Re: VMs: 17

[Big Jim <bigjim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 08:57 PM 5/6/2003 -0700, you wrote:
> I wonder what the significance of 17 is here?
>
> http://www.libraries.ou.edu/hsci/gala/macro/images/image_moon.JPG

Personally, I think number / symbol interpretation varies according to the 
discipline. And there are many.
For me, all numbers reduce to one number by addition. In the ancient texts 
there was a tendency to reduce all large numbers representing years (by 
addition) to 9. This number 9 references woman / the Goddess culture, ie., 
a LONG time ago.
This is true also in the Sumerian Kings list. 9 is the number sum of the 
individual years reigned. When that number changes, it shows a degradation 
in character. When "the Divine" has had enough of the character change, 
suddenly we read ... "And then the flood swept over the land."  Game over 
... that will teach you to be less than perfect.

There are a few tidbits here 
http://www.greatdreams.com/sacred/17-muhammad.htm  like this one:

NUMBER 17

17 is a prime number.

The Prime number 17 was called by the Pythagoreans - opposition, 
obstruction, and evil, and the day the Devil triumphed over God. This 
number hums with the astrological nature of the planets Saturn and Hades, 
and the zodiacal sign Capricorn.
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Now, for me, 17 reduces to 8.  8 being the number of death and rebirth. An 
extension of thought could render the above definition.

regards
Jim

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