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the eight circutis of

robert anton wilson

t is possible to see the development of an individual (if s/he evolves all the way to the 8th circuit) and the development of life itself as the working out of this Octave of Evolution. Thus:
	Individual	Life
Circuit I	infant bio-survival passivity	uni-cellular life
Circuit II	"toddler" emotional politics (ego)	vertebrate life, territoriality, hierarchy
Circuit III	student Mind	hominid languages and tool-making
Circuit IV	post-pubescent domesticity	urbanized civilization
Circuit V	neurosomatic rapture	free-fall (extraterrestrial migration)
Circuit VI	neuroelectric metaprogramming	Intelligence squared
Circuit VII	neurogenetic consciousness	immortality
Circuit VIII	satori	Cosmic Union
But this is strikingly similar to the teachings of Gurdjieff (which may be, according to many, the secret inner teachings of Sufism). The Gurdjieff vibration numbers and the levels of consciousness, as named by Gurdjieff, fit the table as follows:
384 Movement center Circuit I Invertebrate reality 192 False emotional center Circuit II Mammalian reality 96 False intellectual center Circuit III Paleolithic reality 48 False personality Circuit IV Civilized reality 24 Magnetic Center Circuit V Hedonic reality 12 True Emotional center Circuit VI Psionic reality 6 True Intellectual center Circuit VII Immortal reality 3 The Essence Circuit VIII Cosmic reality