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To: alt.magick From: "Helen E. Hansen"Subject: Re: Demon Characters and Magus Ascension Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 09:54:32 -0500 "nocTifer" wrote in message news:49C0c.4723$_3.74688@typhoon.sonic.net... > 50040229 vii om ERIS ERIS!!!! > > I've been wondering about this for quite some time and saving this > thread for discussion. today is the proper day to add something. > > Ka: > #> I am interested in what you (or anyone else reading this) have to say > #> on the use of the number 72 in the goetia. Apart from the 72 names of > #> God in Judaism there are also the 72 virgins of heaven in Islam. Do > #> you agree that this is related to the... outdated view... that the > #> Universe (or Big Mind as you put it) revolves around the Earth one > #> degree every 72 years? In almost all Semitic languages, Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic and so forth, the number 72 stands for Infinity. It is considered to be the number 'beyond which other numbers have no meaning.' See citations in both the Koran and the Mishna. One example, 'And when there are seventy two groups of you contending with each other, there will still be those who are true to Allah. Best Wishes, John M Hansen
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