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A few notes to explain the diagram.
I'm saying there are 5 major classes of “enlightenment*”.
Three formal classes, represented by the circles, which I have tentatively labeled:
The “Power” models.
The “Unity” models.
The “Freedom” models.
In addition, there are two informal classes.
The “Magical and Sainthood” models.
The “Conciousness and Biological” models.
Now, In my theory, there are two other classes, which are not so clearly shown.
The “Future” models - (models unkown to us now, which will appear in the future.)
and…
The “Other” or “Wild” models - which basically mean “enlightenment”-like states that don't fall into the major 5 classes. These would mostly end up being unusual variations of either Sainthood models or Consciousness models.
I've attached keywords, like “inspiration”, “oneness”, and “escape”, to the three formal models - there's only room for one keyword in the diagram, but there are actually dozens of keywords that could and should be attributed and associated with each of these formal classes. A future diagram would have a list of associated keywords attached to each sphere in the diagram.
This diagram is organized on two axis - the bottom and horizontal axis is historical time, that is, where in history each of these models first appears. The left-hand vertical axis is rationality, which is of course tricky to define. You could also say that rationality is also a variation of the time axis, that is, the ancient mind was (or seems to us now) to be less rational tham the modern mind.
The rationality axis is divided into two basic zones - the zone of “Religious Models” and the zone of “Non-Religious Models”.
That's probably enough explanation for starters - I hope to add to the explantions over time, and, once again, invite critique, and alternative ways of looking at the same material and questions.
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