Cultural Reference of #8 List

Buddhist

• Eight is completion, all possibilities.
• There are eight symbols of good augury.

Chinese

• System of belief eight represents the whole.
• It is all possibilities in manifestation.
• Eight is seen as a good luck number.
• The PAKUA is the design depicting the eight trigrams and pairs of opposites, usually in a circle, the circumference of which symbolizes time and space.
• There are eight delights of human existence.

Christian

• Eight is regeneration and rebirth.
• The font is usually octagonal as symbolizing the place of regeneration.
• There are eight beatitudes.

Egyptian

• Eight is the number of Thoth.

Hebrew

• Eight is perfect intelligence; splendor.
• The digit value of "IHVH" is the "Number of the Lord".
• The Temple was sanctified in eight days.

Hermetic

• In their system there is one chief God, (eight minor gods) Thoth/Hermes was the inventor of numbers and geometry.

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.

Islamic

• The throne which encompasses the world is supported by eight angels, corresponding to both the eight divisions of space and the groups of letters in the Arabic alphabet.

Japanese

• Eight is the "many".
• There are eight Gods in the heavens.

Platonic

• Plato has eight spheres of different colors surrounding the luminous pillars of the heavens.

Pythagorean

• Eight is solidarity and stability.

Sumero-Semitic

• Eight is the magic number of Nebo.

Taoist

• Eight to be All possibilities in manifestation with the Pa Kua representing the forces in the phenomenal world.
• There are eight Taoist genii or immortals.
• Eight in many cultures and ideologies seems to have similar meanings: Felicity Perfect rhythm Regeneration Resurrection In some myths the eighth day created the new "man" of grace.
• After seven days of fasting and penance the eighth day becomes plenty and renewal.
• 7+1 is the number of the octave which is a continual theme in all esoteric belief systems.
• The knowledge of frequency and sound are a vital key in the ancient "mystery schools".