777 by Entropicalpeace
One thing that captures human thought and imagination is the number 7. It is linked to many different explanations and many different uses, yet it still fascinates us. Why, I am not too sure. In my article: Mysteries of Seven I made an effort to begin to describe the power of this number. It was a start, however one that needs further thought. Perhaps you, my readers, may have some deep insight to share.
Successful authors, Stephen and Sean Covey have used the number 7 as the basis for their own books.
- 7 Habits of Highly Successful People1
7 Habits of Highly Effective People
- The 7 Habits of Happy Kids2
Even the world of blogging, of which I am now a part, defers to the magical significance of 7. I read a few articles the other day. One on Copyblogger‘s site. The article was titled: The 7 Secrets of Running a Wildly Popular Blog by Dean Rieck and in my country, Australia’s Darren Rowse of Problogger fame: 7 Considerations on Generating Traffic to Your Blog.
7 Sacred Directions
A fellow blogger on a sister site to Timberwolf HQ, that of Blogshido has ventured into the realm of the Sacred 7 in her article titled: The Seven Directions & Native American Wisdom where she has brought a number of books together on the topic. As a Spiritual Warrior and Seeker of the Way, what captures my imagination about this article is the quote from Eagle Man’s book: Mother Earth Spirituality: Native American Paths to Healing Ourselves and Our World.
The warrior who feels the great mystery of existence is marked by a profound humility. Such new warriors will not see themselves as titans standing astride the universe demanding dominion over the earth. Instead, they will be like the vision-questing Indian who stares at the stars in the black sky and feels humility before nature’s power and awesome beauty.
So what is it about the number 7 that captivates us? Why not 11 or 16 or even 5? As a Spiritual Warrior and Seeker of the Way, I seek the unusual in life and this is definitely one of them. 7 is a spiritual number with deep significance to humanity as a whole.
TWHQ Mysteries of Seven
As I said in my article, Mysteries of Seven:
The journey to trace the power of the number 7 covers a vast amount of territory and includes religious material, occult type material, explorations of 19th and 20th century adventurers in central Asia and the collection of myth legend, prophecy and tales concerning cultural heroes.
I would be very interested to hear what you, my readers think. Please leave your opinion in the comments below.
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About Timberwolf
MAX SEVENS
I am a Decorated, Disabled Veteran and a PTSD Survivor. I am launching a new endeavor called MAX SEVENS featuring me as a Motivational Speaker and Adversity Coach. I work with a lot of other Veterans and also seem to be helpful with Sensory Deprived Prisoners. In coming around to manage my PTSD, I noticed 7 symptoms that were misaligned with whatever reality I was existing in, ie. combat, hospitals, psych wards, etc. The magic of it that I am now living is this: When I restructured the symptoms to be useful instead of a hindrance, incredibly intensified positive energy flowed from and infinitely abundant source and doesn’t stop. I’ve made a full recovery from a 29 day coma, veggie land for three months, a wheelchair for 2 years, a walker for a year, crutches for 6 months and a can which I threw away last year. This “uncooperative number 7″ turns out to be very cooperative if realigned properly.
I’m still working on my presentation; However, feel free to visit me on Facebook in the near future for it. Until then I’d like to add this to your articles on 7–The common symbol of Magic, the Pentagram, was a mistaken representation for DaVinci’s Vitruvian Man. The true Symbol of Magic is the Pythagoean 7-Pointed Star, which creates endles geometrical equation when constructed within a circle; Hence the power of Infinity. Bearers of this symbol were forced underground and often used DaVinci’s Man as a cover. Like many things in history, minor adjusments at its discharge change its trajectory completely.
Best Bests,
~Seph~