The Seven Pattern: How the Amesha Spentas Echo Across World Religion
The Number That Appears Everywhere Open any religious text, and you'll find the number seven: Judaism: Seven days of creation. Seven-branched menorah. Seven patriarchs. Christianity: Seven seals. Seven trumpets. Seven churches. Seven deadly sins. Seven virtues. Islam: Seven heavens. Seven earths. Seven circuits around the Kaaba. Hinduism: Seven chakras. Seven sages. Seven sacred rivers. Buddhism: Seven steps of the Buddha at birth. Seven weeks of enlightenment. The number seven saturates world religion.
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The Number That Appears Everywhere Open any religious text, and you'll find the number seven: Judaism: Seven days of creation. Seven-branched menorah. Seven patriarchs. Christianity: Seven seals. Seven trumpets. Seven churches. Seven deadly sins. Seven virtues. Islam: Seven heavens. Seven earths. Seven circuits around the Kaaba. Hinduism: Seven chakras. Seven sages. Seven sacred rivers. Buddhism: Seven steps of the Buddha at birth. Seven weeks of enlightenment. The number seven saturates world religion. But where did this sacred numerology originate? The Amesha Spentas — the seven divine emanations of Ahura Mazda in Zoroastrian theology.
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Avesta · Old Testament · Quran