Key Thinkers Behind the Concept — The Divine Holarchy examination

Eleven questions. Nine of eleven passes, and you can take it again as often as you like.

How does the module present the Egyptian concept of Ma'at?

As a ranking of priests from the highest to the lowest As a ritual calendar for planting and for harvest As the embodiment of truth, balance and cosmic order As a god of the underworld who judged only the dead
What does the principle of Dharma underscore, as the module describes it?

The rejection of any link between the self and the universe The worship of a single supreme creator above all others Moral and ethical duties fitted to one's place in the cosmos Freedom from every duty through withdrawal from society, so long as it appears to work in the short run
How does Plato's theory of Forms contribute to holarchical thought?

It teaches that every being is equal and interchangeable, in nearly every case people describe A transcendent, ordered realm of which matter is a shadow It denies any reality beyond what the senses perceive It describes the universe as a chaotic, unordered flux
According to the module, what did Aristotle identify as the highest form of pure actuality?

The Tao The Divine Essence The World Soul The Unmoved Mover
Which Buddhist principle does the module connect with the holarchy?

Dependent origination: nothing exists in isolation The fixed caste order that defines each human life The eternal soul that passes unchanged between lives The single creator who stands outside all causes
What does Taoism contribute to the concept, according to the module?

A strict ladder of heavens that souls must climb A denial that nature possesses any order at all, provided nothing else changes in the meantime A set of laws written down by a council of sages The Tao as unifying principle, balancing opposites
How did Renaissance thinkers such as Ficino position human beings within the divine order?

As entirely separate from the spiritual world above As conduits between worlds, able to ascend through growth As fixed in place with no possibility of change As lower than every animal and plant in creation, at least in the way it is usually presented
What effect did the Enlightenment have on spiritual hierarchies, according to the module?

It placed the deities firmly back at the centre of daily life It loosened strict hierarchies and stressed personal reason It strengthened fixed hierarchies by grounding them in science It abolished all interest in spirituality for two centuries
How do modern spiritual movements tend to use the divine holarchy?

As a dynamic map for inner exploration, not a rigid ladder As an external authority that validates each personal practice As a rigid ladder that each seeker must climb step by step As a historical curiosity with no current use for seekers
Which scientific phenomenon does the module cite as echoing deep interconnectedness?

Quantum entanglement, linking particles across distance Thermal expansion, where materials grow when they are heated Genetic mutation, where DNA changes at random over time Gravitational collapse, where stars shrink into black holes
What is the main critique of the holarchical model that the module acknowledges?

It gives individuals far too much authority over the cosmos It denies that any spiritual beings exist in the first place It might imply a rigid, predestined order that limits freedom It is too recent an idea to have any historical support at all