CLASSICAL CORNER
255: WONDERS WILL NEVER CEASE
“They say there’s seven wonders in the world
But what they say is out of date
There’s no more seven wonders in the world
I just met number eight” – ‘Venus in Blue Jeans’
Although the ‘23 Enigma’ (term supposedly coined by William Burroughs; see FT23:32-35) still dominates mystic numerology, seven is a good runner-up in the ubiquity stakes.
On the modern side, we have Randy Houser’s ‘Song Number Seven’ which “took me all the way to heaven”; ‘The Seven Year Itch’ (Marilyn Monroe); Bond’s 007 label; et plurima alia…
From antiquity and beyond (in each direction), God created the Seven Day Week (490 other digital biblical references), and by extension the Seven Deadly Sins. Classical items include the seven kings and hills of Rome, the…
