosophy
An extract from the Key to Theosophy
The Key To Theosophy (Complete
Text)
Article by Annie Besant
Article by William Q. Judge
This is Chapter 4 of The Ocean of Theosophy
Article by Katherine Tingley
Article by T Subba Row
Article by a Parsee member
of
The Theosophical Society
An anonymous contribution
to
the
Theosophist Magazine
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The Seven Rays
The Seven rays are cosmic
intelligences or energies
which
permeate the universe. Theosophy postulates
that
every person on the planet is characterized
by
one or several of these rays and their qualities.
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