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Genii of the World of the Ancient Egyptians are as fol-
lows:
1. Saturn, Rephan, God of Time.
2 . Jupiter, Picheus, God of Life;
3 . Mars, Moloch, God of destruction.
4 . Sol, Phre or Pire, meaning Holy Lord.
5. Venus, Suroth, lady of love.
6 . Mercury, Hermes, Hermanubis, God of speech.
7. Luna, Piooh, lady of waters.
In China, 7 is the number of Death, and their days of
mourning are 7 times 7. The Seven Star Plank is the
name of the bottom plank of a coffin in which they bore
7 holes.
The Hindus speak of 7 Tattvas, the abstract principles of
existence, metaphysical and physical, the subtle elements
and the corresponding human senses, of which only five
are yet developed. So there are 5 exoteric, Akasha, Vayu,
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Tejas, Apas and Prithivi. The first two esoteric yet un-
known are Ani and Anupadaka. The first name means
One, Unity, the Atom, and is a name of Brahma. The
latter means parentless, self-existent. The first five are
referred to primeval Aether, Air, Fire, Water and Earth.
And to Hearing, Touch, Sight, Taste and Smell. Note
Air is not Hearing. See Rama Prasad on The Tattvas.
The Sanskrit names of the Seven Planets used in Hindu
Astrology, are Surya for the Sun, Chandra for Moon,
Kuja for Mars, Budhan for Mercury, Guru for Jupiter,
Sukra for Venus, and Shani for Saturn. Then there are
Rahu, the upper Lunar Node, and Ketu for the lower.
Jupiter is also named Brihaspati.
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The word Septemtriones refers to the north, and is so
called from its reference to the 7 Stars of Ursa Major,
also called the Plough, and seen in the Zodiac of
Denderah as the Thigh.
The Talmudic Berachoth, 14. i, says he who passes 7
nights without dreaming deserves to be called wicked.
The Kabalists describe Seven classes of Angels and are
as follows:
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1. Ishim.
2 . Arelim.
3 . Chashmalim.
4 . Melakim.
5. Auphanim.
6 . Serpahim.
7. Kerubim.
The Judaic Hell was seven names by the Kabalists. They
are Sheol, Abaddon, Tihahion, Bar Shacheth, Tzelmuth,
Shaari Muth and Gehinnom.
Seven things were formed before the world. Law, Re-
pentance, Paradise, Gehenna (that is Gai hinnom), the
Throne of Glory, and the Messiah. The Targum
Yerushalmi says these were formed 2000 years before
the World s creation. Talmud, Pesachim, 54. i.
Seven things were hidden from man. The day of death,
the time of the resurrection, the final judgment, the
opinion of his fellow-man, the time of Jewish restora-
tion and the Fall of Persia (whatever that may mean).
Pesachim, 54. 2.
The Talmud in Chagijah names 7 Heavens and Oc-
cultists recognize 7 Planetary Heavens; Raquie, Zebul,
Makum, Maon, Sagun, Ghereboth and Shamaim.
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In Micah, chapter v. verse 5, we read that 7 shepherds
shall waste Assyria; the Talmud says they were Adam,
Jacob and Methuselah, Abraham, Jacob and Moses, and
David. Succah. 52. 2.
Of Prophetesses there were 7: --Sarah, Miriam, Deb-
orah, Hannah, Abigail, Huldah and Esther.
In the Talmud, Kethuboth, 17. i, it is said that it is per-
missible to the Jew to look into his wife s face for 7 days
after marriage. After this it is presumably wrong, in their
opinion.
On the 7th day of the month, Adar, Moses died and the
rain of manna ceased, says the Talmud, but this appears
to be contradicted in Joshua v. verses 10-12. He was
born on the same day of the same month.
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The Bava Kama says that after 7 years a male hyena be-
comes a bat, in another 7 years a Vampire, after another
a Thorn, and after another is turned into a demon. If a
man fails to pray devoutly for 7 years, his spine after
death becomes a serpent.
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Besides those who prophesized for Israel, there were 7
other prophets, Beor, Balaam, Job, Eliphaz, Bildad, Zo-
har, and Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite.
The Bava Bathra says that 7 men form an unbroken se-
ries to this day. Adam was seen by Methuselah, then
Shem, Jacob, Amram, Ahijah the Shilonite, and Elijah,
who saw him, and Elijah is still alive until today.
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