Unexplored Root Frameworks

Spiral of Growth

Quest Values

Primal Quests could be expected to undergo a Spiral development just like the Principal Typologies. The Spiral is based on the TET, and the possibility of two Cycles has already been introduced by identifying inner and outer circles.

The crucial step is to differentiate between the core of each Quest (Type) that differentiates people, and the context of values that supports each Quest (Type). Those values must be acceptable for all, even if the particular Quest is disliked or unacceptable. While Quests are personal, their value-context must emerge and be supported in the relevant community.

Each Quest potentially makes a distinctive contribution to (or impact on) a person's capacity to support the pursuit of happiness and meaning. So it seems likely that it is the capacity to cope with everyday life that develops and grows.

Speculations

Primal Quests are about the purpose of our existence and our core humanity. It would seem each should in some general fashion support surviving an thriving on life.

Following the Spiral, there would likely be a Tree to be derived and then a Structural Hierarchy based on its Levels, and then a further Tree using the Structural Groupings.

Imaginative inquiry is both difficult and risky. However, the gains could be great. It would take us down the track of a much deeper understanding of how a person may thrive.

The inquiry into Politics revealed that a community-centred system—the final goal in the maturation of political institutions—is a long way off. So inquiries in the Root Complex could be relevant to the maturation of individuals without which no community can mature. Perhaps it might point to a modern day equivalent of the Benedictine Rule that emerged at the onset of the Dark Ages.

Q-Expansion

All Principal Typologies can undergo a Q-expansion leading to large numbers of additional frameworks. Because the Root Hierarchy was discovered through its Q-expansion, it seems unlikely that the Primal Quests also have a Q-expansion. However, that cannot be definitively ruled out just now.

Originally posted: 31-Aug-2013. Amended 15-July-2023.