Loreto:
> And of course the seventh day as another layer of renewal? After
> three of three days? That was maybe before we named the seven days in
> accordance with the sun, moon and the five planets.
I think everybody now is going off focus. Back to the neolithic,
we see the first agriculturalists. If hunter-gatherers didn't have
use for calendars or astronomy (which may be debated against, btw),
farmers most certainly did. It's inevitable that astronomers will
observe the repetition of the lunar cycle. The lunar cycle is nothing
other than the revolution of the moon around the earth. It's also
inevitable that they will find that the only whole numbers that
will divide the month up the best are 7 and 4. Whether we think that
four-day weeks or seven-day weeks are the oldest is, I think, moot.
The point is that these two numerals in some way figured into the
division of the monthes in ancient cultures. How could it not? You do
the math.
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