Theos-Talk Archives (December 2003 Message tt00124)

cesar joanino wrote:
> I just want to ask what we in theosophy..would explain the seven spirits of 
> God..also what is the esoteric meaning of no 7..Thank you
Seven is an arbitrary number, into which many continuities are divided 
in order to make them easier to understand. It was given special 
significance because of 7 "planets" observable from the Earth by humans 
without use of instrumentation, given a geocentric point of view. 
Because humans think so highly of themselves, they confused what they 
could observe with what was, and therefore made 7 a significant number.

Bart