by warmonger1981 on Mon Jan 04, 2016 11:06 pm
7
In every system of antiquity there is a frequent reference to this number, showing that the veneration for it proceeded from some common causeThe Pythagoreans called it a perfect number, because it was made up of three and four, the triangle and the square, which are the two perfect figures. They called it also a virgin number, and without mother, comparing it to Minerva, who was a motherless virgin, because it cannot by multiplication produce any number within ten nor can any two numbers by their multiplication produce it. There were seven ancient planets, seven altars burned continually before the god Mithras; the Arabians had seven holy temples; the Hindus supposed the world to be enclosed within the compass of seven peninsulas the Goths had seven deities, in the Persian Mysteries were seven spacious caverns, through which the aspirant had to pass, in the Gothic Mysteries, the candidate met with seven obstructions, which were called the Road of the Seven Stages. Seven is a sacred number in Masonic symbolism. It has always been so. In the earliest instructions of the eighteenth century it was said that a Lodge required seven to make it perfect; but the only explanation to be found in any of those ceremonies of the sacredness of the number is the seven liberal arts and sciences.
11
In all honesty I couldn't think of much for 11 but this is what I found.Symbol of the interior fight, the rebellion and the mislaying which results from it. But it also represents someone who comes out victorious of the tests with the acquired knowledge.
Represent the transgression of the law because it exceeds of one the number of ten, which is the one of the Decalogue. For this fact, it represents the sin according to saint Augustin. The psalm 11 (Vulgate numbering) asks effectively the punishment of the wicked. The theoretical speculations on this number confirm this symbolism. The sum of numbers 1 to 11 is 66, which multiplying eleven by the number symbol of the evil, the diabolic 6; by the addition of the two digits which compose it as by its reading in Roman number, II, it reminds the 2, number of the division and the corruption.
Number expressing more than the human sin, it is the sin in general or cosmic, according to R. Allendy.
According to Peignot, it is the force of witnesses and the Word. Eleven is therefore the number of the martyrdom, the testimony and the prophecy.
Represent the union of the microcosm and the macrocosm - 5 + 6.
Number of the knowledge of God, according to Arabs, this one passing by 11 steps.
Number in relation to the mysteries of the fruitfulness in the African esoteric traditions.
Number representing the individual initiative but exercising without relationship to the cosmic harmony, consequently of a rather unfavorable nature.
In China, number representing the way (the Tao) of the sky and the earth. It is the number of the central union of the sky, 6, and of the earth, 5.
Bad number according to the Hebrews. This is why there would not exist any name having eleven letters in Hebrew.
Bible
Jesus speaks about workers of the eleventh hour in his parable of labourers. (Mt 20,6)
The eleven apostles remaining with Jesus Christ following the treason and the suicide of Judas the apostle.
Jehoiakim and Zedekiah reigned each one eleven years in Jerusalem. (2 K 23,36 and 24,18)
In the prescriptions given by Yahweh to Moses for the construction of the sanctuary, Moses has to make eleven sheets of goats' hair to form a tent over the Dwelling. (Ex 26,7)
Joseph, betrayed by his brothers and rescuer of his tribe, is the eleventh son of Jacob.
Number of planets of our solar system mentioned in the dream of Joseph. (Gn 37,6; Koran, chapter 12)
Source:http://www.ridingthebeast.com/numbers/nu11.php
Cross
The ancient Greek goddess Diana is pictured with a cross over her head in much the same way the "Virgin Mary" is represented by many medieval artists. Bacchus, the Greek god of wine, is often pictured wearing a headdress adorned with crosses. Different types of crosses were used in Mexico centuries before the Spaniards arrived. The Egyptians used cross symbols in abundance, as did the Hindus.The surprising thing is that the Christian use of the cross did not begin until the time of Constantine, three centuries after Christ. The Celtics used the cross.
Black Cat
Cats have been considered sacred by many cultures but a black cat is bad luck. That's all I know about black cats.
