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Symbol 8 and The Power of 8
The symbol for infinity is a Lemniscate
The symbol for infinity is a Lemniscate
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is symbol for perfection, strength, fortitude, everlastingness and Infinity.
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is a Fibonacci Number
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is a Heptagonal Pyramidal Number
is a Centered Heptagonal Number
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can be partitioned in 22 ways
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The Octahedron is a Platonic Solid with 8 Faces
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The Chemical Element Oxygen has an atomic number of 8
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is an Octagonal Number and the octagon is the beginning of the transformation of the square into a circle and vice versa. The octagon is the symbol of the meeting of heaven & earth because it is a compromise halfway between the square (earth) and the circle (heaven).
Construction of the octagon involves the circle, vesica piscis and square
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is the first cube and largest cube in the Fibonacci Sequence.
A Cube is a Platonic Solid with 8 Vertices
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A Truncated Tetrahedron is an Archimedean Solid with 8 Faces. It has four triangles and four hexagons. There are 13 Archimedean Solids
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Spiritually eight is the intention of the initiate, having gone through the seven stages. Eight is Infinity, paradise regained.
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7+1 is the number of the octave, which is a frequent theme in all esoteric belief systems as the knowledge of frequency and sound are a vital key in the ancient 'mystery schools'.
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Musical notes (an octave)
An octave is the interval in music between two notes where the higher note has twice the frequency of the lower. The octave is the most fundamental interval in music.
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Because the number 8 distinguishes musical ratios it is often related to as 'Universal Harmony'
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The Eight Trigrams are represented by eight sets of three straight lines often arranged in a circle and it is said that the legendary Emperor Fuxi evolved them from the markings on the shell of a tortoise.
The numbers in the 8 Trigram chart represent perfect balance. Summed in any direction they total 15.
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Eight is the total number of Chakras of man, counting the seven in connection with the physical body, plus an extra functioning in the etheric body. This eighth Chakra is known as being 'The Chakra of the Soul' or 'The Star Chakra'.
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Buddhist: eight is completion: all possibilities
The eight parts of the way which leads to the nirvana, according to the Buddhist doctrines: the faith, the right judgment, the right language, a right and pure action, a right profession, the application of the spirit to all the precepts of the law, the right memory and the right meditation.
The Buddhists count eight symbols of long life of which one of them is the infinite node being rolled up and withdrawn on itself.
There are eight degrees of Buddhist monks or "Aryas" and the highest is named "Arhat".
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Christian: Eight is regeneration and rebirth.
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Egyptian: Eight is the number of Thoth and The eight disciples of Thoth.
For Egyptians the symbol 8 is the number for balance and the cosmic order
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Hebrew: Eight is perfect intelligence; splendor. The digit value of "IHVH" is the "Number of the Lord". The Temple was sanctified in eight days.
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Hermetic: In their system there is one chief God, (eight minor gods). Thoth/Hermes was the inventor of numbers and geometry.
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Hindu: 8x8 symbolism is the order of the celestial world established on earth. Temples are built on the pattern of the MANDALA, which is the 8x8 symbol. In their belief system there are eight regions of the world, suns, divisions of the day, and eight chakras.
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Platonic: Plato has eight spheres of different colors surrounding the luminous pillars of the heavens.
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Pythagorean: Eight is the symbol for solidarity and stability and for Pythagoreans the number 8 is furthermore a symbol for:
'The Love and The Friendship'
'The Prudence and The Thinking'
this combination is called The 'Great Tetrachtys'
Pythagoreans seized that there are eight organs of knowledge in man: viz, sense, fantasy, art, opinion, prudence, science, wisdom and mind
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Greek: the number 8 was dedicated to Dionysius
The Greeks had the proverb "all things are eight' as they thought 8 to be an all power number.
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The Eightfold geometry is an ancient symbol for the Great Mother Goddess as nourisher.
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is a result of a triple doubling from harmony, the Monad (1-2-4-8)
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Aristotle: The four elements (fire, air, water, earth) and the four qualities that form them (hot, wet, cold, dry).
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In the religion of Zarathustra, there were eight instruments used for the cult as well as the eight categories of priests of Zarathustra.
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The lotus is represented symbolically with 8 petals and according to yogis; it is on a lotus with 8 petals that the "Mêru" mount is erected, which symbolically represents the center and the axis of the world.
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Ancient: In Babylon, Egypt and in Arabia, it was the number of the duplication devoted to the sun from where the solar disc is decorated of a cross with eight arms.
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Kabbalah: The Kabbalists state that there were eight gates in the Temple of Jerusalem and that the eighth gate would only open for the Messiah.
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HOD (Hebrew, Jewish) The Eighth of the ten Sephiroths and the female passive force on the kabalistic Tree of Life is called 'splendor'.
Where 'Splendor' specially focuses on The Splendor of The Mind and signifying intelligence and reason
I am One that transforms
into Two,
I am Two that transforms
into Four,
I am Four that transforms
into Eight
After this I am One again
- Egyptian (Hermopolitan) creation myth -
into Two,
I am Two that transforms
into Four,
I am Four that transforms
into Eight
After this I am One again
- Egyptian (Hermopolitan) creation myth -
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