Alternative TETs: Meta-THEE Speculation
Surprise in the Layout
Observant readers will have noticed that the layout (i.e. ordering) of the Root Typology TET differs from the layout found in Principal Typology TETs and in Subsidiary Typology TETs.
This Table uses a hypothetical Spiral sequence to determine numbering of the TET re-ordering.
| Typology Order (for all) |
Discovered TET Order in Root Typology |
Principal Typology TET Re-order |
Subsidiary Typology (No TET Reorder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type 7 | Stage-7 | Stage-6 | Stage-7 |
| Type 6 | Stage-6 | Stage-2 | Stage-6 |
| Type 5 | Stage-1 | Stage-5 | Stage-5 |
| Type 4 | Stage-3 | Stage-3 | Stage-4 |
| Type 3 | Stage-4 | Stage-1 | Stage-3 |
| Type 2 | Stage-2 | Stage-5 | Stage-2 |
| Type 1 | Stage-5 | Stage-4 | Stage-1 |
The difference is marked. The only similarity to the Principal Typology ordering is the presence of Type-4 in the 3rd position. There are more similarities to the Subsidiary Typology order: Type-2, Type-6 and Type-7 in the 2nd, 6th & 7th positions respectively. The TET diagrams below show the layout applicable in the three cases.
#1: The Order as Discovered Here
The discovery of the Root TET developed from first principles. Step 1 requires clarifying (i.e. conjecturing) what the X & Y axes measure: i.e. what do provide for each of us (X-axis), and what do require of each of us (Y-axis).
Using the conjectures of transcendence of current reality (X-axis) and self-detachment (Y-axis), it was not difficult to plot the . The resultant plot shown at right provided corroborative evidence of validity by revealing credible and illuminating:
- affinities within each quadrant
- distinction between that are central v extreme
- antagonisms between diagonally opposite quadrants
- meaningful complementary functions of the two diagonal sets.
It is therefore reasonable to accept this TET provisionally. Nevertheless, other possibilities deserve examination.
#2: The Order as found in Principal Typologies
The Root Typology might have been assumed to have an identical for to that found in a Principal Typology. Placing the first would then mean that the axes would have had to be determined afterwards.
This generalization-based procedure was deemed too risky because the Root System is known to be different in many ways from the Primary Hierarchies.
The result of such a plot is shown at the right. It provides some intuitively appealing parts (e.g. and are placed together), but this arrangement has too many puzzling and problematic parts. The challenge here would be to work backwards to discover the psychosocial phenomena defining the X and Y axes to justify the arrangement.
#3: The Order as found in Subsidiary Typologies
The Subsidiary Typologies as found in THEE's Q-expansion Frameworks are not re-ordered when plotted. Perhaps this rule might apply to the Root Typology also.
It generates the diagram at right. and are also together but this time in the upper right quadrant. Again, there is the issue of what the X & Y axes measure. There are some possible oddities e.g. as the cornerstone , and plus together. However, different axes might reveal that these findings are not so odd after all.
#4: The Root Typology Order is Wrong
It is also possible that the TET axes and plotting of are both correct, but the original Root Typology ordering is wrong. In this way of thinking, the likely order would be the standard Principal Typology order. We can work backwards from the TET, starting from the beginning of (hypothetical) Cycle-1 in Stage-1 and continuing through to Stage-7 at the end of Cycle-2.
| Stage-1 | Creation | would be | because PH'● L3 is always in that position |
| Stage-2 | Meaning | would be | because PH'● L6 is always in that position |
| Stage-3 | Salvation | would beRH'L-4 | because PH'● L4 is always in that position |
| Stage-4 | Enlightenment | would beRH'L-1 | because PH'● L1 is always in that position |
| Stage-5 | Pleasure | would be RH'L-2 | because PH'● L2 is always in that position |
| Stage-6 | Obedience | would be RH'L-7 | because PH'● L7 is always in that position |
| Stage-7 | Spirituality | would be RH'L-5 | because PH'● L5 is always in that position |
Putting these now in numerical order:
You would then need to explain or justify this new Root Typology order independently i.e. either in terms of the order of the Root Hierarchy or perhaps in some other way. I have not been able to see how that can be done.
#5: Other Orders
In formal terms, there is no other obvious order to try. In practical terms, it is still possible that another order might apply.
In this case, the first step would be to provide conjectures and evidence for specific X & Y axes, and then plot the against those to find the new order. Such an option applies to any TET.
Originally posted: 10-Aug-2012.