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The Power of the Number 5 in Numerology and Spirituality
A careful overview of how five became a symbolic number in Greek, Asian and religious traditions, and which claims about its power are old or modern.
Numerology and Astrology
Spiritual Numbers: Five, Seven, Zero
How five, seven and zero are described in spiritual and numerological writing.
How the Number 5 Represents Change and Transformation
Why modern numerology links five with change and freedom, and how that belief was drawn from the five senses and five elements. A belief, not guidance.
The Hidden Meaning Behind the Number 5 in Numerology and Astrology
How five connects to the pentagram and Venus, with the real astronomy of Venus's five-fold pattern over eight years and what astrology made of it.
The Hidden Meaning Behind the Number 5 in Numerology and Spirituality
What five means in religious practice: the five wounds of Christ, the Five Pillars of Islam, the Buddhist five precepts and the Sikh five Ks, one by one.
The Number 7 and Its Connection to Spiritual Awakening
Why seven is called a spiritual number: the seven chakras of yoga and tantra, the seven heavens of Islamic and Jewish tradition, and what each says.
The Number 7 and Its Connection to Spiritual Awakening and Enlightenment
Seven-stage paths in mysticism: Attar's seven valleys in Sufism, the Buddhist seven factors of awakening, and Teresa of Avila's seven mansions.
The Number 7 and Its Connection to Spiritual Growth and Development
How seven entered Theosophy, anthroposophy and New Age writing in the 19th and 20th centuries, tracing the sources and noting these are modern interpretations.
The Power of the Number 0 in Numerology and Spirituality
How numerology treats zero as potential or an amplifier, and why it is a late addition: early Pythagorean and Chaldean systems had no zero at all.
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