《Numbers: Their Occult Power and Mystic Virtue》數字的神秘象徵 (Occult Power of Numbers)William Wynn Westcott (1890)
The Moon passes through stages of 7 days in increase, full, decrease, and renewal. Naaman was ordered by Elisha (an initiate) to take Seven dips in Jordan, to cleanse himself from Leprosy ; note the Seven years for Repentance ; 7 churches of Asia (or Assiah), Seven Angels with Trumpets, 7 candlesticks of the Holy Places, Seven seals, 7 trumpets, 7 kings, 7 thousands slain, Seven vials of wrath to be poured out, pace the Apocalypse, Seven members make a lodge perfect, although 5 may hold one.
段落 westcott-208public-domain (1890)
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