TAXONOMY
CLASSIFICATION OF KNOWLEDGE
& ORDERING OF NEW ERA IDEAS
THE CLASSIFICTION OF KNOWLEDGE
& ORDERING OF NEW ERA CONCEPTS
NEW TAXONOMY
HUMAN ENDEAVOUR
& THE PLAN OF GOD
TAXONOMY
KNOWLEDGE TREE
OF FRANCIS BACON
TAXONOMY
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THE NEW CIVILIZATION
TAXONOMY
KNOWLEDGE TREE OF FRANCIS BACON
The Knowledge Tree, first introduced by Francis Bacon in The Advancement of Learning (1605) and fully developed in De Augmentis Scientiarum (1623), is one of the earliest and most influential classifications of human knowledge.
It is based on the three classical faculties of the mind:
1. Memory
2. Imagination
3. Reason
It organizes every branch of learning into a coherent and systematic framework. Together, these faculties constitute the human intellect, enabling humanity to preserve experience, exercise creative imagination, and discover truth through rational inquiry. Memory gives rise to History, Imagination to Poetry, and Reason to Philosophy, from which the sciences, humanities, and arts are further developed.
Francis Bacon's taxonomy established a new vision of learning founded on observation, inquiry, and the continual advancement of knowledge. It represents the organization of human knowledge through the faculties of the mind and the development of the human intellect, and remains a timeless framework for understanding the unity and diversity of human thought.
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NEW TAXONOMY
HUMAN ENDEAVOUR & THE PLAN OF GOD
Spiritual Taxonomy of Civilization
Human Endeavour & the Plan of God presents a spiritual taxonomy of civilization, viewing every field of human activity as a means through which the divine Plan unfolds.
The Plan works from above downward through the three planetary centres — Shamballa, the Spiritual Hierarchy and Humanity — gradually expressing itself in human consciousness, civilization and human endeavour.
Knowledge Tree Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon organized knowledge through the three classical faculties of the mind:
The three aspects of the Mind
This framework relates the development of human endeavour to the three aspects of the mind described in the Ageless Wisdom:
Beyond these three aspects lies Intuition (Pure Reason), providing a further dimension of direct perception and contact with truth.
Together, they illustrate the evolution of consciousness from the acquisition and organization of knowledge, through the integration and understanding of ideas, to abstract thought and the perception of universal principles, and ultimately to the direct perception of truth and spiritual purpose.
Self-Knowledge
In essence, Self-Knowledge is the key that connects the human being most deeply with the Plan of God. By understanding and transforming the activity of the mind, the individual becomes increasingly capable of perceiving and cooperating with the Plan. Self-Knowledge is therefore not only a dimension of the New Taxonomy, but its most fundamental and essential element.
Fields of human Endeavour
Education, science, government, religion, psychology, economics, the arts, and other disciplines are understood not as isolated fields, but as complementary expressions of humanity's evolving role within the Plan of God. Their purpose is not only to develop civilization, but to foster right relations — establishing cooperation, understanding, goodwill and synthesis between individuals, groups, nations and humanity as a whole; a right relationship with the lower kingdoms of nature and a right relationship with the higher spiritual kingdoms. In this way, every field of human endeavour can become an instrument for the expression of the Plan and for the building of a more harmonious and spiritually conscious civilization.
New Era Concepts
The taxonomy also encompasses the New Era Concepts—the spiritual principles, sciences, and emerging ideas that will shape the civilization of the coming age. It emphasizes the synthesis of knowledge and the contribution of every sphere of human endeavour to the evolution of consciousness and the externalization of the Plan of God.
Human Endeavour & the Plan of God presents a spiritual taxonomy of civilization, viewing every field of human activity as a means through which the divine Plan unfolds.
The Plan works from above downward through the three planetary centres — Shamballa, the Spiritual Hierarchy and Humanity — gradually expressing itself in human consciousness, civilization and human endeavour.
Knowledge Tree Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon organized knowledge through the three classical faculties of the mind:
- Memory
- Imagination
- Reason
The three aspects of the Mind
This framework relates the development of human endeavour to the three aspects of the mind described in the Ageless Wisdom:
- The Lower Concrete Mind
- The Soul — the Son of Mind
- The Higher Abstract Mind
Beyond these three aspects lies Intuition (Pure Reason), providing a further dimension of direct perception and contact with truth.
Together, they illustrate the evolution of consciousness from the acquisition and organization of knowledge, through the integration and understanding of ideas, to abstract thought and the perception of universal principles, and ultimately to the direct perception of truth and spiritual purpose.
Self-Knowledge
In essence, Self-Knowledge is the key that connects the human being most deeply with the Plan of God. By understanding and transforming the activity of the mind, the individual becomes increasingly capable of perceiving and cooperating with the Plan. Self-Knowledge is therefore not only a dimension of the New Taxonomy, but its most fundamental and essential element.
Fields of human Endeavour
Education, science, government, religion, psychology, economics, the arts, and other disciplines are understood not as isolated fields, but as complementary expressions of humanity's evolving role within the Plan of God. Their purpose is not only to develop civilization, but to foster right relations — establishing cooperation, understanding, goodwill and synthesis between individuals, groups, nations and humanity as a whole; a right relationship with the lower kingdoms of nature and a right relationship with the higher spiritual kingdoms. In this way, every field of human endeavour can become an instrument for the expression of the Plan and for the building of a more harmonious and spiritually conscious civilization.
New Era Concepts
The taxonomy also encompasses the New Era Concepts—the spiritual principles, sciences, and emerging ideas that will shape the civilization of the coming age. It emphasizes the synthesis of knowledge and the contribution of every sphere of human endeavour to the evolution of consciousness and the externalization of the Plan of God.
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NEW TAXONOMY
HUMAN ENDEAVOUR & THE PLAN OF GOD
The New Taxonomy is complementary to Francis Bacon’s Knowledge Tree. Bacon contributed to the organization, advancement and synthesis of human knowledge and human endeavour, anticipating a more consciously organized civilization and his future office as the Lord of Civilization.
The New Taxonomy builds upon this principle of classification, placing human knowledge within the wider framework of the Plan of God and human evolution. It organizes knowledge through six fundamental dimensions:
The New Taxonomy builds upon this principle of classification, placing human knowledge within the wider framework of the Plan of God and human evolution. It organizes knowledge through six fundamental dimensions:
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The 6 Pillars
- Plan of God
The purpose and direction underlying human evolution. - Three Planetary Centres
Shamballa, the Spiritual Hierarchy and Humanity, and their relationship within planetary life. - Human Endeavour
The fields through which spiritual ideas are expressed and anchored in civilization. - New Group of World Servers
The group consciousness bridging Hierarchy and humanity. - Group Work
Cooperation, synthesis and collective service. - Self-Knowledge
Understanding the human being as an evolving spiritual entity and instrument for the Plan.
New Era Concepts
The taxonomy also provides an ordered framework for New Era Concepts, bringing emerging ideas concerning humanity, consciousness, civilization and the Plan into a coherent structure.
The Vertical Dimension of Mind
The three aspects of Mind add a vertical dimension to the horizontal structure of the Knowledge Tree, showing not only what humanity knows, but also the level of consciousness through which knowledge is perceived and understood.
The mind is an organ of perception. Its development is therefore not merely an accumulation of knowledge, but a progressive refinement of the instrument through which reality can be perceived. As the mind becomes less conditioned by personal thought, desire and identification, it becomes increasingly suitable for receiving, registering and understanding higher levels of impression.
Beyond these are Intuition and the Universal Mind, representing progressively higher levels of perception and participation in consciousness. Intuition is the direct perception of truth, principle or reality beyond the analytical process of the concrete mind, providing a point of contact through which the individual consciousness can open to the Universal Mind. Universal Mind can be understood as the greater field of universal intelligence and consciousness, corresponding to the Mind of God, in which individual mind participates and from which higher understanding can be received.
Thus, the Knowledge Tree provides the horizontal organization of knowledge, while the New Taxonomy adds a vertical axis of consciousness and evolution. Together they relate the branches of human knowledge to the levels of mind through which knowledge is received and to the greater purpose of the Plan of God.
The mind is an organ of perception. Its development is therefore not merely an accumulation of knowledge, but a progressive refinement of the instrument through which reality can be perceived. As the mind becomes less conditioned by personal thought, desire and identification, it becomes increasingly suitable for receiving, registering and understanding higher levels of impression.
- Lower Concrete Mind — Organizes, analyzes, classifies and applies knowledge to the concrete world. It is also the level at which thought can become conditioned by desire, producing emotion-thought and distorted perception.
- The Soul — the Son of Mind — Integrates and illuminates knowledge, transforming it into wisdom and consciousness.
- Higher Abstract Mind — Perceives principles, ideas and patterns beyond concrete thought and links with higher consciousness.
Beyond these are Intuition and the Universal Mind, representing progressively higher levels of perception and participation in consciousness. Intuition is the direct perception of truth, principle or reality beyond the analytical process of the concrete mind, providing a point of contact through which the individual consciousness can open to the Universal Mind. Universal Mind can be understood as the greater field of universal intelligence and consciousness, corresponding to the Mind of God, in which individual mind participates and from which higher understanding can be received.
Thus, the Knowledge Tree provides the horizontal organization of knowledge, while the New Taxonomy adds a vertical axis of consciousness and evolution. Together they relate the branches of human knowledge to the levels of mind through which knowledge is received and to the greater purpose of the Plan of God.
Self-Knowledge
Self-Knowledge is the most fundamental and essential dimension of the taxonomy. It becomes the connecting principle between the individual, the three aspects of Mind, Human Endeavour and the Plan of God. It includes understanding the activity of the mind itself: its thoughts, desires, emotional reactions, identifications and patterns of emotion-thought.
For the mind to become a clearer organ of perception, it must progressively be emptied of the movements and processes of the “I”. This means seeing false identification as it arises and bringing these identifications to an end, rather than allowing them to continually shape perception. The emptying of the mind is therefore not the suppression of thought, but the ending of the psychological activity through which the “I” continually interprets, modifies and appropriates experience.
Through this process, the mind becomes increasingly quiet, receptive and capable of perceiving without the distortion created by personal identification. Self-Knowledge therefore connects the purification of perception with the wider development of consciousness.
The taxonomy thus moves beyond the classification of knowledge toward an integrated understanding of knowledge, consciousness, perception and purpose.
For the mind to become a clearer organ of perception, it must progressively be emptied of the movements and processes of the “I”. This means seeing false identification as it arises and bringing these identifications to an end, rather than allowing them to continually shape perception. The emptying of the mind is therefore not the suppression of thought, but the ending of the psychological activity through which the “I” continually interprets, modifies and appropriates experience.
Through this process, the mind becomes increasingly quiet, receptive and capable of perceiving without the distortion created by personal identification. Self-Knowledge therefore connects the purification of perception with the wider development of consciousness.
The taxonomy thus moves beyond the classification of knowledge toward an integrated understanding of knowledge, consciousness, perception and purpose.