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[Redbook8:210][19910205:1030c]{Cycles}[5th February 1991]

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[A copy of an extract from the Encyclopaedia Britannica* inserted in the ms at this point contains two headed paragraphs, the second headed ‘Myths of Time and Eternity’ (the first being referenced in the next journal entry) including the following text: ‘The number four** for the number of world ages figures most prominently.’ [eg in Ancient Persia, the Book of Daniel, classical writers and later speculations on history, Judaism, ancient Mexico, and India (Hindu and Buddhist).]

*– E[ncyclopaedia] B[ritannica] 24:717

**cf [[Redbook8:112][19901112:1205f]{The Unlucky Number}[12th November 1990],] 112

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