country. Therefore, the flowers are categorized by their colour. In the correspondences, certain strands shout louder than others, and colours are an enormously powerful correspondence. We will also categorize the colours by the rainbow, which in itself is an incredibly powerful strand within that giant spider’s web. There are seven colours within the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. Each colour governs other correspondences; for example, red represents love, sex, passion, action, and courage, to name but a few. Furthermore, seven is one of the most magical numbers within our world. There are seven days of creation, seven days of the week, seven deadly sins, and seven virtues. There are the seven major chakra points of the human body and the seven-year itch. In folklore, it is said that a seventh son will be a werewolf. Other European folklores disagree, believing that the seventh son of a seventh son is always a magical, mystical child with great power for healing and clairvoyance. But still others say that the seventh son of a seventh son is a vampire. There are many connections within this sacred number and within the magical rainbow of colours. 3 Introduction
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