Spiritual Hierarchies
From Anthroposophy
This jump page provides links to different types of spiritual beings, from various perspectives
- overview of the spiritual hierarchies, the main three triads of seven spiritual hierarchies of creation
- the evolutionary principle - how the spiritual hierarchies work together in creation and across evolutionary cycles at different levels
- the counterforces: luciferic, ahrimanic, and asuras, soratic beings and their influence (also known as 'evil')
- the three logoi and trinity
- it also includes more in depth coverage of various main categories of spiritual beings: folk souls, group souls of nature's kingdoms, elementary kingdoms, and elementals. For an introductory overview picture, see Schema FMC00.142 and variants on Overview Golden Chain
Overview of spiritual beings
- Interplay
- General concepts
- The three Logoi and Trinity
- High spirits
- Overview of the spiritual hierarchies
- First Hierarchy (H1)
- Seraphim
- Cherubim
- Thrones
- Second Hierarchy (H2)
- Spirits of Wisdom (SoW)
- Spirits of Motion (SoM)
- Spirits of Form (SoF)
- Third Hierarchy (H3)
- archai
- archangels
- angels
- Spirits of the elementary kingdoms
- Elementals or nature beings
- Spirits of rotation of time
- Folk souls
The 'developmental counterforces' or 'forces of opposition'
- Luciferic beings and their influences - and the being Lucifer
- Ahrimanic beings and their influences, and the being Ahriman
- Asuric beings, Rakshasas or Asuras, and the being Sorat
See also: