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Esoteric sciences --- Depth psychology --- number symbolism

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Why is the number seven lucky--even holy--in almost every culture? Why do we speak of the four corners of the earth? Why do cats have nine lives (except in Iran, where they have seven)? From literature to folklore to private superstitions, numbers play a conspicuous role in our daily lives. But in this fascinating book, Annemarie Schimmel shows that numbers have been filled with mystery and meaning since the earliest times, and across every society.In The Mystery of Numbers Annemarie Schimmel conducts an illuminating tour of the mysteries attributed to numbers over the centuries. She begins wi

Symbolism of numbers. --- Numerology. --- Occultism --- Symbolism of numbers --- Number symbolism --- Sacred numbers --- Symbolic numbers --- Numerals --- wiskunde

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Mysticism --- Symbolism of numbers --- Number symbolism --- Sacred numbers --- Symbolic numbers --- Numerals --- Dark night of the soul --- Mystical theology --- Theology, Mystical --- Spiritual life --- Negative theology --- Berg, Alban --- -Philosophy --- Mysticism in music --- Symbolism in music --- Music --- Berg, Alban, --- Philosophy. --- Symbolism.

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An almost obsessional use of numbers characterizes Japanese popular culture. A wide variety of numerical formulae and strategies provide the means for explaining events and solving problems occurring in everyday life. These include such matters as the choice of the name for a child, ranking in almost any game or sport, the diagnosis and cure of illness or the decision to accept a new job. This text provides a general study of the field of Japanese popular numeracy. It introduces the reader to a world of numbers in which fortune-telling, the abacus and games involving numbers, as well as cur

Symbolism in folklore --- Numerals --- Symbolism of numbers --- Folklore --- Number symbolism --- Sacred numbers --- Symbolic numbers --- Mathematics --- Japan --- Civilization --- Social life and customs. --- J1741.70 --- J4150 --- Japan: Religion -- occultism -- numerology --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- customs, folklore and culture

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Symbolism of numbers --- Eugenics --- Astrology --- Mathematics --- Symbolisme des nombres --- Eugénisme --- Astrologie --- Mathématiques --- History. --- Philosophy --- History --- Histoire --- Philosophie --- Ficino, Marsilio, --- Plato. --- Social Sciences --- Parapsychology & Occult Sciences --- -Eugenics --- -Symbolism of numbers --- -Number symbolism --- Sacred numbers --- Symbolic numbers --- Numerals --- Homiculture --- Race improvement --- Euthenics --- Heredity --- Involuntary sterilization --- Horoscopy --- Astronomy, Medieval --- Occultism --- Ficino, Marsilio --- Plato --- Aflāṭūn --- Aplaton --- Bolatu --- Platon, --- Platonas --- Platone --- Po-la-tʻu --- Pʻŭllatʻo --- Pʻŭllatʻon --- Pʻuratʻon --- Πλάτων --- אפלטון --- פלאטא --- פלאטאן --- פלאטו --- أفلاطون --- 柏拉圖 --- 플라톤 --- -History --- Marsilius Ficinus --- Eugénisme --- Mathématiques --- Number symbolism