LOSTspiration

The day of rest after creation

The 8-spoked Dharmachakra (sacred wheel)

The day of being brought into the covenant (circumcision on the 8th day, Old Testament)

The Buddhist Noble Eightfold Path

The volume of solids, of the earth, since 8 is the first cubic number (2x2x2=8)

In the Major Trumps of the Tarot, can represent Strength, or Justice (depending on the deck.)

Section 8 discharges from the US military are given for mental instability. (Thus the name of the card game “Crazy 8s.”)

The Eight Laws of Charity (The Tzedakah) in Judaism

The Ogdoad of the Pythagoreans (eight deities)

Eight phases of the Moon

1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, etc.

1+1=2
2+1=3
3+2=5
5+3=8
8+5=13, and so on

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“The Fibonacci numbers are Nature’s numbering system. They appear everywhere in Nature, from the leaf arrangement in plants, to the pattern of the florets of a flower, the bracts of a pinecone, or the scales of a pineapple. The Fibonacci numbers are therefore applicable to the growth of every living thing, including a single cell, a grain of wheat, a hive of bees, and even all of mankind.”

- - Stan Grist, “The Hidden Structure and Fibonacci Mathematics” (link)

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Hugo Reyes’s number on the wall of Jacob’s cave is 8.