When Numbers Tell Stories: Numbers as a Structural Element in Myths and Fairy Tales
Numbers show up so persistently in storytelling traditions, it’s as if they don’t just want to count, but want to draw our attention to something. Why does it rain for “forty days” in the Bible, why are there “seven dwarfs” in fairy tales, why does the number “666” of all things become the code for disaster in Revelation, and why do we find this same obsession with numbers again in the natural sciences?
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Dr. Dr. Ruben Stelzner
A scientist, humanities scholar, entrepreneur, and philosophical author, Dr. Dr. Ruben Stelzner writes about universal principles, archetypal patterns, and the roots that science, religion, art, and culture share.
His book Verlorene Weisheit (German for "Lost Wisdom") is dedicated to the question of how timeless principle can again provide clarity and orientation today.
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